The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-12-07

do you refuse themi All, because miss
is n dreamer, n sentimcntalist; and be-
cause her cousins are too fat, or toe
thin, or too coarse for her.
She was, in fact, a dreamer Left
TO her own devices from childhood
she had read all the books of chivalry,
all the colorlcss romanccs of olden
time that Uttered the ancestral presses
and she looked upon life as q
fairy-tale in which the beauteous maid
ems are always happy, while the
others wait till death for the bride
groom who does not come. Why
should she marry one of her cousins
when they were only after her money,
the millions which she had inherited
from her mother7 She might as well
remain an old maid and go OH dream
ing,
She answered, gently:
''You will end by making yourself
i'll, fnther Forget this silly business.
But how could he forget it? Ev.
cry morning, some pin-prlcle renewed
his wound. Three days running. An.
gelique received wonderful sheaf Of
flowers, with Arsene Lupin IS card peep
to his club but a friend accosted him.
"That was a good one todayt''
"What was9'
"Why, your son-in-law's latest!
Haven't you seen it7 Here, read it
for yourself: M, Arsene Lupin is pc
titioning the council of state for per-
mission to add his wife's name to his
own and TO be known henceforth as
Lupin de SarzeauV Vendome.
And. the next day, he read:
GAS the young bride, by. virtue OF
an unrepealed decree Of Charles x,
bears the title and arms Of the Bour-
bon Condos, of whom she is the heiress-
of-line, the eldest son Of the Lupins de
Sarzeau- Vendome will be styled Prince
de Bourbon-Conde.
And, the day after, an advertise
ment:
Exhibition OF Mile. de Sarzeau-
Tendome' s trousseau at Messrs. - s
Great Linen Warehouse. Each article
marked with initials l.. S. W
Then an illustrated paper published
daughter and his son-in-law sitting at
table playing three-handed auction
bridge.
And the date also was announced
with great flourish Of trumpets: the
4th Of May.
And particulars were given of the
marriage settlement, Lupin showed
himself wonderfully disinterested. He
was prepared to sign, the newspapers
said, with his eyes closed. without
knowing the figure Of, Of the >, doWTy. VII ,,,,o
crazy. His hatred Of Jupin assumed
morbid proportions Much as it went
against the grain, he called on the pre-
feet of police, who advised him to be
on his guard:
"We know the gentleman Is ways;
he is employing ore of his favorite
lodges. Forgive the expression, mon
sieur le due, but be is nursing you,
Don I fall into the trap
FfWhat dodge7 What trap9' asked
the duke, anxiously.
He is trying to make you lose your
head and TO lead you, by intimidation,
TO do something which you would re.
fuse to do in cold blood
''Still, NJ. Arsene Lupln can hardly
hope that / will offer him my daugh-
ter's handl -
'sNo, but he hopes that you will com
nit, to put it mildly, blunder.'
"What blunder7'
Exactly that bluDder which he
wants you to commit.
"Then you think, monsieur lie pre-
feet ~
Il think the best thing you can do,
all this excitement worries you, to run
down TO the country and stay there
quietly, without upsetting yourself, -
This converse tion only increased the
old duke S fears. Lupin appeared to
him in the light Of terrible person,
who employed diabolical methods and
kept accomplices in every sphere Of So
cietv. Prudence was the watchword.
And life, from that moment, became
intolerable, The duke grew more
Grabbed and silent than ever and de-
-. Ill l.. Il - de
and even TO Angelique S three suitors,
her Cousins Mussy, d'Emboise and
dc Caorches, who were none Of them on
speaking terms with the others, in con-
sequence Of their rivalry, and who were
in the habit of calling, turn and turn
about, every week,
For no earthly reason, he dismissed
his butler and his coachman. But be
dared not fill their places. for fear of
engaging creatures of Arsene Lupin IS;
aid his own man, Hyacinthe. in whom
he had every confidence, having had
him in his service for over forty
laborious duties Of the stables and the
pantry.
s'Come, father said Angeique,
trying to make him listen to common
sense. Il really can't see what you
are afraid of. No one can force me
into this ridiculous marriage.
"Well, of course, that not what
I'M afraid off,
"What then, father7'
''IIow can l tell3 An abductlonl \
burglary! An act of violence! There
is no doubt that the villain is scheming
something; and there is also no doubt
that we are surrounded by SPIES
One afternoon, he received a news
paper in which the following paragraph
was marked in red pencil:
"The signing Of the marriage con-
tract is fixed Tor this evening, at the
Sarzeau-Vendome townhouse. 1t will
be quite private ceremony and only a
few privileged friends will be present to
congratulate the happy pair, The wit
nesses to the contract on behalf of Mile.
de Sarzeau-V Vendome, the Prince de Ia
Rochefoucaul1- Limours and the Comte
de Chartres, will be introduced by NJ.
Arsene Lupin 10 the two gentlemen
who have claimed tho honor Of acting
as his groomsmen, namely, the prefect
Of police and the governor of the Sante
prison.
Ten minutes later, the duke sent his
servant Hyacinthe to the post with
three express messages. At 4 o'elock.
in Angelique's presence, he saw the
three cousins; Mussy, fat, heavy,
pasty-f faced; d 'Emboise, slender, fresh,