New Britain Herald Newspaper, March 10, 1923, Page 9

ROBBERY THE LEEDS BANK, 8 BY E. PRILLIPS OPPENHEIM (Copyright, #9233, by B..Pyiliips Oppenhelmy P BEGIN HERE TODAY Vendetta begins between MICHAEL BAYERS, noted riminal, and Sl};fi l'VIORdlfyANd GREYES, once of otland Yard, when el o ful housemald, e bednd JANET, saves him from Sir Norman by shooting dead the offcer sent to arrest him. Janet becomes Sayers' wife and accomplice, In the Leeds bank robbery, Michael (known to Greyes as “Stanfleld”) barely es- capes and has to flee the country, Sayers plots with another well known criminal, Paul Gont, to ruin } the political leader, Philippe Lutarde. Gont sends for Janet to assist them. §ir Norman is hired by the govern- |+ mtent to protect Lutarde and promises {'to do all in his power to keep the {{leader from harm, Greyes meets ‘ 'i'llne': on the street and takes her to +lunch, GO ON WITH THE STORY Sir Norman Talks I.saw her luggage through the cus- toms, for which, as she knew no French, shé was grateful. I offered her a seat in the car which had been sent for me, but she shook her head. ‘I am going to the Gare de 1'Est,” she said. “Where you will take a fresh cab and drive to the address which you do not intend me to hear,” I re- marked. “You need not go out of your way. I will give you another rarole. I will make no effort to dis- cover your address, so you can take your taxi and drive straight there. I shall be at the Hotel Meurice. If you have an hour to spare, we will drive in the Bois tomorrow. Y For the next few days I was im- mersed in the complications of the business which had brought me to Paris 'To my surprise, Janet called to see me at the hotel and we took our drive in the Bois. It was easy to realize that, whatever the business which had brought her to Paris may “THEY WILL SEEK TO STRIKE THROUGH HIS ONE WEAKNESS— HIS SENTIMENTALITY, GOOD NATURE. have been it was of a disturbing nature. She was nervous and ill af case, looking around all the time as though she were afraid of being ob- served. Somehow, I gathered when we parted that she was obsessed by 1some new fear, some underlying dread of .eircumstances, of which, however, she gave me no inkling. . At the end of the third day of my &tay a little conference was held in my salon between Guy F son—who had worked in the English secret- service during the war and whose headquarters had been in Paris—my- self and Monsicur Destin, an ex-chief of the police, now a member of | tarde's government, The latter was & short and corpulent little French- man, with black eyes and a most vi- vacious manner, “Sir Norman Greyes,” he said, grasping my hand, “you are welcome. If you help us to save our chief, you are more than welcome. He s in danger—of that I am assured.” Much of the rest of his speech was {rrelevant. The gist of the matter, however, was contained in his con- cluding sentences. “They will seek to striké through Fris one weakness—his sentimentality, his excessive good-nature. Dhilippe lutarde has always been a lover of women, a kindly and a generous lover. He can resist no appeal to his sym- pathies; our French public—you know, perhaps, how strangesthey are. Whatever our own private lives may te, we tolerate not even indiscretions from our great men. We glorify and sanctify them; we place them on a pedestal and if they fall, we depose them from our hearts. All nations FACE AFFECTED WITH PIMPLES ltched and Burned. Lost Sleep. Cuticura Heals. “My face was affected with large. red pimples that itched and burned v at night. causing me to lose my sl- p. They itched so badly that Iused to scratch my face, which 'was disfigured for about two months. “I began using Cuti- cura Soap and Ointment and after using two cakes of Cuticura p and two boxes of Cuticura t 1 was healed.” (Signed) Miss Florence Stinson, 11 Everett 8t., Brocktor, Mass., Aug. 19, 1922. Use Cuticura Soap, Ointment and Talcum for all toilet purposes. have thelr pecullar form of hypocrisy. That is ours, Lutarde's daily life is being examined at the present mo- ment, hour by hour,” “By the police” I asked, g “Nol By the agents of a very dan- gerous gang of criminalsft whose chief we believe to be in league with the other side.” “Why not give warning to Mon- sleur Lutarde?” “That has been done, He fs haughty and fmpetuous, He will brook uo {interference With his actions.” “Can I meet him?” ¥ asked, “Today at the British Embassy,” Guy Ennison replied. “We have ar- ranged a little luncheon. He does not know your errand, and he scarcely even mlltu :lll anxiety.” . Qur conference broke up soon af- terward, At Juncheon I found Philippe Lutarde gracious, charming @nd brilliant,. He had the clear skin and bright eyes of a younger man; his snow-white hair was a veritable adornment. He was a delightful companion, and I easlly understood the enthusiastic adherence of his friends, Toward the close of luncheon Ennison spoke to him quite seriously of the existence of some conspiracy against either his life or his honor. Lutarde only smiled. “My friend,” he sald, “I much ap- preciate all your efforts on my be- half; but behold, I am seventy years old! A few years more or less of life now are little. As to my honor, that no enemy can besmirch. If I were to surround myself by guards, as you suggest, place myself in a glass house, I should live an artificial life. I know that without me things might for a time be difficult, and relations between our two countries might suffer. In a month or two—however, NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, SATURDAY, MARCH 