South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-12-13
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1900 NEA Service Inc

ncy 20 the Nyanza. And you know
how Chauvannes finally came 10 the
-gnclu Slon that the seven great
-meralds. which he carried sewed
mp IN the lining OF his waLstcoat.
were the thing that set these crea-
lures on him.
THE emera!ds are in the Louvre.
They are seven OF the most extraor-
binary jewels In the world. They
are larger and purer than any other
known emerald. They are cut In a
manner OF which we have no knowl-
edge. and the backs OF them are
covered with a h.eroglyphic writing
that antedates any language that We
know. and which, so far. has 5af-
fed every effort to translate.
AT any rate, although the
Frenchman Lecture was with Chau-
vannes all the t.me-on the very day
before the return OF DIX and Finn.
the emeralds disappeared!
"Chauvannes wrote it down in de-
tail IN the journal.
"He was certain. accurate. with
out any trace OF doubt; the emer-
a.ds-no longer in his possession
we're In the underground habitat OF
these creatures! And tho opening
10 this habitat was close beside the
very place Of the camp.
IL was hardly any wonder that
the men with him considered hmm
mad, especially when one reads the
closing pages Of the journal He
takes, in writing. an elaborate and
tender farewell Of the three men.
lie thanks them in detail for their
courage, their unfaiing kindness TO
him and their devotion TO the eX-
petition. No man could have writ
ten higher testimonial Of the
fidelity of his companions. lie
points out that his death is impend-
ing and certain. He begs that the
journal may be carried to France,
and he urges the French government
10 send out an expedition TO recover
the emeralds, which, he says, are
concealed in the first underground
dwelling OF the creatures, which he
hao described, as though he were
aware of the fact that there were
other dwellings of these creatures
about. The emeralds are in the one
closest to the camp, and they can be
recovered He is persistent on this
point as he is insistent on the fact
that his death is near and inevitable,
and as he is insistent on the fidelity
OF the three men with him.
And when on the following day,
as Lecture reported, he seized the
Firms rifle and shot himself, the
men were, of course convinced that
he was mad"
There came a sudden vigor. into
Monsieur Jonquelle's voice.
But he was not mad! Don't you
see, ExcelIency, that the whole mar
rativc Of the journal was an i'm
mcnse cipher? Don't YOU sec what
the man was DOING"
The voice beyond Monsieur jon
quelle, I'm the darkness of the por-
tico, doomed I'm a sudden big exple-
tive. There was the sound OF a
doubled FIST crashed into the palm
of a hand
wonderful" he cried. ITS clev-
er beyond words. Good God! Think
Of the man I'm that deadly position
working out n clever thing like that.
He knew what was going to happen
TO him. He knew il as soon as he
picked up those Jewels under the
overturned stones on the Congo. He
knew he would never come out alive,
and he worked out the cipher I'm
This journal TO show where the EN-
eraIds were concealed, so the French
authorities could recover them. And
hc worked out all the details 10 be
sIre that the journal would finally
I get into Paris It wonderful. It's
amazing"
Ho beat his leg with his big hand,
| humping il as one might thump
girls, in a bag.
II never dreamed that that was
what the man was after. I thought
he was mad!"
surely" replied Monsieur jon
/ queile. 1T was the first impression
/ ~ everybody But he was not mad.
( Ne was merely making a great
cipher with all the details Of this
| journal.
"He knew that was no chance
} that ne would ever come out alive!
/ But he wished TO rob these assaSsin'
( Of the treasure which they coveted
/ and he wished the record OF his ex-
I petition and these incomparalble
/ emeralds to reach France. He there
/ fore prepared a journal in which
/ was concealed. as in a code. all the
/ actua! facts connected with his ex-
/ petition and his assassination. and
no the same time would disclose tht