The evening world. Newspaper, February 10, 1914, Page 17

ee AR om da + Sek ewe “Phe Evening World Daily Magazine, Tuesday, Febtuar =BALAOO= The Strange Exploits of a “Missing Link” By Gaston Leroux Author of ‘THE YELLOW ROOM,” Etc. By Hesketh Prichard Author of “Chron le a of icles of Don 2, Etc. stood hefore them without moving, with ‘hin hat over his eves. “Good evening, mother,” he sald. ‘Come on, you others! What's the ‘the Matter with eiving mea mand?’ ‘The two albinos went up to him, slipped their huge hande under bia smock, @nd produced a number of packets of tobacco which they found ; under the belt. “That's the remit of @ gless on Mother Soupe's counter.” eatd Hubert fn explanation. ‘The ehop had just got its stores in, I helped the old git check them.” He spoke without atirring, his elbows glued to bin bod: “Higher up," he tnetructed his broth ers, who were @til fumbling under she smock frock in search of plunder. Plle and Simeon pursued their quest up to the armpits and fished out two jeriows |; urdered ie rman sa en “Mr. Switch, Rave you ever heard in gentleman in o black mesk who had ia freee Sycmgarn Siaacetied sprang en him and caumiy placed been thinking of the queer name men- ‘he muszle of a revolver to his fore- bd CS bon Hi the a’, & name head. WHS, Be neers et fer eet Lage Tho reader will not be surprised te er. Bilbao? Wait! No, but sometimes hear that, on learning of the failure in the foreet—at dusk, of hin expedition, M. Meyrentin was near the Piercefeu clearing—ves, I've promptly iaid up with jaundice. And Baaoo! Perhaps it was Bilbao! “ It was while he was keeping his room Suddenly the driver flung himself back, that, by the érony of fate, ‘Three 4 ‘nor ‘which seemed Brothers were arrested) ‘The thing happened in the atupidest fashion. The most monstrous and also the most mysterious tyranny that @ “How do you know?” asked Patrice, small district was over ooomed te un- (Contianed,) bottles of fine white wine, which they ‘peginnin: ler) jeemed—I aa ‘neomed"—to i , if to shake with fear. mo) t K Darned Stockings. diate the aroma, with th ier neses at the “Look at my horses.” said Switch. “Tt fave oom ie to en ona because two kings. a, can't hold them, They alwaye Denave gendarmen happened to pass along the necks. ND he flung out his hand to “put ive a fine yarn to tell you," like that when the Brothers are near. road at the moment when the Vautrins \ / 2." ao if they amelied & were sending the mean foul of Basin, niPairica ereitty termes awn Mo outa erver, to the great here- was saying, leaned over the " san af co uth ts eosciatras Map ig'.Satared soa we vent ore: and, as long as you did not resist surprised et the disordert: them, they did you no harm! But you ee ad run up denide the car- mustn't resist them! That fool ot a procese-server would have been living At @ given moment one horse reared io this day if he had handed over bis and neighed, and the two other horses money-bag nice and quietly, A blow nolighed in concert and gave every sign in go soon given. They had not mesa of the most Intense terror, They ured the consequences. And Basin, swerved to one eide, and the diligence ihe process-servor, diel ef the blow. drew almost right across the road. 1¢ was very unlucky him that photog Regperroa He Lo Weir the Three Brothere were not carryta, at evs ing around as their guna that day when he met them. Wad having my work touched. It want her to keep straight and to do us a the failing darkness would permit. He would have given them anythii makes me lose my stitches, and then credit; if not, we'll have @ job of get- He was overcome with a terrible without protest, and would still + mademotesiie scolda a ting her married. QlGastorr rerousc) aonse of fear when he saw the con- hie writs, It wae unlucky for ‘He chased Zoe, a ran around the ubert's right there; but I tell you \\ seroquel fusion that reigned below. A «TouD the se statcnae ct Unova taugeudds both all right. Show Hubert your tectives, acting on the order of ones Mi Tues at onch other Whe sane pelped the old woman from the valet diligence, came up, went atraight Michel remained on his box and Datrice ee een ee we ON ia ee ee ¢ nh = jon to # > garted forw unding, “@ive that here!” he stormed. ; ing