The Syracuse Journal, Volume 4, Number 19, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 7 September 1911 — Page 3

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ELUSIVE

ISABEL

JACQUES FUTRELLE

Illtijtraliona by M. HETTNER

Copyright, IWS, by Ths AwoolaAed Bondar Mag&zlnaa. Copyright 1W», by The Bobbe-Merrlll Company, 4 SYNOPSIS. Count dl Roslni, the Italian ambassador, is at dinner with diplomats in the national capital when a messenger brings a note directing him to comt to the embassy at once. Here a beautiful young woman asks that she be given a ticket to the embassy ball. The ticket is made out in the name of Miss Isabel Throne. Chief Campbell of the secret service, and *.r. Grimm, his-head detective, are warned that a plot of the Latin races against the English speaking races is brewing in Washington, and Grimm goes to the state ball for Information. In a conservatory his attention is called to Miss Isabel Thorne, who with her companion, soon disappears. A revolver shot is heard and Campbell and Grimm hasten down the hall to find that Senor Alvarez of the Mexican legation, has been shot. CHAPTER IV.—(Continued.) “What sort of a paper w,as it?” inquired Mr. Grimm. “None of your business,” came the curt answer. “Who shot you?” “None of your business.” “A man?" Senor Alvarez was silent . “A woman?” Still silence. With some new idea \Mr. Grimm turned away suddenly and started out into the hall. He met a maid-servant at the door, coming in. Her face was blanched, and she stuttered through sheer excitement “A lady, sir—a lady—” she began babblingly. Mr. Grimm calmly closed the door, shutting in the wounded man, Chief Campbell and the others. Then he caught the maid sharply by the arm and shook some coherence into her disordered brain. “A lady—she ran away, sir,” the virl went on, In blank surprise “What laayr* demanded Mr.lCltnfci, coldly. “Where did she run from? Why did she run?” The maid stared at him with mouth agape, “Begin at the beginning.” "I was in that room, farther down the hall, sir.” the maid explained. “The door was open. I heard the shot, and it frightened me,so—l don’t know —I was afraid to look out right away, sir. Then, an instant later, a lady come running along the hall, sir—that way,” and she indicated the rear of the house. “Then I came to the door and looked out to see who it was, and what was the matter, sir. I was standing there when a man—a man oame along after the lady, and banged the door in my face, sir. The door had a spring lock, and I was so—so frightened and excited I couldn’t open it right away, sir—and when I did I otme here to see what was the matter.” She drew* a deep breath and stopped. “That all?” demanded Mr. Grimm. “Yes, sir, except—except the lady had a pistol in her hand, sir—” Mr. Grimm regarded her in silence fer a moment. “Who was the lady?” he asked at last. “I forget her name, sir. She was the lady who—who fainted in the ballroom, sir, just a few minutes ago.” Whatever emotion may have been aroused within Mr. Grimm it certainly' found no expression in his face. When he spoke again his voice was quite calm. “Miss Thorne, perhaps?” “Yes, sir, that’s the name—Miss Thorne. I was in the ladies’ dressingroom when she was brought in, sir, and I remember some one called her name.” Mr. Grimm took the girl, still a-quiv-er>with excitement, and led her along the hall to where Gray stood. “Take this girl In charge, Gray,” he directed. “Lock her up, if necessary. Don’t permit her to say one word to anybody—anybody, you understand, except the chief.” Mr. Grimm left them there. He passed along the hall, glancing in each room as he went, until he came to a abort flight of stairs leading toward the kitchen. He went on down silently. The lights were burning, but the place was still, deserted. All the servants who belonged there were evidently, for the moment, transferred to other posts. He passed on through the kitchen and out the back door into the street. A little distance away, leaning against a lamp post, a man was standing. He might have been waiting for a car. Mr. Grimm approached him. “Beg pardon,” he said, “did you see a woman come out of the back door, there?” “Yes, just a moment or 90 ago,” replied the etmnger. “She got into an automobile at the earner. I imagine this is hers." and be extended a han*Iprehief, a dainty, perfumed trifle or lane. *T pfokad * up immediately tfter she paaaad.” Mr. Grimm took the handkerchief

