The Brussels Post, 1912-3-14, Page 2aosF QUATERS;
OR, THE HOUSE IN THE
RUE BAR13ETTE
CHAPTER X'VIII.—(Cont'd)
"They setoff, and, being sure of
their destination, I dict not quit the
cafe myself until they were well out
of sight. Then I walked away in
the same direction, inquired of a
policeman the quickest way to reach
the post -office, and stepped out
rapidly.
"I had not gone far when I over-
took them. They reached the
building. The Turks remained in
the street and Groa Jean went in-
side, so I followed him, and found
him inquiring for letters at the
Poste Restante department. Where-
upon I sent a telegram to London."
t'Who on earth did yon telegraph
to, jack'?" broke in Edith.
"To my shirt -maker, telling him
est meads of reaching Palmer()
forthwith. Then he told them that
Ire had endeavored to find out the
trains running through Italy to
Messina, but they could not leave
Marseilles until to -night, and he
thought it Best that they should
have a quiet talk on the situation
before deciding too hurriedly upon
any line of action.
"The rest of their conversation
was inconsequent and desultory,
alluding evidently to some project
which they had fully discussed be-
fore."
Brett smiled grimly. "The com-
missary in Paris always follows rip
the wrong person," he said, "Had
he only used his wits yesterday
morning he would have discovered
to put a couple of dozens in hand that the agent of the Embassy was
at once."' - in touch with Hussein-ul-Mulk.
This unexpected answer provoked Hence the presence of the quartette
a general titter. in Marseilles to -day."
"The funny thing to me," said Talbot was naturally mystified
Talbot, "was the effect of the mes- by this remark until Brett explain -
sage on the telegraph clerk. He ed to him the circumstances already
could evidently read English, and known to the reader.
he surveyed me curiously, for in "Was there anything else 1" in-
neye present appearance I looked a quirecl the barrister, reverting to
most unlikely person to order shirts the chief topic before them.
by telegram from a well-known Lon- "Only this. I gathered that
don house. However, I achieved Gros Jean diel not know his claugh-
my purpose, which was to overhear ter's whereabouts in Marseilles,
Gros Jean's request. He asked but she had arranged that if dr -
if there were any letters for M. cumstanees necessitated her (leper-
Isidor de Rion." ture from the town she would leave
"Good gracious," cried Edith, a letter for him in the Poste Res -
"what an aristocratic name for that tante, giving him full details. Nev-
fat man." ertheless, this presupposes the
"Anyhow, it was effective. There
was a letter for him, and he evi-
dently only expected one, for, be-
fore the clerk who handed it to
him was able to examine the re-
mainder of the packet, he tore it
Open, glanced briefly at its contents
and then hurried out to join his
friends in the street. After a short
conclave they entered a cafe and tarily surprised his hearers. "It
procured a railway guide. I tried seems to me that this underhand-
, hard to find out what section of ed arrangement, if it,goes through,
the book Gros Jean was looking.at, condones the murder of poor Mehe-
but failed, for the double reason met Ali and his assistants, and
that he did not consult the Turks, places on me the everlasting dis
nor did he seem to make up his grace of having permitted this
mind, for he looked through the thing to happen whilst an import -
book, sighed impatiently and sug- ant and special mission was en-
gested to the others that they trusted to my sole charge by the
should go out again. I followed Foreign Office. Dubois has been
them into the C'annebiere, and able to commit his crime, get away
thence down towards the harbor. with the diamonds, hoodwink all of
When we reached the quay a shall us most effectually, and, in the re -
pleasure steamer was whistling for
passengers, and a placard announc-
ed a fifty -centimes return trip to
the Chateau d'If.
"Seemingly on the spur of the
moment, Gros Jean invited the
others to accompany him. So, of
course, I followed them. 'When we
reached the island, I quickly per-
ceived that the coat]() filled the
whole of it. Therefore, in place of
keeping behind then 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
inyself halted for a moment at the
feet ef the stairs leading to the
tower. It struck me that the or Turkish agitators. If I fail in
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 had
entered the doorway at the bot-
tom. They carne in. Thus far I
was right. 1 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 loopholecl window
where yon finally saw me. Ib would
never do to be caught there, so I
went to the top and peeped over.
You can guess how delighted I was
Gives
Stamina.
It will benefit your
children or your
invalid.
"did not trouble to include us,
uncle, because we shall be on the
yacht first. A woman can always
pack up much better than a man,
you know, and I will look after you,
dear."
