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Show HE ACHIEVEMENTS OF MONSIEURCLAUDE tad dyGeely Stihl—y = if POLICEPURINGTHEREGIMEOFTHEec” THE DUKE OF LAMBAY’S EMPIRE , IN THE REIGN OF NAPOLEON II, NOW PUBLISHED FOR THE FIRST TIME ...+DIAMONDS.... Jearelessness in a man of his sus-|robbery by our valet, nor would I Shortly after receiving the above picious temperament, he forgot for have mentioned the circumstance had missive, M. Claude, accompanied by the first time to lock the inner steel not your grace referred to it in the| three detectives, approached the de|door. Shaw, who was present when | first place.” serted house in the Beaujon quarter his master opened the coffer, was The duke gave vent to a sigh of re-}and entered by the side door, Thein| quick to note the duke’s negligence. lief terior of the building, denuded of its He waited until his master had gone You are a model of discretion, my rich furnishings, gaped black and out, and then taking a file he carried dear Μ. Claude,” he said. “For the|empty before them. Mr, Claude sigjin preparation for just such a con-! present I will bid you adieu.’ naled to one of his assistants to light | tingency, forced the lock of the outer} As events proved, it would have | the lantern he carried |door and opened the inner one. AS/| heen vastly better for Henry Shaw, We must seek the duke’s souve the bolt of the inner lock had not been | having executed his master stroke of nir underground,” he said, and directshot into its socket the pistol battery plunder and revenge, had he trusted ed his steps to a stairway in the rear |was rendered harmless and the muz-}to the assistance of some professional Which wound its way down to the cel|zles of the loaded weapons gaped im-/| thief in disposing of his booty For lars of the mansion Midway on the | potently in the valet’s face. | A great treasure lay before jgioating eyes. There were diamonds upon him in a startling fashion. The | of fabulous value, jeweled decora-} latter, a prince of the British biood | tions and gold in abundance Care- royal, waxed indignant over the pre-| |fully Shawselected the most valuable sumption that he would consent to act | | stones, stowed them away in a leather |as a rogue’s confederate, and turned ΓΝ which he had ρτονἰὰοᾷ {οτ {Π48|{π6 οχ-.γα]οί 5 letter over to the Lon-| SSx ~~ ie | his endeavor to gain the aid and grati- Steps he paused and held up his hand. his | tude of the duke of Molinford recoiled “Listen!” he said, with a warning auspicious moment, and having filled ὦ AB } don police. They, gesture A muffled moan, at times low and ;20arse and again rising o a strident } Shriek, broke upon their ears. There 4 Succeeded a harsh, horrible snarling a8 of a brute in pain or anger in turn, forwarded M. Claude shook | his pockets with gold, left the house. | it to the prefecture at Paris, thereby | He went stranght to the railway sta-| furnishing M. Claude with information {tion and caught the first express which made certain his capture sponse to the men Some new his head in re- questioning gaze of his deviltry of his grace,” | train for Boulogne The duke returning home that even-| ing missed the familiar figure of his trusted attendant. As the hours wore | In a postcript to the letter, Shaw, to he said, drily Let us proceed, but whom it did not seem to have oc-| Pe Wary.” curred that the duke of Molinford He produced a pistol and having would refuse to benefit by his ser examined the charge carefully crept at|C@Utiously downward with the detecvices, stated that he would wait lon and Shaw did not appear ater-| rible suspicion flashed across the mi-| Boulogne until a messenger arrived “ves at his heels. Reaching the foot He rushed te his pre-|from England with authority to re | the stairs they found themselves ser’s mind. cious strong box, tore aside the silken ceive the diamonds and pay him the|i" ἃ vault which apparently extended draperies and beheld the forced lock. reward demanded. Immediately upon inder the entire building It was Flinging open the doors a glance told | receiving the clue from the London | traversed by a corridor and on either him that the most che pai police M. Claude started for Boulogne side yawned the open doors of small and the following day saw him seated ΓΟΟΠΙΒ apparently intended to accomof his collection had_ disa There were missing diamonds and /jin the Hotel d’At leterre in company modate provision and wine supplies f°? the house 4,000,000! with Henry Shaw whose own heedof extent money to the JRom His foAN-COvERED Lips IssuED = YE ΣΣ. MANIA CAL A 1 AES CRS ae eee francs. | mee = αντε = Γ ξ panic-stricken | the The hands of the law | 7 ocd magnificent!” was|which rightfully belonged to the} s coined| crown phrase the .. ἡ αμάν Claude | But the duke was far too cunning . y : ag ia! . ον λα srs tr » Wom his cries had summoned to the| ‘ spot. It is questionable whether . } : pant which fora few moments h > " veya {orth with redoubled vigor from the > © ¢ 7 the and of f the16 corridor, end 3 fe ae clashing of iron against him with a certain amount of benig the] noise, had died away into silence, now broke duke raged furiously, shrieking [η The ex-valet’s face was downcast | . . . a ἃ . . . |his high falsetto voice at the 561ν8Π8 | ᾳῃ4 αα]]η, and M. Claude βητγονοᾷ MURDERER most |ed in annexing the diamond millions isted between him and the deceased, κ; lessness had thus delivered him into For afew minutes the ; pity ae stone Sees, mingle ae with the hoarse, guttural growls and He proved a complete alibi showing °? oe : ape ear splitting cries which had appalled See 280 ee " ; oF “J do not mind telling you that per- | ; ᾽ η have : caused could of death the night away λ| 4Pproach had passed that he ΞΕ ee ος a. ’ ac aaitnk 3 ] ‘a from the house with a friend, having [ 5 when referring to|to rely entirely upon the outside ap-| Obtained leave for that purpose, and| ™0r* anguish in his avaricious heart. fessenvers were ¢ “e dispatched sonally I regret in a certain sense be|ine oblige. ) on ενα the listeners ‘ rhe "se δαbe λοςre, ο ee ia paused and glance > detectives Messengers were at once dispatched | ing obliged to put you under arrest just after the body | to the prefecture and in a short time | said the chief. “Officially, of course, | ΝΤ 2 Claude's grace the duke| pearance of his forbidding lair and the Not returning until his His demeanor, as was |tWo detectives made their appearance. |I regard you as a successful criminal. ' ane τ ΗΝ aad sia of Lambay in the|mantraps that lurked here and there |was found. years following that|in the grounds, for protection. thousand residence| startle the air with his up a from }@partments departure take to laris Switzerland. Be it understood |clangor. in that M. Claude in thus speaking with a Ere bells their perhaps natural when his fondness for his | the girl was taken into consideration approach could step hostile worthy gentleman’s/a would | Was that of a man half frantic hn Having replied to their interroga- | But your Btory with retepence te the tions. the duke inquired if their chief, | αθθϊεύπθθέν ellen Crosby leads me to master former On re- | Aediang Gus: your M. Claude, was in his office. να. at the closed door of aM. room before Chante ihe end of the panseme. μι. . overtake him, door was equipped | cross examination andreplied to every |ordered his carriage and drove post may Every “ay might have thrust and all of these doors | question aske him. with a promptness haste to the head of the police de- a knife in his bell dae Sheik’ so the ἕπτ νι νυν eatin tse bake dyoerres any retribution that grief, but he bore up well under the ceiving a reply in the affirmative he | richly brazen the high at ηταν= so that its 8 8 alee alae sina! μαύρα “But) turned the handle and the door swung heart,” said Shaw, looking up. |] ΝΊΙΟ ΚΠΟΝ πίπι β0 well, kne w that Goa nally canaHee ie ok τ. did pot ‘express himself abhorrent | Converged towards the bedroom and and lucidity that left no doubt as to partment. Μ. Εμάς was at this time . π18π of the singular character of the noble-| Private study of the duke. In the his