Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1913-12-12
Copyright. 1913. by W. G. chapman.1

|Coe the substance of nearly
lT Wv conversation in the dip
fanatic clubs of Europe. Gre
"tnd bv Dvornak, that brilll-
IA AZ and cratic genius whose
hGI Motribes against democracy
had stirred all the courts OF
,inopt. it had become organ
% single year in every country
ei y cnain and the Urals. Kings
sfS Saoome members of it, and the
~ !, a' hacked by the most powerful
's s.snepces, had acquired immunity
d lnur orernments and threatened to
i0u . IFS will upon the civilized
DgY n Then the inevitable happened.
a nn's, arose, base men perverted
'' .,ns TO their own ends; the best
a s abandoned it in disgust, a
s reorganization Of Western rul-
s., r.s initiated, and, after the issue
u hing for months in the balance,
4 scales fell, and the league became
NV, ,aI IN and down Europe, travelling
~ ,onrt to court, a cohort of pala-
y, each fighting singly and whole
.,rtsdly. strove for the two factions,
Thai the league was planning a
,.,orate stroke in order to regain
!, hrmer influence was the sub
.,,ce Of a conversation between
i.5 Claude Tresham, secretary to
1. eabinet of kings which had fought
u league successfully, and Paul
r,,s the young American million
,-a as they sat together in the palm
rsn Of the Hotel des Anglais, at
rrpra and looked out at the snowy
rested mountains.
Huls wits had been sharpened in
ANN fights when he was serving the
lame He had been induced to
Aep his fortune and his services at
4 disposal by the Princess Clothilde
d Austria the guiding spirit of the
vcety When he came to under
sad that he was but a tool in the
hands Of an INSCRIPTIONS woman,
yhom. nevertheless, he had grown to
we with passion which, he knew,
nli last during the remainder of
$ life; when, too, he understood,
shame and humiliation, that the
fa motives of the league were
hams masking criminal designs, he
tlRd his services to Lord Tresham,
b light his former friends. He had
gOmed several missions with hon
b he had net Clothilde herself in
aues Of wits and worsted her; but
zach encounter only drove home more
s4ly the shaft of the pitiless archer
no wounded him to the heart.
For this reason he fought the more
lhgly He had become, next to
lFsham the opposing organizations
posi- powerful agent.
Ipsham had summoned Paul to
SHerland TO undertake a mission
men vas to overthrow the leagues
~ remnants Of power and influence
auFope. He explained it to him in
" atierglcw of the glorious August
ETelag
Inc league has one prop, Pau"
ad, and you are to kick it away.
-s Kaiser has long abandoned it;
@s Alfonso of Spain, it's leading
'@eFn ally, But in the realm Of
Isar the league still rests
@Henle The Russian agent of that
4aupulous association is Apollodo-
y me monk who has obtained so
~'aS hold over the people and
ra he Superstition-ridden Nicholas
as you undoubtedly know, this
'3lOdoFls, whose headquarters are
~e monastery at Nishikoff, is the
w q q long train of charlatans
y nave duped Nicholas with spirit
S1c Phenomena. At Nishikof,
y Say ne calls up the ghost of his
%'SF Inc late Alexander III, and
spectral adviser, whose counsels
u course. always those of the
~ Sse' ana who is, in reality. the
s,luh Apollodorus himself, directs
%l'cy Of the whole realm of Rus
raul did YOU ever turn the dark
,an On a spirit at a seance?"
u0 said Paul, chuckling over
J. 'gIenoFance. 1T was in my col
D''S / exposed the notorious
~, ~ VINO had fooled many leading
'" N New York, and photographed
h. WIN calcium light, capering
hh ue room in fifteen yards Of
n sla'' Paul. is exactly what you are
~, o Apollodorus," answered Lord
You can imagine the scene:
n W., W, Wildly credulous, his attend
yvle'Iy Seeptical, but outwardly
10 and Just a little bit inclined
49,, MYSTICAL Interpretation of the
T., rnena because of the inherent
d a'sadency to self-deception. 1
sr,, Juan admittance for you
Il T3 vi lnends at St. Petersburg.
~ A. 'hen, attend the seance with
/. ~ !, lantern under your coat, ex-
,ass. NJ l'acd at the psychological
.rso aS ana obliterate the leagues
d w. IN Russia in a flood of ridi-
u s saee Nicholas has left it, we
Psg , ~. very little more about it"
sss, leit for St. Petersburg on the
sspo4 day, bearing a letter Of In