and examined it under the light. FBr a time he was thoughtful, with lowered eyes, which, finally raised, met those of the stranger with a scrutinizing stare. “Why,” asked Mr. Grimm slowly and distinctly, “why did you slam the door in the girl’s face?" “Why did I —what?” came the answering question. “Why did you slam the door in-the girl’s face?” Mr. Grimm repeated slowly. The stranger stared in utter amazement —an amazement so frank, so unacted, so genuine, that Mr. Grimm was satisfied. “Did you see a man come out of the door?” Mr. Grimm pursued. “No. Say, young fellow, I guess you’ve had a little too much to drink, haven’t you?" Bqt by that time Mr. Grimm was turning the corner. CHAPTER V. A Visit to the Coupt. The bland serenity of Mr. Campbell’s face was disturbed by thin, spidery lines of perplexity, and the guileless blue eyes were vacant as he stared at the top of his desk. Mr. Grimm was talking. “From the moment Miss Thorne turned the corner I lost all trace of her,” he said. “Either she had an automobile in waiting, or else she was lucky enough to find one immediately she came out. She did not return to the embassy ball last night—that much is certain.” He paused reflectively. “She Is a guest of Seuorita Inez Rodrigufz at the Venezuelan legation,” he added. “Yes, I know,” his chief nodded. “I didn’t attempt to see her there last night far two reasons,” Mr. Grimm continued. “First, she eute have no possible knowledge of the fact that she is suspected, unless perhaps the man who slammed the door —” He paused. “Anyway, she will not attempt to leave Washington; I am confident of that. Again, it didn’t seem wise, to me to employ the ordinary crude police methods in the case —that is, go to the Venezuelan legation and pick up a row.” For a long time Campbell was silent; the perplexed lines still furrowed his benevolent forehead. “The president is very anxious that we get to facts in this reported Latin alliance as soon as possible,” he said at last, irrelevantly. “He mentioned the matter last night, and he has been keeping in constant communication with Gault in Lisbon who, however, hasxpot been able to add matejiilly to the original dispatch. Under all the cifcumstanees, don’t you think it would be best for me to relieve you of the investigation of this shooting affair so that you can concentrate on this greater and more important thing?” •‘ Will Senor Alvarez die?” asked Mr. Grimm in turn. “His condition is serious, although the wound is not necessarily fatal,” was the reply. Mr. Grimm arose, stretched his long legs and stood for a little while gazing out the window. Finally he turned to his chief: “What do we know, here in the bureau, about Miss Thorne?” “This far the reports on her are of the usual perfunctory nature,” Mr. Campbell explained. He drew a card from a pigeonhole of his desk and glanced at it. “She arrived in Washington two weeks and two days ago from New York, oft the Lusitania, from Liverpool. She brought some sort of introduction to Count di Rosini, the Italian ambassador, and he obtained for her a special invitation to the state ball, which was held that night. Until four days ago she was a guest at the Italian embassy, but n !L~r “What Sorii of Paper Was It?” Inquired Mr. Grimm. now, as you know, is a guest at the Venezuelan legation. Since her arrival here she has been prominently pushed forward fhto society; she has gone everwhere, and been, received everywhere in the diplomatic set We have no knowledge of her beyond this.” There was a question in Mr. Grimm’s listless eyes as they met those of the chief. The same line of thought was running in both their minds, born, perhaps, of the association of ideas—ltaly as one of the three great nations known to be in the Latin compact; Prince Benedetto d’Abruzzi of Italy, the secret envoy of three countries; the sudden appearance of Miss Thorne at the Italian embassy. And In the nrtnd of the younger man there was more then this —a definite knowledge es a message cunningly transmitted to Mr. Rankin of the German embassy, by Miss Thome there in the baUeoom. “Can you imagine—’l he asked slowly, “oaa yea imactae a person who

