INTERNATIONAL FALLS PRESS The Czar's Spy name i3 Gor don Gregg, English, from "Age about twenty, and was at school Stockholm. No passport, and decline a at Chichester, in England. She is Northern Minnesota Hospital to leave even though warned—eh?" niece of a certain Baron Oberg." jT "I have a passport," I said firmly, "Baron Oberg!" he repeated, looking producing it. at me rather strangely, I thought. He looked at it, and pointing with The Mystery of a Silent Love "Yes, as she is a foreigner she will his finger, said: "It has no date, and be registered in your books. She is is therefore worthless." By Chevalier William Le Queux somewhere in your province, but "The fault is not mine, but that of a where I do not know. Tell me where Russian official. If you wish it to be she is, and I will say nothing more Author of "THE CLOSED BOOK" Etc. dated, you may send it to your consulate about my passport," I added. general in London." ILLUSTRATIONS by C. D. RHODES "Then your excellency wishes to see "I shall not," he cried, glaring at me the young lady?" he said reflectively, angrily. "And for your insult to the with the paper in his hand. Copyright by the Set Publishing Co. law, I shall commit you to prison for Smart "Yes." one month. Perhaps you will then there, and ascertain, perhaps, if Elma "In that case, it being commanded "Has the gentleman who called on learn Russian manners." Heath were actually dead as Chater by the emperor that I shall serve your :he evening of Mr. Leithcourt's disappearance "Oh! so you will commit an Englishman bad declared. excellency, I will have immediate in« been back here again since to prison for a month, without Two facts struck me as remarkable: quiries made," was' his answer. "When le left the hospital?" I inquired as a trial—eh? That's very interesting! Baron Oberg was said to be Polish, I discover her whereabouts, I will do sudden idea occurred to me. Perhaps if you attempt such a thing while the dark-bearded proprietor of myself the pleasure of calling at your "Yes, sir. He called here in a fly on as that they may have something to the restaurant in Westbourne Grove excellency's hotel." the day he came out, and at his request say about it in Petersburg." was also of the same nationality. I took him over the castle. He And I left the fellow, very satisfied "You defy me!" Then I recollected that pretty little went into the library and spent half that I had turned his officiousness and "Perhaps you will kindly tell me enameled cross that Mackenzie had an hour in pacing across it, taking hatred of the English to very good account. who you are?" I asked in as quiet a found in Rannoch Wood, and it suddenly measurements and examining the big voice as I could command. occurred to me that it might cupboard in which he was found insensible. On the morning of the third day after R. H. Monohan, M. D. Elisabeth Monohan, M. D. "With pleasure. I am Michael Boranski, possibly be the miniature of one of the It was a strange affair, sir," my arrival at Abo, while sitting on chief of police of the province European orders of chivalry. In the added the young woman, "wasn't it?" the hotel veranda reading an old copy Mary Ghostley, M. D. of Abo-Biornebourg." club library at midnight I found a copy "Very," I replied. of the Paris Journal, many portions of "Ah! Well, Michael Boranski," I Office over International State Bank. International Falls, Mm of Cappelletti's Storia degli Ordini "The gentleman might have been in which had been "blacked out" by the Cavallereschi, the standard work on said, reopening my pocketbook and there now had I not gone into the library censor, the chief of police, in his dark :he subject, and on searching the illus:rations and found a lot of illustrated green uniform, entered and saluted MB**- I at length discovered a picure before me. papers, which I always put in the of it. It was a Russian order— cupboard to keep the place tidy, "Your excellency may I be permit* :he coveted Order of Saint Anne, be:y thrown out on to the floor I went to 5 6 ted to speak' with ,\ Wliolosaie Meat & Grocery Co. stowed by the ca-:ar upon persons put them back, but discovered the door "Car-aialy." I a S and ivho have reark-rea locked The.- key i'-u-rvards found i: a-at s'-rvk'tr's hiai i: aa :y v. here :o 11K-- staue a ai a S tr l.ait a-rri^'i Oa.