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

gray beard and spectacles.
Walks quite bent, But where
are you going, slr'
II m going up, show me the way.
said Lupin, with his foot on the stairs.
at S the third floor. ism { it, on the
left?,'
haven I the kew the doc
tor
They climbed the three flights, one
behind the other. On the landing. Lu-
pin took tool from his pocket and,
disregardiDg the woman's protests, IN
serted il IN the lock, The door yielded
almost Immediately. We went in.
At the back of a dark room we saw
streak of light iiltcring through Il
door that had been left aiar. Lupin
ran across the room and, on reaching
the threshold, gave a cry;
TOO late Oh, hang If ALL
The FORTRESS fell on her knees, as
though falnting,
] entered the bedroom, in my turn.
and saw a man lying half dressed OH
the carpet. with his legs drawn up
under him, his arms contorted and his
face quite white, an emaciated, flesh
less face, with the eyes still staring
in terror and the mouth twisted into
q hdeous grin.
"He's dead said Lupin. after a
rapid examination.
''But why''' I exclaimed. "Thcre S
not a trace of blood! -
Yes. yes, there is, replied Lupin,
pointing to two or three drops that
showed on the chest. through the open
shirt. "Look. they must have taken
him bv the throat with one hand and
prickcd HIM 10 the heart with the 9th.
er, ! say, 'pricked, because really
tho wound can't be seen. IL suggests
hole made by very long nee
de
lie looked Oh the floor, all round the
corpse. There was nothing to attract
his attention. except little pocket
mirror, the little mirror with which
NJ, Layernoux had amused himself by
making the sunbeams dance through
space.
But, suddenly. as the FORTRESS was
breaking into lamentations and calling
for belp, Lupin flung himself on her
and shook her;
F'Stop that Listen TO me
you can call out later.
Listen to me and answer me. It is
important, NJ. LavernouS had a friend
living in this street, had he not? On
the same side, to the right7 An init
mate friend?'
eyes -
"a friend whom nc used TO meet
at the cafe in the evening and with
whom he exchanged the illustrated pa
pcrs9"
Dyes
"Was the friend an Englishman!"
"Yes.D
"What's his name7''
"Mr. Hargrove,
"Wherc does he livcr''
Az No in fhjs efrppt ~
"One word more: had that old doc
tor been attending him longs"
"No. did not know him. He
came on the evening when NJ, Lavor
nouX was taken ILL.,"
without another word, Lupin
dragged me away once more, ran down
the stairs and, once in the street, turned
to the right, which took us past my
fat again. -Four doors further, he
stopped at No. Q, small, low~storied
house, of which the ground floor was
shop, who stood smoking in his door
way, next to the entrance passage.
Lupin asked If Mr.. Hargrove was at
home.
"Mr. Hargrove went out about half
An hour ago." said the publican. "He
seemed very much excited and took a
taxicab, thing he doesn't often do. !"
EAnd you don't know ~
"Wherc he was goingl Well. there g
no secret about it. He shouted it loud
enough! Prefecture of police is what
he said to the driver. :"
Lupin was himself just hailing a
1 heard him mutter:
whats the good7 He's got too
much start Of US. -
He asked if any one called after
Mr.. Hargrove had gone.
"Yes, an old gentleman with a gray
beard and spectacIes. He went up to
Mr.. Hargrove's. rang the bell, and
went away again
al am much obliged,'' said Lupin,
touching his hat.
He walked away slowly without
speaking to me, wearing a thoughtful
air. There WAS no doubt that the prob
lem struck him as very difficult, and
that be saw none too clearly in the
darkness through which he seemed to
be moving with such certainty,
He himself, for that matter, con-
fessed to me:
'"These are cases that require much
more intuition than reflection. But
this one, ] may tell you, is we'll worth
taking pains about. -
We had now reached the boulevards.
huDih Vhtp'cb a pupilC IS6uluR room
and spent long time consulting the
last fortnight IS newspapers. Now and
again he mumbled:
"4es yes of
course it's only q guess,
but it explains everything.
Well, guess that answers every cues.
ton is not far from being the truth.
II was now dark, We dined at a
little restaurant and l noticed that
Lupin s face became gradually more
animated. His gestures were more
| decided. He recovered his spirits, his
livelIness. When we left, during the
walk which he made me take along
the Boulevard Haussmann, towards Bar,
on Repstein's 8 house, he was the real
Lupin Of the great occasions, the Lu,
pin who had made up his mind to
| 60 in and win,
We slackeued our pace iust short of
the Rue de Courcelles Baron Rep.
stein lived ON the left-haud side, be.
tween this street and the Faubourp
| Saint onore, in three-storied private
| house of which We could see the front
| decorated with columns and caryatids
"Stopp' said Lupin, suddenly.
"What is it7i'
Another proof, to confirm my sup.
| nosition - y