The Washington times., 1919-02-14
By GUY DE TERAMoND.
Synopsis Of Preceding ChapteFs.

Dg 1O LIZ a AEAeA1AOANOs
Synopsis Of Preceding Chapters.
Lucien Delorms. % bueolic that even
the cabby who drove him to Nine.
Armelin's family boarding house On
Paris points out the places Of note 20
him. presents letters OF Introduction 20
that cautious landlady and registera
Al dinner, he makes the acQuaintanca
OF hl6 fellow boarders. These are
AIRS. Tankerys q rich American widow.
whose room adjoins that of DelOFnS,
and GuAtsmalan general, Domingo y
LopeE, . man of mystery,
Mr8. Tankery, about sixty. carries
about with her q fortune "a Jewels
Delorme attracts attention by reason
ot large dark-lensed glasses he wears.
The opinion prevails that his eyes are
weak and that he has come to Paris
70 consult an eminent eye specialist
Mrs- Tankery, a fortnight after De-
lorme's arriJal. is found dead In her
ton BY tie Commissaire Of Police.
Delorme's is suspected Of the crime.
Later DelorTne % released BY police.
He announce his discrimination of
leaving the Family House.
Early In the morning, he fofmulated
very eircumstantial theory OF the
crime. and the concatsnaticn Of events
a. marshaled In his brain, seemed 20
point % the youns provincial as the
The baron meets DeIorrne and re-
yeais details Of transaction he intends
20 carry out.
Jewels OF the Comte D'Abazoll-Niscoss
e1eites considerable comment through
out Paris. and a clever organization
Of thieves, the "A" Band, plots TO set
them. They lease an adjoining apart
msnt.
Delorme comes to see the jewels.
which have been offered a. security
for the loans and TO the surprise OF the
cOmte and his associates announces 10
them that the safe supposed 70 con-
tain them Is empty. How does he
know-he has never been shown the
inside OF the safe? The "A" band decide
to force an entrance TO the safe. Ae-
eomplishing their purpose, they nnd
, the vault empty Of Jewels.
Delorme is seized while at the
comte's apartment and left to die In
the jewel safe. To avert suspicion his
clothing Is piled on the Quai Javel-
mo" replied the Hindoo, II don't
think so. II there was any such
they wouldn't be 50 po-
lite, you may be sure. The tele-
graph would already have been set
to work. and the police officers OF
Cabourg would be ringing at the
door OF the villa"
But his companion drew himself
up to his full height.
my dear friend. people don't lay
hands on the representative OF the
Of Pandukurrah so un-
Think OF the diplo-
matte imbroglio that would be Gre
ated II, by chance, there should be
a mistake! Only he can be ques-
jewels-state the
value OF the robbeFy-what could
be more natural? And when Cla-
mart once has Us in his clutches
he won't let US 90 again so easily.
Do you want my opinion, Nam?"
Speak out"
Let us take advantage OF being
still at liberty-HaVre isn't far on;
let US go on board a steamer ON the
pTetext of a little pleasure voyage
-prudently put the frontier be-
tween US and our enemies-we will
watch from a distance to see what
will happen, and we shall thus have
plenty OF time to consider the mat
ter"
Nam shrugged his shoulders.
Absurd and dangerous, That
would be the one way to give birth
to suspicious against US which. per-
haps, do not exist, and to attract
attention uselessly to certain points
which we have every interest in
seeing remain in the shade"
"Wel. then?"
1--WE must hold on TO the game.
Are we called to Paris? Let us 90
there. Do they demand tire ac-
curats list Of the stolen jewels? Let
US furnish il. Are we asked our
ron Tarfuraa n.HraruFrr Kha 1VFkhnra
OF the burglary? Let us give them.
less easy it will be to discover the
real one"
YES" muttered the comte, with
out being really convinced. But
then everything must happen as
you say, And nothing Is less GER
tain than that. For IL is no use
for me to ponder, what I cannot
is how, after shutting a
man in a safe, jewels are taken out
OF it! It's no longer a burglary,
it's a sleight OF hand trick"
1--WE shall see""
But at that moment, the sound
OF a hoarse trumpet rose from the
shore, and a painting voice cried:
"Ask-news from Paris-the pa
pers have just come-the last dis
patches"
"a minute" said Nam.
He set of on a run and, the next
instant, returned with a paper which
he handed to the comte.
The latter glanced swiftly over
the columns with a practiced eye,
and suddenly uttered a low exelama-
tion.
Here it is"
And he began to read aloud: