The Morning examiner. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1904-1910, 1909-02-07

to submit 10 disgrace, not merely FOL
this woman Of your own society. but
that you may be the savior OF ma
tlon. Monsieur, be merclful"
The facts!" insisted
First Of all, though II may weary
you. l wish to tell you little OF my.
self. My parents were OF that most
unhappy race. the Macedonian Chris
tians My father was rich for that
country; we were happy. But whom ]
was a child I was awakened one night
by the crash CT musketry and tho
glare OF flames. The Turkish butchers
mud attncked our yilayet | saw my
sister snatched from her mothers
arms and stabbed before my eyes. A
blow felled my mother. My father
was thrown to earth. manacled and
trodden upon / was taken captive,
MY fate would have been even
more horrible had | not been the cap.
tive of Turkish officer wSo was kind
to me and adopted me. But he was
one OF that hated race. and secretly l
tolerated his kindness only to be re-
Sultan. my protector was banlshed.
We lived In Paris
AT last the hour Of my vengeance
came. He had an enemy, one of his
own race. | betrayed him. He died
violent death, and that night, think,
was happy.
"I found myself rich: he had left me
everything | was beautiful and veil
educated, a life of pleasure lay be-
fore me. Well. / have drunk deep OF
tho cup of pleasure. But that might
be happy No. If have banqueted
with princes. 1t was to learn their
secrets. | have flattered and cajoled
enemies that j might betray them.
Sometimes have betrayed my friends.
In short. | am consecrated to my
country. For her | have made myself
an adventures. IL could not direct
ly further her cause, there were Sc
crets to be bought and sold at n price.
The money purchased bread and arms.
/ have schemed. intrigued. betrayed.
tempted-always to BRING Macedonia
one step nearer her freedom
Madame do WARMER" interrupted.
with brutal directness, "at any other
time these personal "reminiscences
might be interesting enough. but
now"
You are adamant," she cried de-
spairingly. TT is impossible. 1t seems,
to awaken your sympathy. Thon
must appeal to your intelligence.
You must understand something of
the political situation"
II know enough OF that already.
Once more I must beg you to come to
the episode of Sir Mortimer Brett"
How can you know anything Of tho
complexities OF the Balkan situatm?"
she demanded, at once startled and
surprised
Suffice 1t that know this: Prince
Ferdinand OF Bulgaria will Invade
Turkish Macedonia. and free that ter
rltory from the Turkish yoke. II his
army is financed by Kuhn, banker
of New York City but Macedonian
by birth. This banker makes one
stipulation: Bulgaria must have Eng
lands promise OF her moral support,
England must promise Bulgaria free
field. Sir Mortimer Brett was to have
gained that promise from England.
You made Sir Mortimer the victim Of
your intrlgues. How, and to what eZ-
tent-that is what l wish to know"
Il was sent to Sofa to accomplish
that 1t seemed a hopeless task, For
10 years he had resisted eyory en-
treaty and brlbe. He had the absolute
confidence OF the British Foreign OF.
Gce, But it was necessary to win him
over at any cost We had secret in-
formation to the effect that II he ad-
yised England's Interference she would
Interfere.
"You are impatient; / shall not
weary you by telling of my efforts.
Sir Mortimer was a cold man and ex-
tremely diff1cult OF approach. For
some time / despaired of influencing
him. But | learned at last that be-
meath his calm exterior was actually
heart that throbbed-for the suffer
ings OF Macedonia"
|
manded, curiously. as she paused.
You Will desplse me the more when
tell YOU" she replied heSitatingly.
and her face was scarlet | etolo his
diary 1t seems atrocious to you that
should SO have repaid his Kindness,
but / have told you that to play tho
spy. to be the high pnestess of cum
ming, has been my lot This diary re-
vealed TO me Sir Mortimer's true char
acter
II have said that he was extremely
reserved. a virtue that all diplomatsts
must possess He was never to bo
tricked or excited into a rash state
mont Every word he spoke with the
precision of an automaton. because
every spoken word was weighed"
And he found relief By giving ex-
preston TO his emotions in his dialy ?"
Yes, what he had hidden from the
world there he revealed; and in the
pages of this diary | learned two
facts that were Of vital importance to
ne"
II think / can guess them" l said
coldly. First. that Sir Mortimer loved
you, secondly, that he was tempted to
put an end to the atrocities In Mace
donia by advocating England's support
Of Bulgaria"
Since you have taken the first fact
for granted. shall not contradict you.
But told you that Sir Mortimer found
relief In his diary for the emotions
which he sternly repressed before the
world, AS to your second guess, 1t is