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• f r>K:y m mm •-••siv.' 'M;s: SYNOPSIS. Aft«r atMltn* the Ombar Jew«l» and the puyaman war piana la 4w0ltaft>n Michael |<atayard returns to Troyon*. a Paris Inn, for ihe first time In roany years because : *• thinks Roddy, a Scotland Yard man. p on his trail. Lanyard dresses and ffOa* : aut» Je.»vin* Roddy snorlnR tn the next ' room, then comes batk stealthily, to find In hi* room Mile. Pnnnon. In the apart­ ment near the Trocadero he finds an In- v citation ftozn The P&» k to tho Lone Wolf (to Join them. Lanyard atiwnpt"* to dia- •*: pose of the Omber jewels, but finds that The Pack has forbidden the buyers to iSoai with htm. He meets iHfe Pack, but refuse# alliance with the/A: * On his re- "turn to his room he is attacked In the dark, but knocks out his assailant. He dto- covers that Roddy has been mvirdored In |hl« !>f>d and starts to leave the house. In £tha corridor he encounters Lucia Bannon. * • .'-l ' £,*ho hislsts on leaving with htm. Having J. -*?%'• Tsbo nsoney Lucia is obliged to take refuse if-V " ' J4!^" - - ""with Lanyard In the studio of an absent £•' ; f fi; " '*rtlst 'rlond of his. He locks her in a fc-V. -•.'«£;* C...>room alone. Aftrtr sl^ep Lanyard finds '•t ' % ^3his viewpoint chanced. He tells Luoia >, Jif -who he Is. Mutual confessions follow. "* She is Lucy Shannon, not Bannon. and be«n used as a tool by Bannon the -.---^crook. arm? Cv,% ®<y W>\'. li %k£ •t<$£• ,Kl; The American murderer of Roddy v?wa» Bannon'* secretary. Lucy agrees to ?i*0 with him to return the l^ondon loot. A "newspaper wrapped In a brick is thrown fthrough the skylight. The paper has .an ;|*ocount of the total destruction by Are of fTroyon'a They start out on tlielr errand aof restoration | CHAPTER XXVIII--Continued. He had shown foresight In paying when served, and was consequently able fo leave abruptly, without giving Ekstrom time to shy. Rising smartly, he pushed the table aside. The girt was no lees quick and little less sen­ sitive to the strain of the moment; but as she passed hljn her lashes lifted and her eyes w#r* all his for the In stant "Good night." she breathed--"good night--my dear!" She could have guessed no more shrewdly what he needed to nerve him against the Impending, clash. He hadn't hesitated as to his only course but till then he'd been horribly afraid, knowing too well the desperate cast of the outlawed German's nature. But now. since she had anoken. be couldn't CalL He strode briskly toward the en trance from the boulevard,- out of the corner of his eye aware that Kkstrom. taken by surprise, bad half started from his chair, then sunk back. Two paces from the door the girl checked herself, murmured In French, "Oh, my handkerchief!" and turned briskly back. Without pause, as though be hadn't .beard. Lanyard threw the door wide and swung out. turning directly to the spy. At the same time be dropped a hand into the pocket of his raincoat, where nestled ais automatic. Fortunately Kkstrom had chosen a table in a corner well removed from any in use Lanyard could speak with out fear ot being overheard. * But tor a moment be refrained. Nor did Kkstrom speak or stir--sitting (^sidewise at bis table, negligently, with ^knees crossed, the German likewise kept a band burled in the pocket pt his beavy. dark ulster. Tbus neither "could doubt tbe other's ili will or pre pared nets. - < "Ekstrom* tbe adventurer Mid quietly. "If you lire, rtf get you before I (all. That a 09 boast--a simple state- mem ot tact." x The German hesitated, moistened tbe .corners ot bis lips with a nervous By LOUIS JOSEPH VANCE V < ' vi ' S N lOopyrlfffet by Lotil* Joseph Vaoce.t ¥: P'-J'; _v jtongue. but contented himself with a > ^nod of acknowledgment. "Take your band off tbat gun!" Lan fsrd ordered. "Hemember--I've only to cry your name aloud to Dave you torn to pieces by these people. Yout Ufes not worth a moment s purchase |n Parts--ss you should know." The German hesitated; but in his r:&-* sggerate. The murder ot the inventor ¥?••' ; .Muysman had exasperated all France; Pfr. ?5L _j.>nd though tonight tbe weather had ' _W, ' hept a third ot Paris within doora. Lf there was still a tide of "pedestrians • W?S*®,uent °® ,toe •Mewalk, beyond the V<*'V dlmsy oarrier ot Qrs that would tbtck ' fK ^en to * ravening mob upon tbe least !