The Washington times., 1908-06-28

there are certain circumstances con-
nected with the disappearance Of the
princess that must remain secret"
A startling story surn as this was
not related TO me every day. and 1
found myself intensely interested.
rs there any reason 70 suppose that
the princess had eloped with her
lOver?' I inquired In a low tone. as
two men had at that moment lounged
into the room
None whatever. Since the hrst day
she. was known TO be enamOred or
him the strlctest watch had been kept
upon his movements. and IT is quite
clear that he is entirety ignorant OF
her whereabouts" Then, resting his
chair. his face became clouded. and he
sighed deeply.
And what position do you hold in
this inquiry" I asked. Before we
commence II Is as well that we should
thoroughly understand each other"
My posiuOn!' he calculated. start
Ing and glancinE at me uneasily-
That is surely OF no oOnoerni The
crown tsWals must be recovered The
honor of the nation ih at stake"
With an increasing feeling OF aus
picion suggested ynat re should IN
woke the aid OF the poles in a matter
Of such magnitude, but ne hrmly de-
oIned. repeating his argument that
TO DO 80 was 70 court publicity. For
fully an hour we talked but 20 AL my
questions he gave replies 80 svasive
that they served to increase my dis
trust, until, not caring for his AFRO
giant manner, 1 plainly and rather
bluntly told him that 1 could not IN
terfere In a matter which was clearly
the duty Of the police TO investigate.
Then you refuseT' he exclaimed.
In response I nodded. He shrugged
his she Ilders. and his gray brows
contracted IN displeasure- Then 1
wished him good day. and as I turn
ed 70 leave he bowed with cold hau-
teur, as though I had insulted him.
That some extraordinary conspiracy
was at work felt convinced, there
fore within a couple of hours OF lesv-
ing Cannes I was seated with my
friend Grassi in the prefecture al
Nice.
NO Jewels have been stolen he as
sured me after I had told him De
vigne's story IF they had. We
should undoubtedly know It. The
mans hesitancy TO come here points
10 guilt or some sort He may have
been an escaped convict c. some for
eIgnor who IS wanted. 1 shouldn't
wonder, indeed. n when you had prom
l. = = RA hrr y y
half a sovereign from you. He may.
OF course. be a BIT wrong IN the head
His glib talk about royalty seems
proof OF il. Rest assured, my dear
friend. that there's no truth in the
romantic story OF the nameless prin-
cess
Go I left him. returning 20 Monte
Carlo puzzled and cOnfounded. X WAS
all very vel for Grassi TO laugh the
whole thfr- 20 scOTn. but as that day
wore OF ' experienced an Increasing
desire TO fathom Devigne's real no
tive. There was no doubt Cf MS earn
estness OF purpose. Just as there was
no doubt that he feared any communi-
cation being made 10 the police. There
fore. duping the afternoon | wired
10 the surete in Brussels with whom
I had had constant communications.
asking whether any robbey Of unusual
magnitude. had been reported. at which
received a negative response All
this increased my interest in DeviGne,
until at last. about 2 O'Clock. do-
terninpl TO return and keep observa-
ton upon him. His attitude was sus-
plcioas. ard I felt certain that some
dom nNsLerv mnderlay bis statement