innocence, ‘The duke furthermore averred that|@bout 45 years of age. He was of|the keenest agony I could inflict upon) Vig jeast cause |rear of these two rooms reposed the| ca vik “αρ κ. cakeio aclu |strong bex which coritained the dia-| the girl had acted strangely for sever-| Middle height, sinewy of frame and) him would be to deprive him of the back ὁπ aa cea ns τ admiration. | monds. cleat miptedaned ἐκ It must be confessed that the “And here a row of loaded pis-/al days and that he believed her te -αρφφμῶ τ ο ΄ ᾽ — a. a ee pee. κ. ὈγΊβ᾿ιί βοπ15 {ΟΣ |. ῃοᾷ re- | tols communicated by unseen wires | have committed suicide. This asser- ete ao — oo i sold his Meee! νο, ~ ( haniie. Sravely, is Should a careless hand unwitting-| the servants, although their testimony aan ἂν a Yocom ee aa were the reverse of complimentary,| on an aie oe ee t : “iod μν αὶ : ot προ _— i ae and with good reason, This man, in|!¥Y Press one of the buttons which op-/|did not greatly impress the officers, Livi e ΝῊ. a - ate deals ae cards the boldest and veins ran the royal blood of |erated the alarms a sheet of flame | who were well aware that none of the αν whose England, had by his monstrous ac-| and tions and dark mysterious mode of| : bonds of| at completely severed living, all between sympathy hu-| the him and jfradict any statement made by them most skillful gambler knows not what purpose ( honesty would scorch | duke’s domestics was likely to con-|©°™Promising bullets volley of @nd shatter the luckless intruder. : : " α oe ae 2 ee And tile tie won Be. the trick.” haser sur-| dukeOk which ene element e intriguing το τ, Shaw εδ Shaw alone ventured to denot 70Unded him and rendered him as re-| ᾽ ᾿ but his word was a no | nythe allegation, ᾿ Living as he did the person of this | e™ployer erratic nobleman was an object of . Oe . face, Muchto the surprise of certain peo- declared to have Crosby; was officially “‘Sicda sae destroyed herself!’Ην witle sepulsive personality pleasures. It might be imagined that The house in which he dwelt was he must inevitably have fallen a vic sound state of mind toned It may be plainly stated, hgwever, “T μι no mean index of the perverse nature|tim to of its early proprietor. It stood, in the | hatched by those desirous of acquiring sixties, in a secluded corner of |his wealth, but the old Beaujon quarter, painted from | which he was eaves to foundation in bright stripes of varied hues The though the perils to| building of odd design and pe- which Wet ere neglected gardens surrounded by high An air of ghastly gloem en-| walls. degraded scion of a noble house | this was compelled to-appear before the that believed the mys- secretly by a small door in the tern wing, the main entrance, g wes iron gates by large, ru remaining closed and offer 5 yuntable obstacle t n ys in-| ious neighbors surrounded him. with Henry cases the duke | Was selected as an object for black- Shaw continued in the duke’s had succeeded in gaining service He the lence but n one occasion at least of the latter's secrets, even including ] cant doubt of his guilt that of the fraud by which he had} of his part greater the s servants there was a|obtained Among English lass named Ellen wealth, were in his possession pretty young Crosby w had not been long in his Beyond expressing his belief in El was a miser of the 1 gloomy n m after frequently led him to the lowest s ing in of the had grt s of Paris where h e denizens to be a by-word a As mean as the|from of the underworld unc a nhrase which duke of Lam! gamins of esq if the mansion was § picions of the « ( infe ht pe 8 to his susne hts ss nm aw ir é Ϊ 1 Set 8 sed w f € ‘ 5 I he gu ‘ rese πάτο, e discrowné st out of his nce succeed: |< aff πὶ was and his with aes κ the grace’s robb } eould ds edroom was built in ning the ἃ On I oved for th posed to have ex-|by a jeweler τ Ν 1, open so the ng coffer 8 for } sking 5 I an Er patient 1Νί the v duke’s ‘ he 1k one?” Despite = My motive is that I “i ΡΕ diamonds that I am honored by this visit Ξ μυ ἐμή. : “Yes, yes,” said the duke, di tract— But above all I wish to have eqiy. this affair conduc τέ d so that the de lic.” . 