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Evening star., 1923-12-02
THE STOLEN CRIME !
BY
RICHARD CONNELL

Betrayed him! How?" the district
attorney and the banker chorused.
BY the merest chance in the
world" Strang answered. "It only
goes to show that even perfect crimes
planned by efficient business men
have pinholes in them somewhere"
He bowed ironically toward Balm.
Tell us, man: tell us!' exclaimed
Balm.
"It was a wild hunch." said the edi-
tor. Rae always wore unusually
thick glasses for his near sighted
ness. They were made for him by
Baldwin, the optician. Baldwin iden-
titled the shattered spectac1es found
in the taxi as belonging to Rae. He
said he could tell by the uncommonly
thick lenses, the extremely narrow
bridge and the cheap, heavy metal
frame Rae always insisted on having.
The police let 1t go at that. Then i
remembered that Rae had been get
ting more and more near-sighted for
the past six or eight years. So had
Baldwin compare the shattered leases
with Rae's present prescription. He
had smashed four -year-old pair of
glasses and left them in the taxi be-
cause he was too miserly to ruin
new pair. Even with fortune in
his grasp, his tight nature got the
better Of his cleverness, and he left
behind him a clue which will send
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him away for good many years. 1
think"
The banker and the district attor-
ney had slumped nerveiessly in their
chairs.
"As little a thing as that" muttered
Yeager. half to himself. "As little a
thing as that
Yes" said the editor. Il don't
think any of u.s. smart as we may be,
would have thought that so small !.
thing could betray u.s. Well, must
go; we're getting out an extra about
Rae's arrest" He hurried away.
We'll. Bain," remarked the district
attorney, "all we can do is say were
sorry and call 1t quits. It's lesson
to me. Crime is nothing for an hon
est man to play with"
Here's my hand on that" said the
banker.
For many clock ticks neither spoke.
Then the district attorney said:
That was Alec Rae's face 1 saw on
the bridge last night. He must have
climbed up in the stays when he
heard me coming. Like a wise. man
he was going over the ground before
he committed the crime" \
Like a wise man?" snorted Simon
Balm. Wise man, huh! Only a fool
thinks he can get away with
crime"
(Copyrizbt, 1927
Evening star., 1923-12-02

it would look after I hit him-pale,
weak. with its staring green eyes
behind his thick glasses. And then,
Balm. looked up and 1 saw the face
of Alec Rae floating in mid-air in the
center of the BRIDGE"
.'Yeager, are you mad?"
Il was never saner in my life,
Balm. i saw that pale face and those
green eyes behind thick glasses as
plainly L see you this minute. But
there was no body. The head was
suspended in space about ten or
more feet from the ground. My
nerves had been under terrific strain
all night, and they snapped then. +
dropped my fash light and ran as
If fiends were after me. I reached
my, home exhausted. Today I was in
no shape for work; / wanted to get
away from Clintonia I wanted to
forget about Alec Rae and the black
bag. They'd tempted me enough. So
this afternoon / went for long
walk in the country, toward Avalon,
and was five miles away from the COW
cred bridge when Rae was killed.
When I got back. it was after four,
and I was Informed of Rae's death.
My duty as district attorney was
plain. / must secure the conviction
of the murderer. Every scrap of EVIL
dence I could collect pointed at You,
Bain'
Then it was not you. Yeager. who
sent me that fake telephone message
inc pa;, l..
knit In a puzzled frown.
sNo"
Then who sent the message?"
Can you prove that it was re-
ceived?"
Yes" said Balm. Dillon. the pay
ing teller. took it for me- Can You
prove you did not, send it, Yeager?"
Il can. I can prove that I was
asleep in my home till after IL"
Then cried Balm, "if you are
playing as fair with me as I am with
you, there is something weird and
terrible in this business, Yeager.
Some one has stolen my crime"
Some one? But who?"
Il think 1 can tell YOU" answered
big frame of Editor Strang.
You, Strang? You?"
The editor laughed a short laugh.
