Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1925-08-01

destroyed. and that her husbanFs
greatest wish was to have Il published.
Then efforts were made to steal it.
rather desperate efforts, from all I've
heard. To save the material she fed
with It to this country, In disguise and
under an assumed name"
"Humph" observed Renshaw with
out enthusiasm.
"She was traced to New York By
agents Of the august master" Stanley
went on placidly. According to her
story and evident conviction, their or
ders were TO get that manuscript and
all those invaluable historic letters
and documents at any cost. Her very
life was In danger. In fact, two at
tempts were made on It In Europe.
She knew Verify Campbell. so when
she arrived Verify went to New York
and brought her and her grandchild
and the nurse back here in the dead
Of night.
"since then. Madame Hvoeslef
claims, several queer-looklng foreign
ers have been lurking around Tawno
Ker. All the men servants have been
warned and put on guard against
trouble When Madame Hvoeslef con-
tinued to see and hear things outside
the house every night-faces at the
windows and figures in the trees, and
all that stuff-the strain on the fam
lily nerves became too great. per
suaded Campbell 10 get her to send
the material to the Trust company,
and we chose you for the job because
no one would think you would be our
choice
No one would think he would be
their choice Renshaw took this in
silence and dlgested 1t, but it did not
disturb him.
"a big publishing firm is buying ths
world rights to the stuff for fifty thou
sand dollars" Stanley went on. 'Ths
contract is to be signed In a few
days. It's mighty good thing for
the charming Madame Hvoeslef since
It's all she has left. She belonged to
the relgnlng family, and her uprising
countrymen have recently confiscated
her estates She can go to France or
Switzerland now, and live on the In
come OF her fifty thousand"
They had reached the store gate
way, where the Limousine was wait.
ing The old doctor held out his hand
But" Renshaw objected as he
took II, "all this being so, II doesn't
explain in the least the things I've
noticed"
"What have you notlcedY' Stanley
asked the question over his shoulder,
with a foot on the running-board OF
the car. It was not a moment for
condolences, even IL Renshaw had in
tended to make them However, he
would see what else he could draw
out
"Oh. odd noises and lights. and that
sort OF thing" he said carelessly.
But inside the house-not outside.
And I understood from Mr. Campbell
that everything inside the house was
all right"
Stanley entered the car and shrugged
himself into the big fur-llned overcoat
that lay waiting for him on the back
| seat
THE servants" he explained. 81
told you they were on the watch.
They didn't know what for. OF course.
They were just ordered to keep their
eyes open and their mouths shut. But
you can imagine how skillfm they'd
be in pussy-footing around-every man
fancyiug himself an amateur detective
Probably they've been trying to ar
rest one another" he ended, with
! chuclle.
Renshaw had one more question:
as that all You know-and all that
you and Mr.. Campbell meant by what
you said?"
Absolutely all. It's enough. too.
You don't find q lost princess guard.
ing historic memoirs every day.
Where's your Imagination Madame
Hvoeslef IS very great lady. and
that baby l hear you've fallen In love
1 with has royal blood In bsr veins No
one else took the thing a. hard az
Madame Hvoeslef did, OF course" he
went on more thoughtfully, but no
one can blame her for being melo-
1 dramatic She has lost her country,
her family, her fortune. and all but
lost her lie over those memoirs.
They are vital TO her. whatever they
may seem TO the rest OF us. Now
I'm Off. The nurse win telephone me
twice day. and Morris has lot Of
/ sense. Good-by."
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