Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-09-19
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The Lone Wolf Takes the Trail

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Early in the afternoon Lanyard
examined the safe without exciting
comment in the household. He was
nearly an hour thus engaged, but
brought back to the drawing room
only a face of disappointment.
Nothing" he reported to Eve.
"Evidently a gentleman of rigidly
formal habits, u friend of last
night-wouldn't dream of calling at
any hour without his gloves on -.
! However, I've been thinking a bit
as well. I hope to some purpose"
The woman nodded intently as he
drew up his chair and sat down.
you have made a PLAN" she
stated rather than inquired.
Il won't call it that, not yet. As
Stunning for the sake of argument
hat Mr.. Whitaker Monk and his
LOT had a hand in this"
"Ah! you think that?"
81 admit I'm unfair. But first
they quarrel with my sense of the
rcrmal by being too confoundedly
picturesque, too sharp and smart
and glib. What right had they TO
make so many ambiguous gestures?'
Leading the ak up to my
jewels. you mean
~ mean every move they made.
NtGCdlHS Id NOlHltSSe dV Lol SlltS
whoever she is-must get her feet
wet, an excellent excuse for asking
to be introduced to your boudoir, so
she may spy out the precious loca-
ton of your safe.
"Then-Madame de Lorgnes guild
ing the conversation by secret Sig
nails which 1 intercept-somebody
recognizes me as the Lone Wolf;
and you are o~bliquely warned that.
if your jewels should happen to dis
appear it's more than likely the Lone
Wolf will prove to be the guilty
party.
"On the other hand; there's your
ex-chauffeur-what's his name?"
albert Dupont. Is he one of
them, their employe or conferee?"
Il fancy not. l may be wrong,
but 1 believe he is entirely on his
own-quite independent of the Monk
= party"
And your plan of campaign is
based on this conclusion?"
That's a big name"-Lanyard's
smile was diffident, a plea for sus-
pended judgment on his Jack of in
ventiveness-"for a lame idea. They
hoped to shift suspicion on to my
shoulders. Well, let them believe
they have done So"
L. Liz waiting lOSIlitb 49,
a sharp negative: "Ah, no."
You will observe" he continued,
lightly persuasive, cit is Andre
Tuchemin who will be accused, ma
DAME, not Michael Lanyard, never
the Lone Wolf! For when l say he
will disappear tonight, 1 mean it
quite literally: Andre Duchemin will
revermore be heard of in this
world"
She had a smile %quivering on her
lips, yet shook her head.
Monsieur forgets I learned to
know him under the name of Duche-
min"
IF madame. in her charity, means
to continue to know me, it must be
T, Michael Lanyard whom she suffers
to claim a little portion Of her friend
ship"
More than a little, monsieur,
more than a little friendship only"
IT know no way to thank you"
he managed to a at last.
For what?'
"For observation-disclosures, chart
ty, sympathy"
what are those things?" she de-
nianded with a v little laugh.
Words! Just words that you and i
use to hide behind, like timid chill
VI III ~ lOoS oaatSiily oiAN
Offered him her hand. But 1 don't
think it's any use, my friend, I'm
quite sure that neither of us is de-
ceived. No: say nothing more; the
time is not yet and-we both can
wait. Only know l understand go.
Go now her fingers frightened
round his-'but don't stay away any
longer than o must, don't be in
fiuenced by silly traditions, false and
foolish standards when you think OF
me. Go now"-she freed her hand
and turned away-'but oh, come
safely back to me, my dear!'
CHAPTER XII
Travels With an Assassin
Lanyard, gray with dust and
WEAKNESS of twenty leagues of heavy
walking, trudged into the sleeping
streets of the town of Tournemire
and purchased a ticket for Lyons.
AS the engine began to snort, a
man darted from behind the tiny
structure hat housed the ticket
office, galloped heavily across the
platform, and with nothing to spare
threw himself into the compartment
lnim ediately behind Lanyard.
This maneuver was performed so
unexpectedly that Lanyard caught
1arely a glimpse of the fellow; but
Oll lllPSS "oS
Monsieur Albert Dupont who had
failed to assassinate the then Andre
Duchemin more than three weeks
ago.
At Lyons fortune favored Lam
ward. The station was well
thronged, a circumstance which en-
abled him to keep inconspicuously
close to his victim. Furthermore,
Dupont was obviously looking for
somebody, and so distracted.
Presently a shabby, furtive little
rat of a man nudged his elbow. and
Dupont followed him to a corner.
Lanyard secured a berth and went
about his business profoundly mysti-
fed. Beyond shadow of fair doubt
Dupont was up to some new devil
ment, but Lanyard would De sur
rrised If its nature failed to develop
on the train or at least upon its
arrival in Paris the next morning.
1t was no later than sever in the
aveninr when he left a room which