Rains County Leader. (Emory, Tex.), Vol. 23, No. 30, Ed. 1 Friday, October 27, 1911 Page: 2 of 10
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ELUSIVE
W ISABEL
ky JACQUES FUTRELLE
llLCJTR\nON5 by M.O.K^-Hrvsrr
COPYRIGHT 1906 TUT ASSOCIATED .5WCAY MAGA-ZlMEfl
COPYRIOHT 1900 by THE BOPM - MERRIII COMPANY
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Count 4! Hnnlnl. tb# Italian ambaa
•ail' r ta at dinner with diplomats wli»n
a ir.*aa*)i.*<rr auntmuna him to th# nan-
ttaan nr ham a beautiful youBf woman
•**» for a th'ti*t to the iii.haiMV ball.
Th# ticket la matin out In I h« warn# of
Ml»a laal»«l TlwriM. (*hl#f "f
the MMt«t m". and Mr Grtwni *
t)»«>l datnctlve nr« warnnd that a plot ta
bn nlna In Waahlnatou ami Grimm a *a
to the atata bail for Information Ilia at*
tatiiiou la < ail-.l to Miaa laahei Tliotna
■■pME frmm
■■■■■ laahei Thor mi
who with har tom paid on. '11aap|»*«ar* A
•t..<» ta hrard and h- nor Alvnrwi of lb*
M^aicau lejfutior in found wounded
<Jriii.fi. la aaaured Ml## Thorn# did It. h#
▼Ini'# h#r, 'lentendlii* kn* wl#«la# of I ha
Affair, and arreata rr*. I *-ir- alnnl MU# |
thoiiaaiu) d-
Ke nor It
Twlirful MfiemML^'nfir
arm ta stolen from th# oflh #
Irl^oea th# m-nlal#r iron
nd while 4#t#«tl>## ar« In
*«aiia«iinf tii# robl*ef» M Thorn# ap-
pear* aa a curat «-f the legation. ijilrum
4. a h*>r of th# theft th# rnnn#y la
ra#«i>r#n. but a new iiiy#i«rjr »ur* In
th# dieapp**ranr# of M -u#i* >ir BoUsecur
the Vr#n< h amhaaaador Rlufllv# Mlaa
Thorn# reap!* tra U arlnf a latter Which
•t«te# that th# ambassador has been kid-
naped and demanding ransom Th# atn-
tiaaead r ratuina and again strangely dla
Appear* I.aler h# ta r»#cu#d from an old
fcoua# In tha suburb#. It la dla<*o>ared
that Pl#trw |*«-t roatnril shot Hrnnr Alvarei
An<l that ha I# Prtnc# rf’Abrusal. Grimm
very. H#
d- A brut at
And that h# l# **rln«# d’Abrus:
tkgure# In a nuy#«#rt<->is Jail del
orders both Mia# Thorne and
ta leave th# country they are
t*> h«» i ora ami |Mao#d .... a r’ in;"'
but return. Ortmars calf## la druageil
And upon regaining • ••n#cl«>'t#m-ae he find#
A ayiMpi.ihetk' out# from laabal Thorn#
CHAPTER XXII.
Thg Compact.
A room, low-celHnged, dim, gloomy.
•Itilster an Inquisition chamber, a
•Ingle targe tabla In tfi* enter, hold
lng a kerosene lamp, writing materi-
al* and ft metal spheroid % ahad«
larger than a one pound shell, and
•round It a semicircle of silent,
masked and cowled figure*. There
were twelve of them, eleven men and
a wotnaty In the shadows* which grew
denser at the far end of the room.
Area a squat, globular object, a tune-
•he smooth aided, black, threatening
tiling of Iron.
