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"HAPTEN XVII .—(Cont'el)
`-They set of, and, being, cure of
their destination, I did not quit the
cafe myself until they -were well twat
of sight. Then I walked. away in
the sande direction, inquired of a
policeman the quickest way to reach
-the, pose -caeca and stepped out
rapidly.
,I had not gone far when I over-
took them. They reached the
building. The Turks. remained in
thestreet. and Gr ea went an-
t os �" It
side;, so I followed hint, and found
hays inquiring for letters at the
Poste Restante department, Where
xrpcan I sent a telegram to Londo;l,"'
"Who on earth. did .yrau telegraph
to, Jack's" broke in Edith,
"To Ani sha�rteseaker, tefling Irina
te, rut couple of theme in hand
at ecce,'"'
This meepected answer parow ok<
a general titter.
The fenana thine taw me,'r sf
Talbot, "was the effect of the a
sage on the telegraph eh "rk,
could ew<ideutly read English, an
lay' surveyed me •curiously, for
Pay present appearance I looked
not uulilxely person to order shirt;
by telegram fron as wvell.kllown Lon-
don house, However, I aglliev� eel
m` purpose, which, was to overhear
Gros Jeans request. Ho asked
if there were ,any letters for M.
Isidor de Rioaz."
"Good gracious,"""'' cried Edith,
°tic name for that
what an axastocra
fat RIAU..
" v owe" at WAS effective, 'l
was as letter for hint, and he
(featly oatky expected one, for,
fore the e le*rk who handed it.
him. wise abler to examine the
attainder of the packet, he tore at
teem, glancedariefly at its conteait
and then hurried out to loin his
friends sal the street. After n short,
ecsnelatye they oalterecl as cafe and
procured aAk railway guide. I tied
hard to find out what section of
the book Gros Jean was looking at,
but failed, for the double reason.
that he did not eonsult the Turks
nor did he seem - to make up"his
Irairtd, for he looked through the
book, sighed impatiently and sug-
gested to the others. that they
should go x.ut "again. I followed
them into the Cannebiere, and
thence down towards the harbor.
1� 'lien we reached tete quay a small
pleasure steamer was whistling for
passengers, and a placard anncwune-
eel a fifty -centimes return trip to
1
the Chateau d"If.
"Seelningly on the spur of the
moment, Gros Jean invited the
ethers to accompany him. So, of
eaurse. I followed then., When we
reached the island, I quickly per-
eeived Haat the castle filled the
whole of it. Therefore, in place of
keeping behind them I went in
front. We all passed on with the
stream of sightseers until we reach-
ed the courtyard. I had never been
in the place before, but Gros Jean
seemed to know it well. Owing to
my policy of preceding them I found
myself halted for a moment at the
foot of the stairs leading to the
tower. It struck me that the
Frenchman was making in this di-
rection, so I took the chance and
ran up. I reached the top and
looked over before the party bad
entered the doorway at the bat -
torn. They came in. - Thus'far I
was right. I looked around, and
found, as you; know, the square
roof surrounded by bare, battle-
ments with a turret in one corner.
I decided instantly that it- would
be hopeless to try to get close to
them if they halted at any other
point save in the vicinity of the
turret. Elsewhere I must remain
too far away to catch any.portion:'
of their conversation. So I dart-
ed across and entered the turret,
noting on my way up the stairs the
existence of the loopholed 'window
where you finally saw me. It would
never do to be,,caught there, so I
went to the toand peeped over.
YYu cane guess how delightedI was
when they came straight across and
settled themselves in the angle be-
neath, Then I crept ,half -way down.
the stairs•and leaned as far' .a s I
dared through the loophole, being
just in time to hear Gros Jean read
a letter from his daughter. For-
tunately the innkeeper had to speak
plainly, as his companions were
foreigners, and for the same rea-
son I had no difficulty in catching
the drift of what the Turks said.
