Exeter Advocate, 1912-3-21, Page 6CLOSE QtARTERS;
OR. THE MOUE IN THE
RUE BARBETTE
CHAPTER XI(Cant'd) I he said to himself, "th"at the brees.-
<What -shall we answer? x: mid es and currents niay combine to
t
Daubertey=, ]areaki'g itz, open the
barrister's train of thought.
"Oh, say that the signal is fully
understood,"
Whilst the answering 'tags were
tieing displayed Danben iy asked—
"What does it all mean?"
9t means," said Brett, "that i
the Blue Bell liar another yard o
speed in her engines we, shall need
it all, it perhaps will make no ma-
terial
ria
terial difference in the long run,
but as a anere matter of pride
should like to reaeh Palermo befog
Gros; Jean, If I remember rightly,
Palermo is six hours from Messina
by rail, Can we do it?"
"`:Lae,'" the chief engineer, wa
coneuited, Of course, .he would not
co=nit himself.
t`'4 e will try darned. ha r-ard,,'" lien
said.
And with. this emphatic resolve
the Blue Beil sped onwe ;ds through
the sunlit sea until, late in the ev-
ening, the Games was hull down
on her quarted,
Macpherson came e deck to take
a last look at the P. and 0,
"It will be a gr -feat race, ✓ he
announced, "and I clay have to
kill a stoker, But' --'a
Then he dived billow again,
The Blue Pell ran merrily on until
the small. hours of morning, when.
everybody on board was suddenly
wakened by the stoppage of the
t?•,mre�d ,
The passengers on heard the Blue
Bell once and all found some, pretext
to gain the :leek, it their eagerness
to find out why the vessel had
slowed down. The answer ivas a
reassuring one. She bad burnt a
flare for a pilot, and, quiek'iy an an-
swering gleam carne from afar out
of the • darkness ahead.
The pilot was soon on board. Be'
was an Italian, but, like most mem-
bers of his profession doing busi-
ness be these waters, he spoke
Trench fluently,
Brett asked him how long, with
the north-easterly breeze then blow-
ing, a .small -sailing vessel, such as
a schooner -rigged fishing-stnack,
would take to reach Palermo from
Marseilles,
"It is. a trip not often made,
monsieur,"" he said. "Fishing *mo-
tels from Marseilles are frequently
compelled to take shelter under the
Ica of Corsica or even Sardinia, but
here -an Sicily—why should they
conte here 1"#
""Oh, I don't mean a schooner en-
gaged in the fishing trade, but ra-
ther a small vessel ehart-ered for
pleasure, taking the place, as it
were, of a private yacht."
"'Ah," said the Italian, "that ex-
plains it. Well, monsieur, with this
breeze I should.imagine they would
set their course round by -the north
of Corsica in order to avoid beat-
ing through the Straits of Bonifa-
cio. That would snake the rue
about 650 knots, and a smart little
vessel carrying all her sails and
properly ballasted, might reaeh
Palermo in a few hours over three
days."
"Thank you," said Brett. "Is
Palmero a difficult port to make?"
"Oh no, monsieur. There is deep
water' all round here, no shoals,
and but few isolated rocks, which
are all well knewvn. The only thing
to guard against is the changeful �t
current. Brett smiled.
"It would be an ignoble conclu-
sion to the chase if the Belies t
Soeurs were" wrecked' with her valu-
able cargo. I most; devoutly pray,"
bring Dubois safely on shore, Then
I think we'can, deal with. hulas;"
Soon after daybreak the Blue
Bell, after a momentary halt at the
Customs Station, crept past the
Castello a Marc, and amidst much
gesticulation, accompanied by
torrent of volcanic, Italian, she was
tied up to a wharf in the Cala-'•the
f small inner harbor of the port.
Edith; ` who could not sleep. since
- the advent of 'the pilot, made an
early toilet and climbed to the
I bridge, whence she bad a magnifi-
cent the unrise over the
e cerit e of s o ><
beautiful eity that stands en the
Conea d'Ora, or Golden Shell -'the
smiling and luxuriant plain thn
s seems to be provided by Nature
meen's habitation.
