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Show THE OGDEN A '-- Pi fl) i v A ;t' ' J ' 1 Vi ' ..' V3 fc Ww . could form no idea. "You have called several ' times to see me, I believe," the Minister began. .; . "Without success," David. replied. . if v; C V3 - vy You are as free to walk the streets of London, Mr. David, sua I am.M " HI- - I. should have got to know Tery little of'thereal country." "We come back to; the question do' in America." ; "I am questioning you now, Mr. Packe went on, after a moment's "rause, "as a Triend, if you will allow, me to call myself one. Tell me what you" were doing ia America." 'T was studying life under various conditions," David replied. "I have come to the determination that when my people change their minds," as they must some day or other, and ' decide to restore the monarchy, I will ktiow morq. than any other ruler who has preceded me. 'More about' foreign countries?" . ticipated?" i "Would have happened but for , my intervention." Mr. Packe turned to his visitor. "Will you sit down please?" he . . invited. t Miss Wren departed, and David felt fa' a moment a sense of isola-tion- f He was alone in the room with this man whose eyes still seemed to be studying him and of whose attitude towards him be A t7 trepidation, yet I had to come There was nothing more for mo to (Continued from Preceding Page.) said. "The event "which you an- D AVID sat a little forward his Tery comfortable, chair and looked through, the walls of the room toward a new life. lie felt a resuscitation of hla f f - tf n . - 1 1 1 1. A if-- i C A h 5 1 '" ' ''"'Vi-j- . ' f", " -- ' A ,1 Lr l. r !'. Jt i r.i s: r.-n!;- r, tan-ufarp-re- . ? tal e t there, I will grit a i!eel l!n: I f 1 i tuc-fir- btfor "I m la pre-- i i f jt 7 r- - f enrrrscytrjfcf lwsj an this I L... .' e. n t 'I V y , - - :;y: 'A -- Ji-- - s' J- v.'- '' t-- T-e-ar V '"' i 'j-se- -v i t pr: J1 i w i-- 1 w ' ru-sib- .t-;- x4 - 1 3 ill'" .m 1 r. 1 br.n-ptice- 1 fr ii h f.---r the patrimony If t m by my faUier." d ht li l,n 'fhtj Infonnaiioi, before m. Mr- - PacVe an nounced. 'ttnflrm nil that 501 have told me. 1 ara very mu - r "":f , 1 v A :J 7tot one penny' Da"14 slerlar-!"I bar not even drawn 'cy pay as a Cieneral la th illkanland amy. The whole of ILo money tclasgp4 to my inotby'g prlraii rjttc. and 1 C r: V k d "No charge against 3013 etrald bs tustalndl oa, that CTOUnd.". Mr. Packe tola him. "With regard to the money which you hd invested abroad, Mlm Wren trlla rr. that no HftIoa of thla was State f jaiU." m iffh Y Bt unproroie-- i aitac. Oaacf them, I bear, has sine died. are an enthusiasts Mr. David he remarked. 'I cdmlt It," was I he prompt reply. "Why not? Without entha-siasUfa is a poor, halting gam. Whom bate I to thank for thisr The Minister glanced down at the document at hla side 'CM fly me," he acknowledge a a. 1 boot and ahtve Industrie!. Wa htro t' declare 1. -Qw r--r rneti great herdt of cattle, and 1 thin. ".tr vrry few of them that we cmM tun leather and ra.ika now ho you are. I want yea boots as shse la my country to to ray rIiterLa4y KeTlat-Ctrgreat adtantsge,. tte Prtxs Mlalster. tht Mr. Harley Packe picked t:p bta pucfeMt of Car.lT and her daagh-t--r. JjRiir Gertru de Arcbr Id," paper knife again and fingered iL Ditld he.lutiKL Ttie itrzeirt boot and hoo fac tUr-hat tl;Ii It Tery IrH cf tory la Eagla: r. I." ha fsid, 1 qul!c r: close to Loe ion, and It at the pre. , iMld eat moment, f if I hesitate for a rsomrnt. tlJere, ha la lh r.raeloa I throes cf a labor trucit'-- . Tim Jr,t j.ave jouI renseaber i rcany bate V--n principal of th$ firm is a p!g Wael that In a rrVlst America prActic:iT acl obntlnata ma a who ta r.;ac-St- l a rr.erhanle. an I now am cn 1. till my wy t j Co t! e tht bit workp"p5 kep tsaie rt of tblac t now of V.:c tradr ur.Ioa, I la ITcclxnd. i am cut cf tcjc!i the wH. ta U worth do not know bfra na'ly. tut I with wht: a for r? itnp: everjirg fcar no doubt th.it tf I pare you d and pat a; scalar letter he wmsld f r.d yea a p"nt ia bit d c i wu?i you t rtrarl thla factory, I rntt warn ? Da. thouglt, aP.r-ft-! a an rr IJnsry lnnta-ticn.