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The Signal, 1930-5-29, Page 7THE SIGNAL, GODERIcH, ONT. Ttwa+as. May 211) $SI -4 Gauthlefs Road He looked into the darkness. He saw the flicker- ing beans of the moonlight on the white road, the little group of figures, the young man sobbing out his last breath—watched those white, cool fingers stealing in and out of bis pockets PIERRE OOURDAIN, ton of the Nicol" millionaire jeweller. and ops of the young elegant of the Sporting Club at Monte Carla. preseot- ed himself at the main Bureau de Change with only a weak effort at that hal roblllty of expreaaion %ho u. in the life of the Casino, is counted purr of tits equipment of the chic Rambler. Both his hands were filled with red plaques, and to had no sooner de- poslttl`d•lhpm upon tie desk than. from all bulging pockets he produced two more handfuls. The cashier ►presl them before ham In rows of ten. Then hes produced an Increr'u le pile of male tate..'done tap In series of tens. H. turned them over with agile forefinger, pausing to examine more closely a small portion of them. "There 1a some sealing -wax on the Mab of these." he pointed out. "Mon- YI•ur objects!'• • "Not in the least." the young .inan assured him. The forty-six packets were trans- ferred to the pocket of the fortunate young man. T't^ saahler leaned for- ward. "Monsieur returns to Nice to -night?" The young man goad^d. "Monsieur will play to -morrow blea "Without a doubt. While the Sport- ing Club Is open, I play nowh.ro else." The Oourdalns wen a well-known local family. aril the cashier was a bora Monegasque. He leaned forward IMO' laoMM. "Why sed leave a portion of 'that mossy. Monsieur Gourdain?" he •ug- gssld. "You con collect it when you arrive to -sorrow." The young man shook bis head. "Why should Ido that'" he protested. My banker thinks that I gamble too h eavily. Tomorrow I stall show him: I shall deposit ball. and bring the re- mainder away with mt. He will be- lieve then that It Is possible to win." "Four hundred •ed sixty thousand treats Is a great deal of money to take le Nice at three o'clock In the , sordes," the cashier warned him. "Why. my (resod," the young man osp"stulated. "this Is one of the safest roads in !Europe. Besides. in • car at • hundred kilometers •n hour, what i•a be dote? t stop for no one. That 1 can promise." There was • rush of business. and the fortunate gambler passed on.' 11 lingered at the bar fora word with Joseph and a final whiskey and soda. The popular bermes leaned "cross the saunter. "Monsieur has had good fortune to - sight'!" Pierre Gourdain smiled. "Good enough to ask you to take one of those boxes of cigars home with you. Joseph " "That Is very kind of Monsieur." WWI the grateful acknowledgment. "But Monsieur Gouiria, why not leave some of your w mgs with me'. 'It goes lab the safe. or 1 can get you a Casino check." "What on earth for' 1 am going straight back to Nice and, as you an. I am. as always, sober." "Naturally," was the reply: "but the road between here and Nice—" "Why. 1t is the safest to the world!" the young man Interrupted. "1 have never heard" anything more'.then a rumor of any attempt at rohhery.''- - "Ecoutes. Monsieur Gourdain,'e Joseph begged eagerly. "Up till 'last week. yes; since last week. sten the sight before, 'set. there has been -trouble on the road " • "What do you mean? Robbery?" Joseph nodded. "There to an Ameri• an who was robbed of fifty thousand franc" -as yet he is not able to explain how. "I have hear' nothing of this," P ierre Gourdain declared. • • "No?"; Joe.ph remarked m.aningly. "Do we hear much of what happens in Monte Carle. save of the galas, ■nd the brilliant crowd a( the Sporting Club, and the greet winning"? Never- theless. this 1s the truth. Besides the American. Mere was a von found dead twa poi -flings ago, in the road neer Cap d'All, and not a sign or • word as, Ito how he got ther!!a man In evening clothes, with empty pockets. What does one thank? J ask you, .M*,iuleur Gourdain " "There are Spies Aboitt" iliWif0 Is to know. Joseph." Odor. N/ dein asked him, "that 1 lea -ire here to -night with 'y?" "Monsieur Gnurdaln," Joseph',eon• tided, "It has been said that there •re spies about here; that when a Targe win comes 'to anyone nut of Mopte Carlo, like you, the news is pissed on, by telephone 1 'speak more than' I shank!, perhaps. but 1 have meq Ideal." One of the perambnl, ting deities of ted place crossed the threshold of the bar and looked around the room. Joseph faded away 11' • gbest. Moesieur Oourdaln made hie thought-. 1st departure. As ice .trugghed into h is heavy overcoat. • porion whom We had passed on the stain entered the telephone booth. !war o'clock glowed ups his Illeml• nsted timepiece as Tresholm, home- ward bound from Toulon, swung round one of the last of the terrible curves 01 the Lower Cornlche close to Cap d'All. Against the high bank on his left, all the elements of tragedy were dis- closed to hard by his cautiously oper- ated headlight. He turned It -off and descended. His chauffeur was already on the road. J'An accident. I'm afraid," Tresholm muttered. .`'ft s that car from Ice, sir," the man volunteered. They both hurried forward. An over- turned car was leaning against the bank, with an ambulance wagon drawn up just short of it: upon the ground • prostrate form. over w'-Ic were bend. ing a woman In nurse's costume and • man who had the app. afar ce of a doe. ter. A groadArme in the Monegasque uniform Wei towards the two new arrival". "What has arrived?" Tresholm ask- ed quickly . "A motor accident," the mao replied. "MonsieurAbhuld do well to proceed. 'There is by , • nce here • doctor and a nurse. Further ' es not neces- sary." "You are of the gendarmerie of Beaulieu or Nice?" Tresholm Inquired, looking at the man's uniform. "It • of no oonseqdenee, that. Mon- sieur will please prove =d. My orders are to allow no one to loiter." "Tour orders? Prom whom?" 'Monsieur le Docteur Earnshaw," was the prompt response. "It es • question whethe. the Injured man will live. A crowd aro, 4 him would be fatal. Pass on, it you please." "I have some 1 •*o' ledge of"meal- eine." Tresholm persisted. "I may IN Of amistane,." • He thrust aside the man's outstretch- ed arm and approached the prostrate form. The doctor, a clean-shaven, gray -hatred mao, swung round at the sound of his foosteps. Th. nurse looked at him with startled eyes -s, "There has been an accident. I tear. Can I Ire' of any assistance?" Tresholm asked. "You and your chauffeur can help us to carry this unfortunate fellow to our ambulance. If you will be so kind," the doctor suggested. "What happened?" Tresholm ven- • tured. "We scarcely saw," the doctor re- plied. "He pulsed us. travelllag at a tremendous speed •t the beginning of the turn here. t'erh•ps he did not al - I low himself quite enough room. Per- . haps he had drunk too much. He gave a tremendous skid, bit the side of the bank. and the car turned over. We found him lying by the roadside here." "Is he seriously 1 art.?" "I can find no signs 0(1111e." A Strange Accident JUST then another car drew up. A JUST and • woman leaped from 1t and ran toward the scene of the acci- dent. "What has happened?" the woman cried. Tresholm sprang between her and I the injured man. "You musbnot look," he said, The four men picked„ up the Injured mao and carried him to the ambulance. The nurse arranged the pillow, for :his head. Still he gave no .ign of life, "How 'tar do you go"." Tresholm asked. "To Nice." the t octor answered. "1 have a small clini I i the Boulevard Dubouchage. My name I" Doctor Earn - :shim." "I seem to know •he y..ung man by sight." Tresholm reflected. "He Is qui.e well kno+ tn Nice," the doctor confided r-avely. "He to the son of • rich Jeweller - a great gambler. I fear. Thank you so much for your help. s.r." Tresholm returned thoughtfully to his car. He paused to watch the de- parting ambulance thread, Its careful way round the curve, ' "We'll get along: Johnson:' he called nut to his chauffeur. who ors exam- ining the wreck. "Queer thing, ihme.sk:ds. fir," the Man remarked. "Th ' •d'a as dry as a bone. at the turn hem, and there ain't ton much duet.' Besides that, the front of the car's all smashed In. as though It had hit something solid. The bank's soft enough. r'o more then an odd bit of rock or two that wouldn't hurt anything." Tresholm crossed the road at once and examined the car with has chauf- frurr. The terrible condition of the bonnet and the "mashed front springs was difficult to and nd. "It doer seem queer." Tresholm ruminated. ' "I've' never seen the front of a car buckled up Dike that before. sir, rest with running up a bank." the mai comment d. "tor to me i. though there might have heed dirty work be- fore the doctor and the ambulance came along. He ,wouldn't think any- thing abort that, naturally, meing the car overturned hen, and the sass dead or anceneciota." •• E. PHILLIPS OPPENi-IEIt1 lr� Hutmlir HA1IW •i • thank that my nerves have all gone hecause 1 have bern losing to -night, but 1t 1. not that. 1 have a euperstl- tlnn -a real one. Don't Ko to Nice to- tlghl." "Rut my dear lady!" he protested. "Why not? Ism 1.4 like there young men -reckless drivels -and I shall call nowhere oft the way"'t "Nevertheless, 1 Implore you -d• not go." Their ryes met for a single moment. •'MAdsul," he eatil. "this, I believe. 1s kindness which 1 shall ■Iwayi. re- member. trod—night!" He strode out. and down the steles. A+ he stood writing for his hat and overcoat. someone hurried Into the 1 telephone booth. The Sporting Club wa.• 1.1111 crowd- edan hour and a Milt later, when Tresholm made his unexpected re- app'•arence He etrolhd into the Aar, and Joerph staredand asked breath- lessly : "Tim changed your mend sit'," "Not esa.'tly that," Trr►holrn' ad- mitted. "I found the road just beyond Cap d'All practically in the hands of the pollee. and such a hullabaloo go- ing on that I thought 1'd come back." A Gambler From Birth G['STAVE SORUF.L. who had tree at the ban leaned forward. "What then, has ■roved" • he demanded. Treaholm paused for a moment, end In that moment he heard soft move- ment.. 11e had no need to turn hie held: he knew who had stolen up onto tho vacant stool by 1111. side. "Well." he replied, "do you happen to know a sort of deserted chateau en the road near Cap d'All"' "Naturally. All the world knows' 11' Sortie! ted. "Proceed." There was a little Indrawn breath (Willis other side -almost • sob. Tres - holm was.merciful. He avoided the temptation of a dramatic recital. I found a barrier across the road there," he recounted "The Nice police had got possession of tete place. From the little I could gather, 1t seem/ to have been temporarily In the pos.. 'session of a doctor. Someone had got - not Ir"•k." h. crierd. ten hold of the place before him I sup - 4o, pose, though. and Just round the bend there was a most diabolical affair, worked by an engine from a secret Juan was, according to the medical i venture -a gambler outside of darn- opening In the wood, which dragged an Iron structure up de the. right-hand , side of the road. That's the thing young Gourdain ran Into, of course. and probably others. A. a matter se fact. It was out to -night -for me." There was a babel of qui tions. "Can't you see that Mrs. Larnahaw isn't well?' Tresholm protested. 'Give me some brandy, Joseph." "Was anyone arrested?" asked eagerly. The (Ingrre of the woman gripped his own She was deathly pale, but her eyes commanded. "Go on." she Insisted. "Tell your story." "There 1a not so much to tell," be obeyed reluctantly, "Half a doses arrests were made, among whom -It was ridiculous, of course," he added. "brit your husband was nomlaal owner df the property -so. as • mat• ter of form-" "What etse7" she interrupted. "Let me take you home," he begged. "If you don't tell me everything," she gasped.. "I shall die. Can't you see'. 