Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1908-03-14

In little while the three were seated |.
together In quiet Frost ordered cold
lunch, and intimated to the waiter that
they wished to be left alone until they
should ring for his further attendance.
Il had not the advantage of knowing |
you very intimately at Janenne," said
O'Rourke, when they were finally left |
alone. Even If had had that advan-
tage, / do not believe 1 should have rec
ognized you but for the little accident
Of this morning. We have a proverb to
the effect that little pitchers have long
ears. l shall think of that proverb with
respect forever after to-day"
You choose to be facetious, sir" said
Zeno, with an air of chagrin. II will
not pretend not to understand you, but
your good fortune is less agreeable to me
than it Is to you. Will you kindly make
a matter of business of our talk, sir?"
THAT is just what l wish. l happen
at this moment to be pressed for eleven
hundred pounds"
"Ah, sir !" said Zeno, IF should hap
pen to be pressed for any such sum as
that am afraid l should be forced to
quit the country"
I'LL dDOul 10 TRANSFER the pressure
from my shoulders to your own" said
O'Rourke quietly. "The sum is small
enough in all conscience. l merely men
ton it because l happen to want it now.
1t does not leave me a solitary fve-pound
note when my immediate necessities are
met. Your employers will find my hum
BILE charge no more than a fea-bite, Mr..
Wroblewakoff."
Very WE'LL" said Zeno, II throw UP
! my hand and 60. That Is ell. 1t is not
Ia my power to ind such 4 sum o. any
thing like such a sum-"
xviii you ring the bell for me, Frost7"
asked O'Rourke. Frost rang the bell,
making somewhat crab-like progress
across the room In order to keep an eye
on Zeno. Bring me a dozen telegraph
FORMS" said O'Rourke to the waiter.
There was another pause, and when the
forms were brought and they were again
alone O'Rourke handed the sheets to
Frost. go to that table," he said, land
write to my dictation. Are you ready ?
Never mind Mr.. Wroblewskoff, Frost.
will take care Of him. Now, II you please,
write: Guard every dock and station.
Wroblewskoff is Zeno.' Repeat that on
every form. Address to Bremmer, to
Dobroski, Slater, Hughes, MacAdam
Joyce; address them from yourself at
your own address l will give you more
names by and by"
Frost wrote one form after the other
shooting a shifty, frightened eye Mt Zenc
every now and then. Zeno leaned back
in his chair, looking from Frost tt
| ntn rb NTH icohiauonQ Z 80
of glance, which expressed with tolerabl'
clearness his own feeling at the turn af
fairs had taken. O'Rourke, with hi
hand on the back of chair, stood at thu
head of the table, and never took his eye
from Zeno for an instant.
write me a telegram, my faithful
! Frost" said Zeno, suddenly. Date from
here. From Angelo, Angelo, to Dr.
Brun, B-r-u-n, two dots over the u, m.
good Frost, if you please. Thirtyeigh
Hollington place, N. w. Have you tina
down? Check book. Immediate Tha
ell is all"
Give me the other forms, Frost,
j you please" said O'Rourke. 1T will say
: trouble to keep them, perhaps. 1t woul
be a pity to have to rewrite them. Than
i you"
The telegram was dispatched to d.
Brun, who responded in person, and afte
a barley paid O'Rourke the sum demand
4 ed.
When O'Rourke and Frost reached tn
formers chamk6rs after this episod
!. Frost told ~ his fears for Dobroski.
q ST. thik' he said, leaning forwar
a Isl spaking in whisper, they war
tos le old man away-spirit him OF
o O. country"
3 ,,,~Dobroski?"
: "Dobroski. Wroblewskoff's in the pa
4 of the Russian government, and the o.
mans been in the very middle of all Il
n plots against the Gear and the govern
! ment this fifty year. It's my notion the
want to get him into Russia and squee'
, things out of him there. l guess they
% make it warm for him If ever they {
4 ret him into the Cars dominions."
) "But he will never be idiot enough
20 there" said O'Rourke half to himse
% This was horrible if it were to be belle
- ed. To have left spies at liberty to d.
:, the old man and Illustrate his plans WI
a had and base enough, since he who d
- II and was paid for doing 1t, had pr
- fessed to be with him heart and soul, b
:. TO hand him over to his enemies W
:. worse. mo, no." he said; "Dobrosk
- too willy to be caught by any trap of t
= Russians. He knows better than ventu
into any part of the Cars dominions
n "They amt going to ask his leave
. whispered Frost. I'm certain about o
- thing. and l can average the rest. They
- going to drug him. I'm sure of thu
. Zeno's been at -Wrobewskof been
me, l mean. He's been at me about he
70 to give a man drug over and over aga
10 Look here, he's brand new furnished
rooms. caught chap making sketch