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

Then he went back to Paris, bearing
my name and made up to look exactly
like me, came 10 see you, was invited
to your house once 4 fortnight and lived
under my name, which thus became one
of the many aliases beneath which he
conceals his real identity. Three months
ago, when 'the apple was ripe, as he
says in his letters, he began the attack
by series OF communications TO the
press; and, at the same time. fearing
no doubt that some newspaper would
tell me in Algeria the part that was
being played under my name in Paris,
he had me assaulted by, my servants
and kidnapped by his confederates. l
need not explain any more IN so lar as
you are concerned, uncle.
The Due de Sarzeau"Vendome was
shaken with fit OF nervous trembling.
The awful truth to which he refused to
open his eyes appeared to him in its
nakedness and assumed the hateful
countenance OF the enemy, He clntched
his nepbew's hands and said to him,
iercely, despairingly:
s'lt's lupin, is il notY'
Yes, uncle.
"And it to him it's to
him that / have given my daughterl -
eyes, uncle, to him; who has stolen
my name of Jacques 'Emboise fro1n
Angelique is the welded wife of Arsene
Lupin; and that in accordance with
your orders, This letter in his hand
writing bears witness to it. He has
upset your whole life, thrown you off
your balance, besieging your hours OF
waking and your nights Of dreaming,
rifling your town house, until the mo-
ment when, seized with terror, you
took refuge here, where, thinking that
you would escape his artinces and his
rapaeitv, you told your daughter to
choose one of her three cousins, Mussy,
d 'Emboise OF Caorches, as her hus-
band.
"But why did she select that one
rather than the othersl'
"It was you who selected him, un-
Gle F"
"At random because he had
the biggest income -
"No. not at random, but on the in
sidious, persistent and very clever ad,
vice of your servant Hyacinthe. -
The duke gave start:
.What! Is Hyacinthe an accom-
plice?"
"No. not Of Arsene Lupin, but of the
man whom he believes to be 'Emboise
and who promised to give him a hun
dred thousand francs within week
after the marriage. %
"Oh, the villain. He planned
everything, foresaw everything! :"
Foresaw everything, uncle, down to
sbammlng an attempt upon his life so
as TO avert suspicion, down to sham
ming wound received in your serv-
ice.
but with what obiect2 Why all
these dastardly tricks?'
Augelique has fortune of eleven
million francs. Your solicitor in Paris
was to hand the securities next week
to the counterfeit 'Emboise, who had
only to realize them forthwith and dis.
appear. But, this very morning, you
yourself were TO hand your son-in-law,
as n personal wedding present, five
hundred thousand francs worth OF
bearer stock, which he has arranged to
deliver TO one of his accomplices at 9
o clock this evening, outside the castle,
near the Great Oak, so that they may
he negotiated tomorrow morning in
Brussels
The Due de Sarzcau-Vendome had
risen from his seat and was stamping
furio ously up and down the room;
AT g O'Clock this eveningfD he
said. II see about that
We II see about that I'll have
the gendarmes here before then -
fArsene Lupin laughs at gen.
darmes.n -
Let's telegraph to Paris
Yes, but how about the five hun.
dred thousand francs! And,
still worse, uncle, the scandal9
Think of this: your daughter, Anre
lique de SarzeauV Verdome, married TO
that swndler, that chief. No.
no, 1T would never do, -
"What thenf''
'FWhat! -
The nephew now rose and, stepping to
gunrack, took down a rifle and laid
it on the table, in front of the duke.
AWAY i'll Algeria, uncle, on the
verge Of the desert, when we find our
selves face to face with wild beast.
We do not send for the gendarmes. We
take our rife and we shoot the wild
beast. Otherwise. the beast would tear
us to pieces with its claws"
"What do you mean9''
"I mean that, over there. I acquired
the habit of dispensing with the gen,
darmcs. 1t is a rather summary way of
doing justice, but it is the best way.
believe me. and today, in the present
case. it is the only way. Once the beast
is killed, you and / will bury il in some
corner, unseen and unknown
"And Angelique7'
"We will tell her later