The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1911-03-08

looking out. The car came TO stand
still In front of the legation, and Mr..
Cadwallader, an under-secretary of the
British embassy, who was alone In the
car. raised his cap. She nodded and
smiled, then disappeared In the shad-
ows OF the room again
Mr.. Cadwallader went to the door,
spoke to the servant there. then re-
turned and busted himself about the
car. Hastings and Blair watched in
tently both the door and the window
for long time; finally closely veil
ed and muff1ed figure appeared at the
bay-window. and waved gloved hand
at Mr.. Cadwallader. who again lifted
his cap. A minute later the yelled
woman came out of the front door.
shook hands with Mr.. Cadwallader,
and got in the car. He also climbed
in, ami the car moved slowly away
simultaneously the front door of the
house on the corner, where Hastings
had been hiding, and the front door
1 of the house near the corner, where
Blair had been hiding, opened and two
heads peered out AS the car approach
ed Hastings hiding place he withdrew
into the hallway; but Blair came out
and hurried past the legation in the
direction of the rapidly disappearing
motor. Hastings Joined him; they
| spoke together, then turned the cor
! ner.
| It was about ten o'clock that night
| when Hastings reported to Mr.. Camp
bell at his home.
I'VE followed the car in a rented
automobile from the time 1t turned
the corner out through Alexandria,
and along the old Baltimore Road into
the city of Baltimore" he explained.
ut was dark by the time we reached
Alexandria, but we stuck to the car
ahead, running without lights until
we came in sight of Druid Hill Park,
and then we had to show lights or be
held up. We covered those forty
miles going in less than two hours.
After the car passed Druid Hill II
slowed up little, and ran off the
turnpike into North Avenue, then into
North Charles Street, and slowly
along that as If they were looking for
number. At last 1t stopped and
Miss Thorne got out and entered q
house. She was gone for more than
half an hour, leaving Mr.. Cadwallader
with the car. While she was gone |
made some inquiries and learned that
the house was occupied by a Mr..
Thomas O. Griswold l don't know
anything else about him; Blair may
have learned something
NOW comes the curious part of it."
and Hastings looked little sheepish
when Miss Thorne came out of the
house she was not Miss Thorne at all
she was Senorita Inez Rodriguez,
daughter of the Venezuelan minister
She wore the same clothing Miss
Thorne had worn going, but her veil
was lifted. Yelled and all muffied up
one would have taken oath 1t was the
same woman. She and Cadwallader
are back in Washington now, or are
coming. That's ALL, except Blair is
still in Baltimore, awaiting orders. /
caught the train from the Charles |
Street station and came back. John
son, you know"
Yes, I've seen Johnson" inter |
rupted Campbell. Are you absolutely |
positive that the woman you saw get |
into the automobile with Mr. Cadwal |
lader was Miss Thorne?"
Absolutely" replied Hastings with |
out hesitation. Il saw her in her own |
room with her wraps on, then saw her |
come down and get into the car
That's all" said the chief. Good |
night"
For an hour or more he sat in a
great, comfortable chair in the smok.
ing-room of his own home. the guile.
less blue eyes vacant, staring, and |
spidery lines In the benevolent fore
head.
On the morning Of the second day
following, Senior Rodriguez, the min
ister from Venezuela. reported to the
Secret Service Bureau the disappear
ance of fifty-thousand dollars in gold
from a safe in his private Office at the