The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-06-21
CHAPTER VII
The Fancy Dress Ball.

r ANFERLOT seated himself NJ IN"
- table with Prosper and Nerduret ana
gave the latter his report 'feStcr-
day said he. my master, the
count, walked out nj about 2 o'clock
followed him II was a good joke Hr
went 10 the Grand Archangcl TO see MAJ.
anne Gypsy Finding her gone he hurried
hack 10 hts hotel where De Lagors await
cd him
The little dcvll has run or said the
count They both appeared much ver"d
and uneasy" what does she know
asked Raoul Nothing but what | told
YOU answered the count, but that is
too much We ought to get rid OF tho
t'tls baggage They ten set about
thinking up some means Of rendering
Nina harmless "
In tho evening according TO Fanfcrlot,
the count had gone 10 call upon Madame
Fauvel lie had after long call. como
out NJ the house looking angry and mad
arisen next morning in n very bad tenn
! per Bnoul hnd come TO see him and tn"
| two had q furious row De tlamrran
| had seized De lagors nv the throat and
would have stranglcd him had not Raoul
whipped out long knife They spoke
lin English. 70 Fanferlot could not say
what had been the subject ot the quar-
rel but he continually caught the word
! money" that much English h" under
stood
When Raoul was leaving. Ne Clnmcron
had snid. Since this is inevitable. you
/ had better remain at homo Rt Ncslnet
, this evening Ncrduret made no com
ment upon FnnfcrlOt's report. but made
him hurry back to the count. II was get
! ting late and the walters were beginning
! TO light the gas when the clerk. tRvail-
| Ion, entered tho cafe. He looked around
TO see that no one was observing hlm
and then handed Ncrduret package.
saying They found " I'm n cupboard ~
/ lie pressed rrospcr's hand at the same
time The package was u handsomely
! bound prRyerhuOk When Prosper looked
NJ the book he turned ms pale ms n ghost
| He recognized II Rs one he had given
Madelein" upon the day Of their be
/ trothnl Several pages were missing
II gave II 20 Madeleine" he fnl-
| tered And lSgors is to be- NJ HON" at
Noslnet this evening replied Nefdurct
| Come. We shall see ?" without stopping
To say word to Cnvaillon he left the
I place, dragging Prosper with him He
/ hurried along toward cab stand. saving,
DO YOU know this house which houl
| has n; Vcsnct'' Prosper did. and.
driven hv heavily subsidized cahmen.
they drove ~ that suburb Leaving the
| cab NJ wiu'shop in the village. they
/ proceeded ON foot 10 Wouls house. II
was Am Isolated building standing In tho
midst Of large garden \ light burned
IN one ut the rooms " the story above
the ground floor
They saw u cab standing before the un.
locked garden gate Nerdurct began 10
J question the Cnhmpn but was only met
! by threat that n hc did not go away
he would call for help We must find
some other way ~ entering than by this
gate said Ncrduret They disappeared
/ In the darkness and managed to scale
/ tho wall ON the other side OF the garden
/ What room is that In which the light is
/ burning asked Nerdutct II is mouls
/ bedroom Where do the servants
Sleep 'Inoul has none now. he Ia
/ waited ON 10y man and his wife who
live In the village"
/ Prosper who, from having visited the
ulnre go often, was familiar with the
'pfemlocs, said. There ought to he lad
der under those trees The very thiug
Nc must Set y took into that room
They found the ladder 1, wRs not long
enough 90 reach the window, hut Nctdu.
rc' rnlsed one end ON his shoulder. tho
Iupr'f eui resting against the house wall
ana told Prosper TO mount After one
look Prosper came rapidly down the lad.
dfr Slipping as he did 80, and falling to
thu ground
Fortunately for them. a tempest had
arisen which with lts wind and rain and
the moaning ot the trees. drowned the
sounds ot their operations II saw
NhNrl"lne DO YOU understand Made.
lolne' Ito nlmos, sDhbcd. rising to his
ig,i She IA thcre. alone with RRoul
Hold this ladder" commanded Nerdu.
ret Prosper obcyed and hts companion
mounted 'o tho window n was AN no
could do lo mako Prosper do no he snid
The holt.C'nted Young man vps Tor rush.
ing INTO the house and confronting the
rBir W the bedroom
, When \crdutet looked In the window IA,
, saw Noul seated by tho tiir knrrklnr
the Goals With the tongH while he Us,snr,
to the angry and energetic word. nj
! dadcloinr. who was standing b, a t,bi,
IN the middle ~ the room iIe could moi
henr what was said FINALLY Madeleine
appnrutly changed hcl threats tn en-,
treaties Several times she seemed /,
lenv" tho room and then returned As I
asking favor and unwilling 60 leave tn,
house until ahe had obtained n
Al last she seemed 20 have uttered
something decisive tUr Moul arose and
taking bundle " papers from y close,
threw them ON the table UnmiNnkshN
they wete pawn tickets Madplein,
turned them over a. n seeking some pat
ticulat ones She selected three. disd,in
fully pushed the others aside and haush
tilv left the room Rnuul smiling q ryn
icsl smile. took up the lamp TO lisht hs
downstairs Ncrdutet swiftly desccnds,
and imposing silence and caution upoi
Prosper, peek~d around the cotner ~ IN,
building to see Raoul conduct MAdelein,
10 the ftont gate. he saw her enter m,
waiting cob and saw Ne LAgors teturi
to the house
Then IN the darkness and tho storu
Prospect and Nordurtt found their wa,
TO the. ynase. The cabmsn who ha,