the names of the passengers who ede and gather wiki flowers. Tec teed cana emesis eo Fiom for, rial tnd tne, ‘proceedings But he recelved no reply. Zoe was in Ang Hubert gave the sock back to vod big Leaves seats. Patrice booked The journey continued thus, menote- gegpair. no longer feared everybody rose up } GMA af ths Kitthen Goor that opened Ree, who put ty ia-ner pocwet, ane rtu. Ore, “or Meese InBBe Tt weuls Be, houmy and without deeltests SA Tian ape Recate cerned the fret, elves aueuees thee, eae Shey So Ones ea the yard. She darted cut. Oe ORGY a alg ee tHe tae hPa tty Sane far ANAC nae Where bent tne Ppt mtg body of #ie diligence at full speed, 8 with all the crimes committed in the 2 " ‘ain't yellow, it's rea!” ‘3 = though it wel no more department during the | aat ten years, | He flew after her, Zoe knew the ‘\TAINE yellow Ite rede omred 41 cnen, Patrice called on M. de Meyren- ‘Then, in the afternoen, they entered t! © feather, far, far trom the detectives, Sit ne einen thet pee take it; thought had went on Hubert. ‘To every dog his taken it. bone. hala coves Pn their ey ‘ Jawing—not mi isten—and Ww: But he found Zoe in front Soth ears, too! He learns most who of him, pale of face; and lives longest. How goes it, my bird- ‘with & quick movement she pushed let?" he asted, catching Zoe a terrible which set her whimperin: ‘the precious basket behind her. Don't you it? Why, I'm making "What's the matter with you, Zoe? ying inquiries after your health: Why won't you let me look at your “ are you knocking her about work?" asked Patrice in @ panting asked Barbe. Bhe'll tell you. 1 saw her carry- voles, endeavoring to overcome his agi ing on with Balaoo this afternoon, tation. down Plerrefeu “My work's my own,” pald the girl, “She's all right" maid the mother “ *, “and Balaoo wouldn't hurt a fly.” compressing her angry lips. “I don't “Maybe. But T've a. sister and 7 ir number, wet way im the dark better than he did, He with jaughter. i tin and told of the preceding night's ex- forest. 4 who panted after it {m vain and @00N brought home to their euthors. Tha heard the quick patter of her wooden “I'll thank you te go Into the woods eee Tee ee eee ee ee ee ety the Goieae: Mm Tiene Cet: murders of Lombard, Camus and Blon- gates on the dry earth, Ln tte by “And what do you say the accom- Reade the Ril Se conte CNN ON ee aime tea Patrice puffed and panted to no pur- Hubert turned to Hoe bertis Dlice’s name is? demanded the Magis- bad come, Ha had ¢ pees, but he was determined to catch attitudes and did not walt to be told Tee sining tike—tike Bilbao, Do you her: it Was his one thought, his one twice. She opened the door of the cabin, ynow who 4 m they meant by ‘Switch?’ went out, and shut it behind her. De yon know. inet allotted to them, of course. grea an partly their own doing, for tretch ‘ot the, (aaeitatlan ae culty in keeping his aeat on the top of they defended themselves slackly, not Chap of e wore, we Coe we the tron rail, he fecling hat ell ire toes Oe them turned to ichel was nol oul and rei ing et h_ was once more emptied Of ‘ti4 saw the back of the driver ait- any cont to one another, trict “Two hundred thousand!" said 1.) jengers: and Michel, dosing on «ing wo tiff and atraight and calm on "And the ‘Taree "Brothers, wese. sen Hubert. c-es, slightly," replied the Magis- his box, was letting the reins drag O® nis box that Patrice could not under- tenced to death 77 The albinos started, and olf Barbe {rate evanively. “And now, young man, the horses’ cruppers, when le wae aud- amd it. Michel wae driving his horees Bi bert [gered ogg jumped with excitement on her truckle- } must go—I have not @ moment to denty roused from his slumbers by & Shee light rein, not with the ldlorous Meanwhile de Meyrentin nit pokey ‘clove ded. continued Hubert, without _“t &M going, too, Monsieur le Juge, wrelge “lat mhowies to) Bim rom Whe! astere t's cosehaen Mving te meltnes Or Gpriete to) Reus © rete: on eee 3 Out and I have fot a moment to lose, “Don't go to sleep, Switch: tis animals end failing, with thé Dut Soe went hardly suywhore, except + Sither. I confess to you that, after my Patrice’s own even were ddeniy stately pride of @ victorious competi- to Corlolis's and home again. She was