Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1909-03-12

conqueror. Armitage rose and walked
the length of the veranda. He had not
seen Shirley since that morning when
the earth had slipped from under his
feet at the bungalow. The Claibornes
had been back and forth often between
Washington and Storm Springs. The
judge had just been appointed Il mem
Der of the Brazilian boundary COM.
mission which was to meet shortly in
Berlin, and Mrs. Claiborne and Shirley
were to go with him. In the Claiborne
garden, beyond and below, he saw
fash of white here and there among
Che dark green hedges. He paused,
leaned against a pillar and waited I'M
til Shirley crossed one of the walks
and passed slowly on. intent upon the
rose trees. and he SAVIOR thought he
saw-the sun searching out the gold In
her brov
Of her against pillar OF crimson ram
blers Then he went back to the baron.
How much of our row in the hills
got into the newspapers?" he asked,
sitting down.
Nothing-absolutely nothing. The
presence of the Sophia Margaret off
the capes caused inquiries to be made
st the embassy, and several CORE
spondents came down here to inter
view me. Then the revenue officers
made some raids in the hills oppor-
timely and created a local diversion
You were hurt while cleaning your
gun-please do not forget that-and
you are friend of my family. n very
eccentric character. who has chosen to
live in the wilderness"
The judge and Armitage laughed at
these explanations, though there was
q little constraint upon them all. The
baron's question was still unanswered.
You ceased to be of particular inter-
est some time. ago. While you were
sick the fraudulent Won Kissel was ar
rested in Australia, and believe some
of the newspapers apologized to you
handsomely"
THAT was very generous of them"
and Armitage shifted his position
slightly. A white skirt had flashed
again in the Claiborne garden, and he
was trying to follow it. At the same
time there were questions he wished
to ask and have answered. The Bar
oness Won Marhof had already gone to
Newport; the baron fingered merely
out Of good feeling toward Armitage.
for 1t was as Armitage that he was
still known to the people of Storm
Springs. to the doctor and nurses who
tended him.
/ no fro
quill enough" remarked Armitage. He
had not yet answered the baron's ques-
ton, and the old gentleman grew rest
less at the delay. Il read in the Neue
Freie Presse awhile ago that Charles
Louis is showing an unexpected ca
pecity for affairs. 1t is reported, too,
that an heir is in prospect. The Win
kelried conspiracy is only a bad dream,
and we may safely turn to other af-
fairs
Yes, but the margin by which we
escaped is too narrow to contemplate"
1--WE have a saying that miss is as
good as a mile" remarked Judge Clai-
borne. I'VE have never told Mr.. Ar
mitage that we found the papers in
the safety boy at New York to he as
he described them"
They are dangerous. We have hesi-
tated as to whether there was more
risk in destroying them than in pre-
serving Them" said the baron.
Armitage shrugged his shoulders and
laughed.
They are out of my hands. posi-
lively decline to accept their further
custody"
A messenger appeared with a tee-
gram. which the baron opened and
read
TITS from the commander OF the
Sophia Margaret. who is just leaving
Rio Janeiro for Trieste and reports
his prisoners safe and in good health"
1T was a happy thought to have
him continue his cruise to the Brazilian
coast before returning homeward. BY
the time he delivers those two scoun-
drels to his government their fellow
conspirators will have forgotten they
ever lived. But"-and Judge Claiborne
| shrugged his shoulders and smiled dis
ingenuously-"as a lawyer | depIore
such methods Think what a stir would
be made in this country If it We're
known that two men had been kid
naped in the sovereign state of Nir-
gnia and taken out to sea under con-
vOy of ships carrying our flag for trans
fer to an Austrian battleship! That's
what we get for being a free republic
that cannot countenance the eXtradi-
ton of foreign citizen for a political
offense"
Armitage was not listening Ques-
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