The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-03-06

"are you not chief OF this bureau
Colonel Jarras?"
NO. snapped Jarras; "and there's
no bureau now-at least no bureau for
the Foreign Division"
Speed leaned forward and said;
Scarlet. my friend, the Foreign d.
vision Of the Imperial Military Police
has been abolished"
"Who the devil did that?" asked
savagely.
'Mornac."
Mornac! The Emperor's shadow'
! Then truly enough it was all up with
| the Foreign Division. But the shame
| Of it!-the disgrace Of as faithful a
/ body of police, mercenaries though
| they were, as ever worked for any
cause, good or bad
As we sat there in silence, soldier
came to summon Colonel Jarras, and
he went away, leaning on his ivory
headed cane, head bowed over the
string of medals on his breast.
When he had gone, Speed came over
and shut the door, then shook hands
with me.
Hes gone to see Mornac; it will
be our turn next Look out for Nor
nae, or he'll catch you tripping in your
report"
Look here" / said, angrily, "how
can Mornac catch me tripping? I'm
not under his orders"
you are until you're discharged.
You see, they've taken It into their
heads, since the crucifix robbery, to
suspect everybody and anybody short
of the Emperor. Mornac came smelling
around here the day you left. He's
at the bottom Of all this-a nice busi-
ness to cast suspicion on our division
because we're foreigners. Cad, he
looks like a pickpocket himself-he's
got the oblique trick of the eyes and
the restless finger movement"
Perhaps he is" l said
Speed looked at me sharply.
"If | were in the service now I'd
arrest Mornac-if | dared"
Then a soldier appeared to summon
us both and we followed to the TEN
porary bureau.
At a careless nod from Mornac !
muttered the formal 81 have to report,
sir" and began mumbling a per
functory account Of my movements
since leaving Paris.
I told the truth as far as l went,
which brought me to my capture by
Uhlans and the natural escape Of my
prisoner, Buckhurst | merely added
that l had secured the diamonds and
had managed to reach Paris via Stras-
bourg.
He listened very quietly while told
Of my encounter with Buckhurst in
Morebronn, of our journey to Saverne,
to Strasbourg and finally by own ar
rival in Paris.
Where is Buckhurst?" he asked.
81 do not know" l replied, doggedly.
"That is to say that you had him
in your power within the French lines
yet did not secure him?"
"Yes. There was something more
important to do than to arrest Buck
hurst. l had every reason to believe
that an important conspiracy was be-
ing ripened somewhere near Paradise.
l had every reason to believe that the
robbery of the crown jewels might fur
nish funds for the plotters.
"The arrest Of one man could not
break up the conspiracy; l desired to
trap the leaders; and to that end l
deliberately liberated this man Buck
hurst as a stoolpigeon. If my judg-
ment has been at fault, accept the
blame"
Mornac examined his carefully kept
in detail
you say he bribed you?"
81 said he attempted to do So"
replied, sharply
with the diamonds?"
yes"
you have them?"
81 deposited them as usual"
Bring them"
Angry as / was, saluted wheeled |
and hastened off to the safe deposit |
The jeweIbag was delivered when 1
presented my printed slip; l picked |
it up and marched back, savagely bit
ing my mustache and striving to con-
troll my increasing evaporation.
Never before had I endured insolence
from a superior officer.
Mornac was questioning Speed as |
entered, and he lolled in his chair with
an absent-minded expression like the
expression of a cat who pretends to
forget the mouse between her paws.
CTO BE CONTINUED
How Is 1t that a woman win often