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The essential feature® of this story
constitute a notable newspaper scoop.
One evening ut a ball at the German
embassy at Paris M. de K.. a brilliant
young Journalist then representing the
London Times at the French capital,
was standing looking ou at the dan
cers when a girl possessing a Teutonic
cast of countenance passetl leaning on
the arm of the German ambassador
Her eyes met those of De B.. and.
though she lowered them modestly.
| still there was that in her expression
! which revealed to the young journulist
| that he had made an impression. IK*
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j sought the ambassador and begged an
! introduction. It was granted, and De
B. was presented to Marie von Ullen
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De B. met the frauleln often in so
clety. ami at ever\v meeting the mm :
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q 1 pleasure appeared to be greater
than at the previous one. Within a
few weeks he was encouraged to it a
her a proposition of marring*». She ac
knowledged that she was greatly pleas
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tion with her family, and especially her
uncle, the chancellor.
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“ You think,” she added, “ that I am
seizing upon it pretext to put you off.
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confide to you what this engrossing
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subject is. Our government, fearful
that France, displaying such remark
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the blow received in the late war. is
about to pick a quarrel with the French
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inarch on Paris and level it.”
The imparting of such n remarkable
piece of news to him. a Journalist, by
a niece of the real ruler of Germany
threw* De B. into a fearful state of
doubt. What could it mean? lie soon
left the fraulein, going to another
apartment to think.
Two Germans
near him were talking together, and
lie heard one o f them mention the
name of Marie von Ullenstein. where
A d m i t t e d to the Meeond clans oi m a il matter.
upon the other added, “ It is said that
the chancellor intrusts her with many
delicate bits of diplomacy.'”
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The words did not reassure the lis
tener. He left the embassy, went to
his apartments and lay awake all night
thinking of Ids strange adventure.
V. P. F1SKE.
What should he do? Whether the news
ihc fraulein had given him was true or
false, it was his duty as a Frenchman
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able attention for the time being, then
was dropped by the public as a piece id'
manufactured news.
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De B. kept away from Marie von Ul
lenstein. The day after the publion
tlon of the news she had given him he
heard that she had left Paris. One of
two things was probable. Either she
had been recalled by her uncle to be
punished for revealing state secrets o;-
she had manufactured the news to test
him. As time passed and he heard
nothing of German preparation to in
vacle France he made up Ids mind that
the latter hypothesis was correct. In
either case his mental sufferings were
almost unendurable, loving desperate-
v. ns he did. the girl whose confidence
lie had violated.
Then came an offer from a Paris pa
per for him to act as its Berlin corn?
spondent
A burning desire to see
Marie von Ullenstein once more, even
though she spurned him. decided him.
and he went to Berlin. It was not long
before he met her in company. To his
urprise she nodded to him and smiled.
Her action convinced him that she had
manufactured the news she had given
him and. finding him unworthy, had
become indifferent to him. Eager to
'.earn the truth, he took the first oppor-
Sunity to join her.
“ Well.” he said, “ you saw that I re
garded my duty instead of my love.”
“ Don’t let us talk of that.” she re
plied. “ Your act did no harm.”
“ No.” ho said gloomily. “ There is
;io harm in manufactured news.”
“ The news was not manufactured.
You did your duty. Why have you
not written me?”
“ I? Write you after having reveal
ed your secret?”
“ I expected you to reveal it. Indeed.
I wished you to do so.”
“ Why?”
“ If I had intended the secret to be
kept, I would not have imparted It to
Greatest Exhibit at any Coast Fair
you. Your duty to your country com
pelled you to reveal it.”
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“ You used me as a tool, then.”
Walks and Grounds the Finest
“ Yes.”
"And your consent to consider me a
Free Camping for Thousands
suitor was a part of your scheme.”
“ It had nothing to do with my
Agricultural College to hold meetings
scheme.”
