Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-12-14
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Chauvannes finally came to the con-
ciusion that the sever great emer-
aids, which he carried sewed up in
the lining of his waistcoat, were the
things that set these creatures on
him.
THE emeralds are in the Louvre.
They are seven of the most extraor-
binary jewels in the world. They are
larger and purer than n other
known emerald. They are cut i'll q
manner of which we have no knowI-
edge and the backs of them are
covered with a hieroglyphic writing
that antedates any language that we
know, and which, so far, has baffled
every effort to translate.
lat any rate, although the French
man Lecture was with Chauvannes
all the time-on the very day before
the return of Dix and the 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 enIer-
alds-no longer in his possession
were in the underground habitat or
these creatures! And the opening
to this habitat was close beside the
very place OF the camp.
ut was hardly any wonder that
the men with him considered him
mad, especially when one reads the
closed pages of the journal. he
takes, in writing, an elaborate n
tender farewell of the three men.
He thanks them in detail for the!r
courage, their unfailing kindness to
him and their devotion to the ex-
petition. No man could have writ
ten a higher testimonial of the
fidelity of his companions. He points
out that his death is impending and
certain. He begs that the journal
may be carried to France, and he
urges the French government to
send out an expedition to ecove
the emeralds, which, he says, are
concealed in the first underground
dwelling of the creatures, which he
has described, as though he were
aware of the fact thai 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 i%nsistent on the fidelity
of the three men with him.
And when on the following day.
as Leturc reported, he seized the
Firms rife 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, Excellency, that the whole mar
rative of the journal was an i'm
n@~Jt rc1 q rrh "a
the man was doing?"
The voice beyond Monsieur JON
quelle, in the darkness of the por-
tico. doomed in a sudden big exple-
tive. There was the sound of a
double fist crashed into the palm of
a hand.
Wonderful" he cried. Its clever
beyond words. Good God! Think of
the man in that deadly position
working out a clever thing like that.
He knew what vas going to happen
to him. He knew it 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 in this
to show where the emeralds
were concealed, so the French au.
thorities could ecove them. And
he worked out all the details to be
sure that the journal would finally
get into Paris. It's wonderful! It's
amazing!"
He beat his leg with his big hand,
it as one might thump
grist in a bag.
IT never dreamed that that was
what the man was after. I thought
he was mad"
Surely" replied Monsieur JON
quelle. ut was the first impression
of everybody. But he was not mad.
He was merely making a great
cipher with all the details of this
journal.
He knew there was no chance
that he would ever come out alive!
But he wished to rob these assassius
of the treasure which they coveted,
and he wished the record Of his ex-
petition and these Incompatible
emeralds to reach France. He there
fore prepared a journal in which was
concealed, as in a code, all the &C.
tual facts connected with his expedi-
ton and his assassination, and at
the same time would disclose the
place in which the emeralds were
concealed. It would also bring the