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ARSENE
BYzoram-Rieven Emerson, G- Man fonus the abrulee for a good job with an insurance un- derwriting firm. He goes to take charge of his first job and Ande hin clients, Count da Grasan, Ala niece Lorraine, and her cousin, Georges Bouchet, bound and gagged in their hotel room. An armed thief had attempted to rob them of the $250,000 emerald, de Grado had come to the United States to soil. The no toriely kills all change of selling the frost and the insurance com- pany cancels tie polloy which ho but eight days to run. 10.amde Emerson back to Franos soith the de Grieco to guard the jewi el Emoteon, quite interested in Lorraine, takes an Exatinoliva dislike to the good-looking Rene Ferrand who movie them at the boat.
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Chapter Three
THE SIGNAL
THE HONGKONG
TELEGRAPH,
SATURDAY, JUNE
11,
1938,
LUPIN RETURNS
visit to the barnyard? I'm getting pig conscious,"
'il nak Rene when he gets here.** "Might I ask, what is this Rene to you?"
“An old friend of the family." "Put my name down, will you. for the next vacancy among your fold friends!"
" consider it. What are your accompilhments7′′
"I dance, play a fair gains of poker, do parlor tricks→→
"How ghastly" ["
"And incidentally, I like you ade Formously."
"Slave, my boy." arled Lorraine, "you've made the limi!"
Emerson felt a hand tapping bie fshoulder, and Rone Farrand's volos asked: "What is the American ans pressiont Break in?"
"Cut in," said Steven gloomily. "Oh, you charming custom!" said Farrand na he took Lorraine jin his aran.
"We ought to keep American cum- toms at home!" growled Steve as ho watched them wesve, a paćła through the dancing couples.
"Have you engaged a new chef for your meals of Outlery?” asked Far- rand.
"For the plain dishes. The Amers The two men, Ilene Farrand had loan cruise is apt to be simple. Introduced to Lorraine and InerAfter all, Rene, he is a stranger" im son as Mr. Doyle and Mr. Ham Parle." mond, stared after the departing visitors. Doy's shifted his eyes to Farrand.
"Heaven help us if he over get to be familiar!"
Then heaven better stack work- ing! I've just admitted him to my
list of old friends."
She gave him
bewitching amlie. "Annoyed by any cbancof"
"By every chance!"
"You been traveling, ain't you?" "Yes, Joe quite a bit!" Alfred Hammond pulled a paper from his pookst and handed it to Farrand.
"Have A good trip, Chief?"
"Delightful! Now I know you Farrand opened the paper. His really missed me while I was away.” oyes narrowed at the headlines: The mugle stopped and they walked "Is Aretna Zabin Alivet Rob towards the Ibrary, bowing now bery of de Grisma Emerald in New and then lo other couples. "I think Tork was Work of Expert Hand-wo'd botter find Stove while I'm re The Lupin Technique Employed." sisting the temptation to kiss you" Farrand returned the paper and "I'm offering a larga reward for shook his head. "No, Alt. Arsene not finding Mr. Emerson." Lupin la dead. And he stayə dönd. į The library was doserted, and
BY
LEBBEUS
MITCHELL
Oopyright 1998 kg. Loew's Joe,
Chapter Four
THE THEFT
Ivan Pavlot was dragged talo the room. He spoke to, sullen rasant mont,"I was just driving by and heard music.I thought I would took in and see what was going on. I've done nothing to break my parole."
...
"I suppose you were out there picking mushrooms," said Steve.
"When you've been in prison-- most of the time in solllary--and you see lights and hear music, you just can't help having a look.""
Who were you trying to contact in this room?" asked the Sergeant
"There was no one in here, er Keant," said Farsand quietly, "or cept Count de Grissac, his niece, Mr. Enerson and myself"
Was this hall door open all the tline? The
Kervants—someone atanding in the hall would be in lins with the window."
,the book case silded open as be prossed a spring. "It's gone!" he lected, borriðað. The amorald's
gonal"
"Look!" cried Bouchet. "Thore's Агропо ja signature on the door!
Lupin Why, then Lupin's still
alivo.“
Frang, the Count's buller, cama into the library whore the Profest fot Police and his aldes were oxata- Ining the sate for Angerprints or any other clus
"Mr. Emerson's hotel reporta, air, that be left some time ago.”