Races six days; commencing Monday
A flood of joyous relief welled up
In De B. “ You have given me one
Free evening entertainments
confidence/’ he said. *‘If you are not
McElroy’s Band and Orchestra
displeased svith me, give me another.
Explain.”
Prominent men will speak
"I have ut times.” she replied, “ been
Fancy stock shown daily
Intrusted by my uncle with delicate
diplomatic maneuvers. He had been
long worried by the war party who
were determined to destroy France,
thus antagonizing the civilized world.
Finally tb* v carried the day. and war
was decided on. My «it:,!o coni nils-
ioned me *«» go to France and let out
the secret, especially f »:• England, ex
pecting til it power would Interfere. I
hose you as my ine/'iim. As soon as
tlu* news was published In Eng’and
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I Ish mln!s’ *»r here that If we attacked
France we must also attack England.
That settled the m atter”
I.ater the lietrothal <* M de R. and
Marie von Ullenstein was announced.
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“ Mother, Curl says you told him .)
pretty story about some jewels you
lost wheu you were a young lad.'
Won’t you tell It to me?’’
“ I f you'll promise not to repeat I t ”
T b « Countess of Blumenattln took
bsr little daughter on Utr lap and told
the story.
“ Through one of our spies iu the
“ Twenty .tears ago.” she said, “ wheu service of tin* minister we luteud to
Jewels were very expensive. they were put out of the way. We are to be ur
much valued by those who could af ic-ted tonight at i) o’clock. The trai-
ford to own them. It was, 1 thi:
»
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formed the minister that we .
the year I00f» that a young lady «
e
v. ' .t . in session at that hour.”
nobility whom we will call Bertha
“ It is now a quarter to D." the presi
was appointed one of the ladles in dent suggested, looking at his watch.
waiting to the empress. Her majesty “ We have time to get away.”
possessed one of the rarest collections
“ Not ut ail,” said Korloff. “ There
of gems in Kuroiie, and Bertha was has been a secret watch kept ail the
made responsible for them.
There evening.”
was a young man at court whom we
“ Then we are surely lost.”
will call Maximiliuu. He was of roy
There seemed nothing to do but
al blood through his mother, but not await their doom. Presently the pres
through his father.
ident said:
• Now. Mu' ltnlliuo took very little in
“ Our only hope is in submitting
terest in court mat rs. He wus a peacefully to arrest aud afterward en
student. al\ ays experimenting with deavoring to throw suspicion on the in
liquids that he poured into little glass former. Since he is one of our number
tubes and I »oil oil and froze and did all we can accuse him with a* fair show
sorts of «¿iieer things with. It was of being aide to prove him guilty. As
ubout this time that a new aud funny your leader, with full power to execute
substance v is discovered called ra any plan I may determine upon, I di
dium. It had a sort of glow that nev rect that we remain iu our seats, with
er died out. Maximilian took great the door unlocked. When tlie*force ar
interest iu radium aud was constantly rives we will pretend surprise, declar
trying its glow ou different other sub ing that we are a society for the study
stances.
,
of geography. Indeed, as you know. I
“ One day Bertha—it was about two have kept geographical mups here for
years after she had been appointed an emergency like this. Let the li
lady In waiting—went to the vault brarian get them out.
where the empress* Jewels were kept,
“ There is another precaution to be
aud, io ami behold, they were gone— taken of great importance. Arms will
that is, all except the diamonds, which not only avail us nothing, but will Ini-
were in a safe within the vault. She tray us. Give your weapons to Korloff.
fainted, but soon recovered and went who will take them away and throw
out. locked the vault and sat down to them down a secret shaft provided for
think what she should do.
