The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-11-07

In Europe against this outrage. But MAX
Ing no impression upon the Prussian Of
fcer he relapsed into moody silence and
was finally lodged at the inn of the Three
Crowns in Dresden.
Meantime, IN his apartments at the
hotel the Chevalier Cornelius Barry awak-
ened rather late and rang his bell vio-
lently for his valet. Getting no response
he proceeded to his parlor, clad In his
robe de chambre, and surprised the Cap
tain Potzenorff In the act of prying open
the mysterious document box. Raising a
loud cry for help he dealt the captain a
blow over the head with the water jug
which stretched that officer senseless, and
when the people of the hotel came run
ming in demanded that the police be sum-
mored, as he had discovered a ruffian In
an act of burglary. and that his rascal
valet be sent to him at once. The valet
was not forthcoming, but the police were.
and the captain being revived and his
identity disclosed, the Chevaler indig-
pantly inquired the meaning of all this.
Now how could the Chevalier de Barry
be in two places at once2 Very simple.
1t was Redmond, disguised as his uncle,
who had been driven to the Saxon from
tier, and the Chevalier swore he had been
robbed by his escaped valet. OF course
the minister of police suspected a trick,
but Old Fritz was furious with him for
| making a botch of the affair and. a sum
of money being quietly paid the chevalier
to go away and say nothing, that wronged
man departed to Join his gallant nephew
t.
captain, for having bungled IN the mat
ter, was sent to the retirement OF the
fortress prison of Spandau.
With their winnings In Berlin and the
hush money paid the Chevalier Redmond
and his uncle made a most brilliant cam
paign through the German states. Not
capital but knew them, their jewels
and gorgeous equipage and their faro
bank Redmond. always of a fine turn
of mind, ruffled 1t with the best of tho
bold blades of the day, and gained such
a reputation for his dexterity with the
sword that few cared to stand before
him. They won enormously and they
spent magnificently, and many high-born
and well-born parsonage did not disdain
to go shares with the Chevaliers de Bali
bari In their ventures to receive money
on the quiet for allowing them to pursue
their legitimate occupation. Sometimes
peremptory mandate from a minister OF
police made them move on and sometimes
they had a run of Ill luck and were only
saved by one OF Redmond's bold coups.
who, at a pinch, would not hesitate to
play bills of exchange of his own devils
lie ste or
Castle Barry against the gold of the
gilded young noblemen who frequented
the gaming tables.
1t was at one of the best known and
most popular spas that Redmond met the
Baroness of Lyndon, Baroness in her own
right possessed of one of the greatest
estates in the three Kingdoms of his
Britannia Majesty, and wife of her cousin,
Sir Charles Lyndon. Sir Charles was
sadly given to play and was far gone
with govt and other ailments His lady
was weak creature of romantic turn
of mind. She was persistent letter
writer, called herself Calista In her sem
timental correspondence and fixed upon
Eugenio as a suitable name for her male
admirers, bestowing it upon each In sue
ligious disputation, In which she fancied
herself especially gifted.
Redmond, guided in the matter by the
sage advice of his uncle, laid siege to the
rich baroness. First he brbed ono of
the 1adys attendants to show her an !.
article of his upon a debated point of
theology, which article the enterprising
young man had paid well for to clerl-
cal acquaintance of his. The article took
the opposite side from that to which the
baroness leaned, and she could not forego
the pleasure of answering it with "a
learned essay of her own. Redmond was,
of course, at once converted by her lady
ships arguments and called to thank her
in person for having opened his eyes to
the error of his former beliefs. Now this
big, Swapping young fellow was as we'll
a looking youth as could be found any
where, and his way with women was to
carry them by storm. Lady Lyndon and
he were soon engaged in rapid-fire cor
respondence as Calista and Eugenio.
Lady Lyndon had intended to carry on
with Redmond one of her usual platonic
and innocent affairs of sentiment but she
soon became frightened at the evident
seriousness and determination of her lat
est Eugepio, who at once scared and fas-
cinated her. She was in such a flutter
that as soon as Sir Charles was able to
travel she fed to Castle Lyndon, in the
Kingdom of ireland. Redmond and his
good uncle were vexed and chagrined at
this elimination Of their well-laid plans
for establishing their future, but it was
not long before their hopes were re-
vived by seeing in the paper a notice of
the sudden death of Sir Charles Lyndon.
That night Redmond set out for Ireland,
taking with him a splendid outfit of
clothes and jewels and all the money
which his own and the Chevalier's re-
sources were able to supply him with
for his campaign.
He could not spare time just then to
visit Mrs. Barry, but he did pay visit !
to Castle Brady, which he found tenanted
by the bats and the owls and one old
gamekeeper His Uncle Brady was dead,
and so was his eldest son; the second son
was living In Dublin and the girls all
married. Redmond dropped sigh in the
ruined garden to the memory of Nora,
but thought with shudder of what his
lot would have been had he married her
and settled down in Ireland
Borrowing his uncles Order of the
Spur for the occasion and thus travelling
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