The evening world., 1914-02-13

signal services TO the cause Of HUI
History repeats itself. At the crit
lcal hour. whom tho metropolis In liv-
Ing In terror OF the monster who
seems to have established his empire
pn the roofs Of Paris. the Epoque has
succeeded in penetrating tho secret Of
tho strange and formidable personai-
lily Of the kidnapper Of young Girls.
And we can tell tho mothers to take
comfort; for the police authorities.
Informed by the Epoaue as to the ma
ture OF the enemy to be vanQulshod,
will soon BE- able to rid NJ Of this
horror.
1T was by following. step BY step.
the fantastic appearances OF the croa-
ture who was long taken for . music.
hall acrobat gone mad that we werO
enabled gradually to ascertain the
area to which the monster usually
confined his evolutions. We were
thus led to tho Latin Quarter. and
thence to the Rue do Jussleu. whore
we knocked At tho deserted house of
ring through tho ages-M. Coriolis
Boussac Saint-Aubin.
In this house. which wa entered
by window. everything was In the
greatest disorder. The building seemed
to have been hastily abandoned. We
were received, however. by parrot.
which. Tor more than an hour. never
ceased screaming out q word, or
rather q name. which at first con.
veyed nothing to us. but which also
will remain famous In the racial his
tory. This word was:
'Balaool Balaoo! Balaoo!'
"Balaoo In the animai-nams OF the
monster who. In the life Of Paris. hns
the name OF the first monksy-the
first ape-to speak the language Of
menl
M. Noel In we'll known In the
neighborhood. whore hts odd ways.
his curious ugliness and his charac-
teristic waddling gait did not pass
Impoverished, while the faces which
hs was In the habit OF pulling around
hts eyeglass have more than once q
cited the laughter ana witticisma of
the little ragamutnns In the streets.
But no ono ever suspected that
this somewhat eccentric but. until re-
Gently. wcll-behaved person was .
Javanesa plthecanthrope or man-ape.
For n. Noel was customer OF the
Cafe vachette and the BraDoerto
Amcdee. NJ. Noel attended tho Ice
lures at the law courts. M. Noel be-
ionged to tho Conference Bottiar. N.
Noel dressed like respectable man.
NJ. Noel spoke French ~ . anybody
else.
And yet, O unfathomabls mys.
terry OF the races, NJ. Noel In not =
man! NJ. Noel 10 only an anthropoid
ape. lie has four hands. He 70 d..
rectly related to the orang-utan and
tho large ape of tho forests OF Javn,
the archetype Of which can be seen
at the Jardin des Plantes. In the ape
Gabriel.
And now what II this mystery
which will throw all our readers Into
discovering tho secretf How did We
find Balaoo's mastor?
ut all happened very simply. but
still II had to be thought Of. We be-
gan by seixinE tho. files filled with
papers In M. Corio1is Saint-Aubln's
study. Here we discovered tho most
curious documents imaginable relat-
Ing to tho transformation Of Balaoo
into NJ. Noel.
I'VE at once embarked upon . close
inquiry into the last public acts Of NJ.
Coriolis Saint -Aubin, and We learned
that . few days ago no married his
daughter to his nephew. NJ. Patrice
Saint-Aubin: that the ceremony was
almost incognito: that M. Noel was
not present. and that tho young
couple hurricdly took tho train for
Auvergns. -.
AS NJ. Noel wa1 pursuing the bride
we considered that tho father must
ba chasing NJ. Noel with . view to
saving his daughter. Did no arrive
In time? Had he como up with them
We fastened On his tracks, and w0
are now unfortunately In \ position
to say that M. Coriolis Saint. Aubin
arrived too late. He found only his
on-in-law. under lsmentAble condi-
lions which were certainly. 20 to
speak. the prelude to all the crimas
ital 10 groaning to day.
THE responsibility Of that madman
Of genius II really terrible--terrible
In the eyes Of history. In the eyes Of
science. and In the eyes OF the law.
We arc not using this last word no..
cause We think that II behoovos W TO
draw down the vengeance Of justice
upon . man who believed that he was
4 great work: We are
simply conveying n piece OF news. NJ.
Coriolis Saint Aubin 10 at this mo-
ment In custody. He gave himself up
two hours ago. by his own request
we ourselves took him To our now
project OF police. M. Matthew Della
fosse.
IAN these incidents. occurring at the
moment when we are about to 20 TO
press. cannot be related with all tho
desired detail: but we shall publish In
few hours a special edition. In which
we shall continue to expound TO our
readers the formidable racial mystery
In the Rue Dc Jussieu.
For the present We shall consider
that our work has not been In vain II
we have helped. In any degree how
ever small. to dispel the morbid ter
ror that was beginning to overcome
the bravest OF us. and II We have re-
stored some little peace TO family life.
The wild beast Is known: the tanner Is
known; II IL only 4 question. let us
hope. of bringing them face to face.
But let the cage be prepared In which
to shut UP the new mtnotaur. who.
since he speaks French. will perhaps
consent to tell us what re has done
with his living prey.
I'VE will conclude by saying that
we discovered NJ. Coriolis Saint-Aubin
on a Bourbonnais road. hunting with
his son-in-law for the traces Of his
child. who had been kidnapped by tho
monster. He thought that he was his
pupils only victim. He did not know
that thara WARE nj her fathers graa ming