SERIAL
STORY
ELUSIVE
ISABEL
IHlastrations by M. KETTNER
prright 1908, by The Boble Merrill Company.
SYNOPSIS,
Gopy right, 1908, by The Associated Sunday Magasines
13
Count 4f Rosini, the Italian ambas-
sador, is at dinner with diplomats when
& messenger summons him to the em-
bassy, where a beautiful young woman
asks for a ticket 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 warned that a plot is
brewing in Washington, and Grimm goes
to the state ball for information. His at-
tention is called to Miss Isabel Thorne,
who with her companion, disappears A
ghot is heard and Senor Alvarez of the
Mexican legation, is found wounded
Grimm is assured Miss Thorne did it; he
visits her, demanding knowledge of the
flair, and arrests Pietro Petrozinni, Miss
horne visits an old bomb-maker, and they
a wonderful expert nt. Fifty
1 dollars is stoler office
odriguesz, }
and whil
vestigating the robbe
pears as a guest of the le
Rccuses her of theft
restcred, but a new mystery
the disappearance of Monsieu
the French ambassador Eiu
horne reappears, bearing a
tates that t ambassador has been kid
paped and anding ransom. The am-
assador returns and again strangely dis-
ppears. Later he is rescued from an
ouse in the suburbs
the
CHAPTER XVI.
Letters From Jail.
he
wie
an unaccredited agent of
in a cell. He had been formally
ralgned and committed without
which had been inflicted upon the dip
lomatist from Mexico at the
Embassy Ball, and, since then, undis
outcome, he had spent his
reading and smoking. He
swered questions with only a curt yes
or no when he deigned to answer
them at all; and there had
callers or inquiries for him
abruptly declined a
counsel
Twice each day, morning and night,
he had asked a question of the jaller
who brought his simple meals
“How is Senor Alvarez?”
“He is still in a critical
The answer was always the same
Whereupon the secret agent would
return to his reading with not =a
shadow of uneasiness or concern on
his face
time
suggestion
,
little note from Miss
read without emotion, afterward. cast-
ing them aside or tearing up
He never answered them And
one day there came another pote
which, for no apparent reason, seemed
to stir him from his lethargy. Out
wardly it was like all the others, but
when Senor Petrozinn! scanned the
sheet his eyes lighted strangely, and
ke stood staring down at it as though
to hide a sudden change of expression
in his face. His gaze was
trated on two small splotches of ink
where, it seemed, pen had
scratched as Miss Thorne had signed
her name.
them
tha
wae
for a moment, then started to tur
away. The prisoner stopped him with
8 quick gesture,
milk, please?”
prefer it tepid.”
He thrust a small coin between the
bars; the guard accepted it and passed
on. Then, still standing at the door,
the prisoner read the note again:
“My Desr Friend:
“l understand, from an indirect
source, that there has been a marked
improvement in Senor Alvarez's con
dition, and I am hastening to send you
the good news. There is every hope
that within a short while, if he con-
he asked. “No Ice. 1
ball bond, and you will be free until
the time of trial, anyway.
“Might it not be well for you to
consult an attorney at once? Drop me
a line to let me know you received
this. Sincerely,
“ISABEL THORNE.”
Finally the prisoner tossed the note
on a tiny table in a corner of his
cell, and resumed his reading. After
a time the guard returned with the
milk.
“Would it be against the rules for
me to wrile an answer to this?”
queried Bignor Petrozinnl, and he In.
dicated the note,
“Certainly not,” was the reply.
“If 1 might trouble you, then, for
pen and ink and paper?’ suggested
the signor and he smiled a little. “Be-
Heve me, 1 would prefer to get them
for myself.”
“l guess that's right”
grinned good-naturedly.
Again he went away and the pris
oner sat thoughtfully sipping the milk.
He took half of it, then lighted a cig
arette, puffed it once or twice and per.
mitted the light to dle. After a little
the guard
| guard's feet on the cement pavement,
| and the writing materials were thrust
through the bars.
“Thank you,” said the prisoner.
