Show I Fr I I PIS e a s sa 2 ILL ILL Noi OT- OT S i. i 1 0 A. A t 1 f IP S h 1 i 11 1 II J m i. i fi ff r T r r y v t f E l ii r i I 4 i S Wi W- W r rIKE A. A i 1 sf f f 1 1 ie WHAT THE THE- CZARS CZAR'S r. r i SECRET SERVICE DID 1 TO TORTOLA VALENCIA I Prettiest P re tt r res' res t p Pearl ear 1 Mother M 0 th er Her er French Frenc chef kidnapped and in Paris Hired Nurse Nurs shipped to Paris Pans to o Her French maid lured away by a the h S. S Sick k P Pearls 1 of f W. W k j bogus telegram G t. t e e. e lC ear cans SO o lC ce e- e Her little French bulldogs buried and replaced by two Russian wolf hounds Old I Empress Catherine Catherina a Her French beauty doctor called by a larger gala salary rY away Her e eness French such laundress set u up t in business busi busi- t a JY C Caged a g e d Tormented T ormen t e d 4 I Iness elsewhere aHer a ness Her twenty trunks thoroughly a. a rye B Beset By B the h e C. C Czars Czar zar S searched S. S es S St t Paris Pari March 16 16 I HE HF exquisitely lovely little Spanish actress ac air BT i. i cc Tort Tortola la Valencia has tress sent a af f pitiful cry from St S1 Petersburg to her young sovereign n King Alfonso f for help a against the prying minions of the cm 4 Char J Senorita Tortola went to St St. Petersburg to tor r other a historical but decayed pearl r ie klace belonging to the Czar Pearls Pearle have strange habit of taking up the ill Ill health health d I evil qualities of those who wear them d as as this ono one has been worn by the Emus Em Em- n eia us Catherine and by many of oi the Czars Czar's it had tall fallen en Into tty tiT bad condition Pearls decay and die too oo J. J O if they are arc not worn at ell aIt i needed a young soft warm arm healthy beauty like Senorita Tortola alencia to save cave the Czars Czar's necklace from tb tb and bring It back to beautiful life Ufe ta Tortola had established a i in Paris as a successful 1 doctor or pearl mother kere ere re Is la a famous necklace in the Louvre to o it by Mme widow of the f French eta statesman It was dying dm m mck jick ck ot of human buman co contact tact The authorities re the propriety of entrusting it to tome tome nine me fair pearl doctor Tortola Valencia's name was most favor favor- bIt mentioned The Ic d that the necklace n could not legally k o out t of the museum and if en en- Striated fruited tr ted to anybody it must be hung upon of le-of e of f the reformed or crippled ex policemen ex-policemen Who bo act ct as guardians of the Louvre f t The peculiar and well advertised virtue T. T ef Tortola's skin skia h however wever attracted the at- at j of many great ladies ladlee of Parisian society Society tO ty whose pearl necklaces were fading V like Uke themselves They engaged her as pearl mother leather with delightful results r i Th the Czar or his court officials came cameto to bear of her His IUs necklace consisted of a string of bt f. f one hundred and sixty pearls per per- matched and graduated and ranging to rup LjJ lip in enormous size In the largest sped sped- vent In fact It was without a peer among pe pearl rl necklaces n and when In perfect condi condi- was eras practically priceless It had been the favorite ornament of the Empress Catherine Cath Cath- trine erine the he most disreputable old person who efer er eat sat upon a European throne which Is tying a good rood deal What shames and abd crimes had this necklace witnessed For years It ti had b teen en growing dull and tarnished from neglect J Land and uncongenial and un unwholesome wholesome wearers Murder and evil passions had blasted and J cO corroded ded the so souls ls of the thc pearls So 80 an as appeal was sent to Senorita Tortola Vl Valencia formerly of Madrid then In Paris to tone l the e Czars Czar's haunted historic heirloom She Shew w was told practically to name her own terms Il 11 the servants and baggage she needed a an na d that she and her belongings would be sumptuously lodged in one of the penal Denial palaces t Senorita Tortola accepted the Invitation th the trustfulness natural to her youth j and and d sex I H Having obtained a large larse part of ofer her er pay In advance and put It In the bank be h e started ed for St at Petersburg with her French ench mild maid her French chef her French J. J laundress her two French bulldogs and her her- w three nty-three large trunks And oh ob yes she ine forget to bring her French beauty oc actor or for when a lady lives lI by her hel beauty age he has haa to keep It very perfect it When Tortola arrived at St St. Pet Petersburg r fulfilled her rosiest expectations ink army armr of uniformed officials and plaIn men with black whiskers and ulOUIS servants without whiskers received h her r. r She was lodged In a magnificent suite Bulte frooms froome In the tho Imperial Palace of Czars o Belo lelo lo where here there was room for tor fancy beauty doctoring fine cooking and andU U 11 the relaxations that might lighten the ther bore bons r of ot pearl mothering iThe The marshal of the court Count KInsky the precious pearls to her with 1 politeness Als HIs r Majesty entrusts to your tender care Madame ladame one of the most heirlooms of oC the imperial house he d. d be eyes black eyes wandered up andall and wn n all aU over til the tho actress's fair form They out every feature of her apartment