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Show 5m Secret? Kfetory f Today I r I BjjSTto make modern hls-1 hls-1 I mnM exits' iRUIu'rlng to 1 , chivalrous King of 3H - ' ' Eke I , e V' ' I mns-t M Europe in ?.,.. , . rt J ! ,'. , 1 r. "-' ' '1 ' b9 V.jp- :' i-..- 1 iv. 1 ' ', at him nut ' Ml Li-' )i r'' it", ' Gail ' " ' ' a my Tj- 10 r.ir-le r.ir-le J b .; 1 . sBu? him without a word." f jK In : m J I K I JW 1 : tr-fri I" ' nr.. I! n,. in ' ; ' ' Uml- " . ' ! M -; - '. iM nd. gMV. ' rivals. I I-, ,. 1 rent tactics. 1 ,inil jKj ''' 1 f I idal programme of the active anarchists I refused to ex?cuto this mandate, on the pica ih.it I had VOWOd to put to death u crowned head, and could not afford to 1 1 k my life In the pursuit of humbler prey. I may state lure that the elaborate machinery if secret meeting, oaths, ballots, bal-lots, and so on. has no t-xlstcnco exit ex-it pt In the Imagination of popular novelists Their fantastic descriptions .111 ..nl pri.M.ke a smile on the part of any one who has been hehlnd the scenes .f anarchism The anarchists ore a fluctuating com-I com-I munlty, here today and gone tomorrow, j .11110111; whom n few leading spirits who j have learned to know and trust each other oth-er by hcIuhI experience exert an Influence much like that exercised by the Fiont Bench over s Parliamentary party in Kngland, an Influence which VarlSS with their own concord and strength of character char-acter When these leaders And a man whom they see to be a suitable Instrument, they bring tlnir InfltieCOfJ to bear 0;. him to carry out whatever object they mr.y ,.L-r. upon. In some eased perhaps a pantomimic scene Is arranged, such as wit read Of In romances, to Impress a weak mind 1 can only say that 1 nover saw anything of the sort a well-known enarchlst, whoso name would be recognised Immedlatel) were 1 to mention It, took me aside one night, and suggested to me the removal of the Prince. I gdv the answer I have mcn-tloned, mcn-tloned, and the proposal was Instantly dropped. My refusal was followed, naturally enough, by an attempt oji my own life I'w.i d:is afteiwiiid the editor of un anarchist paper, who had taken rather a fancy to mo, camo round to my lodgings before duvhrcak and advised me to leave for America. He gave me no season for this advice, but he was very urgent with mi . and Insisted on writing me a letter .1 introduction to a man living In Jersey Ity I promised to consider the matter, and he bade me farewell. m leaving my Lodging an hour later to 1 look f.n job the customer pi. - ter.ee I discovered Immediately thai I was being followed. 1 need scarcely s;v that for me to baffle the clumsy espionage oj such blunderers would have been the 1 islest thing In the world. But 1 wished to see how far they would go. and 1 allowed al-lowed my tracker to follow mo all das At night I went down to the Thames Km-bankment. Km-bankment. I placed myself on the edge .t 1 ne river steps by Cleopatra's Needle, and waited. 1 i.m a good swimmer, and I did not think It likely that my enemy would use S weapon If he thought he could get r'.d ..f nie by the pimplfl method of pushing me Into the water. A pistol would be too d.u.K. rous for himself on account of the it port. 1 had seen that ho did not carry a stick. Ho wa-s probably armed with a knife, and he might try and glvo me a thrust with It as he pushed me over; but a K 1 if. -thrust In the back Is not a very serious thing to a man who has been in the habit of wearing a mall shirt for twenty years. I am ready 10 confess that my heart 1, ,i faster .is 1 heard the stealthy tread coming up behind me. To my surprise the wouUI-be assassin paused before he had got within striking distance, and shuffled with his feet on the flags. Puzxled by these tactics I glanced round and saw a young man, not more than twenty years of age, whose face was white, and who v.is trembling In every limb. At onco I grasped tin i-itu.il Ion The poor wretch's heart had failed him. and he was trying I, , ,.ut me mi m guard against himself. In order that he might have an excuse for not carrying out his task. 1 walked past l.llii wltbout a word, shook him off in the course of the next hour, end took the last train to Liverpool On my arrival In the States. 1 lost no time in seeking out the man to whom my editor filend had furnished me with an Introduction. To the Kuropean reader It II, ;, v I- worm while to explain that Jersey 1 it pra tlcallv Joins on to New York, so ti .at it is really a suburb of the American metropolis . . . 1 was received with open arms by this man an Italian named Ferrettl and 1 became a member of the most Influential Anarchist club. Among those I sometimes pi.. s , , domino, s w itli He 1 ' was a longhaired long-haired dreamer named Bresci. a visitor 1, , m I'at. rson All this time I i.ass.