The Syracuse Journal, Volume 4, Number 25, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 19 October 1911 — Page 7

(Z) STORY I ELUSIVE I " ISABEL ' By JACQUES FUTRELLE tr ■ H Illujtrationj by M. KE I I NER lLlllll—MailMII1BMHIIIII—i»MI <jßS>yrl»ht, 1908, by The Associated Sunday Magazine* Copyright 1*», by Th.® Bobbs-MerriU Company. 9 SYNOPSIS. Count <M Rosinl. the Italian ambassador, la at dinner with diplomats when a messenger summons him to the embassy, where a beautiful young woman asks for a ticket to the embassy bail. The ticket is made out in the name Os Miss Isabel Thorne. Chief Campbell of the secret service, and Mr. Grimm, his head detective, are warned that a plot is brewing in Washington,, and Grimm goes to the state ball for information. His attention is called to Miss Isabel Thorne, who with her companion, disappears. A shot is heard and Senor Alvarez of the Mexican legation, is found wounded. Grimm 13 assured Miss Thorne did it; he visits her, demanding knowledge of the affair, and arrests Pietro .Petrozinni. Miss Thorne visits an old bomb-maker and they discuss a wonderful experiment. Fifty thousand dollars is stolen from the office •of Senor Rodriguez. the minister from Venezuela, and while detectives are investigating the robbery ..Miss Thorne appears as a guest of the legation. Grimm accuses her of the theft and threatens her with deportation. CHAPTER XL—(Continued.) “But if I am innocent?” she protested. “You must prove it,” continued Mr. Grimm mercilessly. “Personally, lam convinced, and Count di Rostni has practically assured me that—“ “It’s unjust!” she Interrupted passionately. “It’s — it’s — you have proved nothing. It’s unheard of! 1 It’s beyond—!!’ Suddenly she became silent. A minute, two minutes, three minutes passed; Mr. Grimm waited patiently. “Will you give me time and opportunity to prove my innocence?" she demanded finally. “And if I do convince you—?” “I should be delighted to believe that I have made a mistake,” Mr. Grimm assured her. “How much time? One day? Two days?” “I will let you know within an hour at your office,” she told him. Mr. Grimm rose. “And meanwhile, in case of accident, ( shall look to Count di Rosini for adjustment,” he added pointedly. “Goodmorning.” One hour and ten minutes later he received this note, unsigned: “Closed carriage will stop for you at southeast corner of Pennsylvania Avenue and Fourteenth Street to-night at one.” He was there; the carriage was on time; and my lady of mystery was inside. He stepped in and they swung

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"But If I Am Innocent?” out into Pennsylvania Avenue, noise* tessly over the asphalt. “Should the gold be placed in your bands now, within the hour,” she queried solicitously, “would it be necessary for you to know who was the —the thief?” \ "It would,” Mr. Grimm responded" without hesitation. “Even if it destroyed a reputation?" the pleaded. “The Secret Service rarely destroys t reputation, Miss Thorne, although it holds Itself in readiness to do so. I dare say in this case there would be no arrest or prosecution, because of—of reasons which appear to be good.” “There wouldn’t?” and there was a note of eagerness in her voice. “The Identity of the guilty person would never appear?” “It would become a matter of record in our office, but beyond that I think not— at least in this one Instance." Miss Thorne sat silent for a block or more. "You'll admit, Mr. Grimm, that you have forced me into a most remarkable position. You seemed convinced of my guilt, and, if you’ll pardon me, without reason; then you. made it compulsory upon me to establish my Innocence. The only way for me to do that was to find the guilty one. I have done it, and I’m sorry, because tt’e a little tragedy." ■ Mr. Grimm waited. It's a girl high tn diplomatic soI /

