The Washington herald., 1906-10-20

the captain of my yacht
My God"' cried several, interrupting
sharply.
The captain is dead. Col Elliott is
siill alive, but unconscious and sinking
fast Madame tried also 10 poison Lord
Cressingham and your highness he
turned 20 Prince Carlos, who looked very
uncomfortable but said nothing-'but
an accident averteG In those cases
her designs Your majesties may
ask me why I took madame pris-
oner Ny answer is that the time
appeared ripe. Madame knows very well
how TO guard her secrets, and she is too
/ dangerous and capable an instrument or
/ evil to allow at large. Moreover, the
/ course was of a sudden rendered acuteiy
4 necessary by circumstances beyond my
/ control I had laid certain traps for
madame hoping 10 surprise her secrets
/ from her Madame was clevereT than /:
/ she saw the traps, and both laughed at
me and tricked my agents. Her friends,
/ however. less wise than she. feared that
she might, unwittingiy or otherwise, be-
/ tray them. They endeavOTed 10 entice
/ her from England, but failed. Their
/ fears intensified by her refusals. they
! suddenly determined to forcibly abduct
/ her from the country in order to insure
/ their safety Their spies, however who
We're entrusted with this task, misto0k
/ another woman for madame; they carried
out of England and still hold in their
power Miss Francine Elliott only daugh-
ter of the man whom two days ago
madame tried TO murder. and the af
I famed wife Of Lord Francis Crossing
/ ham,
Prince Carlos here gave vent to a deep
exclamation a cultural "Ah."
Perig0rd flashed at him a searching
glance and proceeded
/ BY a fortunate circumstance | per-
| sOnally overheard at Flushing a con-
| YeTsatiOn between Kaputsky (who. as
you know, is an active but cunning mem
! Der. too cunning to convict and the COM
mander OF the yacht which conveyed
Miss Elliott from London. thus learned
that they proposed to carry Miss Elliott
/ in their yacht 20 a certain island, whose
name was not mentioned, in the Mediter-
raaean Sea, where the president of the
/ Utmost circle is at present residing. I
might at that moment have interrupted
their designs and rescued Miss Elliot
from their clutches. Had done so. how
ever, It would have destroyed all hope Of
1 successfully carrying out a plan which
I then Immediately conceived That plan
was, and is. TO discover the whereabouts
OF this island. and seize it, If necessary.
under arms. II has long puzzled as all
/ TO know where the permanent strong
hold Of the society is pitched. / no long
er entertain any doubt but that this is
/ land once discovered and taken will be
! found 10 contain the solution of all those
| mysteries which have distressed US for
so long Even should none of the chiefs
be discovered there when we attack the
place our operations may be so conduct
+ ed that it win be possible to conceal all
s.F IL
I their arrival 10 capture or destroy them
We shall. however. have to use superla-
tive caution and address in attacking the
place, for Of one thing 7 am certain. If
this Island be the stronghold OF nihilism
as / conceive. IL is connected with the
mainland of Europe by one OF several Sc
cret cables"
All" Prince Carlos this time gave a
sharp cry. which seemed strangely like
one of dismay.
Peri5ord slightly smiled. but did not
look at him. For ne continued. Il
have long since come 70 the conclusion
that the nihilists have not trusted their
more important communications through
the medium of the public telegraphs: in
deed, ] have absolutely proved this 20
be the case and get we have had fire.
quently thrust upon us overwhelming
staggering proof that information has
been secretly and instantaneOusly con-
Yeyed across long distances and COM
municatious exchanged for the purpose
OF dazzling or defeating as in a manner
that could be only explained otherwise
by magic"
"Or cypber." said Prince Carlos. with
a sneer
Perigord smiled again and addressed
himself entirely To- the prince. THAT eX-
PLANTATION occurred 10 me- your highneSS
but an exhaustive examination (Which
their majesties some time since render
ed possibiel' The bowed 10 the kngs-"oi
the entire Geographic correspondence be-
tween the principal cities Of Austria. Ger
many. Italy, and Russia during pro-
longed and well chosen periods Of time,
has utterly failed To discover trace OF
messages which our agents had proved
10 have been transmitted from place "a
place with Geographic speed
You claim that the nihilists have q
private transcOntinental telegraph sys-
TEN. as well as a direcy cable commuui-
cation 10 the island them"
Either that or well arranged small
private subways between certain cen
teTs; their organization, at any rate. Is
50 perfect as 10 defy detection Yom
highness knows that the secret policc
of all Europe have assisted US TO the
I !
suit"
All, bah. the police"
ITO resume, said Perigord Having
conceived this plan, I proceeded forth
with to put IL into execution Klein. the
deputy. whO-as pour eminence and you1
majesties well know-assassinated Lava
lOvski and twice attempted even greater
/ crimes. had been chosen to make al
attempt upon thelife OF The present presi-
dent Of the French Republic / ascer-
tanned that his idea was to undermine
a railway near Mentone and blow ar
the train carrying the president as i
passed through a certain tunnel This
diabolical outrage was happily frustrated
chiefly through the energy of my secre-
tary. the Count Won Oeltjen, here (OeIt-
jen turned very red) Klein was quietly
arrested and given into my keeping
had him carried to England and there
adopted certain measures to loosen his
tongue. So closely however. were my
movements watched and followed by oul
enemies that while in the act of hearing
his confession in a place guarded Will
extraordinary precautions. a bomb was
fred. Klein was killed, and my servants
and myself only narrowly escaped with
our lives"
At this perfect storm of exclamation
broke from the excited lips of the kings
who had hung on the speakers words
with breathless interest
PeTigoTd waited a moment FOR silence
and then resumed. The nihilists were
nevertheless. too late: Klein had spok-
en-" (PiTegord new watched Prince Car
los with covert but steady keeness.
Finding his situation hopeless. he con
fessed that the stronghold of his chiefs
rested on the Isle of Anarchos Ga fitting
name for such Il place.. Ii small island
: / laxs