The Washington times., 1911-12-12
THE TIMES DAILY SERIAL STorY -
The Yellow Sard BY s.DSsY ERICH
"Diable!" he calculated

an oath. "Dtable! he CALCULATED.
What's this?"
The. The ether Il. ,Is pressed in and they stood
The ny, disturbed by the entrance.
buzzed, disgusted, to the ceiling. A 81
lence fen on the men and they looked
sharply about them, their bodies poised
thai that they were @ to be pounced upon.
The small man ran over to the oppo-
site door and peered into the next room.
He saw nothing to disturb him., As he
a knife which he had picked up under
the bed. Wiping 1t. he passed 1t over
10 his comrade.
The other whistled.
"It was his own" he said. do you
suppose he did 1t himselfr'
The one called savary bent over the
dead man and with scant respect began
to examine his pockets. He went
the eSssss Tosd
which he did not fnd. for he whiried
round and ripped .out another oath.
They are gone" he added. u
The other approached and lifted the
hands OF the dead man one after the
other, examining the fingers.
"I thought he did not do n himself"
"His money and watch are zone Also
| You were with him last nightf"
| I'VE were at the theater together. and
arranged for the journey tomorrow: I
left him at midnight % At tns street door,
bat the letters and the ring?. Why
should they take the ietters , II u ,Sas Was
sm out S ans nf watsa for 'Pns s
why should the Sultan want Bom-
pard's watch9 They Mould want only
the letters. AMI when they had got him
they are waiting" he added. and at his
own suggestion Of an ambush he laid q
hand on his revolver and again stood
listening intently.
lily. .It is a mystery"
we may as well be sure" returned
4 the small man. and, revolver In hand
no began a deliberate search Of the
They went from room to room; they
upon the roof. But the place was silent
and. except in the bedroom; Of the dead
"Weli:' Sayary demanded at last.
II believe 1t was mere robbery, pcr.
haps a sneak thief whom Bompart
caught and who had to fight to ge
at looks queer. but perhaps You are
il III it was mere robbery. we may ,,
II we could find some clue"
''If YOU can find one. you viii do bet
ter than /. ! have looked IN ever cor
ner. There IL nothing here that doe
: not belong here 1t Is thing to thini
3 about"
. "Then let us think about it some othe
3 place than here. It is a little too uncer
tain. The one who did II may return. !"
, Savary shrugged his shoulders.
You are nervous, Dupre, but let u
go and make arrangements for dispos
, ing of this" and he indicated the dea
man on the bed.
|, Poor Bompard. He was a good fel
I low."
"He was a good fellow. but he ha
9 chosen a poor time to leave US. All ou
! plans are knocked into cooked ha,
I II we don't deliver the letters we los
the money, and the devil knows i nee
money more than most rs curse
piece of luck" -.
II know you and he never got alon
well. Still. the wind isn't so III bu
that It blows you some good. you'll haV
9 o rival with Cimone now.
u Savary lifted his shoulder again q
2 he spread a rug over the BODY.
'It's little / care for that one way
!, another; but would give thousan
9 francs to know who has the ring. COM
, | Well talk II over at a care. ana pei
I. haps we can get some idea OF wnat
II do"
u Dupre turned with him. and as the
=, made their way down into the stree
y y the bluebottle ranged In a circle aroun
the room and lighted with buzz
~ satisfaction.