The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-10-04
H Louis
Joseph Vance

for the most part farm and vniag.
foik OF the department Thor. was
nowhere IN evidence any figure 70.
semhiinx that Of an agent de police.
Lanyard made inquiry. found that
the train was destined for 10 vikan.
ON tho eastern slope OF the &c.
venues. and purchased . ticket for
that point
Making himself a. comfortable a.
might be IN q dsprsssingiy third,
rate sscond'olsss compartment
There was no first olass. and the
third was far too richly favored
Tor his stomachl he cultivated a
dors az tho train pulled out But.
driven a. provincial trslns hanitual.
" are In high spirit of dsvil.may.
cnre. its FIRST stop woke him up
with a series OF back breaking solts
which ware translated into jerks
when u started ON again and flsnd-
lshiy reiterated st every susplcion
Of a way.stAtion On the course So
that he presently abandoned all hope
OF sleep and sought solaos IN to-
haooe and the shifting views afford
81 by tho windows.
Penetrating tina upper valley Of
The Cernou. tho railroad skirtsd tho
southern boundary Of tho Causse
Larzao. then laboriously climbed up
to the plateau itself. and Lanyard
reused to tho fact that he was APP
preaching familiar ground from
new anglo; the next atop would be
Combs-Rsdonde.
The day was stfil IN its infancy
when that halt was made Aside
from tho station agent not a soul
waited upon the platform But one
or two passengers were act down
and. an thu engine began TO snort
anew. a man darted from behind
tho tiny structure that housed
ticket.offtre and waitinx.room sal.
lcped heavily across the platform,
and with nothing to spare threw
himself into tho compartment lmme.
dlAteiy behind that wherein Ian
ynrt sat alone
This rnAnsuvcr wns performed 10
briskly and unexpectedly thai Ian
yard caught barely . glimpse Of tho
fellow. but enc glimpse WAS enough
70 eonvlncs him he had bean wrong
IN assuming that Monsieur AIbert
Dupont had snsaked hack "a Paris
TO hide from tho authorities affair
falling 10 as.nssinnts Andre Duch..
min more than three weeks ago.
But why---assuming ons were not
rislsd by q chance likeness 10 that
heavy but athletic figure 90 well.
remernheref--why had Dupont I'm
x.red 30 long IN the neighborhcod.
In hourly peril Of arrcssr And why
this sudden departure In the chill
break OF dawn. . move 20 timed
and executed that II wore every
sign OF haste ana fsary
No reasonable explanation offered
In solution Of either Of these rid
dies: unless. indeed. n were reason
able TO believe NAT lust for ven
gsanos was the ruling passion In
the Dupont natur~. that the Great
urs had hung about the chateau
In hope Of Sstfinx another chance
~ Dachsrntn. and had decided to
give u up only on discovering
insxpiicahiy. ~ this hour---thas the
iAfssr had stoisn away under cover
Of night hut Lanyard didnr b.
ilsve that Neither did he beiisvs
that Dupont hAd bad any hand In
the robbery ox nighs before last.
ard was now IN tardy night In
,vuth. he didn't know what 20
think. and the widest flights Of
an Imagination provoked By this
mystery were tame and sfrnfd In
contrast with the truth ~ he was
later . learn L.
To an amatsur In sensations there
was true piquancy In the thought
that one was travelling In company
with a thug who had already had
two tries for ones life and would
not hesitate 10 essay = third. IN the
same coach. separated only By the
thin partition between the oompsrt.
rnents. safe only IN the thugs un-
consciousness Of ones proximity
And this without the privilege Of
fenounctns the man 70 the police.
for to DO % row would Be 20 en-
mesh IN ths tolls OF the law not
only Aibers Dupont. would-bs a.
sassin. but Andre puchefnin.
charged with stealing the Monsslais
jswsisL
Lanyard would havs given some
thing for = peep-hols In the parfi.
ton. to be able 70 study the counts-
nance Of Dupont unawsr.s that ne
was under scrutiny. But n. had 10