-d under the name of Lebrun. My American citizenship I carefully concealed. 1 soon .- ivs- tli 1 1 sonv one had Informed the American group of my being bound by oath to kill a crowned head On all hands 1 was treated with the deference due to a prospective martyr. It was not long h. Ioie F rrettl himself began to sound me as to my willingness to make Humbert of Italy my victim. I was careful not to discourage this sug-R, sug-R, ;.M, 1 h id I h. one made to mi In London. 1 listened to all Ferrettl had to sav with apparent asu'ilescence. "Humbert has placed himself at tho head of our enemies. " he urged. " This Venice conft rence Is a declaration of war. if v.. wish to maintain our moral ascend-encv ascend-encv we must strike a blow which will Intimidate other rulers from proceeding against us." Ab soon as I could get away I went Into V. w York and s- nt a i-.nl" telegram to my scretiry In Fails for him to decipher arid send on to the King of Italy. It was In these terms: "Anarchists In Jersey City, U B A . are looking for man to send against rou Have poris watched." Fnfortunate'ly the King paid no attention atten-tion to Ibis warning. He was a fatalist. It Seems. . , Ferrettl returned to the charge before long I k. pt him In play, neither consenting consent-ing nor refusing, my object being, or course, to retain his confidence. I did liot want another man to be despatched In-H..I.I In-H..I.I of no without mv knowledge It was not long before others beside F. rreiti h. g.,11 to try and lulhn in . me in the same direction. It Is difficult to trace the llrst birth of suspicion In the mind but a suspicion was born in mine that these uK-n had some motive which thev had not vet disclosed to mo for urging me t.. this- attempt. 1 tested them at la.st by making a coun-ter-prODOial. It was In the club, late one night, and then- v. . r.- present beside Ferrettl Fer-rettl another Italian who called himsrir 'The Bear." a bearded German named Peters and a Swiss watchmaker, who wu lame and used crutches Th.-se four se, J to have a common undcratanU- lc- Peters had been acting as spokesman, and slronglv denouncing the proceedings abandonment of the methods of civilisation civilisa-tion a curious complaint for an anarchist to make 1 - rn ttl applied the moral S nna't b. found to avenge tw." h,. .!.-. lared if Humbert is suffered to live, our principles are doomed." "1 am not sun- ..f that." I answered. iiumiH it is not a politician. He has been stirred up because, Luccneni kiiieu a woman, which, In my opinion, was an unwise un-wise a. tlon We ought to . h-.ose our vh -ton- more , fulh H l absurd to pl k off a man like Humbert, wnen there are bui h . netnles as and aiiv.- Mv remarks were received In om nous llUencC Th( Other four exchanged looks 01 disappointment. The Bear was the llrst to protest. "It H th. 1 arse of anarchism that ever one wants to have- his own opinion. It seems to ne- that when men like our-selves our-selves who have guided the movement i,.r years, are agreed on the right course . 1 o ilon. a new comrade ought to a . . pt our decision." I did not retort that the word anan his. it 11 meant anything, meant one who had I. is own ..pinion i' "used to be guided bv the agreement of others There Is nothing a 1 .n an. .. ms fo much as reason, rea-son, except ridicule. Instead, 1 affected to p.. suroiised , Do von nxan that you disapprove of the exeoutl f I demanded, naming nam-ing a man whose reputation f'-r cruelt and blgotrv was World wide "The removal of Humbert ought to come trt." was the answer "Do you say that deliberately? Have or'.-0,'."" oom,reae made np their minds, or is It merely your own opinion?" Tk"u WS Judgment of us four." said 1 no Bear "That ought to be enough." "r- willing to provide funds for an comrade who will undertake the mls-sion, mls-sion, added Peters. ,JBut ')'Jt f"' :1"' other mission, such as "?gm81 "" T ventured to object We have not said that. We are ready w eonsldor an application." JFM SS answer came from the lnme wr.tchmake,-. whn ha(i kl,p( h)fi 8 flxed On me with a closo scrutiny during the .W"1 iiN-r-atlon II was e-,1,1.,,1 that .If m'?n w,ls mor, eautlous than the other three, and that ho had begun to aWtrilSt me Perhaps he thought I was a boaster; perhaps his suspicions went oeeper. Well. I am not under anybody's or-eers. or-eers. I said, rising to mv feel Show me that I ..an serve the cause better by Humbert s removal th.inon on.- . n.-J and 1 will take the mission." The four i.-t me come away in silence I had now no doubt whate , r that tht 1-. was some very strong motive In the ha. k-ground k-ground behind all this tjk about the enlco conference, and s-,r; fresh win- to the thr.atrn.