<"* v atcuse. H® Dad mistaken bis man; he bad ' r^I" * thought that Lanyard, even if pware of ^'r b'* pursuit, would seek to shake it ofl £ • ^tn tligbt rather than turn and fight-- gf.f ' '5/ j and tight bere, ot all places! **U° yoo hear me*?" Lanyard con- F * ^ k'"'""/ tlnupd in tbe same level and unyield- :V •' Ing tone. "Brtng both hands in sight ^ --upon the ta*ble!" f t ^T'*V"" There was no hesitation. Ekstrom obeyed. If lyitb tbe sullen grace of a &g.i -wild beast tbat would and could slay Ifetrainer with cne sweep ot its paw-- - WsAk WiejM. y,-te/5.-. - U'\ Wi w f-k.v:;.: ll rmly it dared. " t*or tbe first time since leaving the ,glrl lanyard related bis vigilant watch rver tbe man long enougb for one Swift fiance through tbe window at his Hut she was already gone from tbe cafe! °He breathed more freely now. "Come!" he said peremptorily. "Get vp. Weve got to talk, I presume-- tnrasb tbis matter out--and we'll come lo no decision bere." "v\ Derr do we go, then?" the Ger­ man demanded auspiciously: "We can walk." -- irresolutely the spy uncrossed his knees but didn't rise. •N\slk?" he repeated. "Walk •where?' "Up the boulevard. If you lfke-- wbere tbe lights are brightest!" With a grunt the spy got upon bis feet, while Lanyard stood back against tbe window a.id, grinning, made him tree of the narrow path between the liee tubs and the tables. . "After you. my dear Adolph!" The German paused, half turned to­ ward him, choking with rage, his suf­ fused face darkly relieving the white . scars he had' won at Heidelberg. At this, with a graceless nod of unmis­ takable significance. Lanyard advanced the muzzle of his pocketed weapon And with an ugly growl the German moved on and out through the break tn the artificial hedge--Lanyard at his elbow, respectfully an inch or. two be­ hind. "By the way," the adventurer pres­ ently pursued, "you might be good enough to inform me how you knew we were dining at Boivln's--eh!" "If it interests you--" the spy be- gan. but paused. "1 own it does--tremendously!" "Pure accident. I happened to be sit tin^ in the cafe and caught a glimpse of you through the door as you took th* young woman upstairs Therefore I waited till your waiter called tor . yo^r bill at the caisM, then stationed myself outside." fk, |; ' t>ui why .' Can you tell mo wnat you thought to accomplish?" "You knew well," Ekstrom mut­ tered. "After what happened in Loo don---it's your life or mine!" "Spoken like a true villain of mela drama! But it seems to me you over­ looked a conspicuous chance to accom plish your hellish design back there in the side streets." "Would 1 be such a fool as to shoot you down before finding out what you've done with those plans?" "You might as well have." Lanyard informed him lightly. "For you won't know otherwise." VVitb an infuriated oath the German stopped short; but he dared not ignore the readiness with which his tormentor imitated the maneuver and kept the pistol trained through the fabric ot his raincoat. "Yes?" Lanyard Inquired with an ex asperating accent of surprise. ^ "Understand me," Ekstrom muttered vindictively; "next time'I'll show you no mercy--" "But If there Is no next time? We're not apt to meet again, you know." "That's - something beyond your knowledge--" "You think so? But sba'n't we re­ sume our stroll? People might see us standing here--you with your teeth bared like an ill-tempered dog. Ob thank you!" And as they moved on. Lanyard continued: "Shall I explain why we're not apt to meet again?" "If it amuses you. you may tell me why you think so." "Thanks once more! For the simple reason that Paris satisfies me; so here i stop " "Well?" tbe spy asked, with a blank, sidelong look. * "Whereas 700, mein herr. leave Paris tonight.' "What makes you think that?" "Because you value your tbick hide too highly to remain, my dear cap tain." Having gained tbe corner of the Boulevard, St. Denis. Lanyard pulled up. "One moment, by your leave. You see yonder tbe entrance to the Metro --don't you? And bere, a doien feet away, a perfectly able-bodied sergent de vllle? Let this fateful conjunction impress you properly, for five minutes after yoa nave descended to the Metro --or as B<$on as tbe noise of a train ad vises me you ve bad one chance to get away--I shall mention casually to tne sergo that 1 nave peen Captain Ek--" "Hush!" tbe German protested in . Diss ot fright. "Certainly. I've no desire to embar­ rass you--publicity must be terribly distasteful to one of your reserved and sensitive nature. 