The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1919-07-10

He Was Known to Her as a Thief OF
international Fame.
worst fear by describing him as the
guard who watched beneath her win
dow. He was known to her as thief
of international fame.
"You were no match for Chester
Naismith. Do not look so glum. The
shrewdest police officers in Europe
have never been able to cope with
him. Why should you despair?"
He sprang to his feet. 'By CAD, he
hasn't got away with it yet" he
grated. 81 will run this scoundrel down
if I have to devote the remainder of
my lie to the task"
She sighed. "Alas, 1 fear that l
shall have to tell you little more
about this wonderful man you know
as Sprouse. Six months ago the
friends and supporters Of the legiti
mate successor to my cOuntry's throne
consummated plan whereby the
crown jewels and certain documents
Of state were surreptitiously removed
from the palace vaults. Instead of de-
posting the treasure in Paris, it 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. / have
known him all my life. He is the
youngest brother of the pretender to
tho thrnnn a Of fha min
who is held prisoner by the Austrians
This prince has brother also, and 1t
was to him that l was supposed to de-
liver the jewels. travelled from New
York, but not alone as you may sus-
pect. / was carefully protected from
the time 1 left my hotel there until
well, until arrived in Boston.
"Whiie there I received secret
message from friends in Canada di-
recting me to go to Spanish Falls
where 1 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
ullu VIC Noulu Dc Oll blltlSl sui
within few hours after our meeting.
1t 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
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 dissipations 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
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 wdylay 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. do not know
how these men learned of my inten-
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
be was working with them. My theory
is this, and 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"
II believe you are right" she cried.
"Then we have accounted for Mr..
Sprouse. and am no longer interested
In the unravelin1 of the mvsferv sur.