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ILLUSTRATIONS' by MGKszrftivKir
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SYNOPSIS
Count dl Uoplnl the Italian amlms-
ador Is at dinner with diplomats in
the national capital when a messenger
brings a note directing him to OOIM to
the embassy at once Here a beautiful
young woman asks that she be Riven
a ticket to the embassy ball The tick-
et Is made out In the MUM of Miss Is-
abel Thome Chief Campbell of the
ecret service and Mr Grimm his head
detective are warned that a plot of the
Latin races against the Knglisli speak-
ing races Is brewing In Washington
and Grimm sroes to the state ball for
Information In a conservatory his at-
tentlon Is called to Miss"Isabr-l Thorne
who with her companion soon dlsap- i
pears A revolver shot Is heard ana
Campbell and Grimm hasten down the
hall to find that Senor Alvarez of the
Mexican legation has been shot A wo-
man did It and Grimm Is assured it was
Miss Thorn- He visits her demanding
knowledge of the affair and there arrests
a man named Pletro PetrWlnaL MHs
Thorne visits an old man LuiKi appar-
ently a bomb maker and they speak of
a wonderful experiment
CHAPTER VIII— (Continued)
1 lars In American gold the first of
j four payments of similar sums This
gold was to have been shipped to Phil
adelphia by express to-day to catch a
steamer for Venezuela"
Mr Grimm nodded
"The fact that this gold was in
Senor Rodiguez's possession could not
have been known to more than half
a dozen persons as the negotiations
throughout have been In strict se-
crecy" and Mr Campbell smiled be-
nignly "So much! Now Senor Rod-
riguez has just telephoned asking that
I send a man to the legation at once
The gold was kept there over night
or perhaps I should say that the senor
intended to keep it there over night"
Mr Campbell stared at Mr Grimm for
a moment then: "Miss Thorne you
know is a guest at the legation that
Is why I am referring the matter to
you"
"1 undersland" said Mr Grimm
And ten minutes later Mr Grimm
presented himself to Senor Rodriguez
"Senor" he inquired placidly '"fifty
thousand dollars in gold would weigh
Simultaneously the front door of the
house on the corner where Hastings
had been hiding and the front door
of the house near the corner where
Blair had been hiding opened and two
heads peered out As the car approach-
ed Hastings' hiding-place he withdrew
Into the hallway bMt Blair came out
and hurried past the legation in the
direction of the rapidly disappearing
motor Hastings joined him they
spoke together then turned the cor-
ner It was about ten o'clock that night
when Hastings reported to Mr Camp- 1
bell at his home
"We followed the car in a rented
automobile from the time it turned
the corner out through Alexandria
and along the old Baltimore Road into
the city of Baltimore" he explained
"It was dark by the time we readied
Alexandria but we stuck to the car
ahead running without lights until
we came in sight of Druid Hill Park
and then we had to show lights or be
held up We covered those forty
miles going in less than two hours
"After the car passed Druid KM it
slowed up a little and ran o!T the
turnpike into North Avenue then into
North Charles Street and slowly
along that as if they were looking for
a number At last it stopped and
IfiM Thorne got out and entered a
house She was gone for more than
ball an hour leaving Mr Cadwallader
with the car While she was gone I
made some inquiries and learned that
the house was occupied by a Mr
Thomas Q Gnswold I don't know
anything else about him Blair may
have learned something
"Now comes the curious part of it"
and Hastings looked a little sheepish
"When Miss Thorne came out of the
house she was not Miss Thorne at all
—she was Senorita Inez Rodriguez
daughter of the Venezuelan minister
She wore the same clothing Miss
Thorne had worn going but her veil
was lifted Veiled and all muffled up
one would have taken oath it was the I
same woman She and Cadwallader j
are back in Washington now or are
coming Thata all except Blair is !
Etiil in Baltimore awaiting orders 1
caught the train from the Charles j "parIv two hundred pounds wouldn't
Street station and came back John- j 11 "
aon you know — " Senor Rodriguez stared at him
"Yes I've seen Johnson" inter- j blankly
rupted Campbell "Are you absolutely "Si Senor" he agreed absently And
positive that tiie woman you saw get then in English: "Yes I should im-
Into the automobile with Mr Cadwal- agine so"
man with one sharp Inquiring glance
and continued:
"The gentleman who paid the money
remained here from four until nine
o'clock while I personally counted it
As I counted it I placed it In canvas
bags and when he had gone I took
these bags from this room Into that"
he indicated a closed door to his right
"and personally stowed them away In
the safe I closed and locked the
door of the safe myself I know that
It was locked And that's all except
this morning the money was gone"
"Safe blown?" Inquired Mr Grimm
"No Senor!" exclaimed the diplo
matiBt with sudden violence "No the
safe was not blown! It was closed
and locked exactly as I had left it!"
