SERIAL STORY ISABEL By JACQUES FUTRELLE 3e Mastrations by M. KETTNER Copyright. 1s, by The Asoolated Sunday Magarzioes prright, 108, uy The Hobbe-dler rill Company. 0 SYNOPSIS. ambas- when em HUAN Count df Rosinl Italian sador, Is at « ith diplomats Af messenger ir ong him to the bassy, wher ati young wi asks for a ket to the embassy ball The ticket is made out in the name of Miss Isabel Thorne. Chief Campbell of the secret service, and Mr. Grimm, his head detective, are wars that a plot is brewing In Washir I d Grimm goes to the state bal yr information. His at tention is called to Miss Isabel Thorne, who with her companion, disappears A shot is heard and Senor Alvarez of the Mexican egatio is found wounded Grimm is ired Miss Thorne did it; he visits her, demanding kno whe dge of the affair, and arrests Pletro Petrozinnl. Miss Thorne visits an old bomb-maker and they discuss a wonderful experiment Fifty thousand dollars is stolen from the office of Senor Rodriguez, the minister from Venezuela, and detectives are in vestigating t!} Miss Thorne ap pears as a guest ti legation Grimm accuses her he ti eft ihe money is restored, but a new occurs In the disappearance onsieur Bo Segur ch ambassador CHAPTER Xil.—{Continued.) “Monsieur,” he went on, and there was a tense note in his volce, "the ambassador of France had disap peared, gone, vanished! We searched the house from the cellar to the serv- ants’ quarters, even the roof, but there was no trace of him. The hat he usually wore was in the hall all his other hats were accounted for. You may remember, Monsieur, that Tuesday was cold, but all his topcoats were found in their proper places. So it seems, Monsieur,” and repression ended In a excitement, “if he left the embassy he di by either door, and Rat or coat!” He stopped helplessly and his gaze alternated Inquiringly between the be nevolent face of the chief and the ex- pressionless countenance of Mr. Grimm. “If he left the embassy?” repeated “If your search house proved conclusively wasn't there, he did he?” Monsieur Rigolot stared at blankly for a moment, then nodded “And there are windows, you know,” Mr. Grimm went on, then: “As I derstand It, Monsieur, you and the stenographer ambassador after ten o'clock morning?” “Oui, Monsier, C'est" Rigolot began excitedly den. 1 believe that is correct.” “You saw him about ten, therefore no one except rapher saw him after ten “That is also true, “Any callers? Telephone messages? burst of he went without of the that he leave it, didn’t him saw the you say; stenog- o'clock?” as far as I know. the Monsieur,” was the reply. words of the servants at and of the stenographer that were no callers, and the statement of the stenographer that there were no tolephone calls or telegrams. There were only four letters for him per sonally,. He left them all on his desk—here they are.” Mr. Grimm looked them over leisure ly. They were commonplace enough, containing nothing that might be con: strued Into a reason for the disap pearance. “The letters Monsieur Bolssegur had dictated were lald on his desk by the stenographer,” Monsieur Rigolot rushed on volubly, excitedly. “In the anxiety and uneasiness following the disap pearance they were allowed to remain there overnight. On Wednesday morning, Monsieur”—and he hesitated impressively--"those letters bore his signature in his own handwriting!” Mr. Grimm turned his listless eyes full upon Monsieur Rigolot's perturbed face for one scant instant “No doubt of it being his signature? he queried. “Non, Monsieur, non!" the secretary exclaimed emphatically. “Vous aves that is, I have known his signature for years. There is no doubt. The letters were not of a private nature. If you would care to look at the coples of them ™ He offered the duplicates tentative iy. Mr. Grimm read them over slowly, the while Monsieur Rigolot sat nerv- ously staring at him. They, too, seemed meaningless as bearing on the matter in hand. Finally, Mr. Grimm nodded and Monsieur Rigolot re sumed: “And Wednesday night, Monsieur, another strange thing happened. Monsler Bolssegur smokes many ciga- rettes, of a kind made especially for him in France, and shipped to him here. He keeps them In a case on his dressing-table. On Thursday morning his valet reported to me that this case of cigarettes had disappeared!” “Of course,” observed Mr. Grimm, “Monsieur Bolssegur has a latch -key fo the embassy?” “Of course.” “Anything unusual happen pight-—that is, Thursday night?" “Nothing, Monsieur—that is, ing we can find.” Mr. Grimm sat silent for a time and fell to twisting the seal ring on his finger. Mr. Campbell turned around and moved a paper weight one inch to the left, where it belonged, while Monsieur Rigolot, disappointed at their amazing