would be of more value to the Latin government in Washington right at this stage of negotiations than a brilliant woman agent?” “I most certainly cannot,” was the chief’s unhesitating response. “In that case I don’t think it would be wise to transfer the investigation of the shooting affair to another man,” said Mr. Grimm emphatically, reverting to his chief’s question. “I think on the contrary, we should'find out more about Miss Thorne.” “Precisely,” Campbell agreed. “Ask all the great capitals about her —Madrid, Paris and Rome, particular ly; then, perhaps, London and Berlin and St. Petersburg.” Mr. Campbell thoughtfully scribbled the names of the cities on a slip of paper. “Do you intend to arrest Miss Thorne for the shooting?” he queried. *7 don’t know,” replied Mr. Grimm, frankly. “I don’t know,” he repeated, musingly. “If I do arrest her immediately I may cut off a clue which will lead to the other affair. I don’t know," he concluded. “Use your own judgment, and bear in mind that a man—a man slammed the door in the maid’s face.” “I shall not forget him,” Mr. Grimm answered. “Now I’m going over to talk to Count di Roslni for a while.” The young man went out, thoughtfully tugging at his gloves. The Italian ambassador received him with an inquiring uplift of his dark brows. “I came to make some Inquiries in regard to Miss Thorne —Miss Isabel Thorne,” Mr. Grimm informed him frankly. The count was surprised, but it didn’t appear in his face. “As I understand it,” the young man pursued, “you are sponsor for her in Washington.” The count, evasively diplomatic, born and bred in a school of caution, lif H ft m I hKw “Is She, In Every Way, Worthy of Your Protection ?” considered the question from every standpoint “It may be that I am so regarded,” he admitted at last. “May I inquire if the sponsorship is official, personal, social, or all three?” Mr. Grimm continued. There was silence for a long time. “I don’t see the trend of your questioning.” said the ambassador finally. “Miss Thorne is worthy my protection In every way." “Let’s suppose a case,” suggested Mr. Grimm blandly. “Suppose Miss Thorne had—had, let us say, shot a man, and he was about to die, would you feel justified in withdrawing that -rthat protection, as you call it?” “Such a thing is preposterous!” exclaimed the ambassador. “The utter absurdity of such a charge would impel me to offer her every assistance.” Mr. Grimm nodded. ’ “And if It were proved to your satisfaction that she did shoot him?” he went on evenly. The count’s lips were drawn togeth er in a straight line. “Whom, may I ask,” he inquired frigidly, “are we supposing that Miss Thorne shot?” “No one, particularly,” Mr. Grimm assured him easily. “Just suppose that she had shot anybody—me, say, or Senor Alvarez?” “I can’t answer a question so ridiculous as that.” “And suppose we go a little further,” Mr. Grimm insisted, pleasantly, “and assume that you knew she had shot some one, say Senor Alvarez, and you could protect her from the consequences, would you?” ■ “I decline to suppose anything so utterly absurd,” was the rejoinder. Mr. Grimm sat with his elbows on his knees, idly twisting a seal ring on his little finger. The searching eyes Os the ambassador found his face blankly inserutible. i ■ “Diplomatic representatives in Washington have certain obligations tp this government," the young man reminded him. “We—that is, the government of the United States —undertake to guarantee the personal safety Os every accredited representative; in Return for that protection we must insist upon the name and identity of a dangerous person who may be known to any foreign representative. Understand. please, I’m not asserting that Miss Thorne is a dangerous person. You are sponsor for her here. Is she, in every way, worthy of your protection?” “Yes,” said the ambassador flatly. “I can take it, then, that the introduction she brought to you is from a person whose position is high enough to insure Miss Thorne’s position?”' “That is correct.” ' “Very well!” And Mr. Grimm went away. '(TO BE’CONTINUED.) Home of Governors. The Louisville Courier-Journal saye Kentucky has furnished to other states 106 governors.

MRS. BELMONT’S “FARMERETTES” AT NEWPORT ' MMBm- ’U- S £» a < w ? If >• t. i j o^_ /foujr' NEW YORK.—A score of young women who, having suffragette propensities, are the proteges of Mrs. O. H. P. Belmont and are learning to be farmers on that lady’s Long Island estate, accepted her invitation recently to pay her a visit at Newport They were entertained at Mrs. Belmont’s magnificent mansion, Marble House; lunched there; listened to a musical program, and bathed at Bailey’s Beach, where their hostess introduced them to some of the society notables. After that they had afternoon tea and then returned to the cows and the plows, the fields and their yields of the farm.

RATS CAUSE PLAGUE

First Cases Appeared Nearly Ten Months Ago. infected Rodents Imported With Grain Held Responsible—War of Destruction Is Being Strongly Urged. London.—Three reports of the ex;remest importance, dealing with the zuspected cases of human plague in East Suffolk, and more especially with an epidemic of plague in rats, were issued the other day by the local government board with a covering letter by Dr. Newsholme, the medical officer of the board. . The history of the outbreak; which has been the subject of many articles In the Daily Mail, is as follows: On October 2, 1910, four cases of pneumonic plague were notified to the board at Freston in Suffolk. All four persons affected died, and it is a reasonable inference,” says Dr. Newsholme, “that the cases may have been plague; and there is a further possibility that two previous limited outbreaks of illness in the same part of East Suffolk may also have been plague.” On investigation being made it became clear that rats were infected. Rats and hares found dead were bacteriologically examined and proved to have had plague. At first the Infected animals "were found only in the portion of the Samford rural district between the Orwell and the Stour. But In the middle of November the Woodbridge, Cosford and Tendrlng districts were also affected. “From the first it was realized that grave significance attached to the presence of a focus of plague in rodents in East Suffolk,” Dr. New’sholme says, and the local authorities were urged to show activity in meeting the danger. Other sanitary authorities in England were warned, but though rats from various parts were examined none of them were found to be infected. In the infected area rat destruction has been hampered by the failure of some owners of property to co-operate. It is suggested that the

