New Britain herald., 1930-06-10
THE TRIUMPH OF FLIQrF


 Why had Johns waited -3 7za|5 to kill Parados? FE4ue pondere1,
 That, monsieur, Is The h3= qaes- ton" he resumed. spreading his hands. Until that N. Johns d-ea 11 my arms whispering to ne n tha tongue ot hls mother I could not have answered Y. t vas not much that he said. but enough,
 After those infamous on==, te BaIatre. C5ce~or Bee and Jules Ia co.'s had robbed the Eaoau= da Midi they separated. T@ o1 the police were hor behind Was -ot i rhen an aE=nt Of the Gzrse-lLss surete2 Laco.z had the moneT-a million francs. Perhaps they trusted him -7erhzrs 5- was the expedlercy. Who can rslt2
 And now Destiny plays the hz11. as vou saw Not otran 1s 5r 50. hut sometimes. Man 7--ds ] 1l--5= rel and the years zp.r and h= -hl15s he IS hooked 10 eternity. And then Destiny laughs and the thread is broken
 Destiny laughed when Laoore bought rha phoe1-E, and again when N Par4dos look gt for h.nzss-1. agaiu when le Ba5str= and B=- d. parted from Tile dI D-abl9 a-l n2a6ame sent her writing to rh= Narse..Ies journals. and yet aEs-l when Lun We stole tha phos1'x from irs master,
 Mess5eurs e- nas5zcss, Lz-c-e tooE the million Erarcs 10 his room at The back ot a tobacco vec+orz shop Bu- h.s phoec.E. which ne had bought from 8 merchant Of an c.ques. stood CT 2 shelf n hls room. -hs vendor Of tobacco saw j.,
 Now. my friends. that vendor 0t tobacco had read ct rts atta-r cz the Barqus dI 3I-6l. < rercna-t o1 antiques. one ot tka patrons Of the bank. had ben shot. and with his last breath he had told V. Anato-e Flicus that h-s ass5sSlc Iad bought . phoe-1x o5 Jade from him rLe day before You see3
 Destiny has laughed and the thread ot that infamous Laco-e ls broken. Aa-d -aac vendor Of to- bacco - who $ h= but Monsieur Farados2 And Norsl=u~. q man ot vision, beg.1s 10 spin h.s little req. ! "Mons.eur approaches Lacota. That infamous one. who has 2 rl-- lion francs n Lls mattress, must divide hls - loot. is t 2-Ttra mon s!eu-. the vendor o5 tobacco. vho v,lll secretly send 10 N FLQua an information that vi. dispose Of l= Bala<re and B=c Also. raorsserr p-l, take rh= pto4rl3- T. Lacote declines --o-s!eurs 5-tor-auo1 will dispose Q: h1r1 as well What can taaC r1haprE -a-oce 6oe He yields
 Very wall 3Loas-=u-s d=s-.=7 brings h.r1 10 CsNtorng1 and -a- cot4 comes with him. He dare not say ii Mar :=..l4s and r-ocssar prefers to have the =ve on hla-. And row t- th-s e-ctart=d land rocsteu- blooms ike I rosa
 But 1ha. os Laco-ao He has blood on h.s hands, and monsieur has most ot his half million Of francs Has not Destiny lals1eI ., him
 "No-z.e9r las 2 million Of dol lars and soon h. has TWO He Ls 2 man O power and sinister -aputa- rio-. He craves a2 empire, 50 he becomes le s-ag-al- ds San Lucas And that gives the unhappy Lacote L!s-ll- -r----rsp p-r7-lor.
 He would live or san Lucas hs would burr himself from ra@ world and impose on his old self 2. -a" persor2LL-~ Tha- c.3 to~---.t must h8v= 2. custodian EhE not Jules Lzcot=. o--4 1he cIzv=r=sr rascal 3E France
 And 50 that darn. -acot= cones to he island Bu- his fear Of those I~t.e ones mors.=1~ sent to I.a du C.able becomes ar oosessio--a srecter that sits n his hearr. Ttev rill escape -c-esr certa2re, f they should find him his soul becomes dust. Clearly. t-s new personality must be ] mask through winch none shall see-ror5 but Norsleu- Am tola FHque. perhaps. aad he is on the other side Of rho earth
 What shall f b= An te r.u become Professor Eeraert Johns, scholar and srude1t o5 the eve Of tha 5ellytst. Destiny could re- strain tts nlr-a no longer. The oo-