The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1912-11-15


the arrangements she suggested, hoping
that l 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 cabman and my face made
up, drove my cab to point near the
ambassadors house and waited Cabs
were passing. some empty, some with
a 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 Ill
luck would have 1t, an empty cab was
| passing and nearer to him than /. He
hailed the other cabman.
81 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 l drove up to the door of the
counts abode.
I'm ten minutes Won Sterlitz 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 thankfulness 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 its driv-
er's clothes. and 1t had been delivered
at stable where | kept my horses.
| had secured a short rubber tube and.
having bored 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 l had purchased from a chem
list which, blown into the carriage,
would render the occupant temporarily
insensible
utpoSSiy uiIlHS tuTOuBu u StTett
but little used for thoroughfare, l
pressed the bulb. l heard the count
try to let down 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
locksmith to alter the lock, so that 1t
could not be opened from the inside.
1.-THE counts efforts soon ceased, and
l whipped up my horse. driving
straight TO retreat for invalids had
in mind. and on reaching 1t told the
physician In charge that l had picked
up fare who had acted very strange
ly and on opening my cab door ! had
found him insensible. The count was
carried into the building and put into
a 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 your
"'Not TIL we know who he Is.
He told me wild story about be-
Ing in the employ of the German gov
eminent. and ! think he's crazy. If
you let him go without summoning his
friends to take him away you'll 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.
I had been half In love with her for
some time, and In the exuberance of
my gratitude and admiration told
her that II ! couldn't go through life
with her for companion | would not
go through II at all. That's the way
the American girl plays her game"
That's all right said the burly
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 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
hient to buy 1t. II was duly purchased.
and today. though England has no
treaty rights above other powers in the
Suez canal. she owns a controlling In
terest in IT.
"And your wife was
Miss Alice Stringfellow. and you arc
the only man outside diplomatic circles
who knows that England's interest in
the canal was obtained through the
ingenuity of an American girl. My
marrying her gained me the post so
long occupied at Washington, and my
whole advancement in the corps is
due TO her"
Ibid Won Sterlitz ever discover who
had kidnapped him."
mot except that 1t had been done
by some one In the interest of the Brit
fish ambassador We guarded the Sc
cret carefully. for It would never do
for British diplomat to be known as
descending TO act the part played
1t would have been all right to hire
some one to do 1t. but for secretary
Of legation to play cabman would nor
accord with the dignity Of the British