Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1915-12-31

he continued, turning to me.
Il am satisfied to leave the matter
to your highness," answered.
Twelve PAGES were measured OF.
and we took up our positions with the
moonlight favoring both equally.
They are hair triggers. gentle
men," said the prince, when all the
arrangements had been completed
'You will face each other and fire at
the count of three. Are you ready?"
They raised their pistols. The
counts was aimed steadily at the
Frenchman's heart, but Paradis'
weapon described a wavering circle.
"Onei" said his highness.
stepped from my principals side.
The pistol pointed anywhere but at |
the count; the captains distress was |
dreadful to contemplate. l saw him |
moisten his dry lips furtively.
"Two!"
Paradis seemed to pull himself to-
gether, and his pistol covered the
count almost as steadily as Won Lin
DORIS covered his heart.
Three"
The shots rang out together. The
count remained motionless where he
stood. The Frenchman uttered a mirth-
less laugh, fell ON his knees, looked up
at us with all the elimination Of his
despair upon his face, and then fell
forward.
He is deadl" said the crown prince
solemnIy as he rose from his side.
The pistol ball had penetrated the
heart and come out upon the right side
of the body. The crown prince
plunged his hand under the clothes
and pulled out what looked like a
lump of wax, shattered by the ball,
but retaining certain conformations
like those Of the impression Of huge
key.
In the center of this anonymous
lump was the pistol bullet. The
crown prince extracted it, looked at
the broken lump of wax, and put it in
his pocket.
A lantern light flashed through the
trees, shouts were heard, and two men
and woman burst through into the
place where we were standing. The
woman was Fraulein Wedenkampf
One Of the men was Weisknopf; the
other recognized later as Herr EN-.
merich, the director of the giant gun
foundry.
They came forward, stopped, and
stared at his highness, at me, at the
body upon the ground, and at the
count, who, standing silent, with
folded arms, stared at the man whom
he had killed.
HHaro 10 xxyhaf xyoTp eou0ht Harw Ern
merich," said the crown prince. plae
ing the lump of wax in his hands.
The director looked at It,, and burs
into hystericaI EXPLANATIONS.
1T is useless, your highness!" h
shouted, with anger in his voice. Il
is useless to us. All has gone 70
nothing.
Yes, all has gone for nothing" re
peated Fraulein Wedenkampf stonily
marveled at her self-control, in tn
presence of the body of her lover.
!. The crown prince took Herr En-
n merich by the arm.
II "a short explanation may be in Of
N DER he said. Herr Weisknopf.
J wish you good evening"
For the second time the financiei
1
II wish you good evening, mel
herr" his highness continued An
WeisRnopf. with a snort of rage, d,
liberately turned his back on tn
crown prince and withdrew.
You will have the goodness to &
straight home, mein herr" the prime
called after him. Now listen, Hell
d Emmerich-or perhaps should rattle
address you, Herr Graf, since 70
know nothing of this affair That lum
50 of wax was an impression of the
y. nous French clavette. the key to Il
49, seventy-flve MN. Creusot machiI
40 gum"
Count Won Lindorf raised his du
40 eyes to the princes face. "So?"
m observed.
And that gave me the key TO II
ISL situation.
: So greatly did this famous gun OF
ed class that made at the Wedenkam
ed works that the possession of mod
by the German government would /
cd most bring the much-dreaded WI
py upon the stage.
Measuring but 80 inches at the mt
'ss Gle, this deadly little weapon.
he which some twenty-five thousand we
known to exist, had terrorized d
DIV German government, and fabulo
We sums had been spent in the endeav
sss to discover the secret of its manuft
ture. One of the features which CHI
ne acterized 1t was the entir~ absen
ut Of recoil due to its glycerin jacket.
It's most 4markable feature. no
be ever was this: Whenever. upon I
field OF battle, 1t might become n,
en- essary to abandon 1t. by moving
re- small key. called a "clavette." I
,ur piece dropped apart in such a mann
that the secret OF it's Construct
ace could not be discovered.
hat This was the secret which Para
was bringing to Fraulein We'd
fou kampf.
e. Captain Paradis received one hl
dred thousand marks from Herr We
ely knopf for the betrayal of the secre
the continued his highness, fixing his e.
'ro- on the girls face,
dge saw her start convulsively.
ger was bought" she cried. He said.
Inc. Yes. fraulein." said the Gro
our prince gently. that was where
man doubly forfeited his honor H
bile Graf, Fraulein Wedenkampf had PR