-'i In th# prate, where thcourt I 'u,o TO a Met was :a fly. a:a l::C iijemly thro- aa on Oj A Ven^'cra Manner ... a .ae ol r._- 1 (ha or ira a had v. af:l: ,a ,, i., .1 1 a' lie I i. UI '.a Meat-*,, aa a- 3 Rets.?!! the a !,d wli ha r. here oji i:i* C.kFn-i^ &n.d Foe- ri a 1- .. on'." air- about '.ho iosa a a--- (V .. -a r.. aa ia com t:1. a ad aa aboat .'a a ..as Home-Made Sausage so-J a.a a a in c.a a!: ac !\i' 1 la-lia rather a v-n aa. .' a a a '.'.a. here- Hamburger aa )!vt ia.u ai' !ia'. !. a- a evor on her, by the wa he spoke A ai ainaa- aaa a. fed aviora me—the f.ic a: tla- aa:'a tuaata nailly 1:0 lady t-vor de you :i .uu? I inquired, girl v.-ho wished h- message to breathed, I'm sure. We're all very "Wlua reasoas. b-j conveyed to I'iiiaa I:\rnby. What, sorry indeed for her Give ws a Trial and You Wiil £1 "WeII—the lauy is iivmg in Finland 1 wondered, was Ler secret? What "He came into this room, I suppose?" Stay With Ua in secret.'' ivas really her fate? "Tiaai she is alive!" I exclaimed This latter question troubled me "Yes, sir," she responded, with just caicKiy. "I thought she was dead." Right Our Prices are Always and Our Stock Always Fresh until I could bear it no longer. I felt a slight hesitation, I thought. "This "To the world she is d-aa!,' respondu.' that it was my duty to go to Finland was tho room where he stayed the Michav-l Boranski, stroking his red and ende.avor to learn something regarding in loudest. Tfrere was a photograph Second Ave. and Fifth Street International Falls, Minn. L-.a'al. "Fo« that reason the iuformata this Baron Oberg and his that frame over there," she added, indicating rive you mus:. be fanned as conadaala.h" niece. the frame that had held the Duty—the daty of a man wfco had picture of Elma Heath, "a portrait of "ay should la aarar? She to learned strange facts aa.d knew the/ a a young lady, which he begged me ia aa'ty of no e—— aaa?" defenseless uive him.' v, oiaaa waa a vi i: called naa Therefor", with man fcha. av.a aia shoulders, "Aad you gave it to him?1' I cried a a a ivpiy art pvep.-r! quickly. vised aad aa. a ia order, one a. at at l.-ft il es, sir. Me bc-gged so nard a a a a ockiiaaa !.eau oa ae 'ha a hi. .1 .. a is- it say a.a that it was the portrait 5 thr DEEP DOWN IN YOUR POCKET t'r or his da a took at- stiatii a aa :y.'- acaa a a ai:'ng, lie fa.vo ytitt something hand- a a a I. a ai. ..a ki \v a not Vr.e -acaa adaa for freedom. .They exert an a ai-a. iif.l cuia aha. a a--ovcraign. ba. iy ual a.. aal. a a a,d urj:.a:a ce ov- v* you to be put into circulation. .No 't UK a: .'i ieli y. who the young A a a 1 a an oa- a \:.ai ,. j-aappo-a '•id aa- a.aa- aha-'-.Iv s.' id. aaa: a aoy. £e«.upiafciori to needlessly when the money is spend aa a a a a!" ah a it ii in '.No. f-ir oe ..ai t.'-at teat was a -a' a,a of aioaia- r.y ina Jhu^saaa a a you .• aa il !a- o• ],! oiogra hi!' that existed, and I .. a iii Sana': y- :a h, y. aa- dllI the ixuwi c" kitereEl. Start an account now with perhaps the most sov.-aady go\a-Hied of :U::l aha was dead.' lie snatched it Vrava aia with ill can. For that reason 1 had any of the czar's dominions, and I had "Dead!" I gasped, staring at be2, grace, but not with .ui curiosity. And ^5 whatever surplus you have—even a dollar will open sought news of the young English my first taste oi lis stern, relent:!-, -s ilien, as he read the lines, his face "Yes, :ar. That v.-as why lie was ,io lady—the Mademoiselle Heath." officialdom at the moment of landing changed and he went paler. Raising anxious tor the picture." an account. Don't allow your money to work you "But you have all foreigners registered on the half-deserted quay. his head, he stood staring at me openmouthed Elma Heath dead! Could it be true" in your books," I said. "The In the wooden Passport office the in amazement. That sweet-pictured face haunted me make it work for you, this is theway others get ahead. search was surely not a difficult one. uniformed official, on examining my "I apologize to your excellency!" he as r.o other face had ever impressed I know your police methods in Russia passport, discovered that at the Russian itself upon my memory. It somehow gasped, blanched to the lips. "I most too well," I laughed. consulate general they had forgot seemed to impel me to endeavor ta humbly apologize. I—I did not know. "I regret that much as I desire, 1 ten to date the vise which had been penetrate the mystery, and yet Hy*ton You told me nothing!" FIRST NATIONAL BANK dare not appear to have any connection impressed