"Then he must be on his way here,” said the Prefect ironically,
"I told you I expected him," said |Loraine.
"Mr. Emerson is not always where he's expected to be... Well, no fingerprints. Ah, Dura!, discover anything about the grounds?"
"No footprints,” said his mido, "Ite must have jumped over the gravel |onto the turt," "2
"I'm convinced, Count, that Lu- pin was really behind the attempt fo steal the emerald in New York. milber he himself or one of the old
asociate
With your permission inter posed, Bouchet, I'll report the theft at once to the Insurance company." **That is imperative.” said de Gele
The pulley expires tonight” "By all means. report It, M. Bou chet At least you had one bit of fortune, Count. The emerald is stil Insured."
"It covers some of our lain," re-
The ponded the Count
Prefect gave instructions. "Duval, hava Pavloft brought here at once. He's the key to this. Pav- loff signalled to Lupin er & con- federala who was in this room."
"In the ball possibly, but curtain- by not in this room," the Count ch Jected
"Unloan, perhaps you suspect me or my uncle or M. Farrand," said Lorraine.
"Why, yes, the door was open, but "The only other person in the 1- overy aervant in this house basbrary was the American, mused
By Pau!!
HOW IT BEGAN Berdanter
LOCOMOTIVE SAND-BOX
IN 1836 A GRASSHOPPER PLAGUE IN PENNSYL- VANIA MADE RAILROAD TRACKS SO SLIP- PERY THAT, TRAINS COULD NOT OPER- ATE. AN UNKNOWN INVENTOR TRIED ATTACHING A SAND-BOX TO A LOCO- MOTIVE SO THAT SAND COULD BE SHOT ONTO THE TRACKS AHEAD 'OF THE WHEELS, ITS SUCCESS LED TO "THE MODERN LOCOMOTIVE SAND-BOX
Accident INSURANCE ACCIDENT INSURANCE COMPANIES ORIGINATED ABOUT 1859 IN HART- FORD, CONN., WHEN A CITIZEN OF THAT CITY, FOR A PREMIUM OF TWO CENTS, WAS INSURED FOR $5,000 AGAINST DEATH BY AC- CIDENT WHILE WALKING FROM
THE POST OFFICE TO HIS HOME.
"We ought to keep American customs' at home," growled Steve.
I'm Rene Farrand, gentleman far
mar. Nobody else, ever."
"Then you didn't do it?” asked Jon Doyle in surpriso.
"Sinos when did I start botching Jab?"
And when we send that in the papar," and Joa mournfully. "wo though 'Happy Days Are Here .Again-the trona in back) at work, That's why we came to look you up."
Farzand was just about to take her in his arms when Steve entered bearing a tray with three alled glasses, balunced on the Angors of one hand. "Anybody call the hand- somo walter?"
"Sometimes you are a good dateo- live!" laughed Lorraine.
"When it comes to following you, Noxt there's bloodhound in me, dance la mine."
"Couldn't we alt R out, hore?" And London just reeking with "Remember, you brought it va Jewels; diamonds fair winking at a yourself. Now, I'll do tricks-bolter man to be took," Alf put in regret-than Juggling dogs." He turned a fully. "It's against nature not to hand-spring, landing, still on bis wink back at them."
hands, his tent against the wall. "My Tarzan training!"
"Well, I'm wearing blinkers now, so I can't can't wink," said Far rand. "If you chaps need money, though I haven't forgotton old
lime so much...”
"Do Grissac,“ onid Aff, "In thoro nay hookup between thai lady who was just here and the do Grianne ung?"
"Some. It belonged to her uncle. he lives with him."
Alf emiled. "I don't noe how you alood It in the name house with that emerald. My Angers would be itching ke they wan atung by bres,
“ሌ
small boy's achievement!"" scoffed Farrand, and shuffled a pack of cards with the skill of a profes rionni gambler. "Pick a card.