"Oh, no, I'm not guilty" he said,
'In a way I'm culpable, but I'm not
guilty
"Culpable, but not guiltyi What
do you mean?" the district attorney
asked.
I'm afraid Ina the one who made it
possible for Alec Rae to steal your
crime" said strang. After left you
at the club I called up Alec Rae and
told him about your plan for the
crime. thought to put him on his
guard. Poor, greedy little devil"
But Rae is dead"
He is not" said the editor. Hes
under arrest in New York city"
Rae alive?'
Naturally. He was arrested half
an hour ago aboard the steamer
Juanita Ceballos, due to sail tomor.
row morning at daybreak for Yucca
tan. The detectives searched out
bound steamers at my suggestion
THE editor pulled out his prehis-
i toric calabash, stocked 1t up, lit IL
and sent up cloud of smoke.
"But what gave you the idea 1t was
Rae?" asked the district attorney.
Common sense and elimination. I
knew I didn't do it. 1 didn't think
either of you would be fool enough
RI f,1rn crook That lefS A1ec De-
I never did like his pasty face and
his sly ways, anyhow. 1 decided It
was he who had stolen your crime,
Balm, after had handed it to him on
a silver platter. But how to prove It?
Rae played the game cleverly. The
bloodstains In the taxi were real
blood. The button from his coat told
nothing That left the giasssA And
1t was that shattered pair Of spec
tacles in the taxi that betrayed Hun
Evening star., 1923-12-02
Answered.

From the New York Sun.
Aunt-"So you won first prize in
geometry. my child. Good for you
Now tell me the shortest way to get
from one point to another?"
Niece-"Jump In q roadster and 4
dodge the COPS"
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pR0lA 81, !

fRODA SEssrcdSrnf sbckod: :
feznicttit kdeh jss strzba ga hos
tove q kde Sc tfzi pies $500
tydn6. Obchodnse naf6z& VIC.
1928 Fulton sRd. ,Je pi mem
pekny 'byt 20 4 pokojich, ms
iem $45.OO .smGsfcne. Blixsi
sdeif' Mr.. zimmerman. l19o7
Miiesvave. rs-raysss csywo 1 -
PRoDA So S2 IIIlllIlz zITk pds|
pro i! dslnbky b 9snsnsi psnsa san|
hotovosti; jeSo i s5ti . pof fojich,
lot 50 pri 100 -; nalsza -
ma zap. q. u. Cena $1sbo ho'
|tove. Hlasta Sc u CreAnber'
ger Realty Co, 470O Clara
ave. 122S
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Komxn Emilia Richeboursa
VolnS 4 pfs:czil Frant. Lad Click,

! Baron . Bierle vskutku do
pustil Sc n&ramn6 zpozdilosti
zel' pojal "a manzelku zensd
nu koketni, ktera byla mint
to 8 celych tficet let mlads'
mel on. o'...a y
Ale ma teto zpozdilosti ne.
pfestaval, nybrz dopustil st
jest6 jine, ze miloval manzel.
ku svoii t@m9f k silenosti. I
"A tetc slabosti manzelovy
pouzilA tato k tomu, ze ucini-
Ia, 2 neho otroka vsech ,svych
byt'lf sebe malichernejsich vr-
tochN a rozmard.' s'' '
Valentino, kterez dostalo sc
z pocatku vyucovanf v dome
baronoye. dali !. pozdeji do
vzd6layaciho lstavu, a to pro-
to, ponevadz 81 toho baronka
2 Bierle vyslovne prala. Ne
bot mlade devce byva V mnc-
hych domech caste prekaz-
kou.
Valentino proti tomu nikte-
rak Sc nevzpouzela.
,Vzdyt' mela v lstave v hoj-
ne mife vseho, cehoz Sc il v
dome baronoveI nedostavalo.
zilat' tam We zdravemr vzdu-
chu, mela pritelkyn, soucitu a
volnosti s dostatek.
zije-li mlade device v tako-
vemto lstave a zvlaste devce
osirele, tn nalezne tam oby-
cejn6 .brzy dGvernou druzku,
ktera stane Sc il nahradou "a
odloucenost od rodiny.