-d King "Arn-.can group absolutely determined on your ocath. and offering bribes.' This telegram was treated with the same indifference as its pradecea 01 Ferrettl was naturally more Inclined to trust me than were the others, thanks to my lmdon friend's recommendation I was. therefore, not surprised to receive a :il frOpl him the next da v. an. I to nd I hat ho w as at last going to show bis hand. "It Is righl. Is It not." he began, "that yr.u arc prepared to undertake tho removal re-moval of one of our enemies, provided you are satisfied that you are doing good to the cause?" "That Is all I ask." I responded; "Humbert "Hum-bert or another, what does It matter to me'v' "Vou don't consider that tho fact that Humbert has taken a leading part against us marks him out for destruction "No, I don't; I don't believe he Is any Worse than the others. ' 'Very well admitting that, for the rake of argument. If I were to prove to VOU that Humberts death would benefit the cause specially In other wavs. what would yon say'" "If I believed that, I should most hkeiv cci.sent " "Good: That Is what I expected Now yOU understand that what I am g.lm; tO tell you must be In the very greatest confidence." con-fidence." I nodded. "The removal of Humbert will put funds nt our disposal for other work ' At last I was on the trail. Carefully concealing my excitement under an appearance ap-pearance of natural curiosity, I Inquired; "How Is that, comrade0" "You must not ask too much I have only got authority to tell you that It Is so A sum of money will be ours a - BOOH a Humbert Is dead." "And you will not tell me how or why?" F-rrettl hesitated. "It has been promised us guaranteed us. In fact by one who has reasons of his own for wanting to see Humbert out of tho way " "I don't like the sound of that.' I objected. ob-jected. "It sounds ils though we were being hired ils private assassins." Perrettl's face fell. "I am afraid I cannot tell you anything more without consulting others." he said slowly. "I will swear to you. If you like, that It Is not a case of private r v.-nge The person behind us has public reasons for his conduct, though they arc not the same as oure." This Statement threw me Into a brown studv What public reasons could any one posslblv have for the removal of the King f Italy? The Qarlbaldlans? No, they wero not assassins besides, they 'would not have come to America to gel 1 suitable Instrument. There were plenty nearer at hand. "Listen to mo," I said at length h. n I took a vow to rid the world of a crowned head at the risk of my own life. I did not undertake to become a blind tool In tho hands of any one else. I owe no obedience to you or our comrades. I sav what I said last nlght-convlnce me that I ought to kill Humbert, and 1 will Put It Is no good If you can't trUSl mi Why should I trust you with my life, when 'vou won't truM nu- with oiir reasons rea-sons for wanting this King out of tho Ferrettl was stagger.-. 1 "I will tell the others what you say. he declared. "For my part, I think your demand Is reasonable." Ho left me. but did not como back. Days passed, and no further overture was mado to me. On the contrary, the lame Swiss began to talk t m about .the other victims 1 had pointed out. and to encourage mo to fix on one of them. ' I was able to guess what had happened. The four were looking for a nmn docile tool. . , , . 1 sent off a third wire: "I haVS lost touch with the C0I1 pll ' From this moment I no longer answer for yoUV life " u This warning was not even shown to tho doomed Kins I n.,vv adopted a com se whnli 1 had nut off as long as proslble. on account of he risk involved i s- crotly engagi .1 s second lodging at a distance when-...Uld when-...Uld dl-gulse mvs.lf as I ,ea-.il and begin to shadow th.- anarchist l.aders II was a dangerous game to plas . b.--cause such men were SCCUStomed to And themselves ihe subject of pollcs uryell- an.- and would i.robably h. ni.lck to j ' anything of the sort M onto Shan success lay In thj fafct hat l airc.lv possessed so much knowledge of heir inov. rn. ids a m ... -I the M-k of watching 1 hem a comparatlvslj . is) n bad com- to the conclusion thai UW r...,l head of the group was the ,-, lp.,1. .1 Swiss This man k-pt a small simp Hde'nv tor r- pairs In lh heart of the Italian Quarter. I made up as a orsl m eoum for my Imperfections of accent, ac-cent, and bung about th. n.