Evening star., 1933-06-19

CD with What force do you pro-
II pose to do these wonderful
i things?"
Ample, admirable and
efdcient-a half-hundred of legionnaires
And who could want anything better?"
LIE Sage smiled.
You think they'll obey you, do you?"
Certain of it. I'll tell you why.
Do you remember an excellent or
derly you had at Post One-a man
named Bombelli, who, alas, deserted
and was never heard of again? Yes
Well-he's being heard of now and,
in correct uniform and rank badges,
is putting the fear Of God and sud-
den death into some of the poor ras-
Gals you corrupted and suborned. Maj.
Riccoli. Your Bombelli, my good Maj.
Riccoi, is the famous Langeac him
self Yes, that's nasty shock for you,
isn't it? Oh, your legionnaires will
obey me and follow me, all right" 49,.
"Ah! Those who live longest will
see most, LIE Sage"
You are absolutely right there,
Mai Riccoli, They will"
Eyes, and it is you and Maj. Langeac
who should feel anxiety. How did
the fellow get there, by the way?"
On d CdInel. fllu AL VIC 1oiO "a
my servant He takes his teeth out
and turns his eyes in, you know. And
his own mama wouldn't know him. At
least, l hope not, for mama's sake"
well, I'll take his eyes out and put
his teeth in-in the eyesockets,' prom
ised Riccoli.
IT doubt it," smiled LIE Sage. I'm
fact, Mai Riccoli, I should ADVISE
you to think of your latter end. II
draws near"
Mai, Riccoli smiled and brushed
this aside with a wave of his hand.
"Uninteresting, LIE Sage. BORING.
But there's one point that does in
terest me, confess"
The door opened and Otho Belleme,
salulting, announced that Sergt. MAJ.
Vittorelli was in the hands OF MAI. Lam
geac. also in the punishment cell.
Good And your three compatrlots!
present, sir"
Good. You four Will await me ouI-
side this door,
We'll, Maj. Riccoli-the point OF m
terest you mentioned?"
Yes. It's this. Why, exactly, dld you
choose tonight for this-er-exhibltion
"Ill tell you. / paid a visit today 10
the apartment of the kald's Vlzler,
Senior Pedro Maligni, who besides being
the Kaids confidential adviser, Is also
my scoundrelly paid hireling.
Now, whether he was not only dou-
ble-crosisng, but treble-crossing, me, l
don't know. But after I had had MS
assurance that I could safely say what
I'd got to say, I suddenly became aware
that I wasn't so sure OF this. l 1elt
a-what the Americans call 'hunch,
that we were not alone: and the devil
of it was that I'd said all sorts OF
dangerous things, given away all sorts
Of deadly secrets.
Not only dangerous and deadly Tor
me. but also for the noble Senor PEDRO
Maligni We'd said enough between
US, to send us both to the torture cham
ber." added LIE Sage.
Then obviously, my good LIE Sage,
Pedro Maligni was fooling you. He was
giving you away to somebody who
already knew Maligni's game. but didn't
know yours"
Anyhow, there it was. Some one
was listening, and the game was up.
| If Pedro Maligni knew-then I was
, trapped. If he didn't know-then we
were both trapped, and my one idea
was to get out of the trap as quickly
as possible. So / politely bade the
noble Pedro to hold his tongue for a
moment because I wanted to think.
Il did. l also wanted to hear and
! to smell. For. among the few qualifica-
tions which I possess for this sort OF
work, are abnormally acute hearing and
sense Of smell"