The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1908-03-11

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land to the Czarna of Russia began the Queens
Messenger. "It to celebrate the occasion of
k the Cars coronation. Our Foreign Office knew
ENHSNN that the Russian Ambassador in Paris was to pro-
ENIMSDH coed to Moscow for that ceremony and was
directed go Paris and over the necklace
to him. But when reached Paris found expected me
for week later and taking few days vacation at Nice His
people asked leave the necklace with them Embassy but
had been charged Ambassador him
SELF started for Nice The fact that Carlo not
two thousand miles from Nice have had something do with
making carry my instructions carefully
Now how the Princess Itchy find the necklace
don't know but guess AS you have just heard was
time the service of the Russian government
they dismissed her she kept her acquaintance with many
Russian agents London 1t probable through one of them
she learned that the necklace be Moscow which
of the Queens Messengers had been detailed it there
STILL doubt that knowledge would have helped
not also known something which supposed
knew but myself and other And curousy enough the
other Queens Messenger too and of You
must know that the time this robbery always concealed
my dispatches in peculiarly my got the
that play called Scrap of Paper In
tain compromising document He that all will be
secretly searched for he puts envelope
up where his mane shelf The
the woman who ransackng the house find looks all the
likely places but the paper
nose Sometimes the and packages they about
Europe OF value and sometimes they special
of cigarettes and orders dressmakers
what we are carrying and sometimes do not Ii it large
Of money treaty. they generally tell But rule
no knowledge OF what the package contains be the @
we naturally take just great of though knew held
the terms OF umaum the jewels AS rule
freres the official packages despachbox which Just
obvious ady jewel bag in the hands of her maid Every
knows they something of value They premium
dishonesty WE'LL after the Scrap Paper play determined
put the vauabe the unlikely place any
would look for them they gave
me inside rdngboot articles money Jewels
carried in old After took using
purpose bought one exactly like it. for my cigars But
AVOID mistakes had initials placed both sides of the
and the moment touched the case the dark could tell
which it was by the raised initials
No knew of this except the Queens Messenger of
spoke We left Paris together the Express
going to and he stop off Vienna On the
Journey told him of peculiar way of hiding things and showed
nm my clgarcase If recolect rightly that trip held
grand OF St Michael and George which Queen
ing to Ambassador Messenger very entertained
at my scheme and months when he he told
ner about 1t as an amusing story Of he had idea she
RUSSIAN spy lie didn't know anything all about her. except that
she was very attractive It ndcreet he could
possibly have guessed that she could any
told her.
Later alter the robbery remembered that had informed this
young chap OF my secret hiding and when him again
never seen the the He
several people Of it. and among Princess Itchy In that
found that she who had robbed me- and know that
from the moment left London she following that
knew then that the diamonds concealed my cgarcase
MY tram Tor Nice left Paris in the morning When
travel at night generally tell the chef care am Queens
Messenger and he myself but In the day
time take whatever offers On this morning found an empty
and had tipped the guard keep every one else out
not from any tear OF losing the diamonds but
smoke tie had locked the door, and the run