The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1908-03-19

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n Zeno, with an air Of chagrin. Il viii
, not pretend not to understand you. bat
o your good fortune Is less agreeable to me
{ than II is to you win you kindly make
: matter Of business Of our talk. STRIP
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 Tor any such sum as
that I am afraid l should be forced to
quit the country"
am about to transfer the pressure
from ny shoulders to your own" said
O'RoUrke quietly. The sum IS small
enough in al conscience. l merely men
ton It because l happen to want it now.
1t does not leave me a solitary FIVE pound
note when ny immediate necessities are
met Your employers viii find my hum
BILE charge no u-0re than a fea-bite. Mr..
Wrobiewskon."
VERY we'll" said Zeno, Il throw up
my hand and 30. That is ALL 1t is not
in my power to find such a sum or any
thing like such a sum-
win you ring the bell for me. Frost?'
asked O'Rourke. Frost rang the bell.
making somewhat erab-like progress
across the room in order to keep an eye
on Leno- 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 4
alone O'Rourke handed the sheets to
Frost go to that table, he said. 'ani /
write to my dictation. Are you ready
Never mind Mr.. Wroblewsko6. Frost. I 4
will - 10 81 - II 4
write: Guard every dock and station.
Wroolewskof 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 viii give you more
names By and by
Frost wrote one form after the other.
shooting shifty. frightened eye at Zeno
every now and then Zeno leaned back
in his chair. looking from Frost to
ORourke with a mischievous. snakyness
of glance. which expressed with tolerable
his own feeling at the turn af-
'airs had taken O'Rourke. with his
hand on the back of chair. stood at the
lead Of the table. and never took his eyes
rom Zeno for an instant
Write me a telegram. my faithful /.
Frost, said Zeno. suddenly. Date from
iere- From Angelo. Angelo. to DR.. !
5run. B-r-u-n- two dots over the u. my )
god Frost. il you please. Thirtyeight
dollington place. y. W. Have xou that ;
own? Check book. Immediate eThat !,
; ALL
Give me the other forms. Frost. If
on please" said O'Rourke 1T viii sayk >
rouble to keep them. perhaps II would !,
E a pity 10 have to reWrite them Thank !
ou-" y
The telegram was dispatched to Or. z
run, who responded in person. and after :,
pariey paid O'Rourke the sum demand II
When O'Rourke and Frost reached the N
rmers chambers after this episode. br
rOst told Of his fears for Dobroski. be
think he said. leaning forward vi
ID speaking in = whisper, .they want ST
get the old man away-spirit him out By
the county" 81
''DobroskfT1 Va
'Dobroski- Wroblewskof's in the nav ne
the Russian government. and the old fol
ms been in the very middle Of all the II
ITS against the Car and the govern ha
mt this fifty year It's my notion they sci
mt to get him into Russia and squeeze ina
nss out Of him there. I guess they'll tbs
ke II warm for him If ever they do her
him into the Cars dominions.s bel
But he viii never be idiot enough to nes
there" said O'Rourke half to himself. har
Is was horrible If it were to be beIiev- AM
To have left spies at liberty to dog liey
old man and Illustrate his plans was wal
and base enough, since be who did hay
and was paid for doing #, had pro hea
ed to be with him heart and soul. but me
hand hire over to his enemies was
se- No, no." he said; -Dobroskf's
willy to be caught b. any trap Of the
SLAMS He knows bstter th1n venture
any part Of the Cars domfnions."
They amt going to ask his leave ton,
spered Frost. I'm certain about one enc
9. and / can average the rest. They're lac
q to drug him. I'm sure Of that ano
rs been at me-Wroblewskof been nj -.
mean He's been at me about how -,
i've man a drug over and over a1ain- DSii
here. he's brand new furnished his trai
"a. caught a chap making sketches Jud:
he walls one day. Ugly a. sin the men
e was, too, and fellow there making Ing
Tres OF the inside Of it. Wait a Bit. tate
help to hunt this down. He sent xos,
own to the railway station with a lot o-
acklng cases-one lot for Calais and -
her for Vienna. His rooms didn't snou
in want Of new furnishin' BIT. s=a ia
yer packin' cases came from the whit
establishment he got his furniture etiqI
Do you see anything in all that, have
befo
othing7 ORourke confessed-"noth- aIdo,
He began to think that Frost was 49, .
ting some sham secret TO keep back ~
he knew, and he watched and list MAIN
keenIy, but with no great appear grac'
of interest. ammo
y a BIT further" said Frost, still count
~ forward and speaking In a whis- ash.
This struck me as being all lit main
{ queer. ! wasn't let know much. &c.,
kind Of piqued me. 20 took a walk
the Tottenham Court Road, and / eai.
lto talk with a wafehouseman. I suppl
{ long In finding out what I'd guess wants
be about the thing before. The a roa
for Calais was the same as the stock treasl
Jenna, and the stock for Vienna was grace
ime. to teacup, as had gone 70 whisp
! roors. Anything in all that, ,,svar
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