ey scrutinized every detail of oC her belonge belong belong- gl She e took thIs bi as a natural tribute to r v beauty After almost lm endless questionings and andreon- andreon con bt v n the tho marshal softly Inquired at at at hour the actress retired d. J Oh un- un about v 10 o'clock Od f night to-night as I am ed o. o she said When t then the had g gone one Tortola peeped n the e cord corridor der of tho the palace and found at it i thoroughly patrolled by servants S 5 nten D. D In to plain plan clothes She trio tried d to e ex ex- x eying rl d was ws s stopped topped by a man who pre pre- r f o e k kt kr f f t r d rr ii a Ay l 4 F. F 4 x rJ i hC i 9 yh f y r Y jl r 7 r S r. r f S A Ae X e Y X b rh w f. f F jc r f R S 55 Y r J. J E 7 n r I I 1 I This is is the Beautiful Spy Persecuted Spanish s Actress T To Tortola ortola Valencia Wearing the r sr x 1 Sick Pearls of the Em Empress Catherine 3 0 of Russia W i There t cite re re spies spiel eve everywhere here about me met All 0 my y servants have been replaced by them x- x They y a spy pY o Mon on me ever every Y hour hout of t the h e day ay Even the dogs the ca cats cos J the birds bird see seen t to a spy on OD J Jr me met I i i. i J it x K I tended not to understand her language She called a higher official who said ho he would be so delighted to escort her wherever sh wished to go Her retiring hour came When it did the marshal came too Oh he merely wished most discreetly to know if the Senorita would retire with the pearls as ho he understood understood under under- stood that It was during the night they would draw tho the most precious warmth and sustenance The Count seemed finally satisfied that tha they would be he worn continuously and with with- drew After Atter ho wont went SenorIta Tortola declares that she felt sure an eye oe was watching her through the keyhole She even thought th that t there thero was a pair at the window She fell tell Into uto fitful sleep and dreamt all night that eyes and black whiskers without any other features features features feat feat- ures were all aU around her In the morning she took her customary beauty breakfast of or hot milk fruit and crackers and performed the long mysteries of caring for her nor beauty and putting on he her dainty raiment Then she went forth with the intention of seeing St St. Petersburg anI and taking the air The Tho marshal met her and gracefully placed one of the Imperial carriages at her disposal He also assigned two mature maturo officials with whiskers to escort her and show her the sights Rights of St S1 Petersburg Evidently they thoy were going to take no chances with the precious precious pre pre- precious cious necklace Invigorated by b- the tho sharp Winter air and almost forgetting her annoyances Senorita Tortola returned to the palace to enjoy the dainty French lunch she had bad previously ordered her ner chef to prepare pre are Oh Oh horror the most perfect and faithful ot or French cooks had vanished She rushed out to demand an explanation The unctuous marshal was called In once more He explained Your cook he regretted to say became most violently Intoxicated during your ab ab- ab- ab sence Ho even threatened to kill one of the palace guards We feared that he ho might wight disturb or oven even attack His Majesty We 9 felt Madame that it was most im irn imperative v that la ia view of oC your situation you should be saved from tho the annoyance of or dealIng dealing dealing deal deal- ing with this Intoxicated and Infuriated man The health of the pearls you have hato told us us depends on your keeping in perfect health and equanimity We Ve therefore sent the man home borne at His Majesty's expense without worrying you ou with the details oh we have provided you with a a- most excellent Russian cook Ho He will serve you with everything you desire The hour being late and hunger pressing sho she had bad to sit down to the repast of the tho Russian Russian Rus Rus- sian chef He had prepared a hearty meal of caviar salt berrin herrings s. s pickled beef and aud other thirst thirst provoking provoking food not usually prescribed prescribed pre pre- scribed for tor beauty During Durin tho the afternoon she abe discussed the situation with her favorite confidante her French maid who expressed herself with the vivacity of her race and sex sex Ab Ah Madame she cried at the top of her voice lea les les lea sont The spies the spies they are ure everywhere Les fusses VOU save t des dea They are capable de tout tour They torture people to death they blow them to pieces with bombs bomb they send them to the diamond mines But to deprive a alad alady alady lad lady of her cook coole dune dunc I That was au an Incredible barbarity SI Sl lo Von em If one cue escaped Mistress and maid confabulated They wondered whether the Russians feared that Tortola and her cook might conspire together to get away with the necklace or whether they might have designs against the tho Czar Or were the spying and meddling because that W was S their nature and what they were paid for For the present thought Tortola she would not try to escape for Cor the pay nay iou handsome If It the Russian cooks cook's r food oll disagreed disagreed dis dis- dis agreed with her It would take her longer to to 0 curb curo cure tho the pearls and she ahe