The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-10-21

~pldnt YOU know who was the
.r,rnier craftsman OF Franccf That
going on Mademolseile Dclorme's
recount Of him. she says there was
1ever anybody Hike that poor devil
AZ putting the comether on a safo---
barrlnK yourself. Monsieur 10 Lonr
seul In your paimy DAYS. And she
ought 70 know those two have been
worklng together since tho Lord
knows when. A sound conservative
bird Dc Iorgncs: very discreet. tight.
nacuthcd even when drunk--whirh
was too often
ssBut--this Is most Interesting
how did you get separated. yon and
de- Iorgness''
~Had luck. black night. and--f
rucss there's no more question about
thls---your friend popinot.p upont.
IN say this for that Brighter; as a
sslfsmadc spoil.sport. he SURE did give
xervicer'
rhlnult gave his whisky and soda
reminiscent grin.
And We thought We were being
bright. az that, We'd figured every
move 20 the third decimal point. The
only uncertain factor IN our calcuia.
tons. a- We thought. was YOU. but
with you disposed Of. dead 10 the
world. ana Madame De Nfontaiais off
IN another part Of the chateau call
ing the servants 20 help. leaving her
rooms wide open 60 us--the job
diint take five minutes Tho way
De LorEnex made that safc give up
all its secrets. you'd have thought he
had raised n BY hand, we stuffed
the loot into grip ia brought for
the purpose. and beat H---slsppcd out
thru the drawtnrroom window one
second before Madame De Montaiais
came back with that sscddcring foot
man of hers. But they never even
looked our way. bet they never
knew thered been a robbery TIN the
next morning. DO ioses'
mo. monsieur: you are quite
right"
wen. then: We had left our ma.
ehine-we had driven over from
MIilau-just over the brow OF tho
hill standing on the down grade.
beaded for Nant. with tho gears
meshed IN third. so she would start
without sound as soon as we re
leased the emergency brake. but
when We got there. Il wasn't. The
frantic way we looked for u made
me think Of you paving that table
for your candle. after de Lorgues
had lifted u behind your hack. And
then Of a sudden they jumped US.
Popinot and his crew: tho we didn't
know who In hell. Il might have been
the chateau people. In fact. az first
! thought II was
II lost de Lorgne- IN the shuttle
Immediately. never dld know wha,
had become OF him TN we got Lanes
virr this morning. I was having all
] could do 20 take care Of myself
thank you I happened 20 BE- carry.
Ing the grip. and that helped a bit.
somebody's head got In tho way OF
It's swings and guess the guy
hasn't forgotten II yet. Then I
slipped thru their finxers-I'u never
tell You how. II was black a. pitch.
that highland beat II blind. ia
lost my rashiamp and had no more
Idea where was heading than an
owl at noon OF q sunny day. but
they-the Popinot outflt--seernod to
b able to SEQ IN the dark all right:
or else I was iooncy with fright
Every once In a while somebody or
something would make a pass at me
in the night. and ia duck and
double and run another way.
After n while / found myself
climbing a steep. rock slope. and
guessed II must be the cliff behind
the chateau. II was a sort OF xfx rag
path. which I couldn't see. only
guess at. was scared stiff: but
they we're stfii after me. or 7 thought
they were. so I foundcrsd on. The
path. n II was q path. was Shiny
with mud. and about every third step
ia slip and go SPRAYING. can't
tell you how many times I felt my
legs shoot out into nothing. and dug
my fingers into the muck. or broke
my nails on rocks and caught ciurnps
OF grass with my teeth. 10 keep from
going over and all the while
that aiigone feeling I'm the pit Of my
However got 20 the top IN the
end. and crawied into a hollow and
lay down behind some bushes. and
painted as II my heart would break.
and hoped ia die and get over with
IL. But nobody came to bother me.