The Van Buren press., 1894-12-08

the gardens. Evidently he, like Roche
and Miasme, had been ..exploded" HIM
self, as Inspector Murphy called 1t,
when attempting to blow up Hampton
court. On the inspector examining
the dead mnn he had no difficulty In
identifying him as the third Of thss
terrible trio of desperadoes-Lerat
Every one OF them had persisted by the
same means as they had used to mur-
der the innocent congregation Of Notre
Dame.
The detectives were still engaged In
investigating the circumstances con-
nected with this explosion when In.
spector Murphy received q mysterious
note. 1t ran as follows:
ALI is discovered. Let Ii Revsnche take
care. He thinks he has escaped, having fed
from London; but the arms OF the brotherhood
stretch far. Tell him-your agent-provocateur
that he Is now in as great danger as he was
In Belgrave road. The avengers OF blood are
after him. He shall perish. tSigned)
"ANARoHIsT."
"Hullo!' cried Inspector Murphy.
when he had read this note; 1.-THE third
failure has been too much for them,
and La Revanche Is now to be blown
up himself. More power to their ell
bows, say"
"Belgrave road" said Mulligan;
that's where he hung out, apparent
ly. Surely with such straight tip as
that we should be fools II we failed to
lay hands on him."
"He has left it. though" said In
speetor Murphy. II don't know wheth-
er we shouldn't let him and his friends
settle matters between them. It's an
other case of rahisonl-tra-hison!
tra-hi-son!l"
But the inspector was only joking,
and half an hour later he and Multi
gan were in Belgravs roai searching
for the lodgings of the missing M. La
Revanche They soon discovered them.
too, though the name he had passed
under with his landlady was not La
Revanche, but Montagnard. The lady
gave very peculiar description of
him, and stated that the cub which
took away him and his baggage went
to Victoria. He had not taken all his
luggage, and what he hal left behind
demonstrated his identity with La
Revanche. 1t consisted of several un-
charged bombs, a large bottle Of sui.
phuric acid and the materials for COM
pounding an explosive powder of great
strength Evidently he had left in a
great hurry.
To Mulligan was delegated the duty
of tracing the missing man. The task
was no easy one, and for more than
month his reports were not altogether
satisfactory. He had traced La Re-
vanche to Paris, but there for long
time completely lost sight of him.
One morning just after Inspector
Murphy had reached his office at the
yard the door opened and in walked
Detective Sergeant Mulligan Though
entirely unexpected, he was received
by his inspector without the slightest
indication OF surprise.
well, what's up now?" Murphy
asked, In his quietest manner.
"Oh, I've finished the job. SIR" re-
piled Mulligan.
"Found La Revanchep" asked MUIR
phy.
Mulligan nodded his head.
Had him arrested?" asked Murphy.
Mulligan shook his head.
Failed to establish his identity?"
asked Murphy, in tone of disappoint-
ment.
mo; l had some trouble over that,
but in the end he admitted it himself. -
Admitted it himselfr' cried the in
spector. "And pray. why did the
French government refuse to arrest
him?"
Because he's the young Comte de
la large, whose father, mother and
two sisters were murdered by Roche g.
Co. at the Notre Dame explosion"
The inspector looked steadily at his
subordinate for a moment, then he
whistled to relieve his feelings
What are they going to do with
him?" he then asked.
Decorate him and send him back to
his regiment in Siam," was the answer.
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