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

| ~ HS DHlSUeQ pushing
back the silk cord and, from the hollow
Of cup he took between his thumb and
torefuger wonderful blue stone, per
feet IN respect Of size and purity
90 Ha! What did | tell you, friend
of my YOUTH
He raised his head. The inspector
had turned livid and was staring wild
eyed as though fascinated by the
! stone that sparkled before him. He
at last realized the whole plot.
You dirty scoundrell' he NUT
tered, repeating the insults which he
had used at the first interview. "You
scum of the earth."
The two men were standing one
| against the other
Give me back that said the in
! spector.
Lupin held out the piece of silk.
And the sapphire. - said Ganimard,
in peremptory tone.
81 Don t be silly"
Give IL back, or -
"Or what, you IDIOT" cried Lupin.
Look here, do you think put you on
Give it back!''
You haven't noticed what | We
been about, that's plain. What
! for four weeks I've kept you on the
move like deer; and YOU want to
:! Come, Ganimard, old chap, pull
| lpui oetl lOSelHcT. Don IUu
see that YOU we been playing the good
dog for four weeks on ends
Fetch it, Rover! There's
nice blue pebble over there, which
master can't get at. Hunt it, Gan-
mard, fetch it bring it to
mas master, aood ,;,.,, An, he's his master S
Beg! Does ms want bit Of
Ganimard, containing The anger that
one thing, Ammoning his detectives.
And, as the room in which be now
was looked out on the courtyard, he
tired gradually to work his wav round
TO the communicating door. He would
then run to the window and break one
of the panes.
'All the same continued Iupin.
| 'swhat pack of dunderheads YOU and
| the rest must be, You We bad the silk
| all this time and not one Of you ever
| thought OF feeling it, not one of you
| ever asked himself the reason why the
poor glrl hung on TO her scarf. Not
one OF you! You just acted at hap
| hazard. without rejecting, without
foreseeing anything. -
| The inspector had attained his OBJ
| lect Taking advantage of second
when Lupiu had turned away from
him, he suddenly wheeled round and
grasped the door handle. But an oath
| escaped blm, the handle did not bulge.
Lupin burst into fit OF laughing.
Not even that Iou did not even
foresee that, You lay trap for me
| and you won t admit that | may per
| haps smell the thing out beforehand.
And You allow yourself to be
brought into this room without asking
whether ] am not bringing YOU here
| for a particular reason and without re-
,I.r, %to{ H,x EEs<
with special mechanism, Come now,
speaking frankly, what do YOU think
of it yoursclf7"
"What do I think Of its" roarel
Ganimard, beside himself with rage.
He had drawn his revolver and was
pointing it straight at Lupin 5 face.
Hands up' - he cried "That S
Lupin placed himself in front of him
and shrugged his shoulders.
'ESold again he said.
90 Hands up, 7 say. once more' y
And sold again, say l. Your dead
" weapon won't go off. y
.What?'
s'Old Catherine, your bousek keeper.
charges this morning while you were
having Your breakfast coffee
Ganimard made q furious gesture.
pocketed the revolver and rushed al
Lupip.
"Well7' said Lupip, stopping him
short with a well-aimed kick on the
shin.
Their clothes were almost touching
They exchanged defiant glances, the
glances of two adversaries who mean tn
come to blows. Nevertheless, there was
no fight. The recollection of the earle
struggles made any present struggle
useless. And Ganimard, who remem
bered all his past failures, his vain
attacks, Lupin s crushing reprisals, did
not lift limb There was nothing to
be done. He felt it. Lupin had forces
at his command against which any in
dividual force simply broke TO pieces
So what was the good,
al agree snid Lupin, in friendly
voice, as though answering Ganimard S
ter to let things be as they are. Be
sides, friend of my youth. think of all
that this incident has brought you;
fame. the certainty Of quick promotion.
and, thanks to that, the prospect of
happy aud comfortable old age. Surely,
YOU don Z want The discovery of The
sapphire and the head OF poor Arsene
Lupin in addition. 1t wouldn t be fair.
To say nothing Of the fact that poor
Arsepe Lupin saved your life.
Yes, sir! Who warned YOU. at this
very spot, that Prcvaillcs was left
handed? And is this the way
you thank mef It's not pretty of you,
Ganimard Upon my word, you make
me blush for you.'
While chattering Lupin had gone
through the same performance as Gani-
mard aud was now noar the door, CAM
mard saw that his foe was about 10
escape him. Forgetting all prudence,
he tried to block his way. and re-
ceived tremendous butt in the
which sent. him rolling to the
opposite wall.
Lupn dexterouslv touched = spring.
turned the handle, opened the door
and slipped away, roaring with laugh
ter as he went.
Twenty minutes later. when GAM.
mard at last succeeded in joining his
men, one Of them said TO him:
GA house painter left the house. as
his mates were coming back from
breakfast, aud put letter in my hand.
Give this, TO your governor. he said
Which goverporq' 7 asked; but he was
zone 7 supDose il IS meant for you.