Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-06-22

/ been planned to insure seclusion from the
outer world, and they could have found
none more perfectly suited to their re-
quirements.
THE front door opens on to a lane past
the warehouses" Seager stated, but 1t
/ will be safer to bring her in by the back.
: Come on, Arendsen. Wen get back to our
rat-faced friend, and fix things so that
your 5000 will be we'll secured And by
tomorrow night Wen both be million
arrest"
He laughed aloud, and Arendsen started
nervously at the low, eerie echo which
died away through the deserted dwelling.
When they got back to the brasserie,
they found Jules Chevrel awaiting them,
outwardIy most Indifferent, but in his
heart surprised to see them again. Seager
curtly informed him that they had decid-
ed to close with his offer.
They spent the intervening hours In
making such provision as seemed good to
them for the well being of their prospec-
tive prisoner. When they crossed the
river again an unexpected complication
had cropped up. Jules Chevrers friend,
the coachman, had telephoned that the
car must call at the Hotel des Reeves for
maid who was to escort her mistress
from the Elysee and he did not know
how that would affect the bargain he had
made with the Americans.
1t was Arendsen who, in the end, reas-
sured him on that point gave him
check for 5000, and sent him out with
Seager to have the latter properly dressed
for his part. When they returned he
drew his accomplice aside while Chevrel
was occupied with the car.
Bring the maid straight to the back
, door" he whispered "fell her you're
going to cross by the Pont Neuf, if she
asks questions I'll be waiting there.
Leave the rest to me-
Right" said Seager briefly, and the
! other hurried away.
Some twenty minutes before midnight
the scarlet limousine turned into the
courtyard of the Hotel des Reeves, and
having halted at a pillared portico, stood
, there throbbing impatiently until Fam
Ghetto appeared The door of the closed
carriage body was at the back, and she
climbed in at once. Seager set out with
her toward the Pont Neuf and then turn
ed to the right. following the less fire.
quented lanes of the Quarter until he
reached the Impasse de Paradis, where
he drew up within an inch of the blind
wall at its dark end.
Scarcely had the wheels ceased to re-
volve when Arendsen, who had been anx-
iously awaiting 1t, sprang in beside Fan
chette as she came toward the door in
surprise at the stoppage. He had thrown
blanket about her head and shoulders
before she could utter a sound, and al
though she fought desperately to free
herself, it was in vain, for Seager had
come to the others assistance. They
carried her indoors, and by the time they
got her to the foot of the stairs she had
ceased to struggle.
SHOW a light" Arendsen ordered
breathlessly, and, as the other struck
match, he stopped over her, withdrawing
the blanket and her Ions gray cloak
she's safe" he muttered, staring into
the white, wrinkled face, and Seager
shifted.
"ChlOroform!' he commented indiffer-
emily, and kicked the blanket to one side
You're taking strong measures now,
Arendsen."
When they came downstairs again, hav-
| ing left her unconscious, safely locked up
in the studio, Arendsen had a gray shawl
in one hand and he picked her cloak up in
passing.
No one seemed to have noticed the car
standing there in the shadow He enter
ed 1t, after a last look at the gaunt, black
building behind him, and Seager drove
him at decorous speed toward the Elysee.
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