Elusive Isabel

spidery lines of perplexity, and the guileless blue eyes were v

or else she was lucky enough to find one immediately she came out. She did not return to the embassy ball last night-that

ow," his c

e is suspected, unless perhaps the man who slammed the door-" He paused. "Anyway, she will not attempt to leave Washington; I am confident of that.

ent; the perplexed lines still f

and he has been keeping in constant communication with Gault, in Lisbon, who, however, has not been able to add materially to the original despatch. Under all the circumsta

rez die?" asked

though the wound is not neces

and stood for a little while gazing out t

ere in the bureau,

verpool. She brought some sort of an introduction to Count di Rosini, the Italian ambassador, and he obtained for her a special invitation to the state ball, which was held that night. Until four days ago she was a guest at the Italian embassy, but n

ne of three great nations known to be in the Latin compact; Prince Benedetto d'Abruzzi, of Italy, the secret envoy of three countries; the sudden appearance of Miss Thorne at the Italian embass

would be of more value to the Latin governments in Washington righ

not," was the chief's

hooting affair to another man," said Mr. Grimm emphatically, reverting to his chief

y," Campb

d, Paris and Rome, particularly; then, perh

scribbled the names of the

st Miss Thorne for the

ated musingly. "If I do arrest her immediately I may cut off a clu

r in mind that a man-a man slam

answered. "Now I'm going over to t

t his gloves. The Italian ambassador received

gard to Miss Thorne-Miss Isabel Thor

ised, but it didn't

ung man pursued, "you are sp

nd bred in a school of caution, conside

am so regarded," h

is official, personal, social, o

ilence for

," said the ambassador finally. "Miss Thor

rne had-had, let us say, shot a man, and he was about to die, would yo

mbassador. "The utter absurdity of such a charg

rimm

r satisfaction that she did s

ere drawn together

red frigidly, "are we suppo

d him easily. "Just suppose that she had

a question so ri

ly, "and assume that you knew she had shot some one, say Se?or Al

nything so utterly absu

ing a seal ring on his little finger. The searching ey

rantee the personal safety of every accredited representative; in return for that protection we must insist upon the name and identity of a dangerous person who may be known to any

the ambass

brought to you is from a person whose position i

is cor

y we

Grimm we