Lorraine picked one, showed it tu Steve. Farrand shuffled the cards. letting them rain from hand to band, then asked Emerson to hit the deck assembled again in one hand. Stovɑ did so, scattering all but one card to the floor. The one
the one card was
Lorraine had picked
Then a contest of tricks ensued, presumably as to which would get "You mean to tell us," said Joe, tho poxt dance. Steve tore a tele- Farrand doubtfully, "you've been pinying phone directory in two. hancat ever since we split up?" did a coin trick. The coin appar "Playing is a bad word, Joa. Jently landed in Stovo's packal, but Being honest."
when he felt for it, his hand came "Bull can't understand it," said out empty, and Farrand plucked it A. All your talents wanted on a from Steve's car. Then they tried school for backward pigal"
ta emulate each other's tricks-
"Pig If you please, Alt, but not Stove to palma coln, Farrand to backward! Tell me, what did tear a telephona directory in twa.
you think of Mr. Emerson?" "Nolices a lot, be doos. makes remarks."
They wore alli engaged in thale And junsuccessful attempts when Count do Grisene entered. "Having trou- "He's an American detective--able fading your number?" his oak- former G-Man."
ed Farrand quizzically. Startled. "-Man? Whats he doing here?" Parrand dropped the book. "Chiefly worrying me. You saw "It was a contort. Uncio," said
Lorraine. "About what, I "Yes, Chief, a thoroughbred if know." ever thoro was ona“
"Then you can understand why Arsene Lupin must be dead. Emer son's no fool."
M'lie de Grissaċ?"
"You think ho might And out? Want him taken care of?"
don't
"Haven't walked into this as a cat,” said hor juncle.
room tonight without expecting to fad the safe open."
Lightning never strikes twice ex- cept in thunderstorma," sald For-
"Thon," said Blove, watching the "Well, it looks like mo and Alf; window, “It looks like a thủnder will have to And samsona alan tojstorm now.” work with us," said Joe "What Their glancas followed the dirço about our old friend, Ivan Pavlaff?tion of his eyes. Just outside the "Iya boan expecting him here," window stood a man, signalling said Farrand. "He's just out of covertly with his hand to asmaona prison. He tried to pull somathing in the room. Seeing that he was alone but there was a watchman in observed, the man turned to escapo, the building."
found himself engaged with two de- Pavloft would do that, really he teatives the Prefect had sealgned to would!" sald Alf. "It just shows watch the bause.
Emerson, with the Count, Lois) you what happens when you're op-i iimistle. As for me, I've done theraine and Fartand at his hools, straight and narrow till I'm fodjopened the French window. The up."
detectives brought thair struggling The ball room of Count, de Gris- captivo into the library. Bac's home was filled with danoing "We caught this man signalling couples in tuli avoning draus. In to someone in this room," said the the midst of them were Biova Emer Sergeant.
"Ah, I see you've forgotten my rand lightly. feelings about violence."
son and Lorrains.
Count de Grizao was indignant.
"Tomorrow I'm really going to "You must be mistaken)" start doing Franco,” said Stove. "Undoubtedly," Ald Farrand "Where shall we go first?”
"There are the art galleries, and quietly, staring at the prisoner.
some lovely old mundums, gloomy
as mauscioums. And, old, you love to your old tricks, ob, Pav-
must do the ruina?”
""Couldn't "you work in another!
Inquired the Sergeant
I
"Look! There's a zig- nature on the door! 'Arsene Lupin"."
been with me for years. thom implicitly."
I trust the Prefect even as Franz entered
to announce Stove Emmerson.
Steve was in riding togs and ad- vanced quickly towards Lorraine. He stopped la surprins at sight of the Prefect and the polico. "What's happened?" be asked.
"Noverbaleas, I'll have to ques tion thom, It is possible one of them saw someone loitering in the ball." The Sorgoant ordered the do tective who had helped him capture the intruder to take him to the ser The Pretol indicated the safe, vants' quarters. While he wita ho-This happened-fast night." ing taken out Blave Emerson made "Nice work, Prefect, with four de
rapid sketch of the library, indi-tectives guarding the place!" cating on the paper the exact posl- The Prefect boenme sarcastic. tions where the Count, Lorraine, "Why weren't you here? Investiga- Farrand and himsell hind stood ting Arsene Lupin no doubt!" when he frat daw Pavloff at tho Thon ho window making siguala, followed Lorraine and Forrand from the roun, leaving the Count with the Sergeant.
"This Mr. Emerson, the American detective, what le his first name?" It's Stephon, trut surely you're not implying the police suspect"
"must have correct names for
"Yes, just that. May I use your telephone, Count?"
