The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-11-24

Of say per cent. In Jewclry on VIVA.
ever sum above his bid to-day you In
duce him to offer-eh?-Cest conyenu?"
"Ten per cent. is more usual" MUIR
INJURED.
He was the Austrian hussar again.
Five monsteur--or nothing
/ bowed and withdrew. Well, five
them 1 answered. "just to obiige your
a secretary. after ALL can do a great
deal. When It game to the n srsnau
Sir Charles, with Amela's aid, pacK.u
up on either side by 1sabe! ana o., Se ,aa
me to accede to the counts a, mpan "a pton
sonable s.o p5epb6 ad possession OF certain
the Bordeaux market. which c ~, y = =
the matter. In q week OF 9pet we tbe &C count
settled; Charles .ts.,an, n az southampton Row,
b ns a ~ =, Mn, sign. seal and deliver tue
i .,tie d deeds OF Schloss Labenstein. 90
My brother.in- pa pala a,, .ne hands. by
check, crossed on tirst-class Lo nn',n,
t t;rn, where the count kept an acc ;9,,,,
to his high, we'll born orae1. Lnnwi-
he went MT away ny w WAS owner OWL Of sehloss
| Ia5enstein. And what to me was NOR .,,
important still, received next morn nr
irg by post che d for anf by some
r rseinsapp u. to my order on the ne
,eifsame bankers. and with the counts
! sipnature He explained In the aGco..-
panying, note th nato rns cnne,uded, he
s aow no reason OF delicacy why the
amount he had promised should not 10
paid to me forthwith direct IN ,hon ne !
| nothing about the affair, not even 10
| isabel. MY experience is that women
4 are not to be trusted with intrlcale
| matters of commission anu p.oN Marsf,
| and the house was sitting. Gharles III. !.
| sisted that we must all run over az
once to take possession OF our nlasn ~
most equally burning with eagerness.
She gave herself the airs OF a coun-
1 tess already. We took the orlenl en-
press as far as Munich; th zen the Inc n nieht
at the .Erzherzog Johann. Ihoug y
| we had teleg -aphed our arrival, anu
expected some fuss. there was no Dem,
into enjoyment OF our vines and fig
| trees.
Lebenstein. 'He's too sour looking for
my taste. Never saw such brute.
Not smile OF welcome. r,, ,,r,,.
|
man stepped forward and nlurmured a
4 few morose words in German Charles
brushed him aside and strobe on Ihen
1 there followed curious scene of mu-
tual misunderstanding. The surly man
1 called Justify for his servants to eject
us. 1t was some time before we began
to catch at the truth. The snrly man
was the real Graf Won Lebenstein
! And the count with the moustache?
1T dawned upon us now. Colonel Clay
i again! More audacious than ever.
il Bit by bit 1t all came out. lie had
i ridden behind us the first day we view
4 ed the place, and. giving himself out to
j the servants as one of our party. nau
q ioined us in the reception-room. we
Il asked the real count why he had
I spoken to the intruder. The count en-
nlained In French that the man with
4 the moustache had introduced my
brother in-law as the great South AZ
i rican millionaire. while he described
4 himself as our courier and interpreter
i AS sucl, he had5had frequent interviews
! with the real graf and his lawyers IN
Il Meran, and had driven almost daily
across to the castle. The owner of the
! estate had named one price from the
j first, and had stuck toll manfully. he
stuck to 1t still: and II Sir Charles
; chose to buy Schloss Lebensteln over
again he was welcome to have it, TOW
the London lawyers had been dupeu
the count had not really the slightest
4 fdea. He regretted the incident, and
| (coldly) wished us q very good morn
4 ing.
J. turn as best we might to the "Erzher-
zog Johann" crestfallen, and telegraph
j particulars, to the police in London.
Charles and "a tr, asro sewn posi- 'ths
L villain. At Southampton Row we !, found ,,,
!, the legal firm by no means penltent:
on the contrary. they We're Indignant
.importor had written to them on Lee
bernstein paper from Meran to say that
he was coming to London TO negot,nte
the sale Of the schloss and SURROUNDING
Sir Charles yandrift. and Sir Charles
a had demonstrattvelv recognized him at
sight as the real Count Won I1ebenstelIi.
The firm had never seen the present
4 graf at ALL and had swallowed the
impostor whole. SO to speak. on the
:, str. Myth of So Charles's obvious recog-
!. milton. lie had brought over as docu-
Iments some most exeeiiens to.E 81, :
!. our courier and Interpreter, he had
every opportunity OF examining. and
! linspectlnE at TIL Meran LAWYERS.
was deeply laid plot VA ana III - u ha 5,
; depended unon the one small fact that
we had accented the man with the long
moustach in the hall OF thn schloss
as tho Count Won Lebenstein on his
own representation.
lie held our cards In his hands when
he came In; and the servant had moi
given them to him but TO the genuine
count. That was the one unSolyeG
mystery in the whole adventure.
Rv the evenings most two letters
arrived for us Mt Sir Charles's house
ono for myself nna one for my EN-.
"High Well Born Incompetence,---1
only just pulled through! a very
small slip nearly lost me everything
! I believed you We're going to Schloss
Planta that daS, not To schloss teben'
Istein. You changed your mind .e1
Iroute. That might have spoiled all
Happily IEperceivetl u. RODE un by tbs
short cut, and arrived somewhat hur-
u rIeal Re. anl llnllA. nj tho cato hcfnrn " OIL