The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1918-07-25
THE
E OF THE TIGER
MAURICE LEBLANC
TRANSLATED BY
EIXEIRA DE MATTOS
CHAPTER TWELVE. Continued

CHAPTER TWELVE. tContinued.)
Impossible, Monster lie Pre-
fet," said a third voice, which
Don Luis recognized as that Of
Weber, the deputy chief detective.
"Impossible. We made certain
yesterday, that unless he has
wings"
"Then what do you think,
Weber,"
81 think, Monster lie Prefet,
that he is concealed in the house.
Thissis an old house and probably
contains some safe hiding place
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"Of course, of course" said M.
Desmalions, whom Don Luis, peep
ing through the curtains, saw
walking to and fro in front Of the
;alcove. you're right; and we
shall catch him in his burrow.
Only, is it really necessarily"
Monsieur lie Prefet!'
"Well, you know my opinion on
the subject, which is also the
Prime Minister'S opinion. I'm
earthing Lupin would be a blum
der which we should end by re-
greeting. After all, he's become
AN honest man, you know; he's
useful to us and he does no harm
-"
"No harm, Monster lie Prefet 2
do you Think SOL" said Weber
stiffly.
M. Desmalions burst out laugh
ing.
"Oh, of course, Yesterdays
trick, the telephone trick! You
must admit it was funny. The
Premier had to hold his sides
when / told him Of it,"
"Upon my word, l see nothing
to laugh att"
"No, but, all the same, the ras-
cal is never at a loss. Funny or
not, the trick was extraordinarily
daring. To cut the telephone wire
before your eyes and then block
ade you behind that iron curtain !!
by the way, Mazeroux, you must
get the telephone repaired this
morning, SO as to keep i'll touch
with the office. Have you begun
your search in these two rooms?"
GAS you ordered, Monsieur lie
Prefet. The deputy chief and /
have been hunting round for the
last hour"
eyes" said NJ. Desmalions,
stthat Florence Levasseur strikes
me as a troublesome creature. She
is certainly an accomplice. But
what were her relations with Sau-
verand and what was her cOnnec-
ton with Don Luis Perenna ?
That's what l should like to know.
Have you discovered nothing in
her papersf'
"No, Monsieur lie Prefet," said
MazerOux. Nothing but bills
and tradesmen'sletters.
"And you, Weber?"
"I've found something very in
~tcresting, Monsieur lie Prefet."
Weber spoke in a triumphant
tone, and, in answer to M. Des-
nations question, went ON:
"This is a volume of Shake
speare, Monsieur lie Prefet; Vol
ume VIII. You will see that con
trary to the other volumes, the in
side is empty and the binding
forms a secret receptacle for hid
ing documents"
eyes. What sort Of docu-
mentsY"
Here they r sheets of paper,
blank sheets, all but three. One Of
them gives a list of the dates on
which the mysterious letters were
to appear"
@'Oho y said M. Desmalions.
"'That's a crushing piece of evil
dcnee against Florence Levasseur.
And also it tells us where Don
Iass got his list from"
Perenna listened with surprise
he had. utterly forgotten this par
ticular; and CASTOR Sauverand
had made no reference to it in his
narrative. And yet it was a
strange and serious detail. From
whom had Florence received that
list-of dates?
And what's on the other two
sheetsfR asked M. Desmalions.
Don Luis pricked up his ears.
Those two other sheets. had es-
capped his attention on the day of
his interview with Florence inthis
room.
"Here is one Of them," said
Weber.
"a. DesmaliOns took the paper
and read:
Bear in mind that the explosion
Is indepedent Of the letters. and
tina 1t will take place at 3 O'Clock
an the morning"
StYea - he aaid Hthn famous Ak.