Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-09

round behind her. She must have had four
mtlle In the stakes On the table, mostly around
~, and ON red. Twenty-Five. black turned up.
Her reluctant fingers stole into her bag She
drew out packet Of notes and passed nve
ef them to the croupier.
Tresh0lu for moment almost betrayed him
self. On the backs Of the notes were little
spatterings Of red sealing wax. He watched the
notes disappear into the tronc of the table.
Then he walked silently away. The SoRdid.
crowded room existed no longer. He looked
into the darkness; he saw the fiickering beams
Of the moonlight upon the white road, the
little group Of figures, the young man sobbing
cut his last hreath-watched those white. cool
fingers stealing In and out Of his pockets.
TRESHOIM made friends with the Chef de
Surete Of the principality. 1t was rather
q one-sided affair, for that functionary was res
served though polite, and TreshOlm was on the
bOrdexlAnd Of being tnquisitive. He persisted
in discussing the tragedy Of the Lower Corniche
road
You see, Monsieur" he ventured. ut is nod
as though it were the nrst affair Of the sort
There have been two others presenting similar
characteristics"
From whom have you the information" MI
Desxolles demanded.
II gathered 1t with difRculty," Treshom re-
piled evasively. Nevertheless. there was M
phael who was found dead with burst tire on
his ear, not mile from the scene Of the pres
ent tragedy He, too, Is reported to have been
winning at the Casino, yet when he was dis
covered he had barely = mile note upon him. /
Then there was the wine grower from Juan
les-Pins--I have forgotten his name-and his
was q small affair. but when he left the Casino
he certainly had 7o.ooo or $4,000 francs in his
pocket Of which there were no traces when
his body was found ct the roadside.
ut may be, as you say, dangerous road
NJ. Desrolles but 1t is odd that these three &C
cidents should have happened to men who left
Monte Carlo with large sums of money which
were never seen again"
The affairs in question are occupying my
department" the Chef de Surete declared. "At
the same time. let me remind you Of this
there IS no direct evidence that any one Of
these three men whom you have mentioned
actually had . large sum Of money in his pos
SION when the accident occurred.
Young M. Gourdain 10 known to have called
somewhere in Monte Carlo on his homeward
way, and also at . dancing place in Cap dAH.
IaVane sat I'm q cafe two hours on his return
journey, and the person from Juan was, ac-
eording to the medical testimony, sodden with
drink All these might wen have been robbed
elsewhere than upon the scene Of the accident"
That Is true" TTesholm admitted, but as
against that, no traces Of the money have been
discovered"
How do you know?"
wen, there has been no word of it in the
papers"
TN England" the Chef de Surete pointed
out you often make escape from justice an
easy thing for the criminal You show him In
what direction the police are working. and
against whom their suspicious are directed
That Is not our method"
Admitting all this" Tresholm insisted pa
tiently do you believe. NJ Desrolles. that these
three tragedies are ordinary accidents?"
A.
have no reason to suppose otherwise" was the
rejoinder. I'm your case, rs you are friend
Of M. Roberts, win treat you with some con-