clety. Her father’s position is an honorable rather than a lucrative one; he has no fortune. This girl moves in a certain set devoted to bridge, and stakes are high. She played and won, and played and won, and on and on, until her winnings were about eight thousand dollars. Then luck turned. She began to lose. Her money went, but she continued to play desperately. Finally some old family jewels were pawned without her father’s knowledge, and ultimately they were lost. Ono day she awoke to the fact that she owed some nine or ten thousand dollars in bridge debts. They were pressing and there was no way to meet them. This meant exposure and utter ruin, and women do strange things, Mr. Grimm, to postpone such an ending to social aspirations. I know this much is true, for she related it all to me herself. “At last, in some way—a misplaced letter, perhaps, or a word overheard she learned that fifty thousand dollars would be in the legation bank overnight, and evidently she learned the precise night.” She paused a moment. “Here is the” address of a man in Baltimore, Thomas Q. Griswold,” and she passed a card to Mr. Grimm, who sat motionless, listening. “About, four years ago the combination on the legation safe was changed. This man was sent here to make the change, therefore some one besides Senor Rodriguez does know the combination. I have communicated with this man today, for I saw the possibility of just such a thing as this instead of your stethoscope. By a trick and a forged letter this girl obtained the combination from this man.” Mr. Grimm drew a long breath. “She intended to take, perhaps, only what she desperately needed—but at sight of it all—do 'you see what must have been the temptation then? We get out here.” There were many unanswered questions in Mr. Grimm’s mind. He repressed them for the time, stepped out and assisted Miss Thorne to alight. The carriage had turned out of Pennsylvania Avenue, and at the moment he didn’t quite place himself. A narrow passageway opened before them —evidently the rear entrance to a house possibly in the next street. Miss Thorne led the way unhesitatingly, cautiously unlocked the door, and together they entered a hall. Then there was a short flight of stairs, and they stepped into a room, one of a suite. She closed the door and turned on the lights. “The bags of gold are in the next room,” she said with the utmost composure. Mr. Grimm dragged them out of a dark closet, opened one —there were ten—and allowed the coins to dribble through his fingers. Finally he turned ahd stared at Miss Thorne, who, pallid and weary, stood looking on. “Where are we?” he asked. “What house is this?” “The legation,” she answered. “We are standing less than fbrty f£et from the safe that was robbed. You see how easy-*—!” “And whose room?” inquired Mr. Grimm slowly. “Must I answer?” she asked appealingly. “You must!” “Senorita Rodriguez—my hostess! Don’t you see what you’ve made me do? She and Mr. Cadwallader made the trip to Baltimore in his automobile, and —and—!“ She stopped. “He knows nothing of it,” she added. “Yes, I know,” said Mr. Grimm. He stood looking at her in silence for a moment, staring deeply into the pleading eyes; and a certain tense expression about his lips passed. For an instant her hand trembled on his arm, and he caught the fragrance of her hair. “Where is she now?” he asked. “Playing bridge,” replied Miss Thorne, with a sad little smile. “It is always so —at least twice a week, and she rarely returns before two or halfpast,” She extended both hands impetuously. “Please be generous, Mr. Grimm. You have the gold; don’t destroy her.” Senor Rodriguez, the minister from Venezuela, found the gold in his safe on the following morning, with a brief note from Mr. Grimm, in which there was no explanation of how or where it had been found. . . . And two hours later Monsieur Boissegur, ambassador from France to the United States, disappeared from the embassy, vanished! CHAPTER XII. The Vanishing Diplomatist. It was three days after the ambassador’s disappearance that Monsieur Rlgolet, secretary of the French embassy and temporary charge-d’affaires, reported the matter to Chief Campbell in the Secret Service Bureau, adding thereto a detailed statement of several singular incidents following close upon it. He told it in order, concisely and to the point, while Grimm and his chief listened. “Monsieur Boissegur, the ambassador, you understand, is a man whose habits are remarkably regular,* he began. “He has made it a rule to be at his desk. every morning at ten o’clock, and between that time and one o’clock he dictates his correspondence, and clears up whatever routine work there is before him. I have known him for many years, and have been secretary of the embassy under him in Germany and Japan and in this country. I have never known him to vary this general order of work unless because of illness. or necessary absence. “Well, Monsieur, last Tuesday—this is Friday—the ambassador was at his desk as usual. He dictated a dozen or more letters, and had begun another —a private letter to his sister in Paris. He was well along in this letter when, without any apparent reason, he rose from hie desk and left I