b pursult of Zoe, I don't care to stay in opened, Switch! Who had shouted tor in an ancient chariot race. What seen now and again with Mr. Noel, Listen” was at Mother the Vautrin ‘ . dia it mean? Wheat did it mean? Had Coriolis‘’s man-servant—a tall, quiet test GiM- And it ineide, léaving him ding @a the bank, which she had leaped at @ ‘wound like w goat. He now realized his imprudenc: by not even a weapon on him. And had hunted the sister of the Three neighborhood. And, as “tawitch" maacaets Uke.86 Seles) Roles nr checking her fresh lot of to- the trains don't aut, I am taking the Mere amtcvel the peed aaa eam Mlebell lost Nis Rend? ANG PStzic® yeNag sate eee ee eto tae canesh tatt-dhom of the incident of the whip the counter, in the cor- wee te that settled?” asked Mt. de enting by, the Nore tenths cosck on anetiichel! Michel!" Sentaintne to. the village eeesien ond seam. That amounted to. informing | Ne te vsnop, when Switch came in Meyrentin, wih @ certain surprise. att va ihe, one of the two who had The driver tame rousé, Fr wae poles) ae ee care benny we cme “th it booked re? t Michel ind then ave J 00) my seat hustled him on the step, in the morning, Maar Pr Tract, it was hard to toll who — ‘Thi M. Noel was also the only per- ‘another skinny Uttle bloke came in with ‘The Magistrate seemed to turn some- ay they were Ufting in the amall, heavy goes he bad declares war ‘stainat thems And he gave him his hand. But Pa appesran ccteneuane Destiy cmeciy ‘This wan tho crowning terror, In- ity or old Barbe, greatly distressed i Aecinine Dut the house to Sing that tho little ‘un was a clerk in trice held it for # moment Toe ee eacription which Hubert Vau- capable even of yelling out in fright, now thet her sons were mentenced to wie of the brothers went the works at the other of the Mon: You appeared to underatand that (rin had given of him when Coiling hie Patrice, jolted to and fro Dy the demon death. wid 4 another on where they're driv a Tain't yellow, it's red!’ and brothere about “Switch and the Ite chariot, fell upon his knees, Wall, one day M. Noel appeared to ok iy, ye twig? There's no ral ‘¢ not told me what it means.” bloke.” “Don't move, Patrice!” eatd the have been in the forest, for, on the 4 If you don't know it, you c ‘The little wisened chap had his nese black mask in the voice of Blonder'a skirt of it, he met Zoe leaving Corlo- from me; and there are five And he walked leaving Pa- ‘- looking wp, half- mura Us'e place; and M. de Meyrentin, who In the air and was J workmen; that's somethi trice to ask Wi ‘Magia- jnatingty, at the diver, who playfully Patrice wan bereft of the strength to was in an adjacent cottage, clearly dived workmen who've got to be paid— trate jot making fun of him wave nim one with his whip between meke the slightest movement save heard Zoe say to M. Noel: in ready money, mind you! Every Patrice called for a bow! of milk, and 4), legs. those enforced upon him by the alarm- “Medeleine's been asking for you, month the workmen have to be paid." presently the time came when the Patrice moved hia eyes from the road tng ®ounde of the diligence, A Jerk, Balaoo!”” “Have you learned the road the diligence was due to start. But he Der- to the box of the difigence there powerful than the rest, eent him Balaco! Bilbao! ea travel ©) od that it was not yet ready. It ‘what!’ he said, with an agitation rolling to the feet of that hell's own A great light, a first-class siumina- He saw bf aed neg te Mate yard, but which he did not strive to conceal. coaehman, who now Was pain oe Siased wp in the examining Magia- d “wh es were not harnessed and 4, ” way team. trat ted brain! He reflected that ener (Sega Ringgit se eichin the without, that toning. wher ant te tenes Se ee Seat: Sy proses ‘Aste wat, te do with y [ay Oe eae ve haan of san te Steel tak base’ ueoueen trom Ge Fa? preci: Fortunately, the night Was \ttniews to jake a glass. The little forth wheel had broken oo Loa Rosart Retell by = call snake animats mad with terror keep the Bent What ni bler, more gativi © more ty ria bloke had hid back teeth well afloat. ‘The hour passed and the Ave ditconty- me Switch in these onto reply a once, TOM2 St FUCl, © Pome hands which had Gna than c Chinese or Japenese? net