Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1917-08-17

"Peari, My LoSsi"
convey them to, the commandant- at the
canal knsw that q secret meeting OF
the general army stan had been caifsd
that day. did not know. nor aid Mise
Dare that Colonel Dare, Major Brsnt
and Captain Payne had been called to
that meeting. nor did either Of W know
that they were In washington. There
fore, when I saw the captain come from.
the war Office my suspicious were imme-
diately aroused. They were dsepened'
when my eye noted. while he stood by
the automobile chatting with Miss Dare.
thst the left shoulder strap did not cor
RESPOND with the right shoulder strap.
IT stood higher on the shoulder and
ton proved that Il had recently been re-
moved and replaced BY someone not .
tailor.
Then saw the lockst dangling on his
watch chain. II was brand new. Know
ing that Captain Payne would wear no
lockst that had not been presented to
him by Miss Dare and seeing her eyes
suspiciously cast upon II. ] inferred that.
here was the hiding place Of the wafsrs.
But / did not know these things TO be
facts when FASTENED to the Hotel VIII
ton and through q valet In my employ
opened his luggage. took out his private
stationary and, Initiating his handwriting,
left the note of warning a. q bait
The bait took. Monsieur AdamA 1.
myself hidden In an adjoining room.
heard Captain Payne telephone to tbs
war secretary that someone had leaked,
proving 20 me that my calculations and
intuitions, were correct
The rest was very simple. had
handled the captains clothes too often
not TO DO aware OF the size Of his coat.
To procure q duplicate was an easy mat
ter-and also q duplicate locket. Tha
valet sewed the newspaper under the left
shoulder strap In the substitute coat ana
cleverly left this coat on tho tree. taking
Captain Payne's In exchange, undsr his
very eyes. when he returned tho captains
evening clothes from the pressing room
The substitute looket was In the substt-
tute coat when the valet hung II on the
clothes tree. Payne had thrown his watch
and chain IN the bureau. having detached
and concealed the locket containing thu
waters In a side pocket OF his coat In ac-
cordance with directions which had
heard discussed privately between CoionSt
Dare and Major Brent.
1t viii be recalled that on leaving, hia
room In the Wilton, Payne Examined the
coat on the tree, pinching the paper con-
cealed under the left shoulder strap 90
that secret service men stationed acroee
THO btEtcI Hf8nl - tn&8 nkkAou a. h1ma
took the loeket out Of. the pocket and held
1t in the light This, too. they saw.
Had Captain Payne opened and sxAxu-
inend the locket the success OF my rusa
might not have been 40 amply accom-
piished. For It was, Of course, empty
He did not do this however
Thus were the Canal Dsesnas plans. and
the wafers necessary to intsrprat than
stolen. Monsieur Adams
Now, as to Miss Bertha Bonn, has
never heard Of her before that night, BINS
q message from her to Major Brent re-
ceived during the dinner at the Dares
slipped out of the majors pocket during
the ride to the Granadian embassy ball
and fell unwittingly into my hands
saw Miss Bonn at the ball several min
utes before 1 murdered the Granadfan
ambassador when he was about to weak
en- in our plot and expose IT, I observed
that she wore a locket similar to the
one containing the chemical waters. On
one occasion she opened It and caught
sight OF Major Brents miniature and the
inscription thereupon proclaiming her 70
be his wife. This gave me an inspiration.
Desiring to draw another high army Of
ficer in my power and needing an ennis
sary to convey the defense plans and the
chemical waters to the Qranadian bor-
der to Bolero, the revolutiontst In QUE
employ. effected the transfer Of the
lockets In Miss Bonn's hotel apartment
In her suitcase with the sssistsnce OF thsa
valet, while she was absent from the
room in quest Of . newspaper containfns,
the first accounts OF the ambassadors
TIE 0ranadian ambassador died from
the effects OF powder which T dissolved
In glass Of water. I wrote tbs note found
under his dead hand addressed to Captain
Payne.
impsrsonatsd myself on tho night tbs
a Hof~ ~Sn
the secretary OF war. think yuu knew
that.
And now, Monsieur Adams, I take leave
Of you. never to return. Tor havins
failsl. my iifs 10 worthless TO the cause
to which II has been dedicated. Why
innate a sphere Of sxistsncs other than
the lsnsiy chauffeur oocupisdf
With you II 10 different. You can now
drop the name Of Adams monsieur, snl
assume your own, Captain Ralph Paynsi
As Lawyer Bainbridgs finished, q
shadow darkened the doorway. Every
one rose. Pearl advanced with eyss
bright and arms outstretched.
Srfffening In the doorway at attsn-
ton, his heels clicked sharply together,
and facing Colonel Dare, the figure
spoke.
II have the honor to report for duty,
sir" said the colonsls orderly.
Then he turned hesitndnsiy %
Pearl Both were pale and trembling.
Captain Payner abe murmured,
amid the stiffness, flying into his arms.
fSEls 1-A-->r>du esthoE1pG hsr
In . tight embrace. "PVeri q
Army and my life foreverIv
lTHE nNna go j