One of the men glanced at hit
watch -It wa« Just two o’clock then
Tone and took a po*lt1 n bealde the
table, facing the semicircle He placed
the timepiece on the table In front of
him
‘Gentlemen,'* he said, and there was
the faintest trace of a foreign accent,
*T iihall apeak English because I know
that whatever your nationality all of
you am familiar with that tongue
And now an apology for the theatric
aip«ct of all thin—the tnaske. the
time and place of meeting, a 1 the
rest of it." He pauaed a moment
•There l* only one person living who
knows the name and position of all
of you.** and by a sweep of hla hand
tie Indicated the motionless Pgure of
the woman **!( was by her decision
that masks are worn, for, while w« all
know the details of the Latin com
pact, there la a bare chance that aome
one * III not sign, and it la not de-
sirable that the Identity of that per
•on be known to all of ue. The rea
eon for the selection of thle time and
place la obvious, for an Inkling of the
proponed eignlng ha# reached the So
cret Service I will add the United
Vtatca wai chosen aa the blrihpUt.fi
of this new ipoch In history for sev-
eral reasons, one being the prnitmlty
to Central and South America; and
•nother the inadequate police ayatem
which enables greater freedom of
•rtion.'*
He stopped and drew from hla
pocket a folded parchment. He tapped
the *lpr of hla fingers with It from
time to time aa he talked.
‘The La. in compact, gentlemen, ta
not the dream of a night, nor or a
decade Aa long a# fifty year*
a suggest!
the l.ii' it
diploma
hM fcl
once* th* Latin countries of the world
have had among themselves, they
have always realized that ultimately
they must stand together against—
against the other nations of the world
This Idea germinated Into action
three years ago. and since that time
agents have covered the world In its
Interest This meeting la the fruition
■of aJI that work, and this," he held
the parchment aloft, “is the Instru-
ment that will unite ua. Never has a
plomatlc secret bean kept as this
kept; never has a greater
wprlaal been planned. It means, g- n
tlemen, the domination of the world—
socially spiritually, commercially and
artistically. It means that iUgland
•nd the United States, whose s|
of Influence has extended aroum
globe, will be beaten back and that
the flag of the letta countries will
wave again over lost possessions It
•Hans all of that, and more."
His voice had risen as he talked
•util it Usd grown vib'AOl with «u
thuslasm; and hla hands pointed hts
«wuiarft* with quick, sharp gesture#
"All thle he went on, "waa never
spberi
nd thi
poaslhls until three years ago. when
the uavlea of the world w«r« given
over Into the hands of one nation u.y
country Five years ago a fellow
countryman of mine happened to be
present at an electrical exhibition In
New York City, and there be wit-
nessed an Interesting experiment—a
practical demonstration of the fact
that a submarine mine may be ex
ploded by tb* use of the Marconi
wireless system He was a practical
electrician Llinaelf, and the Idea lln-
■•red in bis mind. For two years he
experimented, and finally this result-
picked up the metal spheroid
and held It out for their Inspection
* As It stnnds ft Is absolutely perfect
and give# a world's supremacy to the
1-A’tn countries because It places all
tie navies of lb
It la a variation of the well known
percussion cap or fuse by which
mines and torpedoes are exploded.
“The theory of It Is simple, as are
the theories of all great Inventions;
the secret of Ha construction Is
known only to Its Inventor—a man of
whom you never beard It Is merely
that tho mechanism of th* cap Is so
delicate that the Marcum wire lea#
waves—and only those—will Are the
cap. In other words, this cap Is
tuned. If I may use the word, to a
certain number of vibrations and half
vibrations; a wireless Instrument of
high power, with modifying addition
which the Inventor hss added, has only
to b« set in motion to discharge It at
any distance up to twenty flvo miles.
High power wind, as waves recognise
no obstacle, so the explosion of a sub-
marine mine is as easily brought about
gnvermuenra. ror the benefit
of the others of fou a simple test has
been arranged for tonight. This cap
on the table Is charged; Its Inventor
la at his wireless Instrument, fifteen
miles sway. At three o clock he will
turn cn the current that will *ip|r>d#
it.” Four of the eleven men looked
at their watches. “Tt Is now aevsn-
teen minutes pawl. two. i at.. »n«truc!
