The Detroit times., 1909-07-16
The Man
Who Stole
The Earth
BY W. Holt Whin


SFINf~ En INNt.-ANS"ehs
If il is necessary" he said 10 the
prince. Il will deal with you later: For
the present IL is hardly worth while
wasting ones energies upon such i
creature as yourself.
However, will leave little pres
ent which viii keep you quiet for al
hour or SO. and while he still held
Diana in his left arm he dealt Lndwig
two swift. open-handed blows across
the face
Ludwig fell In a heap against the
parapet OF the balcony, and. striking
lis head heavily. he lay still.
! Arbuthnot had now come ON To the
balcony, and stood looking quietly on.
Feliee was half hysterical, and
Strong said TO Arbutnnot: Look after
the nurse | have Diana TO see to-"
Then he marched toward the door.
and Arbuthnot followed him. half sup
PORTING the old woman.
Whom they reached the landing
Strong said sharply across his shout
der: is II all well below
Yes. for us, said Arbuthnct,
quickly: but il has been rather
bad for the other fellows
You mean?" said Strong.
Il moan," said Arbuthnot. that II
had 10 be done. See that the princess
does not look about her as We pass
out"
Strong took Diana's head very gent
w in his right hand and pressed her
face into his shoulder as he ran quick
t..tr
the hall There were four men spread
On the parquet work. and all or them
lay very still.
Strong then passed out into the
food OF light, and running across the
lawn. placed the princess in the "Di.
Arbuthnot helped the old nurse into
the little airship.
Bellingham came out from the house
smoking cigarette.
Yes" he said. in answer TO
Strong's unspoken query. the work
, has been complete"
Strong made a little grimace. for Il
never pleased. him 10 see mems lives
wasted.
But. after ALL" said Bellingham. by
way OF consolation. 1T had TO be
done"
The house which they had left was
very still.
Dead men tell no tales"-neither
do they see. And most of the men
were dead.
Strong, therefore, put the Dr. up at
once, and without so much as word
to Diana or to Felice. transferred
them TO the Victor.
He took Arbuthnot with him. leav-
ing Bellinghan, TO navigate the 'Di. >
He settled Diana comfortably in the
stern, and then gave the order for
| Bomberg. But Diana, rous1ng herself
from the stupor into which she had
fallen. murmured the words: Miss
Hunt"
: And Strong's heart and conscience
smote him, for, truth to tell. in the
hurry of the descent on the villa and
I In his anger against Cloud for MS
carelessness and neglect. he had for
gotten the girl who had served his
cause so faithfully and so we'll
He was very undecided for mo-
ment, although he saw that II was i'm.
perative that she should be removed
beyond the possibility OF harm.
In his perplexity he turned an in
curing face 10 Diana, who quickly
said
Don't you think you would find
her at Jimmy Cloud's?"
Strong made a little grimace OF dis
gust. Jimmy had done we'll at the out
set. but had fallen short OF his esti-
nation OF him since. and IL did not
please him TO De compelled to render
any succor to the house in the Rue de
Ranelagh.
The suggestion, however. was a
sound one, and SO, signalling TO the
"Di," he put about and made quickly
from Chatou for Paris
He did not spare either OF the air.
ships, and in a few minutes they
crossed the Notifications, rushed over
the Bots de Boulogne, and hung about
the quiet little street in Passy, in
which he hoped to find Miss Hunt.
So quick had the passage been that
he calculated that Ludwig would not
have sufficiently recovered his senses
TO telephone to the prefecture OF police.
and as the night was dark-so dark
that the passage OF the airships could
not possibly have been observed. he
counted on the probability that his re-
turn TO Paris would be unknown.
He was 10th to leave the Victor"
himself, not because he. was averse
TO rendering all the assistance he
could possibly give to Miss Hunt, but
because he did not wish to behold
Jimmy until his anger had cooled.
(To He Continuedo