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Show Z-I-Zl LOVE MYSTERY ADVENTURE By Jl'I.KH MART. I HIIO'K n III) N TIIK rVTOKY. IZl. t'Hiiiliul yuunt aiiimsvi trainer, in in Invn with m;uKii!;s-i .At tR H(.a nta port, who !'- her. t,ui ! sivVu hr UJ an I tlfll-t tlfll-t str.l (. . I,'r t,, -a v-in if i,M twin lirot iistr. l.l'i''Vli' UI.ANl AKOKT, who :o luvn '.in, hut t a 'I ! i site i rlrmimi. ntuppjn at m.tl.lnf to ko. pcsiaraiin f th- feat aiiii-4-t Turtunf. i,i this hp muat i of th" t lues h!r. Two of thf:n, Mlt.b: an I TIM;, a youn h-.y ana strl. tl has i tti-t Ifyl t(;rr Oul(rl rem Unl lln ni fi.tni .'eai ii In i in. He ta al.lt J l a b.tii.1 of 1 1 ii ! a i ban lit n. atut bv lUVulKll. Hi... ua.iH-.l him in tli mi uf . r tine, w h ile l.nl'.si 'uriiAV, u;t a i P critninal. a:da (I.-., me. I.j.ii.it- lr.ik into ni'.hi'ii. hi t'ai in 0 ui li u the n t Nhll hf la wii'ri tn In f 1 u-i ,if lit t'puni wht. h nf hai pf f-iia.ir- I h-i Ij cnukf, liiut nut mn fei.-t i rajf V-.w vuwg to a t-iis c hv-rit if Z.: si, u icJ' J-tl a a a bfy, bnht-N l.ni.;M.'a tfi-t t cil her uf it. a t: MKT r.r'a ti. u v m - ii t . Uuui uuban iniat a i. an a aim liar offer. I II IM Kit I X 111. AMrTllKU Mil I II I . "So vou wiint to tak about a love affslr of my in:ist r's .'" mul the vait-r. with a k r i ti . "'I'erhstps. replied Hon sco ii ha n. "Whut would- uu s;iv If i iroe to you that 1 Know In ml; nine what you uie koIiik to oroiose lo nif'' It's about a jenNius vyut.ian wliu wants to know wliHt the tnss la duinK. vn whit he lliiuk, eh ?" Tii.vt or nornethtna; else. Oo on." 'This jealous woman stains to h infor;ii"sl rmnltirl. .novr hII If th less Is Keftln rH1y lo take a trtp." ll-tii uu ha n t uuhl hsrd I v ctoire.il a fit st u re of aurpr.rov ' Whu to hi on? liovv ruiiltl yotj (iifsi?" hr Kaisped. 'Im i.iilte it Ions; dlntncr shot, ohl Im ." s.i id the al.-t ttlth his. finder t'sile his nose. "Hut sk me no more, i t-r 1!1 not t ! I tu mo it-. So. e . -r d.tv. at t'n In the morn Inn, say. t must make n re.mrt of I lie la In you, and it'B I who fl the prlre. The watrh Is just a An.l with his ey-s full ttt ollv Insolence he rontlnut-d "Kverv 'Vfniiii hum. red franrs. my hov, whether I tiring you I nf urni s t Jon or not. and whether l: pleast-s you or not " "It's expensive, rcrnarkerl notiarou-ban. notiarou-ban. Take It or leave. If' relIM the val-r. l;l lake i." s:M U .iiiscouh.i n wnly. "A p ! 1 1' a fs not all." ! ht- o; hr rnn- I tlnued. "The hundred francj la 1nst I a retainer. Wht n i brina; you the nea I you want ' : -jf h trii fit her lv Hlancafort or i Ms fa.t fru'i.d l.uuvoyerT' i "If you any so. Two will cost ; no mote than one. lut the day ou'l ; Itnv. to pay higher " i "I refuse I 'Then proud evening. old m-n. I don't like to haimo'." I "Within an hour your hosa will know wi'J'v" stolen from him'" 'ou'tl have to prove It"' thu valet iU M. d Iimii KoiiM. ouhsn realized he win aus-lit ! nnd that It was uwejVsa to harK'in. ',it down attain " he said A t hnuand francs premium for Kood news. " said th valet calmly, and i'ittr a moment's ref let-i Ion, It oust on -latl a.veptel. August in slipped h's I. rat liuiolred franrs In his pot ft. with 'Ten this tiriUnK thii.'' and Wt-nt t-ut. I Me would have to dlsturh himself ' lut onre. he thought, for one appointment appoint-ment at n'.ne a tul thi- other at i en. spending t he interval pleasant ly v d It of,'e and liquors. And so ll happened. That evening and for seven evenings I tl ere,fler he kept his two nppolnr-I nppolnr-I it tent a, was paid arid reported not h-liif h-liif Hut the eipht evening AuKistin was I well ahead of his time and his mrtiiv i i trvo'in j-iances at 'lie clock Indicated tl at ho fiad news. t nine the hov itnter-d. touted the vjlet In the llltle hark room., an.l a rapid colloq'iy In a I It w voire follow r.t Ther s news til i If one." sa id t he j vah't. "I've packed the hosV Ita " i H e' goini; to-norrow toorning t!are , Oriy, seven forty-five, the lrin lor Nan'es Between him and I-auvo-rr, I overheard a few words . . . Hrlt-liilnv' Hrlt-liilnv' . . . .'the wild plain ' " "Hit that tells me nothing; there'a not hiug precise a l.o ut t hai." "Well. It's not mv fault There was rothing prttist: to get. Hut there i. re two i:her names that ath k In my h-'a'I Cine was the. rime of a town. Vannes." "And ihe othrr?" I "W.ut unt il I trv to rem em t er. It I m i k h l have I een the n a of so me I ari of t1'- country, or eve-, a man. 'Jehenls' '.lelonnis ' " ".loa nn v ?" ecln in. d t he hoy. "Von have it"' replied the other. "Is that air'" 'V.o. There's one thlna; more. The hofs la Rnins; home. The other 1 not Klng with him." j ' Mere a vour thousand franra" "And well earned. I hope.1 f see It lis In the way our eyes are sinning. mv hov. Ah' I-oV' Uv: Hut don't :forg-t mv advice .... tSrln dreader than you do .... lou're too mtuli 1 l:ke a girl." I Augusfln was 1" ' i ns r.ine-1 r.ine-1 thirtv. and ltous -.-,i . l --rrred on tne ' atroke of tn Th- ime a en was ' re-en acted. erept that August In no longer heaitaUd over th- name of Joanny. And Kouarouhan s-emed as delighted aa had heen the other. And the other, one out of the cafe leaped Into a rah ml drove fnnoualy to the Itue Fortunv. This other ran straight to Zlzfa own room and hur-; lied ot of the boy a clothes, to re-sum re-sum th garments of her own sex Kor It -a-je Zul. t:is K:' tn. '.vtA m-j m-j trrwng the batt le KlMUHHOW- THH.I,I(, H '!'. ! Coprdsht. I'V ihe VA hetler yu ! dlcate, inc. |