Brett gave one glance at her flush-
ed and smiling face, and forthwith
abandoned argument as useless.
An hour later the Blue Bell was
skimming past the outer lighthouse
iu Marseilles bay.
CHAPTER, XIX.
Next morning they reached the
Straits of Bonifreio, and here they
had to slacken speed somewhat, for
the navigation of the rocky chan-
nel was difficult and dangerous. Far
behind them they could see a huge
steamer approaching, As the morn-
ing wore, this vessel came nearer,
and Daubeney, important now in
his capacity of commander, an-
nounced that she was the 1'. and 0.
steamship Ganges, bound for Brin-
disi and the East, via the Straits
knowledge 'on her part that he ef Messina.
would come to Marseilles, so I as- "She left Marseilles at a late
aume therefore that telegrams must hour last night," he said, "and
have passed between them yester- will call at Brindisi for the Indian
day afternoon." mails."
"Obviously!" said Brett. "Any- An idea suddenly struck Brett.
thing else?" "Do you know how fast she is
"Yes," and now Talbot's voice steaming?" ho inquired.
took a note of passion that momen- "Oh, about thirteen and a half
knots an hour. That is her best
rate. The P. and 0. boats are not
flyers, you know."
"And does she stop at Messinal"
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 well
through the Straits of Do;ufaree,
and the Ganges should have fol-'
lowed a course a point or two north
of that pursued by the Blue Bell,
sult, obtain a huge reward from she appeared to be desirous to
the Turkish Government for his come close to them,
services. I tell you, Mr. Brett, 1 Suddenly the reason became an -
won't put up with it. I will fol- parent. A line of little flags flut-
low him to the other end of the tered up to her masthead.
world, and, at any rate, take per- "She is signalling us," cried
conal vengeance on the man who Daubeney excitedly. "Here you,"
has ruined my career. For, no he shouted to a sailor, "bring Jones
matter what you say, .the only ef- here at nonce.
fective way in which I can rchibi- Jones was the yacht's eipert sig-
litate myself with my superiors is nailer. He approached with a tele -
to hand back those diamonds ro the scope and a code under his arm.
custody of the Foreign Office. No After a prolonged gaze and a care -
matter how the panic-stricken ful scrutiny of the ceche, he an-
ereign in Yilcliz Kiosk may sar•ri- nounced—
flee his servants to gain his own "This is how the message reads
ends, 1, at least, have t nigher inn- 'Turks en board Stopping Messina.
tive. It rests with me to prove —Winter.' "
that the British Government ie nut For once the barrister was start -
to be btunbuggeci by Paris thieves led out of his usual quiet self-pos-
sessio'rr.
"Winter !" lie almost screamed.
"Is he there?"
A hundred mad question
coursed through his brain, but ho
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. Quielc as
lightning. he decided that by some
inexplicrble .means the Sentlend
Yard detective had readied Mar-
seilles fall 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, and found himself on board
the seine ship as Gros Jean and the
Turks, Hence he had :.ippioaehed
the captain with the request that
the Blue 13e11 should be signalled.
(To he contieuod.)
that duty there remains to ane the
personal motive of revene !
"No, Edith; it is useless to ,t.'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 hp. I suppose
Mr, Brett feels that his inquiry is
ended, For me it has just com-
menced,"
The young nlan's justifiable rage
created a sensation.
"May 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?"
"Du you mean," cried Talbot,
starting to his feet, "that you will
stand by mei"
"Stand by you;" echoed the bar-
rister, himself yielding for an in-
stant to the electrical condition of
things. "0f course I will. We will
when they came straight across and I recover those diamonds and bring
settled themselves in the angle be- them back with us to London if we
neath. Then I crept half -way down have to take them out of the Sul.
tan's palace itself !"
"And now, Lewd Fairholme," he
added, before Talbot could da other
than grasp his hand and shake it
impulsively, "we want your friend's
Yacht, We will set out for Pa1-
mero 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 hope to equal the performance
of afast steamer, tGrosJean
the stairs and leaned as far "as I
dared through the loophole, being
just in time to hear Gres 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 short. It
told him that II. had decided to
leave France, and had made ar-
i.
I1OIV '1'O BECOME 'f.ti,T,.
Undergo a Conrse,of Tlcetrife,ttion
'that's All.
lnteceet:ing expee:mcnts are being
mac? in Stockholm, Sweden,• as to
the effect of tilt :deity on the phy-
sicsl growth of cleleiren.
