The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-05-01

But he mad been "A tool Inere. he mad
IS asied time and lent himself to 81
despcable intrigue. ror all that he
0uteried it. there Was touch OF
shame on his cheeks when he remem-
ntrea that, had ne asked, she wound
have given him that scrap ot paper
The urSt hour vi their meeting, some
where Ia Hildegarde Won Mitter lay
dormant the spirit NJ heroes. lis had
made 9HistaKu
Two millions of shining money
gold, silver and English notes Ana
ne laughed again as he recalled 81
ferraua. caught IN "A trap. He was
clever but not clever enough. What
a stroke 10 make prisoners 81 the
party ON their return. TO carry the
gir away into the mountains Mould
any of them think OF treasures. or
cnnspiraeies, with her as hostage :
He thought not. la the haze and cry
for her, these elements IN the game
would tail to a minor place. Wei h.
knew NJ. lerruuu ne would call to
heaven for the safety Of Laura. Love
her res, she was the one woman.
But men cid moi make eaptiyes of wo-
men and obtain their love. lie knew
ths iutihty OF such coercion. lie had
committed two or three syoundrelIy
acts but never would he or could he
sink to such a level No. lie meant
uo harm al ali Brighten her. per
haps. and terrorize the others, and
maSnap take q Kiss as he left her
to the coming Of her friends, Moth
ing more serious than that.
Two millions in gold and silver and
English notes lie would have his
revenge for all these years OF strug-
gle and failure: for the cold and cal
7, 4
en- him to this piece of roguery, en-
their heads he it. Two thousand III
Marseiiles, ready at his beck and call,
thousand moro in Avignon. in
Lyons in Dion and So on up to Paris.
the Paris he had cursed one night
from under his mansard. In week
he would have them shaking in their
boots, The unemployed. the idlers.
thieves, his 10 IA man. If he say his
own death at the end little he cared
IL would have one great moment
pay off the score, France as we'll rs
Germany. lie would at least live 10
SEQ them marrying each others
throats, To declare to France that
he was only Germanys tool, put for
ward for the sole purpose of destroy
ing peace In the midst OF "a great milf
tary crisis. He had other papers. and
the pTSing little FTenchnau had never
seen those. clever forgeries, bearing
the signature OF certain great Ger
man personages, These should they
find at the selected moment. Let
them rip one anothers threats. the
dogs Two MILLIONS francs, enough to
purchase hundred thousand men.
All my great-grandslre. II spirits
have eyes, yours win see something
present And that poor little devil
Of secret agent thinks / want a
crown on my head, There was a
time Curse these Internal head
aches"
oh, no. hurry, hurry. The driver
VAS faithful sometime brigand and
later a harbor boatman. and of all
his eonfederates This one was the
only mar he dared trust in an er-
rand of this kind.
E.Eiss4. They did not pause They
ate their supper on the way. With
three Sandman doukeys, strong and
patient little brutcs, with lanterns
and shovels and sacks. the two Jared
into the pines, Atone was all fantl-
lar ground 70 the GoriSan who, in
Younger DAYS, had taken his Illegal
t5the from these hills, They
found the range soon enough
ITO he Continued