The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-06-29
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Or HudsoN DOuSlAe

Rim. OF tnaC the StalWaft Amatt
can lad left the palace immedi
asely otter. A most poisonous
.ssspicion was penetrating his
iainu. He had just remembered
that she had insisted upon leav.
ing by herself, forbidden him t.
see her to her carriage. What o
fool he hal been. to believe that
women were any better than men
And she had taken him in so cas-
lily! ALI she wanted. of course
was to free herself of pol,co sur
veillance, so that she might &c
back to the nan who had follow.
ed her from America. What was
he to do now? Put the matter in.
to the hands OF the police, and
so incur public exposure? No, thai
would not do. 1t would not hell
him to have her brought back y
prisoner. Did he want her bach
at all, since she had thus cruelty
killed his naseent faith in heI
flawlessness? He did not know
He hastily left the house; and
as he awlked, with bent head
Quaintance came toward him, arm
in arm with Cornoyer and in a
mood no less reckless.
At sight of him the due stopped
abruptly. and drew a long. hiss
ing breath. Cornoyer, who knew
the due, had nodded a salutation
and would have passed on.
He interrupted the pair by STEP
ping squarely in front of Quaint
ance.
"The pleasure of a word with
monsieur" he begged, having lift
ed his hat with great ceremony.
Quaintance waited. impressive,
while Cornoyer reluctantly drew
to one side.
where is madame, my wife?"
demanded the due in the same
steely and monotonous voice, his
chin thrust forward, a fire of hate
alight in his narrowed eyes.
How the devil do know
where madame your wife Isl" re-
torted Quaintance, thankful =
the excuse to pick quarrel with the
roue who had robbed him of his
hearts desire.
The due struck him, lightly
enough, across the face, but the
voice in which he branded him,
'Liar!" rang loud. 1t had Sc .rce
left his lips when Quaintance re-
turned the blow, but in such wise
that his enemy went hurting
against a bystander who had malt
ed in blank amazement, and they
both came to earth with q crash.
Cornoyer sprang forward. A
crowd gathered. Then Cornoyer
went forward, leaving Quaintance
strictly charged to restrain him-
self, to where the victim of his
friends right arm was quietly
stanching a cut chin and striving
to convince those who encircled
him that he had no further imme-
date violent intention. He will
ingly accompanied Cornoyer in the
direction of the door, while Quain-
lance sauntered toward his hotel
When Cornoyer came back he
wore look of genuine gravity for
the first time.
+ I'M. le Due demands satisfac-
tion," he said. 81 told him that
you would be quite ready to accord
1T. May act for you in the mat
teri"
SCI hate to drag you in. ]. j.
Quaintance told him, buff you
don't mind
"The dues a most expert
swordsman," Cornoyer stated re
flectiveiy. He'd run you
through in a twinkling, unless
you're a first-clas fencer."
..sThen wen strike swords out
old chap"
Hes dead shot, too," said
Corpoyer.
He'll be a dead shot when I've
done with him." Quaintance as.
serted, grimly. Better make IL
guns of some kind, j. J."
He'll send a friend round be-
tween 4 and 5. Well fix 1t for to.
morrow at dawn, If that suits
you"
Perfectly. The sooner we gel
lit over the better"
When M. lie Due reached his
rooms in the Rue st. Honore, 9
short walk from the Place Ven.
dome, with his handkerchief tc
his chin, he found Tissot-Latour
He had been at a loss to know
where to turn for a friend who
would not infer too much from
the fact that he meant to fight
the American to whom all Paris
at the Elysee had seen his unsmil-
ing duchesse both smile and
speak. Furthermore, this fat
vulgarian was of good standing in
the prefecture de police.
Tissot-Latour was too grateful
for his kindness to run any risk
of curdling 1t by acceding to his
request otherwise than freely.
IF anything's heard about Il
I'll hold you responsible" the dut
menaeingly. "You'l
have plenty Of notoriety after It'll
over"
me, 1 seek no notoriety," hi
second assured him.
He painted round to the Rue st
Roch, and 1t was settisd that the
meeting should take place mex
morning, as soon after dawn al
there should be light to shoot by
since the weapons were to be pts
tolls, at 20 PAGES. The place, Yer
rieres.
Tissot-Latour was on the poin
of bidding adieu to Cornoyer wheI
O'Ferral walked In upon them
where Quaintance was resting.
CHAPTER XXI.
The Postern in the Impasse d.
Paradis.
.CoDfOuDd Won. O'Ferrali'