Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-07-11

on with the stream OF sightseers until
we reached the courtyard. I had never
been in the place before. but Gros Jean
seemed to know it well. Owing to my
policy of preceding them, I found my
self halted for a momen at the foot
of the stairs leading to the tower. 1t
struck me that the Frenchnan was
making in this direction, so l took the
chance and ran up. l reached the top
n looked over before the party had
entered the doorway at the bottom.
They came in. Thus far l was right.
| looked around, and found, as you
know, the square roof surrounded by
bare battlements with a turret in one
corner. / decidedly instantly tina it
would be hopeless to try to get close to
them IL they halted al any other point
save in the vicinity of the turret. Else
where l must remain too far away to
catch any portion OF their conversation
So I darted across and entered the tur-
ret, noting on my way up the stairs
the existence of the loopholed window
where you finally saw me. It would
never do to be caught there, so l went
to the top and peeped over. You can
~ v 0GAA64ilCo i Wab WHICH, lIltI
came straight across and settled them
selves in the angle beneath. Then I
crept half way down the stairs and
leaned as far as / dared through
the loophole, being just in time to hear
Gros Jean read a letter from his daugh-
ter. Fortunately the ~innkeeper had to
speak plainly, as his companions were
foreigners. and for the same reason l
lrl - asa r-.1A-- - -I-LtLL ~ "a.
of What the Turks said.
THE letter was quite short. 1t told
him that H. had decided to leave
France. n had made arrangements to
proceed at once to Palermo. whittier
the writer would accompany him.
"One sentence I remember exactly:
H. she wrote, has friends in Sicily,
and he feels assured of a kind recep-
ton at their hands,"
"Friendsl" interrupted Brett. THAT
mean ~brigandsi"
THE Information seemed to n
the Turks very much. They were very
angry at what they described as the
enforced delay. n discussed with Gros
Jean h quickest means of reaching
Palermo forthwith. Then he told them
that he had endeavoured to find out
the trains running through Italy to
Messina, but they could not leave Mar
settles until tonight, and he thougft It
best that they should have a quiet can
on the situation before deciding sou
hurriedly upon any line OF action.
THE rest Of their conversation vg<s
inconsequent and desultory, aiitdfng
evidently to some project which they
had fully discussed before. But II Il
quite clear from the drift or their re-
marks that an emissary from the Sui
tan had approached Hussein-ul-Mulk,
and had offered such terms for the re-
covery OF the diamonds that not only
were the Young Turkish party In Paris
eager TO compromise With him, but they
had succeeded In convincing Gros Jean
that Dubois also would be likely to ac-
cept the proposition"
Brett smiled grimly. 'aThe commits
shry In Paris always follows up the
wrong person. he said. Had he only
used his wits yesterday morning he
would have discovered that the agent
of the Embassy wat In touch with Hus-
eein-ul-Mulk. Hence the presence OF
the quartette In Marseiiles today
Talbot was naturally snystifed by
this remark until Brett explained to
him the circumstances already known
to the reader.
"was there anything else ?'' inquired
the barrister. rsverting to the chief
topic before them.
"Only this. / gathered that eros
Jean did not know his daughters
whereabouts IN Marsefiies, but she had
arranged that II circumstances neces-
stated her departure from the town
she would leave a letter for him In the
Poste Restante. giving him full details.
Nevertheless, this presupposes the
knowledge on her part that he would