The Morning examiner. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1904-1910, 1909-02-14
CHAPTER XVI.

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CHAPTER XVI.
IncrlmlnatIna Dispatches.
She had been arranging the papers
deity IN somo sort OF order.
"You read French. I think? The let
ter of Ferdinand Is in that language;
Sir Mortimer's notes and answers are
of course, in English"
/ drew toward me the first Of the
papers she Indicated
You are nothing II not modern In
your methods" 1 sooffed. glancing
down the page. Your safes and
typewriters bring back to me the asso
Citations of my banking business. And
a banker, let me warn you, scans the
signature of q draft carefully before
he cashes It"
1.-The typewriter is an amusing little
instrument" she yawned, "and I am
proud of my success in mastering It
AS for the safe. If you have been a
banker, you know that the combina-
ton is carefully guarded. NJ Coward"
It gave her the cruelest delight to
taunt me with the shameful word. Dur
ing the next half hour she insulted me
so at least half a dozen times / bent
my attention on the paper before me.
I translate roughly Ferdinands let
tor:
"(Strictly confdeEual)
Hotel du RhIn,
place Vendome. Paris,
May 90
sDgy Dear Sir Mortimer:
az expect to start for Sofia via Wen
Ia and Budapest in about a week:
trust ! shall see you at the Palace
shortly after my arrival Meanwhile
let me urge on YOU once moro that
you exert without further delay your
great influence with your Foreign Of
fee, that your ministers may be con-
yinccd that the crisis has come-the
opportunity we have so long awaited.
Now OF never l must lead my army to
the succor Of the distressed people OF
Macedonia. I think that the profound
knowledge YOU have always shown of
affairs in the Balkan Peninsula must
make YOU realize the truth of this
statement. 1t Is useless for me to re.
peat my arguments. For what you
have done / thank YOU But 1t Is not
TO the diplomatist am now speaking,
but to the man. / hdve written this
letter with my own hand, for reasons
that you Will understand
Believe me, my Gear Sir Mortimer,
Faithfully yours.
Ferdinand"
I see nothing lncriminating In this
letter" l said. NOR anything out of
the usual run of letters.
You will notice on the back OF the
letter this brief statement; Answered,
June Sd. NJ. B. AS to the answer of
the letter IL is equally innocent 1t is
simply the guarded reply of diplo-
maust dealing with delicate topic
In these typewriter copies this letter
and It's answer are meaningless. The
originals are simply useful to prove
the authenticity of Sir Mortlmer's
handwriting"
scanned the answer 1t was not an
exact copy. but the substance of Sir
Mortimer's letter jotted down to re-
fresh his memory:
L replied In substance as follows II |
was useless to bring up the matter
again. my personal wishes would not J
be sufh TO change the programme |
OF the Foreign Office: at present did |
not see my way clear to advocate as |
dlplomatlst England's espousal OF |
this cause, [ would continue to lay the |
matter before the Foreign OGce; more |
than that, when events justified the
act L would see that such Influence as
j possessed was eXerted in the man.
ner Prince FERDINAND wished. but at
present | could offer no encourage
ment"
tNote concerning che above. also In
Sir Mortmer's handwriting
This reply will put an end, | think.
to further correspondence in that quar-
ter. Certainly. the hopes of the nation
seem so radically devlrgent from those
or the ruler that | can favor one only
at the expense of the other. Natur.
ally. ] prefer to favor the party that
promises the most for my own inter.
ests"
Il told you that the originals are
particularly useful to Identify the
handwriting and signature Of Sir Nor.
timer. But observe, monsieur, the ex
preston: Naturally. prefer to favor
the party that promises the most for
my own interests That sentence Is
10 be remembered when you read the
other letters. 1t has Its significance"
Again she stretched out her hand to
receive the papers ] had read / did
not relinquish them. however. | laid /
them carelessly on my knee as IL to
refer to them later
That romans TO be proved" I said
grimly. THE expression seems simple
enough TO mo: on the face of 1t IL
would mean simply that Sir Moru-
mcrs interests were identical with
the interests of England"
I'VE shall see." she returned with
confidence. The papers of the second
envelope. which | have called Docu.
Ioents 3. are all in English The
writSr was evidently an educated Bull
gar OF tho official class; many - this
clSss arc trained at Roberts College
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