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Hatmday, January H, 1D1(( THE FAIA8 CITY NEWS. 4 known to his father, the earl, to take* a flier at the gaming tables. i Who Were They? "T h e plot thickens." muttered Ha veus to himself. "lin ery Is Vau Zant a New Yorker or Lord Herbert Hlnchclwood. or Is he licit her? "Is Maria Nlcholevna the daughter o f a Russian countess or an adventur ess? “ Are these two de>el\ed In each A Case That Puzzled a other; or lire they working lu a com : iuou plot? Detective. “ I j Perkins a stool pigeon fur Van Zant or what be prelends to be. a Lou- I don stockbroker?" By El NICE B LA K E Havens loaned toward (be opinion ♦ ■ »»♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ a « * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * (hut Van Zaut and Marie Nlcholevna » e r e both adventurers laying n trap In tmportaut social oeuters » h i r e ; for some |H>rsou or persoua unknown to persons cougregate who are interested I him. But be was very uncertain Both In passing themselves off for more than | were either high bred per-ons or caps they are worth there are establish 1 ble o f imitating such. There Is lllliu- ments where jewelry, flue clothes and i ¡table chicanery constantly going on other artkles intended for display may ; among the nobility o f Europe, who arc be hired There Is no better locatlou ! o f many grades. for such a business than a gnu tiling Most o f them are constantly achem cauter where crowned heads, nobles, lug to gain somethin from some one capitalists and such like are to be else. Some are honorable: some are found In large numbers. swindlers. The fact that Van Zant had A t Monte Carlo there was ten years I borrowed the clothes he wore und Ma ago the firm o f Dorel & Co., whose rla Nlcholevna the coral ueeklucc did stock o f Jewels was worth several mil i not necessarily prove that they were lion fraurs. They would loan these 1 impostors. gems, charging therefor an amount One evening Havens missed both equal to 5 j>er cent a month on the Van Zant and Maria Nichole m i . i from money Invested In them. Their Inten the gaming tables, where they usually tion was to loan only to persons In spent an hour or tw o tossing ^oins on good standing, but since they took a to tbe table, sometimes winning, some risk on any one they let have their Jewels they hired detectives to keep all times losing. Tbe detective had uotlced that they their debtors In sight and If possible were not especially Interested, but forestall any loss. A great many Americans visit Monte were simply betting to pass the time. Carlo, and occasionally one o f them He believed they were absorbed lu a would apply to Messrs. Dorel & Co. for bigger game, or at least a game o f an the wherewithal to make a display. other kind. Their disappearance did Since an American knows more about uot worry him bo much us to his re America and Americans than Euro sponsibility for Van Zaut. since the peans know about them the firm con value o f his borrowings from Dorel A cluded to send to New York for a de | Co. was small. He leaned* to the opinion that they tective to occupy this especial field. Harry Havens was sent by a promi had gone after some one for whom nent detective agency and straight they were laying a trap. On inquiring he learned that Maria Nlcholevna. or away entered upon his duties. Havens for the purpose o f trial was "the countess,“ had gone to Nice and set to watch a man who purported to Van Zant had followed her there. Havens went at once to the office o f have descended from one o f the old What Dutch settlers o f New York. H e was Dorel A Co. for information known as Heiliger Van Zant. He told was hts surprise to learn that Van Mr. Dorel, head o f the loan firm, that Zant had been there and had returned bis family, though impoverished, still all the articles he had borrowed, stat held a high social position in New ing that his baggage, which he had left York society. He had followed a Rus lu England, had been forwarded to sian heiress to Monte Carlo whom he him. Marla Nlcholevna had returned was desirous o f marrying fie needed the coral necklace Tbe detective was puzzled. The con clothes and a moderate amount o f Jew elry that be might make a suitable ap ditions would fit almost any theory. pearance. As for money, he had enough He formed no theory, for he had learn o f that to enable him to make neces ed by experience th^t theories are mis leading. He departed for Nice. After sary expenditures. . H e was furnished with what he a search he learned that both his quar ask^d. and Havens was set to look ries were there at different hotels Soon nfter his arrival be saw MariH a fter him. though his story was be- llpved and the property loaned him Nlcholevna driving with her mother was not very valuable. As I have said, She w-as returning to her hotel, und the detective was given nn unimpor the det.