worth whil He did nothing, but prate, OPOut arg Wie Deasengera grouped around tO rng wisenad lttie fellow in the cap iid gtrangied Blondel hegre he had time One day , the Scaecats wae. task: im a tele to-morrow. toya, t0,them Ins corner where they couldn't formed that the wheelwright wanted soremcited Up wogice Puig: ‘caner to utter a cry! And Patrice could Led enough to diucover ome print late by And guddenis, ‘below him, a lou) pee, And I now know which way the another hour to fix w plece of wood 10 whimpering in his ear ye tie Trap that that devil of « driver used only M. Noel ence And correponding ex rasping voice, obviously the mot! tage go.” Hubert concluded, lower tne felly. They thereupon decided to Mrussed his iaredat y one, to his three horses, uctly with the prints of soles whicty ho ted: 5 y got down again and Sw Io som Whereas the other—the other hand hed found on Lombard's root, near the Ge cant int rou can find speaking & sentence or two in @ in spite of his reluctance to nc: keen on ite m: cieneree ee ecenged — descended lowly — white chimney, tn the soot—on the spot where im when you whisper. " a oh » He tl river ¢: ly resumi LW —~ the munierer, no doirbt, hat ne to fare Sng "went tn: Oe ee ee “And what did Switch say te thet! Wim false, ane moro if sranee ee dents Ie UP {ine descended slowly—ah, it wan the mame put on his shoes after the erlme—and tem ant sent 1 ate nthe road dis. “Ot, Switol did not seem to like it!” Armiy decided than ever to get away, Was there ever such tuck as his? Here ‘arm at the end of which boy gecterd corresponding also, an far as posaible, patch of lis replied Hubert. “I think he'd have'been regolved to run to the station, where Nas he tating the diligence to escape dazaling white cuff, the cuft that sith the footprints on the ceiling. And y d stayed on an the train. On reaching the station tho {or one of tye mont dangerous affair through the litte serving Net the Corfolia came and openet the door a, ee Patrice no longer doubted the which they had played in the ‘at Satnt-Martin-des-Bois; that ‘autring ing his voice in a sinister fashion and giandon their journey for that day’. Of Gown again Patri from his roof: when he again plainly ic sald to him: ‘And now, old Mos) a r + 3 . first person he eaw was Zoe, who the attack on the mpau dogs mnat made inv run after, MA You, eo 00 pe TMS stadt ia ing out for his at vote mal: © enact ronbery! Wen) conewnted fo U8 eens ieee hs " Manet <O te e & be! To-morrow morning 6 rival, Tne heavy ttle portmanteau con- even as he had suel it Come oe ere you've been 4 think that you've only epeaking After what had happened tho night tained the cash to pay the workmen. 01) Ott" cving.hatch. to an honest man before, he. felt certain that she was sot take much to guess ‘Zoo's voice Was now heard at the there on his account, and that, falling ane ie Oe ee wales fo suse pas. And Patrice felt @ antp of fren Coriolis, orimaon in the face, fe pean something, or he © asked me for the sock “Bho ve," said the gruft voice, door, asking leave to come in. to see him at the manor-house, she had He underatood it clutch his throat, And he cloned the door, Srerised at Nearing #0 distinctly what “Come in!" cried the mother. told her brothers, who had sent her to MPM’ Oks war hours delay of | And he heard—he could just hear lsh priseo aide the cabin with the door "Where were you?" asked Hubert, Keap a watch on him, For aught 16 the qiligence. he heard a voice from under the blac! CHAPTER IX. se eesined the roof around “Behind the door,” ald the girl, knew they might at that moment bo “An, the Magistrate haé taken all the mask—the name votce that had mur . aight filtered. through “listening to you, Better me than the buxy wrecking the line somewhere, WIti ting’ ne wanted, efter contriving the deyed, Blondel—ast: Wee esas Balaoo. nder his elbow. It gendarmes a view to causing his death. {rick of the wheel, to arrange for the HIN Balaco appeared on the ‘And when they all rained their hands Clear-sighted as wero Zoc's eyo, Da- hundred thou- house? Cee een ey at rae a eeadiyt tree eueeened’ in’ elbding them, and protection of The Ove Niko thag samt _ And. an the arip srcund we title edge of the forest the autumn “P'saps there wouldn't