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LIBERTY BONDS, Liberty 3 1-28, opened 94.88, up .03; 2d 4s, 95.94, up .34; Ist 4 1- 1s, 96.30, 21; 24,'95.94, up .04; 3d, 97.30, off 4th 96.40; Victory 3 3-49, 100, off| 4 3-43, 100, off .0 cu RB 88, up 1-4; Glen Alden, 4; Anglo, 17 3- 4, up 1-4, FOREIGN EXCHANGE. Market opened firm with demand ling 4.19%; cables, 4.20, up 1 from Saturday's close, French francs, de- mand, .0802; cables, .0603, up .0006%. cables, .0447, up .0000%. Belgian nes, demand, .0767; cables, .0768, up man, who is silent and whose word in any event could not be taken as conclusive. But the typically Parisian ro- mance of their meeting, of their drawing together, of their intimate life and of their final parting— when he kissed her in the presence of the guards and whispered, smit- ing, that line from Manon, “Adicu, notre petite table”—all this is here as Fernande tells it for The Hve- 00014. Greek drachma, demand, .0420; | cables, .0425, unchanged. 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School, dance, Pennsylva- "Kipna PL Fraternity, dance, nnsylvania, evening. seception fo the Italian Detegation of rue, dinner-dance, Penn- ‘even! luncheon, Glu b, evening. ‘Navi vanin, meeting, junior Emergency Relief Soc! ting, Biltmore if f shia eration of Jewish Charities, pag- and exhibit Astor, all day. Tgmbde Phi “convents at Ithe eastest way to be rid of him for ning World. If it reads like a novel, that is only because it was lived like @ novel—of Paris. The narrative ts tn five chapters. Each reveals—especially in the light of dreadful facts produced long afterward at the trial—some new phase in the shrewd campaiyn of the assassin aga'nst the heart of @ girl, and each shows something neto in the psychology of her re- sponse. These are audjects: I. The Proposal at Gambais. | Il. A Hint of Betrayal. Ill. The Surrender. IV. Brief Happiness, V. The Guillotine. the chapter By Fernande Segret. | (Copyright (The Evening World) by (Press Pub- lishing Company, 1921.) CHAPTER 1. PARIS, Dec. 18. We had been shopping—two chat- tering girls. My friend and I, bound for the last of the shops on our list, | had just taken our seats in the tram when my glance fell upon a gentle man of about forty, in correct—I} might almost say fastidious attire. | He looked at me so fixedly, at the same time caressing softly nis rich black beard that I was confused and troubled. The audacity of it! And the mystery! I felt the blush that overspread my face as I lowered my eyes. When I lifted them again the unknown, having undoubtedly sensed my embarrassment, smiled shrewdly. It was in May, 1917, a fine sunny morning. My friend and I stepped out of the tram near our destination and had taken only a few steps when we were accosted in the most respectful manner by the unknown man. There was magnetism, per- suasion in his surprisingly soft voice as he asked permission to accompany us a little way. A short refusal did not discourage him. He begged us to consider the ing alone in Paris, the perils that taint antes trom chance ‘encounters with unscrupulous strangers. A stranger giving warning against strangers! How droll! We laughed aloud—and laughter disarms. Taking advantage of the situation, the man walked along with us, con- stantly saying witty things, keeping us in a constant laughter, until we reached the door of the shop. There ‘he tried to detain me, and I, seeking the moment, promised to meet him at 10 o'clock the next morning in the Place de I'Etoile at the corner of YAvenue Wagram Of course, I had no intention of keeping the appoint- ment. 1 suppose he knew—as I did not— that I was already caught in the spell of his personality, the strange magnetic influence that ruled the women he wished to rule. At all events, when I had risen the next | that of an actress, How Bluebeard Landru Made Love to His Victims; Thrilling Story Told by the Girl He Didn’t Kill; Writeen Exclusively for The Evening World his voice as he told me he had been perfectly sure that I would come. His calm assurance irritated me and I told him in plain words that 1 had come for the sole purpose of end- ing the whole adventure in a way that could not be misunderstood. But he merely smiled and, taking my arm, led_me into the Bois de Boulogne. There I intended to put a périod to iis hopes by telling him that I was already betrothed to a man who was then a prisoner in Germany. But my mysterious companion gave me no time to speak. He himself kept up lan endless run of talk—light, witty, touching