the room, closing the door behind him. His stenographer’s impression was that some detail of business had occurred to him, and he had gene into the general office to attend to it. 1 may say. Monsieur, that this impression seemed strengthened by the fact that he left a fresh cigarette burning in his ash tray, and his pen was be hind his ear. It was all as if he had merely stepped out, intending to re turn immediately—the sort of thing, Monsieur, that any man might hav« done. "It so happened that when he went out he left a sentence of his lettei Incomplete. I tell you this to show that the impulse fb go must have been a sudden one, vet there was nothing in his manner, so his stenographer says, to indicate excitement, or any other than his usual frame of mind. It was about five minutes of twelve o’clock—high noon—when he went out. When he didn’t return immediately the stenographer began transcribing the letters. At one o’clock •Monsieur Boissegur still had not returned., and his stenographer went tc luncheon.” As he talked, some inbred excite ment seemed to be growing upon him, due, perhaps, to his recital of facts, and he paused at last to regain control of himself. Incidentally he wondered if Mr. Grimm was taking the slightest interest in what he was saying. Certainly there was nothing ir his impassive face to indicate it. “Understand, Monsieur,” the secretary continued after a moment, “that I knew nothing whatever of all thia until late that afternoon—that is, Tuesday afternoon about five o’clock.

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“Now, Monsieur, There Are Only Two Entrances to the Embassy.” I was engaged all day upon some important work in my office, and had had no occasion to see Monsieur Boissegur since a word or so when he came in at ten o’clock. My attention was called to the affair finally by his stenographer, Monsieur Netterville, who came to me for instructions. He had finished the letters and the ambassador had not returned to sign them. At this point I began an investigation, Monsieur, and the further I went the more uneasy I grew. “Now, Monsieur, there are only two entrances to the embassy—the front door, where a servant is in constant attendance from nine in the morning until ten at night, and the rear door, which can only be reached through the kitchen. Neither of the two men who had been stationed at the front door had seen the ambassador since breakfast, therefore he could not have gone out that way. Comprenez? It seemed ridiculous, Monsieur, but then I went to the kitchen. The chef had been there all day, and he had not seen the ambassador at all. I inquired further. No one in the embassy, not a clerk, nor a servant, nor a member of the ambassador’s family had seen him since he left his office.” Again he paused and ran one hand across his troubled brow. (TO BE CONTINUED.) How He Timed His Talk. A successful salesman for a hardware line of goods had a novel way last season of exciting. at least a momentary interest in his prospective customers in the new territory he had been given. On entering the office of his prospect his first remark was: “Mr. Smith, we are both business men with whom time is money. I only ask for three minutes of yours, as I can only give you three minutes of mine, let’s be sure we keep to the limit.” Thereupon he pulled from his pocket quickly and placed on the desk of his hearer, well within his vision and reach, a neat little article of the same shape as and patterned after the wellknown hour glass, but containing only sand enough to require three minutes for its passage from the upper to the lower compartment. “You keep tab and don’t let me overtalk the limit.”—System. Morgan, Sentimentalist The sentimentalist of the world of finance is J. Pierpont Morgan. He gives money widely and recklessly to help men who think they have some wonderful invention or other thin* that will be a sensational benefit to the human race. A few years ago an electrical experimenter got some friends to obtain a hearing for him with Morgan. He had plans for the greatest of all inventions. He had no money himself; he had no backing. He went away with a fat check, but returned for more again and again. In the course of time he received *150,000 to perfect his wonder, but it was not perfected even then. He made a final appeal for *50,000 more. Morgan wanted to send it to him, but some of the other members of the firm induced the banker to shut down on the supplies until there should be more signs of making good.