1 “We will endeavor to respect your! wishes in the matter, your grace, —— d the ~ f ie ee . said the duke +; Listen, M. Claude,” I know that I} in subdued tones C22 trust you Now the truth is that M take it is Henry Shaw “but hir ad lea g Pa nd in would Claude M. he swollen its how a the the n I rudes from its mouth! Claude bent forward and picked foot id tod object that an It was to the light. upon and held I. a piece of meat Salt. The thickly encrusted with chief drew a deep breath as the truth flashed upon him The explanation is here,” he said. Phis is the duke’s revenge and one Well worthy of him. He caused this Wretched creature to be kidnaped on is release from prison, chained him reside Switzerland, of and brought ip streets of was ejaculated, lying beside outlines shape lying pro with the lante and dead. those who knew him saw him n and it was generally supposed he had returned to his native Two weeks later the newspa-| contained an item to the effect duke of Lambay the eccent the of the corner could be vague See into the the future the light to bear upon your dan-| Paris more, that land pers that for shadow tranquill to the informatior M. Shaw leaves the prison at eigl clock to-morrow morning.” released From the hour that the prisoner stepped across the thresh-| gaol In the discerned dark man a second testily e who or what is that ‘ your Nevertheless smile as M, Claude rec ognized him at once becoming Claude, M. a may 1 think you overestimate returned doubt of ditional precautions θε no queried Cjaude, with the ghost hovering on his lips & Mictim of his aud: time,” rejoined the duke, ‘i a is clots and the awful chanes.in the vie- xe of the unfortunate, motive into a/q philanthropic vee ae ; x a a ae ΗΝ the Connection Your with blood growls, deep and menacing bay of a blood-hound ‘be to is me robb q who wretch thin, "es si ; erac e has s nee ‘J wish to ascertain he said to the m0 re ΜΗΝ ἘΝ μες . the Stored to freedom in reality |! Cannot afford to appear in court to| watched when unity 1 Ag Was € € tectives, it having € knowledge that a strong oned eos ἡ Ο ¢ wt it ce knew 8 tragedy was himself in return for a sum of 100,000| re to the family of the francs to of duke of which had defra Shaw areful study of | the strong box and the arsenal de-| H s ‘ 7 ' planning a bitter revenge upon the individual whom he regarded as the He author of his sweetheart’s death. knew that the hardest blow he could strike the miser would be to deprive | him of his treasures that were dearer The first his life blood. t to } took in the furtherance of hig ctey write a letter to the echeme was to bed ve 1 ; ‘ duct ich further, for none who were examined | heard any unusual! gl h t explain the tragedy. i that, feelir ndi hour in € ὶ { At 1 allowed »| _ ν 4 ἃ whe aie . he τ ; On| ere with brute on a sa e mastiff. fed the and allowed it -ongoge this ee τν fees former the s imperative that ' history of the jewels which he has the following day the chief ef police received a communication from the nobleman in question which read as and atwer no water until tacked its companion prisoné Franz said dead.” is But the beast stolen should not become a topic of | public ‘interest.” returned | “If I am not mistaken,” the diamonds languidly |M- Claude, im Question at one time provoked a) on between your grace serious d follows Monsieur C wij] find a ke py the small d ha my late ere rooms ᾿ staring at the inert bulk of the huge animal I = ' Stra ἅμα ἃ ἡ ᾿ They “I ered. ir es μα Ἱ . emptiness te ect the f Molinford.” duke of Molinford in London, pledging | 2nd the investigation police went, and not 1 of the admitted noise ‘ have The <« é 8 ‘ 1 the ¢ 1 had an o wh Thus fa lips of the the was often Ellen repulsed | vas never brought to/ fact remains that on | of November 20, 1863, dy was discovered ly-| n helow the west wing lt was evident that n the result of a fall) second story window| was found hody mas in| her who pronounced kind, a miser but t