1 know. But I trust you understand me? There's the Metres; on tbe other hand, there's the police; white bere, you must admit, am I. as targe as life--and very much on the job! And inasmuch as I shall certainly mention my suspicions to tbe minton of the law--as aforesaid-- l d advise you to be well out of Paris before dawn!" Tbere was mnrder in the eyes of tbe spy as be lingered, truculently lower­ ing at tbe smiling countenance of the adventurer; and for an instant Lan­ yard was well persuaded be'd gone too far. that even here, even at this busy junction of two crowded thor­ oughfares, Ekstrom would lef his tem­ per get the better of his judgment and risk everything in an attempt on the life of his despoiler. But he was mistaken. With a surly shrug the spy swung about and marched strafght to the kiosk of the underground railway* into which, without one backward glance, he disappeared. Two .minutes later the earth quaked beneath Lanyard's feet with the crash and rumble»of a north-bound train. He waited three minutes longer; but Ekstrom didn*t reappear; and at length, convinced that his warning had proved effectual. Lanyard turned and made off. tiy in modest circumstances, or else aa what Paris calls a voiture de remise --a hackney car without taximeter- was a tremendous convenience, en abllng Its proprietor to scurry at will about cab-ridden Paris without excit ing comment; but it couldn't be left standing In public places at odd hours, or for long, without attracting the in terest of tbe police, and so was useless to Lanyard at present. But be entertained a shrewd suspicion tbat bis plans might all miscarry and the command of a fast-traveltng car 4)pre long become a necessity to his salvation, so be cheer­ fully devoted a fair half hour to putting the motor in prime trim for the road. v With this accomplished--and the fact established through discreet, ob­ lique Interrogation of madame Ita con­ cierge that conditions in that quarter were normal; that no inquiries had been made after tbe whereabouts of Pierre Lamier, and no strange or other­ wise questionable cbaracters had been seen loitering in tbe neighborhood of late--he was ready for his first true step toward rehabilitation. Thus it was past one in the morning when, with the girl on his. arm, he is­ sued forth i6to the dark and drowsy Hue des /Acacias, moving swiftly, crossed the Avenue de la Grande Ar mee. and® thereafter avoiding main- traveled highways, struck southward througb tangled side streets to the aristocratic quarter of Passy. Here, skirting the boulevards of the fortifications, they approached the pri­ vate park of La Muette. The home of that wealthy and ami­ able eccentric, Mme. Helene Omber, was a souvenir of those days when Passy had been suburban. A survival ot tbe revolution, a vast, dour pile tbat bad known few changes since the days of its construction, it occupied a large, unkempt park, irregularly triangular in shape, bounded by two streets and an avenue, and rendered private by high walls crowned with broken glass. Carriage-gates opened on the avenue, guarded by a porter's lodge, while of geD*-ral nspect of their surround­ ings. I he park w\s a& black as a, noefcet. and the heavy effluvia of wet mold, decaying weeds and rotting leavf.> i" choked the air seemed only to render the murk still thicker. But Lanyard evidently knew his way blindfold; though motives of pru­ dence bade him refrain from using his flash-lamp, there wasn't the least un­ certainty in his actions. Never once at loss for the right turning, he piloted the girl swiftly through a bewildering black labyrinth of paths and, lawns and thlcketj. In due course he pulled up and she saw that they had come out into a clear space of lawn and stood ciosi fae- side the featureless, looming bulk of a lightJess building. His grasp tightened, admonitory, upon her fingers, and she caught his curiously penetrating yet guarded whimper: . " "This is the back of the house--the service entrance. From this door a broad path runs straight to the main service gateway; you can't mistake It; and the gate itself has a spring lock, easy enough to open from the Inside. Remember this in event of trouble. We might become separated in the dark­ ness and confusion." '"Gently returning the pressure, "I un­ derstand," she said in m whisper:* Immediately he drew her on to the house, pausing but momentarily beforo a wide doorway, one-half of which promptly swung open and, as soon as they had passed through, closed with no perceptible jar or click. And then Lanyard's flash-lamp was lancing the gloom on every hand, swiftly raking the bounds of a large, paneled serv­ ants' hall, until it picked out the foot of a flight of steps at the farther end. To this they moved stealthily over a tiled flooring., The ascent of the staircase was ac­ complished, however, only