American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-07-17


at a certain small s%tationer's shop,
Lancry's, In the Boulevard Haussmann,
close TO the Prlntemps. One paper es-
peclally is sold nowhere else in Paris.
It is this"
He held over a mirror a letter upon
a small sheet Of note paper bearing
the watermark of a bulls head.
"That paper was made at a mill in
the south Of Devonshire, in England,
destroyed by fire five years ago. Pa
per Of that make cannot be obtained
anywhere else in France" he declared.
at once realized how much patience
must have been expended upon the In
quiry, and said:
"Then you have actually fixed the
shop where the writer purchased his
paperf"
"Yes," he replied. "And we know
that the newly invented typewriter, a
specimen one, was sold by the Maison
Audebert, in Marseille. The purchaser
of the typewriter in Marseille pur-
chases his paper and envelopes at Lam
cry's, on the Boulevard Haussmann."
"Splendid - I said. for II was clear
that the baron, with the th%ousand-and-
one secret agents at his beck and call,
had been able, with the professors
aid. to fix the source of the stationery.
But" / added. what IS wanted from
me?' Why. I wondered, had his mai
esty sent the baron that photograph
of Elise B~reitenbach?
81 want you to 90 with me to the
central door Of the Printemps at four
o'clock this afternoon. and we will
watch Lancry's shop across the way"
the baron replied.
The Writer Of the Letters.
This we did. and from four till six
o'clock we stood. amid the hustle of
foot passengers. watching the small
st%ationer's on the opposite side of the
boulevard. yet without result.
Next day and the next I accompa-
MED the prosperous cinema proprietor
upon his daily vigil, but in vain, until
his reluctance to tell me the reason
why I had been sent to Paris annoyed
me considerably.
On the fifth afternoon, Just before
FIVE O'Clock. while we were ~strOlling
together, the baron's eyes being fixed
upon the door Of the small single
fronted shop, 1 saw him start, and
then make pretence of Indifference.
Look :" he whispered.
l glanced across and saw a young
&. man just about to enter the shop.
= The figure was unfamiliar, but
f catching sight of his face, I held my
2 breath. I had seen that sallow, deep
, eyed countenance before.
It was the young man who had sa
eating his luncheon alone at the Espla
made, apparently fascinated by tn,
] beauty of Elise B~reitenbach.
p We'll" exclaimed the baron. Il SCI
you recognize him-eh? He IS prob
e ably going to buy more paper for hi
scurrnOus %screeds."
S Yes. But who is hep I asked. "
= have seen him before, but have n
= exact knowledge of him."
e The baron did not reply until W
$ were back again in his house a
= Neuilly. Then he said:
That young man, the author Of tn
outrageous insults 10 his majesty.
= known as Franz Seeliger. but he is tn
disgraced, n~e'er-do-well son Of Genera
Won Trautmann, captain general Of tn
palace guard"
z "The son Of old Won Trautmann ~
gasped. docs the father known
The baron grinned and shrugged hi
shoulders.
Then, after I had related TO him til
r incident Of the Esplanade, he said:
K THAT is of greatest interest. WI
you return to Berlin and report to tn
emperor what you have seen here
: His majesty has given me that instruC
ton"
Y The baron told me Of his long week
1 Of patient inquiry and careful watch
e ing; Of how the young fellow had bee
n followed to Anglers and other town
l. In France where the letters were post
n ed, and of his frequent visits to Berlir
He had entered a crack regiment, bu
r had been dismissed the army for fore
n cry and undergone two years impris
/ Onment. Afterwards he had fallen 4
with a gang of clever i%nternationa
hotel thieves, and become what I
d known as a rat d'hotel. Now, becaus
Of a personal grievance against tn
:, emperor, who had ordered his prose
I cution, he seemed to have by som
g secret means ferreted out every bit O
d scandal at Potsdam, exaggerated It, In