The Brussels Post, 1911-12-7, Page 61
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CLOSE QUAIkIERS;'
OR, T 1E fl0USE IN THE
RUE i3ARBETTE.
CLIA]?TEIi X.-(Cont'd)
"`1 Bate tobe beaten at the ileal
deo," he continued, "Aid I
have a, •prernonitioh that were I in
England -had
I but the power to
pr„ seed enah eked and unhindered
by of]iciabduel-I would euun lay
my hands en the man wile originat-
ed the Albert Gate mys e.y, But
we are in France -M a: "auntry of
queer legal forma., and unusual
methods. At home 1 ea,li always
circumvent Scotland Yard; here I'
am in the midst of strange sur-
ruuit?dings, and know not what may
happen. Therefore, we must . 1 )os-
ses
s our souls inat]ence data -wait
,developments. The agent I have
just employed has promised me to
report every two hours at the hotel
until ' eight o'clock. The» I will
take personal charge of the Ca
barets.Noir, and—"
"What about me?" cried Fair -
hl'
ono.
"Yon, my dear fellow, will re-
main• at the hotel and await or-
qlers.''
"How long am 1 to sit chewing
cigats in our rooms, then?"
"All night, if necessary. If 1 do
not appear by seven o'clock tomor-
row morning you had better go to
the Embassy and tell one of the
secretaries everything connected
with out visit to. Paris. He will
then take action through the police
in proper form, and after that you
must simply await developments;"
"Do you mean to say," said Fair -
helms, anxiously,"that are
Yeu a e
contemplating another risky bit of
business to -night?"
"Once. I take my stand outside
the Cabaret Noir about 8.30 I can-
not tell where Fate may lead me.
If I am lucky 'I will certainly ,re-
turn, whatever be the personal. out-
come. If, on the other hand, I
learn nothing, you may certainly
expect to see me about two in the
morning."
s At the hotel Brett found await-
ing him .a,letter delivered by the
midday post. It was from his eld-
erly as "stint in London, whom he
had tr ,d to make close ..
e ern '•
C
scrutiny
J,, al .,
t hafted b ted
houses fi o within a
ta< certain radius of the Carlton Hotel.
er CThe man had done his work syste-
ye,.matically, and in only three in-
stances was he called on to report
doubtful cases.
Two foreign restaurants in side
streets contained a number of re-
sidents concerning whomit was dif-
ficult to obtain specific information.
One of these establishments he
els
suet' to be the resort of Con-
nent I
a gamblers driven from Soho
the c roc marked attention • of the
once. The other was a place of
v n pros- questionable repute; and
a both lestances he had utterly
riled to obtain the slightest infor-
mation from the servants, who ap- ed Brett..
1'larontly "stood in" with the ne
agement•. ..
The third dwelling • which sou
ed
observation was a flat situua
above scare business premises in a
other quiet street. So far es
could ]earn, it was tenanted by
elderly lady w so was a helple
invalid, waited on by a sonsowh
curiena couple...
"They are Italians. I think
wrote the ex -policeman, "and ve
uncommunicative people. if ha
twice eallecl, on one pretext or a
other, but when the door is ope
ed it is always kept on. a chain .rn a.
n
I cannot see more than the face
a man: or woman and a few inch
of wall beyond. Still, I have n
reason to doubt that the view take
by the milkman and baker is co
rect, namely, that the owner of th
fiat is confined' to her bed and
suffering from a nervous disease
which renders it imperative sh
should be shut off from all noise
The landlord informsme that rhes
people have occupied the place fo
nearly two months, Their rent i
paid in advance, and they have me
given the slightest cause for com
plaint. - There are, of course,
this district a large number of pri
vote lines, and, although some 0
their patrons might well cleman
closer observation, I have com
across nothing suggestive of • an
suspicious circumstances whateve
with reference to them. I have
detained my report until I was ab]
to give details concerning the othe
houses in the district, and I will
now fall back on the second part
of your.instructioes, i.e., to main-
tain a close watch on the three es-
tablishments which -I have - picked
out as being more unusual in their
habits than the others." This was
all.
Soon after three o'clock a report
arrived from the agent in the Rue
du Chaussee cl'Antin. It read-
"11Yothing unusual has occurred in
the vicinity of the Cabaret Noir.
The customefrequentingrsthe lace
p
are all of the ordinary type and do
not call for. special comment.
