The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-11-16

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On the 2sth Of December, the exam.
inIng magistrate stopped him in ono of
| the passages of the law courts:
Well, Nj. Ganimard. any newsl'
No, monsieur lc juge d instruction. -
Then ! shall dismiss the ease"
Wait one day longer.
''What's s the use' We want the other
end Of the scarf have yon got itf''
shall have it tomorrow.
Tomorrow,
Yes, bui please lend me the piece
In your possession.
what if / dol"
If you do. ] promise to let you
have the whole scarf complete"
Very we'll, that g understood,
| Ganimard followed the examining
magistrate to his room and came out
with the piece OF silk;
Hang it all!'' ne growed. eyes.
| will 90 and fetch the proof and I
shall have it too always pre-.
suming that Master Lupin has the cour-
age to keep the appointment.
In point of fact, he did not doubt
for moment that Master Lupin would
have this courage, and that was Just
what eXasperated him. Why had Lu-
pin insisted on this meeting3 What was
| his object, in the circumstances
Anxious, furious and full of hatred,
|
necessary not only to prevent his fal-
! ling into trap himself, bnt to make
his enemy fall into one, now that the
opportunity offered. And. on the next
day, which was the Goth of December
the date fixed by Lupin, after spend
ing the night in studying the old manor
house in the Rue de Surcne and con.
vincing himself that there was no other
outlet than the front door, he warned
his men that he was going on q danger
Gus expedition and arrived with them
on the field Of battle,
| He posted them in a cafe and gave
them formal instructions; If he showed
| himself at one Of the third floor win
/ dows, or if he failed to return within an
| hour. the detectives were to enter the
house and arrest any one who tried to
leave it.
/ The chief inspector made sure that
! his revolver was in working order and
that ne could take it from his pocket
easily, Then he went upstairs.
! He was surprised to find things as he
had left them, the doors open and the
locks broken After ascertaining that
the windows of the principal room
looked out on the street, he visited the
three other rooms that made up the fiat.
| There was no one there.
Master Lupiu was afraid, he NUT.
tered, not without certain satisfac-
ton.
"Don't be silly said voice be-
hind him.
Turning round, he saw an old work
man, wearing house painters long
smock, standing in the doorway.
NGou needn t bother your head,
said the man, "It's l, Lupin, / have
been working in the painters shop
! since early morning. This is when we
knock of for breakfast. So ! came
upstairs.
He looked at Ganimard with quiz
| zing smile and cried:
/" Pom my word, this is a gorgeous
| moment | owe you, old chap, ! wouldn I
| sell il for ten years of your life, and
yet you know how ! love YOU! What do
thought out and well foreseen! Fore
seen from alpha TO omegal Did | un-
derstand the business! Did | penetrate
The mystery Of the scarf9 | m not say
ing that there were no holes in my ar
gumcnt. no, links missing in the chain
=. But what a masterpiece of
intelligence, Ganimard, what a recon
struction of events! What an intuition
of everything that had taken place and
of everything that was going to take
place, from the discovery of the crime
10 your ARRIVAL mere IN SedECH OF Il
proof! What really marvellous divina
ton, Have You the scarf?"
eyes, half of it, Have you the
other7''
"Here it is. Let s compare.
They spread the two pieces Of silk on
the table, The cuts made by the scis-
sors corresponded exactly, Moreover,
the colors were Identical
''But ] presume said Lupin. "that
this was not the only thing you came,
for. What YOU are interested in see
ing are the marks of blood. Come with
me. Ganimard: it s rather dark in
here,
They moved into the next room,
which, though it overlooked the court
yard, was lighter; aud Lupin held his
piece of silk against the window pane:
"Lool5," F." he said, making room for
Ganimard.
The Inspector gave a start of delight.
The marks of the five fingers and the
print OF the palm were distinctly Wis
ibIe
"And it is the print of left hand, "
observed Lupin. "Hence my warning,
which had nothing miraculous about it,
you see. For. though admit, friend of
my youth, that you may look upon me
as a superior intelligence, | won t have
YOU treat me as wizard, -
Ganimard had quickly pocheted the
piece of silk. Lupin nodded his head
in approval:
''Quite right. old boy, it s for you,
IN so glad YOU re glad And, You see,
there was no trap about all this l.
only wish TO obligc a service |
between friends, between pals Il
And also | confess, little curiosity. |
Yes, | wanted to examine this
other piece Of silk, the one the police
had Don t be afraid: | II give
it back to YOU. Just r second. -
Lupin, with a careless movement.
played with the tassel at the end of
this half Of the scarf, while Ganimnrd
listened TO him in spite of himself;
GLOW ingenious these little bits OF
women s. work are. Did you notice one
detail in the maid IS cvidence7 Jenny
Saphr was very handy with her needle
and used to make all her own hats and
frocks. 1t is obvious that she made
this scarf herself. Besides. ]
noticed that from the first. am nat.
urally curious, as ] have already told
YOU, and ] made thorough examina
tion of the piece Of silk which YOU have
just put in your pocket. Inside the tas-
sci, / found little sacred medal. which