be any el Feturned tothe Inn in an unapeakable Sand france. tt wis eo cial train, for waa Alehtly released, Patrice was able ek, whic. wan astiing. toe Bind the little village of Saint- with Balaoo, Remember Barroia's state of collapse. eewith the aid to Kasp out juat a fingle word: trunk! ‘At last the wheel arrived and, to- Al! those sham peasant Mpaid of the | “Never! “The kid's right,” eaid Hubert, ‘We gether with the wheel, a fresh array Vautrin§ gan, the whole gang, the But thie word which he mene ot ‘Martin-des-Bols, sent {ts last ‘The ramshackle dwelling ought to see Balaoo at once,” of passengers, newly alighted from tho TAUrt, Ahh and the mysterious ac te) She ae Se we naety that it TAY shooting down upon him, And Bal. ras just a large cabin, divided ~ epnat: y* " gald Zoe, “Ie who were taking advantage of 3 ; ES a partition. Behind gg nati a fll he delay of the diligence to make ure aT eas anc plece about fucceeded in waving Patrioa's life, 00, dazsied, immediately went back ‘no doubt the room # " of this unhoped-for connection with : The terrible driver ceased atrangling under " They took down thelr guns, went out, yo tuddenly asked the driver. Rie eee Ocak cuneane, the wood, to nwalt until It wan quite What Patrice 88% ang crossed the road with the xirl. Zoe the Chevalet district. ie “What for?” Ae reeeat over the felda Patries ‘There were fourteen of these new Give it to me! sald the other, tak- Zenimney place, a sort of rec in ee ene dare outlines entering the PAssenwers, Never had the yard of i Prego ehlmney "Mother Vautrin—old| Barbe forugune Sark oulin seal! the Black Bun contained auch a crowd, i& the coin whieh Patrice Produce’ ong can realize auch a thing at #U0N% ian race in int tattered overe A impotent and helpl A straw 1 Ito climbed down from hia root and It did not oveur to Patrice to feel aure 4 ee eemee ie to the little wisened moment, that the terrible driver was oat an mt an port frame, IN COPD tee se niee, That night he Prised at this rush of travellers nor jan” who Mew Mt to ine inidet of the chuckling under hie maak his torn trousers, was not disturbed by any sounds out- ®tthelr curious demeanor. | | |. group, cap in hand. The little man Th OAT ees ayaa Pele ee sen Not to mention that ne hag lost hie a jo was so tired that he even giuuine thelr belly smpacientiy. Dicked wp the five-frano piece without W is the deena Giese (20 eit Thie careless attire and the Joo dozed off from time to time. NP . heking for explanations and climbed the cap to him, very p " mu eyes veiled their terrible glitter. [t dark, for he would have done anything even seemed to Patrice, for so far a@ rather than face a momber of the hue bed. nized the two albinos, umed their seats at the whe let p Acc lbeertS ey in aa baad ord 's 3 aie time to get shes bank a few steps away. on again at once, witch he hed just pulled off at Riom +@oe of bread and meat in grum| chael, adding between his ft lacha dl Then aw the diligence slackened ita Jed him to avold the high road an@ to “hey had becun thelr supper: but the CHAPTER Vil. teeth, “if we get there at al! ‘This bank wes surmounted by the kor the ‘horses were out of h ad not been used. "De you think that we shall reuch enormous Wolf Btone which was sean ee, aa gil the tall forest: look askance upon the passersby, He eat down quietly in the middle of a thichet and leaned againet the trunk of @ beech to put om his boots, whigh he . i spoons hi splates and Spvioumly not touched the Muatery of the Black Wooda. saint-tartnetens before dark?” Pa- 80 clearly from the bottom of the hill, ¢roog ‘tne man in the mask And vet it wae late: but Hubert ATRICE war out of ded at ¢ tice asked tho driver as they atarted, oun ee ee and emptied dranch, hooked himeelf on to it fad not come in, and they m Not before 10 o'clock to-night,” re- ts of his cap into a hollow tough by magic. awung his heel ‘clock in the morning. Ne pis 1 of in the stone, which emitted a ailvery waiting for Hubert. ore plied the other, i!l-temperediy. cracking * turned an astounding somermault, and When Patrice put hin eye to hie ls dressed [n whe dark, #0 ae not Lis whip. ‘We aha'n't be at Mongeron sound. Then he throw © Sieanpeared in the ark leafage ebove, Weually took of when