"The letter was quite sho.r=t I't
told him that H. had decided to
leave France, and had made ar-
rangements to proceed at once to o
est means of reaching Palme °o
forthwith, Then he told them that
be had endeavored to and out the
trains runnizig through Italy to
Messina, but they could not leave
Marseilles until to -night, and he
'thought it best that they should
have e a quiet talk on the situation
before deeiding too hurriedly upon
�2ity ,line of action.
"The rest of their conversation
was ineensequent and desultory
z
4 tt
alluding to
� cw cl n f�' �some projec
which they bad fully discussed. be
fore,"
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Gives
Stamina.
will benefit your
children r
o your
invalid.
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3 `"diel not trouble to inoludc us
u
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n , ca e w' shall c e be u� � i, ionth
e s 1 be .c
k
e
yacht first. A woman can always
rt, pack up much better than a man,
t knoww, d ''1
o Iww look � an all l,. you,
after
3 to
I"dear."
Brett gave one glance at her flush-
ed and suiling`face, and forthwith
abandoned argatznent as useless.
An hour later the Blue Bell was'!.
e skimming past the outer lighthouse
in Marseilles bay,
Brett smiled grimly, '"The cos
xnissary in Paris always follows up
the wrong person," be said, ""Had
he only used lis wits yesterday.
morning he would have discovers
+that the agent of the Embassy wva
sn touch with Hussein,-ed*slink
Heewe the presence of the quartett..
n Mareeifles to -day,"
Tatiaot was natntrally any stifteal
by this remark until Brett explain-
ed. tea him the cireumst:tures already
l�nown to the reader,
there anything elsel" in -
the barrister, reverting to
ie# topic before 'them.
ly this, T gathered that
did rot know his daugh-
°eaheats in Alaarseilles,
ad arranged that if c.ir-
necessitated her leper -
he town she would leave
r hint in the Poste Res -
nee him full details, Nee -
its, this presuppesee th
owledge caw her part that he
would come to Marseillvs, se I as -
therefore that telegrams must
passed. between them S ester-
ftearnoon-''
aeieusly f said Brett. `"Acs;
el.Se /"
:es," and now Talbot's ve�ii
k a sotto 01 passion that in me
reed his hearers. <'
:hat this under -hand -
if
It, it .goes through,
cs testiiazzxder e+f poor. Moho". -
1 salad' 114s assistants, and
everlasting dis-
permitted this
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CHAPTER XIX.,
'Next morning -morning -they reached the
Straits of I3onifeeio, and here they
had to slael:'en speed somewhat, ford
the navigation of the rocky chap
nel was diMeult and da agorous, Vat
behind them they could see a hugo
steamer approaching. As the =ru-
ing 'wore, this vessel came nearer, :.
and 3aubeney, important now in
: his oapaeity of commander, an -
trounced that she was the P. and 0.
steamship Ganges, bound for I3rin-
o disi and the East, via the Straits
of Messina.
"She left 1larseillea at a late
hour last alight,' he said, "and
ill call et Brindisifor the Indian R. 'laniard.
Irrttees en r
grace of llay
thing to happen whilst an import-
ant and special Inission was en-
trusted to taffy solo charge by the
Foreign Of'.tee. Dubois has been
able to connnit his erirne, get away
with the diamonds, hoodwink all of
us most St etle
cttall
, and,
in the re -
suit,
obtain a. huge reward fro
the Turkish Government for h
services, I tell you, Mr. Brett,
won't put up with it. x will fol -
]ow him to the other enol of the
world, and, at any rate, take per-
sonal vengeance on the man who
has rui"ed my career, For, z,o
matter what you say, the only ef-
fective way in which 2 can rehabi-
litate myself with nay supers,ars is
to hand back those diamonds ro the
custody of the Foreign Office. No
matter how the panic-stricken sov-
ereign. in Yildiz :Kiosk may saeri-
fice hie servants to gain his own
ends, I, at least, have t nigher .ono -
tine. It rests with me to prove
that the British Government is not
to be humbugged by Paris thieves
or Turkish agitators. If 1 fail in
that duty there remains to inc the
personal .motive of revenge!