".A Turkish gentleman quitted
the house No. 11, Rue Barbette, at
1 ;45 p.m., but returned shortly be-
fore two o'clock,, Half ars hour lat-
er a man, who m my assistant re-
cognized as a member of a well-
known gang of flash thieves, enter-
ed the place. His name is Charles
Petit, but he is generally known to
his associates as `Le Ver.' .He is
small, n l well-dressed,
>dna of youth-
ful appearance, pa
but n
really a older
Y
than he looks. He is still in the
house inhabited by the Turks."
"What is the meaning- of 'Lo
Vete?" said Fairholme.
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"I must say those -chirps do find Although none of the noisy crowd
suitable nkat tames for earl aifothey,. of the.leafe could 'suspect the fact,
I wonder if he is the fellow wo fol- the half-closed eyes of this elderly
lowed to Montmarte this morning 1 " drunkard' noted the form and fea-
eurea of every zndividuel who en -
toned or left by the Indio deer,'
whilst at the egme:tier he paid the
utmost ,passible.attention to the
eenaings and goings of any 1)01'8014
who used the passage by the e'in-
cluw.
Brett began to feel that Ills 1
genet) that night would pot he
warded.
At five minutes past cloven, how-
evor
, pink -and -white Frenchmen,
1nar,
neatly • it
at y .xttr eel, unohLrurive both
manner .and deportment, enter
the -cafe and seated hiseeell quietly
hear the dour, Ho ordered soma
coffee and cognac, and lighted a
cigarette.
The barrister, • of cbnrne, took
heed of him as er tall others, a:sd
he would semi 3rave place
'"Possibly, though I tum .puzzled
to-tinderatand why he should trust
himself in that hornets' nest again,
Most certainly the -description .eov-
61's hire, but we shall probably' hear
more details later. 1 wonder where
the Turkish gentleman went whom
`Le Ver' seems to have followed.
He could nut have gone to the Ca-
baret Noir in the thee?"
Brett's ouriosity,wa�s ansevercd to
some extant by the next report, de-
livered about five u'elocic. ' It read
as follows --
"Le Ver is still in :thh house No.
11, Rue Barbette,' My agent ex-
plains that he did not follow the
Turk, who left and returned to the
place earlier, because his definite
instructions were not to leave the
locality, but to report on all per-
sons who entered or left. Abso-
lutely .nothing bas transpired,in
this neighburhood since my first
r- or•
cp t
Gros Jean, the father of La
Belle Chasseuse, arrived at the Ca -
beret Noir seen after four o'clock.
My agent ascertained from the cab-
man who drove him that Gros Jean
had hired .the vehicle outside the
Gare de Lyon. Otherwise nothing
stirring."
At seven o'clock ,ams develop-
meats.
"Three Turkish gentlemen have
quitted ,No. 11, Rue Barbette, but
the Frenchman is still,. there. . As
it might be ,necessary to follow an-
other hereon leaving the house, 1
stationed another watcher with my
assistant, and: this.second'mom fol-
lowed the Turks to a restaurant,
in the Grand Boulevard. So far as
he could judge, they seemed to be
excited and apprehensive.. They
drank some wine and conversed to-
gether in low tones. At 6:18 they
quitted the cafe and rapidly jumped
into an empty 'fiacre, being driven
off in the 'direction: of the Opera.
So unexpectedly diel they leave
their seats that before my agent
could hire another cab they had
disappeared in. the traffic, and al-
though he drove after them as rap-
idly as possible, he failed again to
catch sight of them. I have repri-
manded him for his negligence, al-
though he did right in coming at
once to me tooreport his failure. In
accordance with your instrnotions,
1 have ordered the watchers at the
Cafe Noir' d
.att in the Rue Barbette
to be in this office at 8.15 p.m.
"Now I wonder," said Brett,
"why the Turks left the French-
man alone in No. 11. It is odd, to
say the least of it. Since the dra-
matic discovery of the spurious dia-
monds this morning they must be
even more ie the dark than I am.
It must be looked into, but'I can-
not attend to. it now. At this mo-
ment, if I am- not mistaken the
centre of interest is the Cafe Noir."
The two men occupied sitting
1 a t
room r
on the first floor r , t;
err thehi
1
and their respective bet' r)ains
flanked it on each side. Brett ex-
plained that he eould':sot tack:e the
table .d'hote dinner, zo,ie made a
hasty meal in their sittin g -r• cin and
then excused 'himself whilst he re
tired to his. bedroom to change his
clothing.
