The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1916-05-05

herent In his scheme. either 70 his
common sense or to his romantic bent.
In two minutes he had stripped the
mustache clean away from that stu
pid. faced mask
Unquestionably the resemblance was
now most striking; the American
would readily pass for Michael Ian
yard.
This much accomplished. he pursued
his preparations in feverish haste. In
spite OF this, he overlooked no detail.
In less than twenty minutes he had
exchanged clothing with the American
down to shirts, collars and neckties;
had packed in his own pockets the
several articles taken from the other
together with the iointed jimmy and a
few Of his personal effects, and was
ready to bid adieu TO himself, to that
Michael Lanyard whom Paris knew.
The insentient masquerader on the
floor had called himself "Goodenough
Smith" he must serve now as Good
enough Lanyard" at least for the
Lone VOLTS purposes; the police. al
all events, would accept him as such
And If the memory OF Michael Ian
yard must needs wear the stigma oil
brutal murder. he need not repine in
his oblivion, since through this per
functory decease the Lone Wolf would
gain freedom even greater than be
fore.
The Pack had contrived only to
eliminate Michael Lanyard, the anna
teur Of fine paintings; remained the
Lone Wolf with not one faculty i'm
paired, but rather with a deadlier pur
pose to shape his occult courses.
Under the influence of his method
zeal preparations his emotions had
cooled appreciably, taking a cast Of
cold. malignant vengefulness.
He, who never In all his criminal
record had so much as pulled trigger
in selfdefense, was ready now L
shoot to kill with the most coldblood
ed intent-given one Of three targets
while for Popinot's creatures, il the!
worried him, he meant to exterminatt
them with as little conjunction al
though they were the rats in fact tha
they were In spirit,
Extinguishing tho lights, he stepped
quickly to a window and from on
edge Of its shade looked down int
the street.
He was in time to see a stunted hu
man silhouette detach itself from til,
shadow of a doorway on the opposite
walk, move to the curb and wave al
arm-evidently signaling another sen
tinel on a farther corner and out 0
Lanyard's range of vision.
Herein was additional proof, if an
lacked, that De Morbihan had not eS
! aggerated tho disposition Of Popinot
This animal in the street, momentaril
revealed by the corner light as h
darted across to take position by tn
door, this animal with sickly face an
pointed chin, with dirty muller roun
its chicken.neck, shoddy coat clothin
its sloping shoulders, baggy corduro
trousers Tapping round its bon
shanks-this was Popinot's, and bu
one Of a thousand differing in no Ell
sential save degree of viciousness.
1t wasn't possible to guess how tho,
oughly Popinot had picketed the hous
in cooperation with Roddy's murdere
by way of provision against mi
chance; but the adventurer was sa
isfed that, in his proper guise as hin
self, he needed only to open that pc
tern door at the street end of II
passage to feel knife slip in betwee
his ribs-most probably in his bacl
beneath the shoulderblade.
He nodded grimly, moved back frol
the window, ard used the fash-lan
to light him to the door.
To be continued