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


suatched away the boys breeches,
which were next torn from the cor
poral by one of the lean sisters.
| ''They are madi'' I muttered, feel
ing absolutely at sea
Not at all. not at all, - said Lu'
pin.
"'what! Do you mean TO say that
you can make head or tail of what
is going on9''
He did not reply The young lady
with the little dog, tucleing her pet
under her arm, had started running
after the child in the shirt, who ut
tered loud yells The two of them
raced round the laurel clump in which
we stood hidden; and the brat flung
himself into his mothers arms.
At last. Louise d Ernemont, who
had played conciliatory part from
| the beginning, succeeded in a)laying
the tumult. Everybody sat down again !;
| but there was n reaction in all those
cxasperatcd people and they remained
motionless and silent, ms though worn
out with their eXertions.
And time went by Losing patien@
and beginning to feel the pangs OF
hunger, | went TO the Rue Raynouard
TO fetch something to eat, which we
! divided while watching the actors in
the incomprehensible comedy that was
| =
hardly stirred Each minute that
passed seemed to load them with In
creasiug melancholy; and they sank
into attitudes OF discouragement. bent
! their backs moro and more and sat
| absorbed in their meditations.
The afternoon wore On in this way,
under gray sky that shed dreary
| light over the inclosure.
care they, going to spend the night
.a,n
But, at 3 o'clock or so, the fat
gentleman in the soiled Jacket suit
took out his watch. The others did
| the same and all, watch in hand,
seemed to be anxiously awaiting an
event of no little Importance to them
selves The event did not take place.
for, in fifteen minutes, the fat gen.
tleman gave a gesture Of despair, stood
up sand put on his hat
Then lamentations broke forth. The
two lean sisters and the workman IS
the sign of the cross. The lady with
the little dog and the beggar woman
kissed each other and sobbed; and we
saw Louise 'Ernemont pressing her
daughter sadly to her.
"Iet's 90" said Lupin.
FYou think it IS over7'
eyes; and we have only just time to
make ourselves scarce. -
We went out unmolested At the top
Of the lane Lupin turned to the left
and, leaving me outside, entered the
first house in the Rue Raynouard. the
one that backed onto the inclosure.
After talking few seconds to the
porter, he joined me and we stopped
passing taXicab;
''No Sd Rue de Turin" he said to
the driver.
The ground floor of No. 81 was oc-
cnpied by n notary's office; and we
were shown in, almost without waiting,
to Maitre Valandier, smiling, pleas
Lupin introduced himself by the
name Of Captain Jeanniot, retired from
the army. He said that he wanted to
build house to his own liking and
that some one had suggested to him
a plot Of ground situated near the Rue
Raynouard.
@But that plot is not for sale,'' said
Maitre Valandier
ooh, ] was told ~
"You havo been misinformed, I
fear"
The lawyer rose, went to cupboard
and returned with a picture which he
same picture which j had bought, the
same picture that hung in Louise
d 'Ernemont g room
"This is a painting" he said, "of
the plot Of ground to which you refer,
1t Is known as the Clos 'Ernemont.
"Precisely.'
"Well, this close" continued the
notary, "oncc formed part Of large
garden belonging to d'Ernemont, the
farmer general, who was executed dur
ing the Terror. All that could be sold
bao al ,,a 81 h, ha ho;r
But this last plot has remained and will
unless ~
The notary began to laugh.
"Unless what7" asked Lupin
"Well, it IS quite romance, a rather
curious romance, in fact. I ofton
amuse myself by looking through the
voluminous documents Of the case.'
"WOqld 1t be indiscreet, if I asked
"Not at all, not at ALL" declared
ed. on the contrary, to have found
listener for his story. And, without
waiting TO be pressed, he began: cat
the outbreak Of the revolution, Louis
Agrippa d'ETnemont, on the pretence
OF Joining his wife, who was staying
at Geneva with their daughter Pauline,
shut up his mansion In the Faubourg
Saint-GermaiD, dismissed his servants
and. with his son Charles, came and
took up his abode in his pleasure house
at Passy, where he was known to no.
body except an old and devoted serv-
ingwoman. He remained there in hid |
ing for three years and he had every
reason to hope that his retreat would |
not be discovered, when, one day, after
luncheon, as he was having a nap, the |
old servant burst into his room. She |
had seen, at the end Of the street. a
patrol of armed men who seemed to |
be making for the house. Louis 'Erne-
mont got ready quickly and. at the mo-
ment when the men were knocking at |
the front door, disappeared through the
door that led to the garden, shouting
to his son, In scared voice, to keep |
them talking, If only for five minutes |
he may have intended to escape and |
found the outlets through the garden !
watched. In any case, he returned in
six or seven minutes, replied very calm
" to the questions put to him and |
raised no difficulty about accompany.
ing the men. His son, Charles. although |
only 1S years Of age, was arrested !
also.n
"When did this happen 2" asked Lu-