► d. for the purposes of the test, to
place this rap anywhere you may se-
lect—in this house or outside of It, la
t box. nealed. nr under water The
purpose Is merely to demonstrate its
eflitAcy; to prove to your complete
satisfaction that it can be eiploded
under practically any conditions **
Ills entire manner underwent a
change; he drew a chair up to the
table, and stood for an Instant with
bis baud resting on the back.
“The compact Is written In three
languages —English, French and Ital
Ian. 1 shall ask you to sign after
reading either or all. precisely as the
directions you havj received from
home government Instruct. On
alf of the three greatest Latin
countries, as special envoy of each, I
will sign first.”
He dropped Into the chair, signed
each of the three parchment pages
three times, then rc»se and offered the
pe.' to tne cowled figure si one »no
of the semicircle The man came tor
ward, read the English transcript
studied the three signatures already
there with a certain air of surprtse,
a id at cur n.ercy • thru signed. Th** second man signed
the ♦bird man. and the fourth.
The fifth had just risen to go for
ward when the door
and Mr Orlmra entert
your
beha
W»*«uut
and to take the compact
| For an Instant there had mme
'amazement, a dumb astonishment, at
, idi« latTUSlcn. ft p«###d eed tKw hand
| of tbe man who had done the talking
darted out, seized the compact, and
| held It behind him
! “If you will be good enough to give
that to mk, your Highness,” suggest'd
i Mr. Orlmtn quietly.
' For half a minute th* masked man
stared straight Into the listless eyes
of the intruder, and then:
Mr Grimm, you are In very grave
danger.”
“That la beside the question,” was
| "And find your way her%T* ik#
prince pursued.
Again Mr Grimm shrugged hla
should**-# For an Instant longer the
prince -razed straight Into his In-
ecrutab'e face, then turneu accusing
eyes on the masked figure# about him.
“la there s traitor?” he demanded
suddenly Hla gase settled on Miws
Thorne and lingered there.
1 can ivliev* youc mind bn that
point- there Is not," Mr. Grimm aw J
sursd him. "just a final word, your j
Highness, If you will permit m*» J
have heard everything that ha- been
said here for the last fifteen minutes, j
The details of your percussion cap sr*
interesting I shall lay them before
my government and my government
may take It upon Itself to lay th-*m !
before the Itrltish government You
yourself aald a few minutes ago that
f his com pant was not possible before
this np was Invented end perfected.
It Isn't possible the minute my gov-
ernment Is warned against Its use.
That will he my firat
You are glv*»:g some • «rf excellent I
reasons. Ml was the J*-I1b-
*-rate reply, “why yon should not be
permitted to leave this room alive ”
'Further, Mr Grimm resumed tn
the same tone. “I have been ordered
pact, at least In this counfry It seem#
that I am barely In time If It Is
signed—and tt will be useta e now on
your own statsyrent unless you mur-
der roe—ever* man who signs It will
have to reckon with the bifths#t pow-
er of Qm country. Will you destroy
it’ « don’t want to know what coun-
tries already stai d committed by the
signatures there "
“1 will not." was the steady re-
sponse And then, after a little: Mr
Grimm, the Inventor of this illtl*
Insignificant as It seems, ylll rw
millions for It. Your silence suu'd be |
Mr Grimm's face turned red. then
white again.
“Which would you prefer? An in-
dependence by virtue of a great for-
tune, or—or the other thing?"*
Suddenly Miss Thorns tore the
mask from her fees and cams for-
ward. Her cheeks were scarlet, and
auger flamed In the blue-gray eyes
"Mr Grimm has no price—I ha|*
pen tn know that,” she declared hotly.
"Neither money nor a considerst on
for his own personal safety will make
him turn traitor ' 8he stared coldly
Into th# prince's eye# "And ws are
not assassin# here,' she added.
(TO BE CONTINUED )
MISTAKE* biABWSIS DOCTORS
GUESS WRONG A6AIN.
