The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-11-02

Eyes. the one which you see was
handed TO my predecessor by the heirs
of Charles. Louise d 'Ernemont pos
sesses another. AS for the third no
one knows what became of 1T.
| Lupin looked at me and continued
And do they all bear the same
date3'
"Yes, the date inscribed by Charles
d 'Ernemont when he had them framed,
not long before his death.
| The same date, that IS to say the loth
OF April, Year II, according to the
revolutionary calendar, as the arrest
took place in April, 1894.
.'Oh, yes, Of course said lmpin.
"The figure means
He thought for few minutes and
resumed:
lone more question, if 1 may. Did
no one ever come forward to solve the
problem
iG @Goodness % gracious me.h' he cried.
''Why it was the plague Of the of
feel One of my predecessors, Maitre
Turbon, was summoned TO Passy no
fewer than eighteen times, between
1920 and ls43, by the groups of heirs,
whom fortune tellers, clairvoyants, Wis
| ionaries, impostors Of all sorts had
/ promised that they would discover the
Farmer generals treasures. At last, we
! laid down a rule: any outsider apply
ing to institute a search was. to begin
| by depositing certain sum.
| "What suml'
ca thousand francs.
"And did this have the effect OF
frightening them off,
NO Four years ago, Hungarian
hyPnotist tried the experiment and
made me waste q whole day. After
haf az l.
sand francs. In case of success, third
Of the treasure goes to the finder. In
case Of failure, the deposit is forfeited
TO the heirs. Since then, have been
| left in peace.
"Here are your FIVE thousand
| francs.
The lawyer gave a start;
"Eb7 What do you say7'
81 say" repeated L!upin,, taking
five bank notes from his pocket and
calmly spreading them on the table,
II say that here is the deposit of five
thousand francs. Please give me n
receipt and invite all the d 'Ernemont
heirs to meet me at Passy on the 18th
of April next year,
The notary could not believe his
senses. l myself, although Lupin had
accustomed me to these surprises, was
utterly taken back.
"Are you seriousf'' asked Maitre
Valandier.
Perfectly serious"
''But, you know, I told YOU my opin-
ion. All these improbable stories rest
upon no evidence of any kind
81 don't agree with you,' said Lu-
pin.
The notary gave him the look which
we give to a person who is not quite
right in his head Then. accepting the
situation, he took his pen and drew
up a contract on stamped paper, ac-
knowledging the payment Of the de-
posit by Captain Jeanniot and prom
ising him third Of such moneys as
he should discover:
If YOU change your mind, he
added, "you might LET me know week
before the time comes. / shall not
inform the d 'Ernemont family until the
last moment, so as not TO give those
poor people too long spell of hope. -
"You can inform them this very
day, Maitre Valandier. 1t will make
them spend a happier year.
We said good-by, Outside, in the
street, | cried;
$50 you have hit upon something7"
,"If" replied Lupin. ''Not a bit
Of of . IL i, And that's just what ,amuses
"But thoy have been searching for
a hundred years. ~
cit is not so much matter of
searching as of thinking. Now I have
three hundred and sixty-6ve days to
think in. 1t is a great deal more than
| want; and ! am afraid that I shall
forget all about the business, interest
ing though 1T may be, Oblige me by
reminding me, will you2n
/ reminded him Of it several times
during the following months, though he
never seemed to attach much import
ance to the matter Then came long
period during which I had no oppor-
Rod, as / afterward learned, of his
visit TO Armenia and OF the terrible
struggle on which he embarked against
Abdul the Damned, a struggle which
ended in the tyrant s downfall.
l used to write to him, however, ut
the address which he gave me and I
was thus able TO send him certain par
ticulars which l had succeeded in gath
eriDg, here and there, about my neigh
Dor, Louise 'Ernemont. such as the
love which she had conceived, few
man, who still loved her, but who had
been compelled by his family to throw
her over; the young widows despair,
and the pluciy life which she led with
her little daughter,
Lupin replied to none Of my letters.
I did not know whether they reached
him; and, meantime, the date was draw.
ing near and I could not help wonder
ing whether his numerous undertakings
would not prevent him from keeping
the appointment which he himself had
fixed.
AS matter Of fact, the morning of
the 10Th of April arrived and Lupin
was not with me by the time I had
finished lunch. 1t was a quarter past
twelve. | left my fat and took a cab
to Passy.
] had no sooner entered the lane than
saw the workman IS four brats stand
ing outside the door in the wall. Mai.
tre Valandier, informed by them of
my arrival, hnstened in my direction.
"Well9' he cried. "Where's Can.
tain Jeanniot7"
Hasn't he comef'
No; and L can assure you that ev.
erybody is very impatient TO see him
The different groups began to crowd
round the lawyer: and I noticed that
all those faces which I recognized had |
thrown of the gloomy and despondent