The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-07-06
CHAPTER III.
The Messenger.

A FTER the crisis comes the reaction
As I finished thar intermiuabie
game, rage and shame possessed me
What could I do What could Z do
I asked myself that question iu endless
iteration
Should J tell Marian aU- I had To
right 10 belrsy Colonel VOLTA He had
saved me from ruin and 5eath-saved
me selfshIy and temporarily, perhaps,
but saved me none the less. Z had no
rlGnl 10 lnJure His chance TO capture
the man he wanted simply DecauSr. ]
loved the -E-I VINO know MS WLea-e-
sbouts. 80 far he had PLAYED fair with
mo. and as long as he did 7 must play
fair with him
Should I go on without telling I'm
possible Utterly impossi5i-f
HopeleSsly I turned the problem over
and over. 8 sekin= q Soluri,u and finding
none until at last the golf was over
and I real ized Chat the time Tor re-
But was 10 have a respite Marian
gave me her hand .raveIE-
Don T come with me she command
ed No mean II I must have time
TO think Good-by for the present
She LEFT ne, going toward her cottage,
and 7 walked slowly toward the knoll
on which stood the main hotel building
rising above the cottage Ike q hen
bTOodiD- over her chickens
As went the whole affair assumed
FaSter proportions IN heavens name
who could this fugitive this Ar Do-tn.
be, that he should be sought 50 urEent-
ly by diplomats OF England Russia
German and Austria ifOr 7 had
leaned that Colonel Volta represented
AUSTRIA Who could this man be- And
why did not Marian suspect that ne
vas the lure that had drawn the hunt
ers 20 her Side2
Gould she be ignorant OF his identity
ignorant that he was the much desired .
II seemed incredible. and vet & could
not doubt that she was candid when
g he "a -aF D ~
her life OF circumstances that could
explain the puzz.iuS features OF the
ease
For myself. haI been barely con-
SciGUs or the presence of the lHTee for
ei-uere at -Ee Springs ard this despite
The aSEIdUi-y with which thew had be-
sieSed Miss I.atour- Nov rha- my all
feuriou had been drawn To them how
ever. Ir seemed 10 me impossible that
their arrival should not have provoked
others 90 more or less amazed comment g.
Colonel Volta had told me that sooner
OF later 3 would meet the men who had
caused the murder or uoH~ Jordan BE-
cause he would not tell the scorer tlas
Marian knew Had already met them D
7 asked myself Could one OF these dis
riuEuiSbed men DO The CulDrirZ Ir
seemed Incredible even LlCu1U Z knew
that such men might easily count muir
der TO crime when done I'm political
cause.
Still. the possibility remained. and g.
hehooved me TO rouse myself and learn
what J could about them to find oI-
what people said about the foreigners
and how they had accounted for their
coming TO that part O. the world
might ind a clue. for Dame Ruuur
often ui1Eles a surprising amount pi
fact wits @ large mass n spiteful sur
Verv quickly found that there was
r1rnfv Of gossip afnlE- and had EC-
the least difficulty in e-icItnE ai OF ID
that 7 cared 20 hear
As al most resorts. men were scarce
At the Springs and We're warmly Uri-
coined when they came ocifeye- tu-
deed. that ] myself was az ETSt looked
11uon as quite an acquisition. and was
57ropueT only when 7 had shown Ee.E
plainly my desire TO devote myself Co
Miss Iafour- This I was permitted C
10 the more readily berause- aiteT an.
vas onfE an American or a iEpe Ia
miller 20 all girls
Tir1ed fo-eienars. hovever. were some
-hi-.. totally different 90 Ee met with
7,erhauS. only once in a lifetime To SCI
an three oE them follow my lead ana
bow before tiny Marian LaJ"EE nae
@r01rSed the entire feminine coUtiUgen
10 The highest Titch OF evaporation
found every one primed and ready &,
s7fzchar-e quantities % iufornation-anC
Northumberland tie least provOCa
lion
For an hour Or more + wandered ffon
one person 10 another hearing al sorC
Of rhfugS-uTO1abiC. puSsi be and impcS
Sfhle-but never q word that was Of tn'
least value 10 ne Nowhere DID oot7 Do
credible explanation % li-t una IN
mons FOREIGN admiration Lor Mss la
ro,--. nowhere did hear n whisper o.
the Frz5i5ve- nowhere q word of Volta
In despair Z determined TO talk viii
tire men Themselves
Tl,o only one Of tho three visible a
clio moment was the German BaToI
1rorsrefr- whose huge form I Cs,lch
SAM o. two or t'--ee hundred Tard
9waV entering THE little DosrcffCe out
s-do the safes 81 the hotel park
a7,- 7ai11- rerort to colonel Volta writ
+err early that morning was SIN iD U,
r,r.,lzat- minated. TaEiHc it out. 7 40
r,-7rt-1e5 the Ettle building. reaching 90
eioofuzy just in time 90 catch the enf
81 = conversation within
4ICil Le good deal Of trouble, 90