A. TAX stalo sc Valentine.
Mezi druzkami, 8 nimiz v d.
stave lila, nachazela sc take
slecna Julie z Louranne.
Tato stala sc brzy nejlepsi
pritelkyni Valentiny.
Byla dcerou ufednika NEST
skeho a m6la bratra, ktery Sc
mel stati take mestskym dfed-
nikem. .S'aae
Julie z Louranne tohoto bra
ira sveho takrka zboznovala
a po celou dobu pobytu sveho
v dstave mluvivala o mem vzdy
takovym nadsenim, ze v .srd-
81 slecny d'Arfeuille probudi-
la Sc touha, ably mohla onoho
muze poznati.
Jednoho dne ukazovala tez
Julie sve pritelkyni peknou
podobiznu a tazala sc il, jak
Sc il libi.
Jest to velmi pekna podo-
bizna."
"To jest muj brstr," odpo-
vedela il Julie. "Je-li pravda,
ze jest mas Lucian slicny
muz?" G '}E +
"Ano, a jest ii velce podo-
ben," di Valentino. II.
Tehdy nebylo il jeste ami
patnact let. 2 S a
Pfece' vsak probudil Sc cd
onoho dne v srdci jejim jakysi
podivny cit, jakyz az posud
neznala a ktery pokazde, kdy-
koi zaslechla jeho jmeno. Sc
znovu v jeji srdce vkradal.
Poprve spatfila bratra Juli-.
ina ma venkove v kruhu jehol
rodiny o prazdninach.
Tehdy bylo Valentine sest-
nact let, Lucian pax byl tehdy
triadvacet let star.
Bylat' il pritelkyne do do
mu rodicd svych pozvala ma
prazdniny. &
Lucian provazival obycejne
Valentino, kdykoli prochaAela
Sc polich, a tu mezi zele-
nym stromovim sluncem oz&-
fenym pri rozkosnem ,zpevu
ptactta setkala Sc srdce obou
mladych lidi.
Valentino a Lucian milova-
Ii Sc prvni, cistou laskou mia
distvou, aniz by starry pan z
Louranne mel o tom tuseni. Ne
bot zajiste ze by byl tento
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kyniho fndhlo byti pfekazkot
Ist3sti t4chto mladych lidi, ne
bot milovala oba stejn9 vrons
'|nela nejvroucnejsim jejim pfa
[nfm bylo, ably ase prftelkynaa
ljeH stala manzelkou bratra
mileneho. li:' as
pOba iinladi lide 'vidali Sc 'vel
tnhi Casio bud v dome pana !
Louranne, AnebO " dome po-
|ruenika Valentinina, ba i v T.
stave sari6m,a kamz Lucian
zhusta pfichazivaf pod zamin-
kou, 'ze havstevuje sestru svou,
Pozdeji t&z 81 dopisovali.
Takto uplynuly diva roxy.
Mezi tim mlady>' Lucian .
Lourarrne nsadil Sc v Paffzi
jake advok&t. 1.t
7 ;. rs,
Valentine bylo tehdy osm-
nacte let. .'3 'f s't'
Ivystoupila' z dstavu a cd,
stehovala Sc opet do domu sv@
no porucnika..' 80 =
| Pani baronka y Bierle we'd
L
la velmi velky dun a u nj Sc
schazela zacaste cetna a velmi
vybrana spolecnost, do kterez
byla Valentino z dstavu Sc
vrativsi uvedena.
Mlada, bohata d9dicka zna-
la vsak jen povrchne osoby,
dun ujce sveho navstevujfci.