-lghboi d, brSret'tl' Peters and The Bear were fr -ou- nl visitors and Hv- -lu.pl. ton nrescl called onos or twice, but for , saw nothing that I C BS upon M having A suspicious look 1 run m-e, m-e, all however, that the lamo watchmaker watch-maker had always been missing from tin-C tin-C herlngs at the Club Oil Saturday nfihts and 1 looked forward to making Sffil : discovery w he. the end of the w. , k ,Ywag not dU appointed, though 1 had to wait o long that 1 almost gave up hope .Tust as the dock struck in, a tall, swarthy tlgure brushed right by me and slipped int.. the little shop The moment after, the lame man came out Into the street, and began putting up the shutters. It was necessary to act promptly. 1 stepped up to the Swiss and whispered my asgtuned nam" In his ear- "Lebrun' You!" he ejaculated In aston- lehment. ' I thought you wero one of the police. ' "It Is the other way about " 1 answered. answer-ed. "Tho polio- have been after me. that Is why 1 have had to disguise mysell. But let us come Inside, I want to talk to you " As I expected, ho tried to prevent me going In "No. not there. 1 have someone on business." "Business of the cause?" I demanded "Yes no, private business "I will wait In the shop till he Is gone." I returned, and pushed my way through tho door, the cripple following. The tall, dark figure started tn Its feet in evident alarm as wo entered. 1 saw a brown band glide toward thf bosom, an action which told me that I wns not dmiing with a European In ths dim light of the little shop I could not flx the stranger's nationality more precisely. Ho did not Seem to be nn Arab he was above the grade of a negro If I had nisi him In Algiers I should have Ballet) him a Sudani--.' h convenient t.irn for the unknown un-known rases of Africa The situation was a complicated one. The watch-maker. It was evident, did not more than half believe my account of myself; 1 COUld not tell that the stranger reall) had anv connection with the ms-terv ms-terv I w ant.-. I to unravel; and he must have been utterly confounded by my Intrusion. In-trusion. "Is our friend one nt us? Doe he know anything about the business vou put before me the other day?' 1 asked of the Swiss In Italian. Before the Swiss could do more than gle no- a warning gesture, the unknown had addressed him In the sort of Italian which forms the common speech of seamen sea-men In tho Levant "Is this the man you thought you could persuade to undertake tho work"" The watch-maker was fairly cornered. "Go Inside and I will speak to vou," he said to the swarthy outlonder; then he added, speaking In rpilck French to me "I must have some explanation with you hef..r I trust you again." "That will not do for me," T returned, sticking to my Italian and trying to render ren-der it Intelligible to the unknown. "You have asked me to do a dangerous work on behalf of the cause; very well. 1 am ready to do It. but first I Insist on knowing know-ing who li going tO provide tho sinews of war. That Is fair. It teems to me." This time the stranger's tone became peremptory. "Why do you not wish to speak to this man?" he asked The shopkeeper scowled at both of us by turns. "Because l don't know that ho Is tight." he muttered. ' How do I know that you are right "," I retorted 'it appears you are going to havo a big price for this business, and L - . " 'I nm not under anybody's or ders,' I said, rising to my feet " you want me to shut my eyes and not osk what becomes of tho money." The Swiss wrung his hands In despair I believe that ho was quits honest, and that he wsh. I f..r the mon.-y In order to spread his atrocious principles; while his distrust of mo was only too well-founded 1 addressed myself boldly to tho unknown. un-known. "I am your man. I believe Tell mo who ...ii an, and why you want this Job carried car-ried out. and I will undertake It. As for tho money, you may hand that over to my comrade here, as long as 1 know how-much how-much It 1st" This last offer turned the balance. Tho Swiss himself proposed that we should come Into the back shop and talk things over In confidence. When WS wero all threo seated together. to-gether. It was the watch-maker who gave me tho long-sought explanation In a few words "This man Is an Abyssinian. He has come here on behalf of the Rmpemr Menellk." "Mcnellk'" I exclaimed In astonishment astonish-ment "What has he got to d . with us?" "Nothing directly; but If jrOU havo read the papers ..ii must know that Humhoit was the moving spirit In the Abyssinian war. He made peace after Adowa. under pressure from the Crown Prince, who told him the dynasty was In danger. But Menellk believes that the King is se.-reily preparing for B fresh attack He Is In league with the British, who are advancing advanc-ing from the Sudan. The AbySSlnlanB want to clear the Italians out ol their country altogether, and thev can nev.