Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-16

WASHINGTON nor the United States for that matter.
Naturally on such mission, he would not
as publicly accredited agent; therefore, imagine,
he is to be sought under another name"
"Of course" Mr.. Grimm acquiesced.
And he would avoid the big hotels
Certainly
Mr. Campbell permitted his guileless blue eyes to
lnger nquiringly those of the young man for
half minute He caught himself wondering some
times at the perfection of the deliberate indifference
with which Mr.. Grimm masked his emotions. In
his admiration of this quality he overlooked the
remarkable mask of mediocre beneVolence Deh1nd
which he himself hid
And the name d'Abruzzi," he remarked after
time what does it mean to you, Mr.. Grimm
1T means that l am to deal with Prince OF the
royal blood of Italy, the unhesitating response.
Mr.. Grimm picked up the Almanach de Gotha and
glanced at the open page: Ot course the ,1 h1s a
simple enough" He perused the page carelessly
Il will begin work at once"
And just where will you begin work." queried
Mr.. Campbell curiously.
Il think, perhaps the first thing to do will be to
call upon Miss Thorne-Miss Isabel Thorne,' was
the eM ssPly Isdv Of Mystery" unused Mr. Campbell
Mr.. Grimm rose with a slight tightening of his
he said irrelevantly Yes, III begin work at once"
Mr. Campbell rose too. I'm off to the White
House" he remarked "You may phone me here
at noon, or any time after, if necessary
Mr. Grimm nodded and went into his own Office.
His method of beginning work was to sit down and
place his perfectly shod feet on his desk, the while
FOR three days Signor Petro Petrozinni, known
to the Secret Service an unaccredlted agent
of the Italian Government, and the self confessed
assaiant of Senior Alvarez of the Mexican Legation,
had been taking his in cell. He had been
formally arraigned and committed to await the
suit of the bullet wound that had been inflicted on
the diplomatist from Mexico at the German En-
bassy ball; and since then, undisturbed and appar
emily careless of the outcome he had spent his time
in reading and smoking. He had answered ques
lions with only curt yes or no when he deigned
to answer them at all There had been callers
or inquiries for him He had written no letters,
nor had he received any. He had abruptly declined
Twice each day, morning and night, he had asked
one question of the jailer that brought his meals.
How is Senior Alvarez?"
"He is still in critical condition. The answer
always the same.
Whereupon the secret agent would return to his
reading with not a shadow of uneasiness concern
his face.
On the morning of the fourth day note came
for him in a delicately perfumed envelop which
bore the Washington postmark He received it
through the grating of his cell door, glanced at the
superscrp ion, then ripped it open with his fingers.
The guard was turning away; the prisoner raised
his eyes from the single written sheet.
oh, guard may have glass OF fresh milk,
please?" he requested. No ice. / prefer it tepd"
He thrust small coin between the bars The
guard accepted it and passed on Then still stand
ing at the door, the prisoner read the note:
MY sIcNoR-I have been waiting to write with
the hope that could report Senior Alvarez of danger
attorney to your Would you like book Of any kind or
delcacy sent in from restaurant? Can be of any
Sincerely. ISABEL THoRNE.
The prisoner tossed the note on tiny table in
of his cell, and resumed his reading After
time the guard returned with the milk
Would it be against the rules for me to write
note in answer to this?' queried the prisoner and
he indicated the perfumed missive
Certainly not, was the reply.