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THE CHINA MAIL

AY MARCERA

1994:

Royalists Lost Opportunity

LLOYD TRIESTINO Mystery On

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(Continued from Pups: J

The soldier looked astonished and grinned sheepishly. The young lady laughed a hard, little laugh.

"If one of you gentlemen is Piquenard pray disclose yourself," she said. "I have always wanted to see a detective."

The feminine gentleman looked at her with piercing eyes and said lin a low voice: "If Piquenard is here in this compartment, made- | moiselle, · you can · be sure that there fa a criminal between us too."

The young lady. let out a scream). "Oh, do not say that," she mutter- ett. But her agitation did ́ not Beem genuine. Her eyes under the long black lashes searched cool- ly and secretly everybodys face and dwelt a long time on the old

Women.

The man in the grey cost laugh- ed- a strange and sudden laugh, that made the others start.

"1 say--look hère," he said, and read aloud from the newspaper:

Night watchman murdered at work. Two million francs stolen trom Suburban Bank. Heart Piquenard on the Trail of the Criminal.

"Did I not say so?” cried the feminine gentleman, triumphantly.

"I did not hear you say any thing of the kind," the Madonna Wednesday, 4th April at 10 am.ady answered sharply. Wednesday, 18th April at 10 am. Wednesday, 9th May at 10 km.)

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CROWN

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The crown of France that rests upon a satin cushion in the Louvre might today be resting on the brow of the Duc de Guise, did he possess the red-blooded audacity of his forebears. So my keen observers of the situation in Paris. While a howling mob, infuriated at the government, -was frustically seeking a leader, the Duke: failed to greep his oppor tunity. He remained far from the scene of turmeli in blu cautie of Anjou, near Brussels, Belgiam. Hoanwhile bis henchmen, Leon. Daudet, leader of the French Royalist Party, and Charles Maurrak, director of the news paper, L'Action Francaise, had called for the overthrow of the Repablic. Maurras in now under arrest, charged with incitement to murder. The Duke's rival claimant to the phantoni throne is Prince Louis Napoleon.. who also remained in exile in Brussels, while he might have made a gamble for the crown.

The man in the grey coat laugh-

but ed good naturedly,

the feminino gentleman looked hurt and opened “La Temps" again, pretending to read. The soldier had lost interest in the matter and was already half asleep. The old The travellers heard the box of, lit a cigarette with hands that

the were not quite steady. woman had slept peacefully matches tall to the floor,

The first taxi stopped In a side- through everything.

feminine gentleman rushed to the Presently the light in the com- door and began to shake the row street near the port. The partment grew dimmer, and they handle violently, shouting hysteri-soldier got out with the old woman i

in his arms, an affectionate 601 all put their papers and books cally: "I went to get out..

don't hold on to me... let go with his old mother. He went up away.

to a house with shutters for the "It is time to sleep,” the man in there. . . .' the grey coat muttered.

But the Madonna 'lady clung to windows, kicked the door open The young lady took off her him with all her force, screaming with one of his heavy feet, and shoes and curled up in the corner, all the while: "I want to get out, went in. Two minutes later the reating her head on a plaid. They too... 1 can't stand any mom man in the grey

through the same door. all settled down for the night and of this. :..." closed their eyes. But they did

Inside he found “a narrow stair-{ not sleep. At this moment the.

He ran quickly up to the soldier opened his eyes under the them had pulled the emergency fret floor, opened the door with heavy lids and cast long, search-brake. The train slowed down out knocking, and entered a dark, ing glances at everybody in turn and finally stopped altogether..

empty room. He opened the shut- With a shoek he discovered that

Who had pulled the emergency ters and then he saw that he was the young lady was not asleep. brake? The train officials locked not alone. The old woman was lying Her eyes were half open. She sternly at the passengers. A lan in the middle of the floor, seeming

looked right into his face.

The feminine gentleman stirred,

Suddenly the cries stopped. Everybody became quiet. One of

tern was put into the compart"|

coat passed.

[ly still asleep. Her hat had fallen

"Stop-or- T'll shoot!”. Moran in tor band, cams, the Advancing towards him, with a Madonna-lady, crying in trium-

he opened one ely eye and looked ment. The man in the grey coat of, and he could see her thin had to pay a fine. It was he who white hair that barely covered her at the man in the grey cost. The had pulled the brake for what was scalp. The man in the grey cost soldier turned his face and buried it in the pillow, but out of the a trivial thing-the-breaking of a cast only one glance at her before corners of his eyes he was watch globe. A few minutes later the be turned to leave the room. But at this moment he heard, a volcó door was slammed by the angry ing the old woman beside him officials and the trait continued from the door: She still slept soundly.

Half an hour passed. The, man,

Its way through the night,

It was quiet now in the com- in the grey coat seemed to give up the idea of sleeping. He open-partment. The passengers looked ed his paper bag and began to eat suspiciously at the old woman. It bananas while he looked thought was incredible that she should fully into space. After a while he have slept through the whole up studied some pamphlets from roar. Yet there she was, in exact shipping company, hiding them ly the same position as before carefully behind his newspaper, with her hands folded over her Then the soldier suddenly got up bosom and her head bent. Her stolen the money, and the old woman is not an old woman", at Let Apr.from his seat, and the man in the hat seemed to have fallen a little all. She 16th Apr. grey coat hastily folded the news further down on her face,

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whole gang in the

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head and and put them in his pocket...

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back 24th May | well-eat-when one cannot sleep." trated paper

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