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BEGIN HERE Love of EVE DE MONTA IS, sire to prove that he } lated the hospitality teau in southern France, MICHAEL LANYARD, liant meml of the cret Service, but torious cracksman LONE WOLF, on jewels. They had been yard was her from wounds ir DUPONT, a tempted TODAY the de- ot vio and ad n of . her cha- sent the bril- now ile Lan- iperating whose at I'aris ; highway robbery iteau de Monta- trated by Lan suspects that 2 band tourists, the of thiev as consisting of WHITAKER MONK; PHINUIT; the JULES, and the COUNT AND LORGN Lanyard goes Lyons and trails Dupont, who in turn is trailing de Lorgnes. fin the Lyons-Paris express, which is| bearing , Dupont and de Lorgnes, de lLorgnes is murdered in his berth his secretary, itter's brothe COUNTES GO ON WITH THE STORY CHAPTER XIIT Mademoiselle the Detective In London, about noon of that day, to| | i | sie the of 1 Le qut has 11 Meanwhile our d returned ! droop an ewels | sible He it gerou NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1922, 'CASTORIA For Infants and Children InUse For Over 30 Years Always bears W Joseph Vance | the ©0 International Magazine Company , | 'l.e Comte de Lorgnes?" W Louis Signature of | Mademoiselle Reneaux blank. “Madame nes?" 04 \nu could describe them, pcr- costumed, and placed Mou. | hups—? Paul Martin in one glance, on | “Useless, 1 am instance his calculated start|#D uncommon type. “Are you then acquainted with a nmr;\ named Phinuit—an American?"” 0. looked Nrwerived) la Comtesse de Lorg- ntly ur afraid; neither Is recognition Paul! m he cried in liting accents. glad! It's been simply ages And looking so well! I don't| vou've bit." | you, always ex- | but Truly one never seen looking better." | tery,” she commented. “But| ove i | her reviewed the little, or stupid. one swift, scarching glance, | as a diet, with to Lanyard with o mask of tragedy § signified there| “Paul, dear,” sald likely to prove Neaux more in sorrow than in anger: “somebody has been taking ad- vantage «of your trusting nature. Whitaker Monk is short, hopelessly her, and she showed |Stout, and the most commonplace her lips said only: person imaginable.” Whitaker Monk, of New chan Athenai today vou leve And site a "I met him one night, party that joined ours at Pre-Catelan, A stupid.” “Quaint, I grant you, with a gay at a breakfast quaint little | But hardly | A tall man, as thin! a face lke a comic 20 in B 1 Athenais Re- of no the one you? But impos- delighted openly. But | H | | | | Wertheimer deciphered a code mes-| sage: “Dear old bean: prefecture de police without rev ing your source of information n- identified man murdered on express stopped yesterday Hotel Terminus, Lyons, under name of Comte de Iorgnes: During entire evening be- fore entraining he was shadowed by two Apaches, one of whom, passing as Albert Dupont, booked in same carriage with Lorgnes, but detrained Laroche six-fifteen (An admirably succinct sketch of the physical Du- pont is here deleted) As stranger in Paris I crave passionately to review night life of great city but am natu- rally timid about going about alone after dark. Only society of beautiful accomplished, well-informed ar agreeable lady can put me at Please advi Can you recommend one such to me | have is Presume you Duchemin jewels by telegraph? heard your old friend suspected of looting Madame de Montalais, Chateau de Montalais, near Millau. He counts on your discretion to preserve of his innocence pending-.further vices. Paul Martin here stopping Hotel Chatham. Toodle-oo. A telegram from London addressed to M. Paul Martin, Hotel Chatham, Paris, was delivered late in the after- noon: “Prefecture tipped off. Many thanks. Fully appreciate you can- not trust yourself alone in the dark. Therafore cheerfully delegating preservation your virtue while in Paris to Mile. Althenais Reneaux, maiden lady mature charms whom beg you will respect as you would my sister, Wishing you enjoyabie in- tellectual evening— W It needed receipt of a while he was dressing for dinner, cure Lanyard of an attack of pre- monitory shivers brought on by recollection of the awful truth that cne is never really safe in trifling with an Englishman's sense of hu- mor. “Dear Monsieur Martin: too It is sweet of vou to remember your prom- | ficult?” 