The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-08-09

with the green tie. the NicOmte de
Bergillac, wasn't it?"
The marquise watched her charge
closely.
| We'll" she said. The is CONNIE il faut.
is he not? You find him more elegant.
| more chic than your Englishmen, eh?"
Phyllis shook her head regretfully.
ITO me-" she admitted, "he seemed
like an exceedingly precocious spoilt
child"
He is 90 the marquise declared.
Phyllis laughed softly.
We'll" she said. Il do not think that
shall amend my ideals for the sake of
the Vicomte de Bergillac,'
! The marquise looked at her doubt
fully.
Tell me. child" she said, "you mean,
then, that of the two-your English Sir
| George Duncombe and Henri--you
would prefer Sir George?"
Phyllis looked at her with twinkling
eyes.
asked
"Yesw
Sir George Overwhelmingly
The marquise seemed to have recov-
cred her good spirits.
/ Come. little one" she said, you
lose color in the house. 1 will take
you for a drive."
Andrew. conscious that he was being
| followed. sat down outside a cafe on
his way homeward. and babe his guide
leave him for q little time. Instantly
there was the soft rustic of feminine
skirts by his side. and w6man seated
herself on the next chair.
Monsieur has not been up to the
Cafe Montmartre latelyr'
Pelham turned his head. 1t was the
young lady from Vienna.
MOI he answered. II have not been
| there since | had the pleasure of seeing
mademoiseller'
Monsieur has discovered all that he
wanted TO know"
| He nodded little YEARLY.
| Yes. / think sou
| She drew her chair quite close to his
The sable of her turban hat almost
brushed his cheek. and the perfume of
the violets at her bosom was strong in
| his nostrils.
! Monsieur has seen the young lady?"
! Il have seen her." he answered.
Monsieur is indebted to me-" she
said softly, for some information. Let
me ask him one question. Is 1t true
| this story in the newspapers. of the
/ finding'Of this young mans body? Is
Monsieur Guy Poynton really dead?"
!
the newspapers" he answered
His sister spoke of him as dead p"
She asked
| Il cannot discuss this matter with
you. madenoiselle." he answered.
! Monsieur is ungrateful," she de-
clared. with a little grimace. 1T is
only that which l desire to know. He
was such a beau garcon, that young
Englishman. You will tell me that? -
she whispered.
! He shook his head
"Mademoiselle will excuse me-" he
said Il am going to take a carriage to
my hoteln'
1T is on the way to leave me at INV
rooms. if you will he so kind" she sug-
gested. laying her hand upon his arm.
'Mademoiselle will excuse me-" he
answered. turning away. Good after
noon.'
Mademoiselle also took a carriage.
| and drove to a large house at the top
of the Champs Elysees. She was at
once admitted, and passed with the air
of one familiar with the place into a
small room at the back of the house
where a man was sitting at table
writing He looked up as she entered
"Wen?"
She threw herself into chair
II have been following the English
man, Pelham. all day." she said in Ger
man. He has seen Miss Poynton. I
have talked with him since at a cafe.
but he would tell me nothing. He has
evidently been warned"
The man grumbled as ne resumed his
writing.
That fact alone should be enough
| for u.s." he remarked. "If there is any,
| thing to conceal we can guess what il
is. These amateurs who are in league
with the secret service are the devili /
would as soon resign. What with them
and the regular secret service. Paris is
an impossible city for us. Where we
would watch we are watched ourselves
The streets and cafes bristle with spies!
do not wonder that you find success
so difficult. mademoiseller
| Il haven't done so badly" she pro-
tested.
mo, for you have not been set easy
tasks. Can YOU tell me, though, where
that young Englishman disappeared to
when he left the Cafe Montmarte be-
fore your very eyes? Can you tell me
whether the secret service got hold of
this story, how much the French gov
eminent believed of it. whether they
have communicated with the English
government. and how much they know?
Beyond these things, it is not your
province 10 see, or mine, mademoiSelle,
and ii is not for us to- guess at or in
quire into the meaning of things Tell
me. is it worth while to have this man
Pelham put out of the way for a time ?"
She shook her head
Il do not think So" she answered.
He is quite stupid. The other. Sir
George Duncombe, he was different. If
he had stayed in Paris he would have
| been worth watching"
A ben rang. The man rose.
The chief" he said. BE at the cafe
tonight
Mademoselle went away thought
fully.
1T is over this affair."" she said to
herself. Carl knows everythingr'
CHAPTER XIII
A NEWSPAPER SENSATION.
Spencer, whose recovery during the
last few days had been as rapid as the