Show THE MISCHIEF MAKER f r y By E. E Phillips Op Copyright 1912 by Litle Little Brown Brow d Co SYNOPSIS OF PRECEDING CHAPTERS The stor story oen opens l In a hospital on the outskirts of at I Paris aris where a girl LUcie Lucle Renault Is ie dying from tuberculosis A friend M Madame dama Christopher a beautiful woman is It talking with wih her about abut Eugene T a a. sweetheart of at Lucle's Lucle who has he deserted her herS Madame in In spite of Lucle's LucIes protests that that she would rather rather die there unloved e than Eugene come to her unwillingly leaves the hospital determined to find Eugene Madame Christopher goes t to his apartments apart ments ment ment In n Paris Paria Pars and finds him there J He admits that the girl Ctrl was his little friend and that she became Ill 1 a I a Q result result of ft leaving her simple life for tor him The man refuses to have anything todo to todo todo do with the dying reuses Lucie Lucle Luce He doesn't doesn't like to be bothered about such uch things he say f and attempts to flirt with Madame Chi Chris Cinie is- is Wih with an a expression of ot great contempt con con- on- on tempt Madame Christopher leaves him Chr and directs her chauffeur to drive her herback herback back to tho the hospital The Tho second chapter Introduces Algernon n H. H M. M P P. and his wt wife In their y Carral-y l Is home In Grosvenor square square- square ambitious to to become a cabinet minister and the only onty man who stands between sn n nhim him hirn and Id success Is Jullen Julen Portel who as asun un undersecretary tary of oC stale state for tor foreign af affaIr affairs af- af fairs faIr holds the place in the cabinet that Carraby covets Mabel Mobel Carraby Is ambitious am am- m- m or of Caby a minister too to coves and Id would like to be the wife At her husbands husband's suggestion she flirts Cds with wIh Portel and when the chapter chapLer opens sh she hf has Just JUAt received a most compromising compromising compro compro- letter containing a a secret and expressions of ot love from Crom him Shu Sho elves it to her husband who 1 ii li de de- de lighted The publication of or that letter leter S Carraby will 1 force Portals Portal's re resignation i knows knoVs A As Al her husband g sen's sens s out ex exulting EX- EX ex- ex Mrs Carraby eels feels a pang of roST ro- ro ST gret t for her trick Sir Jullen Julien Portel disgraced and forced d to Si resign Julen because of or the publication of oC the letter latter Is in hi his bachelor apartments gettIng teter ready to lice flee to Paris when h ho hoIs hois nay Is vl lt d b by David lavid Davi a a Journalist Journal I 1st friend Sir Jullen Julen admits amit he wrote rote i th the letter which ruined his career carer and has hUe leter of or course r resulted in the brA breaking of hIs eng engagement Kement to wed a society girl Sir Jullen becomes enraged as 83 a he th thinks of ot the Julen Injustice of it all for all tor al-tor for h ha he has detected de de- de- de tf d the trick played b by the And and declares with lh a curse cure that he ho I Ion is 15 done on with all aU women Just lh then n there is a. a a knock on the door Jus Sir op ns the door and Mrs ra Carraby Car Car- raby rby 1 leaves hurried hurriedly d- d ly ty and Sir ir JuU Jullen Julien n warns arn her hEr that that she hc 1 is visit him in his hie r risking king a a. a great iut deal del to nt apartments She couldn't I let t him co go without without speaking speak speak- ing lr to him she h sass f he him sho doesn't know what sh she want wanted d to ta say or o th why she cam un cams He treats her Mrs lf Je Carraby tt tells him that tat her hUsband husband husband hus hUs- band wanted want h her to entrap Sir Jut Jullen n. n f 1 and th that t sh she 1 M li sorry forry She wants to lead leada a R different life Ute she t says H He her hints hint and tells teUs her to stY stay In the life Ufe Ih knows knOWL H U Ie s turns to answer tho the telephone telephone tele tete- phone and nd hen whan h n ho he looks up she he h Is gone He picks pick up a a bunch of vlot violets ts that ahn dropped smells them and tosses them lightly Into the hearth l He Ie tells his servant he will wil leave CharIng Chart Char- Char t Ing Cross Crop at at 30 and ad Ind goes ot out J Sir Jullen Julien and ride to the home of or Julen the duke of or where he heAk Ak asks ask to t see fee ee Lady Anne to whom ho was as engaged ed Sh She seems to be ha not At It all al dl disturbed b by the situation says Fays she has haf run really been quite fond of ot him and ld wl wishes h s him luck She S says 6 sh h she already aIre al already al- al re ready has hoe taken Int Interest rEst In a man who vho ho has hat an income of Qt a I hundred thou thousand and a B Ar ye-ar al and parts part from him without showing show show- t ing the slightest t sorrow arrow K Hendricks and Sir Jullen Julen drive to a cafe afe where herc herc they have ha a drink There Sir Jullen notices a young oung sandy landy haired man whose hoe face nee seems familiar The Tte oung ong man ml Is 11 with a pretty girl and unE to bp be bf watching Sir Jul Jullen n. n From there Sir and l drive to a ch cheap lp cac cafe ca where 1 promises to how show him man many Interesting people At t th the Cafe Cart tIm the two are arc sitting sit sit- l