WHERE QUARRELS OF THE NATIONS WILL BE SETTLED

teßS^’"raßßS “ Saß— ' ? ’ ’ THE Palace of Peace at The Hague, Holland, where the disputes of many nations will be arbitrated, is nearing completion. The money for the erection of this magnificent building was donated by Andrew Carnegie, wffo devotes so much of his wealth and efforts to the establishment of international peace.

ENGLISH DOG’S DAY

New Law Imposes Severe Penalty for Cruelty. Passage of Bill for Protection of Animals Marks Decided Advance in Public Opinion Toward Canines. London.—Every dog has his day, they say, and this is surely the day of every dog. Never in all the long history of comradeship between man and dog has there been a time when lie canine race was held in such high regard as now, when every care is taken by millions of dog owners and dog lovers to secure the comfort and wellbeing of one of man’s most faithful friends. The protection of animals bill, which has just received the royal assent, and now passes on the statute books, marks a very decided advance in public opinion on matters affecting animals generally and dogs particularly, when compared with that widespread attitude of indifference prevailing thirty years ago. The new act secures, among other things, the prevention of revengeful treatment of dogs or other animals after a convicition of an owner for cruelty, and provides a deterrent to the cruel treatment of performing animals, it also provides for the inspection or spring traps every twelve hours, and imposes penalties on those who sell poisoned grain or seed, or who place poison without taking reasonable precautions against access to it by dogs or other domestic animals. Contrast this legislation with the comparatively hard time for animal life that followed the great hydrophobia epidemic. Many dogs were then destroyed, and there was universal muzzling. It is noticeable how much more secure a place the dog has gained in the affections of the people, from the highest to the lowest classes, in the last decade or two. In-

WOMAN GIVES AWAY S3OO HAT Wealthy Widow of Newport, R. U Presents Long Lost Creation to Maid—Never Had Been Worn. Los Angeles, Cal. —Mrs. William Deal Ellsworth of Newport, R. 1., whose husband died two years ago, arrived at the Van Nuys hotel the other day. At the same hotel arrived the next day a hat belonging to Mrs. Ellsworth, which has followed her around the world. Mrs. Ellsworth purchased the hat, a turban, with white paradise feathers, fqr *3OO in Paris a year ago, and after ordering some alterations, she left for Moscow, Russia, to join a friend to accompany her on a tour of the world. The hat did not arrive until after they had left on a return trip to Paris. It was ordered sent to Paris, but was delayed in transportation, and Mrs. Ellsworth left for London with her 1 friend again before it arrived. In this way the hat followed her to New > York, Newport, Chicago, New Orleans, 1 Winnipeg and finally here. Though never worn, the hat is now out of style. She called for one of the ' maids at the hotel and made her a present of the Paris creation. 1 I Green Flames Over Paris. Paris.—lmposing and inexplicable 1 phenomena, say the astronomers at the Paris observatory, were to be ' seen over this city the other night. ; There were seen two brilliant circles I of fire, with green tongues of flames shooting from the circles into a back- i ground of the whitest of clouds. Tie i phetiomena lasted about two mißuies. i ■ \ ‘

