The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-12-21
EDITH SWAN-NECK.

uever miss a chance OF turnin
In into ridiculeG'
n1t's bad habit, and IN sorry 70
put what can ] say7 It's the wa,
,he world Here's decent detec
-. chap, here s whole pack Of de
,,ut men, who stand for law anc
.aor who protect us against th'
-,.hos who risk their lives for homes
A .,nIe like YOU and me; and we have
,th;ne TO give them in return bu
pou,s and gibes. It's preposterous!
uBravo, Lupin. you're talking like
respectable ratepayer'"
nWbat else am /? ! may have pc
,ular views about other peoples S prop
~. but assure you that it's very
sl6srent when my owns at stake. BY
lave. il doesn't do TO lay hands on
| -,.t belongs to mel Then / IN out for
blood. Ahal It's my pocket, my
.onsy. nv watch hands off,
have the soul of conservative, my
asar fellow, the instincts Of retired
'/ /11dfSHan anu Il Nuo icoFNSe ioi CHSi
.,rt of tradition and authority. And
fbst is why Ganimard inspires mo with
d little gratitude and esteem"
I HI,ut not much admiration7
tPlenty Of admiration, too. Over
.nd above the dauntless courage which
,umes natural 10 ali those gentry at
T. "a criminal investigation department,
Iuimard possesses very sterling quail
a: decision, insight and judgment. 1
aye watched him at work. He s some
sody. when all s said. Do you know
ia Edith Swan-neck story, as it was
alledS"
GI know as much as everybody
knows."
| VThat means that you don't know it
ID all. Well, that job was, dare
ny the one which / thought out most
c]eYerly, with the utmost care and the
utmost precaution, the one which i
shyouded in the greatest darkness and
MYSTERY, the one which it took the
biggest generalship to carry through.
d was regular game of chess, played
according to strict scientific and mathe-
ustical rules And yet Ganimard ended
. BIZ unraveling the knot. Thanks to
kim they know the truth today on the
opai des Orfevres. And it is a truth
quits out Of the common, l assure
,ou.p
"Msy I hope to hear iti'
"Certalnly one OF these
\ bs when I have time :.
~ the Brunelli is dancing at the
IA tonight; and, if she were not to
d me in my stall -
"A jo NOR ,nnnt Tu1,ip ofton Hn con-
fesscs with difficulty, when it suits
hin. 1t was only gradually, by
nltehes, by odds and ends Of conf
3ences, that | was able TO obtain the
diEerent incidents and to piece the
tory together in all its details.
The main features are we'll known,
ald will merely mention the facts.
Thgee years ago, when the train from
hest arrived at Rcnnes, the door of
one OF the luggage vans was found
mashed i'll, This van had been
booked BY Colonel Sparmiento, a rich |
Brazilian. who was travelling with his
vile 10 the same train. 1t contained |
complete set of tapestry bangings, |
The case in which one of these was
Pscked had been broken open and the
hpestry had disappeared,
Colonel Sparmiento started proceed
ggs against the railway company, |
tanning heavy damages, not only for |
ne stolen tapestry, but also for the loss !
value which the whole collection |
nnered IN consequence Of the theft.
1The police instituted inquiries. The
ompany offered large reward. a
<@tnlght later letter which had come
'nacne IN the post was opened by the
md I,l s., h,t |
ne THEFT had been carried out under
oe direction of 'Arscne Lupin and that
package was TO leave next day for
pe United States. That same even
ag the tapestry was discovered in a
,upk deposited in the cloak room at
's Care Saint.La2are.
me scheme, therefore, had miscar-
ea LuPin fell the disappointment
much that he vented his i'll humor
communication TO Colonel Spar
pento, ending with the following
nybody:
LIT was very consideratc of me to
ne only one. Next time ] shall take
" Twelve. Verbum sap. A L."
'olonel Sparmiento had been living
VI some months in house standing
me end of small garden at the
etnef OF tho Rue de la Faisanderie
n1 the Rue Dufresnoy. He was n
c.nef thick-se broad-shouldered man,
,'n oiack hair and swarthy skin. al
ess well and quietly dressed He was
SE.nea to an extremely pretty but
enes,e English woman, who was much
Psel ~ the business of tho tapestries.
v,n the first she implored her hus.
,L tat 10 sell them for what they would
III, The colonel had much too
s'slple and dogged nature to yield
shat he had every right to describe
woman s fancics. He sold moth
~ oat ne redoubled his precautions
auoPted every measure that was
n1 sns.. 90 make an attempt at burglary
30 begin with. so that be might con
~ MS watch TO the garden front, he
,en ,en up all the windows on the
ooL;n L.;nn Moor and the first floor over
al;a.us the Rue Dufrcsnoy, Next ne
dIe1 Tue services of a firm which
sue specially of protecting private
ou ses against robberics, Every win
vi The gallery in which the
1,s,a reS,.iles hung WAS Cited with invisible
So alarms, the position Of which
4 ~ hahoWu to none but himself These,
setr ~. East touch, switched on all the
tsrs lights and set a whole system
/" Joels sand and gongs ringing.
mnn aadItloD TO this, the insurance
auiss qr. TO which no applied refused