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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Advocate, 1911-12-14, Page 6►F :aaas• 7-.;�.ur! arcle regme s 6SALADA." FebFreal fritaTallit from the g .ratt4`.ees i} ire fhnest tea, z clueing country in the world. Ask your grPeer for package 1 o'day 9 u' like CLOSE at; ro ,b. TEA TFRS: OR, THE HOUSE IN THE RUE L3ARUEI i , t*t"fe f„'Ikasseuse' wets ev terry, he sped ulon iing paacre, ar.tit<1 s x i►ig where the rows tatlls +veru tenmporar At .aerie rrxrxze'r 5 climite reafiz+ ing, the cleat ►Imo demoiseliem as if he were w pearauee, the`d leis terve aaed ous pace. At that instant with a sturcl„v "Illi which road ;net d fare in the vier ;Rouge,, drove aloa*It zh tstreea Brett sprang Alit It amnia eegerly ttz the .driv "*.Keep that cab 3t► sight: Pay ;coat double fare!'" The man tigllte'eel his reizis att►Z-, raised his ulaip in prompt obecli- enee to the order. when siuddenly° t= two men ,;Mined into the vehicle from opposite sales, seized Brett ween ani►d !tweed hint down on to the and east, while one of them said to the aetollishecl *ebb'--- "Tlle us at once to the Central, Perf'eeture of Police." Tie znan recognized that these tiiru vieg ale;' raw'ak +let.efiw gS int i the reaclwav and tllcn t ver lower r the driver, taking e'lutrge v ti t;e ehiele himself anti trusting to luck azgaizt to cat It sight of the vanish - lady And her earltmpartnon, who, lle doubted not, lead Awaited he►' air rival at the quiet corner where she jaaitled him, rt nsciously he Ma st harwe given sczziic , ptreme nitioia tf this de tieraate sazi►eaatc, for the ` twe policemen tighteneTd their grasp, #creed his Itarids higlle>n* up Imes back,' a xl hent leas lleaal xa�rweraaa:ttil be gvas in datmtgaaz,f haaw; ing . either his neck or 11 s sl►hers aid'+ ceted„ lCi.fI vola keep ctaiet ntla►=a,. cal the e tieff deteetare, "You, eel a lad you are Vray alfa: r more disastrous eta "Are you sine this is the xna 'I'� he said to the senior det c ae. "`Quite positive; monsieur." 5r'I`lxa n take off lois wig and get a towel, so that .be may remove some of his make-up, The rascal should be an actor. I never saws a better disguise in my life Brett knew it was hopeless to attempt explanations at this sine, He readily fell in with them. .urce- tio'ns,'a rid in a few seconds he stood ealed in somethiug akin to his, ordinary appearance. Now, the French Commissary of Pollee was no tool. He was an adept at leading character, but 'rte xs certainly puzzled after a sharp crutiny of Brett's clear -colt, andel- gent features, Nevertheless, he awl that: the criminal instinct x . ten allied with the tlaost decep- te exteeuul appearaneee. Bo he treed to the dete tire, .and said-- •"Te,�ll mer brills, what liap- S accordance With instructions, monsieur," the ana:i replied. ",.Philippe, and 1 arcerz ¢road the; ovenents of the" prisoner at thel rail Rotel, lyurla?g the after - n he received ; se,e gel from end» and trona sante iereons loge Paris, which dee lznents are not robahly in his 'possession, Ile Ititted the .hotel at eight o'clock, gu3sed us yon have even, II.e led .for sa moment at l►seise tri►e 'd>,a C'heueeee Witntin, ekes Illem' of wheels; we noted, antd: bile his way to the Cafe Noir itre, There we watched. he door ter imelrly three Ie feagtaec1 drenktereess, 0.94111 --Rt l,.ic'at4in with rt person." Tliainftis t,sbrlt of it, "Soon after eZer~e ? c e hastily and qui ed Tsctl the Doulevaltl, We w4ulkl have t there was coo sight s oa►r in wrest hurt at auy likely to elude us.' _. Ile struggled vielent anti total us Moate story aabayt► its lesare to follow aanOther eat, Melt he arsief had disappeared. I �. sawget coli etch as he. described, roll ria treated his words as amere - 'ce to abstract' attention. We were right. A xiauznc*nt late' he attempt to a•scape, and we welled to use considerable prevent iiim from being .ssfi►1.,a e cotuzaaissary turnted h"e eyes he prisoner and was satema,tgay tit to question him, when .drett !` with a smile- perhaps, cont ieur, you ;pill az:- ww me to says a word or two.'' Certainly." The official knew at criminals generally implicated ehcr selves when tIi.ey commenced elplaining matters. "You are aaetieg, _ I pr tune„ said the barrister, x'itt obedience to reports received from London police with reference to the murder of four Turkish .subjects at .'llbert Gate, and the theft of some valu- able diamonds belonging t.) the Sultan ?" This calm summary of toe facts seemed to disconcert tee; I -N ich- nx<xxt, It astonished him consi7ler- nbly to find his prisoner thus indt eating so eloarly the nature t 1 the charge to be brought against hll. "That may be so," he'udnxzttetd, "It is so," went on Brett; "and in this matter you are even mere hopelessly idiotic than 1 toil: ylu to be. I have told you nzv name and profession« I am a friend <"f Mr, Talbot, the English gentlemen who has been spirited away in con- nection with this crime, and I have. in my pocket at this momenta let- ter from the British Under -Se -„i¢ tary of State for Foreign Affais, authorizing me to use my best ef- forts towards elucidating the mys- tery and tracking thereal crimin- als. Here 'is the letter;" he 'con untied, producing a document and Iaying it before /the amazed offici- al." Further, an