Show 01 0 you your highness and miss thorne will accompany me JACQUES FUT RELLE hy M G KZ I 1 X I 1 COPYRIGHT 1906 1908 ty 15 TM THE associated MACIA COPYRIGHT 1909 AY THE dobbe MERfel LL COMPANY is SYNOPSIS 4 1 r count di U tho the italian ambassador is at dinner with diplomats diplomat when VM a mesa messenger summons him to the embassy where a beautiful young woman ask aahl for a ticket to the embassy ball the ticket Is made out jn in the name of miss isabel thorne chief campbell of the secret service gervice and mr grimm his head detective are warned that a plot is brewing in washington and grimm goes AG to tile the state ball for information hla his attention tent lort Is called to miss isabel thorne who with tier her companion disappears A shot hot is heard and senor benor alvarez of the mexican legation Is found wounded grimm Is assured miss thorne did it ho he visits her demanding knowledge knowledg of the affair and ana arrests pietro petro ale ani miss thorne visits an old bomb maker and chev discuss it a wonderful experiment fifty thousand dollars Is stolen from the office of senor benor rodriguez the minister from venezuela and while detectives are investigating vesti gating the robbery miss aliss thorne appears its as a guest of tile the legation grimm accuses her of the theft tho the money is re restored but a new mystery occurs in tho the di disappearance appearance of monsieur boesse Bols segur ur the french french ambassador elusive iniss miss thorne reappears bearing a letter which states that the ambassador lias has been and demanding ransom lansom the ambassador bas Bador returns and again strangely disappears later lie Is rescued from an old house in the suburbs it la Is discovered that pietro shot senor alvarez and that he is prince dabruzzi grimm figures in a mysterious jail delivery ile he orders bot both h miss thorne and dabruzzi to leave the country they are conveyed to new york and placed on an a steamer but return grimms coffee Is dru drugged ged and upon regaining consciousness he ands finds a sympathetic note from isabel thorne the th conspirators against the government are ara located acate ocate d and their scheming is overheard grimm orders dabruzzi to destroy the unsigned compact CHAPTER continued miss thorne has stated the matter fairly I 1 believe your highness and mr grimm permitted hla his eyes to linger a moment on the flushed face of this woman who in a way was defending him but there Is only one thing to do miss thorne he was talking to her now there Is no middle middie course it Is a problem that has only one possible answer the destruction st of that document and the departure of you vou and you your highness for italy under tinder my personal care all the way I 1 imagined this matter had bad ended that day on the steamer it will end here now tonight the prince glanced again at hla his watch then thoughtfully weighed the percussion cap in hla his hand after which with a curious laugh he walked over to the squat iron globo globe in nn an opposite corner of the room ile he bent over it half a minute then stra straightened igat up that cap clr mr grimm has one disadvantage he remarked casually when at it Is attached to a mine or torpedo it can not be disconnected without firing it it Is attached he turned to the others it Is needless to the matter further just juat now it if you will follow me we will leave mefi mr grimm in here f with a strange little cry neither anger nor anguish yet oddly partaking of f the quality of each isabel went quickly to the prince how dare you do such a thing she demanded fler fiercely cely it is murder this is not a time miss thorne for your interference replied the prince coldly it has all passed beyond the point where the feelings of any one person even the feelings of the woman who has engineered the compact can be considered A single life can not be permitted to stand in the way of the consummation of this world project mr air grimm alive means the compact would be useless it if not impossible mr grimm dead means the fruition of all our plans and hopes you have done your duty and you have done it well but now your authority ends and 1 I the special envoy of just a moment please pleasa mr grimm interrupted courteously As I 1 understand n u der stand it your highness the i mine rn in e there in the corner Is charged yes it just happened to be here for purposes or of experiment the cap Is attached quite right the prince laughed and at three by your watch the mine will be farid by a wireless operator fifteen miles from here something like that yes very much like that assented the prince thank you I 1 merely wanted to understand it mr grimm pulled a chair ceaf r up against the door and sat down crossing his legs on hla his knees rested the barrel of a revolver glittering fascinating in the semi dark ness now gentlemen and he fie glanced at his watch its twenty one minutes of three at three that mine will explode we will all be in the room when it happens unless hla his highness sees fit to destroy the compact eyes sought eyes and the prince removed his mask with a sudden gesture ills his face was bloodless it if any man and mr air grimm gave miss bliss thorne a quick glance should say any person attempts to leave leav othis this room I 1 know ha be will die and theres a bare chance that tho them percussion cap will fall to work I 1 can account for six of you if there Is a rush but man if that mine explodes we shall all bo be killed blown to pieces esl 1 burst from one of the figures it if tho the percussion cap works supplemented ted mr grimm mingled emotion struggled in tho the flushed face of isabel as she stud studied to d 0 mr grimms impassive countenance 1 I havo have never dl toil tod you yel miss bliss thorne he bo remar ed as it it wore an