The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-12-26
copyrisht, 1915, by Lippineott's Maaax inc. Copyright, 1915, by Mesrids, Nast Co.

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 Sowerby. whose bowler hat lay upon Dunbar's table, was clad in the fa- miliar raincoat, and his ruddy cheer fulness had abated not one whit.
 What Sowerby was did not come to light at the moment, Suddenly the. door quietly opened, and in walked M. Gaston Max arrayed in his inimitable travelling coat and holding his hat of velours minis gloved hand. He bowed politely.
 Good morning, gentlemen!'' he said, Good morning" said Dunbar and Sowerby together.
 Eowerby hAstened to place . chair for the distinguished visitor M. Max thanking him with a bow, took his seat and from an inside pocket e<tract- ed a notebook.
 .'There are some little points," he said with "a deprecating wave of the hand, (which should like to con- firm"
 He opened the notebook, sought the wanted page and continued: Do either of you know 9 person answer ing to the following description: Height, about four feet eight and a z half inches, medium built and carries himself with a nervous ,stoop. Has a habit of rubbing his palms together when addressing any one. Has plump hands with rather tapering fingers and growth of reddish down upon the backs thereof, indicating that he has ' red or reddish hair His chin recedes slightly and is apointed, with a slight cleft parallel with the mouth and sit iuated jequidfstant from the base of the chin and the lower lip. A. nervous mannerism of the latter periodically reveals the lower teeth, one of which, that immediately below the left ca nine, is much discolored. He is clean shaven, but may at some time, have worn whiskers. His eyes are small and ferret-like, set very closely to- gether and of a ruddy brown color. His nose is wide at the bridge, but narrows to an unusual point at the end.
 fTn profile 1t is irregular, or may have been broken at some time. He has scanty. eyebrows set very high, and a low forehead with two, faint, vertical wrinkles starting from the in- ner points of the eyebrows His nat ural complexion is probably sallow, and his hair (as hitherto mentioned) either red or of sandy color. His ears are set far back, and the lobes are thin and pointed. His hair. is perfectly straight and sparse, and there is a depression of the cheeks where one would expect to find a prominence that is, at the cheekbone. The era niaI development Is unusual. The skull slopes back from the crown at a remarkable angle, there being no pro tuberance at the back, but instead g { straight slope to the spine, sometimes seen in the Teutonic races, and il this case much exaggerated. Viewed from the front, the skull is marrow the temples depressed and the crowr sbulgingE over the ears and receding tt \ ridge on top. In profile the fore head is almost apelike in size and con tour"
 
 bar, leaping to his feet and bringing both his palms with simultaneous bang upon the table before him. ssSoames, by heavenH'
 M. Max, shrlgging and smilin, slightly, returned, his notebook to hi. pocket and. taking out cigar case placed 1t, open, upon the table, in viting both his confreres withAa ges ture to avail themselves of it's con tents.
 T thought so,' he said simply. '. am glad'
 Sowerby selected cigar in a dazet manner, but Dunbar, ignoring tn, ward across the table, his eyes blaz ing and his small, even lower teett revealed in sort of grim smile.
 "M. Max" he said tensely, you ar, clever man! Where have you go him!'' M
 sI have not got him. replied tn, Frenchman, selecting and lighting on, of his own cigars. 'He is much to, useful to be locked up.''
 But
 "But, yes, my dear inspector. he i safe. Oh. he is quite safe! And ol Tuesday night he is going to introdue us to Mir. king"
 MT Kingp' roared Dunbar, and il three strides of the long legs he wa around the table and standing befor the Frenchman.
 In passing he swept Sowerby's ha on to the floor, and Sowerby. picking it up, began mechanically to brush i with his left sleeve, smoking furiousl. the while.
 "Soames," continued M. Max quietly sshe is now known as Lucas, by tn way-is a man of verys remarkabl character, fact indicated by his quit unusual skull. He has no more vii than this cigar"-he held the cigar III between his fingers illustratively-"bu of stupid pig obstinacy that canaille- saligaud- -has lenough for all the cattl ln Europe. He is like 2 man wh' knows that he stands upon a sinkinl ship. yet, who while promising to talk the plunge every moment, hesitates