The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-10-19

aiteI 'nh,nn nnp,s bock TO Lupln, put tne
d. ,..Dnn i'm IN his pocket, and saId' very
calmly. ,b;e little pre-
c,ution. sir. | am obllGeo W that
in case YOU should be mad .ho" moi
does not seem likely NO. NO, wv here O. with
md But YOU have come hele and
.,,'ur "m obiect which | fail TO grasp anu
CO.., bave sprung upon me An acensa
tion oS an astounding character t"aI
as, curious TO know the reason,
ho,,n nn' ,yperjenccd 50 much dtsaPpoinI
,mant and undergone so much sun nerIIs
that an outrage of TINS KIND 'gS %
Inc Indifferent. Cohtinue' ot;on and
u;s voice shook with emotion an an.
ms 'o,ve n,es seemed mosteucd with
tears, uol L., made 2
,,i.taIte7 Was the surmise wnlcn hls
;ntuition had suggested TO nun any i
,ch;nh was bascd upou frail 2rounu
work of slight facts, was TINS s"f'''''c
wrone2 T.. H., do.
His attention was caught py We
tail: through the opening III tne "iio
on 5 waistcoat be SAW ne point vi III ~.
Mn 6xcd in the tie and was thus ape
! ia realize the unusual Length OF thP
min Moreover. the gold stem was tri'
angular and formed a sori OF minialuie
SnS very thin and very deileate'
vet formidable in an expert nand.
And Lupin had no doubt but that
the pin attached 90 that magnihGen5s
/ pearl was the weapon "htcn nd
pierced the heart Of the unfortunate
NJ. Lavernoux.
''Yom re jolly clever. monsieur ie
haron." o.ho,
The other. maintaining a ratnen
scornful gravity. kept silence, as though
he did not understand and as thougu
waiting for the cxpla nation 30 Whien
he felt himself entitled. Aud. IN splte
of everything, this impassiVe attl,nd,
worried Arscnc Lupin. Never1neless
| besides, he had staked so much on Lh'
adventure that he repeated:
'TYes, Jolly clever, for it Is evident
| that tho baroness only obeyed your
orders in realizing yonr securities ano
/ also in borrowing the princess jeWel:
| on the pretcnsc of buying them. An'
| it is evident that the person who
walked out OF your house with ,naf
was not your wife, but an accomplce
| that chorus girl, probably. and that u
is your chorus girl who IS dehperatel>
allowing herself to be chased across
the continent by our worthy Ganimard
And I look upon the trick as marvel
Gus. What does the woman risk, see
| lug that it is the baroness who Il
being looked for? And how could they
| look for any other woman than tn
baroness, seeing that You have prom
ised a reward of two hundred thou
sand francs to the person Tho Gh md ,na
two hundred thousand francs LODGED
with q solicitor; what stroke of gen
ius It has dazzled the police! j
| b,p lnSf tho nF fhI
most clear-sighted. A gentleman VIII
lodges two hundred thousand franc
with a solicitor is gentleman VIII
speaks the truth. So the,
20 on hunting the baroness And the,
leave you quietly to settle your al
fairs, to sell your stud and your tw
houses to the highest bidder and T.
prepare your flight! Heavens, what
| joke,'
The baron did not wince, he walke'
up to uupin and asked, without aban
doning his impcrturbablc coolncss:
"Who are you7'
! Lupin burst out laughing.
"What can it matter who ] am
Take 1T that I am an emissary of fate
looming out of the darkness for You
destruction
He sprang from his chair. seized tn
baron by the shoulder, and icrkc'
out:
eyes, for your destruction, my boil
three millions, almost all the princess
Jewels, the money YOU received toda,
iron the sale Of your stud and you
real estate: it 3 all there in your pock
ct, or in that safe. Your flight j
prepared, Look. / can see the leathe
of your portmanteau behind that hang
ing The papers on your desk are i
order.
"This very night, you would hav
gone away. This very night. disguisc
beyond recognition, after taking al
your precautions, you would hav
Joined your chorus girl, the creatur
for whose sake you have committe,
murder, that same Nelly Darbal, n
doubt, whom Ganimard arrested in Be
GUM. But for one sudden, unforesee
obstacle; the police. the twelve dc
tectives who, thanks to Lavernoux
revelations, have been posted unde
your windows. They we cooked YOU
goose old chap! Well, II
save you. A word through the tele
phone; and by 3 or 4 O'Clock in tn
morning, twenty of my friends vii
have removed the obstacle, polished of
the twelve detectives, and you and
will slip away quietly. My conditions
| Liiilc VI NOus '"
share the millions and the Jewels. /
it a bargain7 -
He was leaning over the baron thun
dering at him with irresistible energy
The baron whispered:
II m beginning, to understand. It
"Blackmail or not, call it what yo,
please, my boy, but YOU We got to o.
through with it and do as I say, An,
don t imagine that I shall give wa,
at the last minute. Don t say to your
self, Here's gentleman whom th,
fear Of the police will cause to thiul
twice. If ] run a big risk in refusing
he also will be risking the handcuffs
the cells and the rest Of it, seeing tha
we are both being hunted down hk,
wild beasts. That would be a mistake
monsieur le baron, / can always pe
out Of it. It's a question of yonr
self, of yourself alone You
money or your life, my lord. Share ant
Is it bargain?'
A quick movement, The baron 70
leased himself, grasped his revolve,
and fired
But Lupin was prepared for the at
tack, the more SO as the baron's fac,