Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-06-09
VII.
The House in the Rue Barbette.

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10 RETT was called at 10 o'clock
Id After reinvigorating himself with
a bath and a hearty breakfast, he
was ready to meet Captain Gaultier
who arrived promptly at Il 80.
In the spacious foyer of the Grand
Hotel 1t was impossible to say who
might be looking at them.
Come to my room,'' said Brett
There we will be able to talk withou,
interruption"
Once comfortably seated, Brett re-
sumed the conversation where he had
broken it off in the train overnight.
you say you know Hussein-ul-
Mulk," he commenced.
Yes" replied the Kings messenger
and what is more, 1 have discovered
his residence since we parted. 1t seems
that n of the attaches at the EN-
bassy met him recently and thought II
advisable to keep in touch with the
Young Turkish party, of which Hus-
sein-ul-Mulk Is q shining light. So he
asked him where he lived, and as the
result ! have jotted down the address
in my notebook" Gaultier searched
through his memoranda, and speedily
found what he wanted.
wait a minute interrupted Brett
Does 1t happen to be No. II, Rue Bar
bette?"
The barrister had more than once
surprised his companion during the
previous night. but this time Gaultier
seemed to be more annoyed than
startled.
IF you know all these things" he
/ co IN ctffJt- 81 doptt can uyhxy uot, should
bother me to get you the information
l certainly gathered from your remarks
hat the only acquaintance you had
with Hussein-ul-Mulk was obtained
from the newspapers, and that indi-
vidual himself has the best of reasons
for not publishing his address broadcast
Brett smiled.
you mean" he said, that Hussein-
ul-Mulk does live at No. II, Rue Bar
bette"
why, of course he does" was the ir-
ritable answer,
"That is very odd said the bar
rister. 1T was a mere guess on my
part, / assure you"
His assurance evidently did not weigh
much with Captain Gaultier, who re-
placed the notebook In his pocket, and
obviously cast about in his mind for a
convenient excuse to take his depar-
ture.
Brett knew exactly what was
troubling him.
81 am quite in earnest" he said, "in
telling you that l simply hazarded a
guess at the address. To prove that
this is so, l must place you in posses
sion of certain incidents which took
place after we parted at the Care du
Nord."
Rapidly but ~succinctly he told the
amazed Kings messenger of the chase
in the cab across Paris. and how he
(Brett) had followed the Frenchman
who was tracking Gaultier's movements
sol closely.
''You will understand" he concluded,
that. in view of my preconceived
theory, it was not a very far-fetched
assumption to connect Hussein-ul-
Mulk with the house in the Rue Bar
bette into which your p vanished"
"Well," gasped his astonished hearer
Il must say, Mr.. Brett. hat l owe yol
an apology. l really thought at first
you were fooling me. whereas nov
learn hat you simply kept your eyes
open much wider than other people
perhaps. Nevertheless. you have given
ne a genuine explanation of circum-
stances that were otherwise puzzling,
For, do you know, l heard about thai
chap calling at the embassy last night
The incident was unusual, to say the
least, but I paid little attention to Il,
and certainly failed altogether to on
nect it with your visit to Paris. Even
yet I do not see what reason anyone
can have for shadowing my move
n:ents."
II regard it as mere chance.