Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1919-06-07

She sighed. ALAS, I fear that |
shall have TO tell You little more
about this wonderful man you know
as Sprouse. Six months ago the
friends and supporters Of the legitl-
mate successor to my country's throne
consummated a plan whereby the
crown jewels and certain documents
Of state we're surreptitlously removed
from the palace vaults. Instead Of de-
posting the treasure In Paris, 1t was
sent to this country In charge Of a
group OF men whose fealty could not
be questioned. The man you know as
Loeb Is in reality my cousin. I have
known him all my life. He Is the
youngest brother Of the pretender to
the throne, and a cousin Of the prince
who IL held prisoner by the Austrians.
This prince has brother also. and 1t
was to him that was supposed to de-
liver the jewels. I-trayeled from New
York. but not alone as you may sus-
pect. l was carefully protected from
the time l left my hotel there until
well, until l arrived In Boston.
"Whlle there I received a secret
message from friends In Canada d.
reesing me TO 30 to Spanish Falls,
where I would be met and con
Quoted By Prince Sebastian himself
to the place called Green Fancy,
which was near the Canadian border
A safe escort would be provided for
as, and we would be on British soil
within few hours after our meeting.
II Is only necessary TO add that when
I arrived at Green Fancy | met Prince
Ugo-and understood I had careful
ly covered my tracks after leaving
Boston. My real friends were, and
stlll are. completely in the dark as 10
my movements, so skilfully was the
trick managed.
sAnd now for Chester Nalsmlth. II
was he who, acting for the misguided
loyallsts and recommended by certain
young arIstocrats who by virtue Of
their own designations had come to
know him as a man Of infinite re-
sourcefulness and daring, planned and
carried out the pIllaging OF the palace
vaults. Almost under the noses Of the
foreign guards he succeeded IN OBJ
mining the Jewels. No doubt he could
have made on with them at that time,
but he shrewdly preferred to have
them brought to America by some one
else. II would have been impossible
FOR him to dispose OF them In Europe.
You see how cunning he is7
He was no doubt thwarted In his
design TO waylay me on the road from
Spanish Falls by a singular occurrence
In this tavern. He was attacked Ia his
room here, oyerpowered, hound and
gagged by two men. He knew the
men. They were thieves as clever and
M merciless as himself. They too
were watching for me. do not know
how these men learned OF my Inten-
tlon to come TO Green Fancy"
"They came TO the Tavern four or
five days before yonr arrival at
Green Fancy" Barnes interrupted.
-Sprouse told me that they we're Sc
eret service men from abroad and that
he was working with them. Ny theory
Is this. and | think It Is Justified by
events: The men were really secret
agents. sent here to watch the move
menls Of the gang up there. They
came upon Sprouse and recognized
him. On the day mentioned they ever
powered him and forced him to reveal
certain faets connected with affairs at
Green Fancy. Possibly he led them to
believe that you were enc Of the con-
spirators. They waited for your ar
rival and then Flsked the hazardous
trip 10 Green Fancy. They we're dis
coYered aud shot.~
II believe you are right" she cried.
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