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


guests who drove away from your inn last
night at 8 O'Clock"
The old mans eycs opened in some alarm.
Suspicion. he knew. had turned upon those
two As being connected with tho two who had
remained behind. and had presumably SOM
mitted the Outrage. Tho old man began to
perceive clearly that these were none other
than detectives from Paris before. whom he
stood. What II he. too. were implicated. and
his neck endangered He shufied and STAN
NO. aonslaur," he said. Il swear"--.
@bo. - s1ear." interrupted Armand. for
not by the vine. thenf These gentlemen
cried the landlord. resolving now to tell the
history OF the six bottles Of Arg9nne; yes;
four four G aen HeSn n t tWo Of 1 them In "a a caTr tGs y and
pair. and .nbout ten minutes later two others
on foot, The first two didn't know the second
neT ,toeet6sr in the parlor; and during the
meal one OF the carriage two sent my dangh-
her, to look inslde and she would see a basket
with ten bottles Of wine In the squares, Of
S Snd an 'n four var DAM n e 81 e, fFisRdiv HE. S tASo1 ugh
t MsF WAS mssl hardly q S WORD sp pc tSo Sm9Sng them eRs
e Merii %e twe went eS ST IN . their Se rn SaFFiSSs, LEAVE ave
took their basket Of bottles; I f didn't care
.HoiA WAhO u IN " MhhR hVh WAhV
going sSf W To- the S6 Bottom aE 81 Slt tRe Ssr Taes 70 %G iInd there Se
mud and the rain which had fallen during the
Pass'j man Rh %So n 81 a my xih hdSliil Of %fS %ins. What
Why dldn,t You tell NE n a al that En before when
who finds a windfall Of ~wine-where's the
mo harm whatever" said Armand. ION the
est Of the, virtues. You may retire. monsieur"
The old man bowed himself, out.
that hang You am div t. sdpS os aeane;eS slf thiss 9 tale E ShieS
we have Just heard from observations OF your
.::.Something Of that sort" replied Armand.
Nor must you think me omniscient as well as
sss PsssSspsss not = s sSSss is% IIES y WA ~
,.p peilets Ii =. 7? The e0idH rs St II Thing ns. Of Sn COURSE prsssI a
S SSRnR Rii@ u his lG0x Win az IS ST the eng crime RneS stSins on he Gss
outside; !, looking at this bottle tonight, de.
With absolute certainty, / knew that here was
not the crime Of the cellar. We now know
when dried. and this. as a matter of fact. /
guessed; l expected. on pouring It out, to
at finding delicious Acknowledgements that
had never lain in q cellar-ArRonne begrimed
T Sad NO 5fl label on Il anaa 8 whose cork srik E Sad not o SseS
that I need 90 no further. You draw your own
II dol / dol" cried Folliet with some ex-
element, Yet let me heal, yours. know
quite yell that they are worth hearing. NJ. Ar
The first conclusion at leastl' said Armand.
lord had. from Whatever source. only Just ae-
CURED the ,wine-it had never been in his eel
,ciares p that tn for SOM some p days he si hes had S%fi no oe vi 81
tors ssv T tbs t ever except IKE Trt ting Sd four Eh9 d interest res t us;
men who carried her of must have used some
neiE66orhoccd il can am only ISI Be that the two IN
waited foF. their confeSderatess IN the dark at The
bottom Of the garden You have seen this
ture is that at the end Of It runs. a path large
eno. Tg to admit a carrosse. Is that sor"
..The Is; IN Rq tRat path t tie ea Eq sa;" waited. We
have therefore to do with four and not two.
And you see how It was impossible for me to
our host stf had Obtained his ArEonne. 'A' 'UDi
If YOU see a company OF four people going
l. Argonne without labels. drinking it prodigal-
y at their ordinary meals. and casually leav-
garden as soon as It becomes inconvenient to
chem. You may be quite certain that at least
having plenty Of Hrsopne habiteuaIly. /" his
p p9 tSs 4sst t fTSag dSd NTH InIab bem fpF b6fsie pleasure
Folliet's eyes we're rivetted on the young
mans face. He did not speak: he IN
II do not know. NJ. Folliet." proceeded Ar
mand. Il do not know. II there, now remains
any sort, OF doubt In your mind that at least
Argonne: as for me. certainly thereis no such
"The landlord tells me-" said Folliet. that
s seceet 81 1 Rse d9SE f sRe tou M11h s PaFee SGi SeT Food
French, but was fair-haired. He probably
| was q German, too. you see, but spoke good
French for the simple reason that he has lived
o long time in France"
And II in France. monsieur" replied Ar
mand. then in Argonne. That one Of them
came from, there l have proved. To be GER
tain that. they returned there, onetneed only
remember that Argonne ut least ful6ls the
and so on. and to remember the extreme rar-
fly of the chances that any other place would
fulfil all the conditions necessary to the ac-
complIshment Of the design. Mrs. Vansittart
Marie's. head. leaning on his shoulder. sud.
denly nodded with a jerk. She was asleep.
1T is We'll reasoned" he said. Though
your acame n,;,R I3o ms perhaps nfa BY this hour
Discovered their motive for leaving their
wine behind. monsieur" said Armand. with
a rather strange laugh.
CHAPTER XIII.
THE RACE.
At about 4 the next morning Folliet knocked
at Armand's door and reused him.
Monsieur" said the detective. L am abou!
need not say that ] shall be delighted If you
will share my Investigations -
Certainly. monsieur" Armand replied. Il,
too. shall be delighted. Can you lend me 100