Putnam patriot., 1908-09-11

while he waited for Armltage to ex. plain why he expected 10 see Ram baud in Geneva.
 He is interested in certain young
 woman. She reached here yesterday and Rambaae. alias Chauyenet, is quite likely to arrive within day or SO"
 Jules Ghauvenet is the correct name must inform my men," said the minister
 You wish to arrest himf' You ought to know me better than that, Mir John Armitage. Of course | shall not arrest him. But l must get that packet l can't have it peddled all over Europe, and l can't advertise my business by having him arrested here If could catch him once in Vienna 1 should know what to do with him. He and Winkelried got hold of our plans in that Bulgarian affair last year and eheckmated me. He carries his wares to the best buyers-Berlln
 and St. Petersburg. So there's wo-
 man, is there? I've found that there
 usually is!'
 There's a very charming young American girl. to be more exact" The old man growled and eyed Armi- tage sharply. while Armitage studied
 the photograph
 T hope you are not meditating preposterous marriage. Go back where you belong. make a proper marriage and wait
 "Eventsw And John Armitage laugh ed "I tell you. sir. that waiting is not my forte. That's what l like about America. They're up and at 1t over there. The man who waits is lost" .rhey're lot of swinev' rumbied yon Stroebel's heavy bass. "I still owe allegiance to the Schom-
 burg crown. so don't imagine you are hitting me But the swine are iudus- trious and energetic. Who knows but that John Armitage night become ia nous among them-in politics. in financei But for the depiorable acci' acnt of foreign birth he might be rome president of the United States As 1t is. there are thousands of other offices worth getting-why uotf" ''l tell you not to be fool. You are young and fairly clever" Armitage laughed at the reluctance of the counts praise. Thank you. with all my heart .Go back where you belong and you will have uo regrets Something may hapnen-who can tell7 Events-events If man will watch and wait and study, events. But.-he guiped down more of tine brandy-"where and how do you liver
 Where? 1 own a cattle ranch in Montana. and since the arcbduke's death I have lived there. He carried about fJ0.O00 to America with him. He took care that should get what WAS left when he died. and am al- most afraid to tell you that have actu- ally augmented my inheritance Just before Left 1 bought a place in Vir- ginia to be near Washington when l got tired of the ranch" Washington Enorfed the count Tn due course it will be the storm center of the world" "You read the wrong American news ps pers," laughed Arinitage. They were silent for moment fn which each was busy with his own thoughts. Then the count remarked in as amiable 6 tone as he ever aseds Your French is first rate Do you speak English as weli?" As readily as German. think. You may recall that had an English tutor. and maybe I did not tell you in that interview at Paris that l had spent . rear at Harvard university" What the devil did you do that forf gro~ied you Sfroebel. Prom curiosity or ambition. as you Ike was in Cambridge al the law school for a year before the archdcke died. That was three ysars ego am twersy eight. as you may remember. I am desainins you; have no wish fo nke over the past. but 1 am sorry-i am very sorry we can't meet on some common ground-~
 -I ask you to abandon this democrat