The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-10-10
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-vs,nsr than dedlrate the re
.'sss, a. my days 20 seeing the
..,s ,hr, prison harsr / should
- s.ss--seeing that this essessina.
49, 49, s,ss not concern me. and l
~,,,,s,ss. Of tho crime with which
s.,f am charged. Hut you who
ware a friend TO de LerEnes knew
~. meta and nothing hinders your
..r,municatlng them 70 the frefec.
49,. Tho l viii confess n
.,,,s ~ gracious Of you 90 keep
.,x r.n> out Of the affair
p., LANYARD was not dlcins With
eh.nrs when he made this snEEes-
s,>n, he knew very well Lane De.
iarme would not 80 90 the poliea
.-rs.t for the Prefecture She
c,,cled q finxer.nali against her
s<.,h what does II knowf What
s,s. n 60 when II knows anythingf''
= agree with nademoiselis en-.
tlrely.-
~Ahr. she unused eitteriy--is only
va knew the name Of that sale
eochonl-
I'VE do"
\ monsieur
4. a, least, knew one OF the many
names doubtless employed by the
assassin
And YOU hesitate 20 tell msr-
why should II No but an ef'
fort OF memory - Lanyard meas
ursd silence. seeming lost IN
thought. in reality timing the blow
and preparing TO note its effect.
Then. swapping hts ffngers al one
who SAYS: I have lts--Albert Du.
pont," he announced abruptly.
Enthusiastically the name meant
nothing 70 tho woman. She euried
hp: "Rnt that il any nameT'
Then thoaghtfuily: You heard hts
companion Of the cafe call h'n
thatg~
mo. madernoisaiie But I recog.
usxed the animal a. Aiesrt Dupont
when he boarded the train At
conbe- Rsdonds that morning and.
unnoticed by him. Travelled with him
all the way 70 LyonA"
you recognised himr-
4 believe II WELL
When had you known hint"
First when fought with him
a. vieux. later when
he sought to DO mo In on the out
sk,rts Of Sant lie was the fugitive
chauffeur OF tho Chateau de Aicn
taiats-
~But-narns Of q sacred namsi-
what had that ono 20 DO with a.
Lcrgnesr-
IF you win tell me that. thor,
VIII be no more mystery In this SAD
aehir.''
THE woman broodsd heavily fol
. moment. But IL II had been yos
he was after. ! might under
stand .
He caught the sfdsiong EiimInei
y her ere upon him. dark with M
snustsred question
Athsnais and L. Brun were thread
Ing THAR way thru the intervening
oAb11A
The tnssrruvtion eeua6 ns& hnvs
ban better timed; LANYARD va1
kesn TO gst away. He had Ieaxns<
Al thAs b. could reasonably hav,
hspsd 70 ieaxn from Lane pslorms
= enc night He knew that shs
anA Dc Lorgnes had been mutualf,
Interested In the business that too,
The latter 70 Lyona He had II,
testimony Of his own perceptions 4
prove that news Of the murder ha<
come a. = great shock TO her. Or
that nans testimony no was pre-
parvd 70 swear that. whatever IN,
part II any. shs had played In Nh,
robbery. shs knew nothing of al
bart Dupont" At least by thar name
and nothing Of his activities a
chauffeur AZ the Chateau do Mon
talafs.
Yet one thing moro rAnyars
knew: that Lame inspected him o.
Knowing more than be had told hsr
But he want sorry she ahoul<
think that: Il gave him . contfnu
ing claim upon her interest Hencs
forth she might be wary Of hin
but she would never lose touch with
Nhin II she could help H.
Now Afhenais was paus.ng bssid'
tho table. and saying with q smll.
~ weary a. II wac charming:
Come, Monsieur Paul. n y-pr
please. and take me homei T'v'
danced TIL I'm ready 20 drop
Annoyed BY the prospect Of oetni