Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1919-10-08

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whose intervention they were to Be
allowed to leave the United States
without the formalities usually OBJ
served IN cases Of suspected SNUG.
Cling. Upon the arrival In America OF
trusted messengers from Paris, headed
BY no less ! parsonage than TIE. am
5bassador himself, Ms Imperial tleas-
ure was to pass into hands that would
carry It safely to France. Prince 81
3bastian, still In Halifax. had been ap-
prised BY telegraph q the recovery Of
the Jewels, and was expected to san
for England BY the earliest steamer.
And while the visitors ct The Court
ney house were lifting their giasses
to toast the prince they loved, and. IN
turn, the beautiful cousin who had
braved so much and Jared 30 luckily.
and the tall wayfarer who, had come
into her life. a small man was stoop-
ing over q rihed knapsack in q room
far downtown. glumly regarding the
result Of an unusually hazardous I'M.
dertaking, even for one who could per
form such miracles as he. Scratching
his chin. he grinned- for he was the
kind who bears disappointment with
grin-and sat himself down at the
. big library table in the center Of the
room. Carefully selecting . pen-point
he wrote:
vt viii be quite obvious 20 you that
I called unexpectsdly tonight. The
week was up, you see. ] take the lib
erty Of leaving under the paperwelght
at my elbow Z two-dollar bill. II
ought to be ample payment Tor the
damage done to your faithful travel
ing companion. Have the necessary
stitches taken In the cash and Jon
win ind the kit al good % new. ]
was more or less certain not % hnd
what was after. but a. ! have done
no irreparable injury ! am sure you
viii forgive my love Of adventure and
excitement. It was really quite dim
cult to get from the nrs escape to
your window. but It was delightful
experience. Try crawling along that
ten-inch ledge yourself some day and
see 1T isn't productive Of pleasant
thrill. I shall not forget your promise
to return good for evil some day. GOD
knows I hope l may never be In po-
sition to test your sincerity. We may
meet again. and hope under agree
able circumstances. Kindly pay my
deepest respects to the Countess Ted.
and believe me to be,
Il. "Yours very respectfully,
"SPROUSE.
up. S.--I saw O'Dowd today. He
left message for you and the count
ess. Tell them, said he, that / ask
Gods blessing for them forever. He
is on tomorrow for Brazil. He was
very much relieved when he heard
that did not get the jewels the first
time ! went after them. and immense
~ entertained by my jolly description
of how went after them the second.
BY the way, you win be interested to
learn that he has cnt loose from the
crowd he was trailing with. Mostly
nuts, he says. Dynamiting munition
plants In Canada was grand project,
says he. and 1t would have come to
something II the DID women had
only left the Did men alone. The
explosives are O'Dowd'A"
.
Ten hours before Barnes found this
Illuminating message on his library
table he stood at the window Of q
lofty Park avenue apartment building,
his arm about the slender. yielding
figure Of the only other occupant Of
the. room. Pointing out over the black
housetops, he directed her attention
to the myriad lights In the upper floors
OF great hostelry to the south and
west and said:
'That is where you are going 70
live, darling"
1.-THE END.l
one Value o. silence.
Silence doesn't mean wisdom, but
the fellow who keeps his mouth cIosed
can at least hold IN what he doesn't
know.
jolly Little chipmunk.
The place the chipmunk Ills u
small and inconsequent but his sylvan
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