The Washington times., 1912-02-10
THE TIMES DAILY SERIAL STORY
m n..E,o O,,ot By GORON,
UIIIItIIV ulICNI
A.
By GORON

man, he gave little gasp of surprise.
Fil-a-Beurre and Salsifs looked UP.
/ The old detective with a glance signed
to them to look at the mason.
"Bigre!' said Salsifis, drawing his
"Oh! Ia-la," said Fila Beurre. 1--WE
came here to talk, and now we're in
for the game, and It's going to be
tough one. Tonnerrev'
The mason came into the middle OF
the room and looked around. Then he
saw Gzagza, who held his paper so
that the heading Of large type could
to him. the jockey looked up.
Before the mason spoke to Gzagza
he turned slightly and glanced at the
three detectives.
| 1t was Dumreny.
In his natural voice he said to the
man. ....
Was It you who wrote me to come
here tonightf'
am reading Les Sportes, as l told you
1 should In my letter."
"Well. who are you, and why did you
tell me to come here In this disguise
know You, and I haven't any time to
| waste"
Neither have /. I'll tell you what
| I've got to say at once"
| Dufreny looked hard at the man, who
still kept his cap down over his eyes.
! As we mentioned, G2agza was clean
shaven, but Dufreny noticed that the
skin around the lips was whittier than
ne usually had mustache and had
cut It off for the occasion.
His hands were dark and slim. His
| nails were In mourning, but seemed to
have been dirtied for the purpose. He
wore thick shoes. but the hem of his
| trousers was turned up, and Dufreny
noticed that he had fine socks of Scotch
| thread.
Evidently the man was disguised
You won't take anythingT he said to
Certainly I will. I'll have some white
| wine."
"Garcon," cried Gzagza, but he cor
rected himself quickly and said:
! Mother: white wtne and hurry up
! Mother Three Sons hastened to bring
the drinks. The three sleuths watched
| Dufreny's every movement.
The drunkard. after getting up sew
| eral times and sitting down again, had
sorrowfully turned out all his pockets
other drink. The woman and the two
! men were dozing. and Gzagzas friends
| were singing cafe concert songs.
my consratuations, a5lens Si % @ replied AafSa pu:
| frenzy.
when see a man OF your inteIli-
sence in a hole like you are in I'm
| really sorry.
Much obliged"
80 said to myself. I'm going to
| help a brother. That is why / sent
you that letter; did you bring 1t with
"Yes. I've got it here"
Good. You can guess what it's
about2"
the paper in his fingers.
1t was typewriter note couched in
! these terms:
If you want any information on the
1 L. hoo tn
| for some months, be at the Cabaret
! des Amis de la Creuse tonight at 10
o'clock. So as not to attract atten-
ton, disguise yourself as mason
you are familiar with that disguise.
You will recognize me by the news
paper, Les Sports, which ! shall be
reading. To a man of your charac-
ter Is useless eSs to say Ss,t that you viii Will
thought you would, 1t would not
A FRIEND OF JUSTICE.
When Dufreny had read the note In
! the morning he knew at once that It
was a trap. but accustomed to brave all
dangers, he decided to go to the cabar-
ct all the same. He had seen Fila;
had told him to be at the Amis de la
Creuse that evening.
/ This was the important commission
! that Fila Beurre had been so proud to
, have been charged with. He had in
| tended telling his companions why he
: had brought them there. but Dufreny
Rad arrived earlier than he had ex-
pected The moment that It was a
! case Of helN'ng Dufreny the other two
did not mind how F1l-a-Beurre had
brought II about.
! They continued their meal without
appearing to notice anyone.
! "Well," said Dufreny to the man. I'm
waiting"
INV name Is Wilfrid."
! "Wilfrid what?"
"Wi!frid Eastman, I am German
Swiss. but nv mother was italian"
"Well. go ahead and say what you've
! got to say"
i've told you my name is Eastman,
but haven't told you that l am in
the automobile line"
A Continuation Of This Story VIII
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