The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-02-26

The girl stopped dead and faced him
MY God! was all she could gasp
Sir John put his arm through hers and
gently drew her along.
Now I've something else 10 tell you.
I'm not Captain Seton at all, but I'm
pretty certain / know the man for whom
l have been mistaken. / take II you
know little II anything moro than was to
be found IN those two documents, though
] presume they were precsled by an in
teryiew when the terms were forced
Of something or other. and there wasn't
much option given you as 70 whether
you wanted to pay that price or not.
Now am / right?'
The girl shuddered
Now, Muriel, I'm going to trust you,
and l want you to trust me In return.
I'm not Captain Seton; I'm Sir John
hynnersley. / only know one Captain
and we belong TO the same club; he was
dining there the night we met and I
was probably tracked from the club to
you by a very natural mistake. Seton
Is supposed to be the finest living eX-
pert on guns. l feel pretty positive the
formation about guns out OF Seton.
Now. ] expect we are being watched
pretty closely. and II that IS so, so long
dS dswn they think they are watshing Seton
for him elsewhere. particularly not If
their little plan seems to be working out
all right. So / think We had better stay
those two letters s said d. that "I further fru in. ~
structions would be sent you In a week.
The week will be up tomorrow.
I've told you what 1 think viii hap
pen; I've e oeen perfectly frank with you
the next step TO you. II YOUR next In
structions prove that l am right. then
you you can either get In the good graces OF
am not Captain Seton-in which case
you can trust me that / will keep my
Wth With e shnoT have ,ssu must s be as frank
Sir John had been right in his sur
mise. The next day Murlel found slipped
INTO the toe or one OF her shoes little
read:
See Il you can get him TO talk about
gIas; faIsIn~ II h,,y you can; you must show It by
They spent the morning fishing as di-
rected: In the afternoon Sir John hired
q ooat and rowed out TO be certain they
could talk free from any risk Of being
..,, You see, was right" he began.
vsot now ~ IT'S ,n,0t f0T you to decide: Do you
know the two alternatives"
She hesitated, and at last stammered
out; Su,: Sir ST John do you think you could
I'm glad you've chosen that way. I'll
DO my best, and dare say 1 can
prmsoond Mem ihen +. my dlsd father sns was George
MY mother was very beautiful Hun
Sar1en Pole. When my IA ther died sLa
went oack to Poland to live with her
own people, and J was brought I'm fbero
Ny unclc and his sons were all revolu-
lionares. There was a plot 10 ltill the
dIermah dSIr anE emperor and the czar the same
were mixed up in it--but I knew nothinI,
ABOUT II at all until afterwards One Of
my cousins was tried In Petersburn-the
other was caught and tried in Berlin. /
was tried In absentIo. In both places. as
the accomplice of each. Each OF them
mad letters from me. for both had writ
ten asking about the movements OF dir
ferent people. and l had answered Quite
innocenty, The end in each case was
a verdict or guilty and sentence OF death.
mother fed TO Paris. taking me with her
at the first suspicion OF trouble we
mad changed our name and we heard
nothing; we both thought ourselves safe.
She died six months ago.
came and told Inc had been watched
for the last two years. NV services were
now required. If / declined. NV extra
dition would be at once applied for and
the sentence passed upon me would be
promptly carried out If / succeeded, I
was promised $4,000. unlimited expenses.
and a. full pardon. And so-wcll. here
I am"
Which is 1t you are playing with
Germany or Russia?'
"Honor bright. / don't know"
sir John picked up his oars again. and
rowed steadily for ten minutes without
speaking. Finally. he burst into a long
'Iuriel." he said. 'T'vc done good
many people in my life. but I've never
I'd ,ilpve TO- Are you game for some
fun2"