"Muro Permission was granted. Investigation?" asked the Protect
"Preliminary only." said Slova shortly. "I'm going to request that payment of the tourance claim be held up for ninety days. Thats our Fight'
Rene Farrand was at lato break- my report," and the Sergeant non-ant with Joo and Alf when the commitally as he wrote the name butler turned on the radio for the in his little book.
market reports that ble master al- Lorraine was looking through her ways listened to a that time. After mall and frowning Monday morn-a few quotations the report was Ing when her uncle entered the interrupted for a special announco-
brary.
mient. "The palice," came the an nouncer's volce, "are pow convinced that Arsene Lupin is alive. This veridad this morning when was
"Light bills and two invitations! That's horrible, Uncle Jean!"
"You'll get premature wrinkles if you keep worrying about that sort Count do Grisao discovered the of thing, Lorraine,"
theft of the famous de Orissaa Lupin's signatura, veri "Post duc! Please remit! We're omerald.
Thore've boon afled by the authorities as authon- getting careless. lot of these past due notices lato tie, was found across, the door of
the sufa."
1y,"
Give the bills to me," said her In the stillnose that fell upon the uncle quickly, "I'll attend to them breakfast party, Alf jumped to his
WI at once. We've been absent in fest, turned off the radio.
pointed band trembling with anger, America"
"Many came before we started." be accused Farrand: "do you lifted hey? aho Iti
Country squire, Lorraine's voice softoned ac ginnerd at her uncle's troubled face. Couldn't work with us, but you pull "There's trouble, isn't there, Uncle things by yourself. The old doubla
You can, you cross!" Jenn Tell me. know, tell me anything."
"So that's why you wanted to get "Booking Count de Grissae hositated, then rid of us!" said Jos. confessed. "I'm in momentary din-tickets for us to clear out so you culties, Larraine. You, you won't could have all the away yourself."
"We stuck it out three years bela' get your mother's estate on the day you marry. I've lost heavily specu-honest," continued Alf, "and suffor- in' for itatarvin." Bein' loyal he- lating.
"So that's what's been worrying cause we thought you was going you! Why, darling, you know I straight. Well, from now on wo'rs
to the in!" KAVO you permission to
"If you're not, just what would money."
"When?" asked the Count, ils you do?" asked Farrand.
"Nothin. Only the police would oks gaining a little color from
1ke a hint of who Arsene Lupm Whether I said it or not, you is." always had the permission."
Bastre.
......
"And when you lied to us, like you
"I was going to sell the emerald did, that puts us in the clear," add- to replace what I had lost. the last thing I own.
It's ed Joc.
That's why Farrand's manner now changed. New York was so disappointing." He smiled lightly. "What I told "I can wait, darling. And I'm you yesterday was the truth. Un- eure Rene will rull take me with-il last night I hadn't touched a job! out a dowry. Here comes Georger since we broke up. But this emer in a gay mood. Well, Georges, I'm ald was too easy. I got an attack
of your Itching fingers, AM." glad somebody is happy!"
"Why didn't you let us in?" "The chance came in a moment,
"Certainly I'm happy." said Bou chot, stopping the tune he had been if I really wanted to hold ont humming. You will be, too. Iar acle Brothers just telphoned they'd on you I wouldn't have signed my
come, would I?" found a buyer for the emernia.
"Why, that's providential!" erlod de Orinac.
"You see," said his niece, "if you dont worry too much things adjust themselves,"
Tuls right, Chief xoa, kiến wo'd read about it in the papers. Then we're In7"
"Why, yes-of course," said Far. rand, none too pleased, "but you
"I'll be gind of the money," sald must excuse me now. I have an ap the Count, going to the sate, hid-pointment at the Chateau de Grie
den behind a noction of the book-nac."
ae, "and twice as glad to get rid
of the responsibility.” A panel of
(To be contiamed)
"Tote" Pays On New Basis
Police Giant Likes Trouble
Britain Blamed For Soot
Abilene, Tex.
London.