Mezi hostmi baroncinymi
zaujimal prvni misto mlady
hrabe z Bussieres, kterehoz
baronka prede evSemi jinymi
velice vyznamenavala, nebot'
vedle toho, re byl muzem slic-
nym a ze pochazel re stare,
vzacne rodiny, byl j nesmirne
bohat. +
Chytra baronka vyhlidla 81
jiz davno hrabete "a zenicha
pro svou dceru Lauru, ktera
byla tehdy jiz dvacet ctyri ro-
XII stara a o niz Sc napadnf-
XII malo uchazelo, jelikoz kaz
demh bylo prilis dobfe znamo,
ze by mu jen malo penez pri-
nesla.
Slecna Laura byla sice div
kou krasy ilevsedni, jen ze ma
nest6stf Npodobala Sc povaha
jeff We vsem povaze mateine,
ktera byla sice velmi duchapl-
ma, ale ibez citu a bez srdce.
Kazdy dobre ved6l, re j
Laura byla stejne vypocitava
jako jeji matka, a proto niko-
'ho do svych tenat nevlakala.
Laura 81 uminila, ze stij co
stdj must sobe srdce hrabete
z Bussieres ziskati a to nejen
ze ctizadosti, aby Sc stala hra
benkou, ale j proto, re oprav-
du zamilovala sc do mladeh0,
|slicneho a bohateho muze to-
no. s
Mlady velmoz bezelstne dal
Sc lapiti do tenat, ktera ma ne
no uvrhla matka svou laskavo
| sti a dcera horoucimi pohledy
svymi. Jiz jiz myslily ODE ty-
Ito chytr6 lovkyne. ze jim ko-
fist neujde, d ze Sc co nevidet
hrab6 Bussieres k tomu odho-
'dla. ze pozada "a ruku Lauri-
Inu, cimz by Sc byla ukoncila
valecna jejich vyprava, kdyz
|se prave v tu2 dobu slecna a
Arfeuille z dstavu do domu
porucnikova vratila.
Hned jakmile- poprve Laura
Valentipu spatfila, = zmocnila
Sc celeho srdce jejiho nevyslo-
lvna zarlivost. Z r.,
| Nebot' nynf Sc celia situace
Nv dome baronov6 jednim ra-
zcm zm9nila.
Mlady; hrabe zlBussieres, z
lkteryz byl skoro po cely rok
tkrasnlm ocim sliene Laury cd.
Iporoval, byl 'jiz prvnim nesme
lynn pohledem' z modrych oel
irusovlase Valentiny pfemozen
4 Laura, sktera to d6bfe pozo;
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IA tEsf | .0lI'.tUfU. ! /
n,R.Q. N AN.,
Napsal Xavier de Mante epin.
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Mo "a ~sa@s tstSssss sssxe essTs,ss Ess<sas
-,.-.'S = ~ q.
4 - pom6Nnice otevfsla dv9,
4 prcn schoddna a oba vstoupdl
1 aihned .adoavnitf bytu. iAet
=, Rozdeleni bylo prajednodu
fehe. ts ~
{ Ncele byla jidelna W prs
dvo tsk1ichype v leuo koinora
liz poxadi pax, "a jidelnou, loz.
]nice. y r.
Tento maly byt j $ ostatnimi
] " dome - bylo snadnns pie.
sv8dciti SEQ tom ma prvnl. po-
hled zfizeaf .bMz velikycf
jednou sinf jednoho z nekdej.
sich starych palacu ma name.
sti Royale, kdez schazeli ne
pants s kordisky a danny vsatu
brokatovem.. Il; ~
Rene prohlizel 81 bedlive
|kazdon jizhu.; sssss.
s:,lrJsou dosti sv9tly,' prsNil
/ konecne! - Hodf Sc mi zcela
dobre i. ). Komoru mohu 81 IA
fiditi jako garderebu a zeku-
chyne ueinim predsin, nebot'
isem zvykly obedvati mimo
ddm." i @ srq
| "Kratce: byt Sc yam libi!'
"Ano.''t- ". s-,
"Musfm vas ale upozorniti,
ze, domaci nepronajima byt il
max, nezli kdyz Sc cinze ma
|predszapravi .s1.i."