1 must know!" "There was another tragedy," he eonflded "Mnnareur Desrolles - no doubt it we. • point of honor with hiss -he thought that the Nice police had been too offurmus: he drove seed me on the ray. In tact, found out lure to reminAy ou of one fact Theo An hour later • filet:'er hul:.hn was- wMr harut..d. happened. and blew hes nl w'Uh I lot^In" Trauma= sprang betwee@ hoe am! the &squired mow. "Yew warp Tresholm walked a few paces along the road. They were some destadce from any ••bltatlon, except the ghost- ly Chateau WAS. whose empty win- dows had looked down upon the r'•d for forty years. Tresholap studied them meditatively. Then he r turned to his car. "The young man's t -e was faeslllar to me." he repeated. "I fancy he's bee• pointed out as • gambler from Nice." Tresholm, the unwilling victim of • gala dinner a few nights later, unfolded has napkin and glanced sideways at the card of the woman on its lett. She caught hes eye, smiles* and adjusted Um strip of pasteboard so that he could led It more easily. "Carsahaw," she murmured- "Isobel Earnshaw. That Is my name. Tours I know, but I wonder whether you can remember where ere met last." Tresholm was genuinely intrigued. 8otaething about the woman's eyes was vaguely reminlseset. She was • hand- some woman, beautifully dressed. Her pearls were beautiful, her plalnJy coif- fured hair attractive. The sense' of familiarity was there. but for once Tresholm was at a loss, "I have seen you somewhere recent- ly," he admitted, "The amazing thing Is that I cannot recall where." "I will not spoil your dinner by leav- ing you guessing. Those were tragical moments In which we met. Three or four o'clock in the morning. It must have been, • mast over the moon, and that terrible accident." "You were the nurse:" he exclaimed_ The Spots o/ Wax • SHS nodded. "And my husband was the doctor. You can see him on the other side of the table. It was • great grief to us both that we were un- able to do anything for that poor young man. He must have been dead several minutes before we arrived." "It was a horrible tragedy." Tres - holm said gravely. "It was indeed," she assented and turned to'answer a remark from her left•hand neighbor. Tresholm leaned towards his hostess, Lady Westerton. "We were speaking of that poor young teen's motor accident on his way bark to Nice," he explained. "One has - seen so little of It In the papers." "1 was remarking the some thing to my husband this morning," Lady Westerton agreed. "Have they found any trace of all that money he was supposed to have with ham"' Tresholm turned ones more to Mrs Carnahan*. "Lady Westerton wax nay - Ing aonlething about the young men's hiving had a Targe sum of money'." "An exaggeration, I should Imagine." she commented thoughtfully. "He was undreamed at the clinic. naturally. The nlght•shlter took my •plore. but I am sure I dhobld hive heard of 1t, 1t he had had any unusual sum." She leaned arrows the table, and spoke to her husband. "lady Wester - ton has been telling u• that the? poor young man, Monsieur Gourdain, woo supposed 4n have • considerable' sum of money In his posseaslon." 'Seven mile and some odd change," her husband replied. "I know, because I locked K up." "There are always rumors of that sort," Isobel Earnshaw reminded them. "In this eau.. however. It must have been a mistake, for there was certainty no time for anyone to have 'robbed ham and to have gotten away, before we strived on the scene." A street from the other side bi the table Intervened. "There Is no doubt that the young man won a large sum that night," he sold, "but he probably left It somewhere In Monte Carlo. "He had plenty of time," the doctor remarked. "They clay that he left the 8postllt� MO at three o'clock. It •nldn't, have takes Mm mon etas 5. ten inmates to get to Cap d'AJI, and It was nearly ebur before we came upon The party broke up as usual with a g 1 exodus to the Sporting Club Tresholm found himself afflicted with a curious fat of uneasiness. He watched the play for • time, and then, acting upon a sudden Impulse. descended the stain and strolled out Into the soft n ight. He walked the length of the terrace. and returning, found himself In front of the Casino. He joined the thin 'stream of entrants and made Ma leisurely progress through the "Kitchen." Suddenly he came to • standstill. Mrs. Earnshaw was seated at one of the tables, playing -and playing for high stakes. He watched her closely. She had a book In her hand which she studied before each bet. but she was losing consistentty. He changed his place. and strolled round behind her. She must have had four mine 1n the stakes on the table, mostiy around twenty-one. and on red. Tw•en- two. black, turned up. Her reluc- tant fishers stole into her bag. She drew out a packet of notes and passed five of them to the croupier. Tresholm for a moment almcst be- trayed himself. On the backs of the n otes were little spatterings of red sealing -wax. He watched the notes disappear Into the trove of the table Then he walked silently away. The sordid, . crowded room existed no longer. He looked Into the darkness; he sow the flickering beams of the I moonlight upon the white road. the little group of figures, the young man sobbing out his last breath -watched those white, cool fingers stealing In and out of his pockets. No Amateurs Wanted testimony. aplden with dunk. All throe ! Ing -rooms, you understand. I had an might well have tern robbed else• ' idea of leaving the Sporting Club • I where than upon the scene of the ' heavy winner on• night, and testing accident." • the attar by going to \lee myself. "That Is true," Tresholm admitted. If you approved of my plan and were "but •s against that. no fieri. of the willing to help me, I thought we might money have been discovered." perhaps solve this mystery." "How do you know-:" Desrolles was scrlbbUng with his "Well,' there has been no word of pea. 1t in the papers." "Tour plan 1a worth Irytng.•' he con - "In England." the Chef de Soret* 1 ceded. "See me later. and we will pointed out, "you often make escape work out the detail. In the mean - from Justice an easy thong for the while. Monsieur Tresholm. let me Im- crlmInai. You show him In what df- , press upon you one thing --the erre"• rection the police are working. ant pity fbr discretion. Upon that condi- against' whom their suspicions are pt-. tion alone we work together " "1 agree." Tresholm led. On the following night. I Tresholm justified himself at lest In the eyes of •11 Monte Carlo. The pews went rested. That 1s not our method." I"Admitting all this." Tresholm In- ' al evr Deerolles. tin thea. th slated patiently. "do you believe. Mon• 2ESHOLMNnadc friends with the, 1 Chef de Buret* of the prinelp llty. 1t was rather a one-sided affair, tot that functionary was reserved though polite. and Trearolm was on the bor- derland of 'being Inquisitive. He per• elided In dtscuesing the tragedy of the Lower Cornlche Road. "You see. Monsieur,•" he ventured "it is not as though it were the first affair of the sort. There hove been two. others presenting similar char- ' act a riatics.' • "From whofn have you that informa- tion"" Monsieur Denrorles demrnded. "I gathered 1t with dl(ficwty." Tres holm replied evasively. "Nevfrthele.m. there Was bion=teur Pierre Lavelle, the contractor from , Saint Raphael who Wall fount dead. with a burst fir,, on his car, not • mule from the scene of the pre..ent tragedy. He, loo. d reported to have been winning at the Casino, yet when he was rlac,,•.'•resi he hid barely • ml'le note upon hire "Then there aas the wine -glower from Juan -lea -Pins -1 have for,,torten his name -and hi. we% • small affair Mit when he left. the Casino he ecu j Mini) had seventy or el,ghty thousand (ranee In his pot'ket, of which thin* were no traces when hit ,Moly- wee tregedies are ordinary accidents"' flashing from the Sporting Club back "My answerto you. Monsieur Tree- to the hotel std through the Casino. holm. Is that we have no reason to The •stack upon its resources war suppor. otherwise ' was the rejoinder opened. Tresholm had bought • mil - "In your ease. as you are a friend of lion francs' woth of Wiwi., and was Yonsl .ur Rnhert's. I w111 'treat viva ' pfay'Ing a steady, s' •„•r.:atle Sin" 01 •1•h some conhdencr. and 1 wall y-- ro•,le!te in maxlmvms •om"oae up. M ^mateitr detective dues not eye, an u.