The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1918-10-10

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lice was entirely Of my opinion.
THE work which you were pursu-
ing was a salutary work of JUS
tee; and your assistance was SO
! valuable to us that we strove to
spare you any sort of annoyance.
AS Don Luis Perenna was fight
ing the good fight, we left Arsene
Lupin in the background. I'm
fortunately"
, Valerglay paused again and
declared:
Unfortunately, Monsieur lie
Project de Police last night re
Iceived a denunciation, supported
by detailed proofs accusing you Of
being Arsene Lupin.'
'Impossible!' cried Don Luis.
That is a statement which no
one is able to prove by material
evidence. ArseLe Lupin is
dead.
IF you like" Valenglay
agreed. But that does not show
that Don Luis Perenna is alive.
Don Luis Perenna has duly
legalized existence, Monsieur lie
President.
4" Perhaps. But it is disputed.
By whom? There is only one
man who would have the right;
and to accuse me would be his
own undoing. | cannot believe
him to be stupid enough"
Stupid enough, no; but crafty
enough, yes
. You mean Caceres, the Peru
Wan attache?'
Yes.
but he is abroadn'
More than that; he is a fugi-
tive from justice, after embez-
cling funds Of his legation. But be
fore leaving the country he signed
a statement that reached us yes
terday evening, declaring that he
faxed up complete record for
You under the name of Don luis
Perenna. Here is your CORES
pondence with him and here are
all the papers establishing the
truth of his allegations. Any one
will be convinced, on examining
them, first, that you are not Don
Luis Perenna, and, secondly, that
You are Arsene Lupin.
Don Luis made an angry ges-
ture.
THAT BLACKBOARD of a Caeeres
is mere TOOL" he snarled. 'sThe
other mans behind him, has paid
him, and is controlling his actions.
1t IS the scoundrel himself; / rec
ognize his touch. He has once
more tried to get rid of me at the
decisive moment"
L am quite willing to believe
IT, said the Prime Minister.
= But as all these documents, ac-
eordlng to the letter that came
with them, are only photographs,
and as, if you are not arrested
TINS morning, the originals are to
pe handed to leading Paris
newspaper tonight, we are oblig-
ed to take note of the accuse
ton"
But, Monsieur lie President. 2
exclaimed Don Luis, as Caceres
is abroad and as the ,scoundrel
who bought the papers Of him
,vas also obliged to take to flight
before he was able to execute his
threats, there is no fear now that
the documents will be handed to
the press
How do we know The enemy
must have taken his precautions
He may have accomplices Z,
He has none.,,..
z How do we know?',
Don Luis looked at Valenglav
and said s:
What is it that you really
wish to say, Monsieur lie Pres;.
dent7'' 20
II will tell you. Although
pressure was brought to bear IN
on us by Caceres s threats. Mon
sieur lie Project de Police, anxious
to see all possible light shed on
the plot played by Florence I,e-4
yassenr, did not interfere with
your last nights expedition. AS
that expedition led to nothing he
determined, at any rate, to profit
by the fact that Don Luis had
placed himself at our disposal and
to arrest Arsene Lupin.
I we now let him go the docu-
ments will certainly be published
ana You can see the absurd and
ridiculous position in which that
will place US in the eyes Of the
public. Well, at this very m,