"No, Edith; it is useless to 'z-gue'
with me," for his sister had risen
and placed her arms lovingly round
his neck in the effort to calm him.
"My mind is made up. I suppose
Mr. Brett feels that his inquiry is
ended. Por me it has just com
nienced."
The young man's justifiable rage
created a sensation.
"2tay I ask," he said, "what rea-
son you have to suppose that I:
should so readily throw up the
sponge and ,leave Monsieur Henri
Dubois the victor in this contest?"
"Do you mean," cried Talbot,'
starting to his feet, "that you will
stand by me?"
"Stand by you I" echoed the bar
rister, himself yielding for an in
stant to the electrical condition o
things. "Of course I will. We evil
recover those diamonds and bring
them back with us to London if we
have to. take' them out- of the Sul-
tan's palace itself !"
"And now, Lord Fairholrne," he"
added, before Talbot could do other
than grasp his hand and shake it
impulsively, we want your friend's
yacht. We will set out for Pal:
meso at the first possible moment
We must reach there many hours,
perhaps a whole day; before Dubois
who is on a sailing vessel, and even
with the start he has obtained can-
not hops to equal the performance
f a fast steamer. Let Gros Jean
only one and a half inches. - The
electrified children showed an in-
crease in weight• and other forms of
development in proportion to their,
height..
q..
A. GREAT E SLI":UTH.
If Octave Henri Aeodat Hamard,
the Paris detective chief, who has
heels promoted to be director of the
Criminal Investigation Depart-
ment, were to reveal his secrets,
they' would make the most blood-
curdling record of crime of modern
times; for Paris is,the most wicked.
city in the world,
Hamard. is provincial by birth,
having been born at Chatillan-sur-
Loing in the Loireta fifty years age,,.
Though only in his prime, his hair is
quite white, not by heredity, but
by reason of the intense strain con-
sequent upon the chase, of erixne.
Unlike M. Le
pine, lame, chef of police,
Hamard is tall. Unlike the little
magician he has.never known any
other calling than that o£ police-
man. He entered the prefecture in
188$ in the capacity of a senior
idea eaddenly struck. Brett,
you kuow how fast ehe
ins" dm inquired,
Oh, about thirteen and a half
knots an hour. That is her best
ate, The P. and 0. boats are not
you know."
And does she atop at Messina I"
Daubeney now caught the drift of
the barrister's questions.
"I don't think so.''
Another hour passed, and the
Ganges was now almost alongside.
Although both ships were wall
through the Straits of ]3oanfacie,
and the Ganges should have fol-
lowed a course a point or two north
of that pursued by the Bluo Bell,
m she appeared to be desirous to
is come elose to them,
I Suddenly the reason became ap-
parent. A of little flags flut-
tered up to her masthead,
"She is signalling us," cried
Daubeney excitedly, "Here you,"
he shouted to a sailor, "bring Jones
here at .once."
Jones was the yacht's expert sig -
nailer. He approached with a tele-
scope and a code under his arm.
After a prolonged gaze and a care-
ful scrutiny of . the code, he an-
nounced—
"This is how the message midi:
`Turks on board Stopping Messina.
- 4Vinfer.' "
For ones the barrister was start--
led
tart-led out of his usual quiet self-pos-
sesaiora •
"Winter'." he alrnost screamed.
"Is he there V"
A ,hundred mad questions
coursed through his brain, but he
realized that to attempt a long ex-
planation by signals was not only
out of the question, but could not
fail to attract the attention of pas-
'
sengers on board the Ganges. This
he did not desire to do. Quick as
lightning, he decided that by some
inexplicable' means . the Scotland
Yarcl detective had reached Mar-
seilles full of the knowledge that
Dubois and the diamonds were- en
route to Sicily, and had also learnt,
that -he, Brett, and the others were
on board the Blue Bell.
