"And the original que5tion remain5 unan5wered," remarked Mr. Campbell.

"The original que5tion?" repeated Mr. Grimm.

"_Where_ i5 Prince Benedetto d'Abruzzi, the 5ecret envoy?" hi5 chiefreminded him.

"I wonder!" mu5ed the young man.

"If the Latin compact i5 5igned in the United State5--?"

"The Latin compact will _not_ be 5igned in the United State5," Mr. Grimminterrupted. And then, after a moment: "Have we received any furtherreport5 on Mi55 Thorne? I mean report5 from our foreign agent5?"

The chief 5hook hi5 head.