The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1912-04-27
Pitch and Toss.
THE following morning I cabled
a detective agency In New
York, giving 1t all the ma

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questing 1t to make an. exhaustive
investigation Of the movements of
Madeline Spencer during the period
intervening between my confirmation
as an archduke and her sailing for
Europe. told 1t required evidence
promptly to disprove the marriage and
gave 1t carte blanche In Its gathering.
About noon Bernheim came In with
card In his fingers and u queer smile
about his firm set lips.
took the card
81 didn't dare to dismiss her with
out your direct orders" said my aid.
las she well knew"
"And as she had the effrontery to
tell me-" he added.
laughed. "And did 1t very pretti-
ly, too, I'll wager" can't imagine
what she wants, but you may admit
her. Stay moment. Could you
manage to overhear the conversa-
tionT
| "Only by leaving the door ajar"
| well, do what you can" | said.
| l was curious by what name he
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none. He simply swung back the
door and spoke into the outer room:
Madame, his royal highness will
receive you"
you are most kind, Colonel Bern
HEINZ" she said in her sweetest tones
as she passed him. II owe you many
thanks"
mo do
the rather gruff answer
Then he went out and closed the
door with altogether unnecessary
vigor.
She turned and looked after him.
what a great bear he Is, Armandw
she said, with confidential air.
l stiffened. You wish to see me,
Mrs. Spencer?' said.
She laughed. ''Stll denying me, are
YOU" she rlppled, and even In your
own private officer
us 1t possible, madame, that here,
alone with me. you still have the eff
frontery to maintain you are my wifeT'
l said.
"And do you, sir, here, alone with
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tain that l am not your wifeY' she
asked.
"It's not necessary" said I, "for you
know 1t quite as well as do"
She shrugged her shoulders. you're
good bit of brute, Armand"
And you're az began quickly,
then stopped.
| oh n
81 leave the blank to your own fill
ing" l said with bow.
She laughed gayly. do you know
you have played this scene very nicely,
my dear" she said. "If Colonel Bern
helm has CHANGED to stay close enough
to the door he so neatly slammed ajar
he has heard all that we have said,
though whether 1t was by your order
or due to his own curiosity 1, of course,
do not know. Either way, however,
you scored with him."
/ was so sure that Bernheim would
now be far enough away from the door
that l reached across and flung 1t back.
The anteroom was empty, and
through its open doorway we could see
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down the corridor, twenty feet away.
But she only laughed again.
(which simply proves Colonel Bern
helms wonderful agility" she said.
"He must be a, most valuable aid"
/ closed the door.
II takeNi 1t we may assume that you
did not seek admission to me for the
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"Quite right, Armand, though there
was a time, and not SO long ago, when
we both were more than glad to look at
each other. And maybe have not
changed" And she leaned forward
and smiled with the frankness OF a
sweet faced child.
= made a gesture Of repugnance.
"For heavens sake, madame, lay
aside this simulated sentiment and be
good enough to come TO the point"
"The point? The point" she replied
absently. "True, was forgetting. The
sight of you, dear, always stirs me so.
came here very angry with you, and
now have almost forgiven you"
put my finger on the electric but
| LOQS anu COlOHel MOOTe TcSpohucu.
MRS. Spencer desires her carriage
/ said.
She gave him one of her sweetest
smiles. then arose.
"And your royal highness does not
wish to hear my particular errandY'
she said.
mo more than before you entered.
replied.
'Tntruded, you mean"
Possibly that would be more &c
curate," admitted.
She gave sarcastic laugh.
"Your royalty seems to have beer
fatal to your courtesy"
1--WE but waste each others time
Mrs. Spencer" answered CURLY.
IL may be very stupid, Armand" sh,
said, "but l cannot understand why, 1
my presence In Dornlitz is so annoy
. ing to you, you prevent me leaving 1t.
I smiled. "At last" said I, I'VE ar,
, coming to the point"
"As though you hadn't guessed 1
, from the first," she laughed.
! II wish you would explain why
am not permitted to leave Dornlitz,