+u• 1 Affairs were qr int the intrepid gambler. II- as. half a million down, and In,Ing steadily. Gustave Sordel, hurrying through the Fiance. We 'Ind that official busi- ness proceeds more aa'i,faetnrily w'1 h• out Interference trona outsiders" There was * little "haver of emo- tion. Isobel Earnshaw stretched out her hind for the brandy "You have yourself received a alight p•a..age. chuckled to hlmse:f. It was wound. Monsieur. ' Sordrl remarked. "Monsieur Desrolle.." Jai Tres- a tardy triumph. but worth whae. Tre+holm da Abed hu chert soli hl• handkrrchyy1nd nodded. "A blood - holm "I am not a. amateur dei.cllvr - Tr•mhom barkrA the same numbers thirsty night " h• obee-ved. "Some - end 1 have no wish to force your hand and curry possthIe eomhlnation of one took a put•rhor at Inc from a ear." In any way. I will walk away from them wlhr it (�lnrhlnq of has lor''rs I The women dropped a white pellet here with a seal upon my lips. Please into h.r etas*. She drew closer to 1{e lurk began to turn phis • soon-ITr.'aholm listen to what I have to say." e.(pd parer next to the eroupler "11 war Armand Poston... who tried "I will Ifaten to what you have to the opposite side of the tabu war to shoot you." she confided "He did may, Honsieur Tresholm." the other .It D.•eaus• of Mr. fm sled he felled. decided. taken by • woman . I You're a breve man. shyhow. although "Thr clerk who handed 6nurdaln Their eyes met as she sit down you d'- eivel Armand and went for notes for some of his winnings Is re- Whatever .urprlsr Tresholm ma) hevr 1 the Nice 1o:ire " fear. he succeeded In concealing It Sh. dtam•1 rhe rnnt rots of Mr ,; la.. , Tlr.hnlm ••Mainly saw' the that • number of them had been spat- His greeting wan friendly. following �clmrdme.e of the hquld. end snatched has herd Another voice her first smile. however. was a look at n. but n. was tow, loo.. tered with red sealing -wax 1 have in her br:nitiful syr• which puzzled seen not.1 ■pawtered In the same lash- � him. He had suddenly hrcome o1 \n efGir of •ixty seromas, +he a.took a gam- . Ion wItl.in the last twenty-four hours.' i eorre account to her $n. mltht air bail'- rhanre. anyhow. ■n.i I like you "You would recognize the person . hiss looked at Arm It be •oma u,• for It•nrel hum "Voir y credit's chime,•. she had overheard hl• ••Ttrshulm "' someone called oil. who parsed them I cony ersutlnn with !trendies She had He "Certrinly. 1 could tell you her bet rn•.ii oniy ■ Dore of 1t. but elle turned son. raised above the genera: hubbub fur name. If you would lake *a hear It." : was afra,4. "Look out! Whit's ha premed tt "1 am llnt.mng" "Don't Go TO -Night" Mr. F:arn.han'"' "Her name 1. Isobel Earnshaw 1th• t: h.• sllpp•A from her otrwl, clinging L l i'K et the tai's. t• a singular to his shoulder todrreak her fall. Her Is the wife of the doctor whom Irma nem drugged hem Anson, -err thing. or the somal•. Int•r..r In pale laps upon the road bandaging the young whiq,rr rd: man'. hend'that night." what mn-han..". V.v. the tnuuNte• • ••I was a gambler •from birth. wheel would ane,. rine, hair .vagw'rat' the gh life to death," she fe.tered Proposing an Adventure ! "'1 Th. ..nraen nppo•ute h•m was .. y,,,. ton. shoat -by'" - p g pl •• tan bairn numh'r.. of Ino Ae ti'opyrighr. teem, Hiyl-\I ,':..s rent;,.•. at the. nr'. ,t unp• Tresholm. v, it1, every -_ 1 Ara: e. was directly n;qe,-ed to her T insult hat as words \Yh"!her hon rum, 4 n moment of her mRnng •,w • • "dock or for some other reason. Des- 1 hi• numbers dominat d the hn.'r•t. In Fight Thick Fogs • tulle" anis Incapnhle of speech Tres. five •pine he non en ohm three tames holm had the queer tering that the H„ hick was prn.tlgv,n,. Th• hemp Wlth a Newspaper of • tits', in front of him grow and grew. As he won. his tar". ..yl• diet. , found •t the rom4.Ide. "1t may be, as you may, ■ dangerous road, Monsieur Dem -oiler. but it is oA4 that these throe accidents should have IA happened to men who lett Jfunte ! Carib with large sumo of MoneyWhich were .never sera again." • ; "The affairs In queiltlon ate oecupy- Ing my department." the Chef de Su• tete derbdred "Al the eam. time. let me remind you of this there Ii no dl• rest evidence that any gone of these three. ,nen whom you Move mentioned I •etttally had a large Sum of money 1n his posseahto . whir the accident oc- curred. 