The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1926-04-30
Sore Throat

Cse2@ zen passed for a spaniard
'yo.4 q, r~ossilla encounter the sonora
e. saBs0 81 ~~- - - night and with
F.idE retFSi g. Il f.. TIMER hour, by
Fl4tch G3t they Ecs 3D. HelmhOlz
and GuafdO WOuiu hsNss ls.E. they
were disappointed, a ,is 80
OBJECTIONABLE pair e. -1ilced ct = J.-
hind a column, the third Of Che pafSy rav-
ing left them.
Sonora TineO was, as usual, lAvishly be-
decked with jewels. She had asked two
friends, an elderly Spanish couple, The gem
tem9n a banker Of Madrid and who had
invited them for "five o'clock" to dine with
her. Wis made a party Of four that was
distinguished for the wealth it represented,
the display Of splendid gems. de tFOD for q
casual dinner in a hotel restaurant, and the
exhibition Of a beauty WhOst anomalous
position toward her lawful husband now
coupled with an obvious infatuatiOn that
was tine pOCln or the place, made their table
the fOca! point Of all eyes in the room.
And the2. during coffee and liquors, the
first violin, Alexis, as If possessed by
some demon Of perVersity, presumed for the
first time to saunter in his leOnine fashion
to their table, where, with a sweeping bow,
he put the mute on his instrument and
played in mastery fashion ar aria from
Lahore de Trei Re-"
The sonora did not appear to be dis
pleased. It was said of her that she en-
Joyed the reclame Of her pOst-bellum mag
nificence in q nepOch Of worldwide Dubli-
@No -5[a 0G- ENe1EHNg ~ R1@ ~ a
mental position this noble tr~OubadOur, and
to display her munificence and contempt
Of gossip, she handed him a note of a hum
dred francs on the conclusion Of his play
ing. He bowed with a yellow CLEAN of his
SLEEPY eyes, IN a word of thanks,
and took the billet in the hand which held
the handkerchief he had just removed
from under is chin. But the note slipped
from his fingers and fell at the side Of
Pillars chair. She reached down instinc-
lively to pick it up, just as Alexis stopped
. nNan CO chat a. NnnAn mnnna n~I H.
black wavy hair nearly came together, at
which a suppressed litter rippled through
the room.
Not long after dinner the good lady led
her daughter off to bed. Their rooms ad-
z Joined a suite at the corner of the rear of
the hotel. Window and vOlets were tight
r ly closed, owing to the wind and cold rain,
f so that the sonora never gave a thought
r to the fact Of Pillars room opening on to
81 the graveled terrace.
s The good lady slept sOundly. She aw-
r akened late Of a chill, fOggy morning, IN
usual at that place and season, and on call
p ing to Pillar, whose room was separated
from her own by a dressing room and bath
: got no reply.
Rising then, to investigate, she discover.
a ed to her OverpOwering dismay that heI
daughter had disappeared and by the ter
10 race, for the corridor was locked on the in
4 side and the windows and vOlets unfasten
r. ed. a few minutes later the sonora was
v aghast to find that her jewels valued a
70 about two million francs, had also van
y ished.
d A swift and quiet examination disclosed
the fact that the disappearance did not stOl
d here. Alexis had vanished into thin air
d The Baron Won HelnihOlZ, who was nov
known to be stopping in Biarrit, was IN
discOverable. But, most astounding of all
Is the TintO car, with its ci-divant bill fighte
le chauffeur, had likewis evapOrated.
s. So here was the poor sonora, strippe
~ clean. Although all Of the persons involve
e we're foreigners, the affair was one for tn
s. French bOlice, since it had occurred o
French soil. Two days later the car wa
reported to be in a garage at Belfort, nea
the Swiss frontier, where It had been LEI
al by a man whose description tailed wit
n that Of Antonio, and who, it was under
10 stood from his faulty French, had left hi
pr patron at the Hotel de la POste. On tn
~ same day Baron Won HelmhOlz was arTeste
IN at Nice on a warrant issued or the sen
Ora's charge that three months before he
Of husband had received from him q letter 1
n which it was stated that the usual remit
ce lance had not been paid and that any fuI
pc Cper pOstpOnment would be followed b
the most serious Of consequences. Seno
p, TineO, according to his wife, could tell ne
- nothing about its purpOrt, and in his IN
paired mental condition did not seem I
~ know what it was about. She had Pr
IN served this letter, which was precisely 6
she had stated, and appeared to be sun
~ cient for an arrest on a charge Of Dlael
~ mail or eXtOrtiOn.
Copyright 1928: by Henry G. Rowland
ITO be concluded In the next issue)