ting tg n at t their table when the sand sandy haired and inan-and Iran and ft hi his hil girl Irl friend enter and take a at t table bt Sir Sit Jullen Julien remembers hat that he has lias lU f 5 seen enn n the man In the Intelligence office the British h governments government's Jo secret service The girl Irl Kf says nays is a manicurist at t the lie Mian Milan Nilan The sandy haired hatred man mane seems e to be le talking to her about Sir Jullen She to watch him Interestedly Inter Inter- and when the sandy hatred haired man leaves tn the room rom sends a n note to Sir Jullen Julien Julen by a waiter walter Sir Jullen lulien reads Can Call at No o. o IT 17 Ii Avenue Ave nue lije de St. St Paul and ask Ik for Madame ladame Christopher He Ta Is is mystified suggests tb that t perhaps some ono one wants to buy se sec secrets Se- Se c crets etl that Sir Jullen JUlen knows known through haIn having hay hav ha big ing In held a Sir JUI Jullen I of cours cour's curt would not betray any 9 secrets but for the sake Me o of ot an adventure Is 18 persuaded h by J to promise to cal call on al Madam Madam Madame Mad Mad- am ame Christopher and he nods his decision dec dec- deci deci- sion slon to the girl who sent the note The Randy aandy and haired young man returns return and ad apparently tells lets the girl that that he hem m must mist l go So They seem to quarrel tt rel and h he hp leaves leave her alon alone goes over overS and 81 sits Bits at her table She Introduces S herself as a Mile Senn and accepts an in invitation in- in i- i to drink her coffee with Kendricks KenS Ken Ken- S dricks and Sir Jullen Julion She Sho refuses to Julen ex explain explain ex- ex S plain lain why she he wants Sir Jullen Julien Julen reuses to see sec Madame ladame fa ame Christopher The three go 1 to the railroad staton station There the sandy haired haire man gets on theS the tho S arne ame ue train trin that Sir Ir Jullen Julien Julen b boards arda S CTR VIII VI S In Iii Paris Pars For exactly a month Julien lullen Julen disa At end of tb that t time times looking look Jook I ing j ver very brown a ebado shade thinner a and d dS possessed S of ot a knowledge of the older towns towns of Normandy which would not Normandy have disgraced a guidebook guidebook he arrived one morning mornin at the Gare du Nord Dur ing all aU this t time ho bad had scarcely seen eon one familiar fc face It I was an n unpleasant ant shock for him as ae ho he waited for his baa baggage e in tho the custom ho house se to realize real real- ire ize iz that he be was being watched from behind a pile pie of ot trunks by the J little littleman t m man who had bad shown bown so 80 much interest in iu him hm at at the cafe I on the cae night ho he bad had left England The si sight bt somehow annoyed him Ha lie 10 crossed the ther r room om and accosted his hi late subordinate What W t is y your ur name Dame he asked coldly colly You ore are in the intelligence department I belee My name pame is i Foster Sir Julien the young rOUn man replied after aler a u mo ino moments moment's IO ment meats ment's I hesitation H What ar are aro you doin doing here hero I The you young 2 man h hesitated you will wi excuse mo me Sir Julion Julon he l said id slowly I but but I am responsible only ony to the permanent officials in con con- tolof of my office Besides Besides- You can tell tet mo nto at least how lon long Jong you on have o a been in Paris Pari r Julien inter inter- Since the night Sir Julen when you au d came ne as asfar far as al Boulogne May Yay I I. ask Julien Julen demanded whether I am rim going oin to bo subject to to toy y your u espionage e I i iThe I The youn young man whose name was wa Foe Fos- oster ter looked blandly at t. t a pile pio of lug luggage age I I which was waa as just arriving rn I am not at liberty Pir ir Julien Julen he be said aid to to e explain lain my instructions Julien Julen shrugged ed b his shoulders boulders Do a like of as al you cours course At the same ame ti time let Jot me ne tell tel vou you that you QU irritate me flie me K Keep ep pe out ot 01 or my eight ht as si I for much mb you ou ma u possible It I will wJ my be e better bettea beter Sullen Julien turned tred and J left ft him Wm there dc dc- elAted cUred clare hit hi Jug luggage ae and w was s driven n to te toa I Ia a quiet hotel betel otel in the Rue Eue do de Rivoli t There he be bad had a a bath changed his bli I he heel el clothes and sad strolled d up tho the Champs Champi I t toward ward the Bo Bois Boas I. I The morning mornin wag a a sunny tunny and the avenue ws wag WAi crowded I with lh autom automobiles bil and carriages He lii S s I waked l steadily on until ho bo reached I l I t tt the he lir first firt t of the toe cafes caes in the thc Boi Dais Bois He t took ook a a chair and ane wat watched hed tb crowd A peculiar sensation of loneliness op op- op p pressed him a n loneliness of which he be head h had ad been s scarcely conscious durn during this l last ast months month's wanderings among the quiet nuiet lUet places Paris Pans had ha seemed s so dif dif- f ferent to him on his last visit vii He was surrounded by friends and people coplo who were anxious to become his friends He was iu in char charge o of a difficult mission which he be was conscious of conducting with skill