Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-10-10
c11ArTEI. SEVENTIES. m:oa,,nued

INN Cts LIN y lJlGss C:GnliflAtQ' =
Aud tlicll-and then, even sup.
posing that all the chances were
favorable, was it not too late I?
taking Tor granted that they
huntcd down the wild beast, that
they drove him to bay. would he
not meanwhile have Killed his
ORGY? Knowing himself beaten,
would a monster Of that kind hes
Natc to add ono more murder to
ulc long list Of his crimcs9
And this, to Don Luis, was the
drowning terror. After. oil the
difficulties which. ip his stub
bornly confident imagination, he
had managed to surmount, ne was
brought face to face with the nor
tiblc vision of Florence being see
uiiced, of Florence dead!
"Oh, the torture OF it!' he
s~iammercd. [ alone could have
succceoed; and they shut me
upi"
Hc hardly put himself out 10
inquire into the reasons for which
NJ. Dcsmalions, suddenly chang
ing Ills mind, had consented to his
arrest, thus bringing back to life
that troublesome Arsenc Jlupin
with whom the police had not
hitherto cared to hamper them
selves. No, that did not interest
him. Florence alone mattcred.
And the minutes passed and each
minute wasted brought Florence
nearer to her doom.
He remembered q similar oc-
cassion when. some years before,
TIC waited i'll the same way for the
door Of his cell 10 opcr. and the
German Emperor to appear. But
how much greater was the SOL
emnity Of the present moment!
Before, it was at the very most,
his liberty that WAS at stake. This
time it was Norence's life which
fate vas about to offer Or refuse
him.
FLORENCE! Norencei' he kept
repeating in his despair.
Hc no longer had a doubt of
her innocence. Nor did he doubt
that the other loved her and had
carried her off mot SO much for
the hostage Of a covertcd fortune
AZ for q love spoil. which a man
destroys if he cannot keep it.
HFlorcncc! Notence!'
Hc was suffering from an ex-
tracrdinary fit Of depression. His
defeat seemed irretrieyabAc. There
was no question of Fastening
after Florence. of. catching the
murderer. Den Luis was in pris-
OF. uIder hi. owa name of
Arsene Lupin; and the whole
problem lay in knowing how long
he would remain there, for
months Or for years!
1t was then that he fully real
lied what his love for Florence
meant. Hc perceived that it took
the place in his life Of his former
passions, his craving for luxury,
his desire for mastery, his pleas
ure in fighting, his ambition, his
revenge. For two moaths he had
been struggling to ssyin Tor and
for nothing Csc. qfpo after
the truth and the puniahment Of
the criminal were to him no more
than means Of saving Florence
from the dangers that threatened
her.
L Florence had Is die, If it was
TOO late to snatch her from the
enemy, in Shat case ~ might "a,
VIII remain III PRISM, :1ryohh:
kupin spending ssthb .rest-ol b;s
days IN . Observation-Disclosures Nm
: fitting end s.0jks-1rJtiE lif2 al
imam who had not even been able
q win the love Of :theSonly woman
Aa had really loved.
was = passing mood and. be-
tpg totally opposed Is Don Luis's,
sAAt1re. finished abruptly IN i
3Dtate. Of utter confidence which
~ longer admitted no least par.
s3SclH u anxiefy % doubt. The
IMnn hadtiseph Aeecll Ggaddal-'
vecame Gilledeih 6nniaRt.
~ E1aia seEeM6erl