He was absent some leventy ntin-
utes.-aind Fairholme amnsPrl hire -
self by glancing over the Copee of
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noticecl -that Pecrockett melons,We tp 66.00
ha the newcomer e vcom r more
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a at the clock .L:rrl v
then towards the corner bar,1
whence, it will be remembered, e.
small door led towards the=billi-
plated razor with
2 nickel -plated
elede boxes and
12: double-edged
blades in bandy
case-.
and saloon in which La Belle Chas -
seam had displayed her pro•vess
with the pistol.
In such a community the stran-
ger's self-possession and roticeaco
were distinguishable characteris-
tics. So Brett watched him, largely.
for want of better occupation.
"That is a man of unusual poe''-
er," was his summing up, "He is
elegant, fascinating, unscrupulous•
Although apparently out of his na-
tural element in this neighborhood,
he has some purpose in platti:ig in
an appearance in such a place as
this at a late hour. His hands are
large and sinewy,his wrists square,
and, although slight in physique, I
should credit him with possessing
considerable strength. Being a
Frenchman, he should be an expert
with the foils." •
Brett hacl hardly concluded this
casual analysis of the person who
had enlisted his clime observation,
when the private door into the bar
opened and Mlle. Beaucaire enter-
ed.
Without taking the least notice of
any of the numerous occupants of
the cafe she turned her, back o:a
them, and apparently busied her-
self in checking the contents of the
cash register. Beyond this useful
instrument was a mirror, and Brett
at oncee
erceiv d that - from the
p
point where she stood she could
coinmancl a distinct reflection of
the .pink -and -white Freeehman.
The latter was gazing at the
clock, and whilst doing so stroked
his chin three times with Isis right
hand. Immediately afterwards Le,
Belle Chasseuse three times .yaoy
the bell. .2 the register, and then,
having apparently concluded her
inspection, quilted the baras un-
ceremoniou ,ly as she bad entered,
Half a 'rtelater the reach -
H m t P
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f rel d the remains of his
man. n a
cognac; and passel into the street.
It was with difficulty that Brett
restraiteed himself from following
him, tuft he was certain that no
one deed leave the residential per -
Lion 'of the building without using.
the;'passage-a view of which he
conirhanded from his window -and
ire resolutely resolved to devote
himself for that night to shadowing
the ex -circus lady
the clay's' London newspatiers whets His petioece and self-denial were
had recently arrived. Su ldenly seem rewdrrded. A light, quick' step
Pounded in the passage,
and a
shrouded female form shot past the
open window.
Then the ineleeinteel :'edit clan]
now hopelessly meddled by drink
staggered towards the lout rind
lurched wildly round' the corner
just in time to see :mademoiselle
crosse the Boulevard.
(To lee eootinued.)
the dear of Brett's bedreele opera -
ed.
p "n.•eel. and a decrepit elderly mar ap-
peared, a shabby -genteel 'ndirdui
and disfigured b5 tarsal. rrurnn-
led up by r heunurtisne
"Who the devil—" began Fair -
But he was amazed to hear
Brett's familiar voice reeking -
"Do you think' the disguise saf-
fieiently complete?"
"Complete:" shouted Fa'. hnlr.I
"why, your own mother would not
knew you " •
That is all right," said the bar•'
rider cheer f t1 v, "I will now pre=
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Cafe Noir.Clood bye tarts' seven The for;..'
eed
o'clock to marrow m•;rning- rif'r-?.:., FM'4y et
has earlier, an.. - el
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but this interpretation of the find-
ings has bean as vehemently disput-
ed. The combination of the results
arrived at by microscopical nvesti-
gation and experimental study ap-
pears to complete the demonstra-
tion a long step has thus been
taken in defining the direction in
which the future investigation of
cancer is alone likely to :be• -profit-
able.
The study of the occurrence of can-
cer in mankind and in domesticated
animals in widely separated parts of
the globe has ,shown that the
practice of peculiar customs, involv-
ing the application of chrome irrit-
ants to particular parts of the body,
provokes the disease in situational
and organs from which it is absent
when these customs do not obtain.
It is reasonable to suppose that the
frequency of cancer would be
diminished if such practices as the
use of the Kangri in Kashmir,
chewing betel nut in India and
eating very hot rice in China were
discontinued. It is also reasonable
to assume that the intrdiluction into
England of theseexotic customs
would greatly increase the .fre
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Mr,rw
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THE RISE IN TEA PRICES.
One of our reporters has inter-
viewed Mr: Melville,' the chief rep-
resentative of Thomas J. Lipton for.
