Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1916-04-12
SYNOPSIS.

~ SYNOPSIS.
CHAPTER LAT Troyon's. Paris inn
the youth Marcel Troyon, afterwards &
stealing f BY = BurSe. at an expert thi.i Who
takes the boy with him to America and
makes of him q finished craftsman.
CHAPTER II-After stealing the Ombe:
Jewels and the Huysman war plans In
London Lanyard returns to Troyon's fsl
thinks Reddy, a Scotland Yard man. L
on his trail. On arrival he finds Roddy 81.
CHAPTER III-At dinner a converse
ton between Comte de Morbihan. M. Ban
non and Mile. Bannon about the Ions
Wolf. celebrated craftsman who works
whether his identity Is only guessed o.
CHAPTER Iv-To satisfy himself that
d Mooey Is s., not watching him. Lanyard
parenty asleep and sne ses IN He tSe sp
. girl in hia room ~ AZ"
CHAPTER v-The girl turns out to bs
Mile. Bannon, who explains her presence
oy saying that she was sleep-walking.
CHAPTER Win his apartment near
the Trocadero he finds written on the back
OF twenty-pound note. part Of his con-
s sea1ed rS emergency agr hoard an Invitation
| them.
CHAPTER v1I-Lanyard attempts to
that The Pack has forbidden the buyers to
| Pack. AA'
CHAPTER Wilde Morbihan n,eso,
aim and takes him before three masked
members Of The Pack.
CHAPTER IX-He recognizes Popino,,
apache, and Wertheimer, English mobs-
man. out the third. an American. is un-
them. "~~
CHAPTER x-On his return to his room
out his assailant.
CHAPTER xI-He gives tho uncon.
scious man, who proves to be the mys-
ferrous American. hypodermic to keep
nim quiet, discovers that Roddy has been
murdered in his bed with the evident in
ana changing the appearance Of the un-
conscious American to resemble his own,
starts to leave the house.
CHAPTER KILN the corridor he on.
counters Lucia Bannon. who insists on
Having with hin,
CHAPTER XIII - Having no money
Lucia 10 obliged to take refuge with Lam
friend Of his. He locks her in q room
alone and retires to get some rest HIM
CHAPTER xIV-After sleep Lanyard
Lucia who he is
CHAPTER xV-Mutual confessions fol-
low. She is Lucy, Shannon. not Damon.
md hnnn To
the crook. The American murderer OF
Roddy was Bannons secretary: Both men
are members of The Pack and out to get
Lanyard.
CHAPTER xvI-Lanyard tells Lucy
that he means to reform and she agrees
to 80 with him to return the , London a. q, loot;
newspaper wrapped IN a brlck IS tnroWr
through the skyliRht-
CHAPTER XVII-A bullet follows the
brick. The paper has an account. OF the
total destruction by fire Of Troyon's.
CHAPTER VII = Cazalet Eoes WIN
prinkwster to the library where the muI.
der vas committed. shows him q eecs?S
passage he knew OF a. ooy. ma Ioss
The way through 1t.
CHAPTER xvIII-They start out OF.
silences German spy. !
to Lanyard at present. But he
entertained a shrewd suspicion that
his plans might all miscarry and
the command of fast.traveling
car ere long become necessity
to his salvation, so he cheer
fully devoted a fair half-hour to
putting the motor in prime trim for
the road.
With this accomplishment the
fact established through discreet, OBJ
lique interrogation of madame la con-
cierge that conditions in that quarter
were normal; that no inquiries had
been made after the whereabouts of
Pierre Lamier, and no strange or other
wise questionable characters had been
seen lettering in the neighborhood of
late-he was ready for his first true
step toward rehabilitation.
Thus 1t was past one in the morning
when, with the girl on his arm, he is.
sued forth into the dark and drowsy
Rue des Acacias. moving swiftly.
crossed the Avenue de la Grande Ar
NEE, and thereafter avoiding main.
travelled highways, struck southwark
through tangled side streets to the
aristocratic quarter Of Passy.
t Here, skirting the boulevards of the
Notifications, they approached the pri.
vate park Of La Muette.
The home Of that wealthy and ami.
able eccentric. Nine. Helene Omber,
was q souvenir of those days when
Passy had been suburban. A survival
Of the revolution, vast. dour pile that I
had known few changes since the days
of its construction, it occupied a large,
unkempt park. irregularly triangular /
in shape, bounded by two streets and /
an avenue, and rendered private by
high walls crowned with broken glass.
Carriage-gates opened on the avenue.
guarded by porter's lodge, while Of
the three posterns that pierced the
walls on the side streets one only was
in general use by the servants Of the
establishment; the other two were
presumed to be permanently sealed.
Lanyard, however. knew better.
When they had turned OF from the