WJ MABEL wxx ' T ILLUSTRATIONS COPYRIOHT 1908 by THE COPYRIGHT 1909 by .THE 8YNOPSI3. Count dl Rnslnl, th Italian nmlms lador, Is at dinner with llplmiun in Id? national capital when a meftstniror tulntfi a note directing him to como to the emhussy at once. Ilure a beautiful yutuiK woniun onks that she bo Klv-n a ticket to the embassy ball. The tick et la made out In the name of Mini la kbel Thorne. CHAPTER II. Mr. Campbell and the Cable. Just as it Is one man's business to manufacture watches, and another man's business to peddle shoe-strings, 10 it was Mr. Campbell's business to know things. He was a human card index, a governmental ready reference posted to the minute and backed by ill the tremendous resources of a na tion. From the little office In the 8e ;ret Service Bureau, where he sat day if tor day, radiating threads connected with the huge outer world, and cn iblod him to keep a Arm hand on the Jlplomutlc and departmental pulse of Washington. Perhaps ho came near er knowing everything that happened there than any other man living; and no man realized more perfectly thnn he Just how little of all of It he did know. ' In person Mr. Campbell wns not un like a retired grocer who had shaken the butter and eggs from his soul and settled back to enjoy a life of placid Idleness. He was a little beyond mid dle age. pleasant of face, white of hair, and blessed with guileless blue ryes. His genius hnd no sparklo to It; It consisted solely of detail and system and lndefatlgablllty, coupled with a memory that was well nigh In fallible. His brain was as serene and srderly a9 a cash register; ono almost expected to hear It click. He sat at his desk Intently studying 1 cable despatch whjch lay before him. It was In the Secret Service code. Leaning over his shoulder was Mr. Grimm the Mr. Grimm of the bureau. Mr. Grimm was an utterly different type from his chief. He was younger, perhaps thirty-one or two, physically well proportioned, a little above the average height, with regular features Bnd listless, purposeless eyes a re plica of a hundred other young men who dawdle idly In the windows of their clubs and watch the world hurry by. His manner was languid; his dress showed fastidious care. Sentence by sentence the bewilder lug Intricacies of the code gave way before the placid understanding of Chief Campbell, and word by word, from the chaos of It, a translation took Intelligible form upon a sheet of paper under his right hand. Mr, unmm, looKing on, exniblted only a most perfunctory Interest in the ex traordinary message he was reading; the listless eyes narrowed a little, that was all. It was a special despatch from Lisbon dated that morning, and signed simply "Gault" Completely translated It ran thus: "Secret offensive and defensive al llanco of the Latin against the En llfih-speaklng nations of tho world Is plunned. Italy, France, Spain and two South American republics will foon sign compact In Washington roposition Just made to Portugal, una may be accepted. Special en voa now working In Mexico and Cen tral and South America. Germany in vlt"d to Join, but refuses as vet eiv- IhK. however, tacit support; attitude oi Kussia and Japan unknown to me. Prince llenedetto d'Abruzzi, believed to bo in Washington at present, has Bbsolme power to sign for Italy. France and Spain. Profound secrecy tnjulned and preserved. I learned of It by underground. Shall 1 inform our minister? Cuble Instructions." "So much!" commented Mr. Camp bell. Ho clasped his hands behind his hond, luy back In his chair and sat for a long time, staring with steadfast, thoughtful eyes into the Impassive lute of his subordinate. Mr. Grimm torched himself on the edge of the nesk and with his legs dangling read tlio despatch a second time, and a third. "If," he observed slowly, "If any oth er mnn than Gault had sent that I should have said he was crozy." "The peace of the world Is In peril, Vr. Grimm," said Campbell lmpres "vely, at last. "It hnd to come, of Murse. tho United States and Kng "md against a large part of Europe and all of Central and South America, t had to como, and yet !" Ho broke off abruptly, 'nnd picked up the receiver of his desk telephone. The White House, please," he re quested curtly, and then, after a mo ment: "Hello! Please ask the presl eut ho WU recelva Mr Cnmpboll tooifdlutely. Yes. Mr. Campbell of e Secret Service." There was a w"e. Mr. Grimm removed his 1m "uculate person from the desk, and k a chair. "Hello! In half an hour? b0 much!" The pages of the Almanac de Gotha "uttered through his fingers, and final Lr lonned forward ond atudlod a m. ot 11 closely- when he sa his eyes again there was that i".n 1 blch Mr- Grlmm had never hadow Bettled' darkening Chi,6 worW-ir has long been a "Bcra. Mr. Grlmm," he remarked at con. A now-nw! Think of It! Of co"rso, the CW...,i . . can uiiu ooum AUien- Cnnntt.ln ... lnonn " las-en separately, are ofT!e?UenUa, and that 18 true t0 cent I cntrles of Europe, ex- Un,i. e' but ,aken In combination, imvio no ""reeling lnd, the allied at,,. 