-r do that while Humbert Is alive That Is how It stands, isn't It?" This last Question was addressed to Bdenellk'S agent. The Abyssinian answered an-swered b) a smile that showed his for-ml.! for-ml.! tble hit" teeth. The King ,.f Italv Is the enemv - f Abvsslnla. The King of Italy must dlt ir un Abyssinian tries to kin him. he will ho Sllsp.-Ct.il .Old slopped llierefoie ll' I must be killed by a Kuropean The Negus has sent nie to find a Kuropean who will do this for money. I have been In Italy and PranCO, and there they tOld nie thai It was best for mo to apply to tho followers fol-lowers of your religion, which teaches that all kings r. tight to be killed Is it not so'.' Therefore I como here, to the headquarters of your boci if one 01 will accept the task, on lhat day I will , pas him In the money of this country .me thousand dollars. On th.. day i hear that King Humbert Is dead I nay you tour thousand dollars Divide It b,.w you like; that la nothing to mo." Improbable as a fairy tale thout(h ..II thlH HOUIlded I COUld nOt ffiSlSt the evidence evi-dence of mj own s, ii-, -s which show.. I ms the Abyssinian envO) there In lb- flesh- i ItrtsWi of .ours.-, that assgslnsv Uon has always been one of the recognized recog-nized political methods of Asiatic and African States, but this alliance between a half-ci lllzed despot and the extreme revolutionaries of Europe struck me .,-altogether .,-altogether without precedent In the his- I tory of tho world Certainly my own experience, fertile as it naturally had been in surprising incidents, had novoi brought to light a more singular Intrigue than this. M- position now become an extremely difficult one. 1 had practically agreed te accept tho commission tO assassinate I ho , King o Italy; but It was not that which 1 troubled me. I foresaw that as soon eg I Menelik's agent realized that lv had been played v 1 1 1 1 bj me In would enJsavoi to find some other and more trustworthy tool. To denounce him to the police of N.-w York would havo been perfectlj Idle; In the first place he could buy the polios, and In the second place n American Amer-ican court would punish a "political" con.-plraov. unless nd . d. It were against the Cultcd States i I contented myself for the moment with formally undertaking the required murder mur-der The linslnlan nrr-inged to bring the first Instalment of the blood money to .the watch-maker's house on the following fol-lowing Saturday night and we all threo parted apparently on the iest of terms. Th.- n.-xt day " I sent off a long telegraphic tele-graphic dispatch summarizing the whole situation. The proposal 1 made was that the Italian Government should cable me authority and funds to enable me to have ths Abyssinian envoy privately kidnaped, and returned tO his own country, via Maasowsh. They had the incredible folly to wire Instead to their Minister In Washington. Instructing him to demand tho arrtft and expulsion of Menelik's agent The net result of this Ill-considered ac- tlon was to flood the Italian quarter of Jersey itv for several dns with sham dete, lives, to cause a thousand or two dollars to pass Into Ihe pockets of the local Tammany and to compel me to hasten nr. departure for Burdj n my supposed mission, In order to rebut the suspicions of ths anarchists and. In fact, to escape their vengeance Tin- night before my departure there was a little supper at tin- club, at which the four were present- No open reference refer-ence was made to the object of m Journey. Jour-ney. But after supper tho half-witted Bresci. who had been one of tho party, asked leave to walk home with me. i wish I were going with you." he said suddenly. "I wish I could put vou In an asylum, wb.-re vim would be tak.-n care of," was mv thought In answer. I said aloud that I had reasons for going alone. "I know those reasons," tho enthusiast declared. "Let me come with you I am not afraid." For a moment I hesitated. A Kings life was In the balunre, though I did not know It. I made the clever man's common mis-takel mis-takel underrated the strength of the fool "Take my advice." I snld to Bresci, "leave this work to men like me. You ar.. not suited for It; you would betray yourself directly." His face became overcast, and be r -lapsed Into a sullen silence which lasted till I parted from him at my own door. An hour before stepping on board the Steamer that was to convey me to Havre I -nt off a final wire: Am leaving today to-day for Kurope, pledged to kill King Humbert." This bitter shaft of contempt roused even the Italian police Into activity. On landing at tho French port I was met by a detective sent from Rome. I took him with me to a hotel, where we discussed the situation In a private room. "It seems to me that we are all right for the present," he urged. "As