The guard went on, with a nod, and
|& moment later the signor heard the
| elangor of a steel door down the cor
| ridor as it was closed and locked
| He leaned forward in his chair with
| half-closed eves, listening for a long
{ time, then rose and nolselessly ap
| proached the cell door. Again he lis
| tened intently, after which he resumed
his seat. He tossed away the ciga
rette he had and lighted a fresh one,
flame of the match.
where the paper charred in the heat,
a letter or word stood out from the
a message complete appeared between
the innocuous ink-written lines.
prisoner read it greedily:
“Am privately informed there is
little chance of Alvarez's recovery.
Shall I arrange escape for you, or have
ambassador intercede?
former, as the other might take
months, and meeting to sign treaty al-
lance would be dangerously delayed.”
Signor Petrozinnl permitted the
sputtering flame to Ignite the paper,
and thoughtfully watched
destroy it. The last tiny scrap
dropped on the floor, burned out, and
Then he began to write:
“My Dear Miss Thorne:
tle note,
the improvement in Senor Alvarez’'s
condition. I had hoped that my {mpul-
sive act In shooting him would not
end in a tragedy. Please keep me in-
formed of any further change in his
condition. As yet I do not see the
necessity of consulting an attorney,
but later I may be compelled to do so
“Respectfully,
“PIETRO PETROZINNL"
This done the secret agent carefully
cleaned the ink from the pen, wiping
it dry with his handkerchief, then
thrust it into the half empty glass of
milk. The fluld clung to the steel nib
thinly; he went on writing with it,
lines of ink:
‘1 am in no danger. 1
United States, which, when
will make me responsible
tallan government as spe-
hold creden-
to
only to the
The Prisoner Read It Greedily.
according to International
Arrange escape for one woek
tor any money neces
il arrangements for
signing compact for
after.”
the prisoner cleaned the steel
put it back in the
of ink, leaving it there He
sheet paper back and
and at last scrutinized
it minutely, standing under the light
from the high-up window of his
envoy,
from ight;
use
Make caref
and
two nights
of
Again
waved the of
cell
leaving the sheet perfectly clean and
for the ink-written mes-
This sheet he folded, placed In
white except
sage
Later the guard passed along the
"Be to post that,
“It isn't sealed
I don't know If your prison rules re
good enough
out. If so, read it, or have it read,
then seal it.”
For answer the guard dampened the
The
sat down again, and
Grimm, accom:
came out of a
hour later Mr
by Johnson,
One
At
a finished print of the
Word by word he was
writing on a silp of paper what his
magnifying glass gave him and so,
pt —
Se =>
———
Central African Tree.
A remarkable tree has been discov.
Africa. Its power of increase in every
way is remarkable. In a few months
an extensive tract of land, we read,
became an inpenetrable forest. In one
season it is sald to grow to the height
of from four to five meters; in other
words, from 13 to over 16 feet
Ita foliage is sald to resemble the
mimosa and its branches are thorny,
The wood can be cut into planks, and
the natives work it up into canoes
The Tilho mission has utilized the
wood for making tables and doors,
Birds’ Nest Soup.
Old books of travel represent the
Aslatica as putting the nests into
soups and stews. This 1a entirely er
roneous. The birds which make these
curiously enough, It came to pass that
Miss Thegne and Chief Campbell of
the Secret Service were reading the
hidden, milk-written message at al
most the identical! moment,
“Johnson got Petrozionl's
| from the postman,” Mr. Grimm
| explaining. “1 opened It,
| graphed it, sealed it again
mailed it. There was not
and
can not possibly know of it"
paused a moment.
| invisible to the naked eye,
able In the negative.”
“What do you
| Campbell asked.
eyes were alive with eagerness,
make of it?”
not being in danger,”
{ clal envoy this government must re
spect them, even {f Senor Alvarez
| ment to punish him,
clally aware that he has such cre
dentials I doubt If we would have the
| right to keep him confined; we would
| m~=zrely have to hand bim over to the
all that
than
And, of course,
makes him more dangerous
| ever.”
