The evening world., 1911-01-24

A torpedo boat"
"No.'
Then you're considering whether
ia not you duty TO stay with Cant
mard. law and order. society and no.
instead OF going on with Lupin.
shame. infamy and Disgrace"
Exactly"
Unfortunately. my boy. you have nc
choice. For the moment they must be-
lieve The two OF US dend-and leave me
the peace TO which n prospective hon
est man In entitled. Later on. whom
I have given you your liberty. can
talk as much as you plense--T shall
have nothing more TO fear
BY tho way In which Lupin clutched
HIS arm. Beautrelet felt that all re-
sistanco was useless. Resides. why re-
sist2 Had he not discovered and
handed over the Hollow Needle? What
did he care about the rest7 Had ne not
the right to humor tho irresistible SYM
pathy with which. in spite of every
thing. this man inspired him7
The feeling was so clear In him that
he was half inclined to say 20 Lupin:
Look here. you're running another.
n moro serious danger. Holmlock
Shears IL on you track
Come along!' said Lupin. before ISL
dorc had made up his mind to speak.
He obeycd and let Lupin lead him TO
tho boat, the shape OF which struck him
as peculiar and its appearance quite un-
expected.
once on deck. they west down a little
steep staircase, or rather a ladder
hooked on to n ~trapdoor. which closed
above their heads. At tho foot of the
ladder. brightly III by n lamp. was a
very small saloon. where Raymonde
was waiting for them n where the
three had just room to sit down.
Lupin took the mouthpiece of a speak
Ing tube from n hook n gave the
order:
Let her 20. Charolais!'
Isidore had tho unpleasant sensation
which one feels when going down in a
llft-tho sensation of tho ground van
ishing beneath you. the impression of
emptiness. space. This time II was the
water r%etreating; and space opened out.
slowly.
Wore sinking. ehg' grfnned Lupin.
Don't he afaid-we've only to pass
from tho upper cave where we were to
another little cave. situated right at tho
bottom and half open TO the sen, which
can be entered at low tide. All the
shellnsh-catchers know II. An. ten sec
onds' walt We're going through tho
passage md It's very marrow, Just the
size OF the submarine"
But" asked Be~autrclct. "how In II
that the fishermen who enter the lower
chve hvn't know It's open at the tcp and
that II communicates with another from
whdch a staircase starts and runs
through the Neodle7 The facts arc ut
tho disposal of THO first conner"
Wrong. Beautreleti TIL top OF the
little public cave Is closed. at low tide.
by n movable platform. painted the
color of the rock. which tho sea. when
It rises. shifts and carries up with II
and. when II goes down. fastens firmly
over the little cave That Is why I am
ablo 10 pass al high tide. A clever no.
7 ton, whatP IT'S an idea OF my own.
True, neither Caesar nor Louis XIV.
nor. I'm short. any OF nv DISTINGUISHED
predecessors could have had II. be-
cause they ala not possess submarines
They were satisfied with the staircase,
which then ran all the way down 10
the little bottom cave did away
with the last treads OF the staircase
and invented tho trick OF the movable
ceiling: it's n present I'm making 10
France-Rnymonde. my love. nut out
the lamp beside you've shan't want 4
now-on the contrary
A pale light. which seemed 10 be O,
the same color as tho water, met then
AS they left tho cave and made its wa,
into tho cabin through the two port
holes and through a thick glass sky
nght that projected above the plankinI
OF tho deck and allowed the passenger
TO Inspect tho upper layers OF the sea
And. suddenly, a shadow glided owe
their heads.
"The attack IL about 10 take place
The fleet IS investing the Needle. But
hollow ns the Needle Is. I don't see hoy
thcy . to enter it,"
He took up tho speaking tubei
Don't leave the bottom, CHARCOAL,
Where are we going? why. I told yor
TO Port-Lupin. And ~ full specd. d