Evening Star Newspaper, April 23, 1925, Page 36

THE SEVEN SLEEPERS A Thrilling Novel of International Intrigue nued from ) Are they the lot who murdered Frenchman at the league?” Chey are,” I replied grimly. The Genevese papers this morning are full of it."” ‘They're devils, Jerry 1 said. “cun: ning as weasels and absolutely ruth. k. goodness you are here to atrice.” ou worry vour head about he said, as we went toward T'll travel with her.’ What about your young pupils?’ asked lerry made a small grimace. They'll be thankful for a holiday frona their kind tutor Well. I'm awtully & ul. _old man,” 1 said. “Good-bye,’ 1 the front door. the moment nacessary day’s 1 turned and e’s another job for you when {finish the journey alone, for we did over, | not care to run an this business What's that Being my best man at the wed- ling.” I replied, and shut the doer Lefore he could answer. Outside 1 found Rehmy and De Blanch le already in the car. on ¥ t the wheel ‘Quick, mon ami.” he said. “With luck we shall be in Basel before 1 jumped in beside moment _later we the road. I noticed at my small suit case, which Rehmy toid me Jules had fetched from v hotel, and in which he had packed me spare clothing. Rehmy forgot | sthin | I also instructed Jules to pay your | il he added. | 1 asked him what I owed him, but | e would take no meney, saying that | was unofficially . working for _his ment and as Such entitled, if a_salary, at least to my ex penses. TFurther than that, he thrust 10 pounds upon me in Swiss notes and | American doliar that it was should be well supplied th money. This_was true enough, ind I stowed them away in Karl's ocket. which on examination proved | to contain some 200 francs in Swiss money and a large wad of the new | German “Rentenmark” notes | We sat silent a few minutes while | Gaston drove the car down the long tull road to Lausanne, along the bor ders of the leaden lake toward: jorges, where we should turn to the oft and go through La Sarraz and Orbe to Yvendon. “You haven’t told me vet” I said presently, “how you reached the villa. and 1 have never properly thanked you for your opportune arrival.” There was not much, he said. to tell. He had pursued Adolf in the Peugeot, picking up Gaston on the way. The ttle Jew had had only a few hundred start, ' They had soon come up | with him; but just as they had ar-| ed within some 10 vards of him he had swerved sharply to the right | down a steep lane running towards e, and at right angles to the In trying to follow him | hmy had turned too sharply for | speed of the car, which had :idded badly, and struck a telegraph the corner, where the lane « The shock had been a violent one, but fortunately the brunt of it had been borne by the near front wheel and its mudguard, | Joth of-which had been badly buckled ‘The shock had also hivered th windshfeld, and Rehmy’s foreheac been laid open by the flying splinter: on had very fortunately <caped injury, but, by the time he had ascertained that Rehmy was not seriously hurt, Adolf was observed in a small boat rowing rapidly across the lake to freedom. The two Frenchmen had therefore been compelled to retrace the short ance to Bersoix on foot, where tehmy’s injury had been attended to by a local doctor and a man (vil!— patched to salvage the car. At Ver- of course, they had received the ssage which T had left for them civing the address of the gang a Tiellerive, and after some difficulty and lay had obtained a boat and started the Villa Mortmain, where, has th he asked Rehmy, and swung into feet a essential T hain T y had found in time. | in the outskirts of Basel | tinsgasse from a gendarme, and he | ter t |a local hotel vesterday. By FRANCIS BEEDING Cepyright, 1925, by Little, Brown & Co.) “\'Ildl’flf'lel' at Karl von Emmerich, 1} could report to Fritz, explain the | absence of the Professor by a con- venient excuse and endeavor to ob- tain possession of the document, on | the ground that I had been ordered by the Professor to take it immedi- ately to Hanove Whether success ful or not, I was to join Gaston ana Rehmy at their hotel, and we wouli then concert further measures. Teo |all of this I agreed. | ou are running a great risk | said Gaston, “and we both of us feel | that we have very little right to ask | it of you." | *“Nonsense,” 1 said. “W this business now from to_the end.” We were by this time almost at Basel. The car had behaved mag- nificently throughout, though she had been driven at a maximum speed. At Reinach, some few kilometers from the city. T again took the wheel, and a few moments later we drew up My French friends descended here, leaving me to ve're all in henceforth risk of being seen together now that our destination was | reached. They settled to put up at| Die Drei Konigen, to which they bent their steps, while I drove on and| presently crossed a high bridge over| the Rhine, entering narrow streets which eventually brought me into the middle of the town. 1 inquired the direction of the Mar- | indicated a small, ill-lighted street] lying behind the painted Rathaus Two minutes later I had stopped opposite No, 33. As I climbed from the car, stiff with the long drive, I| looked at my watch. It was a quar 8. (Continued in Tomorrow's MOROS PLAN REVENGE. Uprising Reported Underway Lanao Province. ciated Press. | LA, April 23.