Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1915-07-08

Oh tWUdL lie cOuSlucIEQ ulS4OILuuc
and at1Mme. IT tiani' B invitation took
d seateihJ "a compartment that~she had
engaged for her own exclusive use.
The lady was a woman verging on
thirty and had been very beautiful.
That beauty had but little faded, and
her mental attractiveness was at its
best. Delapol soon became aware that
she was endeavoring to fascinate him.
She adored Americans, pronounced
them marvellous people, and the alb
sence of European conventionality in
them gave them a freshness that other
people did not have. Her eyes were
very expressive and she kept them
constantly fixed on Delano's.
At 10 o'clock Delano left the lady's
compartment after she had exacted a
promise from him to see her the next
morning. He was. intending to give
her thesslip at Lueerne, and tried tesdo
so, but when he was hhrryfng away to
atrain for Berne a man stepped up
to- him and informed him that lady
wished to=speai-t him---Resigning
himself to another meeting with@his
fair companion Of the evening before.
he followed the man to the waiting
room, where he found her. ,~..<-f
,"Ah, Mr.. Delano," she exclaimed,
with a reproachful look, "were you go
ing to desert me? Did not tell you
that I was going on the same route as
yourself? What have 1 done that you
should treat me SOP The last words
were spoken with tinge5 Of sadness
and a look from her beautiful eyes that
would have conquered almost any man.
Delano was certainly affected by her
apparent preference for him, and had
he trusted any one he certainly would
have trusted her. He would have re-
signed himself to travel further with
her without reluctance had he not been
sensible Of the great Importance Of the
message he bore.
On reaching Berne the lady begged
him to see that her trunks. were put on
the train for Neuchatel, which did not
leave for an hour. DelanO went off to
look for the trunks and was directed
from one railway official to another till
he was in far distant part of the sta
ton Suddenly he saw a man coming
hurriedly toward him and two others
from another direction. They closed in
On him and were dragging him to an
exit when they were in turn attacked
by several others.
DelanO, whose brain worked very
quickly. saw at glance what this all
meant. The Greek was an agent of
others and had~,sent him after her
trunks to get him where he could be
attacked by agents of the secret serY-
ICE with view to robbing him of his
Dispatch What he did not know was
that the italian goyernnl eht- had sent
men to ifollow<hm/ and be ready to as
sist him should he be interfered with
He supposed those who had come to
his rescue were persons who had seen
al stranger attacked and considered it
their, duty to help him., 81 I|+.,,
The rescuers were all powerful men
and soon drove off the assailants.
Then one of them picked up Delano's
hat that had been Knocked off in the
fray and offered it to him. The others
disappeared in different directions.
Then the one who was left said to him
ih a whisper:
F'FollOW me-" ~
Leaving the (station, thefmanY struck
into the town and after turning In dir
ferent directions went into a wineshop.
Uelano followed him and was told by
him that he was an officer gofathea 4tal-s
ian carabineers, or national police. He
and half a dozen men in plain clothes
had been sent by the government to
shadow and protect him. ,@ 50
t"There is another train tonight" he
said to Delano, (which we will board
at the first station west Of Berne. My
men will meet us there. Any one of
us seen to get on the train here would
give us away. do not expect to avoid
them, but it is possible by the plan |
propose to do So
but how,"usked Detano, did they
get word of my coming on my mis-
sion?" = ~T~r~ II a
''Spies-spies everywhere. They are
among the clerks even of the govern
ment offices. Doubtless your visit to
the foreign office was reported immedi,s
ately.T + + = I 4 |
Delahho and the ccarabinaeear / Il I
where they were till dark. Then the
latter sent out for cab. and, entering
it with their hats drawn down over
their faces, they Were driven some ten
miles to- station, where they boarded
q train. The other members of the
party got on at different points, and
Delano was informed that there were
in all dozen men, stout and we'll arm
ed. All were in citizens dress and
many of them disguised.
| Evidently the arrangements made
for Delano's protection were far more
perfect than those Of the other side.
for. though the officer Ans command Of
the carabineers l. pointed out various
persons who were secretly watching to
take him, they were not in sufficient
force to do so.=Howeyer.-o ON changing
trains at Neaehatel they made one last: