Exeter Advocate, 1912-3-28, Page 3CL SE QUARTERS
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CHAPTER XX.—(Cont'd)
The upshot of this extraordinary
meeting; was that when M. Winter
had secured a room aed, the party
had ordered dinner, the six men
'Set out for a etroll through the
town.
Sir Hubert strongly recommend
ed the spectacular beauty of the
street where the Hotel de France
-lay, but Gies Jean politelyeiahsisted
that ht wished to make some in
guides at the shipping office, and
Mr. Winter backed him up, being
ignorant of the baronet's real hno-
Live.
They soon reached the quay. Sir
Hubert became almost incoherent
with agitation when they passed the
Blue Bell and conte into full view
of Edith, Jack, Fairholhhie and Dau-
beney, who IhapPetie t to leave the
hotel shortly Leon Ave o'clock in
order to visit the yacht and Heetiro
geed etrp ig tea.
Brett refused to accohhhpanythem,
on the ground that. his Italian
scout, the pilot, might bring news
at any hotu', and: he must remain
within immediate call.
Delves a supreme moment when
• Gros Jean halted and Galled gen-
eral attention to the smart -looking
vessel and the tea -drinkers,
Sir Hubert keenly examined the
top c the funnel, and tried eimul
tauenuSly tc► yawn and light a ci-
ai, In the result he nearly choked
timself, Mr. Winter, somewhat
more ih'epaar€d. .for emergencies, en-
deavored (ed to interest Gros Jean in
the wcaualerful clearnessof the
water,
But Hussein-ul•Mulk and his'two
seOW friends suddenly betrayed
Io keen interest in Eairhalmc.
When they lest met the earl on
the tower of the Chateau d'If they
were "soengrossed in the object of
their visit to ;tlasseilles that he
passed tlt^.in unnoticed,
But now, looking' steadily at him
---for Eairholmc was seated facing
then, and was striving to maintain.
the semblance of an animated chat
with Edith—there came to the Turks
ca memory, each instant becoming
more
definite of an exciting scene
in the Rahe :harbette, and the op-
pori.une arrival of a, .stalwart young
Englisihman, backed up a couple of
gendelencs.
B.ussein-ul-Mulk's :swarthy coun-
tenance veddelied with suspicious
anger. He drew Gros Fenn on one
side and whispered sohnethiug to
Tho Frenchmen started vio-
lently.
e'They hay recognized you,
:Babb}• 1" murmured the quick-wit-
ted Edith. "Oh, why didn't we re-
main with Mr. Brett!"
There is no knowing what might
have happened had not Fate step
Ted in to decide in dramatic fashion
the important issues at stake.
Whilst Gros Jean and the Turk
were still conferring in stealthy
tones, and the English people en-
deavored to keep up an appearance
of complete unconcern, a " tramp
;steamer swung round the corner of
• e mole that protects the harbor.
In` tow, with sails trimly furled
and six people standing on her small
deck—a lady and gentleman and
four sailors—was the Belles Soeurs,
fishing smack, No. 107, from Mar-
seilles. Instantly a watcher, other-
-wise unperceived, ran off from the
t• guay at top speed towards the Hotel
de France.
Gros Jean, the Turks, Edith,
Fairholme—each and every member
of the two -parties on the wharf and
on the deck of the Blue Bell—mo-
mentarily forgot the minor excite -
meat of the situation in view of ths
unexpected apparition,
"Voila! Its viennent? Venez
vite 1"' erieel Gros Jean.
He yen further 'along; the quay,
followed by the. Tures.
"Quick, Bobby ! Oh, Seek, do
something ! Mr. Brett could not
forsee this, though he seemed to
have an inspiration that kept him
in the hotel. What can we do? Du-
bois and the girl will know you at
once ! Jack, shouldn't you. keep out
of sight?—go below -go and fgtch
Mr. Brett. Oh, dear, this is dread-
ful!"
