The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-10-02
XIV.
TO aRAvEIorTE.

NhhEIEh AAlN,
TO oRAvELoTTE.
J., Follietidid not arrive at o~lormonttllb after
lat Unfm5nt-en-Argonne the address and name
2I tie rlan he wanted were waiting Tor him.
tendance. and handed him a. slip on. lie
ent4y into the detective Office, There
y va ! : z man T ShS 1 tSepS s%ntiTS sI,y cn s,S Cd t tbe
dtttrict. His. name wa. Henri RE shenberE,
3,id Be was the owner or the vineyard called
'SST. kilometres north, Of ESieTmont.
s SRa Hn'' He He took S CAB totiseuiiCt, G TiiSn lsiISs
~ lust outside the village. Tho night was then
He drew the COLLAR OF his macintosh high
the street. Then he struck northeast over the
open country.
In t~hree-duarters Of an hour. following. q
winding road. he came upon n chalk cliff
which stretched right across his path; its bare
ciiG ran about fifteen feet above his head.
,minute Of the place. He turned to the left
along a footpath which ran along the base of
spot spo Of deeper 81 blseEness in in the rock face. He
tapped It; y was gSs oS TISf0d eT Ho II T S1soS e door
He walked on. and in three minutes came
to q break in the continuity Of the clin. It
wa, was a. a p mar pOSv s te IF ni nhns OF ,s stSpe u St tSs cI SSt'
"a tho w. W WAY ~ w eN
At the TOP he found himself at the entrance
Proceeded up, the avenue with Intense eau:
. ,for It, 'n ioS not IN a s%o pSaad1I{ Sro sPef the ss sile %sstS Of Pf the
world. and the moss under foot WINS deer, and
Presently at the far end Of the avenue where
the trees aim9 3So met e. IN pepspeG trS remote Ms Il
He went on, ":4That light. " he said. lis a
'light, in the house Of Henri Ri.eehenberg: Some
Is Mrs xansitSart really and truly behind
,s ss5; re ! sh $iS Sn sHS} RsnRi R% Hs SRsS Is ' %isS;
But he knew sooner, He knew within Ave
minutes: Suddenly. as he walked through the
less moss. he came into sharp collision with
some one coming IN the opposite direction
'6 6f%sel fh ana dY Se%iier Il FFo oii e mean nsari Glf Isl b sein
Pardon, m'ssur,,. said a rather thick and
bus, and modern civilization alike"
. The o Ts%srs, E Eoi,SSt quite H;t IN = the as.t tS1 as y 81 the
as though be had heard the devil speak. req
ognized Armand.
What. you, N. ,FoflietI"
,,c ArRapd's hand went out and al MT upon Fol
80 Fkoliiet," he said. allow me to 'conerat-,
How" exclaimed Folliet-'it is youl-you
the right thing. You did the ~wrong-and get
here ali the same. That is what 1 call greut-
ma aTs1I,, i # s tRiS t S6IiIst is fo h E Ss1tfleqHn s tsG G hls
aloud; But; mGnsieqr; this Is the en- mere $ SS e 1d;,
this time. at least, who are the great man. II .,,d
A ruo md with lnFDn ConfaDfionQnaQa .
\ "Bpt-but-how long have you been herea" y
About two hours" ,oo,,
A Ae5I IS M aPs R2nsdt I f there s ]" 's'' !"
"Sleepingl oh. this is Incredible"
know "1nly The at fa alFst' FSs tsash H. not mS Shae 10Y 7
have been-drunk on Argonne wine. Or. II
S Sssls 4 i a tSS sSsFs ssy = x IsSsf,s e aRedlY 70 Il th b n s5i
s not = Yine-lt is an essence. 1 doubt. mon
when YOU are drunk. Pray tell'me-how did
There is a man, monsieur. who. according
to my presenR5 recollection, is called Henri y Rle-
him. and as soon as 1 heard him; I knew to be
one Of the four. 1t Is not Ct true Eua, that T. ne speaks
lection. He has. in fact. lived half his life in
! Munich. Having understood this. l persuaded
Nm e gst dFq m6n & my eP% az My ,a When BE rd ! an
q certain empire OF my soul. g little light amid
the gloon; but in the case OF Henri Rieehen,
I chess With RfieehenberSs and beat him only
fFq fhaiis. as We 19 i aTe 18th nan arf fe te shPil at Riiats.n he
took me home to see, his collection OF stamps,
L and while he was showing me we both fell
asleep. RiechenberG. believe me. still slum-
bers" NJ, v,n,,.+,- vo, , ,or,,
Il saw her. monsieur. She will die soon. II
mot rescued"
Howl Die, you say? How do you mean2'
Il only caught one glimpse of her face. The
more than eight rooms. But six Of these
ike People. Germans. The seventh room. on
the first, floor, is RiechenberR's,, who has he-
sIsheh i ais MRS i% Vassitssrt's suFTE * I passed FeS
Neutrality-suspicious. saw, through a eighty
S %ps { d siowiS to TG ana fro Sh e 3 Mss syide tS 6 ss
once that she was harassed TO the point OF
lunaey. Bgt her Mn face. r RSn Fie%E, Anything ling
hardly imagine. II this lasts"-
""Hh. but It won't lastY' cried Folliet with
slinched fists. 1T is you who have found:her.
Armand. "A practical point like that leave
TO YOU. But have one warning to give you
you are quite sure that your force Of gen
darmaes very largely rS v RISeRonifderRsT TiSo over p @er the
equal force against the place. and we lose Mrs.
Vansittart.".
bring q suflcient iorce2 Look here. this is
a matter which no. man but one should. take
int9:his ,hands-and that man Mr.. yansittart."
"Then let us go to him and consult him."
by all means.-and ut once"
Can you rider"
rs there no train?"
Not for some time. Two swift and strong
h~orses-that's what we want. Twenty miles
or so, the distance is nothing. Let us go back
to, Clermont,, l can get two OF the Rendarm-
erie mounts"
They at once set out at a rapid walk. On
the road near ~Itoufiet they met an empty cart,
| and offered the driver q louis to take them at
u gallop to Clermont. In twenty minutes they
arrived In the town.
AS they: went toward the bureau de Police
and despatched a telegram to Marie at Vines:
Take the first train to Gravelotte. l shall
he there looking out for YOn.h