18 uld be would bo formld Bunn'nrV ,tt8t Backel by the moral Pan-i n Gormnny. and perhaps Ja ee?" n'1 you BeeT you iiIled lnt0 sllcnce- Mr. Grlmm If r l11" t0 ask Question. Wly; Pbe" anticipated It unerr- Th Purpose of such an alliance? JACQUES fUTRELLE by M.G.Ksrttivszii- ASSOCIATED SUNDAY MAGAZINES J30BBS - MERRILL COMPANy It Is not too much to construo It Into the first step toward a world-war a war of reprisal and conquest beside which the other great wars .of the world would seem trlval. For the fact has at last come home to the na tions of the world that ultimately tho English-speaking peoples will domi nate It dominate It because they are the practical peoples. They have given to the world all Its groat practical In ventions the railroads, the steam Bhip, electricity, the telegraph and cable all of them; they are the great civilizing forces, rounding the world up to new moral understanding, for what England has done In Africa and India wo have done In a smaller way In the Philippines and Cuba and Por to Rico; they ore the great commer cial peoples, slowly but surely winning the market-places of the earth; wher ever the English or the American flag Is planted there the English tongue Is being spoken, and there the peoples are being taught the sanity of right living and square dealing. "It requires no great effort of the Imagination, Mr. Grlmm, to foresee that day when the traditional power of Paris, and Peril n, and St. Peters burg, and Madrid will be honey combed by the steady encroachment of our methods. This alliance would Indicate that already that day has been foreseen; that there Is now a re sentment which is about to find ex pression In one great, desperate strug gle for world supremacy. A few hun dred years ngo Italy or Rome was stripped of her power; only recently the United States dispelled the lllu- 'If Any Other Man Than Gault Had Was sion that Spain was anything but a shell; and France ! One can't help but wonder If tho power sho boasts Is not principally on pnper. But If their forces are combined? Do you see? It would be an enormous power to reckon with, with a hundred bases of supplies right at our doors." He rose suddenly and walked over to tho window, where he stood for a moment, staring out with unseeing eyes. "Given a yard of canvas, Mr. Grlmm," he went on finally, "a Span ish boy will waste It, a French boy will paint a picture on It, an Eng lish boy will build a sail-boat, and an American boy will erect a tent. That fully Illustrates the differences In the races. He abandoned the didactic tone, and returned to the material matter In band. Mr. Grlmm passed him tho despatch and he sat down again. ' 'Will soon sign compact In Wash ington,' " he read musingly. "Now I don't know that the signing of that compact can be prevented, but the signing of It on United States soil can be prevented. You will see to that, Mr. Grlmm." 'Very well," the young man agreed carelessly. The magnitude of such task made, apparently, not the slightest Impression on him. He languidly drew on his gloves. 'And meanwhile I shall take steps to ascertain the attitude of Russian and Japanese representatives In this city." Mr. Grlmm nodded. "And now, for Prince Denedetto d'Abruzzi," Mr. Campbell went on Blowly. "Officially ho Is not In Wash ington, nor the United States, for that matter. Naturally, on Buch a mission, he would not come as a publicly ac credited agent, therefore, I Imagine, he Is to be sought under another name." "Of course." Mr. Grlmm acquiesced. "And be would avoid the big ho tels." "Certainly." Mr. Campbell permitted his guile less blue eyes to linger Inquiringly upon those of the young man for half a minute. He caught himself wonder ing, sometimes, at the perfection of the deliberate Indifference with which . L ' Mr. Grlmm masked his emotions. IB his admiration of this quality he quite overlooked the remarkable mask of benevolence behind which ho