South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-09-25

We want 10 save orr lives. and we
don't mind saving yours at the same
time. in a gray car which has been
following us ever since we left St.
German, Is the man who-I believe
murdered Monsieur lie COmte de
Lorgnes on the Lyons express. ana
who-I know-tried last night 10
murder MademOiselle Delorme."
And I suppose that, in his big
hearted. wholesalers way, he
wouldn't mind making a bag Of the
lot Of us tonight"
I'm afraid you are right. Our
plan is is to change cars with Leon
and Marthe; the gray car will pass
and go on ahead before VIC make
The shift; then you, mademoiselle
and I follow in the touring car. the
others in the limousine"
'Ah-h!" Jules used the tone If
one who perceives enlightenment as
a binding flash. "Marthe and Leon
are in on the dirty work, too, Ell?
l shant shed a solitary tear if some
thing sad happens to them in this
bus tonight"
The plan was carried out in a
suburb Of Caen; the gray touring
care tore by in 4 cloud Of dust a.
Lanyard and Lame shifted to the
touring car with Jules e. driver.
Lanyard established himself in the
tonneau.
How long. Jules, will Leon
need"
Five minutes. madame, If he
takes his time about it.
They drew away from, the limou-
sine so quickly that in 50. seconds
its headlights were all that marked
its stand.
A bend in the road blot,ed out
these lights. There was no tail
light visible on the road before them
Lanyard touched Jules on the shout
der.
switch off your lights" he said
-"all Of them. Then find a place
where we can turn oft and wait till
Leon and Marthe pass us"
Jules picked out the mouth or a
narrow lane. stopped. and backed
into it.
In four minutes ty LaHyard's
watch. a blue-white glare leapt
q6ivering past the bend. and lay
horizontal with the road as he car
bored past.
Shoot. Jules-follow his rear
lamp" cried Lanyard.
The car swung out into the main
highway. Far ahead the red sar-
donic eye in the rear Of tho limou-
sine leered as # hooking their hopes
OF keeping It IN sight.
They were swooping down n long
srade with sharp turn at the bot
TOM, when somewhere on ahead.
there sounded a grinding crash. the
noise of a stout fabric rent ana
crushed with the clash and clatter
OF shivered glass.
''Ea sv." Lanyard caItioned-"and
ready with the lights,"
Below, at the foot OF the hill. the
headlights Of another car. standing
az some distance and 20 the right OF
The road. furnished lurid iilumira-
/ zion 10 the theater of disaster
Something. its nature just then
mysterious. had apparently caused
Leon 10 lose control OF the heavy
car, 90 that IL had skidded into a
ditch and capsized. Four men were
swarming around the wreck Two
were helping the driver out. two
others having their calamity IN per-
forming ike service for the maid
rewarded by a torrent OF vitucera-
tive deuunciatiou. half hysterIcal
and wholly Infatuated.
BY the freedom OF her gestures.
which WIS rivaled only 0y that Of
her language. the disheveled. storm
ing figure OF Marthe was man.restly
unintured And in another moment
Leon found has fee, and hmped to-
ward the others.
Lanyard drew attention 20 a dark
serpentine line that lay Ike a dead
snake upon the sghted surface Of
the road. Lame Delorme breathleSs-
IS demanded. What IS ito"
An old tricH." Lanyard explain
I'd. A wire cable stretched across