-V^VS' ^g\ INTERNATIONAL FALLS 'PRESS The let her write, poor girl, dreaded Czar's Spy "I regret, sir, that we can't give you leaving us." a print, for the Astomer purchased "Why?" Northern Minnesota Hospital the negative at the time." "Ah! she would never «ay, She had I "Ah, I'm very sorry for that," said. some deep-rooted tc-rror .of fee uncle, "To what address did you send it?" Baron Oberg, who lived ki [Bt. Peters* "The customer who ordered it was The Mystery of a Silent Love burg, and who came over at 1-Qng inter* apparently a foreigner," she said, at vals to see her. But possibly .rnufeaow the same time turning round the ledger By Chevalier William Le Queux the whole story?" so that I could read, and I saw that "I know nothing," crie-i eager!?, the was: "Heath—Miss Elma— entry "You will be furthering her 1 a Uresis* Author of "THE CLOSED BOOK" Etc. three dozen cabinets and negative. as well as doing me a great ix*rsoss| Address: Baron Xavier Oberg, Vosnesenski favor, if you will telj roe svfc&t yes ILLUSTRATIONS by C. D. RHODES Prospect 48, St Petersburg, know." Russia." "It is very little," s&e .sewered* Copyright by the Smart Set Publishing" Co. Who was this Baron Oberg? The leaning back against toe ed?.*- of tfe# name was German undoubtedly, yet he table and regarding me glanced across the road, and saw lived in the Russian capital. From "Poor Elma! Her people fftsted CHAPTER VIII. that the detective who had ordered London to St. Petersburg is a far cry. frtnt her tt9 very badly indeed. They his chop and coffee had stopped to yet I resolved if it were necessary I Lifers Counter-Claim. and allowed her »o money, light his pipe and was watching us. would travel there and investigate. and yet she was the sweetesi-Lnyiperai No word of mine an express my absolute "But why haven't you told the police?" At the German embassy, in the Carlton and abject amazement when I House Terrace, found my friend, faced the man, whom I had seen lying "I prefer to make inquiries for myself." Captain Nieberding, the second secretai*. cold and dead upon that gray stone of whom I inquired whether slab in the mortuary of Dumfries. "And in what have your inquiries resulted?" the name of Baron Oberg was known, My eye .caught the customer who, but having referred to a number of on the entry of Clinto, had dropped "Nothing—absolutely nothing," he German bcoks in his excellency's library, his paper and sat staring at him in said gravely. he returned and told me that R. H. Monohan, M. D. Elizabeth Monohan, M. D. wonderment. The detective had evidently I "You do not suspect any plot? the name did not appear in the lists of a been furnished with photograph recollect that night in Lambeth you the German nobility. Mary C. Ghostley, M. D. of the dead man, and now, like told me you had enemies?" "He may be Russian—Polish, most myself, discovered him alive and living. I so "Ah! so have, signore—and Office over International State Bank. International Falls, Min probably," added the captain. His have you!" he exclaimed hoarsely. opinion was that it was not a German "Signor Padrone!" cried the man "Yes, my poor Armida may have been came, for there was a little place whose appearance was so absolutely entrapped by them." called Oberg, he said, on the railway bewildering. "How did you find me "And if entrapped, what then?" between Lodz and Lcwicz. here? I admit that I deceived you "They would kill her with as little Next day I ran down to Chichester, when I told you I worked at the Milano," compunction as they would a fly," Border Wholesale Meat & Grocery Co. and after some difficulty found the he went on rapidly in Italian. he said. "Ah! you do not know the Ohrverton College for Ladies, a big "But it was under compulsion—my actions I callousness of those people. only oid-fashicned house about half a mile that night were not my own— hope and pray that she may have escaped E. A. Yernberg, Manager ri out of the town of the Drayton road. but those of others." and is in hiding somewhere, and The seminary was evidently a firstclass "Yes, I understand," I said. "But will arrive unexpectedly and give me //fj one, for when I entered I noticed come out into the street. I don't wish a startling surprise. She delights in how well ever