1| petit-bleu, | to al- | ! SHE HANDED OVER HER TELE- GRAM. CHAPTER XIV Sin in Beauty's Garb | In no city in the world is the doc- trine of go-as-you-please-but-mind your-own-business more studiously inculcated by example than in Paris, especially in its hovss of relaxation. Lanyard had not been so long an exile as to have forgotten his way about entirely, and with what was tiew since nis time Mademoiselle Re- |neaux was thoroughly acquainted. It there were anybody or thing a girl of her age—Athenals was twenty-five — shouldn't know, knew him, her or it; if there any place she shouldn't go, she either went or had been there; if there were anything she shouldn't do jor say or think or countenance, |those things she—within limitations | |—did and said and thought and ac- |cepted or passed over as matters of {fact and no consequence, | On the way to their |after a dance, ‘ere interceptsd by (a woman who, with two ecavaiers, had been standing near the coor of {the restaurant Through clatter of tongues her she were table they, a voice ful At set of t1 th ov ha En, cei | tre | | qu | wi ise to ask me to dine the first time | you came to Paris. Since you it to me, shail we the Ritz, at half past seven? In case yc mem- ory for faces is poor—it has been long time since we met, hasn't it?— I shall be wearing the fast black with my very genue expression; and my fan will be flame-colcred. y''Always to you— “ALTHENAIS RENEAUX.” Now that sounded more like Mademoiselle Athenais Reneaux lived up in most gratifying fashion to the tone of her note. She swept spiritedly say best feather into the leave | est Yo wt | ce conventional |save time if you would give me their | in- | names.’ “Have “But I am starving!" earth ease, [dinner.” Lanyard | with the maitre de’hotel {menu and the reservation as the two cated start of | “Monsieur yours?" | took | The ordinary cipher of the Writish|yard knew himself known. Secret . The girl turned Lanyard's telegram ‘E Oh, going are mon Iy clearly. “‘Athenais! It Lanyard was inclined to :hink he |had never seen, this side of foot- |lights, a gown quite so daring as oni:hat which revealed the admirably turned person of the lady who \namea herself Liane. cnnsul!@d‘ At the sound of her name over the|nais turned with a perfectly of surprise which side | promptly translated into a little, |ful cry. The living pillar of i.ury, telegram |satin and precious stones ran into| ‘her arms, embraced her ardently,| And you?" and Kkissed both her cheeks, ‘hen May I see releasing her, half-turned to lan- | vard. handed Glints of trifiing malice nd | behind the open interest of bling, rounded eyes of violet. I kept you waiting a long time, poor boy?" “Let your wuppetite accuse henais.” is I—Liane." fright- | you, | “Then, can as I take it, nothing prevent our going in Athe- indi- she joy- had already tled down at a table‘on the the room. received afternoon?" Yes, mademoiselle. ‘It is here—since I am. a winked trou- Lan- With a gay gesture she er her telegram from London his in exchange. Service was as readily intel-| So he had sacrificed for nothing ible to both as if the messages|his beautiful beard! d been couched in open French or| He uttered a private but heartrie't “Damn!" and bowed profoundly as the woman, tapping Athenais on the larm with a fan crusted | monds, demanded: “‘Present instantly, my dear, | gentleman who tangoes as I never seen the tango danced befove!' Forestalling Athenais, Lanyard | replied with a whimsical grimace: “Is one, then, so unfortunate as (o have been forgotten by Madame la Comtesse de Lorgnes?” “But monsieur is mistaken,” other stammered, biting her lip. “Surely one cannot have been | stupid!” Lanyard apologized. ‘But this is Mademoiselle De- lorme,” Athenais sald “Mon- sieur Paul Martin."” (Continued in Next Issue). glish. was laughing as sh2 re and re- ved her own ‘Mature charms'!" she oyable intellectual even how depressing! And are to obey that injunction at me as somebody's sister?” ‘Never in my life!” “I like that better. And,” ired demurely, “may one eur's commands?” vou will continue to flirt as at present—outrageous- poutei you to the th me s0 “Even when you make it so dif- “And, then, if T discover an inter- people I may chance to see, u will be good enough to tell me| ho they are and—other details cog- rning their ways of life.” “Perhaps I know them. in In preparing breakfast a woman | takes 446 steps; in preparing lunch 651 steps, and in preparing dinner 090 steps—unless she lives in a kitch- Jflnf’l apartment. It might about | rising | cut | with dia-| WIFE'S LONG TRIP GETS HUBBY IN JAIL Comes All the Way from Europe Is Relused Support in U. §. New York, Sept. 20.