Mr Grimm was idly twisting the seal
ring on bis little finger
"Just as I left It!" Senor Rodriguez
repeated excitedly "Last night after
I locked the safe door I tried It to
make certain that it was locked I
happened to notice then that the
pointer on the dial had stopped pre-
cisely at number forty-five This
morning when I unlocked the safe —
and of course I didn't know then that
the money had been taken — the point-
er was still at number forty-five"
He paused with one hand In the air
Mr Grimm continued to twist the seal
ring
"It was all like — like some trick on
the stage" the minister went on
"like the magician's disappearing lady
or — or — ! It was as though I had not
put the money into the safe at all!"
"Did you?" inquired Mr Grimm ami-
ably "Did I?" blazed 8enor Rodriguez
"Why Senor—! I did!" he concluded
meekly
Mr Grimm believed him
taken out of the safe without It being
unlocked This last would have been
a miracle and this is not the day of
miracles therefore—!"
Mr Grimm's well modulated voice
trailed off Into 'silence Senor Rodri-
guez came to his feet with a blaze of
anger in his eyes Mr Grimm was
watching him curiously
"I understand Senor" said the min-
ister deliberately "that you believe
that I—!"
"I believe that you have told the
truth" interrupted Mr Grimm placid-
ly "that Is the truth so far as you
know It But you have stated one
thing in error Somebody besides your-
self does know the combination
Senor Rodriguez drew a deep breath
of relief The Implied accusation had
been withdrawn as pleasantly and
frankly as it had been put forward
"I ran across a chap In New York
once for instance" Mr Grimm took
the trouble to explain "who could un-
lock any safe— that is any safe of the
kind used at that time— twelve or
fourteen years ago So you see I
doubt If he would be so successful
with the new models with all their
improvements but then—! You know
he would have made an ideal burglar
that chap Now Senor who lives here
In the legation with you?"
"My secretary Senor Diaz my
daughter Inez and just at the mo-
ment a Miss Thorne— Miss Isabel
Thorne" the 6enor informed him
"Also four servants — two men and two
women"
"I've had the pleasure of meeting
your daughter and Miss Thorne" Mr
Grimm informed him "Now suppose
we take a look at the safe?"
"Certainly"
Senor Rodriguez started toward the
closed door just as there came a tim-
id knock from the hall He glanced
at Mr Grimm who nodded then ht
called:
"Come In!"
The door opened and Miss Thorns
entered She was clad in some filmy
gossamer-like morning gown with her
radiant hair caught upon her white
neck At sight of Mr Grimm the blue-
gray eyes opened as if in surprise
and she paused irresolutely
I beg your pardon Senor" she
said addressing the diplomat let "I
did not know you were engaged And
Mr unnim: She extended slim
white hand and the young man bowed
low over it "We are old friends" she
explained smilingly to the minister
Then: "I think I must have dropped
my handkerchief when I was in hero
yesterday with Inez Perhaps you
found it?"
"Si Senorita" replied Senor Rod
riguez gallantly "It is on my desk
in here Just a moment"
He opened the door and passed into
the adjoining room Mr Grimm's
eyes met those of Miss Isabel Thorne
and there was no lisilessness in them
now only interest She smiled at him
tauntingly and lowered her lids Senor
Rodriguez appeared from the other
room with the handkerchief
"Mil graeiaa Senor" she thnnked
him
"No hay de que Senorita" he re-
turned as he opened the door for her
"Monsieur Grimm au reveir!" lu
dropped a little curtsey and still smil-
ing went out
"She is charming Senor" the di do
matist assured him enthusiastically
albeit irrelevantly "Such vivac ty
such personality such — such — she ii
charming''
"The safe please" Mr Grimm re
minded him
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UN'S II
IM OF cm
Big Success Shown by Numbers
of Callers at Philadelphia
Headquarters
LOCAL MAN TELLS OF
REMARKABLE RELIEF
FROM RHEUMATISM
IN YEAR'S TIME
lader was Miss Thorne?"'
