The evening world., 1910-12-29

peratc hope Of reaching the chapel. The
chapel contains n crypt, the existence
Of which he has discovered by accident.
II he Stn burrow there he may be saved.
BY dint OF ar effort he approaches IL.
he Is but n few yards away when a
sound OF footsteps approaches. Har-
assed and lost. he let's himself 90. Tho
cnemy arrives. II Is Mile. Raymoods de
Salnt-veran.
This is the prologue. or father the FIRST
scene OF the drama.
what happened between them7 This
Is the easier to guess inasmuch as the
sequel OF the adventure gives Us all
the necessary clues. At the girls feet
lies n wounded man. exhausted by suf-
fering. who VIII be captured In two
minutes. This man has been wounded
by herself. VIII she also give him M?
II he II Jean Davals murderer. os.
she will let destiny take It's course.
But In quick sentences he tells her the
truth about this awful murder com
mltted by her uncle. NJ. de Geevres.
She believes him. What will she dog
Nobody can see them. The footman
Victor Is watching the iittls door. The
other. Albert, posted at the drawing
room window. a lost sight of both OF
them. VIII she give up the mar she has
wounded?
The girl IL carried away by n move.
mcnt or irresistible pity. which any
woman will understand. Instructed by
bupin. with a few movements she binds
kup the wound with his handkerchief. q
avoid the marks which the blood would
cave Ihen' with the Aid OF the key
Whion ne gives her, she opens the door %
une ohapei' ne enters. supported by the
girl. She locks the door again AMI
walks away. Albert arrives.
III the chapel a been visited at tina,
moment or at least during the next few
minutes, before Lupin had had time 10
recover his strength. 10 raise the nag
stone and disappear by the stairs lead
Ing 10 the crypt. he would have been
,'koh' But TINS visit did not take plac,
un'' SIX hours later and then only in
"u ~ supefhcla! way. As II Il.
nupin ~ saved and saved by whom?
ny the sirl who very nearly killed him.
".neeiorth, whether she wishes Il or
Nv, "He; ue SMnt-Veran Is his accom-
p"e no, ohiy ~ she no Ion or able
~ w ".h up' nut she IL obliged to
o''. her WORK, else the wounded
m"' Wlh per'sh IN the shelter In which
y. "ss heIpeu 10 conceal him. There
~. W. vontihues'
for mat matter. II her feminine In.
"r "aSes the TASK a compulsory one,
"akes u easy. She IL full 81
.lt.- icNNHtuilS
yHa"e' sne VINO gives the ex-
~, lh"sistrate a false description
. Hupin ,the reader will re-
"'"'oer the udHerence Of opinion on
,"'s suoJect oetwecn the cousins). II
> sne obviously VINO. thanks 20 GER
a.. ''sns "hich do not know OF. sus-
800 an ncco.hphce or Lupln's In the
ur,Ver OF inc ny. She warns him. She
: INFORMS nan or the urgent need Of an
{ pper.uon' IL IL she. no doubt. who
substitutes one cap for the other. II
, y sho VINO causes the famous letter
pe written IN which she Is personally
'nr'''ehen' HOW. AFTER that. u " pos
Slble 10 suspect herr
II is she who at that moment when
! was about TO conhde my first i'm
pressions to the examining maustrate
pretends to have seen me the dav no.
fore in the copsewood. alarms NJ rfI-
'eul on my score and reduca. M a.
silence; n dangerous move. no doutt.
because u arouses my attention and
directs II against the person who as
sails me with an accusation which I
Nnow To be false. but an erIcacious
move because the most important thing
Y all Is to gain time and close my
Ups.
Lastly. A. In shs who during forty DAYS
Feeds Lupln, brings him his meS,cIna
tho chemist at Ouviiie VIII produce me
prescriptions which he made I'm Tor
Nile. do Saint-Veran), nurses hsp
'resses his wound, watche, over rim
md cures him.
Here we have the nrst Of our ,vo
problems solved AT the same Tina ths,
me Ambrunesy mystery Is set forth
,rsene Lipin found, close VI hand. in the
,hateau itself. the assistance w~,Icb v.1
'n~dispensabIo TO him In order 0r-t NO,
20 he discovered. and. secondly. 10 Ivs
He now lives. And we coms m On.
second problem. o~orresp,ndinr ~,th ~
Isecond Ambrunnsv mystery ~. -,,.x -
which served me as a conductive mo
diun,. Why does L,,pln. alive IRE. =,
me head Of his Gang or,c,,.o,.r, s.h..
,ore-whv aoc. Ir,,n nav.
forts. efforts with witch r an en-
s,nntIy coming into coil,s,or % 800 a..
de, O, MIS- death up,n the no,,ca ara ,hs
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