going through peop-liole, fie at once Kaw the to arouse the auepictons of “or sunem Und 3.” Mpatrica watched. thin. pertormence ——— Len Stes 998 HAAR Ne wos mere C8 81d woman bending OveT te ogiiaed the ronal ‘The promect of travelling part of the without understanding a DIC of I Hin CHAPTER VIL wet tnesting any of the rece Feo held out to her. He recor Any’ one tn the neighborhood, jight through ihe forest was far from eyeg wandered from the Wolf Stone to * ‘The fact was that he had ® ba papery woman chuckled tn ao grie- ae ave ine Judge and then be off delighttu to Patrice, who relapsed into the" paasenger send the driver, lene! “Monsieur Noel, Please.” = tanght never to attract attention efth 6 8 {eatin te Pere ot hie ; ea kaa be cratinaed to dllchel waa clearly not a talkative chuckled with delight at eesing tris ™7® gammy iies dittgence stopped amor: at by his set-up or hia wild man's ger- “i renee “foinde “aio Dewan tO think that his safety depended on the Bite tua voune ian Srome oo Mmniene gcWhat you have sust seen, young ane PAO: Nal: SAYER: He aes) Aes had ee socials a8 BOC Me eee naar ihe atiuines, efiey tiin M8 wath the road. which ie watched 7 ae teau with ihe two hundred Palf-wey between a monkey and » @arefully and constantly with his little ” 5 men) was, lie accentuated the gentie- y ye img ure of Za »; ¥ &: 5 , ite red prudent pursult of Zoe, atill rang in jed-idded ever, Patrice was surprised ident You don't? thousand france wan HON jew and shyness of Nin manners, for dering what meank® his ear “We! Then he wrote a line to Coriolis and Madeleine and left it on his table, where tof the passengers stepped n the roof when there find him to-morrow.” werg so many inside, and imparted thin reflection to Michel, who replied, rity: “That's thelr business.” at being alone , There was nothing left in the co8eh he wiged on no account to be confused but Patrice, half swooning, on the with a member of the monkey race. top, and tnalde the eontractor’a repre: wiso are so rude ant {l-bred, It was ntative, who, when M. de Mes- quite bad enough to de taken, bec: 4 (t would be ween. wien the dilig began to toll up-hill. to set your mind at rest, if t h Ta te y it th pig cutigel, and peemed very ioe. A hostler Was opening the yard-gate Only two travellers with a large port- ordinary day. hut to-day ar wens rent letecttves at last joined the of his almond oyes, his stightly fat- Me gin emook frock that came down manteau did not eur from thelr corner pair of shoes; there's the matter of that , Puantom diligence, had Just the strength tened nove, and his face with the when he reached the inn, At the same bis ki 3 ‘on the back neat, near the coupe. They wagea chest downat left to tell then bow he had been broad, fat surfacew, for i i deer with 0 clam an4 moment, Michsl, che-driver of the aire, young gentle- ” 5 & native of PEt CAE ¢ of the Cite- had put the portmanteau under the gent, marl —moneenst natal Fobed ia the etmples). anion vy © Haman whom Dr) Coriglia who hed a traveller has paid his wolf’ can fecl more or leas vomf ‘a young gentleman t given your five franc: 4 . daa tl scat adc a alist ia as es November Joe} j..| Zest wil Begin Next Monday in y 10; 1914 Sherlock Holmes; a backwoods }» iMiterate tive methods. By means of U skill and a genius for deduction, Noo 3 vember Joe anny Cate crime mysteries U that baffie the whole police force. Deen French consul at Batavia, had i to's a brought back from his travels and “Is be never goingT” taken inte his aervice ae hin gardener. stosped” took” Beh So Balaco put on hie boots, As he found some difficulty In forcing in his hind hands—for Balaoo could say what he liked: man-ape though he was, he had more of the monkey than the men about him, aince he hed four Pope hands, whidh Ie the obvious character- intlo of the quadrumana—he heaved slight aighe; im other words, he gave little forth growls which the inhabitente of Paint-Martin-des-Bola had more than Who once taken for the premonitery sounds of a atorm. Moreover, it wan one of hin favorite amuaemems to imitate hunder with ‘hia reverberating, rolling voice, when far away from men, to frighten them. i Balaco had hie boots on He re- flected that now, when he mimicked the thund was ecotded