"Absolutely" replied Hastings with-
out hesitation "1 saw her in her own
room with her wraps on then saw her
come down and get info the car"
"That's all" said the chief "Good-
night" For an hour or more he sat In a
great comfortable chair in the smoking-room
of his own home the guile-
less blue eyes vacant staring and
spidery lines in the benevolent forehead
On the morning of the second day
"Well was all of it stolen or only
a part of it?" Mr Grimm went on
The minister gazed into the listless
eyes for a time then apparently be-
wildered walked forth and back
across the room again Finally he sat
down
"All of It" he admitted "I can't un-
derstand it No one not a soul in this
house except myself knew it was
here"
"In addition to this weight of say
two hundred pounds fifty thousand
dollars would make considerable
bulk" mused Mr Grimm "Very well!
1' c r — 1 j
UWW" Z le mm- Therefore it would appear that the
iBtcr from enezuela reported to the er8on or ersons who ROt it must
T V ilI'peai I have gone away from here heavily
nee "i liiij-wiuiiBuiHi uouars in gold
from a safe in his private office at the
legation
CHAPTER IX
Fifty Thousand Dollars
ldr Campbell was talking
"For several months past" he said
"the International Investment Com-
pany through its representative Mr
Cressy has been secretly negotiating
with Senor Rodriguez for certain as-
phalt properties In Venezuela Three
Jays ago these negotiations were suc-
:essfuliy concluded and yesterday aft-
ernoon Mr Cressy In secret paid to
jgaimr Rodriguez fifty thousand dol-
'No One Not a Soul in This House Except Myself Knew It Was Her"
"Who else knows the combination
of the safe?" he queried
"No one Senor — not a living soul"
"Your secretary lor instanc ?"
Not even my secretary"
"Some servant — some member of
your family?"
"1 tell you Senor not one person
In all the world knew that combina-
tion except myself" Senor Rodrignea
insisted
"Your secretary — a servant — some
member of your family might have
seen you unlock the safe some time
and 'hns learned the combination?"
Benor Rodriguez did not quite know
whether to be annoyed at Mr Grimm's
persistence or to admire the tenacity
with which he held to this one point
"Yon must understand Senor
Grimm that many state documents
are kept in the safe" he said finally
"therefore it Is not advisable that any
one should know the combination I
have made It an absolute rule as did
my predecessors here never to un-
lock the safe In the presence of an-
other person"
"State documents!" Mr Grimm's
lips silently repeated the words Then
aloud: "Perhaps there's a record of
the combination somewhere? If you
had died suddenly for instance how
would the safe have been opened?"
"There would have been only one
way Senor— blow it open There is
no record"
"Well if we accept all that as true"
observed Mr Grimm musingly "it
would seem that you either didn't put
the money into the safe at all or —
The apparent success with which Pro-
fessor James ML Munyon the world-
famous health authority has been meet-
ing has starltd much discussion Kvvry
street car brines dozens of callers to his
Laboratories at '3d and Jefferson Streets
Philadelphia Pa and every mall brings
thousands of letters from people Inquir-
ing about Munyon's Famous Health Cult
Professor Ifunyon'S corps of expert phy-
sicians Is kept busv seeing cnlli rs and
answering the maul Peculiar to say
these physicians prescribe no medicine
at all for 50 per cent of the callers and
mail Inquiries: health hints health ad-
vice and rules for richt livinp are slven
absolutely free Medical advice and con-
sultation absolutely free
Munyon's followers seem to be enor-
mous Those who believe in his theories
seem lo think he possesses thp most
marvelous powers for the pealing of nil
sorts of diseases Munyon himself
lausrhs at this Tie Says: "The hundreds
of cures which you are hearing about
every day In Philadelphia ar net In any
wav due to mv personal sVill It Is my
remedies which r present the combined
brains of the greatest medical specialists
science has ever known that are doing
thp work I have paid thousands of dol-
lars for a single formula and the ex-
clusive right to manufacture it T have
paid tens of thousands ff dollars for oth-
ers of mv various forms of treatment
Th's Is why I get such remarkable re-
sults I have simply bought the best
products of the best brains in the world
and placed this knowledge within the
reach of the general public '
Among Munyon's callers yesterday
were many who were enthusiastic In
their praise of the man One of these
sa'd: "For six years I suffered with
rheumatism My armi and legs were af-
flicted so badly that T could hardly work
and I could not rals" mv arms to my