with Infinite care, Lanyard testing each rise before trusting it with his weight or the girl's. Twice he bade her skip one step lest the ancient woodwork betray them with Its complaints. In spite of all 1 I CHAPTER XIX. En Route. For all the success that had ostensi­ bly rewarded his effrontery. Lanyard's mind was far from easy^djiring that hour which he devoted to dodging, ducking, and doubling across F^aris and back again before attempting to rejoin Lucy Shannon. He hoped to confuse and confound any Jackals of the Pack that migbt have picked up his trail as adventitiously as Ekstrom had. His delight, indeed, in discountenanc­ ing his dupe and enemy was quite chilled by an apprehension that it were madness, simply because the spy had proved unexpectedly tractable; to consider the Ekstrom affair closed. In the very fact of that docility inhered something strange and ominous, con­ templation of which distilled a potent premonition of evil hardly mitigated by Lanyard's relief on finding the girl awaiting him, as per program, safe and sound under the wing of madame la concierge, in the little court of private stables wherein he rented space for his car, off the Rue des Acacias. "Monsieur le concierge, it appeared, was from home, and madame. thick- witted. warm-hearted, simple body that she was. discovered a phase of beam­ ing Incuriosity most grateful to tbe ad­ venturer, enabling him as It did to dis­ pense with more embarrassing men­ dacity in support of his original lie as to their relations and to whisk the girl away as soon as he liked. This last was just as Bpeedlly as per­ sonal examination had reassured him with respect to his autpmoblle--super­ ficially an ordinary motor-cab of tbe better grade, but with an exceptionally powerful engine hidden beneath its I hood A car of such a character, pasB log readilv as the town car of attv fam- "Bring Both Hands in Sight--Upon the Table." the three posterns that pierced the wallB on the side streets one only was In general use by the servants of the establishment; the other two were presumed to be permanently sealed. Lanyard, however, knew better. When they had turned off from the avenue he slackened pace and moved at caution, examining the prospect narrowly. On the one hand he bad the wall of the private park, topped by naked, soughing limbs of neglected trees. On the other, across the way. at block of tall old buildings, withdrawn behind Jealous garden walls, showing--at that hour at least--stupid, sleepy faces and Ughtless eyes to passers-by. Within the perspective of the street but three shapes stirred--Lanyard and the girl in the shadow of the wall, and a disconsolate, misprized cat that promptly on their appearance vanished like a terror-stricken ghost Overhead the sky was breaking, showing ebon patches and infrequent stars througb a wind-harried wrack of cloud. The night had grown sensibly colder and noisy with the rushing sweep of a new-sprung wind. 8everal yards from the postern-gate Lanyard paused definitely and spoke for the first time in many minutes, for the knowledge of their errand's grav­ ity had oppressed „the spirits of" both and enjoined an unnatural silence ever since their departuie from the Rue des Acacias "This is where we stop," be said, with a jerk of his head toward the wall; "bui?^-it's not too late--" 1 "We're wasting time," she returned steadily. Without further remonstrance. If with a mind beset with misgivings, he led on to tbe gate, a blank door of wood, painted a lark preen, deeply recessed in the thickness of the wall. In support of his promise that he had made every preparation to attack the premises before the sudden depar­ ture of Madain Omber for England, Lanyard bad a key ready and in tlje lock almost before theyyreached tt. And the door swung on ^ell-greased hinges As silently it shut them in. Beyond the fact that tfcey stood upon a weed-growu gravel path, hedged about with tbicl masses of shrubbery, the gtrl was unabie to make much of Swiftly and With Assured Movements Threw the Knob. this, nd^iess than three hideous squeals of protest were evoked before they gained the top, each indicating a pause and a wait of several breathless -sec* onds. But It would seem that such serv­ ants as had been left in the house, in the absence of its chatelaine, either slept soundly or were accustomed to discount the midnight concert of those age-old timbers; and without mis­ chance, at length, through a swinging door they entered the main reception hall, revealed by the dancing spotlight as a room of noble proportions and