the rink that, one fine day, it discovered that the thunder was he. ‘Andé his meater had tel him flatly that he would not answer for the conse. quences. The members of the human race, if they found BHelace out, would treat him like @ gorilla or a common gibbon. He would be popped inte a cage—and a good job, too! in if 1k ite i Detter bear that in mind. than in @ mas, went rond was free. by being much the “I hope he's not going trin, me!” thought Balaco. “Who's there? Saree ese ‘He replied: its 2 a Baiaoo's voice was both dull and gut- tural down In the throat. Bottles and botties of sirup hed been weed up tn the effert © to “humantse” that voice. trin, the old paral; tle Zoe looked at him with on, They will de bere in @ cart et 11 eae to-night. Have everything ‘Zoo mwas son, her, inten, lestng the man-ape'e “Have you saved them. Noal? Have you seen them? Are they coming, all three of them?" And she named them, to make gure that not one would be missing: “Simeon? Elie? sfubert?”* Balaco growled. “Yea, Gimeon, Ete and Hubert!” “Tou've done tt, Neel; you've done it!” Leaving the hut he hastened heme- werd and was at one summoned into his master's presence. The magistrate stood beside Coriolis. ‘The visitor sald: “It'a extraordinary. I have seen mon- keys at the music hall, but anything to equal thie—never.” ‘Balago clenched his fists to hie mouth to prevent thunder that ewelled his chest trom bursting. » “Never use that word in his presence,” “Monkey. “Oh, does he understand as much ae that? “You need not ask If he understands. ‘Every face he'e pullin omi frightens me," declared the alarm. thought Balaco. dard, the hairdresser in the the friend of Camus; he'd better ask him if 1 wouldn't hurt a fly. “Oh, tinted Cortolia. “And you say that he apeake?” “He speaks better French than our peasants, Speak, Balaoo; say seme 1 thing.” Balnoo, seeding himself treate’, before one of the race, like an interesting poor ms, anything,” con= animal at a fete, turned his torn with shame and despair, who always, at his woret trisle, had been his supremo consolation, and who eometimes, when his brain relapsed inte animal darkness, had preved herself his saving otar. Madeleine, seeing his anguish, gave him @ amile and uttered these wo! Book of etiquette, paragraph ten.” 0 man-ape at ence turned to the vinitor: erat! “T have not had the henor of being introduced to you, monsteur,” he sald in a roaring voice that made the house Wi shake again. “Oh!” exclaimed the visitor, “Ont An! Ab! And he opened the wide eyes of one who in ready to rush @way in fright. But Coriolis was not satisfied, “Yes,” he gran “Politely,” 1d, “Politely. In Creator made them He uttered this im . 00 in her own gentle astonishment him. repeated the sentence: “L have not had the honor of being tne troduced to you, monsieur"-—in the pining voice that made all the young Saint, “poo opting Madeleine. when they vormmit ous,” shouted the ether They strangle. Their fngers are, i t's marvelous, they want.’ t guy believe it! He Balaoo biinked bie eyes ang thenghite | “What did he say ter. Cortolis, potating te Y rv ‘* At th wouldn't hurt a fly and triumphant forehead. i Coriolis preceeded to make the iatro- ductions tn the terme prescribed in the book of etiquette: “I have the henor to introduce te you fly, would not mind atrangi! M. Noel, my Valued assistant in my distinguished visitor! wark on the Dread-plant.” And, turming “I congratulate you aly, doar to Malaoo; “This, my dear friend, is M. All you now have to te" —here, Herment ée Meyrentin, the examining 4@ Meyrentin gave strate, who le Very anxious to make Chuckle—"is to get him your acquaintance, Pray sit down, Will soon have attained the gentlemen,” 1 hope that you are aiready ti ‘The “gentlemen” sat down. of See young ley SSeaueme “You know whet a magistrate ts, 7 Lrigesm b dear Noel?’ asked Coriolis, with an im- 7 Herment de Mi pertant air, able to finish either bis smile ‘A magistrate,” replied Baleoo. with fentence, for he felt round hie thbeat. © i) the grip of two clutches ; with a force that wai rming to a member of'¢! race who still hoped to a i ar upon earth ut and ungeemly He gi paying for them." And he closed Bis eyes to escape the a visiter’a eepious serution, = Of, «a