The evening world., 1911-02-21

- over the m~OutnpIeeo ~ naao
Inc svund OF his Voice less dlstiaet.
At mat mom,n he sidnveJ ~ Lupli.
n the LOOK which they ~exchaisei
showed them that the same Thought
had struck them both and that hey
both foresaw to the end the conse-
quences oi that possiDle. prooiD'r. a.
most certain superstition. II was thi
blond lady t%ciepnOnins. she tHoush'
hat sne Mas t..epHJuIng TO fcuN ia
v,y, or rather MaAtmo BeimOn'. III
sue was about ~ eOuIIde IA iioIlnioca
Shear
MA the Englishnun repeated
'I.uliu! iiullo!'
A pause and Shears:
Yes. IT'S /. MaN.mc."
the drama took shape iCrthwith, with
tragic precision. bupin, the mo sing
mdoml.able Lupin, no longer even
thought OF con,cdiiuB MS anxiety a.
with features pale as dtdth. stloNl 10
hear. to guess. And Shears conlhdei'
ia reply to the mysterious voice;
Yes, yes, It's all finished and l was
iust gettiug ready to come on 70 you as
arranged $50 Where? Why. where
You are Isn't that bcstT
lie hesitated. seeking MS words. and
then stopped Il vas evident that ne
was trying to draw out the girl without
saving too much himself ana that ne
had not the least idea where she Was
BESIDES, G%animard's presence seemed -
hinder MIN ON. II some mir clio
could have cut tho thread nAt
diabolical conversation ..dpln called
for II with all nv" .iIlght' WIN u" "''
81. dined nerves.
Ana Eh.ur4 want on.
.JuuIo' 80 uullo, 80 Can't
Won h.ar7 90 les very bad at TINS
end. TOO and | can hardly make
out s.s Can you hear me now
Wen on second thoughts
YOU had better go home On. no.
there's no danger at all why,
he's In England rye mad a teiesram
from southampton
The irony of the words Shears ut
tered them with an nexprvss,o'e se"so
of satisfaction And he added;
80 40 at once. dear. ana l shaii De
with you soon"
lie hung up the receiver
M Ganlmard. | propose TO borrow
three OF your men, ~,
"It's for the blond lady. supposef
YES"
DO YOU know who she Is. where she
tsp
Yes"
n love. A nno c%apture' She and
Iupin hat completes the
day vs. work Folcnfant. take two men
and go with Mr.. Shears
The E%nglishman walked away. FOL
lowed by the three detectives.
Tho end had come The blond lady
also was about TO fail into Shearss
hands Thanks to his wonderful per-
sistency, thanks to the aid Of fortunate
events. the battle was turning 10 VIC
tory for him and l~rreparable disaster
for Lupin.
MIR. Shears'
The Englishmnn stopped:
yes. NJ. LupinY'
Iup.n seemed completely crushed by
this last blow HIS forehead was
wrinklsd no va WORKOUT ana gloomy
Yet me- drew himself up. with "A re
wal Of energy. and. n spite or a'l'
exclaimed. IN q voice OF gao uneoh-
Germ: ,
you must admi, that fate is dead
against me. Just now. II prevented me
from escaping by the chimney and de-
Ivcrcd me INTO your hlnds TINS mo-
mont /, mas mado use Of tho telephone
10 make you a present Of the blond
lady bow before It's decrees.'
meaning p
"Meaning that am prepared to re-
open negotiations"
Shears took tho Inspector aside and
heggel permission, but IN "A tone that
allowed Of no refusal, TO exchange a
few words with Lupin. Then he walked
across 10 him. The momentous onvs--
sation took place. II opened IN snort
nervous phrases.
what do you want"
Mile. DISTANCES liberty
YOU know tho pr!ceY'
YES"
Ana you agree7"
Il agree 10 all your conditions"
An" exclaimed the ~astonIsheC Eng
lshmun But 49, you refused US
nov $50 for yourself
1t was a question OF myself. Mr.
shears Now Il Involves a woman
49, and a woman whom | love Tou
see. We nave very peculiar ideas about
these things m France. aud It zoos not
follow that. be Iuse a mans name Is
Laplu. he VIII act differently, on lae
con rary''
lie said this quite simply Shears gave
him an lmperceptiOIe nOd n WIS
pered
where is the blue dlamondr"
Take my cane. over there. In 1he
Kinney corner HOLD tho Knob In one
hand and turn toe iron ferrule with the
other
sgears took the cane, turned tho ter.
rule and, as he turned II, perceivel mat
the knob became uuscreA Ell lnstd, the
knob was = Dan Of putty lnsd s tue
putty a diamond
lie examined It. II was tie blue dla-
moud
Mile DISTANCE Is free, N Lupln
Free IN the future as IN the prsseatr
She has nothing 20 fear from your
"Nur from any ono else
Whatever %happensf'
Whatever happens ! have torsptten
her name and where she lives"
Thank you u au reyoir For we
shall meet again, Mr. Shears, shall W.
not?'
i have no doubt we shall"
4 more or less heated explanation fol-
lowed etwee the E-nglishman and
Ganimard and was cut short by Shears
with "A certain roughness;