'Young Monsieur Gourdaln la known to have called somewhere in Monte Carlo on hie homeward way, and shoo at • dancing place In Cap d'Alt. La- tvia,* Sa1-10 • mail ham two hon his r'eturo Jwrney. mod the pongee tram ,1 &.a.�': • ported to have apoinglzed for the fact man a -as personally offer -red,. "The lady in question. " tre.hnim -you or. invincible. Mi. Tie•holm. ' went on. "was garnhling in the 'Kit• sh• Murmured, shin' for avms w-kleh. for • Anctor'r !"Yon are pL.ymg "z.'in+r the table." he rejoined "The ren of It ie for my' Traffic in London wife. sere enormnu•. 1 su4,t".t. •,r. minter." ;lint you look up the dossiers of true• At onr nein, k Phil 1.-1? oft piisine for E,rn.hea and hl. wife.' am1 at •. qu:v'et pa., TreshrIm rive Th. 'functionary w'a• hem''11 again ; 7;;:..14.-7:,h,`". handed ':;',',1,,:.";,-: bhie mullion hail There e.. a new' and r lisping nor• in ea elle I a1 the h,•:inning M rhe even - The Principle May Re Used for chaos." wising of • new,- p..p er in a London p•a.anup fog ieay h" the Irerns of ena'+,1ng h:a vol,.. how•, et ing. and nye, a milium 1n mill. not". n,otou,.1. In trai'nl thr''.,gh Inc!ler.•rat "Thar. 1. no on• in the neighbor- ' For once_ he bw,k'• through hie habit I fog at Derr IS mule. en hour. Ien.ad ce. hood." h. anr,uun,ed menrnk1�Ih `'ilio of ••gra'm1. pe'hnp• a. „,•It for the, nr having In cruet along at a engird nerd+ to look •t ■ roll.e aa."•ier 01 (••;,•Inn. Mon -hoot Tre.h'im." he .a1.1. --parr. (roc. *rn+hen„ ,1 or his 'p.' The "that ynlr 0v o• only an 1r,.elnna; One night IA a thick fog. Mr. H. A. doe ha. premised In Niro for rev Prayer. W" "1 you Ilk. me to •77,41 '� nn. orf the risen. rap with you to ynorr Lloyd. ..l Kin'hnry Park. bumped es - en teen yeer.. eery '91 in the, yet. and , ,nom"' I nlently Into an Old man. who wee en - ha it tim.e'ae I. without dn..il'. a rnm- , • Thank, yen• mush " Tresholm re• rnge4. Althnilgh the man accepted fnrtahI' toninsfl. spas Aeon manypl,7h. "bot 1 .not elayong et the Mr. Lloyd's apology. he explained that Inc to'.;v'e •years an4 has wife •A Jo Negr'mrn ••t Nice moved In they.. yrs- the r:.•p.ct of the whoa rommunrly.'• terday. there wee no need to hump Into people In the bar ie raibrl.for ■ whiskey If only everyone would carry • news - "A good record:" Tresholm rdmlt• and 1014 Jo'rph wrlromcd him. ,paper pith them In foggy weathir. t.d. a they would fund it dl "Welk quickly through the pa•.egea.-•- By w'evvng It to front of the the fog sufficiently f��em to see where they were gotrig. - TM* theory that a current of ale • "So. Rood." De'rollrs continued Monsier.burn " he aAvn.'•d •' A million pest su e. tion took breath frons. uIn th. pni•kelu Rg m y ! m nor going though env psis - away TIMre err agony bundles of engem." Tresholm told him. "1 am m11ib e.. Monsieur Tresholm , going to Nice I'm "trying at the which biRr tracer' of sesling•wax.'- Negle.cn for a Mw days." Tett rose unwltlingly. "After There was • rumh 'of cuetnm, and Idispels fog set ler •,loyd thinking ,t .In.eph moved r.luctently away Tres- I its adaptability jo-motos transport. H• ' what you have told me. Monsieur-" holm finished Mm drink ani tutted has now warped an Invention by "No. sit down," the other Interrupt• ed. "We melt cosslder this matter. I Any theory you way have formed eon. learning Earnshaw and his wife Is, of to leave the room. In the entrance he come (date to face with Isobel Ertrn- ehaw •"Ret1e1' luck now I've left?" be asked. couraa, absurd. But 1.11 me what was She ignored his question, laid her In your mind." long nervous fingers upon has arm "MOS? nd " 1 am fwd K as std. and drew him Into the Itttlo pees,. p y"Mr. Tresholm," she said, "you wUl • which a stream of hot air 1g project- ed In front of the car In conju•et1M with a beam of light. The tag M Mb pierced, but 1s IIft.4 leaving clear elm Ibltlty for at least • ear's Mage r trent of the bonnet.