The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-04-08


 0rge Barr Mccutcheon.
 countess detectives. We are obliged to resort to trickery to throw them of the scent. MT. P1ess has read what, ! you had to say in the newspapers. and he is too grateful, sir, to subject you i to unnecessary annoyance at the hands of her agents. He would have you to meet him secretly tonight at the Remrf hotel across the river It is most tu- 1 portant that swou should do so and 1 that you should exercise great caution. T am to take your reply back to him" For an instant was fairly s6upe- l fled. Then experienced feeling Of relief so vast that he must have seen i the gIeam of triumph in my eyes. The l trick was mine, after a1II
 'eYo1 may tell MT. Pless that I shall ] be there abA g. said I. The agent de 1 parted. when he was safely out of l the room [ explained the situation to l Poopendyke and then made my way
 through the secret panels to the count
 ess' rooms.
 She was ready for the subteEEsnsan
 journey in quest of treasure attired
 in a neat walking skirt, with her bon 1 ny hair encased in a swimming cap as i a guard against cobwebs-
 Then you don't intend to send oue
 the statements ?" she cried in disap-
 pointment. You are going to let eV-
 cry one think you are his friend. and | not mine?''
 stood over her, trying my best to
 scowl .sYou know better than that. 1 You know I-I ann as loyal as-as can
 be. Hang it alll' I burst out impulaiVez ] ly.l DO you suppose for minute that T I want to. hand you over to that i'm
 fernal rascal now that I've come to- < that is to say, now that we're such rip
 ping good friends2"
 She looked up at me very pathetical-
 ly at first. Then her expression chang
 ed swiftly to one of wonder and the
 flush crept into her cheeks, and her eyes waYered.
 H.LI think can trust you to-to do
 the right thing by me she said, de
 scending to a bana1ify in her confu-
 sion.
 held out my hand. She laid hers in ! ! it rather tmidIy, almost as if she was afraid of me. q shall not fail you.
 said without the fajntest intention to be heroic, but Immediately conscious : . of having used an expression so trits that my cheek hamed with hurnllia-
 .tion.
 , For some unaccountable reason she arose hastily from the chair and walk
 ed to Nthe window. A similar reasOn : no doubt held me rooted rather sE1ay to the spot on which stood. I have -d a vague recollection of feeling dizzy and rather short of breath. My heart 2 was acting queerIy.
 Why do you suppose he Vza21tg to e see you P she asked after a moment turning toward me again She was as
 calm as a sunmer breeze. All trace or nervousness hads1eft her. sI can't even supply a guess.1 P stYou must be very, very ltzictinal,
 she said uneas1ly. q know him % we'll He is very cunning. !" e seYou may trnst me implicitly ts G9
 the right thing" said beaullNeiy. ssAnd now what do you say to ouE trip to the bottom of the eaatle91 2 She shook her head. ''SCt win the house full of spies, my dear 2risna- 2 We'll save that for another day. A q rainy day perhaps. feel Ike sIlszEiLlg > all the sunshine I can get today. Io- y night shah be gloomy and very lone a Iy T shall take Rosemary and liniE1 y out upon the top of tho tower and Isay g all day in the sum b had an idea. q am sure sh0uld | enjoy a little sunshine myself. MuV ] $ come toog'
 U She lO0K60 nae SLIASas m GLssFl4 q. Ie There was a touch of dignity m laeZ d voice when she spoke. st .sEot today. MT. Smart"
 A most unfathomableap persons n found Mr Pless at the RemEGeat { r o'clock He welcomed me with sEeal S warmth He called me 'sdear old felloW
 and shook hands with me with utoEl le heartiness than had thought him ca ie pablo of expressing. A smafE2sh old It. gentleman was with him. was ln
 formed that he was one of the greales lawyers and advocates in Vienna. sl1t
 MT. Pless' personal adviser in the Fun
 fortunate controversy" 1e ssSo you knew who was all the tlna' m was at Schloss Rothhoefen." g1 he MT. Pless, smiling amtably. I wa
 trying to maintain my fncognitO q he that you might not be distressed pr I Smart, by having 1n your home such es- notorious character as am suppsse nt to be. I confess it was rather shap1 il- in me, but hold your excellent fr1enss O. responsible for the trick.
 s<It is rather difficult to keep secEa re- with women about said evasfveAY er s.But never dihicu1t to construct one, I said MT Schymansky, Wfnling-
 think Schymansky was the name ut tContinued.1