Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1916-04-05

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CHAPTER LAT Troyon's. Paris inn.
the youth Mi Meh Tsofon n.y. .rsel csurSa
takes the boy with him to America and
makes OF him finished cracksman.
CHAPTER II-Aftsr stealing the Ombe.
Jewels Gnd the HUFFMAN war pians "
+. a, . & ssnn; years e.
Thinks RoAAy. Scotland Yard man, ID
On his trail. On arrival he nnds Roddy al
ready installed a. guest
CHAPTER Hiatt q dinner converse
tion between Comte de M0rblhan. II. DaA-
NON and Mile. Bann0n about the Lane
Volt celebrated brakeman Who Morks
whether his identity II only guessed o.
known.
CHAPTER Iv-ro satisfy himself that
Roddy II not watching him. Lanyard
dresseg and goes out, leaving Reddy ap.
psrentiy asleep and snortnS y ne = next nn1
Q GIRL In hia ronn
Nile. Bannon, who explains her presence
by saying that she was sleep-waldng.
CHAPTER Win his apartment near
Of twenty-pound note, part OF his con-
eealed emergency hoard, an invitation
from The Pack to the Lone Wolf TO Join
them.
CHAPTER vII-LAnyard attempts 70
dispose Of the Ombor Jewels. but nnds
that The Pack has forbidden the buyef1 90
deal with him. He decides to meet Tns
Pack.
CHAPTER Wilde Morbihan messs
him and takes him before three masked
members OF The Pack.
apache. and Werthsimer, English mobs-
man. but the third. an American. - un-
known to him. He refuses alliance With
them.
CHAPTER x-on his return to his room
he u attacked In the dark. but knocks
out his assailant.
CHAPTER xI-He gives the uncon-
ecious man, who proves to BE- the mys-
ferrous American. 2 hypoSermic 70 keep
murdered IN his bed with the evident In
tention OF fastening the crime on him.
ana changing the appearance of the UNI
conscious American to resemble his own.
+ q
CHAPTER KILN the corridor no en-
counters Lucia Bannon. who insists on
CHAPTER KIN ~ Having no money
s 4 Z sS r. S ta 3 .su :s, Th aIt
Trend Of his. He locks her IN room
alone and retires to get some rest him
CHAPTER xIv-After sleep Lanyard
ands his viewpoint changed. He tells
CHAPTERS Kv-Murual confsssions fol-
low. She Is Lucy Shannon. not Bannon.
and has been used as tool by Bannon:
the crook. The American murderer o.
Isare members OF The Pack and out 20 ses
Lanyard.
CHAPTER xvI-Lanyard tells Lucy
that he means to reform and she, agrees
to 90 with him to return the LONDON iool.
A newspaper wrapped in brick is tnroWr
through the skyheht-
CHAPTER xvII-A bullet follows the
brick. The paper has an account OF the
total destruction BY fire of Troyon's.
Drinkwater to the library where the muir
Ger Wa committed. shows him Q aecr?s
DassAge he knew OF a. boy. ana Ieaos
The way through 1t.
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CHAPTER xVIII-They start out o.;
their errand of restoration and Lanyard
silences German spy.
ION the boulevard side. He's taken
the corner table, Now walters go
ing out to him"
"You can see his face now? Lam
yard asked, sealing the note.
mot we'll"
Nothing you recognize about him,
eh?" ".
Nothing
"Do you know Popinot or Vert
heimer by sight?"
mo; they're only names to me; De
Morbihan and Mr.. Bannon mentioned
them last night"
1T won't be Popinot." Lanyard re-
Elected, addressing the envelope; he's
tubby."
''This man is tall and slender"
"Wertheimer. possibly. Does he sug-
gest an Englishman in any way?
mot in the least. He wears mus
tache blond twisted up like the
kaisers."
Lanyard made no reply. but his
heart sank, and he shivered imper-
ceptibly with foreboding. He enter
tained no doubt but that the worst had
happened, that to the number OF his
enemies in Paris was added Ekstrom.
One furtive glance confirmed this
inference. He swore bitterly, II pri-
vately, and with c0untenance OF
childlike blandness. as he slipped the
coffee and finished his cigarette.
"Who Is it, then?" she asked. DO
you know him."
He reckoned swiftly against distress
ing her. recalling his mention OF the
fact that Ekstrom was credited with
the Huysman murder.
Merely hanger-on of De Morbi-
hans" he told her lightly; "a spine
less animal-no trouble about soaring
him of. Here take this note, please;
we'll go now. But as we reach the
door, turn back-and go out the other.
You'll find taxi without trouble. And
stop for nothing!"
He had shown foresight In paying
when served, and was consequently
able to leave abruptly. without giving
Ekstrom time to shy. Rising smartly,
he pushed the table aside. The girl
was no less quick and little less SEN
sitive to the strain of the moment; but
as she passed him her lashes lifted
and her eyes were all his for the In
slant.