The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-10-19
CHAPTER XVI.
In Which They Both Win.


Mr.. Grimm dropped into a chair
with his teeth clenched. and his face
like chalk. For a moment or more he
sat there turning It all over in his
mind. Truly the triumph had been
robbed Of its splendor when the blow
fell here-here upon woman he
loved.
There's no shame in the confes.
sion of one who is fairly beaten" Isa
bel went on softly, after little.
There are many things that you
don't understand. | came to Washing.
ton with an authority from my soy.
ereign higher even than that vested
In the ambassador; | came as | did
and compelled Count di Rosini to OBJ.
tain an Invitation 10 the state ball
for me in order that might meet a
representative of Russia there that
night and receive an answer as to
whether or not they would join in the
compact. ! received that answer: its
substance Is OF no consequence now.
And you remember where | first
met you? 1t was while you were In.
vestigating the shooting Of Senior Al
varez in the German embassy. That
shooting, as you know. was done by
Prince d'Abruzzi, so almost from the
beginning my plans went wrong be.
cause OF the assumption OF authority
by the prince. The paper he took
from Senior Alvarez after the shoot.
ing was supposed to bear vitally upon
Mexicos attitude toward our plan,
but, as 1t developed, 1t was about an.
other matter entirely"
Yes, know" said Mr.. Grimm.
"The event of that night which you
did not learn was that Germany
agreed to join the compact upon con-
ditions. Mr. Rankin, who was at
tached to the German embassy in an
Sdvlsory capacity delivered the an
swer to me, and l pretended to faint
in order that might reasonably avoid
you"
81 surmised that much" remarked
Mr. Grimm.
The telegraphing did with my
fan was as much to distract your at.
tention as anything else, and at the
same time to identify myself to Mr..
RANKIN, whom | had never met You
knew him, of course; | didn't"
When next | met you It was in the
Venezuelan legation; you were inves.
ugating the theft of the fifty thousand
dollars In gold from the safe
thrust myself into that case, because
was afraid of you; and mercilessly
destroyed a womans name In your
eyes 10 further my plans. made you
oeiieve that Senorita Rodriguez stole
lnat 1fty thousand dollars and re-
turned II to you, presumably, while
we stood In her room that night. Only
was not her room-it was mine!
stole the fifty thousand dollars! All
ehe details. even to her trip to see
MT Griswold in Baltimore in company
with Mr.. Cadwallader, had been care
'uiiy worked out; and she did bring
ule the combination Of the safe from
Mr' Hrlswold on the strength of a
urged letter But she didn't know 1t.
mere was no theft, of course. had
uo intention of keeping the money 1t
was necessary to take 1t to distract
a''ention from the thing did do
"eaK lock inside the safe to get a
seated packet that contained Vene-
.uelas answer to our plan. | sealed
'na' packet again, and there was
never suspicion that 1t had been
opened"
rected.
Ihen came the abduction of Mon.
S'eur bolssegur. the French ambassa-
wi l plunged into that case as did
'ue other because | was afraid OF
sou ana had to know Just how much
you Knew. 1t was explained to you
aS an attempt at extortion with de-
,",'s n, which carefully supplied. AS a
a''er OF fact, Monsieur Boissegur
,roseu our plans, even endangered
Sn and 1t was not advisable to
Ave MIN recalled or even permit
an 10 resign at the moment. So we
'ed MN him. intending to hold him
troa ~ul direct orders could reach him
MI a a Faris, Understand. please, that
Nv nese things were made possible
scosn uo AID and cooperation of dozens,
ors' es' OF agents who were under my
hSs' every person who appeared In
rec,,o aouuction was working at my d..
Cd aon' a The ambassadors unexpect.
ba eseape disarranged our plans; but
was taken out Of the embassy by