UTAH TAH STATE NEWS governor spry has issued ills formal proclamation providing for tho general state election to be held Novo november niber 5 6 boxt jerry daly daiy a conductor on tho the denver deniver rio grande dropped dead on his train near green river death lie be ing due to heart trouble tho the national federation of post office clerks in convention at salt lako lake last against tile tho establishment 0 of a peniston pe actis oi for super annu annulated atod clerks J a derry berry of brigham narrowly escaped death by accidentally taking 9 a dose of ot mercury ile ho was taken to a hospital where prompt medical aid saved his life prank frank R romeo omeo and robert convicted murderers of ab jenkins at Sunny sunnyside side in february of 1911 must st pay the death penalty for their crime according to an opinion of the promo court annio macholl MU choll who shot and mortally wounded ollie burnh her dusky admirer at salt lako lake on tho the night of august 10 was abed of 0 murder in tho the first degree at her preliminary hearing work on roads in weber county la IS being pushed before tho the stormy weather not only will the wilson allson and riverside roads be macadamized but the highways of plain city ana hooper will bo placed in good condition indianapolis ind la Is to be tho the 1913 convention city for the national fedoration federation of Posto Post fOco clerks that city having havluj won over cleveland 0 its most mosi formidable competitor at the convention held in salt lake la last at week christian Af madsen adsen pioneer resident of mt alt pleasant died suddenly while at work in the held field mr madsen was 65 years old ile ho was born in den mark coming to utah while a mere lad crossing the plains in ill HI gans cans company at the close of the first day of the 1912 13 school year registration in the twenty nine public schools of salt lake had reached its as against for last year it la is estimated that tho the number will reach 1000 by the end ot of the week As the result of an assault mado upon him by leonard washington a negro whose home Is in salt lake charles walker aged 15 of ogden la Is suffering with concussion of the brain and washington la Is in jail charged charge ct with assault and battery the much talked ot of rali railroad zoad from the dlack black hawk coal claims in emery county to come commercial center la Is about to be realized the utah construction st company of ogden lias has arranged for tho the establishing of two grading camps in tho the country in order to give the fruit growers ot or the country dis districts tr acts all the aid possible la in harvesting tho the peach crop the board of education odthe of the weber county school has decided to open tho the schools on an monday september 23 in stead of september 16 as originally planned that pearl connor aged ad daugh tor ter of john F connor proprietor of tho the connor hotel at stockton whoso choso disappearance mystified authorities came to salt lake with the purpose of eloping doping with joseph hames has baa been established and a search Is now being made for tho couple an organization of the retail druggists of ogden has been perfected tor for the purpose of affiliating with the national association of retail drug elsta it Is the desire of the local pharmacists to join in the movement to secure moro more favorable legislation and to better general conditions while tho the labor situation at bingham may become strained any day it Is bell believed eyed tho the calm counsel of tho the coolheaded cool tool head headed ed will prevail and a strike bo be averted the operators recently announced a voluntary 25 cent raise but the men are in favor of a BO cent increase gomer thomas a resident ot of salt lake city and well known as a coal mine expert died sunday the immediate cause of death was liver trouble but bitt mr thomas had riot not been well since the scofield coal mine disaster eleven years ago when mili miners were killed guglielmo golste an italian employed at the galena mine bingham was injured in a blast fulsto went into a to eat his midnight lunch not noticing a blast had been fet and the fuso fuse lighted ile he received the full force of the explosion one eye was torn from its socket lafayette parley farley probably the best known barber in ogden tell fell dill just 6 ho he had finished shaving his brother asa parley arley ile he was born in ogden lorty forty seven years ago filfli JACQUES FUTRELLE MILU A y si ci COPYRIGHT 1908 h 51 THE ME associated 12 COPYRIGHT 1909 ty by THE bobba MER ILL COMPANY SYNOPSIS count dl di bosini the italian ambas ador Is in at dinner with diplomats when a 9 messenger summons him to tho the embassy whore a beautiful youns young woman asks for a ticket to the embassy ball the ticket Is made out in tile the name of was isabel thorne chief campbell of the secret service and mr air grimm his head detective are warned that a plot is brewing in washington and grimm goes to the state ball for information jus ills attention te Is in called to alias isabel thorne who with tier her companion disappears A cliot Is heard and senor benor alvarez of the mexican legation Is found wounded grimm Is assured miss alias thorne did it he visits her demanding knowledge of tile the 1 affair a and nd arrests Petro miss