Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1908-12-17

OF her against pillar OF crimson ram
bIers. Then he went back to the baron
How much of our row in the hills
got into the newspapers n he asked
sitting down.
Nothing absolutely nothing. The
presence of the Sophia Margaret off
the capes caused inquiries to be made
at the embassy, and several CORE
spondents came down here to inter
view me- Then the revenue officers
made some raids in the hills oppor
tuncly and created local diversion
You were hurt while cleaning your
gun-please do not forget that-and
you are d friend of my family, very
eccentric character. WHO has chosen to
live in the wilderness"
The Judge and Armitage laughed at
these explanations, though there was
a little censtraint upon them all The
baron's question was still unanswered
You ceased to be of particular inter
est some time ago. While you were
sick the fraudulent Won kissel was ar
rested in Australia, and believe some
of the newspapers apologized to you
handsomely"
.@That was very generous of them.
and Armitage shifted his position
slightly. A white skirt had flashed
again in the Claiborne garden, and he
was trying to follow IT. AT the same
time there were questions he wished
to ask and have answered The Bar
oness Won Marhof had already gone to
Newport: the baron fingered merely
out of good feeling toward Armitage
for 1t was as Armitage that be was
still known to the people of Storm
Springs, to the doctor and nurses who
tended him.
The news from Vienna seems tran
quill enough remarked Armitage He
had not yet answered the baron's ques-
ton. and the old gentleman grew rest
less at the delay. q read In the Neue
Freie Presse awhile ago that Charles
Louis is showing an unexpected ca
pacity for affairs. IT is reported. too.
that an heir is in prospect. The Win
kelried conspiracy is only bad dream,
and we may safely turn to other af.
fairs
Yes. but the margin by which we
escaped is too narrow to contemplate"
I'VE have a saying that a miss is as
good as a MILE remarked Judge Clai
borne. I'VE have never told Mr.. Ar
mitage that we found the papers in
the safety box at New York to be as
he described them"
4They are dangerous. We have hesi-
tated as to whether there was more
risk in destroying them than in pre-
serving them" said the baron.
Armtage shrugged his shoulders and
laughed
They are out of my hands. posi-
lively decline to accept their further
custody
A messenger appeared with a tele-
gram, which the baron opened and
read
Its from the commander of the
Sophia Margaret, who is just leaving
Rio Ianeiro for Trieste and reports
his prisoners safe and in good health
1T was a happy thought TO have
him continue his cruise to the Brazilian
coast before returning homeward. By
The time be delivers those two scoun-
drels TO his government their fellow
conspirators viii have forgotten they
ever lived But and Judge Claiborne
shrugged his shoulders and smiled dis
ingennousy-~ ..as a lawyer depIore
such methods. Think what d stir would
be made in this country If It were
known that two men had been kid
mapped IN the sovereign state Of Vir-
ginia and taken out to sea under con
voy Of ships carrying our flag for trans
fer to an Austrian battleshlp! That's !