Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-09-30
memorandum he sought.
Copyright. 1908, BY Edward ]. clsd..)

memorandum he sought.
Here 1t is. he snapped, all a-quiver
with the doubts that threatened the de-
Struction of his pet scheme of vengeance
on the British power which had stopped
the supply of slaves to the Sultan of Be-
gotta. ''Langton in Oxfc:S'st:re-that is
the place. The railway official spelt it
for me. A boatman told me he knew the
girl and gave me some outlandish name
as being hers Now / see he was fooling
me. What was his motive? Was he
also an emissary of Warden's? Let me
assure you, senior, this thing begins to
look ugly.
Baumgartner's heavy jowl lost some of
the ruddy hue of the mOors. Count Won
Rippenbach had been ready enough to
apply the screw when his quondam con-
federate showed a degree of hesitancy in
falling in with the proposal he came from
London to make. and this latest compli-
cation would strengthen Won Rippenbachs
hands beyond resistance. Already the
hardship of Lochmerig was becoming
visionary, and the far-off hills of interior
Africa grew more substantial in their dim
outlines.
But the millionaire though he might
toady to a Scottish giilie for crumb of
recognition as marksman. had not at
tanned his present position by displaying
weakness in face of crisis.
Il believe you are the victim of d
delusion, he said. with some show of
dignity. but, even if you are right, we
gain nothing by yielding to panic. What
if Miss Dane is. as you say Wardens
belle annie? Why should that be harm
full? Does it not explain his visit to
! Cowes? Indeed, once convinced
that they know each other. we can turn
the circumstance to our own purpose. 1
am far from ,crediting insignificant
official Of the Niger Company with the
Importance you seem to attach to him.
but. granted he is a hostile influence to
be feared, why not stalk him through an
/ tir,fr
You don't rate him high enough. =
muttered Figuero. He can sway those
stupid niggers like no other man in Nj
geria. He talks Arabic, and Hausa. and
broke the Oku ju-ju when it was worth
a thousand lives to touch stick a
feather. If Warden gets wind of our
; project before we are ready, we will fail
and you realize what that means to all
of US.
A dinner gong came to Baumgartners
aid. He wished to avoid any discussion
on the last point raised by the Portu-
guese. 1t bristled with thOrns. Won Rip
penbach revealed some of it's cactuslike
properties earlier in the evening.
You and ! and the count will go into
other matters fully tomorrow he said
As for Miss Dane. ] shall clear up that
difficulty without delay Act as though
you had never seen her before and keep
your ears open during dinner"
so II came to pass that Evelyn. who
was nightly astonished and perpIexed by
the arrival of the two men concerning
whom Warden had told her so much
was Still more bewildered when Mr.
Baumgartner availed himself of lull i'm
the conversation at the dinner table to
say. casually:
BY the way Miss Dane is Langton. in
Ox1orhsh1re near your peoples placer"
Yes, she said. wondering what the
question signified.
Il suppose. then. you passed through it
,tAas.
! Sans Souci at Cowes?"
oh yes. I.angton Is our station,
"Ah. What small world II is, 4
friend of mine. Mr.. James G. Hertz of
Boston. is staying there now suppose
you did not chance to meet him?"
NO. Our village is three miles away.