The evening world., 1911-01-13

.HN. HN.AtEf AAG AhAA EhAlAAAI D II lEAAAN
seems as though all roads lead IN that's
direction. Two kings II France are men,
toned more particularly, after tho se--
crct ~ lost by the Dukes OF Normandy
and their heirs. the kings OF England.
AID becomes the royal secret OF France,
and those two are KIM Henry ". who
laid s'o-e q Rouen and won the battle
OF Argues. near Dieppe, md Francis l..
wao founded the H1yre and uttered
that suggestive phrase:
Tho kings Of France carry secrets
that often decide tho fate Of townsr'
Roucn. DlCppe. tho Havrc: the three
ANGLES % the triangle, the three large
towns that occupy tAc three points. In
tho centre. the Caux country.
The seventeenth century arrives.
Louis XIV. burns the book IN whlch a
person unknown reveals tho truth.
capt. de L~arOcyrie masters a copy.
profits by tho secret thus obtained.
steals q certain number Nof Jewels end
dies by the hand OF Highway mu-derers.
Now at which spot Is the am1ush laid7
Al Gailloni At Gallon, n little own on
the read leading from Havre. Rouen or
D.eppe to pdrsi
A year later. Louis XIV. buys a do
main and builds tho Chateau de
rAtguille. Where does he select his
site? In the Mldllnds of France. withJ
the result that the curious wre throwns
OH Ulo scent ana 10 HOt HuaI aOoek ia1
Normandy.
Rouen. Dleppe. the Havre-the Cau-t
chols ngle-everythlng lies there.
on one side, the sea; on another. the
Seine: on the third. the two valleysr
that lead from Rouon TO Dieppe.
a light naBhCs across Beautreiotsf
mind. That extent OF ground. that
country OF the high tablelands which,
run from the cliffs Of the Seinea
to the cars OF tho Channel. al
most Invariably constituted the field
OF operations OF Arsone Dupin. For,
ten years II was Just this district
which he parcelled out for his pur-p
poses. az though he had his haunt
In the very centre OF the region With
which the legend OF the Hollow Needle
was most closely connected. '
The affair OF Baron Cahorn7 On the y
banks OF the Seine. between Rouen and
the fIayrc.
The T%hibcrmenli case7 At the other
end OF the tableland. between Rouen
and Dicppc. .
The Gruchot. Montigny. Granville
burglarlos? In the midst OF the Caux
country.
Where was Lupin going when he was |
attacked and bound hand and foot. IN 7
his compartment. by Pierre onfrey. the
Auteuil murderer. To Rouen. y
Where vas Holmlock Shears. Lupin's
prisoner. put on board ship. Near the
llayre. =
And what was the scene of the whole :
" the present tragedy A~5brumcsy,i
on the road between Tho Havre and r
Dieppc. T.
Rouen, Dieppe. the Hav-e; always tho !,
Cauchois triangle.
And 30. "a few years earlier. porsess- |
lng the pamphlet and knowing the hid ,
Ing place in which Marie A%ntoinette |
mad concealed the document. Arsene /
Lupin had ended by laying hts haad on |,
the famou book OF hours. Once In |.
possession of the document. he took the \
field. found" and settled down as In q !
conquered country. ~
Beautrelet took the field.
He left Rouen early In the morning on
loot with his face very much dis-s
guised and his bag at the cad % az
stick on his shoulder. like an ap2ren-l
tice doing his round OF Frae Sc. Hell
waiko straight to Ducair. whore hci
1nchod. on leaving this tow he fold
lowed the Seine and practically did nott
lose sight OF Il again. His iasnnct.s
strengthened. moreover, by numoroGss
nfuences. always brought N.'n back tot
the sinuous banks OF the stately river.s
When the Chateau du Malaquts wasl
robbed the objects stolen from Baron,
CahOrn's collection were SEM by way
Of the Seine. The old carvings re-.
moved from the chapel at Ambrun-
osy were carried TO the Seine bank.
lie pictured tho Whole fleet OF %plnnacesl
conforming a regular service hetwecitb
Itouen and the Havre and draining tho {
works OF art and treasures from a
countryside to dispatch them thence to-
the land OF m~iliOnaires.
TN burning. I'm burnins!" NUT
tered the boy. gasplng under the 4
truth, which came 20 him In a mighty
series o: shocks and took away his I
breath. :
The checks encountered the nrst
few days did not discourage him.. Hea
had a firm and profound belief In the
correctness Of tho suppositlon hat
was guiding him. II was bold. per-.
haps, and e~xtravagant: no matter; II
was worthy OF the adversary pursued.
The supposi,ion was on a level VITA
the prodlgious reality that bore the
name OF Lupln. With q man like that. !.
OF what good could II be TO look else-A
where than In the domain OF the enor-n
nous. the exaggerated. the super l
humnn7 y
Jumiiges. the Mallieraye, ealut-a
Wandr!lle. Caudcbec. Tancarville.o
Qulllobcuf were places Med with his
m morles. How often he must have -
contemplated the glory Of their Gothic
s|tec9l,s or the cp.endor Of their m .
mense ruins! Nf
But the Havre, the neighborhood OF i
he liayre drew lG!lorc Ike u beacon
fire..
THE kings Of France carry secretsK
that often decide the fate OF towns!'
Cryptic words which, suddcaly. fort
Belutrciet. shone bright wish clearnoss!I
was th.s not an exact statement OF the,
reasons tina determined Francis 7, to-
create a town on this spot ard was not,
tAe fate Of lIiyre-de-Graco linked vita
tie very secret OF tho Needle? y
That's %, tllt's 20" stalincrci BClu-t
trclet. oScitedly. TIT old Norman es- /
tvary, one OF tho essential poiats, one 8
Of the original centres around which our,
French nationality was formed, IS COM,
plotted by those ,vo forces, one IN full
view, alive. known to all, the new port
| coWnIUflng the ocean and Ope1Ing ono
tho world, the other aim and ohscure,t
unknown and all tho more alarming.5
.Lr5usrh as - e Invisible and iupaipa- :
bio. \ whole SIDE OF the history OF
Franco ana Of tuS royal house Is ex-
planned by the Needle, oven as II OK
plains tho whole story OF ArSene Lupln.