explanation I 1 shall not now she turned to the prin 01 e your highness I 1 thin it needless to argue further she ibe sat aali we have no choice in the matter here la is only eniy on once ce course destroy the compact I 1 nol no I 1 was the curt an iwer 1 I believe I 1 know mr dir G better than you do she ar rued bod you think lie he will weaken I 1 I 1 now he will not I 1 am not arguing fa t or r him nor for myself I 1 am arguing against the frightful loss that will c me line here in this room it if the compact commac is not dost destroyed st its absurd to let one alpan ian stand in the way declared the ibe I 1 rice angrily it might not bo be an impertinent question your highness commented mr grimm tor for me to c sk how you are going to prevent one man standing in the way A quick change am e over miss face T he lar denea the lips wore were sot set and line it e amr mr grimm had never seen appears appeared about the mouth here in a flash he cloak of dissimulation was cast as ae ido and the woman stood forth this keen brilliant determined woma who did things the compact will be destroyed she said no declared the prin prim 9 it must be destroyed must must do y yo a say eay must I 1 to roe me yes must she kopea a ed d steadily and by what author ty 7 please do by that authority authora ty 11 phe drew a tiny nit greed gold bo from her bosom and cast it upon i tha 0 table the prince stared at it in uhe the name of your sovereign gustl t she said again the prince turned abaly and began pacing back and forth across the room with C the he parch dute nt crumpled in hla his hand for a minute or more isabel stood hatchl watching ng IM thirteen minutest Mr grimm announced coldly j and now broke out tin excited chatter a babel of fren h english ital lan ian spanish those thonol masked and ones who hao e silence tor for so long all began talking at 0 s of them snatched snatch ea at the crumpled compact in the princes hand while all crowded around him arguing mr grimm sat eat perfectly still with the revolver barrel resting on his knees meven eleven he be announced again suddenly the prince turned violently on miss thorne with rage distort ed face I 1 do you know what it means to y you bu if I 1 albo do as yo yeiji ded savagely it me nd pit ed property as traitor 1 aa 1 our it if you wt wll agh n ness ess she ehe in ower that I 1 have used sod was given alv on to me ile to use I 1 have used it it Is a matter to be settled between me and my government and as far as it affects my person Is of no consequence now you will vill destroy de stroye compact nino nine minutes mr gamm monotonously again the babel broke out do we understand that you want to see the compact one of the men asked suddenly of mr grimm as he turned no I 1 dont want to see it id proter preter not to see it with hatred blazing in his eyes the prince made his way toward the lamp hol holding dinga a parchment toward the blaze theres nothing else to be done aone he exclaimed savagely just a moment please mr grimm interposed quickly miss thorne Is that the compact she glanced at it nodded her head and then the flame caught the fringed edge of paper it crackled flashed named flamed and at last a thing of ashes was scattered on the floor mr grimm rose that Is all gentlemen lie he announced courteously you aro are free to go you your highness and miss thorne will accompany me he held open the door dook and there was almost a scramble to get out the prance and miss bliss thorne wai va until jhb he last and miss bliss thorne if you wll will give ps us a lift in your car mr grimm suggested it Is a now four minutes of of three the automobile came in answer to a signal and the three in silence entered it the car tr trembled and has just begun to move lelien when grimm remembered something and leaped out walt wait for mel me he called theres s aman a man locked in the con coal hint binl lie ho disappeared into the house beliso and miss bliss thorne with a rasp gasp ot of horror sank bank back in her seat scat with face like chalk the prince glanced uneasily at his watch then spoke curtly to the chauffeur run the car up tip out of danger therell be an explosion there in a moment they had gone perhaps a hundred feet when the building they had bad just left seemed to b be lifted bodily from the ground by a great spurt of flame which tore through its center then collapsed like a thing of cards the prince unmoved glanced around at miss bliss thorne she lay in a dead faint beside beeldt him go ahead ho he commanded baltimore 1 CHAPTER the personal equation mr campbell ceased talking g and the deep earnestness that had settled on his face passed leaving instead the blank inscrutable mask of ble ate nevo ne lenco behind which his clock like genius was habitually hidden the choleric blue eyes of the president of the united states shifted inquiringly to the thoughtful countenance of the secretary of state at hla his right thence along the table around which the official family was gathered it was a special meeting of tho the cabinet called at the suggestion of chief campbell and for more than an hour lie he had done the talking there had been no interruption so much he concluded at last if there is any point I 1 have not made clear mr air grimm Is here to explain it in person mr grimm rose at the mention of his name and stood with hla his hands clasped behind his back ills hla eyes met those of the chief executive listlessly we understand mr air grimm the president began and he paused for an instant to regard the tall clean cut young nan roan with a certain admiration we una tand that there do does not actually e ehlt alast t I 1 such a thing as a latin compact tho the english speaking peoples 1 on paper no was the reply you personally prevented the sign log ing of them the TO BE CONTINUED |