The evening world., 1911-01-23
Another ARSENE
IS IS IS LUPIN StOrX
The Hollow Needle"
By M Leblanc
Hy 6 a g e|

But Ganimard's appeal for s~ssiSgkDoe
shook him. His hand closed onclho
butt of his revolver.
"If I take part in H." ne the
"Jupin Is lost. And I have the "a
It's my duty"
Their eyes met. Lupin's wers>SA.
watchfui. almost inquisitive. a. thu0j1.
In the awful danger that thresse6ed
him. he were interested only in the
moral problem that held the young
man In Its clutches. Would Isidoro
decide to give the finishing strohosto
tho defeated enemy7
The door cracked from top to bott6sn.
''IIelp. Bcautrelet; we've got htmr'
Ganlmard beloved.
isidorc raised hls revolver. -
What happened was so quick that
knew of II. 80 to speak, only by the
result. He saw Lupin bob down And
run along the wall. Swimming the dUUr
right under the weapon which CantHeU1
was valnly brandishing; n he felt him
self suddenly hung to the ground. plOoo8
up the next moment and lifted BY an n
vincible force.
Lupln held him in the air. like q ns1dk
shield. behind which he hid himself.
Ten to one that l escape, Ganimep0f
Lupin. you see. has never quite exhauG-
ed his resources"- ~
He had taken n couple of brisk steps
backward to the triptych. Holding
Beautrelet with one hand nat againa
bis chest. with the other he cleared the
~ Yep .saiirta..r aDpssr'S o..
their eyes.
Come along" ssid I.upin. psyyAs
Beautrelet before hin. This md
forces are b~eaten-let US turn ouuQfr
tention TO the Frencn f~eet.-yA
Waterloo. Trafalgar.-You'ro h&e1hg
some fun for your money. CHI. mx 3D.
Oh. how good; listen 20 them kndcking
ut the triptych now'-its too late. ~
chlldren.-But hurry along. Beautrel<tr'
The staircase. dug out In tho wsAlsef
| the Needle. dug In It's very crust. TUNED
round and round the pyramid. encffeffns
II like the spiral OF a toboggan side.
Each hurryinx the other. they clattsred
down the treads. taking two or 1rheus
at a bound. Here and there. q Of
light trickled through . hssuret m
Beautrelet carried away the visleNhSf
tho nshing-smacks lowering q fsw
dozen fathoms OF. and Of the t1oQk
torpedo-boat.
They went down and down. IsidSfSA
silence. Lupin stlll bubbling over with
merriment:
4 supNlu ilht ~ hToW WHn
IL doing? Is he turnbling down the
other staircase 10 bar the entranc4n0
tho tunnel against me? No. he's NOT
such a fool as that. lie must have len
four men there-and four mon arc sufn-
' cicnt." He stopped. "Listen-thsyre
shouting up above. Thats II. they've
opened tho window and are caliu9 -
their fieet. Why. look. tho ms4.sAro
busy on board the snacks-they'SoX.
changing signals. Tn torpoto-bo18~
know you. you're from the Havre. -
| crews TO the guns, Hullo, there1fho
commander How dare you. pul4s-
Trouin?" ~
lie put his arm through Q cief4ANnh
waved his handkerchief. Then ne -
tlnuod his way downstairs:
''rhe enemy's feet have set all <nssS
he said. ah--
I'VE shall he boarded before we tdhO1
where we are. Heavens. what fun!"
They heard the sound OF voices b.
low them. They wero Just 40
preaching the level OF the sea and they
emerged. almost at once. Into a largo
cave. In which two lanterns were VAN
ing about IN the dark.
A woman figure appeared and or~w
Itself on Lupin's neck:
Quick, quick, I was so nervous tAd6o4
you. What have you been doing ;rl&tW
you're not alone'-
Lupin treasured her;
ITS our friend Beautrelet. Just think.
Beautrelet had the tact-but Ill.t6k
about that later-there's no time, nQn
Charolais. are YOU there' That's right
And the bOat?' rfSrr
"The boats ready, STR" charoiais re-
piled. -
Fire away" said Iupin.
In a moment the noise OF n NOW
cracked and Beautrelet, whose tySs
wore gradually becoming used u 10
gloom. ended by perceiving that thyy
were on a sor, OF quay. at the edge or
the water. and that a boat was boat
Ing before them.
"a motor boat" said Lupin. conrpfft-
lng Beautrelet's observations, TT
knocks you all of a heap. Ell. Isidure.
old chap o don't understand. .st3tl.
you have only to think. As the water
before your eyes Is no other than the
water OF the sea. which Alters Into this
excavation at each high tide. the rAA1lt
is thai ] have a safe little private rolt-
stead all 20 myself"
but it's closed" Beautrelet pro-
tested. mo one can get In or out.'srs
Yes. / can" said Lupin. "andTrm
going 20 pove II 10 you" Nrr.o
He began by handing RaymondN ,tn,
Then he came back TO fetch BeautrA}sJ.
The Lad hesitated.
ITO Re Continuedl Nl