inquiry made at the Grand Hotel will produce un- questionable testimony from the manager, who knows me, and from my . friend, Lord Fab holme, who -occupies rooms there et this mo- me'?t. "Lord Fairholnie !" stuttered the. official. "Why, that is the name given by the other prisoner." "Do you mean to you have arrest -ed the Earl of Fairholme ?" gasped Brett, struggling with .an irresistible, desire to laugh. The Frenchman covered his con- fusion by growling an unintelligiole ,order, and bent over the letter which Brett hacl given to.hitn. In half a minute one of the detectives returned, -and with him was F:air-• holme, on who -se honest face indig- nation and astonishment struggled for mastery. "Oh, surely that cannot be you, Brett!" cried his lordship, the m•a ment he entered the room. '`Well, of all the --- fools that- ever.lived, these French Johnnies take the cake: I suppose that they have 'spoiled the whole business! If the brutes had not taken me by sur- prise I would have knock -ad over a dozen of them before they arrested me: "Silence!" shrieked the commis sary, into whose mind was ['Arad- . ing the comcioasaess thrd, he had committed an- ont tgeoas' blu ider "What did you"szv your naive' was ?'r he de-n.tncte'd fiercely. told you my name "an hour sai=l his lordship haughtily, .`and if you had arm l,, clever you would have btiicved I<t me. I am the Earl of Fairholme, a fact that can be readily substan- tiated by dozens of people here in Paris, and this is Mr. Reginald Brett, a friend of mine, who would have probably diseevered the, mya- tory of my friend's disappearance and the whereabouts of. those dia- monds by this time if you had not interfered His. lordship was . hardly coher- ent, with annoyance, but the .Cute official had now convinced himself that a stnsid mistake had been committed by his department, He became apologetic and suave., e::plained that their my steri, ons proceedings had to some extent oouunitted them in the eyes of the Police to secret knowledge of the tetra* w seh 1 d se thoroughly aroltsed the det-ective depaitnients in both London axial farts, Evidently Scotland Yard had not advised the .French police of Mr. Brett's ai ficial connection with the haunt for the murderers, The agents of the Paris Bureau, had watched Brett's eonaings. anal goings during the day, and the detectives' pus*- . once aronsed were inteeeteed when friend, Lord Fairhohne, soneltt the aid of two uniformed olzeen en to break in the floor of ,e Tairkish residents in the lRne e bate, yen now, p011tebt ecrn,eb ded th ]miesaary, he would rvgrettlall c»arryelled to detain theme for ' 3 while, until he verified their tnents, Meanwhile they would subject to any further in- and ntigimt procure such ate As they desired, would probably be set at lib, within n eenplc of hours, ('o b, continued.) t#BdtS TOUtT FAITH' 'lith Came ,i ter elle .s Vor1. I#Catti Laid the .Foan+ etlon, le a~ dxa tker I Teataial. from i mairlf ui 1+f?ti faartable uttitaldel dee swots uble them any furtbei:, `irlgerly and cautiously the two nowhat re'laxed the strain was able to breathe $reel¢} dales more, " Then he laughed, but he veal not help saying in English "The shadow of Scotland Ya falls on rile even here. Porr newcomers wore not to be trilled ` Winter, how I will roast him o with. Without .a worst or a question ' thin adventure 1" e rattled his horse across the stone at are yon talking about y" Pavement, and then Brett ehczlting' demanded one of the men, with rage at this interferenee at1 I Jt ‘‘..„`IS thinking aloud," re - a supreme moment, realized that Pl`ied BretC. • for some extraordinary reason he "And what were your thoughts a'' as a +risouer,; and in the hands of ; "Simply this, that the sooner I . a couple of detectives. meet your remarkable astute corn - this time the tab containing missary the better I shall be tlmo lady had vanished, but the bar- pleased," rester made one despairing effort, "Por Ileaven's sake," he said to his captors, "take me where you will, but first follow that cab and eseertain its destination," "What cab?" demanded one ,f his guards sarcastically, , "The cab which I wished our driver to overtake at the moment when you pounced on Inc." "This is a mere trick," broke in the other. "Don't bother about his cab. We have got him safe' enough, and let the commissaire deal with him now." "Listen to me," cried Brett. "You are making afrightful mis- take, Your action at this moment may cause irretrievable delay and'. loss. If you will only do as I tell you—" "Shut up," growled the first man, "or it will be worse for you. Your best plan is to keep a quiet tongue in your head," It was not often that Brett lost "Profession ?" his temper, but most certainly he . "Barrister -at -law." lost it -on this occasion. He was The official consulted a type -writ - en=dowed with no small share of phy- ten document, which he selected ssiea,l strength, and for an instant 'from a mass of papers, fastened by the wild notion came into his head an Indaia rubber band. Then he that he might perhapa succeed in .looked curiously at the prisoner.. tz rd �1r1 CH IPTJ R XI. The journey across Paris proceed- ed without further incident, until they reached the prefecture. 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