"Zarlatim ihned!"
Mate vlastni nabytek?" y
"Nikoli, .tdovezou jej sem "a
mnou ciziny Vecer budu
jej ale nepochybne uz miti -"
"Potvrdm tedy dole, ze jsem
cinzi prijala a dam vam ihned
take. klice: js,ou diva do dveri
pfi vchodu." n '''''' :.
jest to mad zamek bezpec
nostni?" go .
"Nikoli. avsak nehi jich Ia
potrebi., ). Vidite ihned jake
no razu ison qbyyatele tohoto
1domu. Mic 'nez lid6 poctivf
n klidni ) .'s. Clov6k by mohl
nechati klidne dvere otevreny.
Ostatne zamky jsou dobrel 2. =
.Domovnice uzavfela byt a
,sestupovala opet dolI novym
.naiemnikem. i, III. II,
Kdys piibyh poapolu do pry.r
-niho poschodi,;s jedhy z chou.
acknowledgement dveri bytu ta-
mniho Sc otewely pani Anna
disova objevila sc we vlastni o.
sobe sve, jsouc provazena ze-
'nou :jeste dosti mladou a dve-
ma sluzkarni. r.H's ai;'.
Rene Moulin a. domovnicc
'se zastavili, aby nechah koie y
;pfejiti tuto spolecnost Zen. jezi
.chystala Sc irovhez po schodech
dolI sestoupiti.. ~ ' 1 fts'
!, II, Domovnice ukloniia Sc hlu-
boce. ts,s..
Rene Sc pozdravil: 'rssts. es.i
"Jak Sc, vam dari,. milostiya
PAM, ]. smim-li Sc ptati?". .tazala
Sc strazkyns domu uctiv6.,, ia
~. -. AvSak !. veimi do
Ebre.. velmi dobSe," odvetila pa
mi jsstyln hlasem .'..ss:'Jsem ja-
ko z kamene /. y. sv4zi q lara,
Fjak. by mfibylo dvacet let
jest pravds ovs sfhfy ! Jest mi
,zatfin III tfiasedmd desAtI.i .fPo-
[hled'te jen ma uhne,y pani Blu
|ova.! .cht4la bych2 2evsaditi deset
|,tisic: frankI pred louiMoru, ze
dotkam sc veku tax ~vysoke-
|ho!' as5., &. ~,
L zach, inilostiva spani,,: ia
zrovna talk doufam "a pref
|v&ns toho ! ca&ho, srdce re sod4
|v9tila sdomovnice skotsml Sc "a
|mhshim. s:Komu mel 'by bdh
|,dopfatii tax yidlouh9ho veku,
|.kdyx ne jiz lidem tax dobrym
jake w ss'st rs ss,i..s .;i1
iPansAmsdliis I Sc estatnsivsi,
|ziakAlas ieStE velice vlobaemu
SVEN y pfipo pomfnAla TAX spids'o-
han tEn4rs iAanadnHm Uiji1y rriA-
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4 ~ sr s~ss..-.s<s s-S4AAsA$rs s,ss4Asssssrss
si ma odey spr%pidla latky PIE
bohaH 'af barev' velmia atfikla
gych; svedcfcf .tndiz jen o -
Iepatndm tkusn ss i:rrs;
Chpdila doslll vxtyrena d.
vzdor po1dnfnu -SH<ku sv6ms
krokem oySsln t9zkopadntm
I'avsak bez lnavy, jedla S chutI
z1an1en1tou = llsyopomenula mi
Ikdy X obSdu yypiti lahey obi,
beneho jak6hosi vana sveho.
RiksRala., ze il pfinasi do.
bry sp&nsks. a s;i'y {
Il Druzka ieji byla. Esterls4;
vevcdkyn6 z M Tour VAudien
| a jtjimz trApn6m osudu jsmt
miRnle vypr&yeli. l''' i.
Esterka, 5sonc ted. dev3ta.
tSicet let stara, rnela vzhed
jeste velmis mladistvJ.s ~ | !
