The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1911-05-11

some years. Sne leIL nome Wucu 1A0
was fifteen to study. She read so
hard that she injured her brain and
disappeared Ii | can lind any one
who can tell me where she Is to be
found will telegraph the police to
hold her till l can reach her. Where
did you meet her?''
He looked at me eagerly. What ne
said convinced me that tho girl VINO
had talked with me at Lusanne was
this twin sister of his.
lis she very intellectual?" l asked.
| "Very She has too much knowledge
in her head. That's what broke down
her health"
| told him Of the girl walking to
| Geneva, and he left the table at once
to go and telegraph the police of that
city. | waited for him to come in. be-
| ing anxious to discover If he had re-
ceived a favorable reply. But he did
not return before | went to bed. The
next morning the landlady told me
that he had returned late and left at
6 O'Clock in the morning for Geneva.
| was pleased at having put him on
| the track of his sister.
l went on to Paris. where l found
the people making preparations to re-
ceive the car Of Russia. who was ex-
pected to be the nations guest. The
city was crowded with strangers.
Coming out of the Luxembourg gallery
one morning. whom should l see bur-
rying along the street but the girl |
had talked with at Lusanne. ran to
her and stopped her. She stared at me,
| evidently not recognizing me.
Don't you remember our meeting on
Lake Lemon? | said I'm so glad to
meet you again. At Nenchatel
CHANGED TO meet your brother. ! told
him he might find you at Geneva. He
went there for that purpose"
"Tell me where | can find him" she
, cried fiercely. HE has been pursuing
me long enough. | will meet him and
kill him"
With that she hurried away. look
ed about for a policeman intending to
! tell him who she was and ask him to
take her in charge with view to re-
storing her to her family but before
! could find one she had disappeared.
was told that the car while in
Paris was watched necessarily by the
police to prevent his assassination.
Fortunately for him be completed his
visit and returned to his capital I'M
harmed. AS soon as he was gone the
French government must have felt that
great responsibility had been lifted
from their shoulders.
Having spent the time | had intended
, on the continent. | went to England.
A relative there who had married into
one of the swell London families ell
abled me to see something of society.
While at ball one evening. walking
with a gentleman. whom should | see
approaching with lady on his arm
but the young man | had met at Neu
chatel. AS he passed me | intended
to bow to him. but be failed to recog
nize me. This attributed to his hav-
ing seen me but once at a rather dimly
lighted table and in travelling dress.
whereas l was now sumptuously at
tired
Can you tell me who that gentleman
isT' asked my companion.
only that be is Russian noble
man. Count Zenizoff."
Il met him some time ago at Neu-
chatel"
HE was probably there studying at
the aquarium. Many scientific men go
there for observation. since the aqua
rum contains specimens that are to be
found nowhere else'
LET us turn and follow him." said
II wish to speak to him"
We turned and | saw the young
count just bowling himself away from
the lady he was with. Before could
reach him be had passed through
door. and ! lost him. | did not see
him again that evening. and when
later | asked about him | was told that
he had left the city.
When the London social season was
over l sailed for America. About a
week before / sailed we heard the
news Of the assassina ton Of the hated
Won Plehve In Russia.
Walking one day on deck where I
could look through a window into a
stateroom. | saw girl standing be-
fore mirror making her toilet
dared not give more than a passing
glance. for there were others close at
hand. ! walked on. and when re-
turned the blinds at the window
through which | had looked were
closed believed | had seen the girl
! had met at lausanne and afterward
at Paris. But she did not leave her
stateroom during the voyage. so
could not confirm my opinion.
Months after I reached America 1
was walking on Fifth avenue, New
York. when l met the brother. He
recognized me and advanced to speak
with me. asked him If he had
found his sister and was about to give
him the information | possessed con-