The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-09-21

70 stop IN the town overnight and
In the morning he would be able
neither IN common deeency to sllp
away without calling TO inquire
after the welfare OF d'Aubrae and
The tranquility OF tho ladies'. nor In
discretion 10 take himself out of the
way OF the civil Investigation which
would Inevitably follow tho report
OF what had happened in Mont.
peiler.
No; having dispatched . bandit 20
an end weii.earned. n now dcvolved
upon Andre puchemin 60 satisfy No.
ciety and tho state that he had
done 40 only with the most amt.
able motives. on due provocation.
70 save his own life and possibly
tho lives Of others.
lie had premcnltlons OF endless
delays whllc provincial authorities
wondered. doubted. criticised. pro
crasslnated. investigated. reported.
and--repeated
And then there was every chance
That the story, thanks 70 the promi.
hence Of the persons involved. for one
made no doubt that the names Of
severle and Nontaisis and d'Aubrac
ranked high In that part OF the
worid--fhe story would get into the
newspapers Of the larger towns IN
tho department. And what then Of
Tho comfortable pssudonymlsy OF
Andre Ducheminr Posed In an
inrscapsbis glare OF publicity. how
Ions might he hope to escape recog.
milton BY some acquaintance. friend
or enernyr Heaven knew he had
enough Of both sorts scattered wide.
~ over the face Of fsuropsi
IL seemed hard. indeed
But u wns--of course. he assured
himself grimiy--ail = matter Of
fatality with him. Never for him
the siippered ease Of middle age.
the pursuit Of bourgeois virtues. Of
which he had 90 fondly dreamed In
Meyrueix- Adventures wero his
portion. a. surely as humdrum and
eveutie.s days were many another's
Wars might come and wars might
90. but his mere presence In ifs
neixhborhcod would prove enough
to turn tho palace Of peace itself
into action front
Or % u seemed 20 him. In the
bitterness Of his spirit
Nor would he for an instant grant
that his lot was not without It's own
peculiar compenxa siona
Al La Rogue. . tiny hamlet hud.
died In the shadow Of Montpelier
and living almost exclusively upon
the tourists that pass that way, n
was a. Duchemin had foresesn. re-
msmberirg the American uniform
and the face snudEed with SCOT
that favorfts device Of tho French
criminal Of the lower class fearing
recognition For there " appeared
that. whereas the motor car was
waiting saf. and sound enough. rs
chauffeur had vanished into thin
air. Not soui could be found who
recalled seeing the man after ths
barouchs had lcst the village.
Whsreupon puchernin asked wheth.
er tho chauffeur had been q stout
man. and being Informed that II
was 40. considered the case com.
plets. Mesdsmss de- scvenis at Dc
Monsaiais. be suggested. mExht a.
well then and there give rp ali hope
Of ever again seeing that particular
chauffeur unless by sons mis-.
chance entirely out OF the reckoning
Of the latter.
The landlord Of the auberrs. 4
suriy sot who had supplied the
barouchs with the man Go act as
driver and xuide In one. took with
III grace the charge that his en-.
ployes had been IN league with tho
bandits. But this was true on the
word Of Madame Do Monfalais. Il
was their guide. abe said. whom
Duchemin had driven over the cliff.
And tas Duchsmin had Anticipated
her name sions proved enough 10
silence the Ssudiorf's virtuous pro.
testatsons. One could not always
avoid being deceived. he declared:
he knew nothing Of the dad man
more than that he had come we'll
recommended. With which he raid
no more. but lent an efficient n sui.
len hand 20 the task Of transferring
d'Aubrac 70 the motor car.
D'Aubrac came TO. while thi. was
being accomplished. begged feebiy
for water. was given IL with a little
brandy to boot and. comfortably set.
tied in the rear scat. between Louise