- " that thla tnanller.ry Graaby bit Mr. H3Tly LUrke expUiaed, same It af far an I raa gaUief. ' cz:r-- tr, n rna5a ars?t:at .f r;-rrl.M! ti xcrr trnfrfrrw l of lr.ir-lo yes lit. Dai id. , I narrnw-Ighicdrrax ir.g wacla, hc-- J eel n- I T"rn t:faclurer. tT,ici';: cf Mi fitlU rt c it ff r a t iho ttti ct snd ab&lJt!y ta . c"j;it rr.o by rfcalltig IL cf bli wofi;-moral prEr-He i a wf ti lf rfu'.lr i.i'r-ru- ) ir.cti'-nlMy stJIrrw U IT however, and I have n f tils at tlsit yc-.wlil t S;yare; Ioubt . r ta any 4J!Tle--i;- y If t at.' to larn a sreat o'c'.-i:a r"j:Jird arjerer drsl which Tr.T b of Datl I h If to bftd, 1I vii you. yc4 intpfl a rr. certain ts to bit exlrct tn. af'.rr cor,:i tick fir.Ui.c4 ?c-- r ycu ba-trf ate d, na ab"lutely "You :::vx-- i. telf-defen- his eyes. t. t f lU His companion crushed herpes. watched the light grow brighter la . 4 " alwut It." David remarked. "If fencing had not fortunately brm one of my acroaspliBhrnrau would have had me. withoutthey doact. As It wni, tm that I kll!ed Mctzgcr'a nephew and wonnl-cthe other two tevcrclr. but it c was entirely In against la T 7 the affair which has coma into our hand, we gather that It was a a attempt at assassination . "There Is not the sllgbtm doubt CHAPTER asked you. What,, made you come to England?" "To complete the education I began in America," David replied. "I want to study several of the great Industries here. Even If my country decides that It never needs mo, I shal. be none the worse oil for I have already f "H JWWW s ' -- "7 SUNDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 6, 1921, R' S: ' IP) STANDARD-EXAMINE- y V ' w a' -5 v X".' l-"'- A ?- t a. - . " - ' ' 4' r ,,'' x - i v , i j. I . ; . - - - ('" ; x , - ' j"' ' " ' ""- - " ; i , " . ; : - v ,? ;v v " . I . ,-- y .l:" , ' - " 1 If-"- J hz.-f;-ii:.- t u-- 'c , - - r::- ' '. ' . -- ? " ." - v k ' ' M I k I 4 ''XiX'i'i'r JyyH''"' :'-- . - , r ' - - . i Av';-xx.,!t..- ; ; - - it - 1 . ; ' 4 " -- A. i fis V -- ' J t V4 ; V"" T-- x ' T V'- ... - '''"" . ' ir ' """k , v J . r IH .;V.' V' Y;f V- , 1 ... v, -v f - he rt, thra ;!cnr to mrrrr w tlz-- t mu-t- x - v at brr row a h-- k .;;.' IAftd, J.J.' - - Cm la Mr Packe toyed with a paper knife. "Yoii found compensations," he : v remarked drily. v ' David felt a sudden flush of color to his cheeks. Intuitively he understood that every word which had passed between Miss Wren 'and (himself, every question he, had ' "'r. . asked, and her answers,! were known to his interlocutor, "I came to this country," he said, "to lay certain facts concerning i ll myself before you and to plead for a rescision of the extradition warrant which I understand has been granted against me." Mr. Packe smiled very slightly. "And you imagined that you Sad "A Table for Two t' found an ally in my secretary?" Against the Wall, if "At any rate I have been undeceived," was the curt reply. Possible," Was the Mr. Packe took up the 'paper-knif-e - Prompt Reply.' again. "I am not so sure about that," he said. have great confidence in lNot only more about foreign Miss Wren's judgment, and her atcountries, but about their manutitude towards you ia distinctly their manner factures, and favorable. The present interview their outlook. I have lived for two is at her suggestion." months amongst the wealthy "Miss Wrren i3 exceedingly kind' classes of America, playing polo David declared doubtfully. "I had no idea that she was even