Dauheney, now purple with per-
plexity, and Fairholine, swearing
softly under his breath, sprang from
the deck to the low wall of the quay,
Almost unieonsmeesly they joined
Sir Hebert and Mr, Winter, Edith
followed them. She gtlauceel at her
brother. IIe was gazing curiously:,
viudietively, at the two figures on
the deck of the Belles Soeurs, There
was a fierce gleam in his eyes, a .set
expression in his closed lips, a nerv-
j oils twitching at the corners of his
mouth, that betokened the over-
powering emotions of the moment,
With a woman's intuition Edith
realized that no power on earth,
no consideration of expediency,
would restrain him from laying vio-
lent hands on Dubois at the first
possible opportunity. She knew
there ,must be a struggle, in which.
Gross Jean and the Turks, perhaps
the four .sailors, would participate -
They= might use knives and fire-
arms, iYhereas the Englishmen were
nuar ued.
So she ran back on board the
yacht and cried to the Scotch en-
gineer -'--
"Oh, Mr. Macpherson! Please
connc with some of your men. '.There
may be a fight en the wharf, and
Mr. Daubeney" and the others will.
be outnumbered!"
Macpherson for once forgot his
cautiousness. There was none of the
characteristic slowness of the
Scottish nation in his manner or
language as he: yelled down the
fore -latch: "Tumble up, there
Some darned Lye-talians are goin'
to hammer the boss. Bring along
a monkey -wrench or the first thing
to hand, Shar-r-p's the wo-r-rd 1"
Forthwith there poured from the
hate -inviter a miscellaneous mob of
seamen, firemen and stewards. Fol-
lowing Edith and Macpherson, they
ran along the quay. Already there
was something -unusual in progress.
Loungers by the harbor, perceiving
a disturbance, were running to-
wards the scene of action.
A solitary Italian policeman,
swaggering jauntily over the paver
roadway, was suddenly startled out
of his self -complacency.
"Caramba!" he shouted. Draw -
ng his sabre, he broke into a run.
For matters had developed with
=led ram atie .suddenness. Castin g
off the steamer's tow -ropes, the
Belles Soeurs swung alongside the
wharf mueh more easily and quickly
than did the friendly vessel by
whose aid she had so soon reached
Palanero.
Both steamer and smack had al-
ready been searched by the Cus-
toms officers, who boarded them in
the quarantine station, and the rea-
son that the schooner had not been
earlier sighted from the shore was
supplied by the mere chance that
she was rendered invisible by close
proximity to her bigger companion.
The instant that the fishing -boat
was tied to the wharf, Mlle. ]3eau-
caire sprang ashore. Gros Jean,
breathless and excited, was there
to greet her. But the greeting; he -
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tween father and daughter was not
very cordial. The innkeeper seem-,
ed to be dumfounded with surprise'
at her early arrival,
Dubois followed more leisurely.
He took no notice of Gros Jean,
and appeared to be looking around
for a cab. Twohf the sailors were
handing up a couple of portman-
teaus ul
:us from the deck. Hussein,-
Mnik,.and the two other Turks,' un-
able to restrain their e:eitehnent,
crowded round the pink-and-whiteFrenchman, jabbering volubly, but
Mademoiselle and her father movedsome slight distance away,
At this juneture Ir, Winter
strode resolutely forward, seized
Dubois firmly by the shoulder, and
sazd�-
"Iteahri Dubois! In the name of
the Ding of England 1 arrest you
for alio xxrurdor of-'--•"
Tho detective's words were stop-
ped by a blow,
Frantic yells and oaths came from
the confused mob, and knives. were
drawn-" Talbot had but ono desire
in life—to get his Angers on Dubois
throat. Ile had almost reached
him, ;for Winter elung to his prey
with bull -dog tenacity, when an
astounding thing happened, The
Frenchman's handsome anoustaebes
belt off, and beneath the clever
snake -up on her face were 'visible
the boldly handsome features of La
Bello Ohasseus°, now distorted by
rage and fear.
"You fool!" yelled Talbot to Win-
ter. "You have let him escape !"
Tearing himself from then midst
el the fight, he was just in time to
see the female ,figure, which he now
knew must be Dubois masquerad-
ing in his mistress' -s clothes, jump-
ing into a cab and driving off to-
wards the Corso "Vittorio, Emnianu-
ele,
"Come on, Fairhohno,!" he cried.,
"He cannot get away! Here conies
an empty carriages"
But now Macpherson and his al-
lies had reached the scene. Using
a monkbyewrench or the first thing
to hand, they placed the Turks,
Gros Jean, and • the crew of the
Belles Scours on the casualty list.