—Revenge for! Iling of a number of their rela- | tives more than a vear ago by the| Philippine Constabulary during an | uprising is being planned by a band | of Moros in Lanao Province, con-| stabulary headquarters here was in-| formed_vesterday. ( The Moros, it was stated in the re- | port, have assembled in a native! s and are preparing for vén-| geance. The constabulary commandét for Lanao Province said necessary steps had been taken to dislodge the Moros | from their position by peaceful means | if possible the Financier Found Shot to Death. MONTREAL, April 23 Burnett, well known financ was found dead of a bullet v No motive either for crime or suicide has been dist ed by the police, who said Burnett was shot with a revolver. w the rest,” I said, ‘except ¢ happened after 1 went into the villa in search of Beatrice. 2 ‘That's soon told,” replied Rehmy. We hid our boa a clump of willows at one end of the garden, and had just got unde cover when we saw the professor come down fhl': eps of verandah toward the halet 1 two men with him, | «nd presently a girl came out of the | and joined them.” o and Jas Eisa,” 1 interposed, Karl's lady-love, the girl who took me to the house in the Rue Etienne | Dumont.” “Mon Dieu!” ow whistle. kill_her lfv\lPr' - 3 . said . W% ay crouching behind the wil- 3 The Professor followed by A few said Rehmy with a | “Then she helped m“ ws and wa entered the ¢ he two ants and the girl minutes + the four hem re- | ‘.,;’,:.Afi,d rse order, the| Lo sery von Emmerich | Jetween went to the cdge of the lake and the two men- nts lowered Karl into the water. We had seen quite enough, and at once made our way back to the road, where you picked us The last we of the people by the lake was two manservants apparently en- ed in dragging the body toward he shore by means of a rope. “If you hadn’t turned up, ] should be at the end of that myself. We sat silent for awhile red, and I think T m for 1 was not con landscape on either we were nearing the e he lake of Neuchatel and the that town were close upon u \alled a halt there for 10 m hile we drank coffee, for it Jid in the open car, and I )\A\,PI\\E]J; relieved Gaston at the wheel. We climbed the Valley De Luz to a little place called Dombresson. | om thence the road wound .sharply p the Mont Chasserel and down | A 1 to St Imier ‘; 1 was filled wjth an extraordinary hilaration as the car sped through gathering darkness. She was a| <ood car ve her fast and | ell, tho say it myself. We| ad long since left the midst and ,gs of Geneva behind and were in Je clear upland air, cold, with & tang n it like iced wine. Switzerland, once you get away from tho lakes and the valleys, from the pet i icious towns, to the great hil paces reaching up to the snow line, ith their wooden villages and thetr simple-minded peasants, 1§ grand nough: beautiful it is not; it is too <h and built on too great But it is impressive and All this T felt as we rush- past Tavannes now and Moutier to Delemont, where we halt- ed for Rehmy to take my place. As we changed seats, he said “Gaston and I have been talking things over in the back, and he'll tell | vou what we think it best to do.” As we were going throvgh Soy- where we swung right-handed, ton explained that it would 6b- iously be best for me to driv> 33 Martinsgasse, hreckermann rem saw beauty | or mixed goods. “DIAMOND DYE” IT A BEAUTIFUL COLOR Perfect home dyeing and tint- ing is guaranteed with Diamond Dyes. Just dip in cold water to tint soft, delicate shades, or boil to dye rich, perma- ment, colors. Fach 15-cent package contains direc- | tions so simple any woman can dye or tint lingerie, silks, ribbons, skirts, waists, dresses, coats, stockings, sweaters, draperies, coverings, bangings, everything new. Buy “Diamond Dyes”—no other kind end tell your druggist whether the material you wish to color is wool or silk, or whether it is linen, cotton, Pasteurized ~ Untouched by hands ~ ~ Charming delicacy of flavor Phila delphia’ Cream Cheese Never sold in bulk A Phemx CHEESE, and to leave Rehmy and him- Lol &t a hotel on the wav. In my THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. (., THURSDAY, APRIL 23 1925. The Hub The H ub' The Hub Store Hours, 8:30 to 6 Seventh and D Has Your Old Mattress or Bed Spring Seen Its Best Days? 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