thing was kept. Wholesale and Retail Meats, to speak before these people. Your I startling me," he added with a laugh. To the principal, an elderly lady of Fruits and Feed padrone knows Italian, no doubt." And Groceries, "Then you think she must have been somewhat severe aspect, I said: turning with a smile to the Pole, 1 called away from home by some urgent "1 regret, madam, to trouble you, apologized for taking away his servant I message?" suggested. but 1 am in search of information you for a few minutes. Home-Made Sausage and "By the manner in which she left And when we were outside, Olintc can supply. It is with regard to a things, it seemed as though she went Hamburger certain Elma Heath whom you had as walking by my side in wonderment, away hurriedly. There were five sovereigns I asked suddenly: pupil here, and who left, I believe, in a drawer that we had "Tell Have ever been in about two years ago. Her parents me. you saved for the rent, and she took them Give us a Trial and You Will Scotland—at Dumfries?" lived in Durham. There has been some with her." my Why?" little friction in the family, and I am Stay With Us "Never, signor, in life. I paused, hesitating whether to tell "Answer me another question," 1 making inquiries on behalf of another I him the terrible truth. recollected said quickly. "You married Armida branch of it—an aunt who desires to that the body had disappeared, therefore Our Prices are Always Right and Our Stock Always Fresh at the Italian consulate. Where is ascertain the girl's whereabouts." I what proof had of my allegation I I "Ah, regret, sir, that cannot tell she now—where is she this morning?" that she had been murdered? Second Ave. and Fifth Street International Falls, Minn. you that. The baron, her uncle, came "Tell me, Olinto," I said as we He turned pale, and I saw a complete here one day and took her away suddenly—abroad, moved forward again in the direction I change in his countenance. think." of Paddington station, "have you any "Had she no school friends to whom "Ah, signore!" he responded, "I knowledge of a man named Leithcourt?" "It Is Not in Her she would probably write?" only wish I could tell." Why?" der "I cast *0 reflection whatever ijpon "There was a girl named Leithcourt He started suddenly and looked at sexsxKxsx&c&c&tteKssxssxKK —Muriel Leithcourt—who was her you, Olinto I have merely inquired and most patient me. irl iWh&i# friend, but who has also left." after your wife, and you do not give "I have heard of him," he answered school." me a direct reply." "And no one else?" I asked. "Girls •story very lamely. "Well—and the DOWN DEEP IN YOUR POCKET often write to each other after leaving We had walked to the Royal Oak, "And of his daughter—Muriel?" her?" school, until they get married, and stood talking on the curb outside. "And also of her. But I am not acquainted "It was supposed that §$• I and then the correspondence usually "I give you no reply, because Durham did not exist," with them—nor, to tell the ceascs." can't," he said in Italian. "Armida— truth, do I wish to be." "Elma had evidently lived $ The coins ache for freedom. .They exert an my poor Armida—has left home." The principal was silent and reflective. "Why?" part of her life abroad, fc£ "Why did you tell me such a tale of speak French and Italian "Because they are enemies of mine influence over you to be put into circulation. .No "Well," she said at last, "there was distress regarding her?" —bitter enemies." the professor himself,. another pupil who was also on friendly "As I have already explained, gig always won the prizes. cW His declaration was strange, for it temptation to spend needlessly when the money is terms with Elma—a girl named Lydia iiore, I was not then master of my threw some light upon the tragedy in volted, and then she did o&f. ec?rhg&ftp Moreton. She may have written to own actions. I was ruled by others. any more. Yet she neyef toM ot Rannoch wood. in the bank on interest. Start an account now with her. If you really desire to know, But I saved your life at risk of my "And of your wife, also?" where she had lived whe# sir, I dare say I could find her address. own. Some day, when it is safe, I "I do not know that," he responded. came from Durham, she whatever surplus you have—even a dollar will open will reveal to you everything." She left us about nine months enemies are wife's also, was all." "My my "Let us allow the past to remain," after Elma." I suppose." "You had a letter from k-£t an account. Don't allow your money to work you "I should esteem it a great favor if I said. "Where Is your wife now?" "You have not told me the secret ol the baron came and took her &&&??