FEAT OF A MODERN COWBOY

Texas Ranchman Evades Law With Automobile and Lariat—Plenty of Trophies as Witnesses. Dallas, Texas. —Folks used to think that Buffalo Jones was quite some wild west performer. Os course, he is all right in away, and little stunts like lassoing lions and rhinos in the African jungle land is, at - least, out of the ordinary; still, his work is crude. At least, it lacks the final touch of refinement and eclat which marks the really finished performer. Down on the plains of Texas, north of Big Springs, is the Soash ranch, owned by the C. C. Slaughter company. R. L .(Bob) Slaughter, a merchant, club man and all-round good fellow of Dallas, Texas, is president and general manager of the ranch and, incidentally, is Interested in the automobile trade. His favorite sport, it seems, is hunting animals. Now, as a matter of fact, it is -'against the law to shoot antelope in Texas. Slaughter is a law-abiding citizen, so be wouldn’t shoot one for anything. He simply gets out his trusty auto, loads it with gasoline and a lariat and goes out after the game. He ties one end of the lariat to the steering post of the auto. He handles the rope with one hand and the steering wheel with the other. When he sights a bunch of antelope he simply

question may arise whether the local authorities may not have to compel “the assistance of individual owners and occupiers in destroying rats on their premises and rendering their premises and food stores fairly safe against invasion by rats.” In December, 1910, a systematic examination of rats from a belt of country round the Infected districts was carried out. Altogether 6,071 rats were examined and none showed traces of plague. Rat fleas from the infected area were also examined, and it was found that the number per rat is small. From 568 rats only 584 fleas were obtained, and of these about half were of a kind that does not bite man. The other kind readily bites man and was found in many cases to be infected. The lest was made in November, and it is not certain whether the comparative freedom of the English rat from fleas holds good in the summer. The probable channel by which plague was introduced was infected rats, imported with foreign grain. But it is pointed out that no other instance, with the possible exception of Glasgow, has been known in this

LONELY WILD PIGEON

Only Survivor of Species Believed to Be in Chicago. Reward of SSOO Offered for Any Pair, and Public Is Warned: “Don’t Kill This One If You Find It” Chicago.—ls there a wild pigeon in Jackson Park? Is an individual bird of a species once numbered by tbe millions, but now supposed to be extinct, making Chicago its summer home and thereby reviving hope that somewhere there are others and that the pigeons one day may come back to their own? The story of the reappearance of the bird has much to give it the color of truth. Most scientists are con-

throws the throttle wide open, goes down among them and deftly plants his noose over the best one in the herd. To that this isn’t a fish story, Bob has plenty of trophies and witnesses. In a recent letter to his brother, telling of a trip he made in the early part of the month, when he took his father out to Soash, he says: “My tires are giving wonderful satisfaction. I got two more antelope last week. This makes six we have caught without even a puncture, and you can imagine what a hardship that turf work is on tires at the speed antelope generally force you to use.” Board for Goose. Youngstown, O. —Judge Brandmiller will decide whether M. J. Strawiarskl can collect board for a goose which wandered onto his premises and which he fattened in expectation of a feed, but which was later claimed by its owner, M. Susman. Bicycle Balks Wild Cats. Tacoma, Wash. —Returning on a bicycle from summoning a physician to attend his father Jesse Chadwick was attacked in the outskirts of Tacoma by three wild cats. Chadwick interposed machine between the beasts and himself and escaped. The bicycle was found with the tires chewed off.

country of the spread of plague from ship rats beyond the limits of a port. This is reassuring, the more so as if there had been any such spread it would have been indicated by excessive mortality in rats. “The evidence appears to Indicate that rat plague has been present for several years in East Suffolk. Nevertheless, during that time only three very limited outbreaks of probable human plague have occurred, showing that under the conditions there existent human infection is an exceptional and, as it were, an accidental phenbmenon. As is well known, the possibilities of spread of plague from rats to man are much smaller in this country than in India.” Bubonic plague is spread by rat fleas. Pneumonic plague, however, can spread from human being to human being, especially where the domestic conditions are uncleanly. The precaution of regarding all cases of pneumonia in a suspected district as plague, obtaining bacteriological analysis and securing isolation is recommended. “A considerable outbreak of human plague might be anticipated,” Dr. Newsholme concludes, “if such failure to recognize early cases occurred in a district in which the conditions favored spread by direct Infection by means of fleas.”

