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The Anache Strikes Back.
CHAPTER VII

Duchenin took back with him q
Nant. that night, food in plenty TOT
thought. together with notion thar
he had better resign himself 10 stop
ing indefinitely at the Grand hotel de
TUnivers and see what nc
should see.
That fatality on which he had so
bitterly reflected. had him now falr-
lv by the heels. Impossible-anu
and more so the longer he pondereo
TO credit to mere coincidence the
innuendoes uttered at the chauteau
bv Mr.. Monk and his party
No. there had been malice in that
Duchemin was satisfied, if not some
darker purpose which perpleXed the
most patient scrutiny
Now malice with out incentive Is
,,D+binleable. But Duchemin search
cd his memory in vain for anything
he could have said or done 10 make
anybody desire to discredH MIN III
the sight If the ladies Of the Chateau
de MontaIais. Still the attempt so 70
dc had been unmistakeaDIe' the
lone Wolf had been lugged into the
conversation literally by his legend
airy ears. -
surely. one would think, that
nocturnal prowler OF pre-war Paris
had been so long dead and buried
even the most ghoulish gossip
ehould respect his poor remains ana
not dislnter them merely 10 demon
strate that the past can never Who'll
IS die.
Had he. then. some enemy OF OLD
hidden under one OF those sleek sur
faces?
An excellent visual memory re-
viewed successfully the physical
characteristics Of Messleurs Monk
Phinuit and de Lorgnes, and their
chauffeur Jules: with the upshot
that Duchemin could have sworn
that he had never before known any
OF these.
And Madame la Comtesse? In re-
snect or that one memory again
dreyv a blank. but remained unsaus-
ned When one thought OF her some
remote. faint chord OF reminis-
cence thrilled and hummed. but
never recognizably.
Setting aside then the theory OF
posltlve personal animus, what other
reason could there be for the effort
20 fasten upon Duchemin suspicion
10 Identify with the late Lone Wolf
4 sinister consideration, II any
and one. Duchemin suspected not
unconnected with the much-talked-
about Jewels OF Madame de Mont
alias
And then. partly 10 kill time, he
resumed his character as the pedes-
trian tourist.
He took the road in the heart of
n day even more oppressive than its
Yesterday. In the valley OF the
Dourbie the air was staGnant. Ete-
lass. After eight miles OF It Duche-
min was guilty OF two mistakes OF
desperation
In the irst instance he paused in
La Roque-Sainte-M Marguerite and,
tormented BY thirst, refreshed him
self AZ the auberge where the bar
ouche and guide had been hired 70
convey the party from Montalais on
10 Nfontpelier The landlord re-
membered Duchemin and made be
IIeve he didn't. serving the wayfarer
with a surly grace.
Duchemin drank sitting on A
bench outside the door OF the au-
berge. He could hear tbs voice OF
the landlord inside. grumbling and
growing. 20 what purport ne
couldn't determine. Before Duche-
min had finished he found himself
the cynosure OF more than a few
pair OF eyes set IN the ili-favored
faces OF natives OF Ia Rogue.
One gathered that the dead guide
had enjoyed a fair amount OF local
popularity
While Duchemtn drank. a lout OF
lad shambled out OF the auberge,
caught and saddlsd a dreary animal