The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-09-12
(chapter Y.-contLn,,aa

Ihes one glance had gave
me aie impression that the DOC
uh}eht was nothing of the kind
gu. quite innocent. affecting trade
only; yet that wasn't nv b,,si-
ness. had to send it to the FOREIGN
'9ecretary. who wanted TO know It's
precise nature. and whether England
vas peihs deceived. In place of the
treaty ] slipped into its pigeon-hole
document I'd brought with me-i1st
IKE the real thing. No ono opening
the safe on other business would sus
pect the change that had been made
My hope was to get the treaty back
before 1t should be missed. You see.
was betrayiHg Raoul. to save him.
Do you understands
understand. You must have per-
suaded yourself that you were justi-
ned. But, good heavens. Maxine" /
couldn't help breaking out, lit was an
awful thing to do
II Know know. But had 4,
have the money-for Raoul. And there
was no other way to get it. You re-
member. I'd refused, till the diamonds
were lost. and would have refused
even II Raoul had nothing to do with
the French Foreign Office. But let me
go on telling you what happened. /
had time enough. ] had even minute
me, the man I'd sent Raoul to find was
out. l looked at my watch. pretended
TO be surprised. and said must go
at once. / couldn't bear to waste a
second In hurrying the treaty off, so
that 1t might the moro quickly be on
its way back. I hadn't come to visit
Raoul In my own carriage, but in 4
cab, which was waiting. AS Raoul
was taking me to IT. Count Godensky
frrt ~ 49,.
me. If only 1t had been anywhere ex-
cept in front of the Foreign Office.
Iitold myself there was no reason why
he should guess that anything was
wrong. hut was in such a state of
nerves that. as he raised his hat. and
his eyebrows, I fancied that he mag
ined all sorts of things, and I felt my
self grow red and pale. What fool
I was-and how weak! But 1 couldn't
help 1t. didn't wait to go home. I
wrote few lines In the cab, and
sent off the packet, registered, in time
1 hoped, to catch the post-but after
all. it didn't. Coming out from the
post-off1ce, there was Godensky again.
in his motor rougham That could
have been no coincidence. horrid
certainty sprang to life In me that he'd
followed my cab from the Foreign
Office. to-see where would go, Why
couldn't have thought of that dam
ger? have always thought Of things,
and guarded against them; yet this
time, this time of all others, I seemed
fated.'
But If Godensky had known what
you We're doing, the game would have
been UP for you before this" said.
'He didn't know, of course. Only
If he wants to be a woman's lover
and she won't have him, he's her enemy
and he's the enemy OF the man who
Is her lover. He's too clever and too
careful of his own interests to speak
out prematurely anything he might
harm If he proved mistaken. He
wouldn't yet, think, even warn those
whom 1t might concern, to search ana
see IL anything In Raoul's charge were
out of order or missing. But what
he would do. what I think he has
done, Is this: Having some idea, as
he may have. that my relations with
certain important persons in England
are rather friendly. and seeing me
come from the Foreign Office to go al
most straight to the post. 1t might
have occurred to him to try and learn
the name OF my correspondent. He
has influence---he could perhaps have
found out; but II he did, it wouldn't
have helped him much, for naturally,
my dealings with the British Foreign
Secretary are always we'll under cover
! hence delay sometimes In his re-
ceiving word from me. What I send
can never go straight to him, as yol
can guess. Godenskv would guess
that too; and he would have perhaps
Informed the police, very oautiously'
very unoflicially aud contidentlally,