Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-05-23

motive could inspire them to attempt
my life now"
There was a pause. The secretary OF
state glanced from Mr.. Grimm I Mr..
Campbell with a question in his deep
set eyes.
DO l understand that you placed a
Miss Thorne and the prince under
that is, you detained them" he queried.
IF so, where are they now?" J
IT don't know" was the reply. 'Just
before the explosion the three of us
entered an automobile together, and
then as we were starting away | re-
membered something which made ii
necessary for me To reenter the house
When I came out again, just a few
seconds before the explosion. the prince
and Miss Thorne had gone"
The secretary's lip curled down in
d~isapproval.
Wasn't 1t rather unusual, to put it
mildly, to leave your prisoners to their
own devices that wayo" he asked.
well. yes" Mr.. Grimm admitted.
But the circumstances were unusual.
When / entered the house I had locked
a man in the cellar. l had to go back
to save his life. otherwise
"Oh, the guard at the door. you
mean?' cane the interruption. WHO
was it?'
Mr., Grimm glanced at his chief, who
nodded.
1T was Mr.. Charles Winthrop Ran
kin, of the German embassy said the
young a
Mr.. Rankin. of the German EN-
lo - u.oa -, a,,,,a ~ t1o 1o1.D1, d.
manded the president quickly.
Eyes. We got out safely"
"And that means that Germany
was"
The president paused and startled
g~lances passed around the table. After
a moment of deep abstraction the Sec
rotary went On:
80 Miss Thorne and the prince es-
capped. Are they still In this country?'
THAT ! don't know replied Mr..
Grimm. He stood silent a moment,
staring at the president. Some subtle
change crept into the ~listless eyes, and
his lips were set. perhaps I had bet
ter explain here that the personal
equation enters largely into an affair OF
this kind he said at last. slowly. at
happens that it entered into this. In
less / am ordered to pursue the matte ~
further | think it would be best for all
concerned to accept the act of Miss
Thorne's escape, and He stopped.
There was a long, thoughtful silence.
Every man in the room was studying
Mr.. Grimm's impressive face.
Personal equation" unused the presl-
dent. Just how, Mr.. Grimm, does tha
personal equation enter into the af-
fair?"
The young mans lips closed tightly.
and then:
There are some people, Mr.. Prosi-
dent. whom we meet frankly as
enemies. and we deal with them accord
ingly. and there are others who oppose
us and yet are not enemies, 1t is mere
" that Il paths of duty cross. We
may have the greatest respect for them
and they for us. but purposes are I'M
alterably different. In other words
there is a personal enmity and a politi-
cal enmity. You, for instance, might
be a close personal friend of the man
whom you defeated for president. There
might'-he stopped suddenly.
60 on" urged the president.
81 think every man meets once in his
life an Individual with Whom ne Woulo
like to reckon personally" the young
man continued. THAT reckoning may
not be a severe me-; 1t may be less Sc
we're thar the law would provide. but
it would be a personal reckoning.
There is one individual in this affair
with whom | should like to reckon,
hence the personal equation enters
very largely into the case"
For a little while the silence of the
room was unbroken. save for the steady
Textbook of a great clock in one
corner. Mr.. Grimm's eyes were
fixed unwaveringly upon those OF
the chief executive. At last the secre-
tary Of wal crumpled a sheet of paper
impatiently and hitched his chair up to
the table.
Coming down to the facts it's like