The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-01-10
CHAPTER XXXII.

CARDILLAC Ieeued back and looked
/ - steadily at his intriguing vis-a-vjs
+ with ewes that s.sw him not He was
/ arguing away the last doubt that re-
NAMED In his mind Drawing q deep
/ sign, he said YEARLY
90 cry WELL have It as YOU wish. A
/ determined man may get anything ne
wants IN TINS world lf ne is willing 10
pay the price
The price, WHAT price2-
Why In your case, able, the price
OF silence which you have promised 90
-AhY that price I shall willingly paw
/ hope you VIII accept my word that I
{ shall mention 10 no one what you may
He good enough 60 tell me"
I Most certainly 1 am sure YOU will
keep silence till all need Of silence IS
i thank you for your Faith. N. &c
The young man arose and went 10
Z ms own room when he returned he
/ wore another dOublct, and held some
INNS In ms hand which he poured cut
on the table before the able.
you The whole secret"
The abbe'S iuSidiouS eyes narrowed
as ne examined the material CardlII4r
mao irouSht RefeCtiveIy. ne stirred
the ILl-e pale with MS finger, and took
. from u piece OF string
This" he said. seems 10 be q uar-
silk cord
II do not fsthom your meaning Do
protested the able, looking I'D.
OF asJ0ulsE me 1 Thought that
. one so arIui -Soull meet 10 difficult y
given lneSe mat erlalS-Iu reconstruct
InG the whole sit-ation- 1 houe5 This
/ handful would Q ucidate the position
ana thus save tf= necessity for further
words because we are here in 4 rf-hTrl.
oinlns-room where Il is dangerous to
speak about secrets. even though no
. listeners ne visible 1 may help you BY
saying that this heap looks ike sand.
( buL IS not, whereas the cord looks like
silk, and is sill
The able sighed EIaIntiveIy.
,--e als<' al. SEEM to have had
show in mine I thought Won smoke
!. truth when YOU said You would ten
me what 7 wished 10 know, instead
OF winch Eou PROFOUND a riddle that
You mistake me, able. I merely
I. eTeSllmated your powers Of divina-
lloi- Di course 1 am quite willing
10 present YOU with the most minute
details. and repeat them and e,DlsIr
JhcIu until YOU understand but as I
Sala- tina cannot ne done in a public
Then monsieur take me to YOUR
owl aCartmr IT.
Its walls are no more soundproof
man these We must retire TO one OF
the chalk dwellings, where. when the
GoOr is shut We need fear no listener
As an additional precaut5on T will take
you 70 the Clif-dwelIinE Of a friend
Who / think, already SrTsrects nv s.
crets for he has been one Of nv assist
ants; therefore, IF he overhears. Il will
be no matter, because ne cannot write.
and has been born dumb.
The able laughed
For a young man YOU are the most
CAUTIOUS ! have ever met II you lead
viii follow"
Cardiac conducted the able by an
underground passage to one of the cliff
dwellings, and there they found a room
aireadE prepared for them. rather
COzlly furnished. with a very Cor11forfa-
Die armchair In which the able was in
Vlted 70 seat himself The white walls
we're Illuminated by a lamp
~ nen / returned TO my ROOM be
san De Cardillac- I put on a new coat
and new pair Of bJ0js-'
As he spoke he T3ised mis- foot and
e'lni olted the sole Let into the bottom
OF the boot was a IaI of iron, which.
peHL Al EVo angles, formed one long
side and two ends Of a parallelOgram.
Al one end the rod of iron had been
formed into a loon
ALtt7 erAt- sfJLh- continued 6aEulI-
lac, was fashioned by the bIacksu7ilF
OF MOntriChard after a design Of my
own which design 1 drew from meas
uTements taken by the lady in waiting
70 the queen who Is my only CoIIeaE que
in this venture
Until now. my dear Cardiuac-untr
now interpolated the able, rubbing
his hands together
Yes. until now. These measurements
were taken from the window-siII Of the
last room 10 the west, on the first floor
OF the chateau at Biois- The room in
question was once the library Of Cath
crime de Medicis. and opens uDon the
oalcony that runs round the Tour du
Moulin.
You viii notice, able that there is
one Of these irons in the sole Of each
boot SO that II, on entering Blofs, 7
happen TO be searched. there Is a chanel
that these devices may not be discov-
cred but, II discovered, l would ex-
plain that they were put in to save the
Soles Of my boots
NOW able, 7 snail take of my doubt
let, and viii al your attention to the
inside OF Il. What do YOU think of its
lining, and IT, decorative effect there
OFF,
1t is really very attractive CompIi-
nleuted the able 1T seems to he lined
with silk corde &C. which makes tn