The record-union., 1894-09-17

That's quite true" said Inspector
Murphy. "fhe pressing question then
Is, how can we trap La Revanche ?"
II was thinking" said Mulligan "that
when we're fortunate enough TO trace
Miasme ard Lerat, we should not arrest
them-only shadow them. La Revanche
must meet them some time or other, and
when he does we could shadow him until
we discover where his bomb factory is,
then we might catch the lot"
"A sensible plan," answered the In
spector. But, no doubt, Miasme and
Lerat meet others than La Revanche.
How COULD you tell which is which :"
We'll. probably they don't meet many
gentlemen, French or otherwise" argued
Mulligan, $50 we should shadow all the
well-dressed people they speak TO or
have dealings with. At any rate. that
seems 10 me the only chance OF catching
La Revanche."
The Inspector lay back in his chair and
reflected. While he was doing so, mes
senger entered the room and handed him
telegram. He tore the envelope open
and glanced at the message. Then he
whistled.
by Jovep he exclaimed; "they are
going it. Just lister" !"
PORTSMOUTH, ll:20 p. M.-EXpl plosion
in harbor. No injury to person or prop
erty. No trace OF perpetrator of outrage.
Send officer TO investigated
Nv hat do you think OF that?''
Looks like another bungle," said
Mulilgan, quietly.
Faith it does,'' answered the Inspector,
'"but it may put .Is on the track of the
rascals. Mulligan. start you by the first
train and make searching inquiries.''
Mulligan did start by the first train,
and did make searching inquiries. These
inquiries resulted III a pretty certain
opinion that, as he said when the tele-
gram was received, there had been an
other bungle. He discovered at South
sea foreigner on the night of the xpio-
sion had hired small rowing boat and
that that boat had not been returned. He
discovered further that fragments of a
rowing boat, similar to the one hired,
had been picked up outside Portsmouth
Harbor. On showing to the owner OF the
missing boat the photographs OF Miasme
and Lerat, that person, after some hesta-
ton, identified Miasme as the foreigner
who hired the boat. From these facts
Mulligan drew the conclusion that Mi
aSme had made an attempt to blow up
the dockyard or the shipping in Ports
mouth HarDor. and had perished by the
premature explosion of the bomb. And
this conclusion was shortly afterward
confirmed by adyices from the French
police These were to the effect that
among Paris anarchists it was stated that
the dockyard was the object of attack,
and that since the attempt was made
Miasme had been missing. 1t was added
that much dissatisfaction existed regard
ing La Revanche and his skill as bomb
maker, but that, as he alone among Lon
don anarchists possessed funds he still
contrived, in spite of his successive fall
ureS, to maintain his position.
And long may he," was Inspector
Murphy's comment on reading this COM
mn 4Q1G
press both anarchism and the anarchists
than all the police in Europe put to-
gether. The best thing that could hap
pen would be for him to go ON blowing
UP his friends until they're all in frag-
ments, and then for him to blow up him
self.'
Inspector Murphy had not very long
to wait. Some three weeks after this
conversation he received word of an at
tempted outrage at Hampton Court
The Inhabitants of the palace were awak-
ened about midnight by a tremendous
explosion. The guard turned out, and
after considerable trouble, discovered the
dead body OF man in the gardens.
Evidently he, like Roche and Miasme,
had been ''ex ploded'' himself, as Inspec-
tor Murphy called ii, when attempting
TO blow up Hampton Court. On the In
spector examining the dead man he had
no difficulty i'll Identifying him as the
third of that terrible trio OF desperadoes
-Lerat. Everyone of them then had
perished by the same means as they had
used to murder the innocent congrega-
ton of Notre Dame.
The detectives were still engaged in
investigating the circumstances con-
nected with this explosion when Inspec-
tor Murphy received a mysterious note
It ran as follows:
All is discovered. Let La Reyanche take
care. He thinks he has escaped, having fled
from London. But the arms Of the brother
hood stretcn far. Tell him-your agent
provocateur-t that he is now in as great dan
ger as he was in Belgrave road. Tie avengers
OF blood are after him. lie shall perish.
ANARCHIST.
''Hello." cried Inspector Murphy when
he had read his note, ''the third failure
has been too much for them, and La
Revanche is now to be blown up himself
More power 10 their elbow, / say"
"Belgrave road" said Mulligan, that's
where he hung out, apparently. Surely
with such a straight tip as that we should
be fools ii we failed TO lay hands on him"
He has left it, though" said Inspector
Murphy. 81 don't know whether we
shouldn't let him and his friends settle
matters between them. It's another case
of trahison ira -hison i-tra-hi-son ~
But the Inspector was only joking,
and half an hour later he and Multi
gan were in Belgrave road searching
for the lodgings of the missing NJ.
La Revanche. They soon discovered
them, too, though the name he had
passed under with his landlady was not
La Ravanche, but Montagnard. The
lady gave a very particular description of
him, and stated that the cab which took
away him and his luggage went to Vic
toria. He had not taken all his luggage
and what he left behind demonstrated
his identity with La Ravanche. 1t con-
sisted of several unchanged bombs, a
large bottle OF sulphuric acid and the
materials for compounding an explosive
powder of great strength. Evidently he
had left in a 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 satisfac-
tory. He had traced La Ravanche to
Paris. but there for a long time he COM
pletely lost sight of him.
One morning, just after Inspector
Murphy had reached his office at the
sYard," the door opened and in walked
Detective Sergeant Mulligan. Though
entirely unexpected, he was received by
his Inspector without the slightest indi-
cation of surprise.
well, what's up now?" Murphy
asked, in his cuietesI manner.
On, L We hhiSAeu tue JoD, SIT, replleu
Mulligan.
Found La Revanche?" asked Muir
ply.
Mulligan nodded his head.
''Had him arrested ?" asked Murphy,
Mulligan shook his head
'kailed to establish his identity 2"
asked Murphy, in tone of disappoint-
meut.
mo; had some trouble over that, - re-
piled Mulligan, but in the end he ad-
miIted it himself"
Admitted it himselfp' cried the In
spector. ''And. pray, why did the French