Dlouhy 'spanek, v n3mz roE.
una jeH dffmal, jakoby zasta.
Fvil chod jeji' let?r All
Ami jediny vlasek stfibrobf.
II neproniisl jeste Z hust5ch,
rusych, jako BY yhedvabnyrh
kaden jejfch, -jez vroubiiy jejl
[oblicej uslesirtiltch lysav, BILE
| dy vsak, jakoby mramof.1 III
Postava jeji zdstala pruzni
a vabna, vystupow&ni JET bylo
dosad mile . ddstojne, me- ne
|prozrazovalo v nj zachvat, 81.
|lenstvi, jehoz ob4tl byl leda je
nom zvlastni v5razs oci.
Take lEsterka zastaviia sc u
okamklku, kdy panf ,Amadiso.
va byla stanula oproti domon-
nici a jej oci .blankytne upfely
Sc ma okanazik ma Rene.a Mou-
lima. jenz del 81 v duchu soucit-
ne: tiS- r. >-.sf.,s 4 ~
.sUboha tato zena Jest 81.
lena 49,. -" lisN9t5 A,s
Silent Gde podobaji se, de-
tenn . ddtem:s jak znamo. hnusi
Sc dbnhA netinnost. ~.
Eterka ustala.v okamziktl
jiz hledeti. ma strojnfka, vzala
pani Amadisovou "a fuku a
ta0ala Sc il hlasem vldnym a
vahavym. ~
Ram pIjdemea'; ! a,,tsI
Profit Sc !: pcnekud,, 4 mitA
pritelkyn6. ma zdravy vzduch, ;
odtuSila tazana. ,n'si H.
sDo Brurioy, 1eni-iiz pra.
vda?" taIzala' Sc Ester,ka, jevic
stale kid lplny. ,i- iS,'t'
me, ne,l. IS. diies nepdjde-
me do Bruhoy. Jen ma name
sti Royale..n. IL 'sssss w.
Pant Amadisovaldodala pax
obracejfct tse op6tk X domovnici,
jez tu dosud stala: 3 4
A'Sdysite 'ji!',a4 Stale ta u
tkvala .s,myslenka jeff! sMn9
,vsak div zetps srdce neprobod
lne..s,,@A po1nysfim-liesi, ze no.
tato ticha mohla byti
.pfi rdzunt1 jaho' w a ia /. .,,;,;. -, .
Leo ma shledanou. .,miia pani!"
'cPotcm' pani Anna disova sjala
Sc Ssstup povati .'po schodech, We
tdouc Sc "a, a'ukus Esterkou. 5.
! Dive slova ona: do Bru-
1toy?'' ucinila ma Rene-a Mou-
lina;s zvlasnis dojem. IL. if 4
I n S1ota ia pffsipomenula nau pd
snovN favla ! sLeroyera u ne
lkdejsiho staiickeho dekafe x j
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u pocatku d0myBlela, i 70 stalo
Sc "a nedlouho skutkem. 4
Nebot' bro ma to pozadal
Ihrab6 z BusGeres "a. ruku Va
,lentiny d itporucnika jejih:o.
& We vznesenych .kruzich pa
Ifizskych nebyli tim ami dost
malo pfekvapeni, nebot' to- da
'ivno jiS pfedvfdAli. st
4 Latifa, jeiizto srdce pri te-
to zprav6 pukalo, podrzela je-
], Ste dosti silly, aby vztek svuj
zakfylA. .'1s'
/ Valentino, 'kdyz il byl 20,
1 rucn{k jeji sdeln, ze Sc hrab4
b Bussieres o ruku jeji uchazi,
odpoyedela mu, ze Sc nechce
lnikdy vdavati. a
/ kojila Sc opet Laura made
III, ze nenf jeste veta po vsem.
/ Ma nest6sti vsak vzbudila
valentine v~srdci hrabete pra-
ivou, hlubokou naklonnost.