fur* nished with somber magnincence. Here the girl was left alone for a few minutes, while Lanyard darted abovestaira for rapid reconnaissance of the state bedchambers and servants' quarters. CHAPTER XX. Off With the Old. With a sensation of being crushed and sufTocated by the encompassing dark mystery, she nerved herself against a protracted vigil. The obscur­ ity on every hand seemed alive with stealthy footsteps, whisperings, mur- jnurings, the passage of shrouded shapes of silence and of menace. Her eyes ached, her throat and templeB throbbed, aer skin crept, her ecalp tingled. She seemed«to h«>ar a thousand different noises of alarm. The only sounds she did not seem to hear were those--if any--that accom pan|ed Lanyard's departure and re­ turn. Had he not been thoughtful enough, when a few feet distant, to give warning with the light she might well have greeted with a cry of fright the consciousness of a presence near her. so silently he moved about As it was. she was startled, apprehensive of some misadventure, to find him back so soon, for he hadn't gone three minutes, long though ber nervousness had made that period seem. "It's quite all right." he announced in hushed accents -no longer whisper­ ing. "There are just live people in the house aside from ourselves--^alI servants, asleep in the rear wing. We've a clear field--If no excuse for taking foolish chances! However we'll be finished and off again within tan minute* This war." As he spoke the light of the tiasb- lamp was blotted out. An Instant later the girl heard a little clashing noise of curtain rings sliding along a pole, and this was thrice repeated. Then, follow­ ing another brief pause, a switch clicked, and, streaming from the hood of a portable electric desk lamp, a pool of light flooded the heart of a vast place of shadows. Reviewing it swiftly, the gtrl found herself In an apartment whose doors and windows alike were cloaked with heavy draperies hanging from floor to ceiling In long, shining folds. Immense black bookcases lined the walls, their shelves crowded with volumes in rich bindinga; from their tops pallid, sculp­ tured masks peered down Inquisitively, leering and scowling at the intruders. A huge mantelpiece of carved mar­ ble, supporting a great, dark mirror, occupied the best of one wall: beneath it a wid^, deep fireplace yawned, insuf­ ficiently shielded by a screen of wrought brass and crystal. In the mid­ dle of the room stood a library table of mahogany; huge leather chairs and couches encumbered the remainder ci its space. And one corner, that to the right of the fireplace, was shut off by a high Japanese screen of cinnabar and gold. To this Lanyard moved confidently, carrying the lamp. Placing It on the floor, he grasped one wing of the screen with both hands, and at cost of considerable effort swung it aside, un­ covering the face of a huge, old-style safe, of which the body was burled in the wall. For several seconds--but not for many--Lanyard studied this problem Intently, standing quite motionless, head lowered and thrust forward;- hands resting on his hips. Then, turn­ ing, he nodded an Invitation to come nearer. \ "My last job," he said, with a smil­ ing countenance oddly lighted by the lamp at his f§et--"and my easiest, I fancy. Sorry, too, for I'd rather have liked to show off ft bit! But this old- fashioned tin bank gives no excuse for spectacular methods!" ; "But," the girl objected, "you've brought no tools!", ^ "Oh, but I have!" And fumbling In a pocket. Lanyard produced a pencil. "Behold!" he laughed, brandiBhing it. She knitted thoughtful brows. "I don't understand." "All I need--except this." ' Crossing to the desk, he found a sheet of hote paper and, folding It. re­ turned. "Now," he said, "give me five min­ utes." Kneeling, he gave the combination- knob a smart preliminarv(_twirl, then rested a shoulder against the sheet of painted Iron, his cheek to its smooth, cold cheek, his ear close beside the dial, and with the practiced fingers of a master locksmith and an authority on strong-box construction, began to manipulate the knob. Gently, tirelessly, to and fro he twist­ ed, turned, raced and checked the com­ bination, caressing it. humoring It, wheedling it, Inexorably questioning it in the dumb language his fingers spoke so deftly. And in his ear the click and whir and thump of shifting wards and tumblers murmured artlcu late response In the terms of their cryptic code. Now and again, releasing the knob and sitting back on his heels, he would bend grave scrutiny to the dial, note the