with a rubber fgamp. It Chater had declared that she waa "Perhaps you will now kindly give with your quesf. But I will direct was signed by the consul general, dead! I recollected the remarkable my passport a proper vise.'' you. Indeed, I will give you a International Falls, Minn. but the date was missing, whereupon letter from Abo, and her own declaration In an instant he gave it the propel person to take you to her. If I could ths man shbok his head and handed that her end was near. That letter vise, affixing the stamps. find the man, you might go today. Yet back the document curtly, saying in was, she said, the last she should "I trust, excellency," he said, bowing it is a long way, and you would not Russian, which I understood fairly write to her friend. low as he handed it to me, "I trust that return before tomorrow." well, although I spoke badly: "After he had put the photograph in this affair will not trouble you further, V" "The roads are safe, I suppose? 1 "This is not in order. It must be his pocket, the gentleman made a most I assure you I had no intention of insulting don't mind driving in the night." returned to London and dated before minute search in this room," the domestic you." The official glanced at the clock, and you cau proceed." went on. "He consulted hia He held the letter I had given him rising exclaimed: "Very well, I will "But it is not tny fault," I protested. plan, took several measurements, and gingerly with trembling ringers. And send for the man. If we find h^m, 'M DON'T ORDER YOUR AUTO Until you have seen the then tapped on the paneling all along "It is the fault of the clerk at the consulate well he might, for it was headed: then the carriage will be at the eastern general." of the Imperial this wall, as though he were searching Minister Household, end of the quay in two hours." Palace of Peterhof. for some hidden cupboard or hiding "You should have examined it before The bearer of this is one Gordon Francis "At noon. Very well. I shall keel 66 leaving. You must send it to London, place. I looked at the plan, and saw a Gregg, British subject, whom it Is METZ" 25 the appointment." Our will and command that he shall be mark in red ink upon it. He was try* and return to Stockholm by tonight's Our guest during his journey through our boat." Ing to discover that spot, and was dominion. And we hereby command all "And after seeing her, you will of officials Governors of Provinces and minor greatly disappointed at not being able "But this is outrageous!" I cried, as course keep your promise of secrecy he to afford him all the facilities a he had already taken the papers of to do so. He was in here over an hour, requires and privileges and immunitiec regarding our little misunderstanding?" as Our guest. and made a most careful search all passenger behind me and was looking he asked anxiously. at around." them with unconcern. FULLY EQUIPPED WITH Beneath was the sprawling signature "I have already given my word," "And what explanation did he give "Enough!" he exclaimed, glaring at of the ruler of one hundred and thirty was the response and the man bowed S* me. "You will return tonight, or if "He only said, 'If I find what I want, GRAY & DAVIS ELECTRIC millions of people, that signature that and left, much, I think, to the surprise Ann, I shall m&ke you a present of a you choose to stay you will be arrested was all-powerful from the Gulf of Bothnia of the hotel proprietor and his staff. for landing without a passport." LIGHT AND STARTER— ten-pound note.' That naturally made to the Pacific—"Nicholas." It was an unusual thing for such me anxious." "I shall not go back!" I declared defiantly. The document was the one furnished high official as the chief of police to "Your consul general vised my FULL STREAMLINE BODY "He made no other remark about the tome a at the year before when, invitation visit one of their guests in person. If i-.i 'r« young lady's death?" I inquired anxr passport, and I claimA under interna* of the Russian government, 1 he desired to interview any of them, -m iously. tional law, to be aTIowed to proceed 32 BY 3y2 TIRES, FOR ONLY hiad gone on a mission of inquiry into he commanded them to attend at his t::. "No. Only he sighed, and looked without hindrance." $600. office, or they were escorted there by the state of the prisons in order to see, •m "The steamer leaves at six o'clock," steadily for a long time at the