Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-10-24

He laughed as though at the remem- brAuce of something amusing and held the little company while he bent over q candle to light cigar.
 ''With all due respect to our Ameri. san host, I must say that title in Amefica goes further than anywhere olse in the whole. was at Bar Har- bor three years ago when the Baron con Kissel devastated that region. He made sad havoc among the ladies that summer. The rest of us simply had no place to stand. You remember. gentle men''-and Chauvenet looked slowly around the listening circle-"that the unexpected arrival of the excellent ambassador of Austria Hungary caus- Cd the baron to leave Bar Harbor be- tween dark and daylight. The story was that he got off in sailboat, and the next we heard of him he was mas querading under some title in San Francisco. where he proved to be a dangerous forger. You all remember that the papers were full of his per. formances for awhile. but he was 6 lucky rascal and always disappeared al the proper psychological moment. He had, as you may say. the cosmopolitan accent and was the most plausible fel- low alive.
 "Its my experience that we never meet a person once only-there's ai- ways second meeting somewhere and I was not at all surprised when I ran upon my old friend the baron in Germany last fall"
 "At his old tricks. suppose" oh- Derved some one.
 ssNo. That was the strangest part of lt. He's struck deeper game. though I'm blessed if can make it out. He's dropped the title altogether and now calls himself Mister-Pve forgotten for the moment the rest of it, but 1t is an English name. He's made stake somehow and travels about in decent comfort He passes now as an Ameri- can-his English is excellent-and he hints at large American interests"
 "He probably has forged securities to sell" commented the German. q know those fellows. The business is best done quietly"
 T dare say," returned Chauvenet
 s.Of course you greeted him as long lost friend" remarked Claiborne lead ingly.
 No; I wanted to make sure of him, and. strangely enough. he assisted me in very curious way"
 All felt that they were now to hear the denouement of the story. and sev- eral men bent forward in their absorp- tion, with their elbows on the table. Chauvenet smiled and resumed, with a little shrug of his shoulders.
 Well, must go back moment to say that the man knew at Bar Har- Dor had real crest The ladies to whom he wrote notes treasured them. | dare say, because of the pretty in- signium.. He had it engraved on his cigarette case, bird of some kind tip toeing on helmet, and beneath there was motto, Eide Non Armis.'"
 tsrhe devil!" exclaimed rhe young German. 'Why. that's very like'-
 ..Very like the device of the Austrian Echomburgs. Well, remembered the cigarette case, and one night at con- cert-in Berlin, you know-I chanced to sit with some friends at a table quite near where he sat alone. had my eye on him, trying to assure my self of his identity, when in closing his cigarette case it fell almost at my feet, and bumped heads with waiter as picked it up-I wanted to make sure-and handed it to him, the imita- ton baron." ',
 That was your chance to startle him trife, should say" remarked the German. .~"=--i s.'.s
 He was the man beyond doubt There was no mistaking the cigarette case. What I said was," continued Chauvenet. "sAllow me, baron."
 'sWell spoken"' exclaimed the Span lsh officer. at. ...-.
 Not so we'll, either" laughed Chau- venet He had the best of it. He's a
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