himself hid. "And the name, D'Abruzzi," he re marked, after a time. "What does It nurnn to you, Mr. Grlmm?" "It means that I am to deal with a prince of the royal blood of Italy was tho unhesitating response. Mr. Grlmm nicked un the Almanac de Gotha nnd glanced at the open page, "Of course, the first thing to do is to find him; tho rest will bo simple enough." He perused tho pngo care lessly. "I will begin work at once. ' CHAPTER III. Trie Language of the Fan. Mr. Grlmm was chatting Idly with Senorlta Rodriguez, daughter of the minister from Venezuela, the while ho permitted his listless eyes to wan der aimlessly about the spacious ball room of the German embassy, ablaze with festooned lights, nnd brilliant with a multi-colored chaos of unl forms. Gleaming pearl-white, translu cent In the mass, were the bare shoulders of woman; and from far off enmo the plaintive whine of an or chestra, a pulsing senso rather than a living sound, of music, pointed here and there by the stnecuto cry of flute. A zephyr, perfumed with the clean, fresh odor of lilacs, stirred tho draperies of the archway which led Into the conservatory and rustled tho bending branches of palms and ferns. For a scant Instant Mr. Grimm's eyes rested on a young woman who sat a dozen feet away, talking, in play' ful animation, with an undersecretary of the Ilrltlsh embassy a young worn on soverely gowned In some glittering stuff which fell away slieerly from her splendid bare shoulders. She glanred up, as If In acknowledgment of his look, and her eyes met his. Frank blue-gray eyes they were, stirred to their depths now by amusement She smiled at Senorlta Rodriguez, In token of recognition. "Aren't they wonderful?" asked Senorlta Rodriguez with tho quick, bubbling enthusiasm of her race. "What?" asked Mr. Grimm. "Her eyes," was the reply. "Every Sent That Crazy." I Should Have Said He person has ono dominant feature with Miss Thome it is her eyes." "Miss Thorne?" Mr. Grimm repeated. "Haven't you met her?" tho senorita went on. "Miss Isabel Thorne? Sho only arrived a few days ngo the night of the slate ball. She's my guest at the legation. When an opportunity conies I shall present you to her." She ran on, about other things, with only nn occasional remark from Mr. Grlmm, who was thoughtfully nursing his kneo. Somewhere through the chatter nnd effervescent gaiety, min gling with the sound of tho pulsing music, he had a singular Impression of a rhythmical beat, an Indistinct tattoo, noticeable, perhaps, only because of Its monotony. After a moment ho shot a quick glance at Miss Thorne and understood; It was the tapping of an exquisitely wrought Ivory fun against ono of her tapering, gtov d fingers. Sho was talking nnd t "Dot-dash-dot! Dot-dash-dot ' dash-dot!" said the fan. Mr. Grlmm twisted around in Ms seat nnd regaled his listless eyes with a long look Into the senorlta's pretty face. Behind the careless enso of re pose he was mechanically Isolating tho faint clatter of the fan. "Dot-dash-dot! Dot-dash-dot! Dot-dash-dot!" "Did any one ever accuse you of staring, Mr. Grlmra?" demanded the senorlta. banterlngly. For an instant Mr. Grlmm continued to stare, and then his listless eyes swept the ballroom, passing Involun tarily at the scarlet splendor of the minister from Turkey. "I beg your pardon," he apologized, contritely. There was a pause. "The minister from Turkey looks like a barn on fire, doesn't he?" (TO DE CONTINUED.) The Modest Inventor. Thomas A. Edison, In a recent In terview In New York, declined, with a laugh, to talk about the soul. "No, no!" he Bald. "The preachers have put me In my place. I'll never open my mouth about tho soul again." "Well, then, Mr. Edison," said tho reporter, "will you please give me your theory of the universe?" "Why," said Mr. LMIson, "I haven't even a theory of electricity, let alone the universe." FORMER NEW YORK t f fi 1 IS ll. ill 'i V : ( . V .'" ? - ' t Mike Donlln, Who The former Idol of the Giants and one of the greatest players of the game Is tiring cf his stage life and negotia tions are now under way to complete a deal which will make Donlln a mem ber of the Boston Doves. Manager Tenney of tho Doves has been con ferring with Donlln and terms between him and the star outfielder have been reached. AH that remains Is to close JOE JACKSON MAKING GOOD Young Recruit on Cleveland American Team It Hitting Ball Hard and Constantly. Napoleon Lajote has a rival on the Cleveland team. In the years gone by any time the