The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-11-16

our 10 be length of whipcord. These
Two details prove-do they notf~
onaI our man is interested in racing
ana That he himself rides, Next he
picks up tho fragments of his eyeplass
,ne cora OF which has been broken in
@ .ne struggle. He takes n pair of scis.
ao?is-ooserye the hacking Of the
ofissofs-and 81 80 cuts off the stained part
oLt 10 lae scarf leaving the other end, nc
IIyuot, IN ms victim s clenched hands.
re inakes ball of the confcctioner s
cardboard box. He also puts in Ger.
lam lam things that would have betrayed
nm, such az the knife, which must
nave slipped into the Seine, He wraps
everything in the newspaper, ties IL
with the cord and fastens this cut
mas Tlass lnkstand to it. as a make weight
i: men he makes himself scarce. A
niue later the parcel falls into the
oof, ofer2n It bot haTge: Wr And there are re-
you say to the story7N
lie looked at Ganimard 10 see what
impression his speech had produced on
inc inspector Ganimard did not de-
part from his attitude of silence.
uuupin began to laugh
As matter of fact, you re an
noyed and surprised, But you re
suspicious as well. why should that
eonfounded Lupin hand the business
over 10 me-, say you, instead of keep
ing IT ior himself, hunting down the
murderer and rifiing his pockets, if
there. was robbery'' The question
IS quite logical, of course. But-there
is but Il have no time, you sec.
am tull up with work at The pres.
ent moment: burglary IN London
another at Lausanne, an exchange of
cnl,dren at Marseilles, to say nothing
on na!lhg 10 save young girl who is
a, az tGls moment shadowed by death.
mat 3 always the way; it never rains
oqt 1T pours: So I said to myself,
suppose | handed the business over
70 my, dear old Ganimard' Now that
1t IS half solved for him, he is quite
capable of succeeding. And what a
service | shall be doing himl How
magnilicently he will be able to dis.
tinguish himself!' No sooner said
than done. At 'clock in the morn
ing, l sent the joker with the orange
peel TO meet YOU. You swallowed the
oalt; and you were here by 8, all OIL
edge and eager for the fray
Lupin rose from his chair. He went
eyes in Ganimard s, said:
That's all. You now know the
whole. story. Presently you will know
the victim; some ballet dancer, prob
ably, some singer at a music hall, On
the other hand the chances are that
the criminal lives near tho Pont. Neuf,
most likely on the left bank Lastly,
here are all the exhibits ] make you
a present of them. Set to work. /
shall only keep this end of the scarf
II ever you want TO piece the scarf
together, bring me, the other end, the
ono which the police will find round
the victim S neck Bring it me in
four weeks from now to the day. that
is to say, on the Goth Of December,
at 10 O'Clock in the morning. You
can be sure Of finding me here. And
don t be afraid. this is all perfectly
serious, friend of my youth. I swear
it is. No humbug, honor bright. You
can go. straight ahead. Oh. by the
way, when you arrest the fellow with
the .eyeglass, be bit careful; he is
left-handed. Goodbye, old dear, and
good luck to you'll
Lupin spun round on his heel, went
to the door, opened it and disap-
peared before Ganimard had even
thought Of taking decision. The in
spector rushed after him, but at once
found that the handle Of the door, by
some trick of mechanism which he did
not know, refused to turn. 1t took
him ten minutes to unscrew the lock
and ten minutes more to unscrew the
lock OF the hall door, BY the time.
fights of stairs Ganimard had given
up all hope of catching Arseue Lupiu.
Besides, he was not thinking Of it.
Lupin inspired him with queer, com
plex feeling, made up Of fear, hatred,
involuntary admiration and also the
vague instinct that he, Ganimard, in
spite of all his efforts, in spite Of the
pcrsistency OF his endeavors, would
never get the better Of this particular
adversary. He pursued him from a
sense of duty and pride, but with the
that formidable hoaxer and secuted
and fooled in the face Of a public that
was always only too willing to laugh
at the chief inspector s mishaps
The business of the red scarf, in
particular, struck him as most
suspicious IT was interesting, Ger,
tainly, in more ways than one, but so
very improbable. And Lupin S ex-
planation, apparently so logical, would
never stand the test Of a severe cx-
animation.
mo" said Ganimard "this is all
swank; parcel of suppositioDs and
guessworl based upon nothing mt all.
I'm not to be caught with chafT. -
When he reached the headquarters
of police, at SO Quai dcs Orfevres. he
had quite made up his mind to treat
the incident as though it had never
happened.
lie went up to the criminal investi-
CATION department. Here one of his
fellow inspectors said
'Seen the chief?'
ono
"He was asking for you just now.
"Oh, was he7"
eyes, you had better go after
him.
"Where''
"To the Rue de Berne.
there was murder there last night, -
ooh! Who S the victim?''
"I don't know exactly a
music hall singer. believe,
Ganimard simply muttered:
"By Jove
Twenty minutes later he stepped out
of the underground railway station
and made for The Rue dc Berne.
The victim, who was known in the
theatrical world by her stage name of
Jenny Saphir, occupied small flat on
tho second floor Of ono Of tho houses
A policeman took The chief inspector