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CHAPTER X.-(Ootd) pater) 36 the final | "6 Rave oF on : $hat jn {ed obéetvation. v4 En ry ut y power © 'above some 8! oceed unchecked and yuhindered » , =Aould, goon ay fod gg she #d the 3 ystéry. e are in A a ut Mos ueer- legal forms ~ and unusual pethods 'At Houé 1 'can always' ifeumveont "Meo ¥ard { here! I min the! mfidst; af strange, suf oundings, and know not what may BRED ere! ré, we t pos- e gouls in! patience and wait Bevelopments, ae agent I have ust employ as promi report every two oul, motil eight o'clock." Then I will 1) charge of, the, Ca fbaret, --! "hat, tholme., "You, my dear fellow, will '¥e- jin 3 the hdtel and await or: ders." ~ 'How long am 1 30 st chewing Scigars in our: ent' ry EF "All nO 151 do' not appear by seven o'clock to-mor- row morning yo had Better go: to = the 'Embassy and : tell one of; the * secretaries . everything connegted with out visit, to Paris. He will then take action through' the police & in proper form, and after that you ¢ must sifiply: $wait developments." 7*Do you mean to say," said Fair- # holme, anxiously, "that you are ¢ contemplating -avother risky bit of .. business to-night?' Y "Once I take my stand outside i the Cabaret Noir ut 8.30 I can- _ pot tell where Fate may lead me. ut, me 7 cried Fair- RS If I am lucky I will certainly re- & turn, whatever be the personal out- > come: ,1f, on the other hand, I earn pothing, you may certainly | expect to see me about two in the morning' ' At the hotel Brett found await ing him a letter delivered. by the midday post. It was from his eld: erly assistant ip London, whom he héd told to make a close scrutiny oof all inhabited houses within a certain radius of the Carlton Hotel: The man had done his work syste- magically), and in only three in- stances was he called on to report doubtful cases. Two foreign: restaurants in side streets contained a number of re sidents concerning whom it was dif- bi. if informapion. ? tablishingnts he h {resort of on. nental gambler dFiven from Scho eh Toa attentions. of the ofher Ivins ov place of A PQ. CLM stignable repute; and antes 'he had utterly HD b lightest infor- y anfs;' who ap- $ a other quiet street. could learn, it was terianted 'by an Sn lady ya -- "a helpless valid; waited on bya' some swhat curious Sonple: Fin bt "They are Italians. T think," Wrote the ex-policeman, "and very uncommunioative people; 1 'have wicorasliad, Jonge: pretext or an- other, when t! door is 0 = od it i8 slwiys apt on 8 be and, I cannot see more than thé face of a mao = woman and 3 few inches 4 'hey: ill, I have no : BA hd hat the view taker by, the milkman and baker is cor spect, namely; that the: owner of the flat is. confined to;her; bed, andi suffering from, 5 5 ) which" renders' It imperative' she should be shut Off from all' Wi The )Jasdlord informs me {hat these) peoplé have occupied the place fo | néarly two months: Their rent i paid 3 ane Bnd hey have no given the slightest 8duse for com plaint., There are, of gourse, in this 'district a Jarge mumber of pri vate lines; and, although: sdnie, ol their (patrons might well deman oloser . observation, J have com across nothing sugfestive of dn suspicious circumstances' whateve! with reference to them. 1 ha detained my report until I was abl to give details concerning the ot! houses in 'the distriet, and I now fall back on the second pard ®f your instructions, i.e. to maid tain a close watch on the three es- tablishments which I 'have picked out as being more unusual in their habits than the others.' This was all. Soon after three o'clock a report arrived from the agent in the Rue du' Chaussee d'Antin. "Tt read-- ! "Nothing unusual has océurred in the vieinity of the Cabaret Noir. The cystomers frequenting the plage are all 'of the ordinary type aud do not call for special comment. 