fans commented upon his appearance at the plate, they wondered at bis gracefulness In the field. But this year Lajolo Isn't attracting all the at tention. One Joe Jackson, a recruit, h divid ing it with him. Much has been writ ten about this young fellow. He came to the Naps at the tall end of the season, touted as few ball players have been. Ho proceeded to make good Immediately. In the few weeks that he was a member of tho Cleve- Joe Jackson. land team he made pitchers look sor ry. Apparently it didn't make a particle of difference whether the were right-handed or left, he hit the ball. And the pitcher has not yet been found who could make him look like a bush leaguer. For Jackson has been hitting. He clouted .364 In the first few days of this season, and so far he has been one of the two men on the Nap team who have payed base ball. Lajote, of course, was the other. Jackson has been three .years In baseball and has played In four dif ferent leagues. In each organization he led all hands In batting. He start ed with Greenville In the Carolina eague and topped the field with a batting average of .346. With Savan- ah he led with .358 and with New Orleans he was the pacemaker with 354. 1 Last year, with Cleveland, 'n 20 games he led the American leaw. beating out Cobb and Lnjole with 387 per cent. Games Are Too Slow. ' The games are dragging along too slow to suit the fans. If the magnates want to make home life more peace able tbey should begin the contests earlier. The hungry fan might miss many a rolling pin at the door In that ,mw t ' ill IDOL TO COME BACK May Return to Baseball. the deal with McGraw which now Is pending. Donlln says he will be ready to redon his spangles In a fortnight, as he has been practicing all season and practically Is In shape. Cincinnati Wants Hess. Cincinnati Is said to he dickering with New Orleans for Pitcher Otto Hess. BASEBALL AVERAGES AN AID Backward Students and Incorrigible In Technical School Taught With Sport Statistics. Bnsebatl batting avernges and other sporting stntlstlcs are being used with great success with backward students and Incorrigible In the Newton Technical high school. One of the most difficult things In the classes for backward boys has been to gain their Interest and give them a grasp on mathematics. The new scheme, by stimulating Interest, has proved of tho greatest assistance "We took advantage of tho spring training trips of the various teams," snys a report from the head of tho mathematics department, "to use hat ting averages, distances, numbers of players, etc., as foundations for our mathematical exercises. The football season and the winter Indoor meets also will give us an opportunity to ndd the athletic flavor to our exer cises. "We find the boys Interested mathemntlcs as never before." Ruckor appears to be the first of Brooklyn's star pitchers to round Into form. Any time the Giants are unnhlo to trim tho Quakers, send them over to Hrooklyn. They heroine a savage band of Dodgers whenever they get a flash of a red-headed man. Cunningham, the young second sncker with the Senators, Is doing good work at the keystono bag and Mc Aleer believes that his worries are over for Borne time to como about that position. Jack O'Connor, former manager of the Drowns, has Just returned to St. Louis from Arizona where he has been for his health since last Febru ary. He Is much better, but refuses to talk baseball. Kid Mclnnls Is playing such a whirl wind gnaie In the field and at the bat that Connie Mack will not put Harry, the regular, back at short until the lit tle fellow "blows," which may mean that Harry Is the ':Bub" from now on. A Philadelphia habit that Manhat tan fans never acquired Is that of giv ing automobiles to players and man agers. Within a year Horace Fogol, "Red" Dooln, "Connie" Mack and "Ed die" Collins have been given automo biles. Pitcher Mullln has a growth In his nose nnd has been told that an opera tion will be necessary. He doosn't want to go under tho knife lest his winning streak te broken. That's bet ter than having his breathing streak broken. Japanese ball players show that the subjects of the mikado will be formid able opponents for Americans within a few years. With fewer advantages than the American high school boy, they put up a surprisingly good ar ticle ot ball. dDorliig HOW FIRST BASE IS PLAYED Jake Daubert of Brooklyn National League Team Gives Few Tips on Initial Sick Position. I don't suppose I can tell anybody how to