vinced that the wild pigeon, ectopistes migratorius they call it, has gone never to return. The other day, however, Charles E. Hayden, an old-time sportsman and bird student, told Ruthven Deane, president of the Illinois Audubon society, that he had seen a wild pigeon in Jackson Park and that “there was no mistake about it.” About three weeks ago a high school teacher, a man who has made ornithology a study, reported that he had seen a wild pigeon in Jackson Park. The discovery was recorded In the papers, but the scientists who had run down hundreds of reports of this kind, only to find a mistake had been made, were skeptical to the point of disbelief. Now comes Mr. Hayden, who .knew the pigeon when Its tribe numbered millions, to make positive statement that a fine male bird of a supposedly extinct race was under close observation by him in Jackson Park for an hour. It was 4:30 o’clock in the morning when Mr. Hayden went “bird studying” in Jackson Park. He was astounded when he saw the pigeon. He knew the tribe was supposed to be extinct, and that a reward of SSOO had offered for authentic knowledge of the existence of a single, nesting pair. He made allowance for deceptive lights and shadows, conditions which might exaggerate the common mourning dove to the size and semblance of its bigger relative, and then was convinced that the stranger was the wild pigeon which he had known in youth. There was another early tnornlng stroller In Jackson Park, Attorney F. A. Pennington, and Mr. Hayden called him over to see the bird. Mr. Pennington pronounced the bird a wild pigeon. He is familiar with the bird only from description and picture, but he knows the mourning dove, the only species with which the pigeon Is likely to be confused, and he knows It well. Mr. Pennington said that barring what appeared to be a motting of the feathers on the back of the neck of the bird was a wild pigeon to a dot “Rat” Saves Girl. Frankfort, Ky.—Miss Nannie Duncan, a school teacher, was kicked Id the head- by a horse the other day, but her life was saved by her “rat’ 1

RIGHT HEAVY. i Novelist—l’m so sleepy I can hard* ly keep my eyes open, and I must finish this chapter tonight. His Wife—Wait till I get the butcher’s bill; I’m sure that will open your eyes. CHILD’S HEAD A MASS OF HUMOR “I think the Cuticura remedies are the best remedies for eczema I have ever heard of. My mother had a child who had a rash on its head when it was real young. Doctor called it baby rash. He gave us medicine, but' it did no good. In a few days the head was a solid mass, a running sore. It was awful; the child cried continually. We had to hold him and watch him to keep him from scratching the sore. His suffering was dreadful. At last we remembered Cuticura Remedies. We got a dollar bottle of Cuticura Resolvent, a box of Cuticura Ointment, and a bar of Cuticura Soap. We gave the Resolvent as directed, washed the head with the Cuticura Soap, plied the Cuticura Ointment. VZe had not used half before the child’s head was clear and free from eczema, and It has never come back again. His head 'Jras healthy and he had a beautiful head of hair. I think the Cuticura Ointment very good for the hair. It makes the hair grow and prevents falling hair.” (Signed) Mrs. Francis Lund, Plain City, Utah, Sept. 19, 1910. Although Cuticura Soap and Ointment are sold everywhere, a sample of each, with 32-page book, will be mailed free on application to “Cuticura,” Dept. 12 L, Boston. Solitude. “Mother, did God make the earth?" inquired a very little girl with a very large bump of inquisitiveness. “Yes.” “All alone?” “Yes.” “And did he make the sun and moon and stars and peonies?” “Yes.” 1 "All alone?” “Yes, dear —he did it all by himself.” The very little girl pondered a bit, Then: i “Mother, doesn’t God every play with anybody?” Knocked Out by a Woman. Last Monday Mrs. John Hogan? an Ohio woman, did her washing in two hours—a job that had always taken the whole morning. But this time she took the advice of several friends and used Hewitt’s Easy Task Soap, which does the hard part of the work and does it in half the time required by the old-fashioned boiling and rubbing methods. Five cents a cake. A Resulting Ambition. “The English are a queer people., aren’t they?” “In what way?” “I suppose it is a London man’s daydream to became its knight mayor.”

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