About five years ago I wrote to you
| that I had been a terrible sufferer
, from kidney and bladder troubles, and
tLsl uiy phvsklan lnfortn*Hl me that
[ my left kidney was In soch condition
I that there was no hope for my recov-
| cry. 1 was advised to try your Swamp-
' Hoot as a last resort, arid after taking
- i . i i
1 gravel stone * ’
; I afterwards forwarded jou this gravel
stone Have had no return of any
| trouble since that time and cannot say
too much tn favor of vour wonderful
preparation. Swamp Hoot, which cures,
after physicians fall.
Very truly yours.
F. H. HORNS,
; Rents S, Box SO. Itoseboro, N. C.
Personally appeared before rue, this
31st day of July, 1009, F. H. Horn*,
who subscribed the above statement
and made oath that the same la true
In substance sod in fact.
Vv
amp fi
Bend to Dr. Kilmer A Co., Bingham-
twu, T-, it/1 m ssnsi# not 11a li * iu
convince anyone. You will also rw>
cetve a booklet of v.-iluable Informs-
bladder When writing, b« sure and
mention this paper Kcgular flftv^ent
all drug stores
NO WONDER.
pre*
tbtfi
THERE ARE FLATHEADS
babies' Head# Ars Bandapsd In Asia
Minor to Product th# Ap-
proved Shape.
People who are
led krs more <
the back of the bead Some of tbs
flattest headed people of the world
are among iu* Armenians and tne
tribesmen In the highlands of Asia
Minor and eotne of them practice the
custom of bandaging tn* babies heads
In order to get them the approved
shape. It Is Just the opposite In
Crete.
With ibe exception of the better ed
ucated people In the towns and In the
village In the mountains alt Cretaa
mothers bind ths hsads of their chil-
dren when tiny to make them of s
nice round form. In fact, when I was
pressing home my questions In order
quit* sure of the object the
mothers had in view one of them told
iu# that I had a “very bad hs#«l." aud
t! t my humps and ridges ought to
j have been smoothed
! fancy Yot. after a fairly cihaujtlvt
I cam# to th* conclusion that
andage in Crete Is nevsr tight,
and lasts for so short a time that
nothing Is effected —C. H. Hawes, in
th* Wtd* World Magazine
aa would be the explosion of a mine
on dry land. You v/111 readily see Its
value as a protective agency for our
■ea porta.”
He replaced the spheroid on the
(able
“But Us chief value Is not In that,"
he resumed "Its chief value to th*
4*atln compart, gentlemen. Is that the
United States and England are now
concluding negotiations, unknown to
each other, by which they will pro-
tect their seaport# by means o’ mines
primed with this cap Th* tunlm
th* caps which w* will use
only to us; the tuning of tb* caps
which they will use Is also known to
us! Tk* addition to tbe wireless ap-
» iratus which they will use Is such
that they can not. even by s-'cldent.
explode a mine guarding our sea-
ports; but. on the other hand, tbe ad
dltlcn to the wireless ap|
the reply, “ne good enough to give
me that document.”
He backed away aa he spoke, kicked
the door closed with one he#
leaned against It, facing them.
“Or better yet.” he went on after
a moment, "bum It. There 1v a lamp
In front of you.” He paused for an
answer "It would be absurd of m#
to attempt to take It by force,” be
added
pernil
high charge which will explode their
mines. To make it clearer, we could
••nd a navy again?? such a city tv
New York or Liverpool, and explode
every mine In front of us as we went,
and meanwfllle our mines sr* Impervl
owe.
"Another word, and 1 have finished
Five gentlemen, whom I Imagine are
sent now, have witnessed a test of
cap, by direct (omuiaad Of tbclr sa’d
The Percussion Csp.
There was a long, tenae alienee.
The cowlod figures had risen omin-
ously; MUa Thorne paled behind ber
mask, and her fingers gripped ber
aim# fiercely, still she sat motion-
prince d'Abrukzl broke the si-
lence He ft'-eim-d perfectly cairn and
at us which j Mlf possessed.
How did you get In?” he demand
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Hill, Tom W. Rains County Leader. (Emory, Tex.), Vol. 23, No. 30, Ed. 1 Friday, October 27, 1911, newspaper, October 27, 1911; Emory, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth832391/m1/2/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 15, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Rains County Library.