Everywhere he ho was wa meet meet- I In ing ng English people of his bis own O order nil all ni d delighted to see him all pleased with h his is notice His few tew q S 'S in hi Paris Pari were merely a chau change an in inthe the kaleidoscope copo f from rom London The Tho lf life e everything e else was lse-was waa s the s me e. e This tin time he le was l like ike a man nina cast lip a island He Heat s sat eat at at his little table tab sipping a glass of o f vermouth and conscious that no man mann i in n Paris hail had fewer frends friends l clubs were clo closed ed to him there were no of of- f ical visits visit to pa pay no calls cals to make mako no f familiar faces to look for He was a aman aman r man oan who had had his da day dav a n man disgusted dis die g gusted a man in whom the people had bad l lost ost faith who was dead politically and socially s He lie thou thought ht his po position iton over c from every cry point of ie view It I was rui ruin utter uter and complete lie he le had disclosed d a Valuable political secret to toa toa a woman who had had not hesitated to tomake tomako tomako mako make use Uc of it Nothing could be more i ignoble noble He le tried to fancy for himself him him- s self elf some new life fe under altered con con- H but everywhere he seemed to toun I r run un un up I against some possibility some somo c combination of oC circumstances which in included in- in e eluded a share hare in things which were ab s finished His brain refused t tp to o fashion for him the tho thou thought ht of any l life ife which could leave Jea e outside ever every every- t thin thing hing which had been of account to him barn u up p till tall now Even Evon in London among Imong t the he working classes it mi might aught h have been bren bren e c easier asIer fi r. r He le remembered those thoe few vivid s spee peeches heH of of Kendricks What a gift the theman theman theman man had Always he seemed to see big bis thin things 5 in life smoldering underneath under under- n neath eath the lives of I ordinary peo people peo- peo eo big plc-biJ plc big thin things f unsuspected invisible There Thero was WS nothing of the sort to bo he found here The only Paris Julien had har e ever ver known was as to him barn Paris tho t he vicious repelled him bim instinctively He was waR here heres he had en oven even n looked forward for for- ward arc to coming but now that he had bad a arrived there was nothing for or him to d do After all he be had better beter have hae found pome ome ome far distant corner in Switzerland o or r Ia Italy I There was no 10 club for him hm hm t to o go o to no interest in perusing the newspapers no visits visit from dors dora to think about Tho puzzles of ot h his is daily daiy lifo life were ended There Tere was n for for him to do where he be was but buto t to o eat fat and to drink and to pic sleep en He lie lunched at A A R restaurant pi f which he bad hAc nev neer ne'er r heard b before ore and there t to o his bis anger almost at the next table anJer bo ho Fo Foster tor With Wih a trace of his bis former imperiousness of manner he s summoned nim him The young man rose ose a after fter a moments moment's hesitation and obeyed t the tho he mandate What arc you von doing doi hero Julien demanded Lunching sir sir the tho young oun man re reo re- re plied pled The Tho places ba has s be been n recommended recommended mended to me mc I do not know w v Paris well H You Y QI lip lie P. P Julien de declared ared Unless U you ou you knew Paris well weil you Jou wouldn't 1 breS b- b I hero bero reS for number 3 branch Dranch Tell me are arc YOU vou still watching me me Tel That hat is is' a question Sir Julien Julen which as aa 3 I said before I am not at liberty to answer Julien drew a little breath between his bis teeth H Look Look here herc he continued I want to warn you rou that I am a bad t tempered man You can can can- write homo home if you rou like and tell tel them them that you ou m met t mo mc coming g out of the tho G German embassy and the Russian embassy and the Italian embassy em em- bass bassy with wih a list of prices in my hands for different pieces of information Is that w what at you are afraid of oh eh Sir T Julien Jen tho young man answered answered answered an an- I ha have hae e to make reports only It I is not m my business to question the necessity for the them l. l queston Jul Julien en l laughed After all al the little littleman littleman man was wal rJ right ht Well perhaps I do need lookin looking af at- ter Is there an any particular place where a. a you OU woul would like lkc mo rue to dine I dont don't want ant to bring you ou out into the byways if I can enn help it The young oun man excused himself politely po po- po Julien Tulen finished his lun luncheon heon and then took a carriage back to ta his hotel Ho He le found found half hal a dozen visiting c cards in his hig box and glanced at them ea eagerly rl Every Everyone one ole of them was vas from tho the representative of a n new newspaper paper He tore them into into pieces left Jef a curt message e for their bearers and went up to his hs room A telegram was Jin lying up upon n his big bureau He le tore it open and read Call Cal on Madame Christopher this af af- af t I i I I I I He frowned and throw throW the tho |