alias visits an old bomb maker and they a fifty thousand housa t d dollars is stolen from the office of senor bonor rodriguez the minister from venezuela and while detectives aro are in the tha robbery miss alias thorne thorn e appears as a guest of the tha legation G r 1 nim accused L c c tier her of the theft the money to la r restored e s luses ore but a new mystery occurs in the he di disappearance bearance pe arance of monsieur Alon sieu r Bols the ii french ach 11 ambassador elusive miss as thorne reappears bearing a letter which states that hat the ambassador has been ild and demanding ransom the am bass bassonor odor returns and again strangely dla dia appears ap peara CHAPTER XIV continued tho the house is two blocks west along that street there ho be explained and he indicated an intersecting thoroughfare ough fare just ahead it la Is number ninety reven five minutes after afier we enter you will drive up in front of the door and wait it if we wo dont return in fifteen minutes come in after us do you anticipate danger miss bliss thorne queried quickly if I 1 had anticipated danger replied mr grimm 1 I should not have bave permitted you to come with mo me they entered the bouse number ninety seven with a key which mr grimm produced and a minute or so BO later walked into a room where three men were sitting bitting one of them was waa of a coarse repulsive type large and heavy another rather dapper of superficial polish evidently a foreigner and the third the third was ambassador good morning gentlemen I 1 mr air grimm gimm greeted them then ceremoniously monsieur Bols Dols segur your carriage la Is at the door the three men came to their feet instantly and one of them he of tho the heavy face drew a revolver mr grimm faced him placidly do you know what would happen to you it if you killed me he be inquired pleasantly you live three minutes do you imagine I 1 came in hero blindly there are a dozen men guarding the entrances to the house a pistol shot would bring thorma them in put down that gun eyes challenged eyes for one long tense teno instant and the man carefully laid the weapon on the table mr air grimm strolled ovet and picked it up after which he glanced inquiringly at the other man the ambassadors second guard and you are the gentleman I 1 dare say who made the necessary trips to jhb ambassadors house probably using hla his latchkey latch key he remarked interrogatively first for the letters to be signed and again for the cigarettes ret tes there was waa no answer and mr grimm turned questioningly to monsieur Bols segur silent white of face motionless lesa yes monsieur the ambassador burst out suddenly ills his eyes were fixed unwaveringly on miss thorne and your escape monsieur continued mr air grimm 1 I did escape monsieur last night tho the ambassador explained but they knew it immediately they pursued me into my own house bouse these two and another and dragged roe me hack back here berol I 1 mon dieu monsieur I 1 all necessary remarked mr grimm you are free to go now but there are others monsieur Bols Bois segur interposed desperately two more somewhere below and they will not allow they will attack mr air i grimms listless eyes narrowed slightly might ly and he turned to miss thorne she was a little white but he saw enough in her face to satisfy him 1 I shall escort monsieur Dole Bols segur to his carriage miss bliss thorne he said calmly these men will remain here until I 1 return take tho the revolver if either cither of them so much as wags his head shoot you are not not afraid no she smiled faintly 1 I am not afraid mr grimm and the ambassador went down the stairs and ana out the front door mr grimm was just turning to reenter re enter the house when from above carne came a muffled led venomous cra as tish ash ii a shot he took the steps going up two at a time miss bliss thorne was leaning against the wall its as if dazed tho the revolver lay at her feet A door in a far corner of the room stood open and the clatter of foots footsteps echoed through the house one of them leaped at rao me and I 1 fired she gasped in explanation ho he struck me but im im riot not hurt she stooped quickly picked up the revolver and made as it if to follow the dying footsteps mr grimm stopped her it matter he said quietly let them go and after a while earnestly if I 1 had dreamed of such a such a thing as ae this I 1 should never have consented to allow you yon 9 1 I understand she interrupted and for one bno ill instant stant her outstretched hand rested on his arm the ambassador 11 perfectly safe cafe responded mr air grimm two my men are with him CHAPTER XV master of the situation As the women rose and started out leaving the gentlemen over their coffee and cigars miss thorne paused at the door and the blue gray eyes flashed some subtle message to the french ambassador who after an instant nodded then f plied piled posit positively ively the smile oil her tips lips and the tone of her bei voice were strangely at variance from the beginning I 1 let you understand that bat ul tl ti you would receive your in tlona from paris now I 1 know they will reach you by cable tomorrow within a week the compact will be signed whether you approve of it or not it will be signed for your country by a special envoy whose authority Is greater than