-.'tlve followed the two luto the tant case that he might prove his worth. house. He dined there at table d'hoto Havens was not long in getting a and saw tbe Russian ladies Ju company view o f the Russian heiress. Maria with some |>ersons who he felt sure Nlcholevna. She was about twenty- were Americans. Scraping un acquaintance with one five years- old and a fine looking wo man She stopped at one o f the prin of them, u young man from Philadel cipal hotels with her mother, an aris phia. he put on the pumping process, tocratic looking old lady, with two but only learned that his Informant be Iron gray curls on either temple. She lieved Maria Nicbolevna was wbat she was known as "the Countess.” The pretended to be. One morning Havens was passing tw o ladles drove out a good deal and sometimes played at the gaming ta the little church used for worship principally by foreigners sojourning In bles. Havens had doubts as to Mr. Van Nice, when a carriage drove up. and Zaut's being a genuine member of the who should alight but Van Zant. He went into tbe church, und the detec old Dutch aristocracy of New York. tive followed him. At the other end He secured an introduction to Van o f the building were Maria Nicbolevna. Zant and askfd him a few questions her mother and a few friends. No about life In New York, and the re sooner had Van Zant Joined the oth plies were hardly satisfactory. But ers than be and Maria Nicbolevna the gentleman qxcused his Ignorance stood before a clergyman who was on the ground that be had been edu waiting for them and were married. cated abroad and bad not been at Havens had gone over to Nice from home since he was sixteen years old ! « heer curiosity, for when Von Zant had His accent was decidedly* English, and disappeared from Monte Carlo, having this he accotmted for from the fact returned what he had borrowed, the that be had studied at Eton college. detective's official duties were ended. Dorel A Co. knew uothlng about the He remained In Nice a few days, scan relationships between persons who tling the marriage notices in such were constantly coming to and going newspapers as he could get in order to from Monte Carlo, relying entirely ou see under what names tbe parties bad those they employed to watch their married. clients. Ha t ens was one day about to It was not long before he saw an an enter the otllce o f his employers when nouncement o f a marriage between he met Marla Nlcholevna coming out. Lord Herbert Hlnehelwood. younger Tbo detective was a close mouthed son o f the Earl of Abbingward. to man und made no mention of the fact Maria Nieholevnu. daughter o f Couut- but he jotted it down in his mental ess Warewfski o f Warsaw memorandum book Havens was not satisfied, but there The next evening tbe lad.' appeared was nothing for him to d i but go back In the gaming pavilion In company to Monte Carlo and ask to lie assigned to another case. Nevertheless, having with Van Zant. «ea rin g ii coral neck lace, tbe carving of which was so lieen told that Hincliclwood was heir delicate that Havens knew ii must be to the title, he believed something wag wrong o f considerable value. One day. a month later, he read In n Inquiry at the office o f Dorel & Co brought out tbe fuel that It had l>een Paris newspaper that the w ife o f Lord loaned by them: that it bud been mmle Hcrliert Hlnehelwood had applied to have her marriage with him unnul In Rome and was worth $1.000 Ha ret*?-was also told that tbe lady was led. The couple had met In Monte Car laying her nets to catch a British earl, lo. where Lord Herbert had passed himself off as an American, but had who was in Monte Carlo incognito Dorel & Co. went ou lending articles given out as a secret Ills real Identity. of display, and Havens continued to The Indy had married him supposing perform his duties, which were to j him to be the oldest son of bis father keep track o f the supposed New York and heir to the title, and he had mar er. But he was equally interested lu rled her supposing her to be Immense ly wealthy. tbe Russian heiress. Lord Herbert already had several Why she should borrow jewelry If she were rich be could not tell unless wives living, or such was supposed her own gems were In Russia, locked to be the case. At any rate, he bad a bad reputation and had been dis In tbe fam ily vaulta. I f she were really trying to catch an owned by his father. The lady was English earl, borrowing the stones the daughter of a Polish count whose might be In order Havens did not set fortune hod disappeared, and he hnd It down as convincing evidence against become a music teacher is Parts. Such