The evening world., 1911-03-04

e broken up and Alice Donun Il
weeping"
she could not have remained .
Ganimard would have ended by discov-
cring her and through her they
would have worked back to Nine.
d'lm5levalle."
quite OF your opinion. inaitre. but
whose fault was it?'
Two mer passed In front Of them.
Shears said 20 Lupin, In n voice the
tone of which seemed n little altered:
DO YOU know who those two gentle
men are"
II thlnk one was the captain OF tho
boat"
And the other?'
81 don't kunw.'
ct is Mr.. Austin Gilett. And Mr..
Austin Gilett occupies In England a
post which corresponds with that of
o NJ. Dudouls.
"Oh, what luck! Would YOU nave the
kindness 10 Introduce me? VI. Dudou
81 IL great friend of mine and I should
like 20 be nblo to say a. much OF Mr..
Austin Gilett."
The We gentlemen rcappeared.
And suppose | were to take YOU al
Your word, NJ. Lupin p said
Shears, rising.
lie had seized Arsene Lupin's wrist
and held II In a grip OF steel.
why grip me so hard. maitre? |
am quite ready to go with you
He allowed himself. In fact. TO be
dragged along, without the least re-
sistance. The two gentlemen were
walking away from them.
Shear increased his pace. His nails
dug into Lupin's very fesh.
Come along, come along he aid
under his breath. In "A sort of fcvered
haste to settle everything as quickly rs
possible. Come along! Quick!'
But he stopped short. Alice Demun
had followed them.
What are you doins. mademoiselle?
You need not trouble to COME
II was Lupin who replied;
II beg You TO observe. maltre. that
mademoiselle IL not coming OF her own
free will. | am holding her wrist with
an energy similar TO that which you
are applying to mine"
And why"
why? Well, I am bent upon Intro
ducing her also. Her part in the
story OF the Jewish Lamp is even moro
Important than mine. As an accom-
plice Of Arsene Lupin. ana OF Bresson
as we'll. she too must toll the adveu-
ture of the Baroune ~d'Imblevalle
(which Is sure to interest the
police immensely. And IN this way
You will ave pushed your kin in
reference to It's last limits, O gen
erOus Shears!'
Thc Englishman had released his
prisoners wrist. L1pin let 60 OF
mademoIselle'a.
They stood, for n few seconds. with
out moving, looking at one another
Then shears went back to his bench
ana sat down. Lupln and the girl
resumed their places.
\ long silence divided them. Tucn
Lupin said.
You see. mritrc. do what We a
We saall never ice in the same camp.
You will always be on ono side Of Tho
ditch, 7 on the other. We can moi,
shake hands, c%NchauE" y word or two.
but the ditch is always there. You VIII
always be ITrlmlpcE Shears. detective.
and l Arscue Luplr. burglar. And
Holmlock Shears will always. moro or
less spontaneously, more or less season
ably, obey his instinct az a detective.
which Is to hound down the burglar and
run him in II possible. And Arsenc I.u-
pin Will always hc consistent with his
burglars soul IN avoiding the grasp OF
the detective and laughing ~ him II
he can. And. this time he IAN! IIl,
ha, hai'
He burst into a cunning. cruel and de-
testable laugh Then, suddenly
becoming serious, ne leaned toward the
girl:
BE sure. ~malcmo,selle. that. though
reduced to the last extremity. ! would
not have betrayed you. Arsene Ldlpln
never botrays, especially those whom he
llkcs and admires. And you must ,er.
init me to say that ] Ike and admire
the dear. pllcky creature that you are
lie took a visiting card from his peck
e%tpooN. tore 10 90 two. gave one-half 10
the girl, and In a touched and respectful
voice:
III Mr.. Shear does not succeed IN his
steps. madcmolsc,le, pray 20 20 Lady .
StronRhorolRh, whose address you can |
easily find OUT. hand her This half-card
and say, Fai'l'Yl memories" Lady
StronRborough VIII -how you the devo.
ton ~ a sis'o.'
Thank sou said the sir, 81 VIII "a
20 her to-morrur.'
And nov, utitre," rio Lupn m tho .
satisfied tone - a man who has done
his duty. 'let me bid you good night.
The mist has delayed US and there IL
sim time 10 take forty wlnks."
He stretched himself at run length
and crossed his hands behind hin head.
The sky had opened before the moon.
She shed her radiant brightness around
tho stars and over the sea. T. Aoatel
upon the water; ana space, i0 which
tho last mIsts were d.fvp'v!or, SCENE.
20 belong 20 it.
Tho line ~ tho cons, stooi out ogt.ra,
tho dark horizon, Passenger. came up
on deck. which vas now covered vim
people, Mr., AurtiH Gil'tt nassei In tho
company % tWb men whom Shears
recognized as members OF tho Englisa
dotective force.
On his bonch. rupin sle7t. $50
THE END,