The Washington times., 1919-02-17
Man With X-Ray Eyes
THE STRANGEST STORY YOU EVER READ.
Clamart Reads in Newspaper That
Apparel of DelOrme Has Been Found
on Bank of the Seine-Suicide?

ccrely." said the latter, and I beg
you to believe that you have my best
wishes for the speedy arrest OF
your burglars. AS for me, SFhen
TIE gems are found. 1 shall be
gain at your service for the loan.
You have my promise"
Three hours after. having made .
hasty visit to the Rue Vezelay,
where they examined, with curl
osity. the exploit Of the wall-cut-
ters. the travellers returned 80 the
Villa Atlantis.
Night had closed in.
Juliette turned on the electricity
and, at the dining room table, after
the cOmte had given a detailed ac-
count of the interview with n
Clamart, the two men consulted
concerning what it would be best
to do in future.
"One thing at a time" Nam in
stantly declared. The Jewels will
be restored to US when il is
necessary. You can believe thas
when the newspapers announce that
they were brought back for a very
large sum OF money and the formal
promise to reveal no names, our
burglars, no matter what differences
they may draw, may not contradict
il. As for the Avenue Mozart mur-
der, IL will soon be an old story,
neither more nor less than the one
in the Avenue d'Antin. Come, we
can sleep sOundly. But" he in
stantly added, that is solely on con-
ditiOn that the individual doesn't
come again to put a spoke In our
wheels. So long as he lives he will
be a perpetual menace suspended
over our heads. First OF all, he must
disappear"
THAT is my opinion, too" replied
the comte coldly; "this man Is one
too many under the sun. Let US lose
no precious time in seeking what
we do not know, neither how he es-
capped. nor why he does not speak.
For, after all. his silence-his dis
appearance-you will confess that
his conduct is at least queer. Any
one else, as soon as he got out o.
the safe, would have gone to tell
everything to the police"
mo doubt he has reasons for thati
Who tells you that, as Clamart be-
lieyes, he may not-belOng to the
hand that robbed Us? But no mat
teri We must set out at once n
pursuit OF him and see that if he
escaped US once ne doesn't do IL a
second time. I'll start my campaign
tomorrow"
"And how? Looking for him in
Paris would be like trying to ind a
needle in a hay-mOw."
Didn't his hat and oveTcoat have
the name OF the provincial shop
keeper
Il don't recoIlect their names. but
I remember the city, it is Eu Lower
Seine)."
''On the Northern line, just before
YOU reach TTepOrt- -Four thousand
inhabitants. Ancient church, his
toric chateau belonging to -'
Il didn't ask you to recite a page
of the guidebOok- The main thing
is that it should be unimportaut
enough for me to find without diff
Guilty a man named Lucien Deiorme.
How far is it from here by the
autO?"
Two hours, perhaps-or two hours
and a half"
Il will be there tomorrow, and I
don't give myself a week to finish
my investigation. Then q"
His gesture. initiating the move
ment OF the famous steel wire
around the necks OF his victims, nm
lSned MS LnOugnL-
NO" said the comte. striking the
table, that would be a bIunder!"
What do you meant"
This. To find this man is right.
To rid ourselves of him is necessary.
But that is not all. Doesn't il ap-
pear to you indispensable that we
ShOuld know how he learned facts
concerning us OF which everyone
81 he fr~nn~anN Ahnr-. al -
we should know whether he is the
only person who is informed OF
them? 1t seems to me that we have
a special interest in guarding our
selves against possible surprises in
the future
The Hindoo reflected an instant
Il do not share your view. What
is the use OF arguing with a man
who is in your way? To suppress
him is the quickest and surest
method. Besides, how will You
make him speak? What means will
YOU employ? Offer him money?
That is riskinE the chance OF COM
promising ourselves dangerously,
and perhaps without result. Nor do
I see you burning the sOles Of his
feet, or inflicting the water torture
upon him to loosen his tonguen'
Nam" replied his companion
slowly, you have never faced any
thing in life except it's material
sides and it's lowest realities. Ara
YOU then ignorant OF the most pow
erful and the most irresistible force
that there is on earth. the force
which. capable of changing the face
of the world. of making mountains
meet, of revOIutionizing all man
kind, can alone unseaI the lips
most firmly clOsed?"
And that is-?" asked the Hin
doc. in a jeerinE tone:
Love, Nam. This man will speak,
he will speak when he is in love:
We have no secrets from the woman
we love"
and the woman he will love?''
will be Juliette."
The latter. who is listening silent
", raised her head.
The latter. who was listening 81
lcntly. raised her head.
~"
You, my child, who will find
yourself. just at the right moment.
in his path. and to whose charms
he will succumb, like so many 9TH
makers model, Russian princess,
young widow with dark, light, or
red hair? Wen decide about that
later. But, whichever it may be.
this man, desperately captivated
by you, will gradually tell you all
that we want to learn from him.