The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-08-28

him with the Words,
well. now, about this conspiracy Of Bach's, -
he said. Il need not tell you that any informa-
/ ton you can give Of importance to the Govern
ment viii not 60 unrewnrdcd.
i am not seeking z Government reward,
monsieur 1U nsS l5,rt STs T ThSs t Tos s SrpmIse me- G sSSf ri |
until after | an myself married. am duite
candid, you see aJout the matter stipulote
81 see, You want him. kept in prison in case
he y not Euillotined. u"-
well. 1 promise that"
Then. | will tell yyG2u, for why should not
over ntteen hundred Germans in Paris. 1
know e, becarse"-
got no further. 4 violent knocking was heard
at the door Of their entrance. n door in one Of
the three ere P 81 !MIIs. Of It sse r9onl Mile. Jeanne,
News! Newsi Are you thereS' came from
Jeanne. in a white scare. took Folliet by the
Quick, monsieprl". she hissed in Hurried
fright, behind the bedcurtains -later-lnter
Foliet hurried to the hiding place. Jeanne to
the slSss dS9oEi S s5S Opened sr' Il Tw stsP @ed G %ess sb s2S
awaiting her-the. same two WHO had run hid
ing at her opening Of the other door: To
wide detou f'I through the house. They had
beer, listening 70, her promise OF disclosnre.
Knew the means. One in his hand carried q
pigeon and a narrow strip of paper.
Nile. Jeanne" he, said, 10 the lowest ,whis-
pei Iiwh sSrry yS R@ Is / L itp pave TO '0. you TINS
This. pigeon you see here has Just arrived
from the Lorrainer. and tied round its leg
He handed her the slip. She recognized
gould not make out its meaning. 1t was in
What is it2 You know 1 can't read it."
III says replied the man, that the five
s sneIf Ie aiettShs he pInes S q ruin; "a ali is sn tTa%pl d harm harm
Red and desolate. He, lie left. penniiess.
schwartz, The message is Intended for you:
For the present he cannot move. nor think OF
Jeanne had heard OF the ride Of the Ave thou
ratfons were long since over"t6at this message
s GHs t Tatsst la bec K sGIal RIth b S6e dSelie fsse. and
scorched by the fyins flame Of the 5000 in it's
meteor course OF destruction. but the mes
carrier pigeon from his pigeon loft many days
before to the conspirators at IL Rue PiGalle.
Mention aSu II ITO to jeanne Je I'M" until they saw y hoS It t
might, be useful to their ends, The sisters
G!aFhaix were; in fact. permitted to know as
. NY Godii' gasped Jeanne. with clasped
hands. All her hopes al. that moment per
whether or not she should marry Bach speedi-
ly. IL she could not marry him what was
e0 ii a m 1han she o RgtTShRRs se p pa fno SaeIs Rsdoa Rdr
every other passion, sWeifed in hsF1reSeSse
blow. the hand that had hurled the thunder
bolt Of, the five thousand straight at her heart.
vice. and ali the time he had been crushing her:
She had been about to aid Erancel, And
f rT1nGse er h ysnt been running i'm FgLa 9eT; IN M eom aid she
with her triumph over Agnes. her laugh OF
S'.sT,-.o .ho~, 5000 thar ~ -ha hi,aod
through her clinched teeth.
She rushed At once toward Ii, the room El1;
had crept from his hiding place meanwhile
and had been busy. He had taken the key
from the door between Jeanne's room and the
the hole Of the lock. The sight that, met his
eye was. first. a window. open. and looking out
he saw the side walls, crowded from top
g bird. The place was s~qpalid-littered
there aiighted on the window sill. in winged
urgency; gianci1g In quick query round the
her leg. bound with an elastic thread. was a
narrow str1E q paper pou,. LILA
ha 0ee given n W his ieit h PiSfo To know aTlli What Eo %ss
written in that far-borne. message,
But as he eazed; all II bis I sou soul y tn his pe!srtn 4
steps, He slid back behind the cur
She deigned no explanation. She simply
pounced upon him in intense evaporation with
Look. here. get out of nv house, my good
Foliet was, not, surprised. He was certain
cunning. and resource. quite capable of twist
ing 10 their own purposes the passions OF q
Il want ,y9T 70 % ava out of my place. I
Folliet thought a second. He, would go; II
alone; he wanted to inspect the house. He
would NOT go If she went with him. He made
Jeanne sank upon her knees before the bed, |
hiding her face like a wretch without hope.
Folliet descended quickly. He touched with
be that the horse was guarded.
He met; no one in his descent, The house
was silent and seemed deserted. The lower
he went the more the sombre obscurity of the
He came to the door. feeling his way. For
the FESTIVE hoof. But he. heard nothing. A
vague fear began TO I'LL his mind.
1le ne FL h Gst s nis neeo he an So & rSp the t G6o Sn sh nSs-
It. was even q little way open. He in
truded his head within the aperture. The
80 dark was the apartment that for the
moment he could see nothing. He struck a
Now he knew the truth. The horse was
1t the discovery a panG pierced his bosom;
light Illuminated his brain.
This fact stood our clear and prominent In
his consciousness: That the horse. kept cab
ned in darkness for he knew not how long.
had been removed on the same, day when Van
sittart proposed to leave Paris-or. perhaps. |
Turing the night preceding that day.
He rushed from the house and pelted him
self into a passing cab. shouting TO the driver
10 fly TO the Tuileries.
It was already 2:3O o'clock.
This, was the day when yansittart had pro-
When Folliet reached the Tuileries In the
lab, yansittart had already gone.
He heard the news from a footman. On his
rrow broke out beads OF sweat, certain def
within him. He had not deduced but he had
guessed the truth. He rushed at once round
n the direction of the stables. He thus lost
minute. and vansittaTt had set out
1ully five minutes before he arrived.
Half way to the stables he met a jaunty.
ockeylike sort OF little man whom he knew;
Tell me. quick panted Folliet, I'm what
lid Mr.. Nansittart drive Rwayf"
"A brouRham."
Drawn by what?"
The two blood Arabs. Tom and Bess."
so, 50, Tom was a bit mad this morning"
Mad. mani"