The Raymer enterprise., 1911-08-31
(copyrigh. by ". G. chapmAn)

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stairs covered with heavy carpets. On
the landings more servants were
posted. The two men passed along q
passage to the princes ofiicial resi-.
dence. and entered a magnificent
room. proceeding from thence Into a
lu1uriously furnished boudolr. where
a lady sat alone. reading 4 book. At
the sight Of the prince she sprang to
her feet and exclaimed:
Il did not expect you SO soon"
II am engaged on some important
business, Catarina." he replied, a lit.
tie brusquely. You had better retire
for awhile"
Without another word she with.
drew. She was young woman. about
twenty-four. and extremely beautiful.
From the boudoir Danevitch followed
the prince into large and magnia.
Gently furnished sleeping apartment,
In one corner OF which was a large
cupboard. Ignatotf took a peculiarly
constructed key from his pocket,
opened the door and flung It back. re-
marking as he did SO:
THAT door Is OF steel. In tha,
niche in the cupboard all my keys are
deposited every night. The door is
then secured. and the key OF the door,
together with many other keys, are
given into the charge OF the confden.
tial clerk. Vladimir Nicolayeff. He Is
an institution here, and has been In
the government service 40 years. He
resides on the premises, and now you
Will see how difficult 1t is for anyone
to abstract the keys. Yet the treaty
Is gone, and | don't mind telling you
In strict confidence that the theft may
plunge this country into war with
Turkey. II the contents OF the docu.
ment should become known to certain
enemies OF Russia"
BY further questioning the prince.
Danevitch ascertained that he had
private and confidential secretary, in
addition to IL ordinary secretaries.
,, But not one OF them was admitted to
the private bureau, where for the
time being the state papers were de.
posted, without the princes permis.
sion. His official business was trans.
acted In another department. and the
inner sanctum was in a measure 50.
cred to the prince himself. The de.
tective had already come to the con.
cluslon that the guilty person was
someone who knew the working OF
the foreign office. was well acquainted
with the internal arrangements, and
In close contact with the prince.
In setting to work to read the rid.
die. Danevitch proceeded on the analy.
teal principle, and searched, to begin
with, for motive. That seemed very
apparent. Firstly, 1t was a secret
treaty. secondly, It was framed
against Turkey; thirdly. It was Of
vital Importance to Turkey to know
what the treaty was likely to do,
what 1t aimed at therefore, somebody
In the pay Of Turkey had stolen the
| document with view to pecuniary
gain. Everything pointed to the thief
being Russian traitor, for II would
have been practically impossible for
a Turk would have gained admission
to the foreign Office. And being a Rus.
sian, he also had some connection
with the foreign office. perhaps con.
nection which gave him the right OF
being under the roof all night. 1t Is
necessary to explain that the foreign
minister In Russia Is provided with an
official residence In the foreign Office
itself: that Is to say, a portion OF the
actual building is set apart for the
accommodation OF himself and fam.
lily and suite.
Adopting the theory that the cul.
prit would be found amongst the
princes household, Daneyitch pro.
ceeded to classify the household un.
der three heads, for the purpose OF
giving his suspicious definite form
First came the lower servants OF the
establishment; secondly. the upper
servants; thirdly. the body servants
OF the prince and his close personal
attendants. including his secretaries.
clerks, shorthand writer's. and
amanuenses. Those In the first cate.
CORY he dismissed from his calcula.
tions altogether, since II was highly
improbable that any one Of them
could have had the opportunities for
committing such a crime. Those who
fell into the second category were not
passed over without little more con.
slaerauun. but when this had been
done Daneyltch scored them on the
slate. too. and the sphere OF his In.
quIry was so far narrowed. In the
third category there were necessarily
included persons Of intelligence who
ranked higher than those found In
the other two.
Let 1t be distinctly borne In mind
that the paper was In dispatch box,
locked. The dispatch box was In a
safe. locked. The safe was In the
princes private bureau. where none
but the privileged were allowed to
enter. and the door OF which was also
locked. Let II be further remembered
that the keys necessary to open the