1 "A Purkish , gentleman "quitted the house No, 11, Rue Barbette, at 1:45 p.m., but returned shortly be- fore two o'clock. Half an hour lat- er a man, whom my assistant re- cognized as a member of a well- known gang of flash thieves, enter- ed the place. "His name is Charles Petit, but he is generally knowh to his associates as 'Le Ver. He is emall, well-dressed, and pof-youth- ful appearance,' but y 'plder than he 'looks. / Be Rs the housé inhabited by the , "What 'is the mean 'Le Ver'?! said, Fairholme. 4 . ° "Tt means 'The Worm," " 'answer- ed Brett. . We offe and recommend _. } to & COMPANY Mortgage. Five.Ber Cobb. "Sijking Fund 1940 Gold Bonds CE'TO WIELD 6% ON THE INVESTMENT, Me consider that t xceptional opportunity fo and most remuner count of the strong features fo Bat Tog spore Rue. plains th Turk; who place . instructiol locality. sons lutely report stidh quilt the 'Fr Li ¢ it mi o f other perso vi 4h stati another watcher Oe et thie second! mis Red iParke to a" restéurant in #be yHoulevard. So far as he ou] Li pas med to be excited abd! @p pad] d4ivg. y drank some wine and conve 3 | gether in low tones. At 615 they gnitted the cafe and rapidly jumped into an empty fiacre, being: driven off-in the direction of So unexpectedly did their seats thatibefore ry 4 could, hire another cab' they disappeared 'in the. traffic, Jand al- though he dav idly. as possible, | Featel sight of 'them. manded him for: his' negli e, though' he did right in contin once to me to report his' failure. accordance with your instructions, I have ordered the 'watchers ab the Cafe Noir and in the Rue to.be in this office at 8.15 p.m." "Now 1 Twender," said Brett; | 'why -the Turks left the French~ man alone in No 11. Itis odd, to say theileast of at. rao! matid'discovery monds 'this mafning 1 even more in the dark than I am. It 'must be looked into, but Toans not attend to. it now. At this 'mo: ment, if I am not mistaken -the centre of 'interest is the Cafe Noir"? The two men ogcupied sitting" foo on the first floor of the Hotel, and "their = res ive - bed fems flanked it on: e gide. - Brett ex- plained that he could aot tackle the table id hote, dinner, so. he made a hasty. meal in theix sitting rap 28d then excused himself whilst 10 tired to his bedroom to change tis clothing. Pi He was absent some twenty min- utes: and Fairholme amused thir- self by. glancing over ihe copies of the day's London newspavers whith had recently arrived. Suddenly the door of Brett's bedriom open: ed, and a decrepit elderly map Rp peared, a shabby-genteel Indivsdn- al, disfigured by drink and' erumip- Jed up by rheumatism. i Seiki (Who the devil--"' began Fair- holme. : 8 I But he was amazed fo 'hear Brett's familiak 'voice deking-- ficiently, complete t' ; i «Complete }'? shouted Fa! rholme "why, your own mother would nob Sar A NE o t "That is all right," said the bar ally. 'Twill now pre. 'quietly drunk at the | seved of | 1erosse "Do you think the disguise gnf- |" an appeatance In SPCR this at a late ur, ~ His ha large and sinewy, his Wrists square, oh SE Ln vi SO h I ! element in this nigh Soe plirpose P Frenchman, he should fbe'#n 'expert with the othe: ; a t hardly co a alysis of the Sarin who close © ration; when the priva door into thie bar opened 'and Mlle; Beaucsire, enter use of "the :- she; goulg he, pink-and-white Frenchman The - latter: gs ob th ns 3 doi bh k, and in th nl Ving 3 inspection, cerémonion Half" a miinute later man finished. the cognac; and prod to. Tt. was with difienlty restrained himself ° him, bitt (he 'was certain that one cotild leave the residential por tion lof 'the building without using the ;passage=&. View of which, he commanded. from his window. ad the resolutely" resolved $0 himself for that night to shadowing the ex-circus lady: 3a) i c and walt denial 'were sounded' shroude open. window: "Then #he 'i now hopelessly staggered. tow lurched wildly, just in ¥ ta ao tlie ; be 'contintied.) CANCER NON-COMMUNIC, 1 ap considerable strengthi _ Being 81 4nie distinct reflection off g EPO IN Pit 17 Bre NTI aR OR rg AR lw ART