The evening world., 1911-01-18
Another ARSENE
:. IS IS LUPIN Story
Hollow Needle"|
By Maurice Leblanc

passage. This makes you suspect the
existence OF n flight OF steps which cuts
through the cllr from top to bottom"
Yes. there are several of those
flights of steps along the coast. For
instance. to the right of Etretat. oppo-
site Benouvillc. they showed me the
Devils Staircase. which every bather
knows. And I say nothing of the three
or four tunnels used by the fishermen"
80 you will guide me and one-halt
OF my men. shall enter alone. or ac-
~companled. that main to be seen.
This much Is certain. that the attack.
must be delivered that way. If'Lupin
Is not in the. Needle. we shall fix up a
trap In which he will be caught sooner
or later. II he Is there
IF he Ia there. he will escape from
the Needle by the other side. the cid
overlooking the sea-"
I'm that case he win at once be ar
rested by the other nalf Of my men,
Yes. but II. as I presume. you choose
a moment when the sea Is at low ebb.
leaving the base Of tho Needle uncov-o
cred, the chase will DO public. because
II will take place before all the men
and women fishing for mussels. shrimps
and shell-fsh who swarm on the rocks
round about"
"Thnt Is why I Just mean to select
the time when the sea In full"
In that case he will make on n Q !,
boat"
'Ah. but I shall have a dozen Ash
Ing smacks. each of which will be
commanded by one OF my men. and :
We shall collar him
IF he doesn't slip through you
dozen smacks. like a nsh through the
meshes.'
AN right. then Til sink him"
The devil you Will! Shall you have
guns"
why. OF course. There's a ~torpedos
boat at the Havre n; this moment Al"
telegram from me will bring her TO the
Needle at the appointed hour"
allow proud Lupin will bel A to--
pedo bost' Well. NJ. Ganimard. I so,t
that you have provided for svsrythins.s
We havs only to 70 ahead. When iof
we deliver tho ASSAULT" Z
Tomorrow" q
EAT nightT" y
mo. by daylight. At tho nood-tide. as
the clock strikes 10 In the morning.
Capital"
Under his show OF gaiety. Beautrele.
concealed a real anguish OF mind. He
did not sleep until the morning. but lay
bordering over tho most impracticable Z
schemes. ono after the other. 4
Ganimard had left him In order 20
go to Yport. six o. seven miles from
Etretat. whore. for prudence's sake. ne
had told his men to meet him. and 7
where he chartered twelve fishing
smacks. with the ostensiole object OF
taking soundlngs along the coast. .
At a quarter TO 10. escorted by a
body OF twelve stalwart men. he met
Isidore at the foot OF the road that
goes up tho cllr. 4.
At 10 o'clock exactly they reached
the skirt OF the wall. II was the de-
cisive moment
At 10 o'clock exactly.
"Why. what's the matter with you.
Rcautrelet?' ieered Ganimard. You're
quite green IN the facet"
ITS MS well you can't see yourself.
GanlmRrd,' tho boy retorted. zone
would think your last hour had come"
They both had to sit down and CAM
mard swallowed a few mouthfuls OF
rum.
ITS not funk" he said. out. by Jove,
his Is an exciting business. Each time
that I'm on the point OF catching him
II takes me like that In the pit Of the
stomach. A dram OF rum?'
mo" a
"And II you drop behindT" ~
THAT win mean that I'm dead"
"B-r-r-r-r! However, Wen see. And
now, open. sesame! No danger of our
being observed, 7 suppose?'
NO. The Needle Is not so high as
the cllG. and. besides. there's a bend in
tho ground where We are
Beautrelet went to the wall n
pressed upon the brick. The bolt was
released and the underground passage .
came In sight. p
BY the CLEAN OF the lanterns which
they III they saw rat II was cut in the >
shape OF a y q and that both the
vaulting am me floor Itself were en-
tlrely covered with bricks.
They walked for a few seconds. and
suddenly a staircase appeared. Beau
trelet counted forty-ivs brick steps. .
which slow action of many footsteps
had worn away In the middle.
Blow said Ganimard. holding hts
head and stopping suddenly. as though
he a knocked against something.
what Is IT." ,ss.
"a door" fS&l3nnl
(To Be Continued.y ~Tj.s6l~SIN !.