He had :evidently taken the
speediest means of reaching the
-'island,,d found mself on board
the sameanship as GroshiJean and th•e
f Turks. Hence he had approached
1 the captain with the request that
the Blue Bell should be signalled.
(To be continued;)
Palmero, 'whither the writer would
accompany him.,
"One se tenee 1 remember ex-
actlw • "II;' she s�.rrote, `has friends
in Sicily, and he reels assured of
a kind reception at their hands."'
Fri ienis ! interrupted Brett.
!•:
Th a11e3,11s l,rigands!"
"Tre information seemed to an -
nee the Turks very much, They
l�care -very angry at whatthey, de
ser bed as the enforced delay. and
i
_ssed'w•ith Gros Jean the Iii
and his Turks travel overland. We
will beat them, too: Come, now,
no more talk, but action. You,
I+airholme, go :ahead, and prepare
Ti ubcney. i will see to your lug-
gage being packed. - Talbot arsd :r
will join in half an hour."
``Eh ! what is that:" broke in
Sir Hubent.. `,`Fairholme, Talbot,
you -what are '7?dith and 1 going
to.I.o2''..
•els. Brett, of course,'' ;gaits
Edith, in her steady, -,even tones,
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ITOW TO BECOME TALL.
Undergo a Course of Electrification
—That's All.
Interesting experiments are being
made in Stockholm, Sweden, as to
the effect of electricity on the phy-
sical growth' of children. •
The :walls and ceilings of a school
room were Iined with a coil of wires
through which a high frequency
current was passed: The children
in the room were thus in a position
of an iron core in the centre of a
magnetizing coil.Fifty children
were kept in this room, while 50
others of the average age, size and
mental: development' were kept in
an adjoining room without electri-
cal treatfnenti
At the 'end .of six months the chil-
dren under electrical treatment
showed a growth of two "inches,
while those without electricity, grew
clerk at a salary scarcely suirteient
to keep body anti soul together. Sia.
years later he was maces a polieta�
magistrate.
Soon he became Assistant -Chief
of Detectives, his immediate super
for being Cochefert, the terror of
evil -doers. Hamard sueceedcd
Cochefert in 1002, and from then till
now has held the, office- of Chief of
Detectives in the capital where the
criminals of all nations congregate.
But Criminals, like kings, are close-
ly watched, and, unlike the latter,
are rarely disturbed in Paris pro-
vided they keep quiet.
Of the many celebrated cases with
which he has had to deal, none at-
tracted more widespread attention
than that of Madame Steinhall, the
"tragic widow," who was accused
of having, killed her husband, and
her mother, and whom some Bold
responsible for the death of Presi-
dent Felix Faure., The distracted
woman, in her frantic efforts to
free herself from the disgrace of
murder and parricide,blamed peo-
ple indiscriminately. Finally, to
east the blame upon a servant, she
put a pearl in : his pocket book.
Hamard .had- her arrested. She
was acquitted, but the terrible or-
deal she was put through during a
long trial has forced a change in
the form of French criminal pro-
eedure.
Hamard says his most amusing
experience concerned ` the bank
clerk named Galley, who stole a
large sum of money from the Com-
toir National Escompte, chartered
a yacht, and eloped with a music-
hall'` artist named Merelli. For a
time the clerk played the part of a
grand seigneur, but finally he and
Merelli, whom he called "a . sister
soul," were arrested at Bahia. The
most revolting case of M. Hansard's
experience was that of Soleilland,
who killed the ten -year-old daugh-
ter' of his friend, put her little body
in a sack and deposited' it in a lug-
gage office of the Western Station.
Hamard stuck to the prosecution
till the scoundrel was condemned to
the guillotine; but President Fal-
lieres, who does not believe in ca-
pital punishment, commuted his
sentence to .imprisonment for life.
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