Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-09-07

were alone. luey are uilnoeS Rssss'N
stricken in Vienna What with the
| match burning close to the powder ID
Hungary and clever heads plotting IN
| Vienna this American end OF the game
has dangerous possibilities
"And when we have young Armi-
tage"- the Judge began.
Then we shah know the truth"
"But suppose suppose"-nnd Judge
| Claiborne glanced at the door-Asup
| pose Charles Louis, emperor-klng OF
Austria Hungary. should die-tonight--
tomorrow"
1--WE will assume nothing OF the
kind circulated the Ambassador
sharply. at il impossible" Then to
Captain Claiborne: "You must pardon
me If do not explain further wish
/, to find Armitage 1t IL Of the greatest
| Importance. 1t would not aid You II ]
told you why must see and talk With
him."
| And as though to escape from the
thing Of which his counsel had limited
Baron Won Marriott took his departure
at ONCE.
Shirley met her brother on the We
randa. His arrival had been unher-
aided, aud she was frankly astonished
| to see him.
"Well, Captain Claiborne, you are
man Of mystery. You will undoubted-
/ ly be court martialed for deserving
and after long leave too"
| t.V .N,,Ar
you are the daughter Of diplomat"
"Humph! 1t doesn't follow necessarl.
| ly that should be stupid"
"You couldn't be that, Shirley. dear"
Thank you, captain"
They discussed family matters for =
\ few minutes; then she said. with elab.
crate irrelevance:
"Well, we must hope that your ap-
pearance will cause no battles to be
fought in our garden. There was
enough lighting about here in old
times"
take heart, little sister. I shall pro.
tect you. Oh. It's rather decent of An
mitage to have kept away from you,
Shirley, after all that fuss about the
bogus baron"
(which he WASN'T
"Well, Sanderson says he couldn't
have been, and the rOgues' gallery pic.
lures don't resemble our friend at ALL"
"tgh. don't speak of I'll" And Shir-
ley shrugged her shoulders She SUI.
!. fered her eyes to climb the slopes OF
the far hills. Then she looked steadily
4 at her brother and laughed.
"What do you and father and Baron
] Won Marhof want with Mr.. John Armi-
tage" she asked.
Guess again. exclaimed Dick hur.
riedly. HAS that been the undercur
rent of your conversation? As may
have said before in this connection,
you disappoint me. Shirley. You seem
unable to forget that fellow"
He paused. grew very serious and
bent forward in his wicker chair.
"Have you seen John Armitage since
I saw him?"
"Impertinent How dare you?
"But, Shirley, the question is fair!'
"Is it, Richard? p
"And I want you to answer me-"
"That's different
He rose and took several steps to-
ward her. She stood against the rail-
ing, with her hands behind her back.
Shirley, you are the finest girl in
the world, but you wouldn't do this
This what, Dick?
"You know what I mean. ] ask you
again-have you or have you not seen
Armitage since you came to the
SpringsY"
1 He spoke impatiently, his eyes upon
hers. A wave Of color swept her face.
and then her anger passed, and she
was her usual good natured self.
Baron Won Marhof is charming
old gentleman. isn't he?"
Hes regular old brick" declared
Dick solemnly.
"It's a great privilege for a, young
/ man like you to know him, Dick. and
to have private talks with him and the
governor about subjects Of deep i'm
portance. The governor is good deal
Of man himself
II am proud to be his son." declared
Dick, meeting Shirley's eyes unflinch-
ingly.
! Shirley was silent for a moment,
while Dick whistled few bars from
the latest waltz.
"a captain-a mere captain Of the
line-is not often plucked out Of his
post when in good health and stand
ing-after a long leave for foreign
travel-and sent away to visit his par
ents and help entertain distinguished
ambassador"
Thanks for the mere captain dear
est. You needn't rub it in"
II wouldn't. But you are fair game
for your sister only. And you're bet
ter known than you were before that
little supper for the Spanish attache.
1t rather directed attention to you,
didn't it. Dick?"
Dick colored.
ut certainly did"
"And II you should meet NJ. Chanye-
net, who caused the trouble
II have every intention Of meeting
him"
"Ohw
.Of course 1 shall meet him-some
time, somewhere. He's at the Springs,
isn't hep
| "Am I a hotel register that I should
know? I haven't seen him for sew
eral days" ~
What l should like to see," said
q A