Canada and the United States,.
who, when asked for the cause of
the iuorease in'price of tea said:
"The clay of good tea at a cheap
price has passed by, ' mere particu-
larly of British -grown teas, their
increasing popularity hascreated
a greater demand than the supply.
Russia and Australia : are buying
tremendously of these instead of
Chinas, the consumption ie Groat'
Britain is larger than ever, the
shutting out of over 15 million
pounds of colored China green tea
by the United States, the larger
useof tea due to high coffee prices,
the growth of rubber in Ceylon,
the shortage in the Japan crop this
year and the labor problem in tea -
growing countries„all these factors
account for the .much higher pri-
mary markets, and the present 're
volution in China may mean smaller
Chinese crops next year. It either
means lower quality at the same
prior
Pr ses the same quality t high-
er
q Y ag
er prices, and our experience shows
the public prefer the latter. The.
future indications aro for still
higher prices. Even with the ad-
vance in price, tea will still be by
far the cheapest popular beverage.”
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, Young naives need whole rilillc.
fur 'Glee first few days. Tho calf
should always have the first or t
colurstauln milk of fiiocow and bo
allows'`' o anise tJro cow until taro
eighth Or ninth 'milting, .tvhar, taxa.
mills is suitszblc for human fcod,
l'0ed'oitas with"• smld,l amounta•,:to
'avoid"overfeeding. Tr '
l Teach the calf.
lo drink and feed whole mills for at
least throe weeks, cisangrn„ to a
skim milk diet":grwdsuslly,
Tho anionut of milk feed ,should',
he easefully regulated: A good'
plan• . with the normal calf 29 to give
four ponnds(two quarts) of whole
mills three times per day, tea sweet
aucl at blood temfarature. In't'ho
state of n'
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containing about three percent,
rata Our clonxostieatO.c1 'cows izavo•
been bred in some insta
nces tb give
early tw ice this amount, :h7 ilk
that is too rich :may cause serious.
trouble , from scours, anis in feed,
sno suseh milk caro ehoulti he exer-
cised to give limited tamonsits at ho
proper temperature, The feeding;
of wholis milk should be continued
for about three, or four weeks,
when the number of meals may be.
'reduced to two per day. `Prom one-
half to a pint of, skim milk may now
be substituted for an equal, quant,,
tity of whole milk. The aniotant of
skim milk. may be gr.s.cluall.y in
creased and the amount of whole.
milk correspondingly decreased uny:
921, at the end of a weeks or ten.
days,' the calf is getting, all skint
Skim milk is a cheap feed for
calves, ,but should be fed carefully
in limited quantities and only while..
it is warm and sweet. Skim milk
may form the principal diet of the
calf for eight months or a year.
Factory skim milk should always.
be; pasturized ;to avoid the spread
of tuberculosis.. The best skim
milk is that :}which is fresh from i he
separator and still warm.- Experi-
ments show that it 18 only one
fourth tis expensive to raise a calf
on skim milk as whole milk,•.' Two
pounds of grain with the 'proper
amount of skim milk equals one
pound of butter fat. Buttermilk.
.or 'whey, may 'profitably' be fed to
calves.
s
Grain a for calves should b0 fed
first while the calf is quite small,
with a little brap to ands the calf
in learning to eat Y`, asci
cohcen£rates are unnecessary and
give no better results than corm -
ureal, oats and bran, ground bar.-
ley,
ar-ley, etc., when fed in proper com- •
binations. itt four to six weeks us'
calf has goad teeth tt 1 �n grin('.
his own feed, A v ritrt of feeds:
is advantageous and best results.
will usually y be secured from
1 -tures.
The following list may sort e as s
guide to the calf feeder unmaking
selections ,er combinations to suit
his conditions
1. Cornmeal graclually changed
fourto six, gedks to duelled corn
'with or without bran.
2, W isole oats and bran.
3. Whole oats and corn chop, the
latter gracluaily-replaced by shelled
corn in four to six weeks.
4• Ground barley. with bran or
shelled corn,'
J. Shelled • i
e led corn and gamine Kae -
fir corn or shoighum
G Whole oats, ground barley an
.bran.
7. A mixture of twenty pounds of
cornmeal, twenty pomade of oat-
meal, twentypounds of oihneal, ten
pounds ofbloc &ile al anti five
I pounds of bonemeal chongp/
corn, oats and brain whezy9
are three months old. "4
8 A mixture of five pounds iii
oats, three pounds breseeee
pound cornmeal 'acid.
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