The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1919-11-20

.rovst fear bs describing him - 10,
guard who watched benearn thIef
dow. He was known 70 her -
OF international fame .sser
.You were no match for re
NaIsmith. Do not look so GUM.
sbrewdest police officers in In
have never been able to coz
him. Why should you despair ~
He sprang to his feet by ~
hasn't got away with IL
grated. IL will run this scoundrei w. -
n have TO devote the remainue'
my life TO the task
She sighed. ALAS. 1 fear
shall have TO tell you httie -
about this wonderful man you ~.
as Sprouse. Six months ss let
friends and supporters OF the 80.
mate successor TO my country -.
conSummated plan WHEREBY
,.rovxn Jewels and certain docu"e,
nj state were surreptitiously remo'
from the palace vaults. Instead Oh
positing the treasure in Paris.
sent 10 this country I'm charge VI
rroup Of men whose fealty cou'u ''
be questioned. The man you kho"
Loeb is I'm reality my cousin l ""s
known him all my life. lie -"
youngest brother of the preten"e.
the throne. and cousin Of the prinee
who Is held prisoner by the Austnnns
! This prlnee has a brother also, anu
was 10 him that | was supposed 10 u
liver the Jewels. 7 Travelled from Ne"
York. but not alone as YOU may sus-
meet was carefully protected from
the time left my hotel there until
well. until I arrived In Boston
"while there received a secret
message from friends In Canada VI
recting me TO go To Spanish fa"S'
where would be met and con-
Quoted by Prince Sebastian hhnse"
TO the place called Green Fancy
which was near the Canadian borner'
1 A safe escort would be provided iol
US. and we would be on British son
within a few hours after our meeting.
I II IS only necessary 10 add that wnen
I arrived at Green Fancy I met Prince
1 Ugo-and understood I had careful
IL covered my tracks after leaving
Boston. NV real friends were. ana
still are. completely In the dark as 20
my movements. so skiifuIiy was the
trick managed.
and now for Chester Saismifh. II
was he who. acting for the misguided
Ioyaiists and recommended by certain
young aristocrafs who by virtue OF
their own designations had come to
know him as "a man Of infinite re-
sourcefuIness and daring. planned and
carried out the pillaging OF the palace
vaults. Almost under the noses Of the
foreign guards he succeeded In OBJ
/ tanning the jewels. No doubt he could
have made OF with them az that time,
/ but he shrewdly preferred To have
them brought 10 America by some one
/ else. II would have been lmpossfbll
for him 10 dispose OF them I'm Europe
You see how cunning he isY
.He was no doubt thwarted I'm hss
design to wayiay me on the road from
Spanish Falls by n singular occurrence
In this tavern. He was attacked In his
room here. overpowered. bound and
gngged by two men. He knew the
men. They were thieves as clever and
"A mercIiess as himself. They too
were watching for me- ! do not know
how these men learned Of my inten
ton 10 come to Green Fancy"
They came to the Tavern four o.
Ave days before your arrival Q
Green Fancy" Barnes interrupted
"Sprouse told me that they were sc
cret service men from abroad and tina
he was working with them. My theor.
Is this. and i think II is justified b,
events: The men were really secre
agents, sent here to watch the move
ments Of the gang up there. The
came upon Sprouse and recognize
him. On the day mentioned they ovei
powered him and forced him TO reves
certain facts connected with Affairs q
Green Fancy. Possibly he led them Z
believe that you were one OF the cor
splrators. They waited for your ri
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