“Yes, 1 know
a little impatiently.
| man?”
| Ishment.
that,” sald the chief
“But who is this
“Who is this man?" Mr. Grimm re
| peated as if surprised at the question
“1 was looking for Prince Benedetto
d’'Abruzzi, of Italy. I have found him.”
Mr. Campbell's clock like brain tick
over the situation in detall
“It's lke this,” Mr. Grimm
dated. “He has credentials which
knows will free him if he is forced to
present them but I imagine they were
given him more for protection In an
| emergency like this than for intro
{ ducing him to our government As
i the matter stands he afford to
{iscover himself by using those
dentials, and yet, If the Latin
pact is signed, he must be
i member, that he is
from countries—Italy, France
i and Spain.” He was silent for a
ment. “Naturally his escape
prison would preserve his Incognito,
and at the same time permit him to
sign the compact”
There was silence for a long time.
“1 believe the situation without
| precedent,” sald Mr. Campbell slowly
“The special envoy of great
powers held for attempted
“Officially we are aware of his
{ purpose, or his identity” Mr. Grimm
reminded “L* he escaped It
would clarify the sftuation tremen
dously.”
“If he escaped!” repeated Mr. Camp
bell musingly
i ed
eluci-
¥
ae
can't
{ re
com-
free He
too, accredited
three
mo
from
is
three
go
not
him
“But, gf course, the compact would
not be signed at least this coun-
try,” Mr. Grimm went on tentatively.
Mr. Campbell gazed straight into the
listless eyes of the young man for a
and gradually un-
| derstanding came home to him. Final
ly he nodded his head
in
minute or more full
“Use
Mr.
your
Grimm.” he directed.
own judgment,
CHAPTER XVII.
A Call on the Warden,
The restful slience of night lay over
tha great prison. Here and in
corridors a guard doz in
hi: and in
light glimmered
sat at his desk,
Once he glanced
was five ites
then he went on with
there
the grim od
the glare of an electric lig
the office too, a desk
where the warden
Hoht
poring over a report
i+
clock
and
nin
up at the
if eleven
his reading
After tle the silence was broken
by the whir of the clock and the first
sharp stroke of the hour; and at just
that moment the door {rom the street
opened and a man He was
rather tall and slender, and a sinister
black mask hid hia from the
quickly raised eyes of the warden. For
a bare fraction of a second the two
men stared each other, then, In
stinctively, wardens right hand
moved toward the open drawer of his
aeak where a revolver lay, and his
left toward several electrically con
nected levers The Intruder noted
both gestures, and unarmed himself,
stood silent The warden was first
to speak.
“Well, what Is it?
“You have a prisoner here, Pletre
Petrozinnl,” was the reply, in a pleas
ant volee, “1 have come to demand his
| release.”
The warden's right hand was raised
above the desk top, and the revolver
in it clicked warningly
“You have come to demand his re
lease, eh?’ he queried. He still sat
potionless, with his eyes fixed on the
black mask.
outside guard?”
(TO BE CONTINUED.
entered
face
at
the
!
| nests use, among other
| long strands of tough, whitish
weed, the strands forming the outer
to the rock.
By the time the birds have emi
grated, these bita of seaweed are
washed clean by rains and are dried
in the sun. Then is when they are
extracted by Chinese gatherers and
made into parcels for sale.
They form strips about eight Inche
long, somewhat of the appearance o
Iceland moss, light, shiny, translucent
and of no positive taste,
Peace of Mind,
A tranquil heart Is the life of the
flesh, but envy is the rottenness of
3 bones. Proverbs of Solomon xiv:
CAN'T FIND HAPPINESS
OLD MONEYEBEAGS IS BOTH A PLU.
TOCRAT AND PAUPER.