photograph. his gray-coated agents. on behalf of the British public, whether -m I saw his lips moving, but his he remarked without looking up. "If things were as. black as some I think I must have waited half an words were inaudible." you are in Abo after that remember it writer had painted them. hour on the quay when my attention will be at your own risk." "You haven't any idea of the reason Sight of it had changed the chief oi why he called upon Mr. Leithcourt, I "Yes," I said menacingly, "I shall police from a burly bully into a whining International Machine Co. suppose?" recollect it." And I turned and went (To be continued next week.) coward, for he saw that he had "From what he said, I've formed my out of the little wooden office. torn up the passport of a guest of the own conclusions," was her answer. Six o'clock came. I heard the steam czar, and the consequence was most Steamer Still Aground. "And what is your opinion?" siren of the departing boat bound for serious if I complained. He begged oi "Well, I feel certain that there is, or Sweden, but I was determined to remain Detroit, Mich., Aug. 2.—The Norths me to pardon him, urging all manner was, something concealed in this there at whatever cost, therefore ern Navigation company's steamer of excuses, and humbling himself before house that he's very anxious to obtain. I returned to the hotel, and at seven Moronic, which ran aground Saturday me as well as before his two inferiors, He came to demand it of Mr. Leithcourt, near the head of Belle Isle, in dined comfortably in company with a who now regarded me with International Falls Abstract the Detroit river, is still fast. Preparations but what happened in the library German who had been my fellow-passenger awe. we don't know. He, however, were made to dredge a across from Stockholm. "I will atone for the insult in any channel to the ship, it having been believes that Mr. Leithcourt has not At eight o'clock, however^ just as BURDICK, KREMER & KING, Proprietors. way your high excellency desires," declared found impossible to pull her off the taken it away, and that, whatever it we were idling over dessert, two graycoated the official. "I will serve your bottom. Vessel men said this operation may be, it is stilL hidden here." Abstracts, Real Estate and Insurance police officers entered and arrested excellency in any way he may command." might require two or three days. me on the serious charge of CHAPTER X. landing without a passport. Collections, Conveying and Loans His words suggested a brilliant idea. Singer Held for Speeding. I accompanied them to the police office, I had this man in my power he feared Santa Ana, Cal., August 2.—"We I Show My Hand. where I was ushered into the Manager J. E. BURDICK, me. don't care if ydu're the president," On my return to London next day I presence of the big, bristly Russian "Well," I said after some reluctance, international Falls Minnesota motor police told Mme. SchumannHeink made inquiry at the admiralty and who held the town of Abo in terror, "there is a little matter in which you when they arrested the famous learned that the battleship Bulwark the chief of police. The officials which might be of some assistance. If you singer for speeding, and she was lying at Palermo, therefore I telegraphed Russia sends into Finland are selected will, I will reconsider my decision of protested: "I'm Schumann-Heink." to Jack Durnford, and late for their harsh discipline and hibebound complaining to Petersburg." Her son, Hans, with her was fined the same afternoon his reply came at bureaucracy, and this human "And what is that, excellency?" he $10. The singer demanded a jury the Cecil: machine in uniform was no exception. gasped eagerly. Subscribe For The Press trial. When Justice Cox set it for Had he been the minister of the interior Due Dine me "I desire to know the whereabouts in London twentieth. with Aug. 24, Schum&nn-Heink's indignar club himself, he could not have been it that evening.—Jack. of a young English lady named Elma lion reached the boiling point, as she more self-opinionated. be Heath," I said, and I wrote down the ieclared it impossible for her to The twentieth! That meant nearly at "Well?" he snapped, looking up here then, and the juetiee reteaei a month of inactivity. In that time I name for him upon a piece of paper. me as I was placed before him. "Your gould cross to Abo, make inquiries ihaaee the 4at»