10, 1923, all that will be changed—we shall have have entered upon a new era— and for these tew months I choose to take my risik. I will not submit to esplonage,'" Nevertheless for the next threo days I ‘cast away my name and re- sorted to the meaner walks of my profession. I shadowed the great I'rench statesman, from the moment when he rose, until nightfall, There Wwas a young girl, very: beautiful, with great dark eyes and an appealing face, who stopped him one night with some pltiful story #he was limping, and she points mtinually to her ‘foot, 1 d the flacre which she i leaned her fingers [vpon his ar was clos nough | |to sec the pressure of thvm 19 | the subtlety of her nn« He handed her to the cah her pleading words, | vil 'on If monsteur would drive vit\ hop g | little way! But Lutarde shook his head gravely, He paid the taxical man ‘a fare which surprised him, lifted his hat courteously and walked away, I saw the change in the girl's face as he disappeared. That was Jjust one of his escapes. We had a more exciting few min- utes one night when he insisted upon walking home from the Qual d'Orsay. I saw the four dark, silent figures gliding together, twa of them in front of him and two behind, and 1 the walting motorcar at the cormor o the street. ' Prudence led me to an ticipate their action, whatever it might be. When they heard the spit of bullets against the wall, they took to their heels and ran. To the gen- darme who came hurrying up, I had only to show my badge of authority, and he procured for us‘at once a taxicab, Lutarde, convinced now that his enemies were in earnest, yielded to my first proposition. I :umm.uedlnhuhounumbr- lomo, notn 10 PR veuw ‘We had three or four days of abso- lute quietude, Then the moment which we had been expecting, arrived. It was about six o'clock in the even- ing, and I was seated in Monsieur Lutarde’s study, copying some letters at a desk and posing as his secretary, A servant brought in a note, which the Minister read hastily, passed to me, It was written on British Foreign Office notepaper and signed by a very important personage. The Flowers For Easter Our florist shop is headquarters for quality flowers. Everything appropriate for the Easter occasion, for table, for wear or for church. Prompt and efficient service. Phone us your wants early. VOLZ FLORAL CO. 92 West Main St. HELLO, OMVIA = HOW HMAS HELEN BEEN FEELING ALL DAY P Tel. 1116. OH HELLO, TOM - WHY SHE HAD THE DOCTOR ABOLT TWO 0O%LOCK, BUT | THINK SHE 13 FEELING BETTER WHAT T 93N HILL 15 TH MATTER WiTd VOU ANYWAYZIF YOO DONT GO TS TIME 1L TAROW HOU OUTTA TH WINDOW - SEE ? Now = SOMEDBODY GOOD NIGHT - ST WAVING A FIGHT Wi COLECIOR= 11 tRG, = EFORY X GETS WILLED MY R P iLy POLICEM! gist of it was contained in these lines: [“It 1§ my husband who should have The bearer can be altogether |come, He would have walted upon trusted, He brings you a verbal [you and brought the letter and mes- inessage ' of great Importance, You|sage to which this note refers, but he will further our mutual Interests if |was attacked last night by an old you give it your most serigus con.|complaint of his—selatiea~—and he is slderation, absolutely unahle to move, He asked me to hasten to you, and to beg that under the circomstances you would do him the honor to come to the hotel, He 1s ashamed to have to ask you, hut the doetor who is with him now absolutely forbids him to his certifi- a5 ] It was a mere chance which led me to retire to'what Lutarde was pleased to eall my spy-hole, Notwithstand. ing my disguise, it was perhaps as well that 1 did so, for to my amaze- ment it was Janet who was prosently ushered In, Monsienr Latarde rose to his feet in some anrprise, “Yon. nve the heaver of this letter, madp s L LT iy LRCRAH ' 1y ] ca' lahe continued, stand up, 1 have here cate,” | I will come without delay, ma- dame,” Lutarde promised, waving away the half-sheet of notepaper which she had tendered, “I came In a taxicab—it {s waiting,” “You doubtless would ) | Ve parlen ihe replied, R A P P PO Herald Square Annual Week of prefer your own ear?" “It I8 no matter,” he answered, “At which hotel do you stay?", ‘“The Hotel Napolcon, in the Jlue Tranchard,” she replicd, The minister started, T too re. ceived a shock, for the district was the most notorious in Paris, "My dear madame,” he protested, “the neighborhood of the Ttue Tran- chard s certainly not a fit place for you and—" “That 18 what distressed my hus- band so much in having to ask you to go to him,” she interrupted. *It wag the particular desire of the per- son on whose behalf he has come, that his presence in Paris should not be known, and my husband deliber- ately chose this hotel, where he sometimes stayed when engaged on A S P I TR T N | Begins Monday—March 12 secrot-service work during the wamy He desired me to say that if you pres terred not to risk being seen in suck a locality, he would endeavor to proe cure an ambulance car from the hose pital and come here,” “Such a thing wonld be unheard of," Lutarde jrotested, ‘1 will go with you, of conrse,” “Well 2" my temiporary ehief Mk'fi looking aerows nt 1 “The moment swered, “You sugges thut the woman is ag impostor!” he caclaimed, “She s the wile of a well-known English eriminal,” I declared, *“Hep story was plausible but very improbe able, What about the letter that she brought 2" (Continued in Our Next Issue) arrived,” I ane PRING and Summer Fashions have been forecast—and cotton {al- rics are to play an important role. 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