The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1908-08-22

| pronounced it," ! answered.
| At that instant noticed that
2. her throat. beneath her domino
0, nauve satin. she wore brooch
| Sith a tiny watch enameled In blue
and set with diamonds. IL was
| beautiful little ornament. and
| marked its appearance well
Some days later. however. met the
| hanchback in the roulette room. He
| vas accompanied by a young, dark
| eyed pale-faced lady. whom / Judged
10 be about the same stature as his
| companion at the ball: but / could
not tell with any degree OF accuracy,
/ because | had only seen her seated.
| She was not more than Is. and her
/ face was pretty. with a grave. intense
! expression, which added to its attrac-
{ ttveness. Her dress Of dark grey stun
was not exactly Of that elegance usu-
/ ally seen at Monte Cairo. yet 1t fitted
we'll and suited her admirably.
| AS l stood watching. the pretty
Young woman took on one OF her
1 gives the more easily to handle her
louis. thereby revealing to me white
hand with dimpled knuckles. the same
/ had noticed at the ball. By this one
fact alone l was convinced that she
vas Madame de Courier, and a few
moments later my interest In her
was increased by dumb motion
which she made to tall. forid-faced,
/ tair-haired man. who was sitting at
the opposite side OF the table 1t was
as II she desired him to remain pa
tent In return he smiled cynfcally.
4 as IL tired OF waiting, and. resting both
his elbows upon the green cloth. con-
suited the registercard before him.
her closely without stopping to speak.
! she whispered to him:
You're q fool Be patient You
know what a single blunder would
mean"
I'm sick OF the whole thing" he
/ replied, half turning towards her.
! All except Pasquale left the Casino
soon afterwards; but, as the old game
! ster knew me so well. l hesitated to
speak to him yet, fearing lest by SO
I doing 1t might prevent the truth be-
coming known. That there was some
mysterious system about to be worked
against the bank l felt assured, but
of what nature l could only discover
by vigilant observation.
Several days went by and / saw
them not. One morning l noticed
Remenyi lounging in one of the wick
er chairs in the entrance OF the Grand
hotel, smoking and reading a paper,
but he did not enter the rooms. The
fair-haired man apparently lived In
| Nice. and in order to find out what
l could, l went over there one morning.
Suddenly. an object caught my eye
as 1t passed, flashing for An instant
in the sunlight I turned and glanced
a second time at it to make certain.
Yes. 1t was the little jeweled watch
which the fair masker had worn at the
ball on the Jetee. 1t now hung openly
| on the smart, white serge coat OF Its
owner. welldressed. young, and
rather handsome woman, who was
walking alone In the direction Of the
DUAL Massena. She had passed ere
had time to glance at her. therefore
could only catch sight of her pro-
file. But in an instant l made .
resolve. and turning, followed her.
| i uAt Bic anew uOIc VI Tue bUCIIOuS
Nina de Courier than she had told
me was evident. and l intended to
make a strenuous endeavor to dis
| cover all / could.
AS got level with her ! raised my
| hat and claimed acquaintance. At first
she was inclined to repudiate having
met me, but when ! explained by what
| means / had discovered her identity
| she laughed heartily. and we began to
| chat as we walked along together.
With infinite care led up the CONVEX
sation to the woman de Courier, but
| in an instant her mouth closed, and
she glanced at me with a quick look
Of suspicion. In the course OF our
careless gossip she. however, let
drop the fact that she intended going
over to Monte Carlo that afternoon;
therefore, resolving to meet her again
there, as il by accident, l wished her
| au revoir, opposite the Hotel des An
glais. and we parted.
About three o'clock that same after.
noon l was in the bureau of the ad-
ministration when my fair acQuain-
lance entered and, to obtain her card
OF admission, presented her passport,
bound up in one Of those neat little
gilt ged books which the better-class
Russians carry. Unobserved, glanced
at it as 1t lay In her hand. and saw
upon the gray paper, headed with the
Russian arms, a wise, which caused
me a start OF surprise. Her name. it
stated, was Vera Severine, and when.
quarter Of an hour later, 1 encoun-
tered her in the rooms and addressed
her by the name she looked at me
quickly. with mingled annoyance and
surprise.
Madame has no necessity to dis