Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-05-02

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tory and of gaining it in accord
ance with the wishes and require
ncnts of the authorities"
And so, by a sudden change in
the 81. lation, after a series of ex-
ceptional circumstances, the po-
|lice themselves, bowling before
Don Luis Perenna's superior
qualities Of mind, acknowledging
all that he had already done and
~foreseeing all that he would be
able to do, decided to back him up,
begging for his assistance, and
offering him, so to speak, the COM
mand Of affairs.
1t was a flattering compliment.
Was it addressed only to Don Luis
Perenna! And had Lupin, the
terrible, undaunted' Lupin, no
right to claim his sharee Was it
possible 10 believe that M. Desma-
lions. in his heart Of hearts, did
not admit the identity Of the two
persons2
Nothing in the projects atti-
tude gave any clue to his secret
thoughts. He was suggesting to
Don Luis Perenna one of those
compacts which the police ere
often obliged to conclude in order
to gain their ends. The compact
; was concluded, and no more was
said upon the subject.
"Do you want any particulars
of met" asked the project of po-
lice.
eyes, Monsieur lie Prefet. The
papers spoke of q notebook found
in poor Inspector Verot's pocket.
Did the notebook contain a clue of
any kind9"
"No. Personal notes, lists of dis
bursements, that's all. Wait, l
was forgetting, there was q photo
graph of a woman, about which
l have not yet been able to obtain
the -lsast information. Besides, I
don't suppose that it bears upon
the case and l have not sent it to
the newspapers. Look, here it is"
Perenna took the photograph
which the project handed him and
gave a start that did not escape
NJ. Desmalions' eye.
edo you know the ladyi"
emo. No, Monsieur lie Prefet. 1
thought 1 did; but no, there's
merely a resemblance family
likeness, which | will verify if you
can leave the photograph with me
till this evening""
"Till this evening, yes. When
you have done with it, give it back
to Sergeant Mazeroux, whom 1
will order to work in concert with
you in everything that relates to
the Mornington case"
The interview was now over.
The project went away. Don Luis
saw him to the door. As M. Des-
malions was about to go down the
steps, he turned and said simply i:
"You saved my life this morn
ing. But for you, that scoundrel
Sauverand-"
ooh, Monsieur lie Prefet!" said
Don Luis, modestly protesting.
Yes, l know, you are in the
habit Of doing that sort of thing.
All the same, you must accept my
thanks"
And the project of police. made
q bow such as he would really
have made to Don Luis Perenna,
the Spanish noble, the hero Of the
Foreign legion. As for Weber, he
put his two hands in his pockets,
walked past with the look Of a
muzzlcd mastiff, and gave his enc
my q glance Of fierce hatred.
"By Jupiter!" thought Don
Luis. There's q fellow who won't
miss me when he gets q chance to
shooti"
Looking through . window, he
saw NJ. Desmalion's motor car
drive off. The detectives fell in
behind the deputy chief and left
the Place du Palais-B Bourbon. The
siege was raised.
"And now to workl" said Don
Luis. "My hands arc free, and we
shall make things hum"
He called the b1faAr.
"sefve lunch; and ask MILE