long as they think you are going to carry OJt tho work they are not likely to send any ono else." "Do not bo too sure." I answered. "Tlo re Is a lame watch-makr over there who does not rjulte trust me " "What do you propose to do?" asked the detective "To shoot King Humbert." I replied. The nmn gasped at me In sheer amazement. amaze-ment. "I am going to put ynu to a practical test." I explained "I am going to try and discharge a blank cartridge at the' K Iiilt If you can prevent mv doing so. I shall hope that his life Is safe ' "But what do you expect us to do? W-cannot W-cannot arrest you." "No; that Is my point You know that I am going to kill your King, and vet the law does not permit you to Interfere till you s' ,. nv put my finger to tho trigger trig-ger of my revolver." "We can stop you at the frontier." "Try." I said dryly He tried. A WSSK. later I was In Home. In reality I did not Intend to go uulte SO far as I had threatened. To do so wool.) have been offensive to his Majesty. What 1 deslrod was to put tho police thoroughly on the alert. I hoped to stimulate stim-ulate them Into taking precautions which would be effective against u real as- F H -sill For I knew better than to think that Menelik's envoy would go away satisfied with having dispatched me on the errand of death I did not believe the swarthy figure with the formidable white t-.tu would leave New York till ho had received re-ceived some certain assurance of the success suc-cess of his murderous plans. Before leaving the United States I had arranged with my old employers Pinker-tons, to have a watch kept on all outward-bound vessels, so that 1 might receive re-ceive the earliest Information Of any move on the part of the Abyssinian. I had supplied them with a full description of tho man. Meanwhile the Italian police did their best, hampered as they wero by tho King's chivalrous disregard of danger, and his dislike of surveillance It Is not an easy thing to guard a monarch against his will As soon as I hnd satisfied myself that my disguise ns an Italian workman was Impenetrable. I writ northward after tho doomed Kltig As my troln rolled Into the station at Turin. 1 caught a glimpse on tho platform Of a whit- face with long draggled hair and a haunted expression In the . ves- a face that 1 had Inst seen in a Jersey City slum at midnight, more than a month a;;o. I.ong before the train stopped I had leaped out of my compartment In hot pursuit; but Prescl hail disappeared. I went Instantly to the chief police of- "eaasaissMBessawssiaBBawjaaBBSSEMEJSBa ficer In Turin and gave Information. Detectives De-tectives were dispatched in an directions to search the city; but it was too Into The following morning a telegram was put Into my bands be tore I got mil of bed. it was from Plnkerton's, and contained con-tained these word.- .Man answering . -scrlptlon has Just hook.-d pa y-a ye to 1 v-"i v-"i pool." This dispatch convinced me that tho situation sit-uation vvn ibsperate. Coupling the news with the sight of the evening before I could not doubt that the Abvsslnlan agent expected to hear within the n ,t few hours that his dreadful end was a. hlev.-.l I drePSed In feverish hasto and rushed around to the police office, only to learn that no arrest had been made, end Bread was Ptll! at Inrge. "Unless Unit man Is apprehended within with-in the next twenty-four hours. King Humbert will have ceased to live," I told the astonished chief of police. In thin extrr mlty I decided tn proceed to Monza. eeo tho King myself, and Im- lsjsMSliejsa j ' 'You are free,' he said briefly. 'The right man hns been arrested, too late.' " plore him not to ptlr abroad until Brescl's capture was notified. That afternoon, as I entered the small town of Monza, I was arrested on suspicion! It was In vain that I protested, warned and threatened. My demand to ho carried before King Humbert was regarded as proof of guilt My disclosure of my Identity Iden-tity wis suspected as a ruse. I wis confined con-fined In a .-ell while teleprams were being be-ing exchanged with my friend, the Italian detective, and with my secretary In Paris. Suddenly, ns I tramped Impatiently up and down within my narrow bounds, I was aware of a terrible commotion outside. out-side. Men ran past the door of my prison, curses and orbs were hoard, and there was a sound of bayonets being fixed. Maddened by the nervous tension. I battered bat-tered with my manacled hands against tho coll door. It mu flung -.pen from without, and an armed warder faced me. "YOU are free." he said briefly "Tho right man has been arrested too late " I sank down on the plank seat and burst Into tears. (Copyright, 1303. by the Pearson Publishing Pub-lishing Co ) |