Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 11, 1922, Page 10

THE GREAT CYPHER. Begin Here Toda: It Executive JONQUEL tectives. explorer who and who lef in Africa that caused everyone e he was mad. mad,” exclaime the ch He does not closed. ppened to 17 minutes to 3, by vrist. the ered dis. was preci some sec quite He says th ther parts of nea! was enormous. it cu in contour. The outline was perfectly clear, but what we would call fea tures e hardly distinguishable. The thing seemed.to lavk features. That was one of the distinguishing ft—a head big’ in propor body, cubical in outline king features! The chest and were also big, estimating th y its own proportions narrow and fotnted. | re although tv was clear in the moonlight, and there | was only the grass floor of the tent.” Monsieur Jonquelle stopped here in his narrative, like one who vould wish | a hedrer to grasp the whole conception | of the story before he went on. But | he did not seek a comment. The man beyond him walted for him to go on, and he presently continued | hail not follow the detall of all the experiences noted down by Chau vannes, and which; finally, wrought him to the conclusions at which he at length arrivea. He was able, after this night, to observe the creature and a number of its companions, although the man Letutc, who was always with him, seems never to have observ ed it. “Tie was also able to discover, al though he does not give all the de ter hazard, 6 doort at of th extraordina of events seemed to esta/iish it. fou know how the journal goes} en, the minute details that Chauvannes observed during the week that he was alone with Leture, while the Amer cheomber Dix and the Finn made their journey to the Nyanza. And you know how Chau yannes finally came to the conclusion that the seven great emeralds, which he carricd sewed up in the lining of his waistcoat, were the things that set these creatures on him. ds are in the Louvre. of the most extraor- the world. They are bi any oth are cut in : of which we have no knowl of them are backs hiero; and the |he was mad!” taiis of that discoery in the journal,| that these creatures lived under-| grou of their under ground cities was close to the]' camp. He had, in fact, by some} 8 t down his camp Criumphs of 4 M-Jonquelle by Metvi1E D4vigson Post ye THE GREAT c IPHER. he urges the Frenck government to Jeena out eu expedition recover the emeralds, which, he says, are o cealed in the first underground dw Ing of the creatures. which he has described, as though he were aware of the fact that there were other iwellings of these The emeralds are to the camp, and \| \ in the one closest they can bee re open them. ; THE MEN WERE CONVINCED THAT HE WAS MAD. fcovered! He is persiste | point, as he Is insistent |that his dea ear and inevitable, | and as he ‘s:insistent on the fidelity of the three men “And when 6n the f reported, he and sh of course, c was mad.” There came a sudden v's into Mons‘eur Jonquelie’s voice. But he was sce, Execilency r rallve cf the journal was an im. mn 1 ? Don't ‘ou see what he man was doing? 1 ¥ heyond . Monsieur Jon- ti the darkness of the por- boomed in a ‘sudden big exple juve. There was the sound of a doubled firstecrashed into the palm of a hand. “Wonderful,” be cridt, “It's clever beyond words. Good Gea! Think of n in that deadly postion work a clever thing itke that. He ras going to happen to it as soon as he els under the the Congo. He uid never come out alive, the c!pher in this ere the emeralds the French au- And he he v he worked ot al to show concealed, no thorities could recover them. worked out all the details to be sure get It's were would finally wonderful! that the nto amazin He bent his leg with hi thumping It as one mig’ grist In @ bag “I never dreamed that that was what the man was after. I thought “Surely replied Monsieur Jon- juelle, “It was the first impressipn of everybody. But he was not mad. He wea merely making a great t'pher with all the details of thie journal. “He knew there was no chance that he would ever come out alive! But he wished to rob these nssassins of the treasure which they coveted, nd he wished the record of his ex- pedition and these incomparable emeralds to reach France. He there- fore prepared a journal in which was concealed, as in a cods, all the ac- tnal facts connected with his exped! tion and his assassination, and at he same time would disclose the place in which the emeralds were concealed. It would also bring the assaf to that justice which they dese He foresaw that Dix and one could call a creatur =a ap Lagan sn ote | [the Finn would assume that Leturc eee ang Namone: tne: diar| tna einen begenee menue knew eis. that the Apache Frenchman was tinguishing incidents of Chauvannes 3 z : . shrewder than these two, that he journal that Jed Your Excellency, and |*° 00%! naa * thats abd St a Buea Le pthucitien to wallewenthat| (Oud oaTeeuee, Comes ser (oer Ghauannes was mad. ‘The culmination | ‘hat he wot forestall it” by’, thetr murder—a thing we'know immedi- ately happened after the assassina- tion of Chauvannes on the morning of their return. This was established by the fragmentary confession of the Apache Leturc, shortly before he was executed.” Monsieur Jonquelle stopped. “I maintain, Excellency, that this whole journal is the finest example of code writing that was ever under- taken tn the world.” He paused. And his voice took on a note of profound courtesy. “You know, Excellency, what the creature was that Chauvannes de- scribed, and where the emeralds were, hidden?” Again the big voice boomed. “Ss it cried. “Our concep- tion of a thing depends on the man-/| ner in which it is described and the mental state which has been prepared h the French-| auvannes all | y before the Finn, the to receive that descripticn. It was the ant! The red ant! And the emeralds were concealed in the ant- heap nearest to the point where the camp was located.” THE END.- Rub on Sore Throat | Musterole relieves sore throat quick- “| ly. Made with oil of mustard, it isa clee: white ointment that will not burn | +t lister like the old-fashioned mustard plaster, Just spread it on with your fingers. Gently but surely it penetrates to the sore spot and draws out the pain. Get Musterole at your drug store today. 35 & 6Scin jars & tubes;hospital size, $3. BETTER THAN A MUSTARD PLASTER NOT SL Pus f Strp reatures about... 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