The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-11-16


h: stammered
NAnd in sudden access Of rage he
caught HIM by the throat and tried to
throw him down. Notwithstanding
his FIFTY years. he was still man Of
uncommon vigor, whereas his adver-
|: Try seemed quite out of condition.
And what a master stroke it would
backl
The struggle was short Arsene
Lupin hardly made a movement in
defense and Canimard let 20 as
promptly as he had attacked. His
right arm hung numbcd and lifcless
by his side.
IF they taught you jiu-jitsu at the
Quai dcs Oreyres."' said Lupin, you
would know that they call this move
ment udi-shi-ghi in Japanese"
Canfmard was silent This escape.
for which he held himself response
ble--was it not he who, by his sensa-
tional evidence, had diverted the ends
of justice?-this escape seemed to
him to mark the disgrace of his ca
reer. A tear trickled slowly down
his cheek howard his gray mustache.
dont take e eoGMdEn s that. me- Ganm na
spoken 1 Should have arranged ne aHu for
some one else to speai:. Come, come.
how could I lave allowed them to
dru7" =
so it was you that were thcrc."
mnttcred Ganitnard. "And it is you
that are here" -
| Yes, /, :, no one but me-"
but. your face? Your eycs?"
You can modify. your appearance
ton of parafin puffs up your skin to
just the extent desired. Pyrogallic
acid turns you into a Cherokee In
dian. Celandin- juice adorns you
most pleasing kind. 4 certain chemi-;
cal process affects the growth of
your haif and beard. another the
sound OF your voice. Add to that.
two months of dieting in Cell "a. in
with his particular grimacc and car
rying my head at this angle and my
back at this stoop. Lastly, FIVE drops
of atropine in the eyes to make them
haggard and dilatcd, and the trick is
don -w
"But Desire Baudru 7"
"BaudrL is a real person. He is a
poor, harmless oeggar whom l met
last year. and whose features are
Forcsceing an always possible arrest.
l placed him in safekeeping, and APP
Piled myself froEl the first to picking
out the points of dissimilarity be-
~ zen us, SO as to diminish these in
nyself 40 far as could. Ny friends
made him pass night at the police
station in such 9. way that he left at
about the same .imc a. I did and the
Soincidense could be easily estab-
sary that his passage should be
ttaceable, else the lawyers would
have wanted to know who l was;
whereas, by offering them that excel
lent Baudru Ismadc it inevftablc-do
you follow mel-incivtable that they
should jump at him. in spite of the in
.'fhountable difficulties of a substi-
tutioh-pfcfer to believe in that SUBJ
stitution rather than admit their ig-
nornlec."
"Y.s. yes. that's true" muttered
i. Ars.ne Lupin suddenly seized Can
imard's hand.
Look here, CanImard, confess
that, week after our interview at the
Sante prison, lou stayed in for me, at
4 O'clock, as / asked you tor"
And your prison van?" said Cant
!: mard, evading the question.
faxed up that old discarded van and
substituted it for the other, and they
wanted t. try the experiment. But l
knew that it was impracticable with
out the cooperation Of exceptional
circumstances. Only l thought it
useful t. complete this attempted es-
cape and to give it the proper pub
lieity. A first escape. boldly planned.
gave to the second the full value of
an ssf &C realized in advance"
so the cigar d. :"
"Was saooped out by myself; and
the knife. too"
And the notes"
written by me-"
And the mysterious eorrespon-
dent"
"shc and I vare one. can write
any hand ] p1c@se.
! Canimard though for a moment.
and said
"And what are you going to do
Now exclaimed Lupin. 81 am
going to take a rest, feed myself up.
i and gradually .. come myself again.
It's all ve:J we'll to be Bandru-or an
other. to change your personality az
!. you would your boots, and TO select
your appearance. your voice. your
expression, your handwriting. But
there comes time when you cease
to know yourself amid all these
ichanges, and that is very sad. / feel
at present as thu man must have felt
who lost MS shadow. 1 am gong to
look for myself and to find
myself"
4 He walked up and down. The day
light wa. wani.g. He stopped in
front of Canimard.
I'VE said all that we had to say
tc each ether, suppose"
mo, replied the inspector. II
mould like to Low if you intend to
publish the truth abou. your escape
= and the mistake l made
"Oh, one will ever know that lie
was Arserc Lupin that was released.
! have too grca- an interest to serve
II heapii up the most mysterious
dizziness arounc me. and ] should
its al..-ost miraculotf5 character. So
] have no fear my dear friend. and