The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-10-05


This affair involved several pur
.n..cs, for he was travelling nsht
,.s,ra. having left even his ruck.
..ck Al the Chateau do Montaiais.
N,v,rtheless u was no later nan
..,., In the evening when he lct
. rccm which he had engaged In
. hotel 80 pretensious and heavily
rasronlsed that he was lost In its
sss and flow Of life. an inconsider.
.hls ana unccnsIdered bit OF fotsam
and left Il a changed man.
The pointed beard OF Monsieur
pachenaln was no more; and a little
.,a.n. sr,fuliy applied. had toned
the newly exposed flesh TO match
IN. tan Of tho rest. Tho rough
tweed waiking.sult had been re-
placed BY q modest and common.
place blue serge. the cap and heavy
brown boots BY straw hoster and
plain black shoes. the loesethroated
flannel shirt by enc OF plain linen
with stlff cuffs and fold collar
and neat fouiard tie. so easily was
Madame de Seventies buccan~~r met.
amorphosed into the semelance =
q government clerk
Hut this was By no means all,
The papers OF Andre puchemln were
crisp black ashes In the fireplace Of
the room which Lanyard had just
Quilted. all but the letter OF credit,
and this last was inciosed In an en-.
,elope. 70 be sent 20 London by res.
istersd post with a covering note
20 request that the unpaid balance
he forwarded In French hank notes
20 Monsieur Paul Martin. poste re-
stante. Paris. Paul Martin being the
name which appeared on an entirely
new set OF papers OF Identification
which Lanyard had thoughtfuily Sc
coat before leaving Lcndor.
II Lanyard wanted better sessi.
mony than tina, supplied by his bed.
room mirror 10 the thoroncss OF the
transformation IN his looks. he had
II unsought. and that twice within
an hour.
The first time was when. leaving
the hotel TO seek the posfoffiee and
dispatch his letter 10 London. he
found himself suddenly face 10 face
with Dupont. who was seated at a
cafe table near the hotel entrance
and narrowly scrutlntxinx all who
passed IN and out. covering this
occupation with affected interest In
the gossip OF hts companion. the
little rat man OF the Care de Per
rache.
Az this rcncon'rc. Lanyard knew a
momentary shock OF doubt: perhaps
he hadnt been so clever as he had
thought himself Ia trailing Dupont
al the way from combe. Redonde to
Lyons But the be4dy little eyes
OF . pig comprshended him In n
glance. and rejected him as OF posl.
lively no interest 10 Albert Dupont.
. complete stranger and a cheap
one at that. SO he Jared sereneiy
on his way. and Dupont gave him
never another thought.
Returning. Lanyard was favored
with even less attention. an error
In judgment which enabled him 10
remark that Dupont was Ia an ugly
temper. sullen and snappy. II might
be becauss Of . disappointment Of
some sort. possibly In consequence
Of the liberal rotations Indicated BY
the tall stack Of little saucers q,
his elbow. As for the lesser villain.
he was already silly with drink.
One would have been Glad OF .
chance to eavesdrop again upon
those two: but there was no vacant
place within esrshot OF their tabls.
Besides Lanyard wanted his dinner.
So he re-entered tho hotel and
sought Its restaurant. whore the un.
firing Long Arm OF Coincidence
took him by the hand ana led him
20 table Immediately adjoining one
occupied exclusively by Monsieur 10
Coute de Lorgnes.
And this one in turn looked Ian
yard up and down. but. detecting
In him rot the rernosest flavor Of
"reminiscences. returned divided At.
tenticn to a soup and the door Of
the restaurant. which he was watch.
Ing Just as closely and lmpatiently
a. Dupont. outside. was watching
the main entrance. and apparently
with as little reward for his pains.
But now. Lanyard told himself.
one knew what had dragged Dupont
N such hot haste 10 Lyons. Some
how word had reached him, prob.
ably BY telegraph. that monsieur ie