The evening world., 1914-02-14
CHAPTER XIX.
(osalfsas6l
BeSjeHed!

rsproaoh than the de-
.GQaaP Aa& ysarns for eensolation.
SDalsco
Dus ~ he sound Of his voice, this
! ~, ne e<hse. instead Of replying to
~ 80 VINO called TO him. seemed to
A1DsevW . fresh energy. The fear
w1Ash, bot latsly. had made him run
away nsw turned into fury; and.
r1sAiag IKE . meteor upon . group
q policemen and town hall clerks
u latter armed with their paper
,navssi--hs buttsd them out Of the
Sutssr and sent three or four Of them
spsawiing into space.
The unhappy men crashed on the
sto0eo Of the square below. In the
midst OF the populace, who came
crowdins up. with . thousand cries OF
hegrof.
Then q score Of shots were fired at
thu monster, who received them point
blank. without seeming TO mind them.
ana re-entered the Hotel dc Vile by a
earret window, after knocking down
& stalwart policeman who had showed
HE head at that garrett window
And the monster rushed down the
corridors. He was seen to dart like
a. arrow through every department.
RatepAyers, who had been waiting fof
ages TO receive attention. fled. howl
'inR. and were never seen again.
FOR now Balaoo was no longer
belnR pursued: everybody was fleeing
bNforo him. He seemed to be every
WHARF at Q time, on every floor. He
reappoared in every corner. humping
agninst groups that vanished IKE
smoke.
He had a way OF his own ot &c 70
sconding q staircase. sliding down the
veil like an eel In Its trap.
Through the corridors AMI stair =.
oaeoo he made his way to the council
MN. where M. Matthew Delafosse was
vainly trying to reassure a score OF
o0uncilmen who had not yet left the
sitting, thinking. perhaps. In their
hearts, that they were safer there
than elsewhere.
Here, too. there was a general sauve
syi peut: but the other had passed
and was out OF sight long perore
thely fright was over.
For twenty four hours no one knew
mat had become Of him. Tho police
S,ntsd for him everywhere. They
vomt 10 the length of burning straw
n TIA oallars Of the Hotel de vile. 70
a. 10 smoke him out II he had found
. rsfVaeo there. A Gordon Of troops.
I'm munitions Of war, surrounded
- municipal buildings. Five detec-
SSvns dra9eed Coriolis with them
SHr~ver they went; and tho pro-
SeSsop. tansls- haired and wild eyed
jsiicvHA himself to be led from the
cSiiere 10 the attic. calling:
Wnaiaool-BA1aoo!"
Huf Baiaoo did not reply. Where
vas hef No moro girls had disap-
1900 IN Paris through the agency
a BAlaoo or any other. ana TINS we
eSrlainoA by the fact that the erls
Wv I'll kept carefully locked UP ]"
tNolr parents' homes. .,,
IN sittings OF the municipai council
- s1spended until further orders:
.S1 ~ anguish, increased by the
-sSSstsry OF that complete disappear
S~. ~ greater than ever. when tne
Sscns%Sr suddenly reappeared on sne
~ a. the Tour Saint Jacques. he
1.Ss az the meteorological otnce
49, ina first TO $50 him ana floo'
srtsr Informing the police. .
~SNts time there was little ooups
, >nst the end Of the drama was AZ
me Tour Saint Jacques. which was
- cneA isolated by q circle OF poncs
- troops, was n very small anu
srrsrous refuge for Balaoo. he hIIu-
~ seemed 10 realize a. mucn; TOT.
sss,nr himself hard pressed py y
s,owS Of armed men and mop o.
lvsonie loading him with curses. ne
rcrSsA himself into an uhco" niou
state OF fury. even for a fargo '"''
II. prolonged. rolling. rumeiins
: $50 we're heard from the Piacs ae =. 70
Isstile TO the Louvre. inc trate :"
rue de Rivoli OF course was ,m.eI.
J ruptsd. The tops OF the omn'nuses
!, sad tramcars were tnrons.a wn,1
uoople shaking their fists az 'ns ~
koiut jacques and Yelling ioF '"'
I 1oath OF the pithecanthrope:
; Oometime6 ths.monsters isuro NJ, W..
eeen dancing and turning so.me, h,,s he
Sss,N disappear at once. to reappeaI
s~scs ins on a scaffoldins. Already
49, INV shots had been fired at him
~sSs N other result than to increase
~: no. ehsltsring himself behind
Ina seaffclding, he began TO nurl
Hkoaka OF stone at the crowd.
q r rosular hall OF stones came down.
.t,4iinT. wounding and killing the on
|. iooEors. The monster was not Ions
m Sionfius the Rue Do Rivoli ana the
; &,nnro Saint Jacques. Tho troops
: IN the police were driven back; and
nm the square continued to rain VIII
~ p,thseaathrops was actually a.
x1ShlnG t. Ten Saint Jacques =