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

IileHis manu- us lHc pin and ~,
ful; No, that's wSss
pulling a face. Tm,us
you too tight. perhapss Mn
his last grasp! Conn.,
That's it, lust Oaa n
string round the wrists; do T.
me! Why, You ~
agreeing like two brothers, 'qa ~
ing, At heart. Won
rather fond Of YOU. ''u
my bonnie lad, mind your,.M
thousand apologies,
Half raising himself r;,,
strength he caught the othe,
blow in the pit of the sIon.
baron gave a gurgle and laS
and unconscious.
'That comes OF having
sense OF logic, my friend. , 81,
~ offered sou half YOUR mooa.
III give you none at all
vided know where 10 find :.
For that S the main thing Tl ~
the bcggar hidden his dust,
safe2 BY George, it'll be- a toa
Luckily. ] have all the nicSs
| me.
! He began TO feel in the baro,
cts. came upon a bunch of h.,
made sure that the portmants",
the curtain held no paners =,
and then went 10 the safe
But, AT that moment bo
short: he heard noise so, 81
The scrvantst Impossible. W
ties were on the top floor. Ha 4
The noise came from below
denly, ne understood; the d..
who had heard the two sbot.
banging at the front door as :.
duty, without waiting for 4,
Then an electric bell rang. wbisI
recognized as that in the hail.
"'By Jupitcr!'' he said
work. Here arc these ioke,.
and just as we were !,
gather thc fruits Of our labo5.
forts Tut, tut, Lupin. kefs
What s expected Of youi Ia
safe, Of which YOU don + knov
cret. in thirty seconds. That
trifle TO lose your head about
MI you have TO do is to dir
secret, How MANY letters are
the word7 Four7''
He went on thinking. wbiIe
and listening to the noise outfj
double-locked the door OF tI1
room and then came back 10 IN
! "Four ciphers NJ
lend me hand? II
give me just a tiny hiuti
Who7 Why, LavernouX. of coun|
good Lavcrnoux, seeing that
the trouble 10 indulge in optiu
raphy al the risk Of his life.
Lord, what a fool I am!
Why, of course, that s 1t!
Jove, this is too exciting!
Lupin, YOU must count ten and 4
that distracted beating of You
If not, 1t means bad work. -
He counted ten and. now qr
knelt in front OF the safe. Ho
the four knobs with careful Al
Next, he examined the bunch
selected one Of them, then snotI
attempted, in vain, TO insert
the lock:
"There e's luck in odd numbA
mnttered, trying third key :"
This is the right one. Open
good old Sesame, OPEN"
The lock turned. The door b
It's hinges. Lupin pulled II
after taking out the bunch Of
"The millions arc ours" u
"Baron. 7 forgive you'll"
And then he gave singI1
backward, hircoughing with fnl
legs staggered beneath him. q
jinglcd together in his fevef9
with sinister sound, And, for]
for thirty seconds, despite the
was being raised and the eleci1
that kept ringing through the n
stood there wild-eyed, gazing
most horrible, the most abb
sight: a woman's BODY. hslf<
bent in two in the safe. cran
like an over large parcel
clots OF blood an1
flesh. blue in places, dccompoa
cid
"Thc baroness,' he gasped'
baroness! Oh, the
He reused himself from lI'
suddenly, to spit in the murdefa
and pound him with his heels;
"Take that, YOU wretch
Take that. you villain'
with it, the scaffold, the braf}
Meanwhile, shouts came ffc1
per floors in reply TO the az
ringing, Lupin heard footslep
ing down stairs. IT was time
: Of beating a retreat.
In reality, this did not iis
greatly. During his convcTssn
the baron, the enemy's eItnr
GOODNESS had given him the tesI
there must be a private onl'
sides, how could the baron
gun the fight, if he were no'
! escaping the policef
Lupin went into the next
looked out on the garden. A
ment when the detectives NC
ing the house, he flung nn
the balcony and let himsci ua
rain-pipc. He walked rouno
ing. On the opposite side "
lined with shrubs, He shPP
tween the shrubs and the Ns
once found n little door wmca
opened with one Of the A2
bunch. All that rema'nca ~
do was to walk across the
pass through the empty l
lodge: and in a few momehn.s
himself in the Rue du fsuvsv ss;s
Honore. OF course-and sl
reckoned on-the police nSu
vided for this secret outlet
"Well. what do yon tniIss sss,
Repstein cried Lupln, asv
me all the details of that w
what a dirty scoundrcl! AS
teaches one to- distrust appe%io
swear to you, the fello"
thoroughly honest man; ,,;Il;o
"But what about the .sw,is si
asked. s'The princess 8 le%Ts
"Thev were in the safe'
seeing the parcel.