Show US SERIAL STORY WIG LU 19 V 14 L r by JACQUES e al AJ M im t h tit th S humor f P 41 fu U grilk Ur py ilk va ahll oy it olila smiliy 4 SYNOPSIS count dl U MOM ur the italian ambassador idor I 1 in at dinner with in clr ca capital when a 9 mess nicer trisia a note tang lim him to coma Ys to 0 tho the embassy at once urr here a beautiful y in IV woman asks ki that she fh be given in tick ticket t ti tn the embay embassy ball the ticket li made out in the th name of miss M Is in bel bal thorne chief cimpl ll ot f th cret service and mr grimm hla hl a h hcan aa detect I 1 vii are warned that 9 plot of 0 the latin races against the ha Ong lIsty liw ing ratto ra lii in brewing in III baah I 1 0 1 1 anil nd a roc es to t tho h a tate state bal bull f far 1 11 i information afo r ma t ion san in a icon his attention 1 in fm called to mini atias isabel inabel thor thorna n w who I 0 onith with hr her companion soon noon dis alap a P patar mrs A revolver shot Is heard and F ampbell mp bell and nl grimm haten bastan down the hall all to 11 find nl that hat sen 0 r alvarez at 0 the broxy mexican ii has ha ben been shot A woman dw it anil and grimm la in is istrea air urea it wim was 2 mix 4 thorne ile ho visits liar her demanding of alin arrain mid and thera arrests a man named pietro CHAPTER VII the signal sign and tho the original question remains unanswered remarked mr campbell I 1 the tha original quest question lo repeated mr air grimm where la Is prince benedetto d abbruz t III the tha secret envoy hla his chief reminded him 1 I won wonder derl I 1 mused the young man if tho the latin compact Is signed in tho the united states tho the latin compact will not be signed in tle the united states mr grimm interrupted and then after a moment have billave we received any further reports on miss thorne 4 1 I mean reports front from our foreign agents T the chief shook his head bead inevitably by some bome act or word she he will lead us ua to the prince declared eta red mr grimm and tha moment ile ho la is known to aas w everything bo bar comes plain sailing wo we know the she to Is I 1 a secret abenti expected a dental denial but she was quite frank about it and I 1 had no intention whatever ot of placing her under arrest I 1 knew some one was in the adjoining room because of a slight noise in there and I 1 knew she know knew it she raised her voice a little obviously tor for the benefit of whoever was there from that point everything I 1 said and did wu waa to compel that person whoever it was to show him elf olt ilia chi ahlet of nodded understandingly aar grimm was silent for a little e then went on tho the last possibility in my mind at that moment he confessed was that tho the person in there was the man who shot hot senor alvarez frankly I 1 had bad halt half an idea that that it might be the prince in person suddenly his mood changed and now how our lady ot of mystery tery ruay may come and go as she BUS likes because I 1 know even it a dozen of our men have ransacked in vain tor for the prince she wilt will inevitably lead us to him and that reminds me I 1 should like to borrow blair and ha lla stings and johnson Joh naon please plant them so no they may keep constant watch on bliss thorne let them re port to you and wherever I 1 am I 1 will roach reach you tou over the phone lly illy the way what was in that sealed packet that waa taken from senor benor alvarez Al campbell inquired curiously it find something to do with some railroad franchises responded mr grimm as lie he roso rose 1 I sealed it again and returned it to tho the senor evidently it was not what signor signer nill expected to fand tn facts fact he be admitted it what he was looking for por for a little while the two men inen gazed 1 thoughtfully each into tho ha eyes of tho the other then mr orlinm entered hla his private office where he sat for an hour with hla his immaculate boots on hla his desk thinking A world war wap he had been thrust forward by ills hla govern i mont ment to in prevent it subtle blue gray eyes lils his highness prince flone detto i dabrunz ft haunting flaunting smile and scar acar et elds at about the moment he rose to go bilut ut atlas thorne closely veiled left itie tie venezuelan legation and walked 11 7 down the street to a corner corner iii here without a word she entered a waiting nIAD the wheels spun and the car leaped forward or a mile or more it wound alra lessly in n anti and out occasionally bisecting its own path finally miss thorne thorn leaned leaded forward and touched the chauffeur on the arm now novi 1 she said the car straightened out into a street of stately resi residence denees and scuttled along until bosom of the ho potomac came into view besides abst for a a few minutes then over the I 1 bridge to the virginia side in III the dilapidated little city of alexandria the car did not slacken its ita speed but aund wound in and out dingy past tumble down negro huts for halt half an hour before it game fame to