The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-01-09
The Man
Who Stole
The Earth"
CHAPTER uIlI.-(contlnued) Z
BY W. Holt Whife.


4 by twisting through these comparative
ly narrow streets he would throw
Strong of the scent, for the car went
at a more moderate pace until IL reach
ed the Avenue des Champs Elysees.
The car dawdled on until they came
TO the Place de la Concorde. 1t shot
across this. and unfortunately Strong
was bound TO reveal his whereabouts,
because IL was necessary 10 hang as
closely overhead OF the car as posi-
BILE.
The king. looking UP. perceived that
the "Di" was hot upon the scent, ana
he turned up the narrow Rue Camoon.
In his anxiety TO follow, Strong shot
ahead so fast that he lost the KING
when the car turned suddenly 10 the
| left I'D the Rue Duphot. He was now
In the position OF huntsman who has
lost the scent, and he decided TO make
cast. as any huntsman would whose
hounds had lost their fox.
So. checking the "Di,' he put her
up another hundred feet. when TO his
intense Joy, as he hung above the
Madeleine. he saw the red car shoot
across the Rue Royale and make for
the Boulevard des Capucines. strong
was perplexed as TO the spot for which
the king was making. for at his pres
ent rate OF progress he would soon be
! In Montmartre. and Strong did not
| imagine that he could be intent on hid
Ing there.
Again he was right For, evidently
believing that he had lost Strong. the
kings great red car ran easily along
into the Place des Capucines and turn
ed into the courtyard OF the Grand ho-
tel.
A drop OF rain splashed on to
Srong's face.
"Hullo," he said. and glanced up
wards
The fine weather, which had held
good for three days. was breaking
Great stormclouds were rolling up
from the west.
Arbuthnot, cooking a sailors eye
at them, muttered something about
dirty night; and Strong made answer
that, as far as he could see, ii would
be dirty afternoon.
Then he brought the "Di'' 10 stand
still and hung over Paris that he
might think the matter out.
The commotion below them was ire
mendous. The traffic in the streets
was at a standstill There were heads
at every window. and sea OF up
turned faces in the Place de Ia Con
corde, over which they were then sta
tionary.
A careful scrutiny through the
glasses satisfied Strong that the arri-
val of the great red motor-car at the
Grand hotel was not as yet associated
in the popular mind with the appear
ance OF the airships.
The Victor" was slowly picking It's
way through the sky from the Bots dc
Boulogne. and she drifted lazily up
while Strong took counsel with him.
self.
He saw that ii would be eminently
necessary not only to see Diana before
he returned 10 Bomberg. but to estab-
lish over her a sufficiently careful
watch TO prevent the king removing
her from Paris and hiding her where
1t would be hard TO trace her.
But how?
Certainly nothing could be done TIL
night came, and what could be done
then?
The king evidently still exerted suf-
ficient authority over his legation In
Paris TO be sure OF support and friend
ship in the French capital.
But with Strong il was another mat
ter. True, that he had friends and ac-
quaintances in Paris. but for the mo-
ment he could think OF no one who
could be relied on TO afford him the
assistance he required.
Suddenly, however. stumbling
through the memories OF Paris which
he was calling up. he remembered
Jimmy Cloud.
by George" be said TO himself,
Jimmy is the very mani
For Jimmy Cloud was man very
much of Strong's build and tempera-
ment and quite as remarkable in his
mode of life.
Though he was barely 26 years OF
age, he elected TO live by himself with
an old man-servant. In one of the old
fashioned houses In the Rue dc Bull
lagh-that quiet street which runs
down from the Bots to the river.
tCoptlnued MondayD