—Journeys do not always end in happy meetings, according to Mrs, Bessle Brehms, who traveled £,000 miles with her three- year-old child in quest of her hus- band Willlam Brehms, a musician, jand her other daughter, aged seven; !Mrs, Brehms, who is living at 813 |8econd avenue, Astorta, told District |Attorney Dana Wallace of Queens that she found Brehms living as a boarder., He refused to provide a home for her, she sald, but offered| to pay her expenses if she returned to Europe and didn't bother him. Mr. Wallace took Mrs. Brehms be- Ifore the Grand Jury, which indicted {her husband. Brehms s under ar- rest in Wheeling, W. Va., awaiting extradition on the charge of aban- donment, Detective George Lamb of the Queens District Attorney's office (has started to bring him back. | Mrs. Brehms says Brehms went to | Prague, Czecho-Slovakia, where she |lived in 1915. There he took up the study of musio in the Prague Con- servatory. There, also, he met her, and after a short courtship they were |married. They were very happy, she| said, and the prospect of some time {Uving in America thrilled her. While her husband studied and earned a liv- | |ing playina in various orchestras the |voung wife began to study music and the languages. | Brehms decided to return to Am- erica in 1920, The couple had two children, girls, Edith, then aged 4, and Irene, 1 year old. Edith was al- | ready showing great promise as a musician, and Brehms wished to take| her with him. He promised to send |for Mrs. Brehms and Irene as soon |as he got properly located. | A year went by. Still Mrs. Brehms | walted, hoping each mail would bring dhe longed for summons from her | husband. He wrote her often at first, |but his letters came less frequently | |as time went on. He said that “the American dollar was falling” because | of industrial disturbances and he could not afford the money. Then, last Spring, she got a letter from some one here who told her |that Edith needed a mother's care. |She borrowed money for her passage {and started here with Irene. She was met in New York by her cousins, Joseph Kopejzna and his wife and taken to their home in Astoria where {she now is. When she landed, she ihad but $14 left. Mrs. Brehms said she went to Wheeling where she had learned her husband had a studio. There she found him with two women, a moth- {er and her daughter. He refused to live with her, she asserted, and urged her to go back to Prague. &he re- fused and on her insistence Brehms let her take Edith back to Astoria. a Pensions Voted Workers Ousted by Arms Limitation ! Washington, Sept. 20..~A bill aim- ed primarily to aid former employes of navy yards and arsenals who lost their employment because of decreas- ed activities due to the limitation of {armament was passed by the house | today and sent to the president. The | bill is a senate substitute for a house | ‘measuro and provides that those fed- leral employes who were involuntarily separated from the service shall re-! ceive annuities where such employes Ihad reached the age of 55 and had | served not less than fifteen years. ‘I | | Increase Dry Law Fines ' as Violations Continue ! Los Angeles, Sept. 20.—Volgead | law violations will cost §150 each for ;Qhe penitent, Judge Benjamin F. Bledsoe of the United States district court announced in substance from {his bench. To' get the $150 fine, which is the iowest his new system | provides, the violator must plead guil- [ty at first arraignment. The penal- I't t ties will time the violator fights off judgment, the fines. to keep his liquor docket clear. ANNA HELD'S She Charges Executor adjournment of a hearing on the ap- plication of Liane Carrere, of Anna Held, Hanlon of San Francisco as executor Vo! her mother's estate, it was learned Hanlon failed to turn over worth of stocks and bonds and jew- elry valued at $32,900, months was entitled to these articles as res- ONE-PIPE COMET FURNACE For hou ses whose interiors are so