would mako make more money w r Y V Soon after dinner two P palace ace guards came she was and told tho the French maid tha t the marshal of the ue wanted at the office otrice of court She never came back marshal Tortola Inquired once more The implored her to be calm He lIe almost wept as 19 The Incident ho he described a most unhappy poor maid he said had bad received a telegram her ber sweetheart TV was as from Paris saying that ill m. Once more ho he had bad saved savell the senorita from fron harmful worry by sending the mall maid home atthe atthe at atthe the Czars Czar's expense Oh the poor maid was should ha have va a afine afine most grateful The senorita fine Russian maid in her place This time the senorita could not conceal her emotions for she thought of what tho poor maid had said paid about the Russians Evidently Evidently Evi Evi- Evi dently some soine one ore was at the keyhole The senorita had a fit of ot hysterics The marshal seriously alarmed assured her that she sho should have havo two fine Russian maids maids' She cried herself to sleep After rising In inthe the morning she turned for consolation to her twenty three trunks She Sho found undeniable evidence that her here twenty-three twenty trunks had bad been thoroughly 1 searched Yes there were rude finger marts marks where they should not have been Outraged once more In her most tender l susceptibilities she thought of or her two dour dear little French bulldogs It had been the tho chief duty of the French maid to look after them At least they would remain to console her She went to the maids maid's room But the thedo do dogs s had bad gone gone Were Vera tho the Russians RussIan afraid that they conspire against the Czar No o. o More probably they feared that she would feed the tho pearls to them and thus try to get them thorn out of oC Russia She protested to the court marshal again This time he feared ea ed that the little dogs had had escaped Evidently the senorita was very fond 0 of dogs So was he It If she would step Into the palace grounds ho he would show shown her hersome hersome hersome some beautiful dogs Perhaps her little dogs R q 1 J l Spies Sends a Cry For r Help to o Her f King Alfonso might bo be there She followed him to the tha grounds grounds but f und no trace or of her dogs Here mad madame II e. e said the marshal ten tenderly deny derly are re two beautiful dogs which His Majesty presents to you to take e the place of those you ou have lost He pointed to two superb Russian wolfhounds wolf hounds bounds who stood about bout as high as b her herh r h shoulder houlder Sh She tried to step out of the palace grounds ground but the dogs prevented her Evidently these heBe pets had been trained not to let her get away They were were canine spies When she returned to to her a apartments a anew anew new her ber Her beauty doctor had gone but this time there was no occasion I Ito to suspect t that he be had been kidnapped He Ho bad had left lefta leUa a note In his own handwriting saying that he had been offered a splendid opportunity city to make money In St St. Petersburg and begged her to excuse excuse his hurried departure In tn his place she found a a whiskered Russian who had bad seen service as a. a police pollee surgeon Then her laundress was lured away by bythe bythe bythe the offer of or a fine position miles further ur erSo er So Tortola Z Valencia was entirely entirety surrounded surrounded sur rounded by Russians This This' time she fell feU Into long and serious hysterics The Russians were were alarmed alarmed on on ac account of the pearls and pearls and sought t to console her Your Tour spies persecute me she cried t I 1 will no mother the Cz Czars Czar's r pearls any more I will wUI go away now now now-at at once once from from your horrid country country from from yo your your- r. r sale RaZe gays faya Hayes Have my trunks prepared at once B But t. t madame E said ld the mar marshal hal pray do not go at once Remember that His MaJesty Majest Ma- Ma jest Jesty has trusted you that you have taken His Majesty's money Then it will be very difficult for you to leave until the necessary formalities have been accomplished The dancer quickly realized that she Rhe was wasa a prIs prisoner ner more more- carefully ar fullY secluded seclude from the tho outside world orld than she sho would have been In any civilized jail She suppressed her hy hy tendencies and began to to use se her hEIr womans woman's wit to save herself from a situation that really frightened her Her maternal solicitude for the dingy pearls peal of or malodorous mem memory ry th that t. t encircled her hel bosom became exquisitely tend tender r. r Even Count KInsky seemed touched Gayety congenial social Intercourse sh she explained were re very good for the tho pearls Count KInsky came to se see her very much but even that was not enough To satisfy her herthe the marshal permitted her to receive the visits of a dashing young member of f the tho Russian nobility of unquestionable loyalty whose acq acquaintance she had already made In is Paris parts Their drives their little suppers wore were attended attended at st tended by liy two or more discreet members of ot the secret service doubtless with concealed assistants In the background Unique situations situa tione arose The |