The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-11-23

and caught her by the arm.''
She had put her hand to her heart and,
wan n-faced, with staring eyes, seemed
to be suffering great pain;
cit hurts it hurts,' she
stammered
The two men quickly carried her TO
her room aud laid her on tho bed:
''She ought to have All emctic, said
Lupin.
"open the cupboard, - said the doe
tor ''G Gou II see medicine case.
Have you got it? - Take out
one of those little tubes. Yes.
that one. And now some hot
water. You II find some on the
tea-t tray in the other room. -
Jeanne's own maid came running up
in answer to the bell Lupin told her
that Mile Darcieux had been taken
unwel, for some unknown reason.
He next returned TO the little din
ing room, inspected the sidcboard and
the cupboards, went down to the kitch.
en- and pretended that the doctor had
sent him to ask about NJ. Darcieux' IS
diet. Without appearing 10 do so, he
catechized the cook. the butler, and
| Baptiste, the lodge keeper, who had his
meals at the manor house with the ser
wants. Then he went back to the doc,
tor:
"Wcn7"
"She s asleep.
'Any danger
"No. Fortunately, she had only
taken two or three sips. But this lis
the second time today that you have
saved her life, as the analysis of this
bottle will show.
"Quite superfhous to make an anly-
sis, doctor. There is no doubt about
the fact that there has been an at
tempt at poisoning.
"By whom?'
81 can t say. But the demon who
knows the ways of the house. He
comes and goes as he pleases, walks
about in the park, files the dog's chain,
mixes poison with the food and, in
short, moves and acts precisely as
though he were living the very life
of her-or rather of those-whom he
wants to pat away
"Ah. You really believe that M.
Darcicux is threatened with the same
! danger?'
II have not doubt Of it
"Then it must be one of the ser.
wants? But that is most unlikely Do
you think 20
II think nothing, doctor. ! know
nothing. All ] can say is that the sit
uation is most tragic and that we must
! be prepared for the worst. Death is
here. doctor, shadowinc the people in
this house; aud IL will soon strike at
those whom it is pursuing.
"What s to he done?'
Watch, doctor. Let us pretend
| that we are alarmed about NJ Oar
| cieux's health and spend the night in
! here The bedrooms of both the
father and-daughter arc close by. IF
] ON hi h4n tn
| hear.
There was an casy-cbair in the
room. They arranged to sleep in it
turn and turn about.
In reality, Lupin slept for only two
or three hours. In the middle of the
night he left the room, without dis
| turbng his companion, carefully look
walked out through the principal gate,
He reached Paris on his motorcycle
| at clock in the morning. Two of
| his friends, TO whom he teIephoned on
the road, met him there, They all
three spent the day IN making searches
which Lupin had planned out before
| hand,
He set out again hurriedly at 6
O'Clock; and never. perhaps, as he told
me subsequently, did he risk his life
with greater temerIty than in his
brcakneck ride, at q mad rate of
| speed, on foggv December evening,
with the, light OF his lamp hardly able
to pierce through the darkness.
! He sprang from his bicycle outside
| the gate. which was still opcn. ran TO
| The house and reached the first floor
! in "A few bounds.
| There was no Que in the little din
! ing room
Without hesitatng. without knock
| ing he walked into Jeanne 5 bedroom
"Ah. here YOU are. :" he said. with
a Sigh OF relief, seeing Jeanne and the
! doctor sitting side by side. talking.
''Whatl Any news asked the
doctor, alarmed al seeing such state
of agitation in man whose GOODNESS
| he had had occasion TO observe.
No. said Lupin. "No news. And
here''
(" None here, either. We have lust
| left NJ, Darcieux He has had an ex
! celeDt day and he ate his dinner with
good appetite. As for Jeanne, you
can see for yourself, she has all her
pretty color back again.
Then she must 90.
''Go? But it S ont of the question -
protested the girl.
I" You must 90. You must.' cried
| Lupin, with real violence, stamping his
| foot on the floor.
He at once mastered himself. spoke
| few words of apology and then, for
| thrct OF four minutes, preserved com.