* to* you would give me that young lady's He hesitated a moment, looking that dastardly attempt upon me when "Three or four, I think. Tike? srgfg make it work for you, this is theway others get ahead. address," I said, whereupon she unlocked straight into my face. we last met," I said in a low voice. all from places abroad. One sra# irewt "The truth is, Signor Commendatoye, a drawer in her writing-table "Why not tell me the truth? I surely Vienna, one was from Milaa., 3®# and took therefrom a thick, leatherbound that my wife has mysteriously ought to know who my enemies really from some place with an disappeared. Last Saturday at eleven book which she consulted for a are, so as to be warned against any able name in Hungary. T&e FIRST NATIONAL BANK few minutes, at last exclaiming: o'clock she was talking over the garden future plot." "Yes, the last!" I gappedft^ "Yes, here it is—'Lydia Moreton, wall with a neighbor, and was "You shall know some day, signore. terrupting her. daughter of Sir Hamilton Moreton, then dressed to go out. She apparently I dare not tell you now." International Falls, Minn. "Well, the last 1 received & went out, but from that moment no C. M. G., Whiston Grange, Doncaster' "You said that before," I exclaimed K. fortnight ago. If you will w$fi A mo* one has seen or heard of her." with dissatisfaction. "If you are ment I will go and get it. a& And with that 1 took my leave, It was on the tip of my tongue to faithful to me. you ought at least to strange that I haven't destroy^ li* and London. thanking her, returned to tell me the reason they wished to kill (xgcxgxsaeattacttscsssc&Kaeasntsraro..-- tell him the ghastly truth, yet so And she went out. and I -bp1, me in secret." strange was the circumstance that his the the frou-frou of her ski£t£ gsM "Because they fear you," was his answer. Could Lydia Moreton furnish an., own double, even to the mole upon his was ascending th£ stairs. Information? If so, I might find this face, should be lying dead and buried (To be continued nex$ asreafc,)' girl whose photograph had aroused th€ to fear me?" in Scotland that I hesitated to relate "Why should they Irate jealousy of the mysterious unknown. But he shrugged his shoulders, and what I knew. DONT ORDERS YOUR AUTO Until you have seen the made a gesture with his hands indicative "She spoke English, I suppose?" The ten o'clock Edinburgh express of utter ignorance. To Carry on Hoft'-e "She could make herself understtiOd from King's Cross next morning took "I ask you one question. Answer After announcing his inteiitiott very well," he said with a sigh, and I to me up to Doncaster, and hiring a musty yes or no. Is the man Leithcourt my kill Mr. Morgan to aveng-e "METZ" 25 saw a heavy, thoughtful look upon his old fly at the station, I drove three enemy?" of Holt, the letter writer .sayr miles out of the town on the Rotherham The young Italian paused, and then "Holt (Muenter) was my pastiaer to road, finding Whiston Grange tc answered: and I glory in the thought »oi -ixh e&fflk be a fine old Elizabethan mansion in radeship. We worked togetfcgr ever is not your friend. I am quite "He to the center of a great park, with tall well aware of that. I have known since this cursed war hegaas. fSaSt FULLY EQUIPPED WITH old twisted chimneys, and beautifully to bim several years. When we first gone but I am still here and an, ^tagto kept gardens carry on the work the j:w£ a# met he was poor." to GRAY & DAVIS ELECTRIC When I descended at the door and began. I am going to carry f:i "Suddenly became rich—eh?" rang, the footman was not aware work with redoubled fury. "Bought a fine house in the country LIGHT AND STARTER- whether Miss Lydia was in. He looked "The statement that Hoi? lives mostly at the Carlton when he to at me somewhat suspiciously, I to wreck libraries and other mvh