Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-09-05
big fellow srowled and nodded his

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head
There Is house In the. outskirts Of
Vienna where you have been employed
at times as gardener and another house
In Geneva where you wait for orders.
| At this latter place 1t was my great
pleasure to smash you In the head with
boiling pot on a certain evening IN
| March
The man scowled and calculated an
oath with So much venom that Armi-
tage laughed.
"Your conspirators are engaged upon
a succession OF murders, and when
they have removed the last obstacle
they will establish a new emperor
king In Vienna, ID you will receive
substantial rexs'rd for what you
have DONE"
The blood suffused the mans dark
face, and he half rose. great roar OF
angry denial breaking from him.
THAT will do. You tried to kill me
| on the King Edward, you tried your
knife on me again down there in Judge
| Claiborne's garden, and you came up
| here tonight with plan to kill my
| man and then take your time to me.
| Give me the mail, Oscar"
He opened the letters which Oscar
! had brought and scanned several that
bore Paris postmark, and when he
| had pondered their contents a mo-
ment he laughed and jumped from the
| table He brought portfolio from his
bedroom and sat down to write.
Don't shoot the gentleman as long
as he is quiet. You may even give
him glass Of whisky to soothe his
! feelings"
Armitage wrote:
! Monsieur-Your assassin IL = clumsy
| fellow. and you will do we'll to send him
| back to the blacksmith shop at Toplica.
| learn that NJ. Durand, distressed by the
| delay in affairs in America, will soon join
| you-is even now abosrd the Tacoma.
| bound for New York. am profoundly
| grateful for this. dear monsieur. as 1t
| gives me an opportunity to conclude our
| interesting business in republican terri
tory without prejudice to any Of the par
\ ties chiefly concerned.
! You are a clever and daring rogue, yet
! at times you strike me IA immensely dull,
| monsieur. Ponder this: Should 1t seem
| expedient for me to establish my identity
| which am sure interests you greatly
| before Baron Won Maihof and we will
| add, the American secretary Of state. be
| quite sure that shall not do 80 until
| have taken precautions against your de-
| parture in any unseemly haste. 1 myself.
| dear friend am not without q certain ia
ciiity in setting traps.
! Armitage threw down tha pen and
read what he had written with care.
Then he wrote as signature the Initials
| F. A., inclosed the note In an envelope
and addressed 1t, pondered again,
| laughed and slapped his knee and went
| into his room, where he rummaged
about until he found small seal beau
| 'tifully wrought in bronze and bit Of
wax. Returning to the table, he light
ed candle and deity sealed the let
| ter. He held the rel scar on the back
Of the envelope to the lamp and ex-
| amined 1t with interest. The lines Of
the seal were deep cut, and the impress
sion was perfectly distinct OF F. A. in
English script, linked together by the
| bar of the E.
| "Oscar, what do you recommend that
we do with the prisoner"
"He should be tied to a tree and
shot, or perhaps it would be better to
| HANG him "a the