The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-09-29

SWIFT "
2 vas left to mourn. I know not no"
.Ht. ,rrr,uous lmrruix Worrned MS ""}
Sat, tho couGdrncn Of III" Ring )
l,ow NOT how by eirn@ h" '0ad" h'
majesty know that tn" orig'nH :" Wv,
doll Was alive aud could h" f"nhh. Hh'
that he could lead him t. her "''''
know that one month later. WIN W.,
rovaI exchcqucr looted. tn" tnfa'"h''"
monarch and his coniidani, Pu''"'''
secretly stole away from III" pnI''".
Tho king had deserted n" "'''H'
they soon realized this, ot''y "''
0ueen, his first wife, mourn"d' ~ WV"
mo two months to learn HufiiH'ht ''
the Jangch gibbcriah to max" h'l "'
dcrstand all the merits or inc "''
tion. It took Queen hi Zwoa only TWO
minutes to engage mo to accompany
her in a world girdling chase OF h''
recreant highness.
wherefore am here. what haEe
learned has been through our most
and he pointed at Marvel. TO "h'n'
wa were directed by the French con
eu, Admirable direction. Estimapi'
man, We have told him all. but-"e
have not found the king
Marvel arose. / noticed n s"ltcl
of the veil. and the woman 1t covered
also arose. 1t was signal that wv
conference was ended. She could no
have been more than four feet II
height. With somesquerulous gioper
ish. in a. voice that might have De
longed to a child. she lifted her ven
1t was only for moment that l MAJ
a sight Of the face OF Queen lbi Zwoa
but shall never forget It,
was sent on a variety of mission
during the ensuing several days, Tn
real purport Of which | did not lull'
understand at the time. / realize'
that was taking helter-sKeite
stitches only in a network OF whicI
} the master hand held the main war
and wool.
. | also knew that Marvel had notlhe
/ the civilized world to find and detai
/ Bernard Ralston. Beyond that ne ma
2 local emissaries and outside CORE
| spondents on the trail Of King ZWu
Zhi.
The king" he announced to me on
r evening, SIS in hiding, or dead.
$ seems that he and that clever ager
S of his. Ducroix, followed Sophia VOL
mar clear across the continent. nea
of gifts to that peerless beauty D.
yond the purse of a king. Lured OF
but never so much as touching 10
hem Of her garment. this fatuous a.
mirer has been encouraged. duped an
beggared. The railroad scheme WE
evidently an afterthought OF Ducrol
when their money gave out. l M
they sold the entire Issue to Ralstc
for a mere song. The proceeds wei
in the main to the conspirators WI
acted for Voltmar II King Zwun u
is in hiding, / have reason to belie'
that he is in this city. shall SOC
know"
II came sooner than I expected.
was q drizzling, gloomy evening, tn
on which / accompanied Marvel to II
Cosmos cafe. It was a second-ra
place, mostly visited by men. AS
- entered the door / noted Lott In Il
BACKGROUND. He made a sign to Ma
/ vel. and 1t seemed to me to indicate
n man lounging carelessly against
4 old piano.
4 Just beyond it four men were pla
n ing cards at a table, and the man
n
II look over the hand Of the play
whose back was to him. AS If in
> casual way, the man at the pia
HI struck three'of the ivory keys in 81
III cession with his finger. A monae
NJ later he struck four notes, and tn
In quickly a single note three tim
III Marvel was watching him narrow
II OF a sudden he turned half "
\ around. He simply fixed his eye
! Lott. The latter disappeared.
: about FIVE minutes he re-entered
place. two men with him. These m
= approached the man at the pia
What they said to him do not kne
nc but he fidgeted, changed color q
be with evident reluctance accompan
,a- them from the place.
Come with me-" directed Mar,
following on their heels. THAT m
~ I believe, is Napoleon Ducroix.
40 shall soon find out. He must have /
I a royal time helping Zwun Zhi SOU
80 der his fortune. He has got down
-. the level of professional card shar]
~ now, it seems. Did you notice
~, playfulness with the piano? TIL
~ careless key taps read, first 'A-C-
~ ~, next, FACE informing his fris
~ in the game that his adversary b
the ace and four face cards in
hand"
=. It was to the captains room at
!. nearest police station that they t,
nS the man from the piano. When
10 arrived there Marvel looked him O
W critically.
-n Take off his shoe, Lott" he 6
simply. This was done, with some
9eu sistance on the part of the prison
,eu To the ankle the barred mem
an showed peculiar reddish brown.
s VOC You are Napoleon Ducroix," sp
'ne Marvel, "and there is no need of 81
=. ing for Emil Lafort to prove it.
MS tells me your distinguishing marks
req pair of feet marked still from )
1GQ la rnrrion IN i've % -