The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1913-11-06

b eivs noro value 70 ne h1nG w1snss,
have decided to tell you the truth.
the unvarnished, cruel truth.
Il wonder II It win surprise yUu to
and that I am, and have been IN the
service Of Count Won Wsrdsnstein.
You have bssn the hlndsxt Of hosts.
indeed. 20 good that you made my task
really dsspicabls but much easier,
Don't take this very seriously. Life
d made up Of an equal portion OF
bad and good, and the end Il always
the same. Death gathers ne all In.
and pues In our places othsrs who may
md pleasure in destroying ali that we
have created You both dream OF
world peaoe-4 wish / could create
peace IN ny own hearth
7 admire ron both. especially Ma
| polson, and Tor that reason. / hate you
both. being unable TO Iove you. AZ
there are no middle streams IN my ma
turo.
There = no use Of my telling you
what intend to do: you will know It
soon enough. and you both win bs
sorry that you ever met the unhappy
person whose name was. once. Rositta
| Rosiny.
And now. Wish you all happiness.
until We meet again
ROSETTA,
| Princess of Bchomburg Lithow."
| Napoleon quietly folded the letter
and handed It back to Astra. He did
not seem disturbed at all. He picked
up the envelope and saw the New
York postmark.
1T II clear. The countess has tho
secret Of cirynith and, very likely. Of
| tho asrodromons"
But how did she get itr
That remains to be seen. Werden-
stein evidently thinks that everything
| IL fair in love or war"
VIII you read me that other letter,
the one the Judge broughtr' asked
Astra.
"Of course. dear. This IL Moxrak's
communication. wonder what he has
to say" He opened the heavy snve-
lope and Z number of sheets fell to
the table.
ITO the President of the United Re
publics of America:
"6incs that unhappy event, in which
was selected by Fate ~ the instru-
ment Of Death. have had many hours
to think clearly and to learn from my
inner self that It II the rule OF Love.
and not the rule Of Force that should
rule the world. have act down the
following facts. 20 that your ladyship
shall know all the motive powers that
may govern human sections.
The fact that my bullet went astray
il due. not 80 much to the Quiokness
Of the great humanitarian and Ameri-
can patriot, Napoleon Edison, a. to
the fact that beheld the Countess Ro-
siny in your company. A moment of
hesitation IL enough to Illustrate plans.
Her influence naturally, unintentfon-
ally saved your life. a. my hand and
eye arc always true. am happy that
things turned out ~ they did.
Before explain why the countess
presence saved you (shs has done.
however, Involuntary, at least one
good act in her life). want to tell you
that my name IL not MozrAk, and l am
not = Russian.
MY namo Is Aetzel Won RothenberR.
and some years ago wore the uni
form Of the famous Red Hussars
Years ago, when on a vacation trip.
travelled through Italy: at that time
could enjoy the great marvels of Ma
turs- was young and noble-thinking
and free. On the shore of the Laro
al Maggiore l found destruction.
1 was tramping through the coun-
try With skstchlng outfit and let
people think me an artist In a Sc
Guided and beautiful spot, from where
had an uninterrupted view Of the
snow-covered peaks OF the Alps, and q
Wide vista of surroundings pine-cov-
cred land, struck my easel and began
work. A girl emerged from the only
path and walked toward me. say =
girl, but ought to say vision. She
was tho most bewitching creature
had ever seen.
She came to me fearlessly and
greeted me In a friendly way:
sketcned her In my picture. Inside of
an hour my fate was sealed. as l had
fallen In love with her.
One day near the end of nv vaca-
ton. received an invitation to visit
the castle of the Rosinys. There I
found her. She was married and had
= beautiful little girl about three years
old. She told me that she loved me.
that her husband was cruel to her. and
l believed everything. We eloped-
ana she made me a traitor inside of a
lew weeks. was entrusted with i'm
portant secrets and entrusted them
to her. loved her SO!
ITO RH COMrr>rrrnD>