The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1911-10-06
~ JACQUES FUTRELIE
ILLUSTRATIONS BY Mo. Kx11r>xr
CHAPTER XIX.

| BY Wireless.
They paused in the Office, the three
Of them, and while Miss Thorne was
giving some instructions as to her
baggage the prince went over to the
i telegraph booth and began to write q
message on a blank. Mr. Grimm ap.
peared at his elbow.
NO." he said.
Cant ! send telegram II ] ike! r
demanded the prince sharply.
mo, nor note, nor q letter, nor
may you speak to any one" Mr..
Grimm informed him quietly.
Why, it's an outrage" famed the
prince
1T depends altogether on the view
point, your Highness," said Mr..
Grimm courteously. IF you will par
don me l might suggest that 1t is
needless to attract attention by your
present attitude. You may say you
may-compel me to humiliate you."
The prince glared at him angrily. Il
| mean handcuff you," Mr.. Grimm added
gratuitously.
"Handcuff me?''
Il shouldn't hesitate, your Highness,
! II 1t was necessary
After a moment Miss Thorne signi-
fed her readiness, and they started
, out. At the door Mr.. Grimm stopped
and turned back to the desk, as II
struck by some sudden thought, leav-
ing them together.
"Oh, Miss Thorne left a message for
some one Mr.. Grimm was saying TO
the clerk. shes decided it is un-
necessary" He turned and glanced
toward her, and the clerks eyes fol-
lowed his. please give it to me-"
1t was passed over without COM
ment 1t was a sealed envelope ad-
dressed to Mr.. Charles Winthrop Ran
kin. Mr.. Grimm glanced at the SUI
prescription, tore the envelope into
bits and dropped 1t into basket. A
minute later he was assisting Miss
Thorne and the prince into an auto
mobile that was waiting in front AS
the car moved away two other auto
mobiles appeared from corners near
by and trailed along behind to the
station. There q private compart-
ment-car was in readiness for them
1t was a long, dreary ride-a ride
of utter silence save for the roar and
clatter of the moving train. Mr..
Grimm, vigilant, implacable, sat at
ease; Miss Thorne, resigned to the
inevitable, whatever II might be-.
studied the calm, quiet face from be-
meath dropping lids; and the prince.
sullen, scowling, neryously wriggled In
his seat Philadelphia was passed,
and Trenton. and then the dawn be-
gan to break through the night 1t
was quite light when they rolled into
Jersey City. -'------------
I'm sorry for all the Inconvenience
have caused" Mr.. Grimm apologized
to Miss Thorne as he assisted her to
alight You must be exhausted"
If 1t were only that" she replied,
with slight smile. And is 1t too
early to ask where we are going?"
The prince turned quickly at the
question.
We take the Lusitania for Liver
pool at ten o'clock" said Mr.. Grimm
obligingly Meanwhile let's get some
coffee and bite to eat"
Are you going to make the trip
with u.s." asked the prince.
Mr. Grimm shrugged his shoulders.
Weary and spiritleSs they went
aboard the boat, and q little, while
later they steamed out into the stream
and threaded their way down the bay.
Miss Thorne stood at the rail gazing
back upon the city they were leaving.
Mr.. Grimm stood beside her; the
prince, still sullen, still scowling, sat
a dozen feet away.
This is wonderful thing you have
done, Mr. Grimm" said Miss Thorne
at last.
THANK you," he said simply. 1T
was destructive thing that you in
tended to do. Did you ever see a
more marvellous thing than that?" and
he indicated the sky line of New York.
Its the most marvellous bit of mech
anism in the world; the dynamo OF
the western hemisphere. You would
have destroyed it, because In the