position of the combination, and with his pencil jot memoranda on the folded sheet of paper. This happened perhaps a dozen times, spaced by in­ tervals of irregular duration.. But it had only been a premonitory rumble In the inwards of a tall old clock, about to strike, In the reception hall. And as Its sonorous chimes her­ alded two deep-toned strokes Lanyard laughed quietly, intimately, into the girl's startled eyes and sank back be­ fore the sp,fe. And now his task was nearly fin­ ished. Within another minute he sat back with face aglow, uttered a hushed exclamation of satisfaction, studied his memoranda for a space," then swiftly and with assured movements threw the knob and dial into tne several varying positions of the combination, grasped the lever handle, turned it smartly and swung the door wide open "Simple, eh?" he chuckled, with a glance aside at thu girl's eager face, bewitchingly flushed and shadowed by the lamp's upthrown glow--"when one knows the trick, of course! And now --if one were not an honest man--a fortune's ours for the taking!" A wave of his band Indicated the rack, of pigeonholes with which the cavity of the safe was fitted--wide spaces and deep, stored tight with an extraordinary array of leather Jewel cases, packet of stout paper bound with tape and sealed, and boxes of wood and pasteboard of every shape and size. "They were only ner Qnesr~pteces, her personal Jewels, that Madam Om­ ber took with her to England," he ex­ plained; "nhe's mad about them-- never separated from them. Perhaps the finest collection of priceless stones tn tbe world for size and purity of wa­ ter. fhe had the heart to leave these --all this!" Lifting a hand, he chose at random dislodged two leather pases, placed them on the floor, and with a blade of his penknife forced their fastenings. From the first the light smote radi­ ance in blinding, coruscant, welter; here was nothing but diamond jewelry, mostly in antique settings. He took up a piece and offered It to the girl. She drew back her hand In­ voluntarily. , "No!" she protested In a whisper that sounded like one of fright. no danger--and you'll nerer like of this again! * Still she stubbornly withheld ber hand. "No. no!" she pleaded. rather not touch it. Put it baek. Let's hurry. I--rm^rightened." He shrugged and, acquiescent, re­ placed the Jewel; then yielded again to impulse of curiosity and lifted the lid of the second case. It contained' nothing but pieces set with colored stones of the first order --emeralds, amethysts, sapphires, ru­ bies, tonai, garnets. lapis-lazull. Jacinths, jades--fashioned by master craftsmen into rings, bracelets, chains, brooches, lockets, necklaces of ex­ quisite design--the whole thrown heedlessly together, without care or arrangement. For a moment the adventurer stared down moodily at this priceless hoard, his eyes narrowing, his breathing per­ ceptibly quickened. Then, with a slow gesture, he reclosed the case, took from his pocket that other case which he had brought from London, opened it, and held It aside, beneath the light, for the girl's inspection. He looked not once either at its con* tents or at her, fearing lest his coun­ tenance betray the truth, that he had not yet succeeded Completely in exor­ cizing that mutinous spirit, the Lone Wolf, from the tenement over which it had so long held sway; and content with the sound of her quick, startled sigh of amaze, that what she now be­ held could so marvelously outshine what had been disclosed in the other boxes, he withdrew his hand, shut the case, found place for it in the safe, and wlthdut pause closed the door, shot the bolts, and twirled the dial until the tumblers fairly sang. One final twist of the lever handle convincing him that the combination was -effectively dislocated, tee rose, picked up the lamp, replaced it on the desk with scrupulous care to leave no sign that It had been moved, and looked round to the girl. 8he was where he had left her, a Small, tense, vibrant figure among the shadows, her eyes dark pools of won­ der in a face of blazing pallor. With a high head and his shoulders well back he made a gesture signify­ ing more eloquently than any words: "All that is ended!" As though thereby released from Chains of some strange enchantment, she started and came swiftly toward him. "And now---" she asked breathlessly. "Now to make our getaway," he re­ plied with assumed lightness. "Before dawn we must be clear of Paris. Two minutes, while I straighten this place up and leave It as I found It." He moved back to the safe, restored