was the experience derived by her. Van Zant was Intimate with an Eng Mr. Havens, detective. In his first case lishman named Perkina, whom Havens In the service o f Messrs Dorel A Co lie remained with thought it might be advantageous to at Monte Carlo pump. H e sought Perkins and soon them several years, and his notebook found an opportunity to lend him 100 will furnish plans for a number o f stories, the characters o f which were francs ($20). This pnt P :r!;!iis lia-cr obligations, either nobles or connected with noble But be says that none of and he told Havens ns a great secret families. that Van Zant wamno American at all. them puzzled him go much as this case but Lord Herbert Htncbelwood. eldest o f an earl's son and a count's daugh At aziy rate. In no other case son and belr o f the Earl o f Abblng- j ter. ward. Lord Herbert was Inclined to be were two »harpers bitten, each by the wild and had come to Monte Carlo un j other. j SAMOA IS CHANGING. South Soa Islanders Ranching Out f i t r U p to Oats Things. The nslirea o f Samoa lira exhibiting n marked Inclination to Initiate Euro pean manners. Tbo beautiful elapoa. h allow «! by age long usage, are dtsap- pearlug more and tuore. their place bo. ing token by Imported cotton cloth Women und girls like to put on greater quantities o f European wearing a|t- parel. in the vicinity o f Apia native Fuutoau house and kttcbeu utcuells have been replaced by European articles o f less worth New foods are being Intro- due oil. instead o f taro, bauauas and cams, the natives now eat rice, bis cuits and bread und even drink coffee In the m cnlng The new foods, how ever. have but a limited number o f consumers al present The native huts were formerly cov ered with thatches of sugar cane. In sects have destroyed the sugar caue plantations, ami tbe natives now cover their dwellings with corrugated Irou, which gives them much less protection both against the sun durlug the day | and agulnst tbe cold al nigh! Tile Samoan house Is dUnppeurlug. too. and Its place Is being taken by squaro buildings o f American pine The total native population of the Samoan group Is about »2.000. There are 1.500 whites and half castes.—New York Times. TOOK THE ADVICE. Then He Gave It a Practical Trial, and It Worked. Several years ago the presldeiy o f one o f the prominent railway corpora tlons In America was making a stir ring address to un audience o f young men and dwelt with particular euipha sis ou the necessity o f making a good appearance. “ When you are looking for work,“ he said, "be careful that you Hre preseut- able. I f you have only $1’ I in the world spend $20 for a suit o f clothes. $3.50 for a pair o f shoes, 50 cents for a hair cut nud shave. Then walk up to the Job wherever It Is nud ask for It like a man." This advice was greeted with great applause, and tbe railway president sat down amid a storm o f cheers. The vajy next morning u dapper looking young fellow walked into the outer o f fice o f the orator and. bunding a note to the clerk, said. " I ’ leuse give thla to the president.” The note read ns fob lows: “ I have paid $20 for this suit of clothes. $15.50 for a pair o f shoes and 50 cents for a hair cut and a shave I have walked from Harlem, and 1 would like u Job as conductor on your road ” He got the Job. The Presidential Salute. One explanation for tbe reason for adopting twenty-one guns us tbe presi dential salute Is (bat there might lie maintained u uniformity In national salutes, Great Britain having In the distant past udopted twenty one ns the number for the royal salute O f the many surmises as to why the iinuil-er twenty-one was settled upon we men tion two—first, that twenty-one was the uumber o f years fixed by English law as the age o f majority; second, that seven was the original salute and three times seven would signify one seven for each o f the divisions. Knglaqd and Wales. Scotland and Ire- laud. It Is asserted that the I nited States adopted this salute to signify to the mother eounry that her child had reached tils majority and was pre pared in law to inherit the lund and to this pud fired the "gun o f 177(5." the figures o f which year. 1 -4-7 + 7-Mi. equal 21 —Philadelphia Press Goose and Michaelmas. The English custom o f eating goose on Michaelmas. Sept 20. Is said to date from tbe time o f tin- gic-at (Jiieen Elizabeth. Elizabeth hud gone to call on Sir Neville L'gnfreyvllle. A messenger from the royal palace arrived and asked to see her. The queen allowed him to come Into tbe dining room, where ahe was enjoying a slice o f tender goose- The queen bad just bitten luto a deli cious morsel when the messenger an nouuced that the Spanish urmadn bad bcc-u defeated. 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