a iu in front of an old brick scalon nn ilon this la Is number ninety seven the chauffeur announced miss thorne entered the house bouse with key and was gone for or ten minutes perhaps she was readjusting her veil tell whoa she canio came out and stopped stepped into the cur car silently ellent rilent ly again it moved i forward on to the end of 0 the dingy i street and finally into the open country three four five miles perhaps J out the old 13 baltimore altImore road and again agran the car stopped this time in front of an ancient colonial farmhouse farm house outwardly the place seemed to be deserted the blinds battered and stripped of paint by wind and rala rain we were alt closed and oue one corner of 0 the small veranda had crumbled away from aire ago and neglect ne elect A narrow path strewn with pine needles led tortuously up to the door in the rear of the house bouse rising from in an old barn a thin pole with a cup lika attachments at the apex thrust its ita point into tho the open above the dense odorous pines it appe appeared argil to be a wireless mast adlas thorne passed around the house and the barn A man cabe forward and kissed her a t thin bin little man of indeterminate use drying his bis bands on a piece of cotton waste ills hla face faco waa was pale with the pallor of one who knows little outdoor life his eyes deep set and a glit tor ter with some borne feverish inward lire and the thin lips were pressed together in a sharp line behind him was a long bench on which were scattered catt ered tools of various birts fantastically shaped chemical apparatus two or three electric batteries of odd sizes mid along one end ecil of it in a row were a score or more metal ipher olds a shade larger than a one pound shell from somewhere in tho the r roar OR r came the clatter of a small gasoline engine and still farther away was an electric dynamo Is the test arranged ros hosa a the little it t 0 man queried eagerly in italian the date Is not fixed yet she replied in the ahe same language it will be I 1 hope within tho the next two weeks and then fame and fortune for both of us ho he interrupted with quick enthus enthusiasm las all ah rosa I 1 have worked and waited so BO long for this and now it will come and with it the dominion of the world again by our country ilov how will I 1 know ft hen the data to Is fixed it would not be well to write me here my lady of mystery stroked the slender nervous hand band caressingly and a great affection shone in the iolue blue gray eyes at eight on the night of the test she ebe explained still speaking italian indian a single light will appear at the apex of them the capitol dome in wash 41 6 U I 1 r I 1 i t 0 2 with that we control the world exclaimed the man triumphantly ington that Is the signal agreed upon it can be seen by all hi 1 tho the city and Is visible here from the window of your bedroom yes yes yea he exclaimed the to fe verlah berish glitter in his eyes deepened it there Is a a tog fog of course coarse louwill you will not attempt the test she went vent on no not in a fog he put ailt in quickly 1 1 I 1 it emust must be clear and it if it Is clear you can see the light in the dome without difficulty and all your plaris plans are working out wll weil yes and yo yours tirs 1 I dont think there Is any question but that both england and tho united states will buy do you know what i ft means do you know what it means ieans lla ile was wag silent a moment its hla hands bands working nervously then alth ft ath in and his highness ills hla highness Is ia ante the subtle yes eyes grew misty thoughtful for a mo nent then cleared again ile he Is f I 1 she a he r repeated e p aate 1 mexico and venezuela were 1 he began wo we dont know yet what they will do the venezuelan answer Is locked lacked in the safe at the legation I 1 will linow know what it la Is within forty eight hours hol she was silent a little our now our greatest erea teat difficulty I 1 h the hostility of the french ambas fador to tn the compact ills government has not yet notified ulm hial of th the e re s of prince dabruzzi he ha does not t believe in the feasibility of the plan and we e have toto to to proceed to iMi tr omes to present hint him working against us hut but they must see lie ile incalculable 3 to follow upon suh a corn coin pact with the tha vast power that will lie be given to them over the whole earth by this ile he indicated the long lit alered worktable work table they must see it it they will see lie it lulal said bald miss bliss thorne gently and now how are you are you well are you comfortable for table its such a dreary old place hero here 1 I suppose so lie replied and he met inet the solicitous tous blue gray eyes for an instant yes 1 I 1 am quite comfortable for table ho he added 1 I have no time to be otherwise with all tha the work I 1 roust must do it will mean so mehl 1 they were both allent ifor a time finally miss thorne walked over to the long lone table arill curiously