The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1913-10-09

dered when the police
are following her tracks. so TO speak.
step by step
'-rhey are following the tracks of
another woman
what woman
'The murderer's az complice.
"And who Is the murderer
'sThe same maa. who Tor the last
fortnight. knowing that LaNernouN.
through the situation which he occupied
in This house. mad discovered the truth.
i kept him imprisoned. forced him TO
silonce, threatened him. terrorized h'n,'
the same man VINO. finding LavernohN
In tho act o: communicating WIN q
friend. made away with him IN coId
blood by e,nbhing him to the heart
The doctor therefore,"
Yes"
"But Who is this doctor Who IL this
rnalevo,ent genius. this Internal being
who appears and disappears. who Stays
in the dark and whom nobody sus-
psets7'
Can't you guess"
NO"
And do you want 20 know"
..No want 70 know. . Why.
> epeak, man speak You Know
i where no 10 hiding"
) y Yes"
Min this houss?"
:. IVES"
kastsr?"
Yes"
and I know hlm'"
who 10 ~"
You"
IT, -
IMpin had not been more than ten
4 minutes with the baron. and the duel
= wa commencing. The accusation was
hurled, definitely. violently. implacaoly.
Lupin repeated:
You yourself. got up in a FALSE beard
! and a pair OF spectacles. bent IN two.
like an old man. In short, you. Baron
Repstein; and II IA YOU for very GOOD
reason. OF which nobody has thought
which IA that, ~ II was not you who
.cortr!ved the whole plot. the case be-
= comes inoxplicable. Whereas. TAKING
YOU as the criminal you as numbering
the baroness In order to get rid OF her
and run through those millions with an
other woman. YOU as numbering laVer-
noux, your agent. In order to suppress
an unimpea enable witness oh, then the
whole case IL explained. We'll. is IL
pretty clear AMI are not you yourself
convinced
The Baron. who. throughout this CON
vereatioa had stood bending over h'
visitor. waiting for each Of his words
with feverlsh avidity. now drew HIM
self up and looked at Luph as though
ne undoubtedly had 10 do VITA a mad
man. When Lupin had finished sneak
\ ing the Baron stepped back two or three
VI PAGES, seemed on the point of uttering
words which ne ended by not saying.
lind then. without taking his eyes from
m strange visitor, went 10 the hreplac e
AM rang the bell.
LApln did not make movement lie
waited. smiling.
Tho butler entered. His master said
"You can go to bed, Antoine. I will let
this gentleman out"
shall put out the lights, si:'''
"I<ave n light In the hall"
Antoine LEFT the room, and tho baron
after taking n revolver from fi.' d's;
at once came back % I.upi1, uIt the
weapon in his pocket and sad, NerS
calmly:
you must excuse this little nrccau
/'ion, sir | am Obliged to tax" il u
- case you should no mad, though tha
does not seem likely, No you ar'
not mad. But YEA h,Nr ,"ii- hen
with an object which I fa,l TO grasp
and YOU have sprung upon m" an nc
cusation OF so astounding characte
that am curious to know the reason
have experienced so much dlsappoint
ment and undergone SO much su'ferini
that an outrage OF this kind leaves M
Indifferent. Continue. please
Ills voice shooX with emotion and hi
sad eyes seemed moist with tears.
Lupin shuddercd. Had he made
mistake? Nis the surm!se which hi
intuition had suggested to him ant