Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1919-09-19

Sclll 10 ILLS tOuutIy III CudA &c VI u
group of men whose fealty could not
be questioned. The man you know as
Loeb is in reality my cousin. have
known him all my life. He is the
youngest brother of the pretender to
the throne, and cousin of the prince
who is held prisoner by the Austrians.
This prince has a brother also, and it
was to him that was supposed to de-
liver the Jewels. travelled from New
York, but not alone as you may sus-
pect. I was carefully protected from
the time I left my hotel there until
well, until I arrived in Boston.
"While there / received q secret
message from friends in Canada d.
recting me to go to Spanish Falls,
whore 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
us, and we would be on British soil
within a few hours after our meeting.
It is only necessary to add that when
I arrived at Green Fancy met Prince
Ugo-and understood! / had careful
ly covered my tracks after leaving
Boston. My real friends were, and
still are, completely in the dark as to
my movements, so skilfully was the
trick managed.
"And now for Chester Naismith. It
was he who, acting for the misguided
loyalists and recommended by certain
young aristocrats who by virtue Of
their own designations had come to
know him as 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
tanning the jewels. No doubt he could
have made off with them at that time,
but he shrewdly preferred to have
them brought to America by some one
else. 1t would have been impossible
for him to dispose of them in Europe.
You see how cunning he is?
"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 In his
room here, overpowered, bound and
gagged by two men. He knew the
men. They were thieves as clever and
as merciless as himself. They too
were watching for me. I do not know
how ~ iv,&A
ton to come to Green Fancy"
"They came to the Tavern four or
five days before your arrival at
Green Fancy" Barnes interrupted.
"Sprouse told me that they were Sc
cret service men from abroad and that
he was working with them. My theory
Is this, and I think 1t Is justified by
events: The men were really secret
agents, sent here to watch the move
ments Of the gang up there. They
came upon Sprouse and recognized
him. On the day mentioned they over
powered him and forced him to reveal
certain facts connected with affairs at
Green Fancy. Possibly he led them to
believe that you were one Of the con-
spirators. They waited for your ar
rival and then risked the hazardous
trip to Green Fancy. They were dis
covered and shot"
81 believe you are right" she cried.
'"Then we have accounted for Mr..
Sprouse, and / am no longer interested
in the unraveling of the mystery sur
rounding the deaths of Room and
Paul." said Barnes. ''There Is nothing
to keep me here any longer, Miss Cam
eron. suggest that you allow me to
escort you at once to your friends,
wherever they"
She was opposed to this plan. While
there was still chance that Sprouse
might be apprehended in the neighbor-
hood, or the possibility Of his being
caught by the relentless pursuers, she
declined to leave.
"Then, I shall also stay" said he
promptly, and was repaid by the
tremulous smile she gave him. He was
helplessly In love with this beautiful
cousin of kings and queens. And
when he thought Of kings and queens
he realized that beyond all question
his love was hopeless.