head The pain was most sever" In the
back however and T was In perfect tor-
ture I tried In many ways to gel cured
or even to secure temporary relief hut
nothing seemed to help me -itll I was
persuaded bv a friend to trv Dr Mun-
yon's Uric Acid Course It v- 'S the most
rnarvelouslv acting remedy T ever saw
within a week the pain had most gone
and inside of a month I considered my-
self entirely cured I can now go out In
the worst weather— cold wet or any-
thing else and I have not felt anv sus-
picion of a return of the disease T think-
that every person who has rheumatism
and does not take the T'r!c Acid Course
Is making a great m'stake"
The continuous stream of callers and
roaM that comes to Professor James M
Mimvon at his laboratories at 53d and
Jefferson Sts Philadelphia Pa keeps
Pr Munvon and b's enormous corps of
SXnert phyrlflans busv
Writ- today to Professor James M
Munyon persona I Iv Munyon's Labora-
tories 5Hd and J "orson Pts Philadel
phia Pa Give f'lll naviculars in refer-
ence to vour c - Your inquiry will be
held strletlv confidential and answered in
a plain envelone You wilt be elven thp
best medical advice and asked more
questions Pernember there Is no charge
of any kind for consultation or medical
advice The onlv charge Munvon males
Is when bis physicians proscribe his
remedies von nav the retail selling price
It Is immaterial whether von buy from
him or from the nearest drirrc-ist
If a man tells a woman she has a
musical laugh she will fall for any
old joke he may get off
'Aden?"
Senor Rodriguez nodded
"And noPw Senor" Mr Grimm con-
tinued "if you will kindly state the
circumstances immediately preceding
and following the theft?"
A slight frown which had been
growing upon the smooth brow of the
diplomatist was Instantly dissipated
"The money — fifty thousand dollars
!n gold coin — was paid to me yester-
day afternoon about four o'clock" he
began slowly in explanation
"By Mr Cressy of the International
Investment Company" supplemented
Mr Grimm "Yes Go on"
The diplomatist favored the young
"Pins and Needles"
After being for a long time In a con
strained attitude a peculiar numbi Ft)
and pricking is often felt in the arra
leg or foot This is caused by BOBM
interruption to the circulation ami
can UBUtuiy be removed by rubbing oi
exercise
The reason of the sensation whldl
Is decidedly uncomfortable while II
lasts is that pressure for a certait
length of time deadens the sensibil-
ity of a nerve When this pressure i
suddenly removed las straightening
out the leg after sitting with it dou
bled underneath the body) sensibility
gradually returns to the nerve and
as each nerve-liber composing the
trunk regains its normal condition oj
sensibility a pricking sensation is felt
and these successive prickings from
the successive awakenings of the iu
merous libers have not inaptly beets
called "pins and needles"--Prom tin
Family Doctor
Particularly the Ladies
Not only pleasant and refreshing to
the taste but gently cleansing and sweet-
ening to the system Syrup of Figs and
Elixir of Senna is particularly adapted
to ladies and children and beneficial in
all cases in which a wholesome strength-
ening and effective lfocative should be
used It is perfectly safe at all times and
dispels colds headaches and the pains
caused by indigestion and constipation so
promptly and effectively that it is the one
perfect family laxative which gives satis-
faction to all and is recommended by
millions of families who have used it and
who have personal knowledge of its ex-
cellence Its wonderful popularity however has
led unscrupulous dealers to offer imita-
tions which act unsatisfactorily There-
fore when buying to get its beneficial
effects always note the full name of the
Company — California Fig Syrup Co —
plainly printed on the front of every
package of the genuine Syrup of Figs
and Elixir of Senna
For sale by all leading druggists Price
50 cents per bottle
Ruins in Yucatan
There is in Yucatan a chain of rulm
300 miles long where once stooc
buildings richly decorated and erected
with a vast amount of architectural
knowledge" The buildings belonged
to the stone age when the remarkable
figures in stone were carved wltn
pieces of flint The people of this
age had not the use of either bronzs
or iron
PARKER'S
HAIR BALSAM
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"So you think that Baron Fucash It
likely to propose to me?" said the
beauteous heiress "YeB" replied
Mrs Cumrox "I think there is a
probability You see his creditors ars
plear sit down there's nothing per- i ressing him and he's got to propos
6onr: la Ih't -or else the money was to somebody"
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