The evening world., 1911-01-03
CHAPTER v.
(Continusd.D

VIZ SuSe ~ W ostee @ho
train
We'll. SAID BsAutreiet. rub
- bling his hands. IT w spent
oniy two hours or so at Cherbourg. but
they were well employed"
He did not for . moment think u.
accusing Charlotte OF lying. Weak.
unstable. capable of the worst treAch-
cries. those petty natures also obey I'M
pulses OF sincerity. and Beautrelet had
read In her afrrighted eyes shame for
tho harm which she had done and her
delight In repairing It In part. He had
no doubt. therefore. that C~hateauroux
was tho other town to which Lupin
had referred and where his confeder-
Ates were to telephone to him.
On his arrival In Paris, Bcautreiet
took every necessary ~precaution to
avoid being followed. He felt that II
was a serious moment. He was on the
right NJ that was leading him TO his
father; n act Of imprudenes might
ruin all.
He went to the nat of one OF his
schooi follows and came out. an hour
later. ir~recognizable. rugged out AZ an
~Engllshman Of thirty. IN a bf>wn check
suit. with k-nickerbockers. woolen
stockings and q cap, a high-colorcd
complexion and a red wig. He Jumped
on . bicycle laden with . complets
painters OUTFIT and rods OF to the Care
d. Austeraits.
He slept that night At Issoudun. Ths
next morning no mounted his machine
at break Of day. Al 2 o'clock ne walked
into tho Chatsauroux post-onics and
asked to be put on to Paris. A. he had
10 walt he entered into conversation
with the clerk and learnt that, two
lays before, u the same hour. . man
dressed for motoring had also as9eo
for ParfS.
The proof was estabaishsd He waited
NO longer.
BY ths aftunoon ~ had asosrtainsd
from undeniabis evidence that . linn.
ouans car. following the Tours road.
had passed through the village Of
Busancais and the town Of C-atsao-
on he verge Of the forest Al u
O'Clock . hired SIC. driven By . man
unknown. had stopped bss3ds the car
ana thor n on south through the
valley Of the BOuxanne. There was
then another person ssAtod beside the
driver. A. for the oar. u had turned
In the opposite direction and gone north
toward Isooudun.
peautrelct easily discovered the owner
Of the gig. who. howsvsr. had no infor-
nation TO supply. He had hired out his
horss and trap to . man who rouSh
them back himself next day.
Lastly, that same evening. sidors
found out thai the motor car had only
paseed through I~ssouldun. continuing it,
road toward Orlsans. that v 10 say.
From al this, II resulted. IN the most
absolute faahion, that n. Beautrsaet
was somewhere In the n-sdghborhood. II
MOI. how was II conceivable that PEG.
mia shouid travel nearly three hundred
miles across France in order to tele-
nhone from C~hateauroux and next to
return. at an acute angle By the Paris
roadf
This tmmsnss circuit had .
dcfnits object: TO movo M. Beautrelet
70 the place assigned TO him.
..And this place 10 within reach OF
nv hnnd." said Isidors to himself. Quiv-
erng with hope n expectation. My
Ssther n waiting for me to rescue him
At ten or fifteen leagues from here. He
1. close by. He u bre. .hlnS the same
air a. l."
He set to work at once. Taxing .
vsr.offce map. he divided II into small
..,'.rs, which he visited ono after the
othsr' entering the farmhouses. making
,ha n~easants talk. calling on the school
%ms.ters. the Mayors. the parish priests,
on.t,ing TO the women. II seemed to
MIN that ne must attain his end with
49,, ds,ay and his dreams grew until Il
-. no longer his father alone whom
~. noned TO deliver. but all those whom
I,n,n was holding captive; Raymonds
;" saint yeran. Ganimard. Hoimlock
snaars, perhaps. ana others. many
o,h.rs, and, in reaching them. he would.
a, the same time. a Lupin's strong
IA his lar. the impenetrable retreat
where he was piix up the treasures OF
49, hs had robbed the wide world.
pnt after a fortnight's useless search
- p,s enthusiasm ended by slacksn-
80 a' anA ne very soon lost confidence.
paeouse success was slow In appearing,
,rom one day to the next. almost. he
aasssd 10 believe In Il; and. though he
eeat,ruea 10 pursue his plan OF investi-
ootions. he would have felt a real sur
nr,so M his EFFORTS had led to the small-
More days stiil passed by. monotonous
,avs OF encouragement. He read In the
n~ewapapers that the Comte de Gesvres
and his daughter had lett Ambrumesy
and gone 20 stay near Nice. He also
I.arned that Harrington had been re-
ieased, that gentleman's innocence hav-
Inc hecoms ~self-oovious. In accordance
With the indications supplied by Arssne
Lupin.
Isidore changed his headquarters. es-
tabllshed himself for two days at tho
for two days at Argenton. Tho
result was the same.
Just then. he was nearly throwing I'D
the game. Evidently. the gig In which
MS father HAD been carried on could
only have furnished a stage. which had
been followed by another stage, fur
nished by some other conveyance. And
mis- father was far away.
He was thinking OF leaving. when. one
morning. he saw on the an
velope OF an unstamped letter. sent on
10 him from Paris. a handwriting tina,
sat him trembling with emotion, a.
great was his excitement that. for some
minutes, he dared not open the Letter
for fear o: a disappointment His hand
shook. Was It possible? Was this no,
a trap for him by his Internal enemy?
Ho tore open the envelope. Il was in
49, fra,n AtA S..A--