;Naturally ix `airlaelme wee draw
her side,
"Italy is a. fine country," he re-
marked, "Yet there are more mur-
ders to the square inch there than
in any other place en earth,"
Edith laughed, "Really, Bobby,"
she pouted, "yen aro bccearning sen-
timental. I half expect to .find you
break out into verse."
e "1 can do that, too," she said,
'though it is not my own, Hasn't
Reber got a hymn which tells us of
a place where
Every prospeet pleases,
And only man is vile,
I forget the rest of it,'"
ItLiss Talbot faced Maxi ,rapidly,
"Bobby, what is the matter wall
you ? I never.knew you ilt eneb a
melting mood before,
"How can I help i.tt" he half -
whispered, laying his hand on. her
shoulder, "We have never been to-
gether so much before in our lives,
Don't you realize, Edith, what it
means to us if Mr, Brett discovers
those. diamonds' within the next few
hours or 'days?"
He bent closer towards her and
his hand passed from, her shoulder
round her neck. `"When we return
to England, if you are willing, we
can be married within a week."
A bright flush suffused her beau-
tiful face. She bent her head' and.
was silent, It is :quite 'certain that
Fa rholme would have kissed her
bad not Daubeney shouted—
"Look here, you two, flirting
the bridge is strictly forbidden. You
will demoralize the whole crew,.
Even the pilot cannot keep his eyes
off yon,"
They laughed and giggled_like a
couple of children caught stealing
gooseberries. Yet the incident and
the words were fraught with a
solemn signifieanoe which often
came back to their minds in: Ether
days.
The party breakfasted on board.
and then set out to survey the ho-
tels, Brett's first care was to as-
certain the scheduled, hours of the
train service,between Messina and
Palermo. To his joy he discovered
that neither Winter mor the gang
he was shadowing could possibly
reach the city until a quarter to
four in the afternoon. They decid-
ed in favor of the Hotel de France
as being most modern in its appear-
ance and centrally situated: -
The next thing to do was to pro-
vide an efficient watch on all sail-
ing vessels entering the harbor, and
here the pilot proved to be a valu-
able ally. Brett explained to' him
hat he. was most anxious to meet
some people who were coming froth
Marseilles on a fishing smack named
he -Belles Soeurs, No. 107. It :was
possible, he explained, that both
the number and the name might be
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value of 1<3'ovril and that its
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obliterated, so he wished the pilot,
or any helpers he might employ for
the duty, to take particular note of
all strange boats answering to this
dese, iption, and at once report their
appearance: This the pian guar-
anteed to do, He Maid that it was
quite impossible for a French -rig-
ged smack to enter Palermo with-
t attracting his notice,
approaclling the police au=
sties and requesting their co -
ration, and also using Grose
an and the, Turks as a stalking-
horse, Brett ,felt tolerably certain
that the time would soon, areive
when, Dubois and he would stand
face to face'.
In making these manifold pre-
parations the Inorning passed rapid-
ly=. The barrister' insisted that 'his.
eorpanioas should go for. a drive
whilst he busied himself with the
neeessary details, and they should
meet at the hotel for the midday
meal, It was then that he singled.
out Sir Hubert for his personal
share .in the pursuit.
"You know Mr, Winter?" he said.
to the baronet,
"Yes, I remember him perfectly."'
In that ease I 'wash you to go
to the station and nee the 3 :4 ,
p.m, train on arrival. You will
probably see the Turks and Gros'
Jean, but pay no attention to them,
:Deep a bright lookout for Mr, Win,
tar, Walk up quite openly and
speak to him, and the probability is
that should Gros Jean have become
suspicious of this Englishman, who
follows in the same. track as hini-
self, your presence on the platform.
will convince him that he was mis-
taken ,n imagining the slightest
connection between Winter's jour-
ney and his own,"'
"That is good," said the major -
general. "It would never have oc-
curred to me. Any other coni;.
on 'minds?"