the wing of the screen to the spot from which he had moved It and, after an Instant's close scrutiny of the .rug, be­ gan to explore his pockets. "What are you looking for?" the girl inquired, coming over to him again. "My memoranda of the combina­ tion--" * "I have It." She indicated its hid­ ing place In a pocket of her coat. "You left It on the floor, and I was afraid you might forget--" "No fear!" he laughed. "No"--as she offered him the folded paper-- "keep it and destroy it once we're out of this. Now those portieres." Extinguishing the desk-ltght. he turned attention to the draperies -at doors and windows. Within five minutes, leaviaf every­ thing as they had found it, tto two were once more in the silent Mfaets of Passy. . (TO BK CONTINUED.) OltE MAY BEAT A DONKEY "It l» the will of God," Says on Ea» era Legend, Reported by Traveler. In his artlole on his journey to Baby­ lon, in Harper's. William Warfleld told a legend prevailing among the natives by which they justify beating of don­ keys but not horses. "We stopped to change our mules. In the roadway before the khan sat a group of Arabs. A servant supplied them with little cups of tea from a rude samovar. We saluted them, and, taking our places in the circle, we were served In turn. Someone Jn the dark doorway was thumping away on a drum. A boy came out of the khan beating a poor lame donkey covered w«th fly-infested sores. I turned to ece of my neighbors: " 'Is it not cruel for that boy to beat a lame ass in that way?' " 'Effendim, it Is the 'will of God!' " 'But you do not allow horses or camels to be beaten thus.' "'Effendim. the donkey is not like the horse, nor yet Is he like the camel. The reason is this: Upon ^ certain day t^ie donkey8 went before Allah and complained that they were grievously beaten by men, to tbat life was a greater burden than they could bear. Then said Allah: "1 cannot make men cease from beating you. It is no sin. neither does it cause them any great loss. But I will help you. 1 will give you so thick a hide that however much you are beaten you shall not suffer." " '80,' said my Informant 'it is of no consequence if men beat an ass. So thick a skin did Allah give him that after be dies men use it in the making of drums, and the donkey continues to be beaten after death.'" Carat. The word carat is derived from an Arabic word meaning a weieht of four grains. In Greek It signifies Utile born, the fruit of the carob or locust tree. The carat Is a small- weight (originally in the form of a seed) used for diamonds and precious stones, and a measure for determining the fine­ ness of gold. The exact weight of the carat In practice varies slightly in dif­ ferent places. In 1877 a syndicate of London. Paria and Amsterdam jew­ elers fixed the weight at 205 mil­ ligrams (3.163 troy grains) Tbe South African carat is said to equal 3.174 grains The fineness of gold la measured by a ratio with 24 carats as a standard; thus two parts of alloy make it 22-carat gold, and so 0%IS Japanese Afraid of Milk* Half a century ago milk was r*» garded by Japanese with deep suspi­ cion, and it is said the first Japanese to drink milk did so with misgivings leat h« sprout horns Uke a oow«; mm Mchildrem mert̂ ouenul lost pear unmJfUttaif$ Fly Poison Kills More Qtil Than All Other Poisons Co For Safety's Sake, Use?* U there in your home, anywhere within baby's reach, a saucer of arsenic poisoned paper floating in . water, or a can with a sweetened poisoned wick? During: 1915, 26 cases of flv pofsontn* were reported from 11 states; la 1914, cases from 14 states. /'Vy poison kills mort •children than alt other poisons combined. Yet fly poison still is left unguarded except in the homes where mothers have learned that the safe, sure, fton-poisonousi efficient fly catcher and destroyer is 'WB Tbe Journal of the Michigan State Medical Society comments thus in a recent issue: "Symptoms of arsenical poisoning are very simitar to those of choier^ infantum; un­ doubtedly a number of cases of cholera io- f antum were really cases of arsenical poison- !nsr, but death, if occurring, was attributed to cholera infantum. "We repeat, arsenical fly destroying de­ vices are dangerous and should be abolished. Health officials should become aroused to prevent further loss of life from their source. Our Michigan Legislature, this last session, ssed a law regulating the sale of poisonous • papers." £ TheO.&W.ThumCo. Grand Rapids, Mich, Rough-Stuff. "Shall I go over your face again?" asked the barber. 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