Tu pochopila teprv Laura,
lie Sc must veskere nadeje ma
hrabete odfici, jakoz vzdati
Sc i vsech ctizadostivych snd
hrdeho srdce sveho. ssfvr
Jednoho dne, prave kdyz
byl .otee. Laciandv v dobrem
rozmaru, prorhluvil 8 MIN ten-
Ito o sve lasce k slecne d'Arfeu
lille. ne .ssn'~- j,,,, G,ss
= Jake zpozdilostils lses to do
Ipustil!" promluvil poctivy dfe-
dnfk k synu, svmu, nespokoje-
ne nan pohl6dhuv. "Ci snad- ii
nebylo znamp. be je slecna
Valentino nejhohatsi d6dickou
v cele sskoru FrAncii?" .t',f'
ITO ja tak6vim dobre, mily
ot6e," odpovedel mlady muz.
"Ale isem zarovefr presved-
cen, ze mne slecna Valentino
miluje."a | ssa- 81
"Odkud pax to vfs?" ~
"Ona mi to Fsama fekla. "'.''
r'Otec luslysev' tato slova zne'
III syna sveho prisnym pohle-
dem. ~ '%ti ~ '%,{|
n"Hled', mily'lLuciane, pro-
mluvil pax k nemu ,vazne, "ty.
shad jsf nepouzil toho, ze slec-
Ina dArfeuille jest pfitelkyni
sestry I've, k tomu, ahys k nj
| hyl mluvil, ze il milujes?" n
Pri tteto otazce otcove sseI
|mlady muz zardel v rozpa-
Ecich sklopil oci.
,'tPaklize jsi TAX ucinil, "a,
lchoval jsi Sc spatne," pokraco
wal prisny ,otec ,vlrozmluv9
sve. "Ano. jeste jednou ii O.
[pakuji, zes jednal nedohre.
Jen 81 rozvaz vse,f q zajiste.
Esam uznas, ze mann tpravdu.
Nasledkem me, ,prosby aby
tive sestre radost ucinil, svolilY
baron 2 Bierle k tomu. ably
mas, smela jeho net, navstiviti.
Takto il takrka svefil : me o.
|chran6 a ja jsem sc stal taxi
Ito, zodpovednym "a vse, CO Sc
Nv dome mem stalo. Vsak tfrnto
|tvym >jednanim byla = ddvera
|baronova We mnev sklamana q
|tys ,otce sveho. ucinil spoluvin-
|nikem, necestneho cinu, cinu,
"
| to, ktery Sc mi v hloubi duse
Iosklivi a protivi, a ktery ma
prosto zavrhuji odsuzuji."
| Zach. ,otce, ustan jizw pro-
lsil mlady muzs M
"A nyni nezbyva mi jineho,
nez abych Sc te tazal:'"Co sc
Iprihodilo? ia chci ,v9deti vse,
tedy mluv -"
Ma to jal sc mu sym vypraIS
vovati Iasce sv6 a nezamlcel
mu ami dost malo. E H
Starry pan Luranne byl, u
[slysev to, takrka cely bez Sc
]be.
| Objevdvalat' sc v Ndzk0stli-
|vem svedomi jeho celia tato "a
lezitost We svetle mnohem hor-
sim, nez skutecne byla. Ont
jv~xn nv~sn<x ,f,Ns,L:1 - -
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- |. lsa~ssssss. ~ u I'M MA ~ ~ II
lTkEDA %. PRO6tlfGE 1928
pp& xena = nijak snad.allo-
4 py3ux vzdor vsliktmu sv6uia
4jmAi. :. ,s. ..ss. 4 - s,--s NJ,
4 Nekolik tAchto > nnalnek do
movnice, doplitnj fcich ob6 slo-
NJ Etertina, vzbudilp vsduchu
Ren6- 6-ose celou fadu myslenek
j q, domn9nek.
| Starry omen l6kaf = Brunpy.
kteryx Esterk,r osetroval q KITE
irtz potonl byi zavrazden, no
lbyldiz to as doktor Leroyer
fsam? u. l.
