The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-01-27


We went along very slowly. as the |
fog seemed to grow thicker each mo- !
ment. Suddenly as the coachman pilot /
ed his way i'm the direction of Broad |
street / began to feel a peculiar sensa- |
ton. My head was giddy. an unusual |
weakness trembled through my nerves. |
and for the first time 1 noticed that |
the brougham was full of a faint sweet |
odor. Doubtless the smell of the fog |
had prevented my observing this at /
first The sensation of faintness grew
worse. and [ now made an effort TO at |
tract the coachman's attention. This 1 |
altogether failed to do and, becoming |
seriously alarmed. I tried ii open the |
door, but it resisted all my efforts, as
also did the windows, (which were Sc
curely fixed The horrible feeling that
! was the victim of some dastardly
plot came over me with force. / shout |
ed and struggled to attract attention,
and finally tried to break the windows.
All in vain-the sense of giddiness
grew worse. everything seemed to whirl
before my mental vision-the bank. De
Brett the keys of the safe which / had
in my pocket, the thought of Geraldine
and her danger. were mixed up in
hideous phantasmagorie The next mo-
ment 1 had lost consciousness.
When / came to myself / found that !
in the neighbOrhOOd of Putney For one
or two moments l could not in the least
recall what had happened. Then my
memory came back with a quick flash
The Duke of Friedeck! The bank,
Geraldinev' l said to myself. / sprang
to my feet and began hasty examina-
ton of my pockets. Yes my worst
conjectures were confirmed, for the
keys of the small safe were gonel
My watch and money were intact:
the keys alone were stolen. / stood
still for a moment considering: then the
need of immediate action came over
me. and / made my way at once to the
nearest railway station. / found 20
my relief. that it was only a little past
| II o'clock. Beyond doubt I had re-
covered consciousness much sooner
/ than the villains who had planned this
/ teri ible plot intended
/ took the next train to town and
| on my way. resolved on my line of ac-
ton. To warn De Brett was impracti-
cable. for the simple reason that he
was out of town-tO waste time visit
| ing Dufrayer was also not to be thought
| of. Without the least doubt. the bank
was i'm imminent danger, and ! must
not lose an unnecessary moment in get
! ting TO St. Marks court.
! AS / thought over matters I felt more
! and more certain that the eating house
/ facing the bank was a rendezvous for
madame's agents. ] hastily resolved
! therefoYe. to disguise myself and go
| there. Once I had belonged to the in
famous Brotherhood 1 knew their
pass word. By this means. if my sus-
piciOns were true, j could doubtless
4 gain admissiOn-as for the rest, | must
! leave il to chance.
AS soon as / reached town drove off
at once to a theatrical agent, whose
[ or far 7 q IroG fTr 10 10
remembered me, and I explained
I enough of the situation to induce him
| TO render me assistance. In a very
short time / was metamorphozed. BY
/ a few judiciOus touches twenty years
were added to my age. wig of dark
hair completely covered my own. my
+ complexion was dyed to a dark olive.
and i'm a thick travelling cloak, with a
high fur collar, l scarcely knew myself.
My final act was to slip q loaded re-
volver into my pocket. and then. feel
ing that / was prepared for the worst,
1 hurried forth.
1t was now between u and 1 IN the
morning and the fog was denser than
! ever. Few know London better than l
do. but once or twice in that perilous
journey L lost my way. At last how
| ever. i found myself in St. Mark
! court I was now breathing with diff
Guilty: the fog was piercing my lungs
and hurting my throat, my eyes wa
tered. When / got into the court 1
heard the steady tramp of the police
man whose duty il was to guard the
place at night. Taking no notice of
him. l went across the court in the di
rection of the eating house The light
within stin burned but dimly There
was a BLUR visible, nothing more. This
came through one of the windows, for
the door was shut. / tapped at the
door.
A man came Immediately and opened
it. He asked me what my business
was. L repeated the password of the
society. A change came over his face.
NV conjectures were VERIFIED was
instantly admitted.
"Are you expecting to see a friend
here tonight?" said the man. 1T is
rather late. and we are just closing"
, AS he uttered the words, suddenly,
like a flash of lightning. an old men,
DRY returned to me. / have said that
, when I first saw the duke at De
Bretts house. 1 was puzzled by an in
tangible likeness Now l knew who
the man really was. In the old days in
Naples, an English boy Of the name of
Drake was often seen in madame S
. salons. Drake and the Duke of Erie
deck were one and the same.
II have come here "a see Mr..
Drake I said, stoutly.
The man nodded. My chance shot
had found its billet.
''Mr. Drake Is upstairs" he said.
'TWill you find your OWN way UP, on
. shall / announce you?
81 will find my own way" I said
HE is in the"
Room to the front-third floor" an
| sweTed the man.
He returned to the dining saloon, and
I heard the swing of the door behind
him Without moments hesitation
assembled the, stairs. The stairs and
. passage were in complete darkness.
went no. passed the first and second
stories. and on 10 the third. As / ap-
proached the landing of the third story
saw an open door and a CLEAN of light
in a small room which faced the court
The light was caused by a lamp which
! stood on a deal table. the wick of which
was turned down very low. Except
the lamp and table there was no other
furniture in the room. / went in and
looked around me. The duke was not