The evening world., 1921-06-16

met her two guests at
M VANS small but exclusive
restaurant in the Rue Dau-
nou. and all three had n merry meal
together. Afterward The Sparrow
smoked good cigar and became
amused at the young girls chatter.
At last The Sparrow said:
We shall all three go south to-
morrow---to Nice direct"
'"ro Nice!" exclaimed Lisctte. ~
is hardly safe--is it?"
"Yes. You will leave by the mid
day train from the Care de Lyon
and go 10 Nine. Odette's in the
Boulevard Gambetta- / may want
you. We shall follow by the. train
de luxe. II is best that Mr.. Henfreys
IL out OF Paris. The Surete will GER
tainly be searching for him"
Then, turning to Hugh, he told him,
that he had better remain his guest
that night, and In the morning he
would buy him another suit hat and
coat
= There will not be so much risk
in Nice as here in Paris" he added.
After all, we oughl not to have VEN
tured out to VANS"
Later lie sat down. and after re-
ferring to a pocketbook containing
certain entries. he scribbled four
cryptic telegIams which were appar-
emily Bourse quotations, but when
read by their addresses were OF quite
n different character.
These he went out and hlmseh
despatched from the office OF tho
Grand Hotete He never intrusted hb
kilograms of instruction to others.
When he returned ten minutes
ia ,er he took up lie Soir. and seafch-
Ing 1t eagerly. suddenly exclaimed:
"Ah! Here 1t Is! Manifold hos
been successful and got away al
right with the German Countess,s
trinkets!"
And with a laugh he handed the
paper to Lisetts, VINO read aloud an
account Of a daring robbery In ono
OF the best hotels In Cologne-tewele
valued at a hundred thousand marks
having /.nysteriously>~ disappeared.
International thieves wee suspected.
but the Cologne ponce had no clue.
At last she rose and wished them
bon soir. T.
"I shall leave the Care de Lyon at
eleven fifty-eight tomorrow and 80
direct to Nine. Odette's in Nice"
she said.
yes. Remain there. II I want
you I will let you know" answereo
The Sparrow.
And then she descended the stairs
and walked TO her hotel.
Next evening Hugh and The spar
row, both dressed quito differently,
left by the Riviera train de- luke. As
The Sparrow thought out a complete
and deliberate plan.
From one OF his friends in Londpn
he had had secret warning that the
police. on the day he left Chaftng
Cross, had descended upon Shapley
Manor and had arrested Mrs. BOND
under a warrant applied for by the
French police. and he also knew her
extradition for trial in Paris had been
granted.
Before leaving Paris that evening
he had despatched a telegram. q re-
ply to which was handed him in the
train when It stopped at Lyons early
next morning
This decided him. He sent another
telegram and then returned to whers
Hugh was lying half awake. When
they stopped at Marseilles both men
were careful not to leave the train,
but continued in II, arriving at the
great station of Nice in the early
afternoon.
They left their bags at small hotee
iust outside the station. and proceed
cd on foot to the Rue Rossetti, where
they climbed to the fiat occupied oy
old Giulo Cataldi.
lie greeted his visitors. rather
timidly.
After a short chat The Sparrow
BEGAN to make certain Inquiries.
This IL n very serious and conf
Dental affair. Cataldi." he said. IT
want TO know the absolute truth
and | must have IT,"
T know II is serious, Signore,s
replied the old man. but | only
know one or two facts. I recognize
Signor Henfrey."
"Ah! Then you know me!" ex-
claimed Hugh. you recognized me
on that night at the villa Amette
when You rnened the door to me"
q do, Signore. recollect every
thing. II Is all photoEra phed upop
my memory. Poor Mademoiselle!
You questioned her-as a gentleman
would and YOU demanded 10 know
about your fathers death. She pro-
varicated-and"-
''rhen you overheard t-'' said
Hugh.
yes, listened. Was I not
Mademd 'selles servant? On that
night she had won quite a large sum
at the rooms. and she had given
me five hundred francs. heard
much was interested. Mademoi-
sells was my mistress whom aAd
served faithfully"
You wondered why this young
Englishman should call upon her at
that hour?" said The Sparrow.
II did. She never received visitors
after her o'clock tea"
Were you not with Mademoiselle
and Mr. Benton when you both
brought OF that great coup in the
Avenue Louise in Brussels?" asked
The sparrow.
"Yos. SlsnoTa," said the old man.
Tut I do not wish TO speak OF n
now"