Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1912-10-25

Never mind said my counselor;
you can take him anywhere, for if my
plan is carried out it won't make much
difference SO long as you take him
where he will not be known. Now
listen
she gave me her plan. l didn't have
| much confidence in being able to carry
| it out and told her so. whereupOn she
| said that the principal part of any
| plan was the ability with which it was
executed. | left her that might make
| the arrangements she suggested, hoping
| that | would be able to do so in the
| brief time allotted My adviser prom
ised to be on hand and do all she could
to prevent any slip ''twixt the cup and
the lip.
AT O'clock. dressed in the plain
| livery of a cabman and my face made
| up, drove my cab to point near the
ambassadors house and waited. Cabs
were passing, some empty, some with
fare inside. | had maintained my
| position for some time when the door
| of the counts residence opened and
| his valet came out bareheaded and
looked up and down the street. AS i'll
luck would have it. an empty cab was
| passing and nearer to him than l. He
| hailed the other cabman.
II was in an agony of disappOint-
ment when lady appeared knew
| not from Whence-and called the cab
man the valet had hailed. He pulled
up to the sidewalk, and the lady got
into his cab, leaving my vehicle the
| only one in sight. The valet beckOned
me, and | drove up to the door of the
counts abode.
''In ten minutes Won SterIitz ap,
peared, carrying his own grip. His
valet opened my cab door for him and
told me to drive to the station.
drove away feeling that the principal
crisis was past, and my heart was full
of thankfuEness to Miss Stringfellow
whom l recognized as the lady who
had turned the scale in my favor by
taking the other cab.
During the afternoon l had pur-
! chased my vehicle, including it's driV-
er's clothes. and it had been delivered
at a stable where | kept my horses.
l had secured a short rubber tube and,
having bored a hole in the cab just
back of the drivers seat, had intro
duced one end Of the tube into the
cab On the other end was a rubber
bulb. in which had been placed sub
| stance | had purchased from a chem
list which, blown into the carriage,
| would render the occupant temporarily
insensible.
''Purposely driving through a street
but little used for a thoroughfare, l
pressed the bulb. heard the count
| try to let down a window. but l had
driven a nail in both window frames,
so that neither could be moved. He
| cried out to me to stop and tried to
open the door, but had employed a
IOcksmith to alter the lock, so that It
! could not be opened from the inside.
1.-THE counts efforts soon ceased and
| whipped up my horse, driving
straight to a retreat for invalids had
in mind, and on reaching it told the
physician in charge that had picked
up fare who had acted very strange
~ and on opening my cab door had
found him insensible. The count was
carried into the building and put into
room. where the doctor sought to
revive him. Before he succeeded
| said:
Doctor. when this gentleman
comes to himself you're not going to
! turn him loose. are youY
Not till we know who he is.'
He told me wild story about be-
| ing in the employ of the German gov
| eminent. and l think he's crazy. If
! you let him go without summoning his
friends to take him away you'N do: it
on your own responsibility
Never fear. I'll exercise a proper
| caution
''By the time left the retreat the
| evening train had started for Berlin,
! and there was no other till early
morning. | drove to my stable, as
| sumed my proper clothing and hurried
! to the residence Of Miss Stringfellow.
L mad been half in love with her for
| some time, and in the exuberance of
! my gratitude and admiration | told
her that if | couldn't go through life
with her for companion | would not
| go through it at all. That's the way
the American girl plays her game
That's all right" said the burIy
! man. but how about the controlling
interest in the Suez canal?''
Count Sterlitz didn't succeed in get
| ting out Of the retreat till about noon
! the next day and couldn't get train
for Berlin till o'clock in the evening.
Meanwhile the morning after l had
done my work the premier was awak-
ened before daylight to be told that
; the stock was for sale. and, getting out
| Of bed. he consummated an arrange
ment to buy it. 1t was duly purchased.
and today, though England has no
! treaty rights above other powers in the
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