The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1907-09-06
discrimination DISPATCHES.
CHAPTER XVI.

discriminating Dispatches.
she had been arranging the papers
deftly In some sort of order.
You read French. ! think? The let
Ter of Ferdinand is in that language. /
Sir Mortimer's notes and answers are.
of course. in English"
drew toward me the first OF the
papers she indicated
"You are nothing IL not modern IN |
vour methods" | scoffed. glancing |
down the page. Your safes and 1
tvpewriters bring back TO me the asso- |
Citations OF my banking business. And /
banker, let me warn you. scans the |
signature of draft carefully before |
he cashes H."
THE typewriter Is an amusing little
instrument" she yawned. and ] am
proud OF my success in mastering IT,
As for the safe, IL you have been a
banker YOU know that the combina-
ton is carefully guarded. NJ. Coward"
II gave her the cruelest delight 10
taunt me with the shameful word. Dur
SO at least half dozen times. ! bent
my attention on the paper before me-
translate roughly Ferdinand's let
ter
"(Strictly confidentialD
Hotel du Rhin.
place Vendome. Paris.
May %
MY Dear Sir Mortimer
81 expect 10 start for SOFA via Wien
ma and Budapest in about week. !
trust | shall see you al the Palace
shortly after my arrival. Meanwhile
let me urge on you once more that
Won exert without further delay your
GREAT influence with your Foreign Of
fee that your ministers may be con
WINGED that the crisis has come-the
.onnortunity we have so long awaited.
Now or never / must lead my army 10
the succor OF the distressed people OF
Macedonia | think that the profound
knowledge you have always shown OF
affairs in the Balkan Peninsula must
make YOU realize the truth OF this
statement. II is useless for me TO re-
peat my arguments. For what you
have done thank you But II is not
20 the diplomatist am now speaking
but 10 the man. have written this
letter with my own hand. for reasons
that you will understand.
Believe me, my Gear Sir Mortimer.
Faithfully yours.
Ferdinand"
II see nothing discriminating in this
letter. | said. nor anything out OF
the usual run OF letters
You will notice on the back OF the
letter this brief statement: Answered.
June Sd. NJ D. As TO the answer OF
the letter il is equally innocent IL IS
simply the guarded reply OF a diplo-
matist dealing with a delicate topic.
In these typewriter copies this letter
and It's answer are meaningless. The
originals are simply useful 10 prove
the authenticity OF Sir Mortimer $
handwriting"
scanned the answer II was not an
exact copy but the substance Of Sir
Mortimer's letter jotted down 10 re
fresh his memory:
Il replied in substance a follows: II
was useless 10 bring up the matter
again my personal wishes. would not
be sun rient TO change the programme
OF the Foreign ONCE at present ! did
not sec my way clear 10 advocate as
n diplomaiist Englands espousal OF
this cause: would continue 10 lay the
matter before the Foreign Once; more
than that. when events justified the
act would see that such Influence rs
I possessed was oycrted in the man
ner Prince FERDINAND wished. but a
present | could offcr no encourage
mont"
(Note concerning the above. also Il
Sir Nortimers handwritingl
This reply will put an end. think
20 further correspondence in that quar-
ter Certainly. the hopes Of the nGiioI
seem so radically devirgent from thos'
of the ruler that can favor one onil
at the expense Of the other. Natsr
ally. prefer to favor the party tina
promises the most for my own inter
estsr
Il told you that the originals ar
particularly useful 10 identity IN
handwriting and signature OF Sir MOI
timer But observe. monsieur. the q,
preston: Naturally. prefer to favo
the party that promises the most 10
my own interests That sentence J
TO be remembered when you read IN
other letters. II has its significance.
Again she stretched out her land 7
receive the papers had read. al
not rcllnquish them. however ! lai
them carelessly on my knee as II
refer TO them later.
That remains 70 be proved. ] sal
Erimly The expression seems siripl
enough to me: on the face OF II
would mean simply that Sir Mort
meT's interests were identical wit
the interests OF England"
We shall see" she returned wit
confidence. Tie papers Of the secon
envelope whica have called Doc