Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-10-31
CHAPTER x-continued.

JooLed NJ In ,h,s manner ,bo ob..t.
10 nor,en, was v,vidIv SUGGESTED The
poetri,o ~ tha ,a,o haods togetbar
formed the evea NJ The dea,b.mask:
he mustoche a, rho father made the
eyebrows. and he brow and the ewes
of the how nrInce formed he nose and
mouth. And moro horrible than the
deatb.mask itself was n wound In the
temn,e ,rom which lowed a streak Of
b,ood
"Tb,s wound, 7 astad s~budderinq
.is II mere,v a co~,nc,dencep The IooL
nj aponv-tbe staring eves-,s that
meant IN no a menace a tbrea, n, a
violent death o,
oCan Won doubt ~, demanded
Locke ren,acinp the enve,one care.
fu,,v in h,a nocla,hool "rhat death.
mash "a reyarded bv a largo ,ort,on
NJ T~erdinand,s dissatisfied subjects as
n heavenIv s,vn, THAT uttle stamn
I venture to saw. Is A death.knell for
Fe,dinand-,t ,nto Phi.
ear,an n~o,jtics an awfuI and solemn
note"
"a heavenly ~sipn9'" I asked. shud.
daring again "Rnt he still lives ?"
"yes. M nresont be ia in paris 7
-sunno.o no ,s cote tboro prt wben
be returns m HE canjtaI n, sofia"
and he woman-tbIs Countess
SarabofY ia she one Of the revolution.
aries who regard that stamp as a
heavenly sign?' You told me that
she was supposed to be the friend of
Prince Ferdinand"
"T did. But Is she? She Is a WON.
an Of mystery. Is she really in earn.
est In seeking to entrap Sir Mortimer
into influencing England to stand be-
hind Bulgaria in her invasion of Turk.
ish Macedonia? Is she ignorant of the
existence or at least the significance
of this stamp? Or, posing as a friend
OF Ferdinand, having ready access to
him at any hour, will hers be the dag
ger plunged into his breast at the
fatal hour? Perbaps Sir Mortimer is
not the %guileless victim we think him
10 he. Perbaps the kings messenger
does not have two sets of dispatches
TO be presented at his discretion. Per
haps this death-mask is a CHASTITY &C
cident and not a ena Perhaps
Countess Sarahoff, alias Sophie dc
WARMER, is a lamb of innocence. Per
haps! But, my dear chap, don't trus'
that perhaps"
Locke rose and pulled on his gloves
I stared at him in sudden comprehen
sion,
az understand now You had NOR,
this morning" I said, soberiy.
He M n cigarette. looking down a
mo IN deem tboueht.
or, mar,o, tho gomo n, r~o,,,,cs (,
sa,r g.mo ana ahove hoard w,
show onr cards: thew are ON the tabl,
Z for oil no world IN see. The yer,
q, onr methods puzzles tn,
d,nIomats NJ Europe. Here in Europ,
things are managed differently. Their
are wheels within wheels. No paw
ia too insignificant to be made use Of
This pawn may be a simple citizen
even a tourist"
, ,hoo,, the hand he held towar,
mo and retained Il b~ewildered.
.,prt that "a absnrd on the face n
1, Tn what noesibIe wav could 7 h
-, ,sa 20 tb,s Countess SarahofYq
Lobe sbruoead bis Shoulders rare
,oss,n ava hIew = ring Of smoke wit
nracision AZ tho chandelier.
"sIoth,,a IL ,u,to abaurd be re
,rrnod calmly "Two DAYS ago I rea,
-, ON rnsortnnate accident Of a fet
and an old college AZ
n,a,ntance To.dav 7 am surprised I
a. ,hIs Committeeman of mine on o,
oa,Ia,t towns with a woman whom
houa everv reason 10 belIeve ia a dar
aorors adventuress. I come To Sc
nv ,,ow.countrvma 10 offer bir
NV svmnathy I remain To war
hiu
ap,,, ~, n T demanded attn sker
,,oaI
"rboro ore three facts that sboul
u,,,a %, th,nt First q
III uov hovo made the ocouaintanc
un,hor ond the sister of 81
N,,n,,u,ar pro,t Secondly Countes