P. F. McCarly of Abilene urged
The British Government
Potato Chips Half Cotton
London,
Pontiac, Mich. "Tote" dividenda in England are Rookle-policeman John Scott of now being calculated on new busis, the Pontiac police department, who with payments to the nearest penny can smash doors with his fate, lift hia pounds of bar bells over Won instead of the nearest sixpence ba-230
The head, and who refuses to wear an
11
alt Southerners to cat more potato blamed by delegates attending low the calculated amount. chips, because they are "half cot-smoke abalement conference here Racecourse Belling Control Board overcoat in coldest weather, com- Asked for an explanation, for creating a large part of the 75,- | decided to make the changes to im- plains that "It gets pretty dull when and he comes McCarty said "the chips are half 000 tons of soot that falls over Lon- prove the small dividends pair on you pick up a man potato and, half cottonseed oil."
Lalong with no fight or nothing." P'popular foncles.
ton.
don every year.
IN BED FOR WEEKS WITH BACKACHE
Prostrate with "Terrible Pains"
I was advice from her mother that led this woman to take Kruschen Salls for her buckache, und before she had inished the first bottle she was feeling better. This is the letter she writes:-
"About this time last year I had terrible pains in my back and was prostrate for three weeks. 1 could not even rise in bed. I tried severa! well-known remedies, but to no avail. Then I wrote to my mother
telling her of my trouble. She wrote to me by return of post urging me to try Kruschen Salts. I inunediately bought a bottle and I can truthfully say before I had taxn the fifth dose 1 could sit up, I kept o11 taking them and in less than two weeks I was about again. I am never with- out this wonderful medicine now."— (Mrs.) A.G.
Unless the kidneys function pro- perly, certain neid wastes, instead of being expelled, are allowed to pollute The bloodstream and produce trouble- rhou- some symptoms: backache,
and malism,
excessive
tatigue. Kruschen Salts is one of the fest diuretics or kidney aperients avail- able for assisting the kidneys to excrete acid impurities,
KING'S
NEXT CHANGE
THEY BOTH FELL FOR
A BEAUTIFUL CLUE!
A thousand romantic thrills when famed Lupin
and o G.
OUR BRITISH CROSSWORDS
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ACROSS
5 Everything excepted, this liller-
,ary effort is not good (6).
R Rather an in and out source of
strains (10).
9 Like a bent with a sore head
(6).
be for from
10 Air-rig at en
noise
soothing (10).
11 I
some requires awaken them (8).
to
12 Beleaguered
bul
mort, once there may be more interest this time (10).
17 Is there
famous Woman novelist in 10 across? (3).
18 In a fairy story this curtailed
might rescue one from It (5). 20 Mackintoshes? (4).
(22 A watery set back from
the
Free State (4).
Man match
23 Riddle to make it (5)
wits and
24 It retreats in 18 across (3).
love tactics!
20 Motorists often pass his
work
on the road (10).
ARSENE LUPIN Returns
WITH
MELVYN DOUGLAS VIRGINIA BRUCE WARREN WILLIAM
JOHN HALLIDAY NAT PENDLETON
Directed by GEORGE PIZMAURICE
Produced by JOHN W, CONSIGINE,
Metro Gobturn
Mayer
PICTURE
30 Much the same as 32 neross,
though half different (6 ).
31 May be ordered for health, or
healthy for orders (10).
32 It in were out this end would
swim (0).
ordinary
33 Useful for sound reception, but
not by the
listener (10).
34 Slang note with the sound of
a singer (8).
DOWN
1 Is this what the tramp who slept in the damp stable be- came? (0),
2 A suit for court occasion? (6).
3 There's comfort at least in the
fold (0).
4 Spoil (7).
& Captured from a bad egg (0). Its cause may be quite ridicu-
, lous (0).
7 Make this kind of bed only for those with sweet temperal (two words-5, 3).
13 Not in 2 down (4).
14 Often a high church
(4).
feature
15 As this country was, a power
of old, it is not now (3).
10 It plays its part in Europe's
sense of peril (5).
18 Look Ilke someone of conso-
quence (4).
19 Women like to have a finger
In it (4).
20 Might be the missionary's mot- to, but untruths make the end (8).
21 One needs a flying start to make
way in this (8).
25 Competition (7).
26 Is this animal only half sub-
merged when dipped? (8). 27 This vessel sounds very Sum
Wellerish (8).
28 Poetically brighten (6). 20 It is not stone
that he gets
YESTERDAY'S SOLUTION
from the quarry (6).
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