Mr. Winter's indignation on end-
ing that he Baal arrested a woman
was painful. In his astonishment
he realized this'grasp and turned to
look. at the disappearing vehicle
containing the criminal he so ar-
dently longed to lay hands upon,
La Belle Chasseuse, with the vic-
ious instinct of her class, felt that
Talbot's pursuit of her lover must
be stopped at all costs.
She suddenly -produced a revolver
and levelled it at -hint. Fairholme
and Edith alone noted her action.
At the same instant they rushed to-
wards her, but the girl reached her
first.
With a frenzied prayer that she
might he in time—for -she had been
fold of this woman's prowess with a
pistol—Edith caught hold of her
wrist and pulled it violently. Her
grip not only . disconcerted Mada
moiselle's deadly aim, but also
caused her to press the trigger.
There was a loud report, a scream,
and Edith Collapsed to the. ground
with a severe bullet wound in her
left shoulder. Even her cloth jacket
was, set" on fire by -the close pro -i-
mity of the weapon.
It is to be feare-d that Fairholme
flung La Belle Chasseuse from `off
the quay into the harbor with un-
necessary violence. Indeed, the
Italian onlookers, not accustomed
to sanguinary broils, subsequently
agreed that this was the piece de
resistance of the spectacle, for the
lady was pitched many feet through.
the air before she struck the water,
Whence she was rescued with some
difficulty.
"Careless how or where Mademoi-
selle 'ended 'her. flight, the earl drop-
ped on his knees beside Edith and
quickly pressed out the flames; of
the burning clothe with his hands,
He burnt himself badly :in the act,
but of this he was :insensible. .Then
he bent closer and looked • desper-
ately, almost hopelessly: into her
face.
"Speak to me, darling!" he
moaned in such a low, broken-heart-
ed voice that even' Sir Hubert him-
self, almost; mad with grief, realiz-
ed how the other suffered.,
Edith heard him. She opened
her eyes, and smiled bravely. -
"I don'ttllink it is ,serious," she
murmured.' ,?rI, was hit }sigh up—
somewhere in the Sl , ulder, Don't
fret, ,there's a detir,''
Then she fainted.
Not knowing why FairhoIme 'r .
not join him, Talbot' raced toward
4.4„. ee,rrial e he had seen =approach -
id
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ing. It was a smart"vehicle, with
a 'sleek, well-groomed horse, and.
he guessed, that it must be a pri-
vate conveyance. Gazing anxious-
ly around, he could not sce another
oarriago anywhere,in the vicinity.
There was nothing for it but the,
method ,f the `brutal Saxon. Ex-
planations would • need precious
time and might be wasted. So
Talbot jumped into - the, victoria,
hauled the coaehman off the box,
threw him into the roadway, seiz-
ed the reins, and climbed into the.
vacant seat.
Brett, hurrying with the pilot
from the Hotel do France, saw a
veiled and curious -looking female
vehemently urging the driver of a
carriage to proceed up the main
street of Palermo as fast as his
horse could travel,
Even • in the turmoil of thought
caused by the pilot's, intelligence
he noted something peculiar in the
lady's manner, Half a, minute later
he encountered Talbot, driving an
empty vehicle and furiously corn -
pealing with reins and whip a lazy
animal to exert himself.
Brett shouted to. him. He might
as well have addressed a whirlwind.,
"1 saw them all together on the
yacht when I. came away, signor,"
oxcl{hinted the pilot. "That is, all
except the old signor, who was
walking with some Turks, a, Freneh,-
man, and another who looked like
an Englishman..
"The old signor was walking with
the Turks?" cried Brett,
"Without doubt. Ile eonver d
with theta, I. thought'it strange
that he took no notice of those on.
board then yacht, but just then the
steamer-"
"Now," said. Brett to himself.
"Winter has arrested somebody.
Talbot is on the right track!"
Yielding to impulse he stopped
suddenly* and called a cab.
``Here," he said to the pilot, task
the driver if ho saw two carriages'
pass hip the Corso just now at.a
very fast pace? Very well! Tell
him to follow them if possible, Jurap
in
with` hne may m ,y need your ser-
viees as interpreter. We musty
overtake one or both of those car-
riages!"
(To be continued.)
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