and his wife and daughter are in FULL STREAMLINE BODY thought, until I gave him my card and lie buildings is a lie. The London—although I believe they now to impressed upon him meaningly that I the building that we piaitued fo only have a house somewhere in the West to 32 BY 31/2 TIRES, FOR ONLY had come from London purposely to wreck and we partly succeeded is fjnr end—and he often makes long cruises see his young mistress upon a very important plan. But what we did plan aad wmi In his steam yacht." to $600. am going to carry out, is the jufet matter. "And how did he make his money?" to "Tell her," I said, "that I wish to see to stop this country from coutrto»£$tfe Again Olinto elevated his shoulders to the damnable, hellish, her regarding her friend, Miss Elma without replying. to slaughter across the ocean Heath." He walked with me as far as the "Miss Elma 'Eath," repeated the to end of Bishop's road, endeavoring with International Machine Co. Frank Holt Buried. man. "Very well, sir. Will you walk all the Italian's exquisite diplomacy Dallas, Texas, July 12 Frank to this way?" to obtain from me what I knew concerning the man who shot J. P. Morgan, I followed him across the big old to the Leithcourts. But I told fessed to placing a bomb it oak-paneled hall, with trophies filled him nothing, nor did I reveal that I tional capitol and later committed of the chase and arms of the civil had only that morning returned from cide, was truried here. Mrs. HcH: wars, into a small paneled room on Scotland. Then at last we parted, and her two children were present $£ the left, the deep-set window with its he retraced his steps to the little restaurant services as was a3so her lather I diamond panes giving out upon the old Co. in Westbourne Grove, while I O. F. Sensabaugh. The services w&f# International Falls Abstract bowling-green and the flower garden entered a hansom and drove to the conducted by Rev. J. P. Mu&geg beyond. well-known photographer's in New Fort Worth, a close friend Presently the door opened, and a BUKDICK, KREMER & KING, Proprietor*. Bond street, whose name had been family. tall, dark-haired girl in white entered upon the torn photograph of the young with an inquiring expression upon her Abstracts, Real Estate and Insurance girl in the white pique blouse and her Maps Out Wilson Cour»g, face as she halted and bowed to me. hair fastened with a bow of ribbon, "Miss Lydia Moreton, I believe?" I CoiUctii—, Conveying the picture that I had found on board Cornish, N. H., July 12.—Injihe commenced, and as she replied in the the Lola on that memorable night in of Cornish hills, President WSmm affirmative, I went on: "I have first J. E. BURDICK, Manager the Mediterranean, and a duplicate of Saturday has been giyijBg &&&ful since to apologize for coming to you, but which I had seen in Muriel's cozy little consideration to Germanytt Miss Sotheby, the principal of the room up at Rannoch. note on submarine warfare. H# school at Chichester, referred me to I recollected that she had told me lieved to have mapped out isr you for information as to the present Olinto Santini in the Flesh, Smiling the name of the original was Elma eral way the next step to be t&lutp fry whereabouts of Miss Elma Heath, who, and Well, Stood There Before Me. Heath, and that she had been a schoolfellow the United States, though -thert I believe, was one of your most intimate of hers at Chichester. Therefore be no final decision until the siisaiib*: brow. That he was really devoted to friends at school." And I added I inquired of the photographer's has been fully discussed with her, I knew. With the Italian 1 a lie, saying: "I-aift trying, on behalf lady clerk whether she could supply net.. whatever station in life, love is allconsuming—it of an aunt of hers, to discover her." me with a print of the negative. It now seems probable 4bftt is either perfect love "Well," responded the girl, "I have For a considerable time she searched ident will be back in Washington f)£ or genuine hatred. The Tuscan character only one or two letters. She's in her In her books for the name, and at last time for the cabinet meeting qg. is one of two extremes. uncle's hands, I believe, and he won't 4iaoovered it. Then she said: day. DEFECTIVE