The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1913-10-11
The Confessions of Arsene Lupin NHss s
By Maurice Leblanc

''Thsn." nd the countess, the rinG
which your wife caGT1As"-
That IN another ring. which she
ordered in exchange for tho real one.
Acting on my Instructions. Bernard. my
man. after lonK searching. ended by
discovering In tho OutAkirts OF Paris
whnre he now lives. the litts jewellsr
to whom shs went. This man resnem.
bGs perfectly and = wilkins 10 boar
witness that his customer DID not tell
him TO enxrave a daAA but q name.
He he's forEotten the name but the
man who used 20 work With him In
HE ahop may b able DO remember II,
TINS wurs<anG 3ewelhr ha1 6een informed
by letter that I required hia ssrv3,su
AMI he replied yssterdAy. paacins him.
self ~ my dlSpoaal. Bernard WerA 20
fetch him At O'Clock this murTinS.
fney arc 10th wasttnG In my study"
He turned to his wife:
VIII you give me that ring Of your
you know" she said, from Tho
finger" '''s
I'm that case. can have the man
with him."
Yes" she said. In . voice faint - .
she was resigned. shs conjur.d I'm
inc future a. In . vision; the scandai
the decree OF divorce pronounced
AGAINST herself. the custody OF the child
ew*ruod 20 the tn heS; and she acce Ut.
~ ms thinking that she would carry
u the ends Of tho earth and that IN:
two OF them would live alone together
and happy
Her mother An-lav saA.
Yvonns."
rVonne vas on The point Of confkss-
.n1 10 her and asking for her prutec.
uon. but what was the soodf How
could the Comtasss d'Ortgny po,siAlv he.
heve her innocsntf She made no rsnlv
nendcs' the count st once returned.
followed by his servant and By q man
CARVING a hag OF tools under hls srm.
And tho Count said to tAs man:
.v" u 10y what you have to DOR
q ring that's grown too small $50
Thatc easily done . A touch "A
the nippsrs"- ''s u
And vnsn you Vail ssas ~ N,
count. N the inscnption i.Ass sas IA
VS. the one you sn0rapsd.~
tVonns looked 81 the o,eek n -1
zen minutes TO eleven. m sesm.A n
"csI someWheee In the houoe. a sn,n
OF voices raised n areumSut: and In
splte OF hereslf. she felt thru Of hops
ieIhaps Velmont has aicosedsd.
hut tho sound was rsnswed; ana .hs
perceived that Il was produced bv sosn
coStormon6ers panInG under her Win,
dow and moving farther on
was all ovsr. Horace Vsamont had
oeen unable TO assist hsr. And shs
understood nAt. 70 recover her chiId
sna must rely on her own strsnr 10,
tho promises OF others are In vain
Rho made q movement OF eecoiI. Sbs
had felt the workmsn's heavy hand on
her hand; and that hAtefvi touch re-.
volted her.
The man apoioSised. awkwardiy. rhe
count said 10 his wife:
You must make up your mind, YOU
know" Wv
Then she put out her slim and trem
bling hand to tho workman, who tool
IT, turned II over and rested Il on tht
table. with the palm upward. Yvonns
felt the cold stool She lonsed to die
then and there.
Tho operation did not take long. In
serted on tho slant. tho little stee
pliers pushed back tho nesh, mad,
room for themselves and bit the ring
A strong EFFORT and the ring broke
che two ends had only TO he sepa
rated to remove the ring from tn,
finger. Tho workman did so.
The count exclaimed In triumph;
AT last! Now We shall see. Thu
proof II there. And We are all wit
nessea"