The Washington times., 1919-03-17
By GUY DE TERAMoND.
synOp.ia Of Preceding Chapters.

Synopsis of Preceding Chapters.
Luclen DeIorme presents letters Of
Introduction 10 Nine. Armelin and reE-
tsters at her boarding house sic
makes the acquaintance OF Airs. Tank
cry. rich AmeFieaa widow. and
,Guates Ian general, Domingo
Mra Tankery. about sixty. carries
about with her - fortune In jewels
Mra Tsnkery il found dead In her
rOom-murdered. After an lnvestleA-
tion DelOrme's Is suspected. Later De-
The Baron Piucke meets Delorme
and reveals detailE O2S tTansactten ne
intends to carry out.
Meanwhile, the fame pf the rars
jewels OF the Cosnte D. Al fazoif- ViscosA
eEeiteB cOnsiderable comment throuh n
out Paris. and q clever organiZatlon
Of thieves, the A Band. piots 10 So
them They. lease an adjoining apart
ment
DeIorrns comes to see the Jewels.
which have been offered as security
for q loan, and TO the surprise OF tne
connte and his associates announces to
them that the safe supposed 70 con
tain them is empty. The "A pane s as
eide to force an entrance TO the ssLea;, ssa,
Accomplishing their purpose they HhN
the vault empty OF jewels.
Delorms 10 seized while at tns
comte's apartment and left TO Ole IN
the jewel safe. To avert suspicion, hi'
clothinE 30 piled on the DUAL JaNeI
Baron PIucke, hnanciers seeks ald OF
Delorme IN solving murder OF a rele-
tive, the circumstances OF whlch arc
almost Identical with the TankeEy
tragedy. The Maharsjah OF Poud-
hukurrah sends an agent TO Baron
Plueke seeking 20 borrow Si5 oOO'OOo
on the royal Jewels.
Burglars break the safe and are
seized with terror when DelOrms
springs out.
Lueien falls in love with Georgette.
one of the assassins. and has another
miraculous escape from death.
""Those fuses have burst again"
exclaimed my aunt.
But while she rushed out to get
a lamp. my cousin and the doctor
stood motionless within bewilder-
ment, asking themselves IL they,
too, were not the victims, in their
turn. OF a hallucination: before
them On my bed, two phosphores-
cent spots pierced the darkness.
"The physician, recovering his
GOODNESS. was trying to discover
with his fingers the exact place
from which these twin lights could
proceed. when ne suddenly uttered
a stlfled exclamation:
why. Il IS his eyes th8t are lu-
minous! One would say that they
prcd=ced A sort OF X-ray.'
Array repeated Marise bewil-
dered.
"It IS not possible: continued the
practician, under his breath as II
he were talking 10 himself? One
would have 10 suppose the I'M
probable hypothesis hat he has
swallowed a tube or radium. .
Doctor 7 interrupted laugh
Ing. at the price per gramme my
means would not allow me to in
duICe In such banquetsn
WHO is talking OF them re-
torted the physician. Has the hu-
man body the capacity TO absorb
only through deglutItion? But he
added instantly, often a pleasant
philosophy Is right in affirming
that truth always progresses
through error; here is an ObJec-
tion that perhaps viii put us on
the right track! Wasn't II this
morning that you came to my Of
flee for me 10 remove a small san
guino-vascular growth from your
nostril?
This very morning. doctor
- applied a dressing?'
"'Yes
which. according to my treat
ment. was an application OF rsdium
Well. then he continued, growing
animated. we may suppose that ar
infinitesimRl atom was detached
penetrated under your skin, LODGED
in n corner Cf your nose -
But. doctor. that isn't thu way
= we see"