The Washington times., 1919-02-06
By GUY DE TERAMoND.


the cRbby who drove him TO Nine.
Armeiin'S family boarding house in
Paris points out the places OF note TO
30 him. presents letters OF Introduction to
that cautious lsudlGdy and registers.
Al dinner, he makes the acquaintance
Of his fellow hoardefA These are
Mrs. Tankerys rich American widow.
whose room adiOins that OF DeiOrneB
and q Guatemslau general. DomiREOy
Lopez, a man ofamygterI. -
Mrs. Tankery, about sixty, carries .
about with her fortune In jewels.
Delorme attracts attention by reason
Of large dark-leRSed glasses he wears,
The opinion prevails that hts eyes are
weak and that he has come 70 aRATis
20 consult an eminent ere specialist.
Mrs. TankeTy, q fortnight after De-
lorms's arrival, s. found dead IN. her
room-murdered. After an inyestiga-
ttOu BY the Comnaissaire. OF Police,
Delorme'G is suspected OF the crime
Later Delorme Is released by police.
he announces hi6 determination q
leaving the Family House"
Early in the morning, he formulated
q very circumstantial theory OF the
crime, and the confederation Of events,
aG nIArghalSd In bis brain, seemed. to,
point 70 the young provincial as the.
The bsron meets Del6ffne and re
yeals dstails OF traaSactlon be iptends
MeaHWhIIs, the fame OF the rare
jewels Of the Cornte D'Aba4oh -Eiscosa
eEeites considerable comment through.
out Paris, and q clever Organization
Of thieves, the "A" Band, plots to get
them. % g
,ss--------- -, =. 80.
Il suppose he concluded. ethat
after getting rid, IN some. way. OF
the Hindoo who sleeps before the
safe, we could reach it, but how
shall We open it, To fozce, its
numerous locks is a tremendous
labor which could not Be done in a
single nightT' a'z5.EcT"
@And where does It stand2y sud-
denly asked Augustus, who had
listened a few moments in silence.
"In the comte's Office '----..,.-
as that in the. apartment"
The last room on the sfrent-at
the end Of the passage-two win
dows . four yards TO fiSe-fifty,"
he added. with the positftehess of
a man whose swift observation is
infslIible.
Then it would be against the
next house?" - ~
Certainly"
And is that like the oae the
ssThe construction is precisely
the same-built by the same archi-
tect I happened to notice it in
locking at the numbers. % o..
well. . - , ~ ---.' r
He reflected an instant, and then
inquired:
"AgatnSe which wall does the safe
Against She division wall of the
Bsxt house" ,.,.
'In which eoFn9?
Anatole collected his n1emoties.
"on the left az you enter-that is,
- the back Of the room"
We'll my friends, = said Augustus
slowly, -the Rajah's jewels are
OurA" --ss-s-.- - = -
The two men uttered the same e1-
eismatiOn in one breath:
How IL that?"
Augustus, in q few swift words,
explained his plan;.e.es~sa
eOh, can take no great credit
fOF discovering it. Chance favors
-, that's all Listen! I think, from
what Anatole says, that any daring
attempt to steal this treasure would
be useless; IL is we'll guarded: But
suppose that there should be ava
cant apartment m the house next 10
the one occupied by Comte dab
Hzoli-Viscosa, an apartment also on
the ground floor that is, adjoining
his own Who can prevent our
hiring IL and moving inE -.--,~
Nobody" cried the. giant. who
vas trying TO understand what the
speaker was driving at
Then" his colleague went on,
after having carefully marked the
exact position Of the safe, we must
pierce the wall without letting any
one suspect what we are doing, and
get to the safe itself. After that
we need only wait till the comte is
away, for he leaves Paris, some
times, doesn't he?
YES" replied Anatole, ''he has
a villa at CabourE, where he often
goes to rest for a day or two"
"Well, during this time, having
no cause 20 fear that the safe may
be suddenly opened while we are
working on II . 80 -
The counte," interrupted AnatoIe,
said in my presence, that he would
never DO il without a formal order
from the prince" . ..-.-'.--
And why shouldn't the order
reach him at that. precise mo-
nent? Don't laugh. Stranger. CO..
4uNlAGHNCo LHdh NuaL nave Deen
Witnessed One must anticipate
everything. I'll 90 on. Then we:
will make-an opening in the back
OF the safe by means Of oxyhydro-
gen pipes, and take possession Of
the MahaTaiah's gems without let
ting the vigiIant watchman on duty
en- the other side perceive anything
wrong"
"on condition, however" re-
marked the colossus, that your
blow pipes are powerful enough"
Don't worry about that, my
dear fellows" retorted Augustus,
winking. I'VE will cut that steel,
no matter how solid IL may be, as
easily a. q bail Of butter. Besides,
we're not afraid Of q wall OF rubble
an inch thick, are weE'
"No!"
'Then, my friends, what do you
say 10 my plan!'
wonderful" cried the two men.
II see bat one objection" the
young man continued, "and that has
no connection with the method OF
proceeding. which seems 70, me very
ingenious"
speak, brother"
"In the frst place. the apartment
adjoining the comte's must be va
can't But Il isn't There Is moth
ing for rent in either OF the houses
And II the tenant, on whose depaF-
ture we are depending, should re-
new hfs lease for three. six, or nine
time TO resume possession OF his fas