stead of chaining the dog up in dull back yards or of muzzling the animal on every appearance in a public place, there is on every hand a remarkably demonstrative desire to make much of this most valued among domestic pets. There were last year in Great Britain 1,826,341 dogs in respect of which licenses were issued. These were dogs that were happy enough to have owners and homes. To this number must be added 290,000 dogs happy in exemption from license, making a total accounted for in the official returns of the board of agriculture and in the official accounts of the Jnland revenue department of well over 2,000,000 dogs. Upwards,of another 100,000 may be added to this census of the dog life of Britain on account of ownerless, homeless dogs which always seem to manage to escape the policemen as well as the tax collector. The numbers show no very remarkable increase on those of ten years ago. when dog licenses totaled 1,525,273, and exemptions totaled 346,346. England has the preponderance of dogginess, with Scotland next and Wales third, and in England, Yorkshire, Lancashire and London possess the largest number of dogs. Duv/ ing the last financial year for which returns are available the local tajration licenses produced in London county alone £61,417 in respect \qf dogs, the county of Middlesex, follow) ing with a contribution fronj dog licenses of £20,039. C Not for the last three years has muzzling order troubled the canine peace of mind and natural love of iib\ erty. New devices for dog comfort are continually being put forward, new methods of dog treatment invented by skilled dog doctors, and there is even In existence at Brixton an Institute for the training of canine nurses who, both men and women, shall have a better acquaintance 1 with dog diseases. The number of dogs’ homes in London and various parts of the country

Chicago Girls Are Mashers - 1

Citizens Are Shocked by Maidens Who Start Flirtations in “Loop” —“Catcher” Is Humbled. Chicago.—Bold girl mashers have appeared in South Chicago, shocked their parents and the staid, older residents of the suburb, delighted the young bloods and scared the bashful youths from the downtown streets. As befits a reversed situation, the male “masher-catcher” appeared the other night The girl mashers have been active for several weeks, especially on Saturday evenings. The South Chicago “loop,” bounded by Ninety-first and Ninety-third streets and Exchange and Erie avenues,. has been invaded by groups of daring maidens who have taken stations on the street corners. Passing youths are beguiled by smiles and flirting eyes to stop, become acquainted and then buy soda water or nickel theflter tickets. Captain Morgan Collins, commander of the South Chicago police station, has received letters from the fathers of three mashers asking that their daughters be sent home and made to stop flirting, by arrest if necessary. “What will i dor* mused Captain Collins. “Out in Los Angeles they had a girl masher catcher and Chief Chief McWeeny tried it in Chicago and failed. I’m going to try it here, but with a man.” So he summoned Herbert Moss, twenty-twq years old and “good looking.” patrolman stationed at the South Shore Country club. The other night

has considerably Increased in the last few years, and there was, too, until lately, at any rate, a dog’s cemetery in Hyde Park. Many veterinary suf. gons specialize in dog ailments, and an expert dog doctor can command high fees just as dees the eminent specialist who treats the mere human, Dog clothiers make fine raiment, from the jeweled collars which adorn the toy spaniels and Pekingese pets of pretty actresses and society belles to the warm woven and braided coats which clothe coursing dogs and show prize-winners. Railway companies are being sought to view dogs as passengers rather than as baggage and tc provide accommodations accordingly, including a supply of drinking water. Breeders and owners are encouraged tc improve the canine race and to exhibit of their best at numerous shows and field trials, of which there will be 114 between the beginning of this month and the end of the year. MARRIED TWICE IN ONE DAU Tennessee Girl Gets Herself Into Trouble by Contracting Two Marriages Without Divorce. J - Memphis, Tenn.—A divorce bill which has been filed probably begins the final chapter in a strange mar riage A girl who married in\ne day is alleged by Joseph Rolfes, theXsecond husband, to “have deserted him,\cnd Rolfes has sued for divorce from Etraabeth-ShrpF Rolfes. > On the afternoon of February 12, 1908, Elizabeth Shipp was married to Harris Butler. Several hours latex the 18-year-old bride was married to Joseph Rolfes. Butler alleged that the girl after their marriage had changed her mindi The girl said she did whit she was doing -whenXhe was married to Butler, as s»e really lorecT'Rolfes. That evening she escaped from her home and was married to Rolfes. Rolfes and his wife later filed a suit to annul the marriage to Butler and this was decreed on the claim that it had not been consummated. An injunction restraining Butlei from visiting the girl was issued.