He Has Amassed Great Wealth and
Lost All That Was ‘Best
in Him,
rich
bank
His
him
at the
Bradstreet
works
Dun and
His name
His check is good for millions,
vaults are stuffed with stocks
bonds. But his dollars have an actual
value of five cents each
rate
magic
TERME, of SAID Ww the Bl
Porter are one dollar per year RRO. i
ADVERTIFING RATES lay sdvertiss
{sans
i advert sing ocoupyiug less space
uohes ard for less Vian three insertions, from
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€ WO com pont
Local notices acoompanyin Suis SAT
wach sertion | other
wise, eight oents per line, minimum charge
al notices, twenty osnts per line for three
ing In poverty—he's a plutocrat and a
pauper at the game time
Fate has made an ass of him-—she
has given him all the cash he asked
for, but she omitted the formula that
gives it value
He has the lock, but he can't find
the key-—he doesn’t know what to do
with his money
He 18 a lineal descendant of King
Midas-—he learned the golden touch,
but he can’t control power in
his madness for millions he has trans
muted all the realities of life into use
less trash
He placed
minting press
its
his springtime in the
he turned all his hopes
and all his visions into coln—stamped
all the of his heagt
and milled the peace of his soul
Year by went on amassing
wealth steadily losing all
that All that was
kindly joyous-—he turned
tenderness out
year he
and just
was best
all that
an
in him
was
to dross
Now his silver age he Is
ing for his golden youth
There is
derstand
in
yYearn-
we doesn’t
in his
shrivel
SAE AN ER
} un
breast
an ache that
hole
¥
i
a hungry
rilages
where god y he
dled from d
He
trained
His rapacity
mprehend the big mes
He owns a
Argosy wit}
wealtl
He
has a
For him the mountain sun
iT0
meaning
mits are
bare-—the flower have died on the
lopes and the have
locked the br
waterfall
He 13 a
moral
his
When
riryesl
treasure
op of his blood In
the joke of it all
ait until winter be
erty
that
fs ha
The
every whim and w iin 2 it
the bill when his wasted ¥
exposes
ontinent
client energy
Old John
avery
Bet
ties tality
him to disease against which
the «¢ man 1}
to defend
a8 xtored suf.
himself
the
Monevhags
form of
price
of
enjovment., but
he
can't locate the tralls that lead to
happiness
It isn’t the size of a man’s roll, but
the size of a man’s soul that counts
Woman's World
Br——————
Good Luck Alloyed.
A howl! from the upper
brought the mother to her feet
jaughter intermingled with
ling and the
come a trio
earner trying
study
"Mummy, mummy.” cried
meeting ber on stairs,
come up and spank Dick”
“What has he been doing?”
her mother
“We are playing at
bed Elsie, “and
over me"
“But you musn’'t cry
soothed the fond parent
story
Rude
the how-
threatened to be.
the bucolic bread-
earn bread in his
duet
with
to
Elsie,
the “please
asked
weddings.”
Mek threw rice
sob
all
over that"
“Rice brings
Little Elsie opened her eyes wide as
asked:
“What, mummy--when it's in pd
Turn About. ’
At Cumberland, Md. the owlored
homes at night. The cook in the fam-
fly of the Episcopalian clergyman not
only does this, but of late has ar.
rived at the rectory too late to cook
breakfast. Hence her mistress late.
ly told her for each breakfast missed
there would be a reduction in her
weekly wages. Dinah passively as.
sented to this, but next day the mis.
tress heard the mald next door say to
her:
“Pears to me you get to work
mighty late”
“]1 gets to work when I get ready”
was the reply,
"How does you manage about de
breakfus?”
“Oh, I pays de missus to cook de
brekfus."-Housekeeping Magazine,
ditional insertion.
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Lee, of Potter township. 1s 8 cendidate for the
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RR
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mrse!f as a candidate for County Commissioner,
subject W the decision of the Hepublioan volem
at the primaries 10 be held Sept 8, 1911,
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Port Matilda, Pa
TO EDITOR REPORTER--1 hereby announ
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subject to the decimon of Lhe nbilost volen
ai the primaries to be held Sept, M0, 1911,
HARRY E. ZIMMERMAN,
Springtowaship.
Formerly of Benner township
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myself asa candidate for Register of Osntire
‘county, subject to the decision of the Repuls
jfoan voters at Lhe primaries 10 De held Se
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