play first bHse. It Is one thing to get In and play the game accord ing to my own Ideas, and a different thing to set myself up as an au thority. A youngster who wants to play first baseor anywhere else on the team must liavo the natural ability. He must bo able to pluy the mechan ical part of bast ball with ease. A first baseman should be a left bander. This Is nut conceit because I am left-handed, but It Is a clearly appar ent fact that a left handed man can handle first huso moro successfully than a right-hander. He has the en tire Infield "before" him, so to speak, and does not have to mako the (urns that a right-handed player Is often compelled to make. Of course, there have been some brilliant first base men who were rlght hnnded, but they were brilliant In spite of this fact and not because of It. A first baseman must always make 1 a specialty of handling thrown balls. He must b able to accept the throws of other players without regard to the man who may be coming down first Jake Daubert. base line from the plate at top speed. At the same time he must take the throw In such a way that he will be able to touch the bag and yet keep clear of the runner. J ne youngster can lenrn the pe culiarities of players opposing him by close observation. Nearly every bat ter has some manner of betraying himself. Few use the same style of bunting and hitting. I have found It good policy to play " deep" when there Is a pitcher work lug who can he depended on to get to first ahead off a runner. Once heard a manager say to a recruit who made a spectacular one hnnded stab: 1 se both your nanus 1 signed em both." I should advise a first base man to use both his hands in taking throws until he has become absolute ly sure. A wide throw that gets away may mean a lost game. If you want to succeed at baseball loam every detail of the game. It Is a never-ceasing source of new prob lems, new situations, new conditions. The process of figuring out a play should become second nuture to the player. Cultivate tho acquaintance of ex perlenced players and llntou to them carefully. Observe tho rules of tho game. Never bait an umpire. Hehnve like a gentleninn. Play hnrd to win nnd never give up. Keep regular hours. I.t "booze" strictly alone. Don't smoke to excess. Iietter not at all. I.enrn the inside of the game. Practice all yuu can. "Noiseless" Ball Games. Hecnuse residents of I .a Snlle, a small Colorado town, threatened to put un end to Sunday baseball games because of the noise which marked the enthusiasm of tho "fans," almost com plete silence surrounded a game the other day In which tho local team de feated their bitter rivals, tho Platte ville nine. Individual outbursts were quickly si lenced, but a faint hand clapping was permitted when tho La Salle shortstop by a snappy double play prevented Iinttevllle from breaking the exlsitlng tie, nnd a Chautauqua salute greeted the local center fielder when ho ar rived ut the plntn after a home run had won the game. Judge Also Was Guilty. Robert Smith! 14. of Long Island City found a friend in Chief Justice Isaac Russell when he was arraignod the other day In the Children's court at Jamaica, charged with having play ed ball In tho street. "I was arrested for the same thing once when I was a boy," Justice Rus sell confided to the youthful offender nnd then suspended sentence. "Say. the Judge Is a good sport." sitf the boy as be left the courtroom. Browns Get Pitcher McGralner. The New York American bnsebatl club hns turned over Pitcher Howard McGralner to the St. Louis Drowns McGralner went south with the Yan kees and showed up well 011 the spring trip. Manager Chnso aBked for waivers on him, but St. Louis refused to waive. McGralner comes from the Pnrkeraburg club of the Virginia Val 1 I ley league. FROM THE STATE CAPITAL Information and Gossip Harrisburg. at DOINGS OF THE LEGISLATURE. Brief Mention of Matter as They 1 Occur at the State Capital Official and Other wise. Bigeiow to Head Commission. The Sproul "Main Highway" bill, designed to give Pennsylvania a sys tem of over 7,000 miles of Improved, road, reaching every center of popu lation and covering all counties of the State has b.'en signed by Gover nor Tener. Coincident with the statement that the measure had been approved, the announcement was made that Kd- ward M. Hlgtiow, formor director of Public Works, of Pittsburg, creator . of its system of parks and boule vards, and for years pvrsoiial rep resentative of Senator Penrose In