Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1912-10-11

comes plain sailing we know Sne
q secret AGENT expected a denial
but she was quite frank about It. Ant
had no intention whatever OF PLACING
her under arrest | knew some on'
was in the adjoining room because o
a slight noise in there, and / knew
she knew it. She raised her voice {
little, obviously for the benefit oil
whoever was there From that point
everything / said and did was TO com
pei that person, whoever il was, to
show himself"
His chief nodded, Understandings
Mr.. Grimm was silent for little, then
went on:
The last possibility in my mind at
that moment" he confessed, was that
the person In there was the man who
shot Senior Alvarez. Frankly ! had
half an idea that--that it might be the
prince in person" Suddenly his mood
changed: And now our lady of mys-
terry may come and go as she likes be-
cause know, even If a dozen OF our
men have ransacked Washington in
vain for the prince. she will inevitably
lead us to him. And that reminds me:
/ should like to borrow Blair, and
Hastings, and Johnson Please plant
them so they may keep constant
watch on Miss Thorne. Let them re-
port to you, and, wherever / am, / VIII
reach you over the phone"
by the way, what was In that seal
ed packet that was taken from Senior
Alvarez Campbell inquired curiously
1T had something to do with some
railroad franchises" responded Mr..
Grimm as he rose. Il sealed 1t again
and returned it to the senior. Evident
ly It was not what Signor Petrozinni
expected to find-in fact, he admitted
it wasn't what he was looking for"
For little while the two men gazed
thoughtfully. each into the eyes of the
other, then Mr. Grimm entered his
private office where he sat for an hour
with his immaculate boots on his
desk, thinking A world-war-he had |
been thrust forward by his govern
ment to prevent it-subtle blue-gray |
eyes-his Highness. Prince Benedetto |
d 'Abruzzi-a haunting smile and scar
let lips.
AT about the moment he rose to go |
out, Miss Thorne closely yelled. left
the Venezuelan legation and walked
rapidly down the street to a corner,
where, without a word, she entered a
waiting automobile The wheels spun
and the car leaped forward. For
mile or more it wound aimlessly in
oil re-
path; finally Miss Thorne leaned for
ward and touched the chauffeur on the
arm.
"Now!" she said.
The car Strengthened out into a
street of stately residences and scut-
led along until the placid bosom Of >
he Potomac came into view besides
hat for few minutes, then over the
fridge to the Virginia side, in the ]
Iilapidated little city of Alexandria
The car did not slacken its speed. but I
wound in and out through dingy ! 3
treets, past tumble-down negro huts, +
or half an hour before it came to I
tandstill In front of an old. brick I
lansion.
This is number ninety-seven." the +
hauffeur announced. I
Miss Thorne entered the house with O
key and was gone for ten minutes, |,
erhaps She was readjusting her q
ell when she came out and stepped a
Ito the car silently Again 1t moved q
,rward. on to the end of the dingy n
rect, and finally into the open coun- q
y. Three, four, five miles, perhaps, .
1T the old Baltimore Road, and again
lie car stopped. this time in front of q.
n ancient colonial farmhouse. :"
Outwardly the place seemed to be
aserted. The blinds. battered and s,
ripped OF paint by wind and rain, n,
ere all closed, and one corner OF the "a
nall veranda had crumbled away N
ON age and neglect. A narrow path, q,
rewn with pine needles, led tortu- nj
lsty up 10 the uoor- III the rear Oh ne
e house, rising from an old barn, . al
in pole with a cup-like attachments IN
the apex. thrust its point into the
en- above the dense, odorous pines. -,
appeared to be wireless mast
ISIS Thorne passed around the house, "a.
d entered the barn. -
A man came forward and kissed her NJ,
a thin, little man OF indeterminate Az
his hands on a piece OF mr.
ton waste. His face was pale with ~
: pallor OF one who knows little out ,
OF life, his eyes deepset and a-slit- !
with some feverish inward FIRE, 49,,
q the thin lips were pressed togeth- Nv
In a sharp line Behind him was q On,
e bench on which we're scattered 70,
lis of various sorts. Enthusiastically az,
sped chemical apparatus, two or 80
ee electric batteries OF odd sizes, t,,~
ranged along one end OF II, In a
v were score or more metal
leroids, shade larger than one
ind shell. From somewhere In tho M.
r came the ciatter of small gaso- e
; engine, and still farther away was
electric dynamo. g.
Is the test arranged, Rosay" the lit the
man queried eagerly In Italian. hin
The date is not fixed yet" she re- 9th,
d in the same language. 1T will nro