Thi trolls and ceilings of a school
room were -lined with a coil of wires
rangements to proceed at one() to Let through which a high fregulonce
Palmer:), whither the writer would and lois Turks travel overland, Pic current ua.s passed. The children
accompany him. will beat :them, too, Come, now, in the rum were thus in a position
"One sentence I remember ex- no more talk, but action. You, of an ir• a core lir the colter. of a
actlyi `H,' she wrote, 'has friends Fairholnte, go ahead and prepare mag ie rrin coil. Fifty children
in Sicily, and he feels assured of Daubcney. I will see to your lug- were 1`c pi :n this room while 50
a kind reception at their hands.'" gage being packed. Talbot and 1 others of the al.era;e agr, tizc and
"Friends!" interrupted Brett, will join in half nn hoar." mental development were kept in
"That means brigancls!" - "Eh; what is that?" hi,lect in an adjoining rooms 15 thrum eliletl'h-
"The information seemed to art- Sir Hubert. "Psirhulme, 'Talbot, cal treatment,
noy the Turks very much. They you -whet are Edith and I gong At the end of :.ix months the chil-
e/erevery angry at what they de- to de 1" droll under electrical treatment
scribed as the enforced delay, and • "Mr. Brett, of, course," said showed a growth of two niches,
)(Recessed with Gros Joan the gesick- Edith, in her steady, even tones, while. those without electricity grew
only one and a half inchos. The
electrified children showed an in-
crease in weight and other forms of
development in proportion to their
height,
A GRE;%'!' Sl.i's!"11I.
If Octave Henri Aeodat ilamard,
the Paris detective eltief, who has
been 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.
Barnard is provincial by birth,
having been born at Chatillou-sur-
Laing in the Lciret, fifty years ago.
Though only in his prime, his hair is
quite white, not by heredity, bub
by reason of the intense strain con-
sequent upon the chase of crime.
Unlike M. Lepine, chief of police,
Hammel is tali. Unlike the little
magician he has never known any
other calling than that of police-
man. He entered the prefecture in
1888 in' the capacity of a senior
81. Deward.
clerk at a salary scarcely sufficient
to keep body and soul together. Six
years later he was made a police
magistrate.
Soon he became Assistant -Chief
of Detectives, his immediate super-
ior being Cochefert, the terror of
evil -doers. Ha,mard succeeded
Cochefert in 100e, 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, altcl whom some hold
responsible for tho death of Presi-
dent Felix Faure. The distracted
woman, in her frantic efforts to
of
rs
]f from the disgrace
f
ree he e
murder and parricide, blamed peo-
ple indiscriminately. Finally, to
oast the blame upon a servant, she
put a pearl in his pocket book.
Barnard had her arrested. She
was acquitted, but the terrible or-
deal she was put through during a
long trial Inc forced a change in
the' form of trench criminal pro-
cedure,
Hamard says his most amusing
experience concerned the hank
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 Marelli, For a
time the clerk played the part of a
grand seigneur, but finally he and
Morelli, whom he called "a sister
soul," were arrested at Bahia, The
most revolting case of M. Harvard'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.
Barnard 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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TEACHING THE COLT TO LEAD
Yon often see a man kick and cuff
the colt around every time it hap -
pone to get in the way.
After a while you will n.otiee this
same fellow with the family out
helping him to hem up a two-year-
old colt while he can put a halter
on him.
And for the first two or three
times they get the halter cn they
have a regular circus in teaching
the animal to lead and be halter -
wise, It's ]nighty hard and clangor-
ous work,' too, this breaking in
big, strong two-year-old colts,
Why not take the linin follows in
hand when they are small, easily
handled and quick to learn i Slip
the halter on the colt occasionally.
By slow degrees got it accestamed
to leading up when the lead -strap
is tightened and you movo.
But don't get in a hurry. The
colt has been need to going ahead
of you 10 don't expect it to follow
too soon. A hoop of sugar or a
few oats held in the hand just in
front of the little fellow are mud!
better trainers in teaching 11 to
lead than dragging it by the lend
strap arid having someone behind
it with it club or a fishing polo to
shoo it along,
Many a man has landed hi the
poorhouse in attempting to get
rieb (hick,
"With my aria around ycntsyee
should feae nothing." le, said,
''Except gossip,'' aIle replied, ,so
she quietly disengaged herself.
After all, then are sonlo th:;i,_,
that woman, tl.ildeeefands hcLtur
than man,