lifted out of the it was waa a looting thing glittering at one end of it was a delicate vibratory to r y apparatus not unlike the transmitter t tel of a telephone and the other end w WE at threaded BB as it if the spheroid wit m mala ad as an an ail attachment to some other dovice with that wo we control the wor world till exclaimed the man triumphantly and its mine rosa hosa ro mine lael its wonder wonderful full she roused mused wonderful Wonder fol and now I 1 must go I 1 may not see a e you again until after the th test because I 1 shall be watched and followed wherever I 1 go eo it if I 1 get an opportunity I 1 shall reach you by telephone but not even that unless it Is 1 necessary there la Is always danger always dan dangers dang gerl erf she he repeated tho thoughtfully sho she was waa th luking ot of mr grimm 1 I understand said bald the man bin aim ply and look out for the th signal the light in the apex of the capitol dome bomp she went on 1 I understand the night must be ba perfectly clear and y you oil understand der stand that the test to la to bo be made mada promptly at three by your chronometer at three ho he repeated for a moment they stood with their arms around each other then tenderly his visitor kissed him and went out lie ile remained looking after r her vacantly until the chug chug of 0 her automobile as it moved ot off down tha ilia road was lost in the distance then turned again to the long bori worktable table CHAPTER VIII miss thorne and not miss thorne thorna from a pleasant wide open bay win dow of her apartments on the second floor miss thorne looked out nut upon the avenue with inscrutable eyes behind the closely drawn shutters of another lay bay window farther down the avenue on oil the corner she knew a man named Tia hastings stings was hiding biding she knew that for art an hour or more mor he 1101 had been watching her as she abe wrote wrote in the other direction in a house near the corner another man ila named med blair wag similarly ensconced and he be too had been watching as she wrote thora there should be a third man johnson Job atlas thorne curiously studied the face ot of each passerby passer by seeking therein something to remember she sat at the little mahogany desk and a note with the ink yet wet upon it lay face up before het her it was el dressed to signor pietro petro in the district prison and read my dear friend 1 I have been walting waiting to write you with the hope that 1 I cc could u id report senor sanor alvarez out of danger but till his condition I 1 regret to say belins remains unchanged shall I 1 send an attorney to you would you like a book of any kind or some delicacy sent in from a restaurant restaurants can I 1 be botany 0 any service to you in aej akyi way vay it I 1 lean can please drop me a ii ln sincerely ISADEE ISABEL THORNE at last she rose and standing in the window reid read the note over fold edit Placed edIt lit in an envelope and sealed it IL A maid came in answer answer to her ring and there at the window under the watchful eyes of of blair and hastings and perhaps johnson she handed the note to the maid with instructions Instruct lona to mall mail it Int mediately two minutes later she ahe saw the maid maid go ok out along the avenue to a postbox post box on the corner then she drew back into the shad ow of the room slipped on a darn dark col ored wrap and standing away from the window safe beyond the roach ot of prying eyes waited patiently tor for the tha postman ile he appeared about five alv and simultaneously bously another man turned the corner near the postbox and spoke to him then or er they disappeared from view around the corner so johnson is it mused miss atlas thorne and she smiled a little mr grimm certainly pays me tho compliment of having me carefully watched A few minutes later she dropped into the seat at the desk again the dark wrap had been thrown aside and hastings and blair from their hiding biding places could see her distinctly after a while they saw her rise quickly as an automobile turned into the avenue and lean toward the window eagerly looking out the car came to a standstill in front of the legation and air cadwallader an undersecretary under secretary of tho the british embassy sy who was at alone 0 r 0 I 1 in n the tha car raised his rap cap she bhe nodded and smiled then disappeared in the shadows of the loam mr air cadwallader Cadwallad tr went ant to the door spoke to the servant ser vinit there tho then returned and busted busied hiru himself self about tho me car Ilits hastings tings and allair watched intently both the door and the windol tor for a long time finally a closely pit ed and muffled figure appeared at the bay aindow and waved a gloved hand at mr air cadwallader who again lift lifted hla his cap A minute later the veiled woman came out of the front do door shook hands with mr air cadwallad and got in the cur car ile ha also climbed M in and the cir car moved slowly away TO BR BE CONTINUED CON |