The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1911-12-17
(cHApTER Iv.-continued.)
IT Is the one," he said. ana took
minute to eye Burroughs from
head to foot.

-
head to foot.
Mon Dieur' he remarked nm
~. do you suppose he did it7"
- y must have" said the other. "He
has u.s. ring. What more evidence do
We want3 Believe nothing he says"
Then he shall pay for 1t. But now
the letters. We must get them
The tall man twiddled the end of his
imperial looking long and hard at Bur-
HE will probably deny knowing any
thing about the letters he advanced
finally.
The extraordinary aspect of the situa-
ton was slowly dawning on the Ameri,
brigands who held man up and tooK
his money. There was apparently
something behind it all, and for mo-
ment he felt little tte relieved. ,n,.rnossd
lightly. There Is something wrong
somewhere. You have plainly mistaken
me for somebody else. l have not the
remote remote = idea what You are talking
:. ! is useless to try to pvt us or" :.
s snrpps the s'oeky man. We are In a
You seem to have been" said Bur-
roughs facetiously. "You were in such
q hurry that you got the wrong man."
we shall prove that for ourselves,
replied the , small man, while the tai tall
and. selecting paper, calmly proceeded
to roll a cigarette. ..
Monsieur" said the latter. with a
fair show OF politeness, "have you in
not belong to your
II tell you i know nothing about the
letters. You have got hold Of the wrong
man. am an American. handed from
Gibraltar this afternoon. know abso.
the letters and the ring
You had the ring. That is evidence
against you"
II bought it,
Again the wall-eyed man probed him
with a glance and seemed to be trying
to read his very thoughts s:,oed SLOWLY
81 got it from goldsmith not an
h hour age: What's the matter with It,
have that ring in his possession, u
sneered the small man.
Burroush, leaned forward and tried
NY Ny" FRIEND e he said. will you tell
me who you, think ! arn?"
My friend" replied the other, ''we
do not care who you are. This morn.
ing we found Bompard dead In his bed
been intrusted to him were gone. You
have the ring. Why should you not
have the letters? And can you prove
that you did not murder Bompard?"
tell you that l am an American
young lady, I went into goldsmith
shop and bought that ring. Why shoult
an ordinary American be meddling IT
so n5sns to hs sSop There got
I can prove 1t to you. Or IL you g. 4
by hotel. I can establish my identity"
The small man considered this propo
sition and then leaned over and whis
fn latter
and said:
Yes. his story may be true. but It Il
simpler for US first to see II he has thu
letters. We can search him. and II the!
hand and either see that he proves hi
innocence or run down the letters. Blu
my, idea is that he Is guilty. though h
about doing murder9" demanded Bur
You need not tell US thet you are q
eyed man. I'm the first place. yor
have a fluent command of French.
thing not usual to American tour
"in the second place. we are NOR
than aware that your countrymen ar
meddling nowadays in all sorts o
foreign affairs which do not concerl
n sn MSrsh Afs'a Ana fp IF n
place. you know my name. Tha
proves YOU familiar with Tangier:"
Know your nan:e" calculated Bur
rorghs. II never heard of H.
You called me Alphorse."
Burroughs stared: then lis ia,
dropped and he shook his head despair
inslv.
"That was a coincidence" he sal
weekly. ut was a bit Of rleasantr
that one unfamiliar with America
Sunday newspapers would find It har
to understand"
IT don't know what you are talkin
about
81 didn't expect YOU to, but II yo
will Kindly give ne permission ] ca
give you q complete and detailed &C
count Of the whole business"
The wall-eyed man snorted out a Pre-
test.
1T didn't want a detailed story @
your adventures or what you kno'
about the ring There is only one thin
evident. You had It, I believe 20
killed Bompard."
What we want Is the letters POI
sisted the other. We'll discuss you
guilt later. am going to rearch YOU.
search away" said Burroughs.
The latest speaker got up and made