yours his highness the prince benedetto Dene detto dabruzzo has lie he reached washington lie Is in washington ile ho has bae been here for some time incognito she was silent a moment you have been a source of danger to our plans sho she added it if it had not been for an accident you would stin still have been comfortably kept out in alexandria where mr air grimm and I 1 found you please remember monsieur that we i will accomplish what we s beet et out to do nothing can stop us not nothing bing at just about the same moment the namo name of prince dabruzzi dabruzzo had been used in the dining room but in a different connection mr air cadwallader was reciting some incident of an automobile trip in italy when he lad had been connected with the british embassy there the prince was driving he said and one of the best I 1 ever saw corking chap the prince democratic you know and all that sort of thing he was one scion of royalty who mind boiling his hands by diving in under a car and fixing it 11 himself at that time he be was inclined to ha be wild that was waa eight or nine nind years ago but they say now he has settled down to work and Is one of the real diplomatic powers of italy I 1 seen him for a halt dozen years yeara how old a man Is he asked mr grimm carelessly thirty thirty five thirty eight perhaps I 1 dont know replied mr cada cadwallader alla its odd you know the number of princes and blue bloods and all that jf 01 6 W nothing can stop Us nothing resumed his conversation As he left the room a few minutes later he noticed that mr grimm had jofred a group of ot of which mr cadwallader wast fie enthusiastic center ile he spoke to his hostess tho the wife of the minister from portugal for a moment then went to miss thorne and dropped into a seat beside her she greeted him with a smile and was still smiling milling as she talked 1 I believe monsieur she bhe said in french you sent a codo code message to the cable cabla office this afternoon ills eyes questioned hers quickly and please bear in mind that we probably are being watched as we talk she went on pleasantly mr air grimm is the man to be afraid of smile dont look so BO serious oual she laughed outright yes I 1 sent a code message he replied it was your resignation 9 yes well it sent of course she informed him and her eyes were sparkling asif as it something amusing had been said one of my agents stopped it I 1 may add that it will not be sent tho the ambassadors eyes grow steely then hen blank again mademoiselle what am I 1 to understand from that he demanded you are tg understand that I 1 ara am absolute master of the situation in washington at this moment she re sort of thing one can find knocking about in italy and germany and spain one never hears bears of halt half of them I 1 never had heard of the prince dabrunz zi al until I 1 went to italy and ive heard beard jolly well little of him since except indirectly mr air cadwallader lapsed into silence as he sat staring at a largo large group photograph which was framed on a wall of tho the dining room that the royal family of italy he be asked lie he rose and went over to it hy BY jove it Is and here Is the rho prince in the group the picture was taken I 1 should say about the time I 1 knew him mr air grimm strolled over idly and stood for a long time staring at the photograph ile he can drive a motor you ou know said mr cadwallader admiringly and italy Is the place to drive them they forget to make any speed laws over there and it if a chap gets la in your way and you knock him silly they arrest him for obstructing traffic you know over here if a chap really starts to go any place in a hurry some bally idiot holds him up have you over ever been held up queried aed mr air grimm no but I 1 expect to be every day was waa the reply ivo ive got a new motor moto you linow know and ive never been able to see how bow fast it Is the other eie evening I 1 ran up to baltimore with it in an hour and thirty seven minu tei from alexandria to druid hill park and better than forty allea I 1 cevet did let the motor out you know ia be cause we ran in the dark daik most of 61 tho the way mr air grimm Gri trini was still gazing at the photograph did you go alone he naked asked theres no fun motoring alone you know senorita rodriguez v ns with me charming girl what nihat A little while later mr grimm sauntered out into the drawing room and mado made his way toward miss bliss thorne and the french ambassador monsieur Bols segur rose and offered his hand cordially 1 chope I hope monsieur said mr air grimm that hat you are no worse off for your your unpleasant experience not at all alf thanks to you was wag the reply 1 I have just thanked MISS thorne for her part in tho the affair abd im glad to have been of service interrupted mr air grimm lightly the ilie ambassador bowed cerenio ceremony nt bously and moved away mr brimm dropped into the seat lie he had just left youve left the legation you he asked you drove me out she laughed drove you out ho be repeated drove you out why it was not only ble but it was rather conspicuous bo cause of the constant espionage ot of your mr air blair and your mr air johnson and your mr air hastings she explained still laughing so I 1 have moved hotel hilliard Hill lard mr grimm was twisting the seal ring on