The evening world., 1914-01-19

The SAccusooUn 10 r1diculous." Till
from - Of the players.
You nave but 10 slip your hand In
the Counts coat pocket and you will see
that the accusation II quite serious" In
sisted the accuser. And then. a. the
shall do II myself II no other wtn."
and he stepped forward toward the
Count. D..
mo. monsieur" said De couds. II
will submit to q search only at the
hands Of . gentleman"
1T b unnecessary 70 search the
Count. The cards are in his pocket.
myself saw them placed there"
All turned In surprise toward thil
new speaker. to behold a very wsll.built
young man urging . resisting captive
1T 10 . eonsplracyi" cried Do couds.
coat. and With that BE- raa Die hsad
into no socket ~ he "a % tsa0e q.
lsnes rsignsd IA the liteis gyeu1. The
Count went AeaA white, AaA then vefy
slowly he withdrew bis hAaA. and II u
weeo three carda.
He looked q them In mute aad horn.
fled surprise. and, slowiy the red of NOR
tncation suRusad his facA EXPIRES
sions Of pity and contempt Hinged the
features Of those who looked ON 81 the
death Of . mans honor. =.
1T II . conspiracy. monsieur" II
was the gray-eysd stranger who spoke'
''0entlemen," he continued. "moasisuy
u count did NOT know that those eard1
were In his pocket. They were placed
there without his knowledge - he ~
ct play. From where sat In that char
yonder 1 cav the reflection Of II Ill In
the mirror betore" me- TINS person
whom / Just intercepted In an effort q
escape placed the cards In the coS"f'
De coud. had glanced from Tasau
TO the man In his graap.
Mon Disu! Nikolasr No cried
your"
Then no turned to his accussr and
eyed him intentiy for . moment
And you, monsieur. I did not rscog-
mise you without your beard. II quite
disguises you. Paulvitch: So Il al
now. II 10 quite clear. gentlemen"
what shall We DO with them. mon
sieur7" asked Tafsan. 'sxVrn them
over 70 the captainf" =.
''No, my friend" said the Count, hast.
lily. ut 10 q personal matter. ana
beg that you vii let II drop. Il u SUI.
ficisnt that have BEEN sxonsrated
from the charge. Ths less We have 70
do with such fellows the better. But.
mousisur. how can thank you for the
rroat kindness you have done met Per.
Init me to offer you my card. and
should the time come whom I may serve
you, remember that Am yours to COM
mand."
With ms confederate, Paulvitch. had
FASTENED from the smoking room. Just
90 he was leaving Rokoft turned to
Tarxan. "Monsisur will have ample
opportunity to reEret bis intsffsrsnec
in the affairs OF Others"
Tarzan smiled. and than. sewing 10
the Count. handed him his own caro-
lean Ts MI G. TARzAN, IArRIouE."
"Monsieur Tarzan." no said. may
indeed wish that he had never befriend-
Cd me, for I can assure him that he has
won the enmity Of two OF the most un-
INITIATED scoundrsls "a all Europe.
Avoid them. monsieur. By all msans."
IT have had more aws.hspiring en-
smiss. my dear Count" replied Tartan.
With . outlet smile. yet am sttll alive
ana unworrisd. I think that neither Of
these two viii ever md che means to
harm me-"
"Lst W hope not. monsieur" said Ds
Couds; but YET II will DO no narm 20
Do on tue AloIts ooo W INV" s"ce ~
have made ct least one enemy to-day
who never forgets and never forgiven
and in whose malignant brain there are
always hatching new atrocities to per.
pstraAs upon those who have thwarted
or offended him. To say that Nikolaa
Roko6 u q devil would BE- 10 place q
wanton sfsront upon ~ satanic
majesty"
That night. ~ Tarsan entered his
eabin, he found . folded note upon the
door that had evidently been pushed BE-
nsaeA ths door. He opened 1t and, read;
T.: Dsqe Ss'.' os - "a g, :Su s's as
Ssvs doas ~ tsinS you dld toesy. ] an snhest
"a sny .h4s1 a e. elfs.d q strsns9: Ls u.
Wasuo ! Aap eledfy permit - 70 enS -. q
8: s; =; :: <: G. :; CO.; -
Oshs9Ss-sut I a ess mat 300 vtl =.
q, 49, s..: s ''''s' s n e. d5xoc5s.
TArsan permitted Q grim smile 10 play
about his iips for Q moment. then hs
Dromptly dropped the matter from hia
mind and went 10 bed.
In . nearby cabin the Countess d
Couds was speaking to her husband.
why % gravA my dear Raoulr" che
askeA 'You haze been - Elum q
seuM - ~ Svsnin& Whist worries
.'o,ss s''ss'.s b - soarA Ds yeu
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