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Show f. 1 I r Z -s ! ; ! Lo -:- Mystery : Adventure I . i iS . ii Uudorie phased his handkerchief across ! hi moist brew nd his voice trsrobled (with fury he replied. I "I'll answer for oi. then, aa long; as t you don't care to . . If such a being ; exists, and If you sre protecting him, ihio film well, Lauvoyer, for 1 condemn I bitn to death . . ." i lauvoyrr iv way to his favorite ges-' ges-' ture, the gesture of benediction frith his fat flT.jfra, And a fugitive smile seemed to Iiidhit, "1 wtl he there'" Tomorrow! Zut t a Trap. (Copyright, by the Wheeler Syndi cate. Inc.) "" Sll H I. -- ZIZI. beautiful yotosg aalwsl trainer, la la Invs WHb OI-:KtKrt -Ct.Arnit ftLANCAFORT. who j lovs br. hut has riven hf ap-and adi- , csted his life to savin bis twin brut her, ! Mi" VH HI.AM'AM'hr, Who also lows but is s dprts criminal, sioppina i st nmhinc to (sin pwMassiin of the (rest n ni-( jit furtufi". To do this he must 1 d)e r thr heirs. Tw.i f thsm, j Mil.-; and TI.NK. a nun boy and srl. hs has eaitrtired sftr Oroiffm resruavl them from dth In Mlb-rls He ta aiusd by a ban.) of Italian bandits, and by Lai.VOTKR, who trained him ta the ways of rnme. Whits RoCsi ul BAN. also an w-rtintnal. slds tl-orts. LudDvie breaks Into SCisl's hum in I'im dttrinf ths n .ght whils sh is undr rh tnfluerif of t up ism whicU h haa prsuald hr ti antnka au tbal ati ; mo ljfr Uviriri. ZUt vows is tkCDf I faraIL I i CHAPTER LXXIII. I In the Handa of rate. I It another 7.11. Of the old Zlsl there remained only her love for (Jeors;es, but a love henceforth to he bid'ttn lh the d'-hs of her own heaj-t. Heyond I ihMt ihre was nuthins: In common with the of other dnya. with the Innocent child, ao nalvly Jn love, so ardent and y-t ik pure. An hour has Siifficrd to wipe lih.it ull oot. Z.ii mas, iicaded alxaight alonx the l.;h of haie, for two or ihr. r (: ahe en. a med ehut in her room. curulneA fid il;rk. medial ins; on the future. And j i moat every hur she eid t heraelj. iiow can I strike hint? Hw can i most pumeh him" Nile wua thlnklnc of I.udovlc. While he (MMeed un-aav day after un-y un-y day under the diMurhlmt scrutiny ot Laitvoyer, to whom h hd taken ood uara to nuike no confidences.. Hume-tunes, Hume-tunes, ahriiftsine; his shoulder, he .would uv 10 hmiorlf that h- wjis nca;alle of a serious paaaton. And the next moment tears of raare rose In his eyes aa he 'houirht thai .HI miaht drive him from her house us one drives a wnnderins dog Wtould he try tw ito there afam. "I love her? tan it he that I love her '- he would cry to hlmaelf aa some-i thin sharp gnawed l hlB h"r(- A"1 1 he wniild liiult, but the lauah usually ended in a atr.inge a.b. Ktraiifc-ely -nu:h this man. himself so thoroughly perverted. ner for a mo-r.i-nt dreamtd that ,il would aek o .tvence l.eirtejf on him, except by refusin, to s him aaain. That .as the orl veiig.anc he de.-med iMnsille for K.t--an-l he could think oi no other Itmt wuM , rr.nke him aufTer more. lie lutie. ana- j p. r..) the fornii'l.ihle iKtwera of will arrilk- I erU in the brfiist of th-a ounit Klrl wiwn le hiid o eauly overcome. And throtwhl all t.uee mediations he tii Ijauvoyeraj lifivv ;ie reat ii i on him ( crom Lime to I'ine i'e - ionic direct aliu.lon to nut ao ng well In love." but. l.udovlc pretended not to hear. Finally, one day, he hed lo anewer. and he blured out, ' I've given h7jiu?oyer acarcely atlffled a aigh of tclief "Now l hut you're throuch Willi thla divers. on. liolMt you'll get lwck to MTH'iia ihliiK". ' be aalil. And nfter a pH i.e he ad l. d. ' Have you heard anything any-thing from down below "- "f rom the saint-''a childrenr l.u-rtorlc l.u-rtorlc an.were.1 "No. 1 hardly eapeoted to harr am ifi'ng,' , "1 waa thinking of a detail of eom Importance. ' uiurtnured the big man. "What la It? Your advice la alwaya good." .aid l.udovlc. "HupiMwe aorne heir ahould appear un-eTpe- te.liy. one vou knew nothing (OI. one I knew nothing of myeelf . . . I Though Ijiuvov.r h.d apoken indirrer-lenllv indirrer-lenllv enough. I.udovic ihouglu lie had de-.lect'ed de-.lect'ed aom. ihlng m.tcrioua latck of the Inian a word, eomc diiMnl menace. He I went up to the big man and put hia handa I on hla ahouldrra. I "i io on." he .eald. i "That a all." aaid Ijuvoyer. ! "No." l.udovlc pereimcd. "I don't quite I undernand wlmt you mean . . . hut I've never heard you tnlk like that wlth-lout wlth-lout meanlliK aomethlng. You nareed to find all tlutl remained of the Saint-real family and you told nie of lour of them. Have you found olliem'.'" I "No,1, ,i. replied. "I merely want you to be on guard agalnet the mon unlike, i ly chance. What would ou do If. with all the belra dead, a new one ehould aud-denlv aud-denlv appear?" "M:ika your own anawer, old man. I will toliuw the advice you give me, whatever what-ever it li. 1 ewcar lo you. If auch a being be-ing exita. you at ihla moment hold hla Ilia or death in your handa." Lauvover'a little eyca aeenied troubled. Hv a quick ahoul-face. l.udovlc had nm-leretl nm-leretl him It waa like a quick paae In a duel, a pnaa In w h; h Lauvoyer we. beaten and from which he wilhumw hia uufie tu rear. w 'Vsme, old mmi," l.unovle Insisted. "Annr! Mjtks your choice!" "Huch s ltiig doesn't ast." said ths wretch, trvltitf to anilla. Hut I.udovlc'a srlanc sharpened with unexpected cruelty. "You He! You've snld to much? What your secret?" ha muttered, and hl two hands mst with a strangling grip about lesuvover's throat. I'nder such an unexpected and brutal attack of the uunt beast tin fnt man niMKKereil for S moment, his eyes popping from bin head, hia knees weakening. Hut j It was otiiv for a moment. Then the ten , tinners loaded with rings. shtnng whh fnt, gript-ed l.udovlc s fin;r, anil broke their hold without effort. He took a deep I breath .tnd then, sulitenl, hs left hand detM-ended on l.udovlc s waist ana his right hand on the back of his neck. He Slipped him thus, turned hint about, ratstd hltn a moment at srtn's length and hesitated a moment, lerrllile with concentrated concen-trated hate, mondr-nng whether he would dh his head nuaiiisl th wall. Klnal-ly. Klnal-ly. with areat deliberation he carried hun j slowly towards a couch and laid him down carefully. The two men. fr'ends. sccomp'ices. master and pupil, glared st one another. Hps half open breath com I tig In whistles, whis-tles, ready to kill each other, until l.au tovcr'a great laugh broke the tension. "You ought to know rnough not lo try that game with ins, llttls one," hs cried |