The Washington times., 1911-09-04

I surprised. II you'd live In London q
little longer, you'd know that ! was
just the person the prince would come
/ to. Perhaps you aren't aware that
down Throgmorton street way I'm called
| the Court Pawnbroker,' because ] ar
| range loans for the minor, second-class
| princes OF Europe.
I'm a stock broker, but my real bust
| ness Is financing some Of the little
courts Of Europe. Now, / may tell you
that the hereditary Prince of Posen
particularly wanted million, and ne
wanted II by q certain date. and he
J knew that II the affair wasn't fixed up
by a certain time here he wouldn't be
able to get 1t by that certain date.
That's why I'm surprised he isn't In
what did he need a million. forT'
Debts" answered Sampson Levi. Ia
conically. ...
His own"
Certainly"
But he isn't thirty years Of age"
What of that? He isn't the only
European prince who has run up q mil
lion of debts in a dozen years. To
prince the thing is as easy as eating a
sandwich
And why has he taken this sudden
resolution to liquidate themr'
Because the Emperor won't let him
marry till he has done so. And quito
right, too. He's got to show q clean
sheet to the Emperor or the Princess
Eckstein-SchwartZbur Will never be
Princess Of Posen. Even now the EN-
peror has no idea how much Prince
Eugen's debts amount to. If he had
But would not the Emperor know OF
this proposed loan?
Not necessarily at once. 1t could
be so managed. Twig?' Mr.. Samp-
little affairs through before. After mar
rage It might be allowed to leak out.
And you know the Princess Anna's for
tune is pretty big.
Now, Mr.. Racksole," he added. abb
ruptIy changing his tone, where do
you suppose Prince Eugen has disap,
peared to? Because, If he doesn't turn
up today, he can't have that million.
Today is the last day. Tomorrow the
money will be appropriated elsewhere.
OF course, I'm not alone In this busi-
ness. and my friends have something 10
say"
You ask me where I think Prince
Eugen has disappeared to?"
II do"
Then you think It's a disappear
ance?'
Sampson Levi nodded.
Putting two and two together" he
said, 81 do. The Dimmock business Is
q deed." eSf' Oe'O"Af
'Dimmock was a left-handed relation
OF the Posen family. Twtg? Scarcely
any one knows that. He was made sec
retary and companion to Prince Aribert
Just to keep him in the domestic circle.
His mother was an Irishwoman, whose
misfortune was that she was too beau
tiful Twig?
MY belief is that Dimmock's death
has something to do with the disap-
pearance Of Prince Eugen. The only
thing that passes me is this: Why
should any one want to make Prince
Eugen disappearl
THE poor little Prince hasn't an en-
emy in the world. II he's been 'copped.
as they say, why has he been 'copped? ?
1t wont do any one any good.
Wont it?" repeated Racksolo. with
a sudden flash.
What do you mean?" asked Mr.. Levi.
'T mean this: Suppose some other
European pauper prince was anxious 10
marry Princess Anna and her fortune,
wouldn't that prince have an interest In
stopping this loan Of yours to Prince
Eugen? Wouldn't he have an interest
in causing Prince Eugen to disappear
at any rate, for a timer
Sampson Levi thought hard for a few
moments.
''Mr. Racksole" he said at length,
''I do believe you have hit on some
thing
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