Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-10-10
The Yellow Crayon
The Further Adventures of 'Mysterious Mr. Sabin'
By E. Phillips Oppenheim,
.bo, 4. "A Maker of History Mmmer"
The Betrayal" Prime o. Sinners" Etc
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(Copyrisht 1908. by Dodd. Mead AID Company

1.-The wife? I did not even know that the
creature had wife,.
''Of course not! But Duson drank from
Mr.. Sabin's glass, and you are Mr.. Sabin's
wife. You are living apart from him. He is
old and you are young. And for the other
man-there is Reginald Brott. Your names
what an excellent case stands there. You
procure the poison-secretly. You make
your way to your husbands room-se-
cretly. The fatal dose is taken from your
no message. The poison of which the man
died is exactly the same you procured
from Sachs. Lucille. after all. do you Won
der that the police are looking for woman
in black with an ermine toQue? What a
mercy you wore thick veil!''
She sat down suddenly.
''This Is hdeous" she said
Think it over" he said, "step by step.
1t is wonderful how all the Incidents dove
tail into one another"
TOO wonderful" she cried. ut sounds
like some vile plot to incriminate me. How
much had you to do with this, prince?
Don't be fool! he answered roughly
Cant you see for yourself that your arrest
would be the most terrible thing that could
happen for US? Even Sachs might break
down in cross Examination, and you-well.
you are a woman and you want to live
We should all be in the most deadly peril
Lucille, would have spared you this anx-
iety If 1 could. but your defiance made it
necessary. There was no other way of get
by telling you the truth"
Away from England tonight" she re-
peated vaguely. But 1 will not go. 1t is
impossible"
''It Is imperative" the prince declared
with a sharp ring of authority in his tone
TT Is your own folly, for which you have
to pay. You went secretly to Emil Sachs.
You paid surreptitious visits to your hus-
band. which were simply madness. You
have involved US all in danger. For our
own sakes we must see that you are re-
moved"
ut is the very thing to excite suspicion
flight abroad" she objected.
Your flight" he said cooly, will be
looked upon from different point of view.
for Reginald Brott must follow you. 1t will
be an elopement, not flight from justice"
"And in case 1 should decline?" Lucille
asked quietly.
The prince shrugged his shoulders
We'll, we have done the best we can for
ourselves" he said Come l will be frank
with you. There are great interests in
volved here, and. before all things I have
had to consider the welfare of our friends
That is my duty! Emil Sachs by this time
is beyond risk of detection. He has left
behind letter, in which he confesses that
he has for some time supplemented the
profits of his wine shop by selling secretly
certain deadly poisons of his own concoc.
tons. Alarmed at reading of the death Of
Duson Immediately after he had sold
poison which the symptoms denoted he had
fed the country. That letter is in the :.dnds
of the woman WHO remains in the wine shop,
and will only be used in case of necessity.
BY other means we have ASSOCIATED our
selves from DuSon and all connection with
him. 1 think l could go far as to say
that it would be impossible to implicate us.
Our sole anxiety now, therefore, IS to save
you"
Lucille rose to her feet
Il shall go at once to my husband" she
said. Il shall tell him everything. 1 shall
act on his advice"
The prince stood over by the door, and
she heard the key turn.
You will do nothing of the sort" he said
quietly. You are In my power at last,
Lucille. You will do my bidding Or"
"Or what?"
Il shall myself send for the police and
give you into custodyr'
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