apathy, squirmed uneasily in his chair “It would appear, then,” Mr. Grimm remarked, musingly, “that after his mysterious disappearance the ambas- sador has either twice returnéd to his house at night, or else sent some one there, first to bring the letters to him ‘for signature, and later to get his cigarettes?” “Certalnement, Monsieur—I mean, that seems to be true. But where is he? Why should he not come back? What does it mean? Madame Bolsse- gur is frantic, prostrated! She wanted me to go to the police, think it wise that it should become public, so | came here.” “Very well” “let it rest as it is. may reassure madame last noth- Meanwhile you Point the letters Tuesday night he was, at least, alive; and if he came or sent for the cigarettes Wednesday he was still alive. embassy this afternoon advisable to go with you me your latch-key, please.” No, It now, fsn’t and passed it over without a word “And one other thing,” Mr. Grimm continued, “please collect all the re volvers that may be in the house and take charge of them yourself. If any one, by chance, heard a burglar prowl ing around tonight he might shoot, and in that event either kill Monsieur Bolssegur or—or me!” When the secretary had gome Mr Campbell idly drummed on his desk as studied the face of his subor- dinate, “So mucl he commented finally “It's Miss Thorne again,” young man as if answering a question “Perhaps these reports 1 have re ceived today from the latin capitals may ald you in dispelling that mys tery,” Campbell suggested, and Mr Grimm turned them over eagerly “Meanwhile our royal visitor, Prince d’Abruzzi, remains un there he The a snap “It's only a question of time, Chief” said abruptly. “I'l find him-—-I'l} him!" And he sat ports. he down to read the re CHAPTER XIII, A Conference In the Dark, The white rays of the distant arc filtered through the halfdrawn velvet hangings and lald a faintly il lumined path across the ambassador's desk: the heavy leather chairs were mere impalpable uplotehen in the shadows; the cut-g inss knobs of a mahogany cabinet caught the glint of light and reflected it dimly. Outside | Her Hana Still Rested on the Switch. was the vague, indefinable night drone of a city asleep, unbroken by any finally there came the distant boom of a clock. It struck twice, the ambassador's office Mr. Grimm, high arm of leather, with his feet on the seat, thoughtfully nursing his kfiees. If his attitude Indicated any- thing except sheer comfort, it was that he was listening. He had been there for two hours, wideawake, and absolutely motionless. Five, ten, fifteen minutes more passed, and then Mr. Grimm heard the grind and whir of an automobile a block or so away, coming toward the embassy. Now It was in front. “Honk! was Hon-on-onk!™ {it called plaintively. “Hon-on-onk! Honk!” The signal! At last! The automo bile went rushing on, full tilt, while Mr. Grimm removed his feet from the seat and dropped them noiselessly to the floor. Thus, with his hands on his knees, and listening, listening with every faculty strained, he sat motion- less, peering toward thas open door that led into the hall. The car was gone now, the sound of it swallowed up in the distance, still he sat there. It was obviously some noise In the house for which he was waiting. Minute after minute passed, and still nothing. There was not even the whisper of a wind-stirred drapery. He was about to rise, when, suddenly, with no other nolse than that of the sharp click of the switch, the electric lights in the room blazed up brilliant. ly. The glare dazzled Mr. Grimm with its blinding flood, but he didn’t move. Then softly, almost in a whisper: “Good evening, Mr. Grimm.” It was a woman's voles, pleasant, unsurprised, perfectly modulated. Mr. Grimm certainly did not expect it now, but he knew it instantly-—there was not another quite like It in the wide, wide world—and though he was feet courteously. “Good morning, corrected gravely. Miss Thorne,” against the rich green of the draperies. Her lips were curled the least bit, as if she might have been smiling, and her wonderful eyes re flected a glint of—of—was it ment? fell away from her, still rested on the switch. “And you didn't hear me?” still in the haif-whisper. “lI didn't think you would. Now I'm going to put out the lights for an instant, while you pull the shades down, and then—then we must have a—a conference.” The switch snapped. The lights as they had beed Grimm, moving noise lessly, visited each of the four win dows in turn. Then the lights blazed brilliantly again “Just for a moment,” him quietly, Miss Thorne and she “1 want read this—read it carefully then I shall turn out the lights again They are dangerous After that we may discuss the matter at our leis