The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1913-10-09

| Half raising himself, with ell his
| strength he caught the other a terrible
| blow In the pit Of the stomach. The
baron gave a GurGis and lay stunned
| and unconscious.
That comes OF having q deficient
II offered you half your money Now
I'll give you none at all--providcd I
know where 90 find any OF II. For that's
tho main thing. Where has the begEnr
| hidden his dust3 In tho safeT BY
George. itii be tough job Luckily.
I have all the night before me-
lie began to feel In the Baron's pock-
cts. came upon bunch OF keys. first
made surs that the portmanteau behind
| tho curtain held no papers or Jewels.
and then went to the safe.
Hut at that moment he stopped short:
he heard n noise somewhere. Tho ser.
vants1 Impossible. Their attlos wcre
on the top noor. lie listened. The noise
came from below. And. suddenly, he
Understood; tho detectives. who had
heard the two shots, we're banging at
the front doc. as was theE duty. with.
out waiting for daybrak. Then an cleo.
trio boil rang. which Lipln recognized
as that In the hall:
by Jupitsrr he said. Pretty work.
Here are these jokers coming. and lust
40 We were about to rather the fruits
or our laborious efforts, Tut. tut,
Lupin. Keep cool what's expected of
you? To open q safe. Of which YOU
don't know the secret. In thirty seconds.
That's . mers trina to iose your head
about! Come. all you have TO do In to
discover tho secret! How many letters
are there In tho word7 FOUR"
Ito went on thinking. while talking
ana lhteninG TO the noise outside. H.
| a. he nj
room and then came back TO the safe:
-Four cipherS-four lctters-four let
ters. Who can lend mo n hand? whc
can give mo just a tiny hint7 who
Why. IAvcrnoux. Of couraei That goot
Lavernoux. seeing that no took tn,
trouble to indulge In optical telegraph,
at the risk Of his life. Lord. what 4
fool am Why. OF course. why. o
course. thats It! ny jov~. this u to,
excitipgl Lupin. you must count tes
and Suppress that distracted beatini
Of your heart. n not. II means ba,
work.
He counted ten and. now. quite calm
kneit In front OF the safe. lie turn<'
the four knobs with careful attention
Next, he examined the bunch Of Esys
lsolected one Of them, then another. an
Attempted In vain. 90 Insert them u
che lock.
"rhere's LUCK in odd numosrs." h
muttered. trying . third Key Victory
this v the right one! Open sesame
good old Sesame. open'
The lock turned The door move
on ia hinges. Lupin pulled Il TO hin
after taking out the bunch Of keys: :.
The millions are ours" he sax
"I,arou. I forgive you!"
And then he gave a single bound bach
ward, hicrouGhing with fright. His lev
staggered beneath him. The keys Jingle
together in his fevered hand with
sinister sound. And. for twenty. to
thirty seconds. despite tho din that Va
hsing raised and the electric belle en-
kept ringing through the house. No stoo
ribie. the most abominAbls sight wor
Rn's body. haif-drsssed. bent In two !
tho safe. crammsd in. like An ovsr-larg
parcel - and fair hair hansinI
down - and blood . . ciots 4
blood . . and iivid flesh. blue I
places. decomposins. hsccid.
The baroneas" he gasped tn
bA,onsDs' . % On. the monstArw
He reused himself from his TORPID
suddenly. to spit in the murdersr's fac
and pound him vim his hesls:
"rsks that you wrstdh!
Take that, you villain! - Ant
with II. the scane'd. the oNan-bsa
Meanwhile. shouts came from IN
upper hoors In reply to the detectives
ringing. Lupin heard footsteps eourry
ing down the stairs. II was time I
think OF beating . retreat.
In reality. this ala not trouble hiE
greatly. During his conversation W.T.
the baron the snemy's sxtraordinaF
GOODNESS had given him the feeling <hs
there must be . private outlet. b
sides, how could the baron have oegu
the night II he were not sure Of oscar
Ing the policer
Lupin went into the next room.
looked out on the garden. At the INC
ment when the detectives were sntsl
ing the house he funE his legs over I'll
balcony and let himself down by . rair
pipe. lilo walked round the buildini
On the opposite side was n wall line
with shrubs. He slipped - betwee
1 tho shrubs and the wall ara At ono
-. found q little door which DO easil
opened with one OF the keys on III
o bunch All that remained for him
d do was to walk across . yard and pas
through the empty rooms Of lodg
q and In few moments he found himss
q IN the Rue du Faubourg esint-Honor
OF course-and this ne had rsckone
T. on-ths police had not providsd e