aware of ' and. golf,: visiting country houses, trying to understand their- - ideas ...... , my identity." f and. their point of view. Th.en . I "Miss Wren is not an easy perhave spent six months trying to acson to deceive,"' her employer require a smattering olthe various . industries, selecting chiefly those marked, with a faint smile. As a which be most" favorably might, matter of fact, you owe her a great own country. I have in my deal. It was surely a most Unwise looked into present-dathe systems thing for you to come to, this counof coal I and oil mining boring. when you knew that the extradi-tiotry ihave spent two months In a leather warrant had been granted. at Philadelphia, sorting But for Miss Wren, I gather that factory I paid a brief visit to the and skins, you would have been arrested to- , timber-growinparts and some ot day.", the great textile factories." "I am quite sure of it," David "Incognito, I presume ?" Mr. Packe : asked.'acknowledged.. "I must admit that I came with a certain amount ot otherwise "Incognito, certainly ; David - rraspi ly, and I blfged fir k - , of-lif- e ; ': , tle-velop- ed - y n . 1 g - - , "- - ; . ' , , y-o- fr:y 1 - " - You are vUltor to as. long a you chooso lo stay. Now Is Iherp a wecom thli country - . ., 1 .:,-:- , ' ' I ing fa . . Mias "and, incidentally, Wren' "You bclievo la me, ; then?" "I am inclined to. Mlfea Wren does absolutely." "How doea she come to know o much about me?" David aaked. I do not wish to nip any little romance In the bud," Mr. IlarSey Packe said with a smile, "but I believe what first Interested her la you was that phe bad a cousin married to a man who lived la your country. He la a royalist, and he looks upon Meizrrcr and Ingmle, his right band man. as being exceedingly dangerous persona. Ho fought in the war and was very enthusiastic about your leadership there and your personal bravery. With regard ,o the charge that you murdered MeUger's nephew. Miss Wren's cousin has . an intimate friend who was ft witness of tbo affray, and he declares vehemently that you were not the aggressor, that there were three of thera agalnit you. and that you foucht entirely In clf-d- e fence. From the account of , having a general knowledge of all these things." . Mr. Packe drew a bunch of keys from hid pocket and unlocked a drawer by his side. From a bundle of papers he drew a "couple of sheets of parchment fastened together. Jle handed them across to his visitor. "Can you gather "the sense of 'that document?" he inquired. David glanced It hastily through. "It appears," he'declared, with a little tremor vln,1 his tone, "to be a rescision of the .extradition warrant granted against me." "You are quite right," the Minister assented. "Attached to it you willt see a copy of a formal comj to your Government, with our decision. them acquainting munication - Ttixsr j "I. have no cthrr rtsm that of Davtd i l.r. Mr. Pavldr I bav a small streetnumlr fat ia SO." ro t?. PL James's .'i-ce- a illtte doultfully. Tl.s MlcSstcr eho,-.- his brad. Tbero is cti eftty c nerret, r tl-A- ' , "k- - y f ..... m ; ... w . . - -- y. .. ,i ill il " - mi rr-r- Uf rf rrtir.rs w5lh trs'.t; ri of b!s own country c !;arrM blm. "was qaabed. a.Hfl etTrctii and wl-J- h tf all lb ba.1 :, a fn rnaa., a dweller In a fre cn:mt.ry, living ca.it an rnstn'y be rtsts purpose f tb f rf bts lEcr-rapAtliilit- rank with th wark be desired It was M Ertt peronsl. pr?e.. after many months tsf triumph t-- - apr;--ir;ta:?nts.