The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1912-11-19

VdleC opened my CAP door Tor MIN ana
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 / had pur-
chased my vehicle, including its driv
er's clothes. and It had been delivered
at a stable where l kept my horses
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 a 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,
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
locksmith to alter the lock, so that 1t
could not be opened from the inside
'The counts efforts soon ceased, and
l whipped up my horse, driving
straight to a retreat for invalids l had
in mind. and on reaching it told the
physician in charge that 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
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 till 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 I 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.
! had 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 a companion would not
go through it 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 6 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
ment to buy it. 1t 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 are
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 l SC
long occupied at Washington. and my
whole advancement in the corps il
due to her.
did Won Sterlitz ever discover who
had kidnapped him?"
mot except that it had been done
by some one in the interest of the Brit
ish ambassador We guarded the Sc.
eret carefully. for 1t 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 it. but for a secretary
Of legation TO play cabman would not
accord with the dignity of the British
nation"