Allegheny County, had been named a the new Highway Commissioner. Th bill not only provide for a program of road construction, which will take a dozen years and over $50,000,000 to carry out, but re organize the State Highway Depart ment under which the State has been building roads on a State aid system since 1903 at a cost of approximate ly $10,000,000. The new act contemplates road building 011 tho greatest scale of any State In the I'nlon, as the State U giidlroned by routes, making half a dozen crossing the State and connect ing with roads In the States of New York, Maryland, West Virginia and Ohio, l iicler the old laws the roads reconstructed were Isolated, and In only a few rases did they ronnoct with established highways, The new law links up seven-eighths of the macadam roads and makis them part of a system connecting county seats. Industrial towns and places of gen eral Interest like Gettysburg and Harrisburg. Joseph W. Hunter, of Montgom ery County, the present commission er, who organized the department nnd has since directed it. will be first deputy commissioner. The hill provides for a commission er at $S,O0O, two deputies nt $6,000, chief engineer at $7,000, engineer of bridges at $3,500. and a force of civil engineers, draftsmen and other at taches, together with fifty superin tendents, who are to have charge of the districts Into which the State will he divided. There are provided 206 road routes, covering every section, and the new commissioner Is to take over such roads by June 1. 1912, and condemn what toll roads and turn pikes he cannot buy. The main 4 highways are to be built by the State, a preliminary appropriation of $3. 000,000 being made for this work. Should the proposed constitutional amendment to enable the State to borrow $50,000,000 for road build ing bo passed, the sum ran be avail able, but should It fall, successive legislatures ran appropriate money to rarry out the program. The com missioner may change such routes as he deems expedient, and provision Is made for the division of the main tenance chnrges between the Com monwealth ami the districts through which roads pass. To continue the present system of State aid for road construction, tho hill cnrrles $1,000,000, but Instead of the State paying 7!"i per cent, of tho cost and tho balance Iwlng divided lietwcen county, borough or town ship, the State will hear but DO per rent, of the cost, the other half be ing paid by the county and subordin ate divisions benefited. P pnr Bill Signed Governor Tener lm approved th Pittsburg-Hcrnntnii charier bill. Tho so-called "Pittsburg plan" act pro vides for some of the principal fea tures of the commission form of gov ernnvetit of cities, in that it rips out of oillco the large Counciluianlc boilies and Institutes In their stead very small Councils. It also effects other changes In tho form of govern ment of cities of the second class, thus affecting only the cities of Pitts burg nnd Scranton. The act takes effect Immediately ami rips out of of fice the sixty-seven Councilmen In Pittsburg and sixty-two In Scranton, creating In their stead a Council of nine for Pittsburg, who shall each receive a salary of $6,500 a year, and five for Scranton, to bo paid $2,000. The act gives the Governor the power to appoint the new slngle- ehamber Councils. The present May ors of tlie two cities are not affected. 1'nder the net the Councilmen will have authority to remove heads of departments for cause, It being re quired that a Common Pleas Judgn shall preside " hen an official Is tried. Three KIHd In ' uo. Three persons were killed and one orohPbly fatally hurt when an auto mobile, driven by C. A. Sefton, a prominent carriage manufacturer, i;ot beyond control and dashed off the Mulberry street vlnduct, hurling Its occupants 50 feet below on piles of building material stored beneath the bridge. The dead are Mr. Sef ton, William Harrar, of Harrar & Chamberlain, leather merchants, and Mrs. Robert W. Dunlop, wife of the manager of a bond firm. r anker Accused of f mbzzilng. Michael F. Korlnth, who conduct ed a private bank and steamship thket olllce In Paint Ilorough, Somer set county, and disappeared on April 17, hns been arrested in San Fran cisco, on the charge of having em bezzled $18,000 from foreigners em ployed In the vicinity of that town. In a new Knglish Incandescent Mght a cluster ot rods replaces the more familiar, and more, fragile antel.
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