- rar.g the ll m?.n-rvant- , b-1- 1. . m1ddlt-&re-d- An FcgUsh with tb rr.or.rrs of bis quiet, with an air of tnusss! cJas. ir.tr lilffnc, aTmot at or.ro. Dxvld arprM rrerlr-:- ! b!a with thi wriramtng smUe rf as nndrrstand-Isjre--f f ul 7-e-d t-u- ? pt friend. "JMue l. t?:rr.ed. be said, "tb tbl bss with, us at last," r:.!r.f (To Be Jlii. a, - l, n.l u.i - oea-Srr- AM - a - I ' ts CHAP i CR V,rf AVID arrived in the tlttlsr rtM?ra cf tls lltt'e flat m tbs k P-- -- t 2 I want to ccrr.c and dim nlsrtit this wrk U with me rr.e jri morrow eight for fbcSre., David was a llttl r tart'.d. "If you are In sanaest, Mr. Pact.." d be f al 1, "nattsraMy I hiil lighted. Only, as you knaw. na cr. "knows r.'." h r or In A r.i rin as Mr. David, Do yon v :h ni to abasdoa my Irfrrr.ito ". ak-- is r;. r,; -- do IL ld 1 -- 'Wdl, ia a way, u isn't a very f serioua thlr.c." Har!' l':.z'.c rrve.1 smiling, b- -t I wnt y.flo s-i- rtatlnurl ve s.rs: 1 pr-ctet- mer bs-twe- on tb.sn y.' a c&3 ehUf sd re- You shall bear from me trKtit. .then, with a letter to Mr. Cruafcy. At the isasio ttrse. before yt.u ttgtn your new "xpcr!cni vi.i yoa in m a favor?" "A faror I David rcpcatcl, After all that ycu have done fcr - her b'l'ldScgs In PL Jstrtrs's street, tbrcw opa tb wlcdowt strd u" tb b'srthrug with b'.s iaais In )i!t whistling softly to btmse'f. ' Although, In a way, a, rr.'a !ed pro?j, be bad strt ri tnotafrsti of I ' z ht h' r I Mr es a. acd this was cr.e cf l':rm. Thit arc-med to warrant, which, bad ia th r'"S- n cf the paTern rr.ent h- bsd grsnte-- It, th cnta-I'T- mandate coxn froia my country, If ever It d es corn a.''"" f :..;"..!. "And uliTe are you to e! -- !ay from D now tbaa' lh yuung man plied, "nor shall I bate until a trt? vrcr-.n- dUturWns nature It win c?r talr.fr b-- worth r:r bi: to ity at rye m Mr. DsHd m---- s rhould say, do not TfcognUo the ItcputUe. MeUger and hit frienda are utterly devoid of a tlnsU spark . of patriotism. Thy will plunge the country into debt and retard her proresa fifty years "The position," Mn Packr- tald thoughtfully, wis a difficult cn. Metrger baa obtained tho whol mais chinery of goterament. T-eno ether official person with whom we can bold any intercourse with regard to matters of Interest our two countries. Kvea If wo could, wq cann ,t altogether . nore him," "France teems to bo in the un position. DaTld drily. "A!o ( the United Ktatea." If any personal service." Mr. Packe bgan , r "Certainly you enn do me a Jf you. will," David raid. "I wUh to acconipMEh two rnda at tt same time to study Isbor cndt-tion- s here, and to gala oms further knowledga of the leather tr Grtxt IMUta ElftiU Serrlop, Inc. ia s, n ebl," st;siais Mr. cn truing are rca'lr , "I thcrl.tfal'r. t accept! ih exan-.ir.at!c- I ter-vlo- r cine r rh yot;r r.s younc iKstJa.. chargri mad s gainst yu ithnnt Into morf searthtcg their truth. Ycu will cert in tie your For many Incognito, of cotirte? res-nI think It would bo d' slr - self-styl- & al M rt tbt "It It 'more tjwfu! e. that wi I r iomewbat personally, or a the Crown Prince of Ealkaulandf" be asked. ' "la either capaclt. Pacite re- "In the former care, then, fJ dettrri yar measure "In fact genblly. ?cu?'" plied II Xlcd-ctt-- David imtled.' . Harley Iarkg hla eyes sbne ft. hand warmwith grstl-tul- "I shall rercr forget ycur Mr. Pack be aald, Not at all," th other ssciVtrf-- ar anything further that, I caa do for ( ' ,(C) 1821, InternaUcmsU 1 1 r y ; " ; ' uurr- - : frankness.. . s for Us rtF l keenly. -t-I S???T1Id and a woolm frra in Bradford rrs. n;on.t be j Yc-- rtr cast qSei Hr chlf Ixie-- rrt-ri as WrrsV itrprtBrbabiHty r.ct preof aair.5t ccaraeniatSaa from the man b wrsb!rp-dTI leto her chVs. and eior rr. her eyes l!t "op wuh r!2T l era r' 1 t st my UK :: later c--fc- r. I'.srley Pack -- l:r.;r-f:- . r.d - r a - ivaH t,aTt tn zzz wish 5 oa I cf wi'n" p. mil rr M; fu:iy .r i- -- '( a be li, ar. 1 t'. ty In'.a tho r - - - rid. David a Mi lax". yiM:yJi&:ys-i'- r." . .1 J " ' - in - ? ' " 'vV A i1 vl ' j . ' 41 w-.-, ( ' 5 f ' 1 -- ... - I S Cc-.tr-e- v d.) |