The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-07-12

M Doe very soon got tired.
ne sieepers were long away apart,
and the track between frightfully
rough walked for hours without
seeing the slightest sign of a station
or break In the woods. and finally
l sat down dead beat Ny feet were
all bllsters, and / felt that I couldn't
walk another yard. Fortunately it was
d warm night, and made up my mind
10 crawl under the bracken lust in
side the wood and go to sleep. I found
comfortable place. and I'd just gone
on when a noise close at hand woke
me- | sat up and looked around.
within few feet of me an en-
gine and single carriage had pulled
up AT intervals along the line as
Iar as | could see soldiers were sta
toned like sentries. l could see that
they were looking sharply up and down.
and even little way into the wood
From the train three or four men in
long cloaks had already descended
They were standing in the track talk
ing together"
For the first time Monsieur Grisson
interrupted. He took his cigar from
his mouth and leaned over towards
the young Englishman.
You were lost yourself You did not
accost them? Ask them the way any,
where?"
1t seems odd. I suppose that
didn't" Guy answered, but do you
Know there was an air of secrecy about
the whole thing which rather fright
ened me. And those soldiers had exact
ly the air of looking for somebody to
shoot Anyhow, while / was hesitating
what to do. there was a whistle and
another train came from the opposite
direction. Then. of course, 1 waited
to see what was going to happen"
And you saw the Duke began.
L saw another single carriage ar
rive, more men in long cloaks and more
soldiers. There was a brief but hearty
greeting between two men, who seemed
to be the principals in this little pan
tomime. Then they both got into the
train which had arrived first, and
could see them sitting at a table talk
ing, and third man, who seemed to
be a sort of secretary, was writing all
the time. In about half an hour they
both stepped back on to the line. and
every one commenced shaking hands
and saying goodbye. Then the whole
thing seemed to melt away. The trains
went on. the soldiers climbed into a
truck attached to one of them. and ev-
erything was just as quiet as before"
And afterwards"
II waited until it was clear daylight,
and then / resumed my walk along the
line. j found the next station about
five miles off, and / was thankful to
see that the guard of the train which
had left me behind had had the sense
| to put my luggage out there. / went
| to the hotel and had some breakfast,
and afterwards I chucked my idea Of
going so far as the frontier, and left
| for Vienna. A week later 1 was in
| Paris
The Duke nodded.
"I have asked you this question be-
fore" he said, but Monsieur Grisson
is anxious to hear IL from your own
| lips. To how many people did you tell
this little adventure of yours before
you reached Paris?"
ITO not a SOUL" Guy answered. Il
was very dull in Vienna / found no
one who could speak English, and my
few words of German did me no good
at all. l came on to Paris within a
| week"
The Duke nodded.
And in Paris for the first timei
he remarked. You mentioned the af-
fair?'
Eyes, 1 took up an illustrated paper
at a cafe on the night of my arrival
whilst waiting for supper. and saw pic
| lures of two men there who reminded
me very much of the two whom / had
seen on the raJrFay near Pozen.
think / made some remark out loud
which attracted the attention of q
| woman who was sitting at the next
table, and later on l told her the whole
story
And since them"
"Since then have told 1t to no one
Was there any one in the cafe you
have spoken of who seemed to take
any particular interest in your
Guy considered for a moment.
There was young lady from
Vienna" he said, who seemed to want
TO talk to me-"
The two men exchanged glances.
Madame has justified herself" the
Duke murmured.
"She was trying to listen to wha1
/ was saying to the English girl-Made
moiselle Flossie, she called herself, and
when she went away with her friend:
she threw me a note with two word:
on it-'preneZ gardei' / know it strucl
me as being rather queer, because
He hesitated. The Duke nodded
Go on" he said.
well, I may as well tell you every
thing" Guy continued. even if it doe:
sound rather like rot. All the time
was in Vienna and on the journey Il
Paris. / fancied that l was being fol
lowed. I kept on seeing the same peo
pie. and a man who got in at Stras
burg-I had seen him before at thu
MOTEL In Nlennd-lrleu Ill TIC COulu "
pal I'D to me. hate Germans though
and I didn't like the look Of the fel
low, so 1 wouldn't have anything Il
say to him. though feel sure he tipped
the conductor to put him in my com
partment. i gave him the slip at tn
railway station at Paris, but I'm al
most sure 1 saw him that night a
the Cafe Montmartre."
Your story" Monsieur Grisscl
! said quietly. becomes more and NOR
interesting. Monsieur lie Due here ha
! limited at some slight indiscretion o
yours on the night of your arrival il
Paris. / have some influence with tn
Government here. and / think / cal
promise you some very substantial he'll
in return for the information you hav
given us. But j want you to turn you
thoughts back to the night you spen
: by the railroad. Can you remembe
: anything further about it, however tri
! fling. which you have not told us?"
, Guy leaned back in his chair an
thought for a moment
! by Jove," he declared, there
/ something which ! forgot altogether