The evening world., 1914-02-10
November Joe
Blu Hesketh Prichard
author Of Chronicles Of Don O." Etc.

Bontioueu IN . biao& noS8 VINO nou
sprung upon him and calmly placed
the muscle Of . revolver 60 his fore
head.
The reader will not be surprised 70
hear that. on learning Of the failure
OF his expedition. N. dc Msyrentin WAS
promptly laid up with jaundtcs. And
II Was while he was keeping his room
that. by the irony a fate. the Three
Brothers were arrested
The thing happened In the stupidest
fashion. The most monstrcus ami also
the most mysterious tyranny that Q
small district was over ooumsd to aa-
dereo seemed-f say 'seemed''-to
nave ooms TO en- end because two
Gendarmss happened to psSs along the
road at tho moment when the vautrins
were sending tho mean soul OF Basin.
the prscess-servsr. to the great here
after.
Gay what you Will, there Wa moth.
ing ili.natured shout the Three Broth
ers: and. a. long ~ you did not resist
them. they did you no harmi But you
mustn't resist thsmt That fool OF
proceas-server would have been living
10 this day " no had handed over his
money-bsg nice and quietly. blow
In % soon Gfven. They he'd not meas
ured the consequences. And Basin.
the procsse.scrvcr. Ia Of the blow.
IL was very unlucky for him that
the Three Brothers we're not carrying
thar guns that day when hs mot thorn.
He would have given them anything
without protest. and would still b
serving HE writs. II was unluoky for
the vautrins, too. who had to yield
berore the threat Of the Eendarmss'
guns. without making the least show
VI hkht.
The Three Brothers were sent to
Riom for trial. and In" proceedings
wero hurried on. Now that thsy were
no longer feared everybody rose IN
against than, and they were charged
With all the crimes committed In the
} department during the at ten years
all tho crimes that had not been
brought homo 70 their s0thors. Thu
murders Of Lombard, Camua and Blon'
del were allotted TO thari. Of course
And II was partly their own doing. fol
they defended themselves slackly. mol
} 6esiing at all sure thut one Of them
was not the culprit. and refusing u
: any cost to accuse one another.
And the Three Brothers we're SEN
fenced to death without further ado.
Hut thsy were not yet executed.
: Meanwhile De MsyTentin hit upon ciev
: or devices 20 keep q watch on Zoe
) But Zoe went hardly anywhere. excep
= 60 Coriolis's and home again. She va
seen now and a9ain with Mr.. Nosl
Coriolls's man.servant-a tall. Quic
. young fellow who ran his master's er
rands without ioiterinG IN the stree
ar talking to the village Eoseips an
. who took on his hat very politely to tn
uAns,lA cham - mat
|, The N. Noel WAS also the only per
} son who sometimes crossed the vau
trims threshold. no dourOt out Of char
= ity for old Barbe. greatly distrssss'
!. now that nor sons were sentenced 4
\ death.
We'll. one day NJ. Noel appeared Il
. have boon IN tho forest. for. on tn
, skirt OF u. he mot Zoe LEAVING Corio
iis's place: and N. Dc Meyrentin. VIII
o was In an adjacent cottage. clsari
. heard Zoe say to NJ. Noel:
= '.Madcieine'S been asking for YOU
:. BalaooT
\ Balaoo! Bilbao!
n great light. a hrst-class Nlvrnina
Z tion, 1lnzod up In the examining MaSis
]. tratss heated braini He reflected ths
o Noel had been brought from the Fa
Q East. What nimblsr. more active. NOR
acrobstic person could you hope 4
4 And than 2 Chinese or Japansssf
. One day the Magistrate was luck
q enough to discover soino prints left b.
y N. Noel's shoes and corresponding Ok
}. act1y with the prints OF soles whidds
hasS found on LomSa rd's roof. near Oh
Q chimney, In the soot--on the spot whsr
- the murderer. no doubt. had gone I
9 put on his shoes after tho crime-am
q corresponding also. ~ far ~ possioie
{ with the footprints on tho ceiling. An
:. the Magistrate went thence to the nous
o Of Corioiis.
. Coriolis came ana opened the doc
{ himself.
= ~. Noel. please" said the xasil
= trate. raising his hat.
sComs in. ~. do Meyrentin." sal
n Coriolis. crimson In tho face.
And hA cloaAN tho door