ure.” Mr. Grimm read the paper while Miss Thorne's eyes questioned his im passive face. At length he looked up indolently, listlessly, and the switch snapped. She crossed the room and down: Mr Grimm sat beside her. “1 think,” Miss Thorne suggested tentatively, "that that accounts pen fectly for Monsieur BHolssegur's disap earance.” ‘It gives one you to explanation, at least” Grimm assented musingly. “Kid held prisoner—fifty thousand demanded for his safety and A pause “And to whom, ask, was this demand ad Mr foliars may | “To Madame Thorne “I have it came it post this afternoon, and Bolssegur,” replied Miss the envelope In was mailed at the half-past one so the cancel the envelope letter was writ general office at yelock ing stamp addressed, as the ten, on a typewriter” ‘And how,” inquired after a long pause, into your possession? little Why report this afternoon was here “Monsieur Rigoiot did because hb iid * she re , answering the first came into m directly from the hands she gave it to shows Mr. Grimm, did it come He waited a Monsieur Rigolot development to me this 1 re “how didn’t when not inform not know of question sion of Madame Bo me Wh y ne Mr. Grimm was pe issegur ering through the inscrutable darkness straight into her face—a white daub in the gloom, shapeiess indistinct “1 bave known Madame Bolssegur for half a dozen years.” Miss Thorne continued, in explanation. “We have been friends that long. 1 met her in Tokio, later in Berlin, and within » few weeks, here in Washington. You traveled in the time | been an agent for my govern ment. Well, Madame Bolssegur re ceived this letter about half-past four o'clock this afternoon; and about half past five she sent for me and placed my hands, together with the singular details following upon the am bassador's disappearance So, i d scem that you and | are allies and the problem is al There merely remains of finding and releasing th soe have have i+ in iL iD woul for ready the this once, soived task Mr “And why here now For the same reason that you are she replied readily, “to see {0 the person who twice once for the am his Grimm sat perfectly still he asked, slowly, "are arr here.” here at night- letters and once for by any 1 knew you wert Came bassador's cigarettes—would, make another trip here of course.” (TO BE CONTINUED.) His First Day In School. It was a country school. A small been en and gave him a lesson to study. He against the desk, with his feet swing came absorbed in his lessen. He be got he was in school, and presently he puckered up his lips whistling?” quickly, and then said, innocently: “That was me Didn't you know | could whistle?” Voting Machines. ery in some quarters against Buffalo has been voting by machine for 12 years. The Express condemns the proposition to abolish them and go back to the old system, and the Utiea Herald-Dispatch agrees with it and observes: “Utica, with its longer experience with the machines, will con eur in this view, In fact, It would be impossible to persuade Utieans thai return to the old system could ever be desirable.”-~New York Tribune. The Other Way Around. Mr. Angus—"If you knew how to cook we could save money.” Mr Angus—"If you knew how to save money we could employ 8 000K "w= Answers. TOLD IN SHORT ORDER Adlentown Fire of gin destroyeds Colonel Harry C. Trex ler's monster barn at the Ormrod plant of tae Lehigh Portland C ment Company Colonel Trexler re as the finest barn in the state, and It was built at a cost of more than twenty-five thousand do lars to replace one on the same site, destroyed mysteriously two Years ago, the first floor being entirely of iron and concrete, The livestock was saved, but all this year's crops went with the superstructure and the total loss is about thirty-five thousand dol lars, partly by blanket in- surance. This is the sixth barn Col Trexler has lost in five years The covered Chester case who peling ing a dered a death of the girl, old, due to gastro as shown the diagnosis made by Dr H. F. Taylor, the coroner's physician Dr. J. A. Armaliz, interne at Cro- zer Hospital, explained the the condition of the chi when gh was admitted He said from he had rl had coroner's of Mary vans, the died in Crozer taken ill, supposedly eat- cheap variety of candy, ren- verdict to the effect that the who was two years jury In ttle girl Hospital after from was enteritis, by an to jury to the institution the symptoms for: the n led ed the opinion that from ptomaine poisoning Miss brought here the Ida Miller, aged from Reading Years, ncaster on former gold watch ang hain, $50 worth three jer rings, a gold Was harge of Levi robbing f Lav employer, Moch, © valued at $40; bar stickpin the sig Sanat« from the fruit and rey PO De propel ber 19, fish ught Years was