The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1918-10-24
Sssssar-rER EIGHTEEN-contlnued.)

&skzsszg place. My five secret
.ase.Stts collected all the arms dur
mig eae might. They dashed the
e1rExezs 10 the ground and broke
z0aM- They removed the bullets
xsssss GAeir pistols. They damped
ska ssswder. Everything was
reaky for ringing up the eur
zass@.
HzAEogiay bowed.
Wy compliments! You are a
a1zssn Of resource. And your
scAwYse was not lacking in charm.
Ess A take it that your five ladies
'usssp prcttyf"
Esssn Luis put on a bantering ex-
1srxxssn. He closed his eyes, as if
Go. sg.=zil his bliss, and let fall the
.-sxses word:
NsaEsT'
VIC cpithet gave rise to a burst
.mf ~sssriment. But Don Luis, as
-ekxxassh an a hurry to finish his
ssssr,Y. at once went on:
En any case, they saved my
Bss, she hussies, and their aid
aeuxx failed nae. My AZ watch
.sfasvs. deprived of their arms and
'ssssxssg with fear in those soil
'fyas~s where everything is a trap
;xnss where death lies in wait for
.yess at any minute, gathered
'restss2 me as their real protector.
Whuss we joined the great tribe
tea which they belonged | was
rthrzs actual chief. And it took me
fezs SHAN three months of dang
= gsned in common, of ambushes
dsS~afed under my advice, Of
r@stss and pillages effected by my
efssrxssen, to become the chief al
SO esS the whole tribe.
II spoke their language, I prac-
'eses-a their religion, / wore their
sSrrszs, L conformed to their GUS
saSzssa alas! had | not five wives9
Hesn11erth, my dream, which had
agrSsaasiiy taken definite shape in
'ysF snind, became possible.
"a sent one of my most faith
ifsh adkerents to France with 60
>IetSrrs to hand to 60 men whose
ssaaEsxs and addresses he learned
by acart. Those 60 men were GO
.~ssssrsSiaies whom Arsene Lupin
Has xts35anded before he threw
hssa%H from the Capri cliffs. All
has& retired from business, with
a b.saralred thousand francs apiece
Ia ready money and a small trade
or public post to keep them oc-
~esssd- 1 had provided one with
a nsstsaecoiist' shop, another with
. sob as a park keeper, others
xsa mnecures in the government
~e0ffsrrs I'm short, they were re-
SSnectable citizens.
"To all Of them-whether pub
J.. servants, farmers, municipal
SsssNsailors, grocers, sacristans, or
sEsssl Eot-l wrote the same letter
asIssEs the same offer, and gave
fts~ sxsae instructions in last they
stsseissd accept. Monsieur
Is y'os=adent, [ thought that, Of
Sse 90, 10 or Is at most would
csssess and join me: 60 came, Mon
ssissr &c President, 60, and not one
ses~s Sixty men punctually ar
syrvvaa at the appointed place.
On fhe day fixed, at the hour
ESxsed, my old armed cruiser, the
Asxendam, which h ey had
areaIght back, anchored in the
s.assssh Of the Wady Draa, on the
Azsartic coast, between Cape Nun
ard Cape Judy. Two longboats
pied TO and fro and landed my
frssfssts and the munitions OF war
Tsa1eAs they had brought with
'szexs- camp furniture, quick fir
asses grIns, ammunition, motor
a-ssasa, stores and provisions, trad
~~-@- 49," ."" r'"s" hoa =. and cases
or sss-. as well, for my GO good
tssx and true had insisted on
tassafg their share of the old pro
nsss 1sta cash and on putting into
thv new venture the six million
fs-szssss which they had received
lfaa-, the governor.
Need | say more, Monsieur lie
iEss.sI,Aents Must | tell you what
80 ens:f IKE Arsene Lupin was
stsheSs no attempt seconded by 60
-f3ss7: fellows Of that stamp and
tsssSedttysan army of 10000 we'll
;sszss-,i and well trained Moorish
~fa'sssaa-sf lie attempted it; and
lhA~ zaaccess was unparalleled.
si0 not .think that there has
e.Sss been an idyl like that.
'tEsssasgh which we lived during
'rssase rs months, first on the
.As.ssssts sf the Atlas range and
'ther sn the internal plains of the
SzRs,a: an idyl OF heroism, of pri-
sakA1. of superhuman torture