The sun. (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1906-06-16
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LeghOrn, and that some extremely i'm.
portant dispatches were on the way to
the Admiral-secret orders based upon
the decision of the British Cabinet as to
the vexed question of Russian ships
passing the Dardanelles--they expected
that they would be lodged in the safe
until the arrival of the squadron, as
they always are. They were, however,
bitterly disappointed because the dis.
patches had not arrived"
"And them"
"Well, the only Russian who appeared
to have any connection with them was
Baron Oberg, the Governor General of
Finland, whose habit it was to spend
part of the winter in the Mediterranean.
From Elma Heath's conversation at din
ner that evening at Nice gathered that
she and her uncle had been guests on the
Iris on several occasions, although l
must say that Muriel was extremely re-
ticent regarding all that concerned the
yacht"
"Of course" she said quickly. "Now
that | have told you the truth, Jack,
don't you think it was only naturalH"
"MOst certainly, DEAR" he answered,
still holding her hand. "Yours was not
q secret that you could very well tell to
me until you could thoroughly trust me,
especially as your father had been i'm
plicated in the theft of those documents
from Malta. The truth u.s." he said
turning to me, "Philip Lcithcourt has all
along been the catspaw of Baron Oberg
A few years ago he was well-knOwn
money lender in the city, and in that
capacity met the Baron, who, being in
disgrace, required loan. He was also
in the habit of having certain shady
transactions with that daring gang of
continental thieves of whom Dick Archer
and Hylton Chatter were leaders. For
this reason he purchased yacht for
their use, so that they might not only
use it for the purpose of storing the
stolen goods, but for the purpose of sail
ing from place to place under the guise
of wealthy Englishmen travelling for
pleasure. Upon that vessel, indeed, was
stored thousands and thousands of
pounds worth Of Jewels and objects of
value, the proceeds OF many great rob-
berries in England, France and Belgium.
Sometimes they Travelled for the purpose
of disposing of the Jewels in various
inland towns where the gems, having
been recut, were not recognized, while at
other times, Chatter and Archer, assisted
by Macintosh, the captain. and Olinto
Santini, the steward, sailed for port,
landed, committed a robbery, and then
sailed away again, quite unsupported, rs
rich Englishmen."
"And the crew." l asked, after
pause.
"They were, of course, well paid, and
were kept in ignorance of what the sup.
posed owner and his friends did ashore"
"But Oberg's connection with it?"
asked, surprised at those revelations.
"Ah!" exclaimed Muriel. "The ingc-
nuity of that crafty villain is iendish.
Before he got into the Cars favor he
owed my father large sum, and then
sought how to evade repayment. BY
means of his spies he discovered the real
purpose of the cruises of the Iris--fOr
| was often taken on board with maid
in order to allay any suspicion that
might arise If only men were cruising.
Then he not only compelled my father
to cancel the debt, but he impressed the
vessel and those who owned and navi-
gated it into the secret service of Rus
STA. A dozen times did we make at
tempts to obtain secret papers from
Italian, French and English dockyards,
but only once in the case of Malta and
once at Toulon did we succeed. All!
Mr.. Gregg" she added, "you do not know
all the anxiety / suffered, how at every
hour we were in danger of betrayal or
capture, and of the hundred narrow es-
capes we have had of Custom House Off
GERS rummaging the yacht for contra
band. You will no doubt recOllect the
sensation caused by the theft of the
Jewels of the Princess Wilhelmine of
Schaumbourg- Lippe from the lady's-maid