arranged that a full and free circula- tion can be had between the two stories and the various rooms on each floor the oue-pipe furnace is the least expensive and most economical form of heating apparatus made. The installation costs less than a fully piped than that furnace, and very much less of the hot-water or steam heating plants, The simplicity of this apparatus is manifest and its operation easily un- derstood. The Comet Furnace is thoroughly well made, built affair and is not a cheap, slightly- made only to sell ; it is made C. A. HIERPE 73 ARCH ST. mount with the length of sentences will be added to Judge Bledsoe hopes thus nd jail DAUGHTER SUES. ‘Withholds $118,900 Property. New York, Sept. 20.—Through the daughter to remove Charles F. hat Miss Carrere has charged that $86,000 In her petition Miss Carrere alleges hat Surrogate Cohalan several ago issue an order that she A | ask for Horlick’s The ORIGINAL Malled Milk Milk Forlnfants | &lnvalids | NO COOKING ! The “Food Drink” for All Ages, | Quick Lunch at Home, Officeand | Fountains. Ask for HORLICK'S. | 8@ Avoid Imitations & Substitutes | | Payne-Aldrich act. | iduary legatee and that the court's| instructions have been disregarded. TARIFF BILL-GOES TO PRES. HARDING Its Enactment as a Law Within a Few Days is Expected—Senate Re- ports Shows 43 to 28, Adoption. Washington, Sept. 20.—The admin- istration tariff bill was made ready today for President Harding,w ho was expected to complete its enactment | into law within a few days. Immediately after the adoption of | the conference report late yesterday ! by. the senate, 43 to 28, the bill was! sent on its way to.be engrossed, and | with the completion of that work this | forenoon it was to be signed by Speaker Gillett 'and Senator Cum-| mins, republican, Iowa, president pro tempore of the senate. | In the senate vote yesterday Sena-| tors ‘Cummins and Lenroot joined | with Senators Borah of Idaho; La-| | Follette of Wisconsin and Cameron of | Arizona, republicans, in opposing the measure. Mr. Lenroot had warned! that unless substantial cuts were| made in some of what he described | as the high rates in the bill he would | oppose its final passage. \ Senator Cummins voted against ap- ! proval of a number of the rates, but | supported the measure when it first| passed the senate. He was a leader| on the republican side in the fight | against the last protective tariff, the | | Tennessee Governor Seeks Fiddling Title Nashville, Tenn., Sept. 20.—Alf A. Taylor, 77-year-old governor of Tenn- essee, is entered as a contestant in the annual old fiddlers contest of the state here tonight. Governor Taylor has been renowned for his ability as |a fiddler since his youth and the tal- ent was shared: by his brother, the late Senator Robert L. Taylor. Facial Blemishes ally due to enlldll\hn.“ ‘When you are comstipated, mot enough of Naturs's lubricating liquid is produced ia the bewsl to keep the food waste seft and meving. Dectors prescribe jol beca it scts like this natural lubricant and thes re- places it Nujol is fl- eant — medicine or le- ative —so can- not grips. Try 1t teday, A Lusmm-ua'r A LAXATIVE DOINGS OF DUFFS TOM, I’M NOT GOING TO SEND DANNY TO ScHoOL ToDAY HE HAD A RUNIN WITH HIS Tom Investigates ) SUPPOSE SHE'S SOME OLDMAID WHO DOESN'T KNOW MUCH ABOLT CHILDREN - IT WASN'T ANYTHING VERY SERIOUS = | REQUESTED HIM DO SOMETHING AND HE REFUSED To WHERE To 1S DANNY P | WANT TO TEACH HIM SOMETHING - WHERE BY ALLMAN e e NOwW, JLST CALM YouR - | SEND HIM To scHooL To GET AN EDUCATION AND NOT To BE IMPOSED UPON — fair girl, and bril- DO IT- SO | DETAINED HIM FOR A FEW MINOTES AFTER SCHoOOL lounge of the Ritz, a tall, TEACHER YESTERDAY AND I'M very good-looking indeed GOING O KEEP HIM HOME - IS HE P SELF - 1’LL STRAIGHTEN OULY THIS MATTER - (T The Florsheim Shop Gives Y ' Pleasure, Comfort . Improved Appearance The Florsheim Shoe Vogue Shoe Shop 236 Main St. Opp. Monument WHO IS HIS TEACHER? I'LL GO OVER AND SEE HER THIS MORNING AND SEE WHAT’S W?ONG.’ AND TALKED TO HIM — THAT WAS \ WILL WORK OUY ALLRIGHT $ALESMAN $AM NES -\ WOULD LIKE ABOUT 13405 OF SILK— SOMETHING RUG , HAT BIRD CRGE, \\V\bRF_\_\.R oS PAIRS OF GLOVES, LA e A L2 LAY A i 77 H-HAVEN'T vou FORGOTTEN SOMETHING, DID DERR = \ BEL\EVE |

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