The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1918-02-07
"Anothcr word, major" cried

it"tby Will 20 OuL. NiuSI say W,
have nice way of sparing m,
modesty T.
My dear Perema, )" repliee
Comtc d 'Astrignac. Il always TOLD
you that YOU had every good quail
ity and only one fault, which wa.
hat you were not Frenchman.
And always answered, major
that was French on my mother :
side and a Frenchman in heart anG
temperament. There are things
which only q Frenchman can do. >
The two men again gripped each
other S hand affectionately.
| Come, said the. project, 1--WE
will say no more of your feats OF
Iprowess, monsieur, nor of this re-
port. | will mention one thing,
however, which is that, after two
years, you fell into an ambush of
20 Berbers. that you were cap
tlred, and that You did not rejoin
/ the legion until last month";
Just so, Monsieur lie Prefet, in
time to receive my discharge, as
my five years service was up
lfSt how did Mr.. Cosmo Morn
ing'aa olne to mention you in his
will, a-hen, at the time when he
was making it, you had disap-
pcared from view for Is monthsf"
| "Cosmo and l used to CORE
spond. y
Whatl"
Yes" and l had informed him
of my approaching escape and my
return to Paris.
But how did you manage itq
Where were youf And how did
you find the means9 -"
Don Luis smiled without an
swering.
Monte Cristo, this time said
M. Desmalions. ''The mysterious
Monte Cristo.''
Monte Cristo, if You Like, Mon
sieur lie Prefet. In point Of fact,
the mystery Of my captivity and
escape is rather strange one, 1t
may be interesting to throw some
light upon it one of these days.
Meanwhile, I must ask for little
credit. "
A silence ensued. M. Desmalions
once more inspected this curious
individual; and he could not re-
fraim from saying, as though in
obedience to an association of
ideas for which he himself was un-
able to account:
One word more, and one only.
What were your comrades reas-
ons for giving you that rather odd
nickname Of Arsene Lupin7 Was
it just an allusion to your pluck,
to your physical strength"
There was something besides,
Monsieur lie Project: the discov-
ry Of a very curious theft, Of which
certain details, apparently incapa-
bic of explanation, had enabled me
to name the perpetrator."
So you have gift for that
sort of thing9''
Yes, Monsieur lie Prefet, GER
tain knack which I had the oppor
tunity of employing in Africa on
more than one occasion. Hence
my nickname Of Arsene Lupin. 1t
was soon after the death Of the
man himself, you know, and he
was much spoken Of at the time. =
Was it as serious theft7''
Y 1t was rather; and it happened
to be committed upon Cosmo
Mornington, who was then living
in the province Of Oran. That was
really what started our relations. 2
There was fresh silence; and
Don Luis added:
Poor Cosmo! That incident
gave him an unshakable conf
dence in my detective talents. He
was always saying, Perenna, if /
die murdered he had a fixed no.
ton in his head that he would
meet with a violent deathsif I
die murdered, swear that you will
pursue the culprit. z
His presentiment was not JUS
titled, 9 said the project Of police.
s Cosmo Mornington was not muir
dered. =
That's where you make mis-
take, Monsieur lie Prefet,'' said
Don Luis.
AZ. Desmalions gave q start.
What! What's thatf Cosmo
Mornington
# say that Cosmo Mornington
did not die, as you think, Of q
|carelessly administered injection,
but that he died, as he feared he