"Jednos jest jisto.Y pon1yslil
Isl strojnik, ''totiE 7e dobfe v
lsinil jsem. najav 81 byt Y. ZONE
| to dome Kdoz Vi, zdslix
lpezyim tu jeSte mnohych v6ci
lzajimayych,? nsi.t
zatin dosli k bytu domov-
lnice. l1s ,s 81, r
i Rene yynal 2 & tobDlky sve
bankoukp jednu d vedle toho i
minci. dese6frankovou.
'Zde .finzes napfed,' praMl
..'a. krom gtoho prosimy pSni,
|pfijm9te pro sebe male zpro-
|pitn6y. !" s
''Aie pfijmu, rada pane; -
(velmi rida .i.e. q dekujisuctiv3.
|Jste pfilisy roztonnily, net ,bych
|mohia VAN neco. odmitnouti.
|C0 sc stMzenky, tyte, je.li lisv&Tn
ito who'd, bylo by.mi vlastne mi.
ElejM, kdyby vam .,ji al vecer
Fmuz maj napsal, ia skrabu pra
[mizefne &. -, .,.ts.:ss.ss,, s,tts.:sss,
ITO jest NH lhostejno !. i. :,
avsak ponechte penfze u sebe,
mann dlN6ru K vanis. y" 81
S''Vsak jsou dobre nloxeny,.
|ujist'uji vas.,. A zde jsou xii
&c vase, pane 81 =, IL s;t,sf.
Domovnice odevz1ala nove-
mu najemci klice neveiike, TAX
be snadno daly;se v kapse no
sit. s9
SJedenss klicd ID bytu qbone-
chal il Rene Moulin, rkai:
"Tehto klic 81 nechte..s ~ Co
nejdfive pfivezou pro mne ma
bytek, = prosil fbych, byste no
dala nahoru' donesti -. - a !.
"Bud'te klidny =. .tVse bu-
de v poradai, az Sc vratite. ia
se Q to postaram." .s 'ss'
.4'Zde tezitete i legitimaci
motl d odeNzdejte il manzeh
svenu - bdde rioci napsati
podie nj potrzenku." Al N
"Dobra, pane ! -. Budete
dnes uz v byte spAti?" s
'SShtva jeste -. Avsak- zftra
pfijdu med rano $ malymi
zavszadlys svymi. Il ~s'i I:
Renee vysel q do1nu i zame.
fil'fk predmesti svateho Anto-
nina, kdez v .znamem to sfdle
.cetnych truhlafd, hodlal kou-
pitt 81 ri&bytek. - Nv
Ma ,mfst9 'vsak,' bychom 't1o
provazeli, d0stihnemez Ester
ku afpani AmadisoNou. -
Pati Amadis0v& pied davny
mi jiz lety, tehdy, lkdyz. byl as'
.Ginen 'markyzeril Jirim sp6kus
vrazdy pr0ti tditeti Zygmlt1ta
yevody z .!La .sTour.V Vardiens
.ktereSto prersdenf,,. jak ttenaf
Sc sjeSts pa1natuje, bylo pirb-
dem silenosti Esterciny, prosila
Nev0du z La Tour-V audien. by
ii-dovOlil O$etfoWati tnQadistyou
silenou zenu jeho, k temuz We
voda = csl6 tiuse Nd Mblil, do
be sveda; jak pant Amadiaova
vzdcr rdznynt slabym styfasi-
kam svySm, vsdor s;ek ikok katnolI
stia vxsf6r sue, ,ala bosn v6cf Il niu
Tim Jest. srdce neobyd sjnslEdo-
Ibreho. n6z16 Ms Is 81 .odd4neho. |
|; PAM Am disokA IN duchh ,sa'
sta1 lssbs obyihnj Il, zs fehko1
niy aosfi u roila antickymf roz-
mary svyinf pfispsla fvelice K
MI xHt{ 81 iiifrai0&nn EsfarTintrny