point of avariciousness has seldom, if light, It was for this|the morni eve τ, been equaled, reason that -his pursuit of pleasure her lifele ed fraud = refusec ] positively; to prosecute the prisoner service before attracting the admira-|len Crosby's sanity, Shaw made no ef. tails of the case will not be made pub-|o)q of the jntere ] nobleman ᾿ ola a Tc . ' «ο Επομ. — μή ἐπ“ master and all|#2 of his the duke ( en- said this pee ris as : ase rey aon Saline fort towards exposing the true facts | of the girl's sad fate, and -wrapped himself in a mantle of impenetrable reserve that effectually withstood the| inquiries of all his associates fun deep, and this rs sti fut man arently took no further bers The But to attempt to convict the | “ae cn duke was useless Meanwhile, to the surprise of many, in the role of a defend-| In most of these ant view. treasure contained in this man-/| tion of the duke, who made advances consisted of 16,000,000 francs’ to her Which were indignantly spurned | worth of diamonds, and indeed the by the gi he latter evidently being house might have been described as|a different pe from the class of fe usually belonged to his | gigantic strong box where-| males that a species of what exactly ehold i fiend kept watch and|grace’s in a cunt ward over the precious contents. For transpired hin the walls of the! the eee he Popular opin- €maciated figure to sink limply Nor|of the prefecture agreed The nies grace.” sa pray ών unfortunate victim had gone to her death as de- wanting instances where thorities an air terious inhabitant, who came and went Wana see Claude nor his assist- ants exposed were numerous | scribed by the verdict. | was in perfect keeping with the re /|that neither M. your: broad and deadly it pleased an inscrutable ion held the duke responsible for her | Chair, and drawing a flask of perfume proyidence to enable him to avoid the | demise and in their hearts the inmates | from τ a ee re ie culiar shape, nestled in an angle of veloped the whole estate, a of+ corre-| oe a pile over ‘ bending spondence, when his ducal visitor schemes many some of the desk, crusted horribly lacerated, writhed convulsively as they looked upon it. Then from h foam-covered li ps issued a maniacal yell, which changed at its highest note into a series of barks and markable for his integrity as he was | ple who knewof the capture of Shaw ae of Paris | f Sufficient weight to establish the famous for surpassing skill in man race. The members of his own | small solicitude to the police his|the duke of Lambay upon ῇ ᾿ i sanity, ¢ rirl’s _ —8 an rece great family did not look upon him} who were constantly called upon to | Sirl’s sanity, and in the end Ellen profession. He was seated at his/ his valuables back ; and {πεν ΝΗ ; : τ . ; the intrigues from him sss scorn y é έ thar did( those whom | extricate scorn than less with chance brought into contact with his plots of the ruffianly partakers of his “ead κ room the into simultaneous cry of horror at the sight that met their startled gaze. Chained to an iron staple in the wall there crouched in a corner the naked figure of a man whose wide staring eyeballs glared hideously in the ;yellow light of the lantern. His anter me _ αἱ νι Ἢ = τ | Satan. |; tion was corroborated by several of Dak hed τ ig : marks of the majority of his critics with electric. bells. worthless soul to The duke started How do youla cellar be whicl 1 know this?” he queried, une In comr teeth white even Claude's M taken | flashed in a brilliant smile “We learn many curious things in| hitherto su; the course of our profession,” he i ng save {1 5] the quietly As acquair are you then, circumstances stand |agreeable you the Enclosed 1 the you ou ; wv ippe ἜΤ. } ν a ver f a ἕ hydrophobia ; . @ Ξ Ἡ er mar x ia he of fie 4 But eve. + ef θε . f ὶ De t nt +} . ἑ ͵ 1 ssic ae : tin . ὰ Gas ' sa a as nde wW w it that with 1 le x } to j ¢ t said the tt r € ffer eset Exactly c And the questi came into you € 4 x nd N the of 1 possession dc le|in the least affect the fact of the € nd 4 5 ᾿ ο; ὰ ces a |