he ordered Moss to report at the barber shop, where every known frill was administered. Then the policeman donned a neat suit, placed a earnation on his lapel and started to parade the Streets of the loop. Instead of smiles from the mashers, he received laughs. Woman’s Intuition, or maybe it was just recognition, came to their aid and they i> cored the trap. At midnight Moss was stllL-pafijM ing Z__ ; WINDLASS SEINE FOR CARP St. Louis Firm Will Clear Lakes Adjacent to Spokane to Permit Trout and Bass to Grow. Spokane, Wash.—Fishing with a seine 5,400 feet long and 30 wide, operated by a powerful windlass, is the work in which employes of Bartholomew Bros, of St Louis will engage in an effort to clear the lakes in Spokane county of carp. The fish will be sent to St. Louis. Kansas City, Chicago and other eastern points in refrigerator cars. It is estimated that the total shipments will amount to more than fifty cars, Trout, bass and other game fish caught in the draws win be put back Into the water, according ot an agreement between the firm and J. A. Uhlig, fish and game warden of the county. The seine fishermen will be accompanied by a state officer, who will see that the game fish are protected, it is estimated that the carp have dedestroyed billions of trout eggs during the last few years.

SPLENDID CANADIAN CROPS

Wheat, Oats and Barley Universally Good Throughout , Manitoba, Saskatchewan J . and Alberta. The reports that come to hand from the wheat fields of the western Canadian provinces show remarkably good yields in all parts. Yields are recorded of wheat going 35 and 40 bushels in many places, and oats from 60 to 100 bushels per acre. Barley and flax are splendid. The thousands of Americans throughout the United States who have friends in Manitoba, Saskatchewan or Alberta will be pleased to learn of the great success that has followed their efforts. Many of these have not confined themselves to the growing of grain, but have also gone into the cattle industry. On the luxurious grasses that are so abundant there, in almost all districts, make this Industry safe and profitable. The land sales reported by the railway companies and by the different land coinpanies show the great increase that will likely take place during the next year in operations. What has been said time and time again may now be well repeated, that there is no place on the American continent where the same opportunities are afforded the man looking for a home, for the young man starting out in life, the man with a growing up family, who desires wider scope for his ambition. The Canadian government agents located at different points in the states will be glad to advise the reader of the conditions, and relate to him instances of the great success that has followed farming in Western Canada, 1 Laughing Down a Whiner. “The bluff, cheery optimism of Senator Frye,” said a Lewiston divine, “could not brook a whiner. Once at a dinner here in Lewiston a whiner seated opposite Senator Frye said dolefully: - _ L —' “ *1 have only one friend on earth—my dog.’ “‘Why don’t you get another dog?* said Senator Frye.” . Important to Mothers Examine carefully every bottle of CASTORIA, a safe and sure remedy for infants and children, and see that it siXu “of In ITse For Over 30 Years. Children Cry for Fletcher’s Castoria A Perilous Duty. “My position,” remarked the eminent physician,, “is one requiring the greatest tact and diplomacy.” “What is the trouble?" “I feel conscientiously obliged to tell several of my most wealthy and Influential patients that they overeat." Whv is it that so many people suffer with Lame Back? Hamlins Wizard CHI will cure it and for Aches, Sprains. Bruises, Cuts, Bums, etc., there is nothing better. / Distance. —ln the suburbs you live five miles from a lemon. Bocked —And from a peach. Cole’s Carbollsalve quickly relieves and cures burning, itching and torturing akin diseases. It instantly stops the pain es burns. Cures without soars. 250 and 690 by druggists. For free sample write to J. W. Cole & Co.. Black River Falls. Wla. Let me fall in trying to do something rather than sit still and do nothing.—Cyrus Hamlin. As dawn precedes the sun, so should acquaintance precede love. — Du Bose. Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup for Chlldrea teething, softens the gums, reduces infiammotton, allays pain, cures wind colic, 35c a bottle. A peck of trouble looks like a bushel to the man who is up against it

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