"None- Save this," continued
Brett, smiling at the old soldier's'
eagerness to obey :implicitly any in-
structions given to him. "When
you meet Winter, tell hinx if pos-
sible so to direct his movements as
to find out Gros Jean's destination,
if it can be done without giving the
Frenchman the slightest cause for
uneasiness. Otherwise the matter
is of no consequence. I have al-
ready interviewed the chief of po-
lice here, and it 'will only be a ques-
tion of an hour's delay before the
local detectives, effectually locate
the quarters occupied' by Gros Jean
and the Turks."'
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CHAPTER XX.
Sir Hilbert was all eagerness to
undertake his mission. Be reached
the station at least half an hour too
soon. .
At last the train arrived. To Sir
Rurbert's delight, he at once caught
,sight of Gros Jean and the Turks,
whom, of course, he 'quickly identi-
fied as to the loungers on the tower
of the Chateau d'If.
It occurred to him that there was
a, remote chance of recognition by
Gros Jean, so he busied himself for
an instant in a seeming scrutiny of
the bookstall until they had passed.
A little= further down the platform
he caught sight of Inspector Winter,
that worthy individual being engag-
ed in a fiercely unintelligible con-
troversy with an Italian porter as
to the 'possession of his portman-
teau. -
Sir Hubert hurried forward, and
seizedhthe amazed policeman by his
hand, wringing it warmly.
The stolid detective quickly re-
covered himself, and his first words
\Vere--- `Did Mr. Brett fully -under-
stand my signal: V'
"I think so,'' said the other; "but
he will tell you all . about that af-
terwards. At present he wishes you
to ascertain Gros Jean's intended•
residence."
"Oh, that, is too easy,"
he con-
descended to explain. "I have been
talking to him.
"You ',• don't-• say so !''
".Yes, I have: My`l?reneh is bad,
and his English'. is worse, but he
understands that I am in the whole-
sale grocery trade, I have come to
Palermo to buy currants N'
'Most ext i ro ury ! Ilon
clever of .you! )
M . Winter ew.him sc,lf un with.)
an air oi'paoPe,ona1 pride.
"That is nothing, sir,'' he saidt7
!" We often snake queer el acquaint
a iceships in the way of busiaioss
! But Gres Jean is a sanaa t chap:.c
ev d me curiously ‘i lien lzo h ap�aoxl�t'
�lxeaathat,1 n u th f th, it
>r�la i
-who, ,5z5'iieil tc
v
steamer at Messina, so I took the,
bull by the 'horns and made myself
useful to him in the matter of get-
ting his baggage out of the hold,"
Meanwhile the subject of their
conversation had quitted the sta-
tion, and Sir Hubert's respect for
Mr, Winter's powers as a sleuth-
hound yielded to anxiety lest the
slippery Frenchman might vanish
once and for all.
"Hadn't we better follow him?"
he suggested.
Mr. Winter wicked knowzifgly.
"Don't be anxious, sir. Ile wants
to be seen in my company. He be -
Neves I ala here for trading pur
poses, andthe association will be
useful to him."
Nevertheless the baronet -was
glad to find that Mr. Winter's con-
fidence
on-idence was not misplaced, when,
ten minutes later, he again. en-
countered the Frenchman and the
Turks at the door of the Campo
Santo, a cheap hotel near the
square that forms the center of Pal-
ermo.
The detective was eminently suit-
ed for the role he now filled.
zla.onsco," he cried with
boisterous good humor, "perrni.ttez-
moi introducer un friend of mine
¥onsoo Smeeth, de Londres you
know, 4.0 ne save= pas les nomas
de votre corripaniougs, but they are.
tree bons caniarades, Ie suis cer-
tain,"
Gros Jean was most complaisant,
"It ese von grand plaisir,
zn'sieu," be said, whilst the Turks
gravely bowed their acknowledg-
inents.
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