The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1910-12-15
CHAPTER I11--(continued.>

"Okyada," I said. calling my servant.
here is some one who is not afraid Of
you. Tell him what they do to such
people in Japan"
The little fellow played his part to
perfection. He took the craven lad by
both his hands and began to drag him
back toward the wires. A resoul1ding
shrek made me tremble for the nerves
of my dear sister, Harriet.
Il can't stand pain, ] never could"
he said; IF you're a gentleman, you
wont ask me to give away my pals
Nov stand up and answer my ques-
TONS. Your silence cannot save the
men who sent you here tonight. They
knew perfectly we'll that you would
fail. They wished you to fail and to
lie to me when l caught YOU l am
not the man to be lied to. / have Ger
tain little secrets of my own. You
have investigated one of them. Do not
compel me to demonstrate the others
to you"
What are you going to do with me?
What's the game if I split"
Il will keep you out of prison n
try to save vol from yourself"
You can't do that, sir
I'VE win see.'
81 can't tell you much" he STAN
mered.
First. the name of the man"
What man do you speak OFF,
THE man who sent you to this
house. Was it from Paris, from Rome,
from Vienna-you are wearing French
boots, l see. Then 1t was Paris, was
1t not?"
"Oh, call 1t Paris, if you like"
And the mana F~renchman|
Il can't tell you. He spoke English.
| met him at the Quaz-Arts and he in
trodtioed me 10 the others-a big man
with q slash across his jaw and pock-
marked. He kept me at a great hotel
for six weeks. ] was dead out of luck
went over there to get work in a
motor works and got chucked-well, /
don't say for what. Then Val came
along
"Val-a Christian name?"
Il heard the rest of it was Imroth.
Some said he was a German who had
been In Buenos Ayres. / don't know.
We were to get the stuff easy and all
cross hack by different routes. Mine
was southampton-Havr I'd have been
Jack in Paris tomorrow night but for
you. Good God, what luck!"
The best, perhaps, you ever had In
your wretched life. Please to go on.
You were to return to Paris-with the
! diamonds.
.nh..nn. Rouge la Gloire carried
those-on the ship, of course. L was to
cross the scent. You don't know Val.
There isn't another like him in Paris.
If he thought I'd told you this, he'd
murder the pair of us though he
crossed two continents to do it. I've
seen him at 1T. My God, If you'd seen
all I've seen, DIR. Fabos!"
you have my nalne 1t appears. l
am not so fortunate.
II was Harry Avenhill once" he
said.
bridge?"
ats as true as night"
THANK God that your father Is
deadi / want now to go back a step
This ship In which my diamonds We're
to go. ..aa a,o,. an,
ship"
mo. then I was dreaming it.. Yor
yourself We're to return to Paris vie
Hnvre and Southampton, | think
while this fellow Rouge la Gloire, he
went from Newhayen."
How did you know that?"
"Oh, I now any things. The ship
then, is waiting for him--shall we sa.
in Shoreham harbor
1t was a pure guess upon my part
out ] nave never seen a man so STRUCK
by astonishment and wonder. Foi
some minutes he could not say a single
word. When he replied, it was in TIT
tone of one who could contest with ~,
no longer.
IF you know, you know" he said
..but look here, DIR. Fabos, you hay,
spoken well to me and I'll speak wei
to you. Leave Val Imroth alone. Yo'
haven't a month to live II you don't.
/ put my hand upon his shoulder an
turned him round to loo me full i
the face.
Harry Avenhill," said I. did the
tell you. then, that DIR. Fabos was
womanY Listen to me, now. ] star
tomorrow to hunt these people dowr
You shall go with me; | will find
place for you upon my yacht. We wi
seek this Imroth together-him an
othe,s. and, By the help OF 0 abov
me, we will never rest until we hay
found them"