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Lanyard sat up and took intelligent
notice Of the room. Phinuit chuckled,
and consulted Monk in the tone of one
reasonable man to his peer.
'It's plain to be seen he wants
those jewels-means to have 'em. DO
you know any way we can keep them
from him?"
Mank moved his head slowly from
side to side: "None."
"Then you agree with me, it would
save us all a heap of trouble to let
| him have them without any more
stalling?"
Monk quietly opened a false door
in a pedestal of his desk. Lanyard
could hear the spinning of a combi-
nation manipulated by Monks long
and bony fingers. And presently he
| saw Monk straighten up with a siza-
bic steel dispatch-box in his hands,
place this upon the desk, and unlock
it with key on his pocket ring.
There" he announced with an
easy gesture.
Lanyard rose and stood over the
desk, investigating the contents Of the
dlspatch-box. The collection of mag
nifcent stones seemed to tally &C
curately with his mental memoranda
| Of the description furnished by Eve
de Montalais.
This seems to be right he said
quietly, and closed the box. The au-
! tomato lock SNAPPED fast.
Now what do you say. brother
dear?"
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/ Lame. What is to prevent me- from
! going ashore with these at once?'
Nothing" said Phinuit, but your
/ own good sense
"Ah"' said Lanyard-"ah"'- and
/ looked from face to face.
/ DO understand I am TO consider
myself your prisoner
/ on dear no. said Captain Monk.
| inexpressibly panied by such crudity.
I Consider favorably an invitation to he
our honored guest on the voyage 10
! New York;"
Lanyard thought the matter over a
little.
obviously. it would seem, you have
not gone to all this trouble-lured
me aboard this yacht-merely 70
amuse yourselves at my expense and
then knock me on the head.
Absurd Lame declared indig-
nantly. LAS If / would permit such
thing. who owe YOU so much.
cor look at it this way, monsieur, u"
Monk put In with courtly gesture;
when one has an adversary whom
one respects, one wisely prefers 10
have him where one can watch him.
More than that" said Lame with
her most killing glance for Lanyard
"a dear friend"
But Lanyard was not TO be put OF
/ by fair words and fiattery.
NO" he said gravely: but there
is some deeper motive
He sought Phinuit's eyes, and Phin-
uit unexpectedly gave him an open
faced return.
There IS" he stated frankly
Then why not tell me-
"All IN good time"
/ With characteristic abrupuess
Lame Delorme announced that she
was sleepy. it had been for her a most
fatigulng day. Captain Monk rang
for the stewardness and CALAMITY es.
] , "a
got up with Phinuit to bow her out.
but instead OF following her suit
helped himself to a long whisky and
soda.
I'm afraid you've got tendency 90
.overestims to the guillbility OF people
/ in general" remarked Phinuit. why
this funny story of yours about want
ing to get hold OF the Montalais loot
simply to slip it back TO it's owner?"
Lanyard felt spasm Of anger con.
strict his throat. Nevertheless his
courteous smile persisted.
! Il presume, Captain Monk. It's not
too late to send a note ashore, posted
l don't in the least mind your reading
it."
Monk shrugged his brows, found
paper, even went so far as to dip the
pen FOR Lanyard
Lanyard wrote:
Dear Mime. De Montaais:
"I have not forgotten my promise.
but my days have been fun since I
/ Left the chateau And even now
must be brief; within an hour l sail
/ for America, within a fortnight you
may look for telegraphIc advices from
me, stating that your Jewels are IN
my possession, and when I hope to
he able to restore them to you.
Believe me, dear madame,
"Devotedly your servant,
"MICHAEL LANYARD"
Monk read and in silence passed
this communication over to Phinuit,
while Lanyard addressed the enve-
/ lope.
quito in order" was Phinuit's YER
dict, accompanied by yawn.
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