It was the purpose of getting rid of incriminat
enough that the jewels had been taken ing documents.”
while under her care, but would she
The members, who were sworn to
uot be held responsible as the thief? obey their president, all gave up their
While she was in agony as to what arms, aud the librarian brought out the
In the world she should do Maximilian books. The table around which they
was announced. In a few minutes she sat was strewed wlt'i rough sketches
was pouring her troubles into his ear.
of partially exph rod countries—every
“ Maximilian thought for a long while thing made to look as scholarly as pos
then told her to say nothing about the sible
theft Ail would depend upou the em
Shortly before 0 o’clock the sound of
press not calling for her lost gems footsteps came up from below, and In
for some time. Photographs of them another minute (lie door was pushed
wore kept that they iniphf he identi open and a single man entered, while
fied in case of loss. Maximilian took others remained in the hall. The man
these photographs and told Bertha that who came iu was In ordinary apparel
he was going to put the best detec and masked. All looked at him aston
tive lu Berlin on the track of the Jew ished. The police were not used to
els. What are detectives? There are making their descents in tills way.
no such persons now. There used to
“ What means this Intrusion?” asked
be. but there were so many ingenious the president.
“ It means that the minister of the in
detective story tellers that they reveal
ed to the thieves all possible ways of terior, knowing of your intentions, h a s
tracing them, and the detectives ceased sent his own secret force here instead
of the police to annihilate this assem
to be of use
“ Well, Maximilian took two sets of bly. You will all disappear without the
photographs «w ay with him. telling slightest commotion. Tomorrow Mos
Bertha that if the gems were uot called cow will not know that you are dead.
for for a month all would be welt. I have men in tin* hall to execute you
It happeued that the empress was in and lower your bodies into the court,
disposed about that time aud attended from whence they will be carried in
no state occasions, so she did not need barrels as merchandise to a spot where
her jewels. Bertha was In an agony they will be buried.”
“ This is indeed tyranny!” exclaimed
of suspense for the thirty days; then
one day Maximilian came to see her. the president.
The
man. paying no attention to him,
When they were alone he unrolled a
called to those without. They entered,
parcel, and there were the gems.
“ Of course she was wild to know how every man. like his commander, in citi
he had recovered them, and to her as zen’s dress aud masked. They were
touislnnent he told her that they were exactly the came number as tiu* con
not the original gems, but others he spirators. Their lender drew a revolv
er, cocked it and covered the presi
had manufactured. I will try and ex
plain to you how he did it. He had dent, while each of the others covered
noticed that that funny substance call a conspirator
“ Captain.” cried* one of the doomed
ed radium imparted to the little glass
tulies he used a beautiful blue. This men, “ have you not been informed?”
"Informed of what?”
led him to a new experiment. He took
“ About me.”
certain crystals of different hues, put
“ You? What about you?”
them awuy in the dark, and when, aft
“ I am exempt.”
er several weeks, he looked at them,
“ F r what reason?”
what do you think? Why. the white
“ It is I who gave the minister the
crystals had become yellow topazes,
he blue crystals green emeralds, while Information.”
Every pistol was instantly lowered.
the violet crystals had turned into blue
“ That will do.” said the [»resident.
upphlres. He had made the discovery
hat lias since led to the manufacture “ You may unmask.”
The captain took off his mask and
•f what used to be called precious-
tones. To reproduce the gems shown was followed by the others. Every
n the photographs he bad crystals cu. one of them was a member of the
ike the originals, then exposed them circle.
“ Comrades,” said the president. “ 1
o the influence of radium.
“ It wasn’ t a week after this that one ■was informed that we had a traitor
.f the multimillionaires of America among us; but. despite the employment
nine to Berlin. At tlu* same time came of our best men as spies, I could not
a princeling, a cousin of the emperor. A discover his identity. Finally I hit
iate dinner was given, the emperor upon this plan of forcing him to de
Our associate, Ivan
•retending that it was for the printe- clare himself.
ing. but it was really for the big Amer Sviazhsky, by his own confession has
ican banker. The empress called for betrayed us. What is your pleasure
all her jewels, Bertha brought them to concerning him?”
