The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1910-01-28

started off down the slope with the
speed Of race horse, shouting in the
frenzy of an uncomfortable glee.
1t was the Marquis of BIS white
and blue yacht.
Three weeks later Hollingsworth
Chase stepped from the deck Of the
yacht to the pier in Marseilles. The
next day he was in Paris, attended by
the bewildered and almost useless Sc
lin. An old and valued friend, a cam
paigner Of the wartime days. met him
at the Care de Lyon in response to a
telegram.
"pll tell you the whole story of ia
pat, Arch, but not until tomorrow"
Chase said to him as they drove to-
ward the Ritz. II arrived yesterday
on the Marquis of BIS yacht, the
Cricket. Do you know him? OF course
you do. Everybody does. The Cricket
was cruising down my way and picked
me up-Bowles and me. The captain
came bit out of his way to call at
Arafat, but he had orders Of some sort
/
stop off for me-" /,
He did not regard it as necessary to
tell his correspondent friend that the
Cricket had sailed from Marseilles
with but one port in view-Aratat.
He did not tell him that the Cricket
had come with a message to him and
that he was answering it in person, as
we in hot no ch
sage written six weeks before his ar
rival in France. There were many
things that Chase did not explain to
Archibald James.
you're looking fine, Chase, old man.
Did you lot Of good out there. You
are as brown as that Arab in the taxi
meter back there. By Jove, old man,
that Persian girl is ripping. You say
she's his wife? She's Chase broke
in upon this far from original estimate
Of the picturesque Neenah.
II say, Arch, there's something l
want to know before I go to the
marquis this evening. I'm due there
with my thanks. He lives in the
Boulevard st. Germain-I've got the
number all right. Is one likely to find
the house full of swells? I'm bit of
savage just now, and I'm correspond
ingly timid."
His friend stared at him for mo-
ment.
II can save you the trouble of going
to the marquis" he said. HE and
the marchioness are in London at pres
OFF wis
What? The house is closed?" in
deep anxiety.
Il think not. Servants are all there,
dare say. Their place adjoins the
Brabetz palace. The princess is his
niece, you know"
You say the Brabetz palace is next
door?" demanded Chase, steadying his
voice with an effort.
"Yes-the old Flaurebert mansion
The princess was to have been the So
cial sensation of Paris this year. She's
wonderful beauty, you know"
"Was to have been?'
"She married that rotten Brabetz
last June, but of course you never
heard Of it out there in whats-the-
name-of-t he-place. You may have
! heard of his murder, however. His
mistress shot him in Brussels
Great God, man. gasped Chase
clutching his arm in a grip of iron.
''The devil, Chase" cried the other
/ amazed whats the matter?"
Hes dead? Murdered? How
when? Tell me about it, cried Chase
T To
looked at him in wonder.
Cad, you seem to be interested"'
81 am. Where is she-I mean the
princess and the other woman?'
"Cool off. old man. People are star.
ing at you. Brabetz was shot three
weeks ago at hotel in Brussels. He'd
! been living there for two months
more or less. with the woman. In fact
he left Paris almost Immediately after
he was married to the Princess Gene
vra. The gossip is that she wouldn,
live with him. Shed found out what
sort of a dog he was. They didn't
have honeymoon, and they didn't
kept the scandal out of the papers
Well, he hiked out of Paris at the end
of week. just before the 14th. The
police had asked the woman to leave
town. He followed. Dope fiend, they
say. The bride went into seclusion al
once. She's never to be seen any
where. The woman shot him through
the head and then took a fine dose OF
poison. 1t was ripping news story
The prominence of the
This was a month ago." demanded
Chase. trying to fix something in his
mind. "Then it was after the yacht
left Marseilles with orders to pick M
up at Arafat"
"What are you talking about? Sure
it was, if the yacht left Marseilles siz
weeks ago. What's that got to Dc
with it?"
Nothing. Don't mind me, Arch. I'm
a bit upset"
There was talk of a divorce almost
before the wedding bells ceased ring
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