The evening world., 1910-12-20


i confess, Monsieur 10 JUICE d'1nstruc-
ton. That. " ! were not present at our
inquiry lust now. II was because
hoped that you would consent TO tell me
the results. May I ask what you hav,
learned?"
We'll. last night. at II o'clock, the
three gendarmes whom sergeant Que.
villOn had left on guard at the chateap
received a note from the sergeant tell
ing them to hasten within all speed 20
Ohville. where they are stationed. They
nj once rode on. and when they arrived
at Ouville"-
They discovered that they rad beer
tricked. that the order was a forgery
and that there was nothing for them 10
do but return to A~mbrumesy."
This they did. accompanied by Ser
geant Quevillon. But they were away
Tor an hour and q half and. during this
time. the crime was committed"
Tn what circumstances"
Very simple circumstances. indeod.
A ladder was removed from the farm
buildings and placed against tie second
story OF the chateau. A pant of glass
was cut out and a window opened. Two
men. carrying n dark lantern. entered
Mile. de gesvrrs's room aud gagged her
before she could cry out. Then. after
b.nding her with cords. they softly
opened the door OF the room In which
Mile. de Saint-veran was sleeping. Mile.
10 Gesyres heard q stiied moan. followed
by the sound Of a person struzxiinG. a
moment later. she saw two mon carry
Ing her cousin, who was also bound ana
gagged. They passed in front of her
and went out through the window. Then
Mile. de Gesvres, terrified and exhaust
ell. tainted"
But what about the Dogs 7 thousAt
". de Gesvres had bought two almost
NNllI SbaauInUa ,Alrl psAR, lAf InAuA
at night.
They were found dead. poisoned"
by whom Nobody could get near
them"
IT'S a mystery. The fact remains
that the two men crossed the ruins
without let or hindrance and went out
by the little door which We have heard
50 much about. They passed through
the c~opsewood. following the line OF tho
dlsused quarries. II was not until they
were nearly half a mile from the cha
teau, at the foot Of the tree known as
the Great oak. that they stopped-and
executed their purpose"
'tf they came with the intention at
killing Nile. do saint Veran. why didn't
they murder her In her room"
II don't know. Perhaps the incident
that settled their determination only oc-
CURED after they had left the house.
Perhaps the girl succeeded In releasing
herself from her bonds. In my opinion.
the scarf which was picked up was
, used to fasten her wrists. In any case
the blow was struck at the foot OF the
Great Oak. | have collected in~dlsput-
able proofs'-
But the bodyT'
The body has not been found, but
. there Is nothing excessively surprising
> In that. As a matter Of fact. thu. trail
which I followed brought : me q the
/. church ct V~arsngevfiie and the Old
: Cemetery perched or top OF the cMff.
From there II Ii a sheer precipice. "a
fall Of over three hundred feet to the
rocks and the sea below. In a day or
W a stronger tide than usual will cast
up the body on the beach"
obviously. This In all very simple
Yes; 1t II all very simple and doesn't
trouble me In the least. Lupin is dead.
his accomplices heard Of II. and. to re-
vsnse themselves. have killed Mile. De
Salnt-veran. These are facts which
did not evan require checking. But Lu-
PIN"
VIVA about him.
"Wha has become OF him? IN oil
probability his confeL crates removed
his corpse at tho same time tina they
carried away the girl: but what proof
have We? None at all. Any mare
. than OF his staying In the ruins. or OF
4 his death, or Of his life. And hat r.
the real mystery. NJ. Beautreiet. The
: murder OF Mile. Raymonde solves
nothing. On the contrary. II only
e complexities matters. What has ben
happening during the past two months
Z at the Chateau d'Ambrumasyf II We
don't clear up the riddle. young man.
others will give us the go-by."
'on what day are those others COM
I Ing""
Nv Observation-Disclosures p~erhaps"-
|. Beantrelet seemed to be makins IN
Q inward calculation and then declared:
Monsieur lie Juge obstruction. this
e In Saturday. / have to be hack At
n school on Monday evening. Well. n
you will have the goodness to be here
q at 10 o'clock exactly ON Monday morn
ins ] will try to give you the key to
II the rlcdle."
Really, NJ Besutrelet-do you thank
- so? Are you sure?"
II hope so. at any rate"
And where are you going
. II am going to see II the facts con-
sent TO nj In with the general theory
which ] am beginning to perceive"
n And II they don't ut ing'
We'll. Monsieur lie Juge d'Instruc-
tlon," said Beautreiet. with a laugh.
then II will be their fault and 7 must
: look for others which will prove more
" trhCldbirs lu NioUidSs tutH.
| TIL Monday"
E A few minutes later NJ. Filleui was
!. driving toward Dieppe. while Isidore
|, mounted a bicycle which he hac bor-
q rowed from the Comte de Gesvres and
rode on along the road to ierville n
Caudebec-an-Caux.
= There was one point IN particular on
which the young mar was anxious 10
a form a clear opinion. because this tust
appeared to hin to be the enemy's
weakest point. Objects Of the size OF
the four Rubens pictures cannot be
4 juggied away. They were bound to be
: somewhere. Granting that n was nm
: possible to find them for the moment.
! might one not discover the ROAD by
3 which they had disappeared?
; What Beautrelet surmised was that
! the four pictures had Undoubtedly been
I, carried Off In the motor car. but that
. before reaching Caudebec they were
transferred to another car, which had
crossed the Seine either above Caudebec
or below Il. Now the hrst horse-boat
down the stream was at Quillebeuf. a
greatly freduented ferry and conse-
quently dangerous. Up stream there
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