“ Mr. President.” Interposed Sviazh
iier. and neither she nor any one else
knew that they had been manufactured. sky. “ I have been a spy. I admit, but
not
a traitor. I am a member of the
The funny part of it was that the great
banker, who was a collector of all kinds detective police. Give me my life, and
of rare articles, through a medium, of I will not only give you valuable in
fered rile empress five times the cost of formation, but i will hereafter work
her jewels. She sold them to him. and yn your side. My sympathies have
he presented them to an American mu- long been with you. but I have not
-eum. They are really a curiosity, dared to desert my post to join you.”
'"H o w can we be assured of this?”
though he didn’t know it, for they were
the first manufactured real gems. I “ In half an hour this house will bo
though now there are millions of them. I surrounded by the real police. You
And because they are cheap people have only anticipated the raid, This
you can prove by taking position where
don’t wear them any more.
“ Meanwhile Bertha suspected one of yon will be safe.”
The offer was accepted, the man’s
the maids of honor of stealing the lost
gems. The girl finally confessed to story confirmed, and he is now work
Bertha and returned them. This was ing—in the police force—for the revo
after the manufactured ones had gone lutionists.
GEORGE B. ATWOOD
to America. Bertha consulted with
Maximilian as to what they should do.
lie said their return would make a
Too Flimsy.
dreadful scandal and might create a
He—You don't seem to catch my
had feeling between Germany and
America, so they said nothing about ideas.
She—I’m sorry, but I’ve broken my
them, but buried them.”
“ And what became of Maximilian butterfly net.—Balli; lore American.
and Bertha?” asked the child.
“ They are now the Count and Count
A Menace Unchecked.
T h e g e r m s n o w g.-.y y sh ou t “ H u r r a h ! "
ess of Blumenstein.”
W e s till m a y s m ile a n d s e e k to s la u g h
“ Why. that’s papa and you.”
te r.
“ 8-h. my child. Net or speak of tt
S in c e n e 'e r a lo c a l o >tion la w
D.o any one. ! have been very inenj-
P r o h ib it s ic e c r e a m so d a w a te r .
W a s h in g t o n S ta r.
lous to tell you the sftvy.”
ELEN FOR OP.EOrS
Frightening the Wolf.
Patience—What is lie doing to keep
the wolf from tin* d »or?
Patrice—Oh. lie’s bought a phono
graph!— Yonkers Staiesman.
Jonsh.
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W h e n Jonah v *
> v e rb o a rd he
in n dimly lighted r mid on the top
la s a id to h a v e m rr:n u r«*d . “ A h . m e.
most story of a bouse i:i the outskirts
M y p r e a c h in g a t I ist.
A s is s h o w n b v th is oa st.
of Moscow a number <> revolutionists
H a s g o t m o a d v a n c e d to a s e e !"
were plotting the assassination of the
— H a r v a r d L a m p o o n .
minister of the interior when a quick
“ Out of Mind.”
footstep was heard on the staircase
Doesn’t Cholly Creasepants look ‘out
below, and a moment later the door
of
sight?*
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was thrown open and a man excitedly
"Yes. And all the rest of the adage.”
entered.
“ W e have been betrayed!” he said. —Browning’s Magazine.
“ The police will be here directly!”
The Passing Coin.
“ Who is the traitor?” asked a num
The m e s s a g e o f m jr m o n e y
ber of voices at once.
Is s c a r c e ly to m y ta ste.
“ I don't know, but I do know that
I t s ju s t a n o te to say g o o d b y .
he Is one of us here present,”
S ig n e d t h u s ly : “ Y o u r s In h a s t e ."
Every man blanched and looked at
— W asp
every other man fiercely, suspiciously,
That Depends.
despairingly. Only the presideut main
” Do you believe in auto hypnotism 7*
tained his equauimity.
“ Yes. tf you own on« of tbs teamed
| “ Korloff.” be said to the man who
brought the Information, “ bow do you things.’’—Haitimors American.
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