Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-01-27

invariably carried big, overfed Maltese
cat"
The count blinked at this. as If the re-
cltal affected his eyesight
I'm the beginning" said Barnes "she
delivered lectures to her followers, in which
she did not hesitate to suggest assassina-
ton as a remedy for political inequalities.
Indeed. it was said that she had from
her very youth devoted herself to the cause
of anarchy and that only lack of oppor-
tunity had prevented her from putting her
doctrines into practical effect. Her theories
were 50 dangerous that many who had
gone with her at first gradually withdrew
She never lacked money, and one of her
receptions was attended by the distn-
guished foreigner who was so singularly
connected with the strange shipment of the
foreign books Indeed, all the odd people
of the locality participated in the affair.
They included believers in socialism, poets,
novelists whose books were frowned upon
by the government, men of genius who
never appeared to utilize their gifts, and,
finally some rich and influential Spaniards
who thought the kingdom was misgoverned
and who had the courage to proclaim the
belief by their presence at this odd func-
ton. But the lion and the lioness of the
occasion were the Italian book man and the
woman with the red dress. or course
speak from hearsay-from what has been
told me-for I never net this remarkable
woman and was as ignorant of what she
actually looked like l was Of the per
sonal appearance of the curious man who
figured in the Italian book EPISODE.
zone night, at a largely attended meet
ing she worked her hearers up to per
feet frenzy. She said there was always
work for pure hearts and willing hands,
and as an illustration of this told in a
melodramatic manner the story OF the
Paris commune. after that meeting the
woman I'm red was carried about the
crowded parts OF the city amid the shouts
and the cheers of the multitude. Imagine
this person-tAll, thin. wiry, with coal black
hair carefully parted in the middle; the
straw hat with its red rose on either side
and the big Maltese cat under her arm.
All that night she harangued the mob; but
as Il proved, she had gone a step too far
The police learned OF It, and before mid
night a warrant for her arrest was out
Early next morning four members Of
the police force with loaded muskets pro-
ceeded to her residence for the purpose Of
escortng her to the nearest magistrate,
who was waiting 70 go through the for
maIlty OF consignins her 20 jail. The door
was locked. They pounded on 1t, but re-
ceived no reply. They burst il open, and
found-an empty house.
1.-THE bird had flown. But the peculiar
part of 1t, TO my mind, was the fact that
her escape was coincident with the dlsap-
pearance Of the distinguished looking for
eigner They were evidently working to-
gether for the accomplishment of a com
mon purpose. The government must have
had the same thought, for the fugitives
were described in the same circular"
mo; not In the same circular. II was
I'm separate circulars"
Everyone turned around at this remark,
which had come 50 Unexpectedly from
Count Valesquez.
NO rejoined Barnes, delighted at this
interruption. II recall il quite wei, It
was in the same circular"
An" sa.d the count with a flourish Of
the hand, 1.-The gentleman means well but
ne Is mistaken"
What do you know about il. COUNT
asked the chief. with brutal abruptness,
were you there?"
For a moment il looked as II the count,
generally so self-contained. was about TO
be overwhelmed with confusion. But he
quickly recovered himself.
'I-I-read about Il In the French papers
at the time" he said with that famous
smile which always displayed those re.
markable toeth