The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1910-06-09

r belonged to a LADY, was about
to return it," / said; but / fear my
face showed me none too calm.
Each man studies for himself his
own specially" unused the old man.
"You hat perhaps studied the species
of woman. Once, also l.
We walked, my friend musing and
babbling, myself still anxious and I'M
easy. We turned out of narrow
Notre Dame street, and into ST. Law
ence Main street. AS we strolled l
noted without much interest the mot
ley life about me, picturesque now
with the activities of the advancing
spring. Presently, however, my idle
gaze was drawn to two young Eng
lishmen whose bearing in some way
gave me the impression that they be-
longed in official or military life, al
though they were in civilian garb.
Presently the two halted, and sep
arated. The taller kept On to the east,
to the old French town. At length l
saw him joined, as though by appoint
ment, by another gentleman, one
whose appearance at once gave me
reason for a second look. He ac-
costed my young Englishman, and
without hesitation the two started off
together. AS they did SO l gave an
involuntary exclamation. The taller
man l had seen once before, the
shorter, very many times-in Wash
ington!
"Yess," commented my old scientist
calmly; $50 strange! They go to-
gether."
"Ah, you know them!" l almost fell
upon him.
"Yess-last night. The tall one ISIS
Mr.. Peel, a young Englishman; the
other is Mexican, they said-Senor
Yturrio, of Mexico. He spoke much.
Me, wass sleepy then But also that
other tall one we saw go back-that
wass Capt. Parke, also of the British
navy. His ship ISIS the war boat
Modesto fine one. l see her often
when / walk on the riffer front, there. -
l turned to him and made some ex-
cuse, saying that presently l would
join him again at the hotel. Dream
lily as ever, he smiled and took his
leave. For myself, 1 walked on rapid
ly after the two figures, then block
or so ahead of me.
/ saw them turn into street which
was familiar to myself. They passed
on, turning from time to time among
the old houses of the French quarter.
Presently they entered the short side
street which l myself had seen for
the first time the previous night. /
pretended to busy myself with my
pipe, as they turned in at the very
gate which / knew, and knocked at
the door which had entered with my
mysterious companion!
The door opened without delay;
they both entered.
So, then, Helena Won Ritz had other
visitors! England and Mexico were in
deed comforting here in Montreal.
There were matters going forward
here in which my government was
concerned.
At the moment nothing better oc-
Cured to me than to return to my
room and wait for time. 1t would
serve no purpose for me to disclose
ments of the baroness, and it would
not aid me to be seen idling about the
neighborhood in city where there
was so much reason to suppose stran-
gers were watched. l resolved to
wait until the next morning, and to
take my friend Won Rittenhofen with
me. He need not know all that
knew, yet in case of any accident to
myself or any sudden contretemps, he
would serve both as a witness and as
an excuse for disarming any sus-
picion which might be entertained re-
garding myself
The next day he readily enough fell
In with my suggestion of morning
stroll, and again we sailed forth, at
about nine o'clock having by that
time finished dejeuner a la four
Ghetto with jacques Bertillon, which
to my mind compared unfavorably
with one certain other / had shared.
A sense of uneasiness began to op-
press me, l knew not why, before l
had gone half way down the little
street from the corner where we
turned. 1t was gloomy and dismal
enough at the best, and on this morn
ing an unusual apathy seemed to sit
upon it, for few of the shutters were
down, although the hour was now mid
morning. Something said to me that it
would be as well for me to turn back.
l might as we'll have done so. We
passed up the little walk, and l
raised the knocker at the door; but
even as it sounded knew what would
happen. There came to me that
curious feeling which one experiences
when one knocks at the door of a