Tulpehocken creek of the Cotton Bud After a struggle the fish ca last- Mrs Mary Da cker » honor the mag- bulld- Packer School school £ 4 g of the nted ir thousand that Yody defraving Hunt Year y vil visit- ing It oh lace, disappeared in Blair's | al hunting party search abducted had been found Stone Creek she had drink and fell where Readin Detweller, aged the only sup- mother and four 1d sisters, was Valley bridge aged 15, hersbaugh, 20, and $500 bail re- appearance be- the August gpectiy fore th fe ov iOTEer court on charges of Joseph Fousel, Boistown, Willlamsport aged 45 out in take boat capsized drowned Mauch Chunk Because the weav- ors in the Derry Silk Mills at East Mauch Chunk were reduced three- fourths of a cent per yard, five hun- dred of them went on a strike, caus- of Du a boat with two a swim in the and years, went companions The was river Fousel to Northampton, — A contract ble the capacity here It will hands. Allentown.—Overcome by grief and excitement, Mrs. Amanda H. Ja- coby, of Allentown, aged 63, died on miles out of Alfred Fink, a Allentown.—-Report was made to the Allentown police of the disap pearance of Harry Miller, an insur- ance agent, who is accused of having deserted his wife and baby two weeks ago. Allentown.—S8ome flend, by pols- oning dogs and cattle, has created a reign of terror among the Lehigh farmers at the base of the Blue Mountain near Germansville, and anyone venturing on any of their farms after nightfall does s0 at the risk of his life, as every farmer in that section has a loaded gun ready to shoot to kill. In former years it was nothing uncommon to have the best hunting and coon dogs in that section die from poison, but this sum- mer horses, cattle and swine are meeting a like fate. TERMS. ~The terms of subsoripsion 0 be be P rier are one Ao’ lar par yest (D adVEl O ADVERTIVIRG RATFA-Duplay advertise ment of Li ov more luches or three or 0 07 Ite viay advert sing nocupyiug les sree thay ten cfs § sn three insertions, in fry COTS per line for each low rtion ; other wise, ht outs per los, mivimum charge Ty ve ceils, Lega! notievs. twenty cents per line for three ditions! insertion. POLITICAL ANNOUNCEMENTS. DEMOCRATIC, POR BHERIFF, We are authorized Ww sanounce thet Arthar B, I#6 of Pover township. is a candidats for the office of Sheriff, subject to the rule sad reguis tons of the Dem cratic primaries 0 be held Beptember 3, paid We are sutborised tv aonounce that D. J Gipgery. of Hoston township, is a candidate for the office of Sherif! subject Yo the decis ou of the Democrstic prima les Ww be held on Bept mber 50 FOR COUNTY OOMMISSIONER We are anthorised 0 announce thet John RB Lemon of Ferguson townsh'p is s candida fof th» office of Commissioner, sublect 0 the usages of the Democratic party We are au'horised 0 sanGounos we. sohin H Runkle, of Power township. ls 8 candidates for the office of County Commissioner subject to the rules apd regulations of the Demos. atic party. paid We are requested to snnounc= { at John L Dunlap will be & candidate tor Cou ty Commis sioner, subject to the decision of the Dem: © stlo voters of Lhe OouDLly a8 expressed al Lhe ori maries to be held Beptember 30 1911 paid We are authorized WwW aznounos that William A. 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We sre authorised 0 snoofmos thal Frank W. vvrebe, of Phllipesburg Borough, i= & oandi- dste for the offices of Canty Tressurer, subject w the d-cladou of the Democratic prunaries w be heid Beplem ber 30 paid FOR REGISTER We are authorised Wo announce the Frank Fmith. of Osatre Hall borough, is & canuidale for Rew! tor, subject 10 the usages of the Democratic arly paid FOR RECORDER We are sattioriz «1 to sansuace of Walker township, will office of Recorder of 0 the dedidon of the Democratic voters wit iy ae expressed at the general pr ries tv be held saturday, September 50. paid that D. A be & candk Centre oounlc, FOR DISTRICT ATTORNEY We sre authorised nounce that J. M Kelchline » & candidate for the oboe of District Alor ney suljest W Lhe Unger of (he Demooratie pary paid We are suthorissd 10 snnng ust D Fortney of! Belicfonte, Ir & cand office of District Attorney, subject of the Democratic party. Paul sidate for 1he 10 the usages pasd We are suthorised wo announce that J, Kenne dy Johpsion, of Buliesonte, | iss candidate for Lhe ome of District Attorney, «i Ww the sition of tbe Demrooratic voter al "the primary election 10 be held seplember 30. paid FOR PROTRONOTARY We sre authorised 0 announces that D, R Foreman. of the Boroogh of Beli -foute, I= a oan didate tor the office of Prothonotary, subject, to the usag es of Lhe Democratic party Paid. REPUBLICAN, FOR COUNTY COMMIS! 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