The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1912-04-25

0B6 - - S0AAA8 0OR0&D w.
y sl1saG. eaney 4 = abeoe - eisss
- ! sAau sv0 ee0s y reading "
~. obituary"
''It's more than strong" saN Court
bsy. Its in strict CONFORMITY With
ths NV York law"
threw up my hands. Yea sav ths
original csrtincatsr' asked
Yes. The lady herself hae ne out,
but had left it with her maid. And
have not the least doubt Of Its genuine
ness"
Then We are up to Alderman Pat
rick MCGUIRE" said.
II cabled at noon to Washington ask
ing the department to obtain immedi-
ately full information As to his char
acter and reputation"
Courtney. you're q wonder" said.
I'm glad you approve" he answer
ed. II thought it well to move at once.
30 the inquiry could be in New York
early this morning. and, even If 1t took
the whole day to investigate, the an
swer should be here by midnight at the
latest"
Just then there was q knock on the
door and fOotman entered.
"For his excellency, the American
ambassador" he said. and handed
Courtney an envelope.
Here it is now." he said. my sec-
retary has hurried 1t to me-"
Crossing to my desk. he ran a knife
under the hap and drew out cable
gram. glanced at 1t IN instant, then
gave 1t to me without comment.
1t was in cipher. of course, but BE-
low 1t the secretary had written the
translation. 1t read:
Individual named was killed last week
by car at Twenty-third street and Broad
way. Character and reputation only Ordi-
nary. Integrity very doubtful. A profess
sional ward politician.
So said l. Exit the alderman.
It's crying pity that car didn't get in
its work four months ago."
LET US be thankful for what it did
do last week"
"One lying mouth stopped" said 1.
He nodded And only an inferior
reputation left to bolster up his certifi-
cate"
l looked again at the copy. II won
der II that car by any possibility
might have hit Witness John Edwards,
too"
Courtney smiled. "It's dollars to
nickels the same blow killed them
both"
"Then it's my word against hers and
the certificate"
Not exactly. It's her word, her
beauty and the certificate against your
word, its corrobosat1ng circumstances
and her history"
"That sounds logical" said I. "And
yet, in fact, II there wsrs nothing but
her word 1t would stin win out for
Lotxen. may not marry ths princess
10 long as another woman claims to b.
my wife"
Courtney frownsd. "But II you
prove her liar BY cold factsr
1T will not sumca," said I. "All
NIT her-error."
He raised his eyebrows, and out
came the cigarette case.
Then do you appreciate that until
she does you will have the disagree
able duty Of preventing her from de-
parting the capital, certainly the king
domr'
Practically that" 1 admitted. II
have already directed that she be not
permitted to leave Dornlitz."
He shook his head. ''Thars, you
ssnA me over to the enemy. II she
appeal to the embassy l may not suf-
fer her to be restrained. She is an
American subject"
mot at ALL" said I. '.If she be my
wife shs il q subject Of his majesty
Frederick ILL.,"
"Come. major, that's not half bad"
he laughed. "And I'll stand on it too.
So long as the lady claims to be the
wife Of 4 grand duke Of valeria the
American ambassador will absolutely
decline to interfere in her behalf"
Than I FASTENED to the palace.