Show Rei I The hive ve By MARCEL EL ALLAIN L AND PIERRE E ES B SYNOPSIS r the famous Paris isle detective ie and andal Tai la al i y young oun journalist ou na have hav found tons clue cue to the Identifying In the morgue and unrecognizable woman edd In the apartments of Ch as a. Lady s th Lady e nV nt husband huband wa was put putout out of th the JOurn burn otherwise e 0 acIto ac- ac 6 It Ito Juve v This Gurn Gumn was the ladys lady's lover for whose e lured the actor to his hla whereby Gurn Gumn escaped the gull gull- r with Gum Gurn and the Fan- Fan crimes rimes Jo in the Apache girl In associate Josephine Is I. now with the detectives Her loyalty 1 Is I. a matter of doubt Iy y since she has slipped lIpped away awaya 18 a American pugilist Dixon h ne rose roe and Juve added relis e a way in which you can our lur good faith Be at Nogent U 30 It If we come on you say he tie will be be we shall shaH rand and If we do not on m of ot the detective grew severe to ended the sentence to 10 not ol arrest him It will be you youIl i Il II All AU she said was Wits II p flab ab him I CHAPTER j K A. A Mysterious Camp rushed hed to the telephone It clock In the morning and he heeen I een eft torn from a a. deep slum alum Ms m. m Imperious ringing Its It's Itsou you ou M. M Havard there are no signs I under- under on me Ill I'll go there I Ip Ip p pj p you you ou informed dressed went down Into the na id caught a taxi Say Pay now I to the driver take me to It all ull speed e ee e his taxicab at atthe the foot of ot and mounted the slope to the theL L 5 villa lIIa Inhabited by Dixon Scarcely had he entered the ground when a a. sergeant advanced Sergeant Dubois of or the division di division di- di vision The sergeant drew Juve to the arbor arbo r back of or the house A policeman who wh o was seated writing at the tho table rose respectfully We Ve were Just finishing Our ur report declared the sergeant Juve took the paper and read We Vc Dubois sergeant of foot police po- po police police po po- lice at Se res together with Constable e Verdier received from M. M Olivetti ettI a business man living In Bellevue th the e following declaration raving Having left lett my home at 6 15 and d bein being on the way to take the train I was passing the slopes of ot Bellevue when a little short of the villa numbered numbered num num- 16 36 which I hear since belongs to toM M M. DIxon an American boxer I 1 heard hearda I a revolver shot and with It the noise of breaking glass 1 saw Baw nothing but heard three more shots in very quick succession seeming to come from Dixons Dixon's house I 1 went near and ascertained that the panes of the window on the right side of the front were broken I I rang butt but no one opened the door I thought I 1 heard faint cries seeming I to issue from inside the house Fearing Fearing Fear Fear- ing there was a mishap or a crime I 1 Iran ran to the police station and made the above statement In pr presence of the sergeant Juve turned to Sergeant Dubois who began Constable Verdier and I 1 went to the tho house with M M. Olivetti We Wo went into the he garden and managed to get to the terrace o of ot the house without ut difficulty but there we came on a closed door We e heard groans and cries from the room on the first floor of which the windows were broken We Ve found a ladder and got into the room And after arter having found round the vic vic- tims we sent for Dr Pl From then till m. m the moment you got here J Juve broke boke in i We are at the interesting part What do you see Nothing inspector but we ht heard rd I the tho gentleman calling for help and ut uttering uttering ut- ut I moans as If It in pain Then I I open and go In Verdier following me I found stretched on the bed a man mann mann n n undress who seemed In violent pain his was Mr Dixon the tenant of the house He could scarcely utter a word woid or move moe His Iris arms were out of ot the clothes and the skin of ot his chest and shoulders bore boro traces of blood sion j On On a bracket to the right of the bed bed- lay a revolver of which the six cartridges cartridges car car- had lately been fired M. M Olivetti Oli wI who o had remained in the garden called Dr who lives not far off I 1 at once telephoned to teis Have you ou been over the house Not yet but nothing will now be easier for in the pockets of 01 the victims victim's vic vic- victims victim's tims tim's clothes we found his keys You did perfectly right declared Juve looking pleased Let us go up and see the tho wounded man The doctor said that he would send word as soon Mr as Dixon was in a state to give explanations Constable Verdier put In his word The neighbors think that the American Amer Amet- ican lives here alone in any case he has only an old charwoman favorably known hereabouts She will probably be here in half an hour for she can have no idea of what has happened To be continued tomorrow I I |