on all sorts of subjects. He seemed inspired by the springtime veauty of the woods. He quoted poetry—especially that of de Musset. Not once did he betray by voice or longuage or manner the quality of the usual vulgar “masher.” (Mile. Se gret's word was “suiveur,” literally a follower, specifically a man who fol- lows women, seeking adventure.) Certainly I was getting a better im- pression of him, but I did at last seize an opportunity to tell him that this must be our last meeting—and to tell him why. He listened to me without a word of interruption. He even seemed to | approve of the stand I had taken. ‘Then he told me that he had no ‘hope | of competing at his age with a young man such as I had described my fiance to be. He only wanted to talk to me in a friendly way, he said. And by way of impressing me with his sincerity he told me that he was Lucien Guillet—for it was not until jmuch later that I was destined to know he was really Landru. He spoke |to me of his childhood, of his tender regard for his mother. He seemed like a lonely man who wanted nothing more than # sympathetic listener. T listens. 9 0 8 8 8 ‘The war had changed the lives of many people. My profession had been but now I hud abandoned that—for the time being— and was employed in @ fur establish- ment. Warm garments were more important in those dark days than entertainment, I was giving more and more time to the man I knew as Lucien, We went to the theatres together, to the cinema, or we strolled, usually to my home, where I lived with my mother. The deportment of Lucien—I shall continue to call him by that name— was always correct. He was grave, considerate, courteous, a brilliant con- versationalist, solicitous of my wel- charming and panion. We exchanged confidences, but for a long time there was nothing that resembled a courtship, He seemed to be resigned to my betrothal to an- other, to be patient in his own sltua- tion, to respect me entirely. I was a0 completely confident of him that when one day he asked me to go with him to his villa in the woods, I con- sented. And there, at Gambats, ho proposed marriage. We were gathering flowers in the forest. Suddenly he took my hand, fixed me with a look so strangs that it seemed to burn ¢hrough me, and said: “What do you think of me?" ‘The shock of it held me silent, and ofter a pause he continued. He said that he had struggied in vain against the feeling that was in him. He could endure no longer. He felt under a compulsion to make an avowal—at which he begged me not to smile - that he loved me, He did not want an immediate answer, he said, for it might terminate his hopes, He \m- plored me to reflect, to weigh all that he had to offer against all that it would cost me. He would not hear a word from me then. The expression of bis face changed and he spoke gayly of the birds and flowers ana the sunshine spoi] “so pretty a day,” thoughts too grave. ‘And be proceeded to tell me a story, one of his favorite tales that he sold 50, well. entertaining com- he said, with I seemed to feel a pair of tyes My nerves were shaken. my will weakened. Without wishing to I went to the rendezvous, cher- would not be there. But he was. There was both joy and vanity in Avs ‘When we parted he seemed a littie constrained, as if he knew his hope was the sienderest thread, and he watched me ae I went away. Chapter 2 To-morrow, He did not wish me w fare and my wishes, altogether a|@ R. TORY COM TMNT = IORI OF Te. Baus BMD Care 1 SYNOPSIS OF PRECEEDING CHAPTER, ipued.) HE chauffeur’ soon retu-ned with @ big touring car, old- fashioned but capable of high | speed. The threo waiting men got in at once, put up the side cur- tains and, with Peters, the driver, alone visible, set off. They slid not} attempt to make any great speed, fearing to attract attention, but be- fore long swept into the town of; Larchmont and along the road where the banker lived. “Shall I drive right up to the house?” Peters asked. Jansen and his confederate held 2 whispered consultation. “There's only one way to do it,” the fatter suid. “Drive right up to the door, ask to see Mr. Hall, and while the servant has gone to get him seoure the jewel.” “Who'll go in?” “It makes no difference. You can get the diamond and rejoin us before the servant has time to summon him. You might as well go. I look like a tramp. The butler might refuse to let me in.” When the car halted before the door of Rowland Hall's residence, Jansen rang the doorbell, “T want to see Mr. Hall. he asked the butler. “Yes, sir. What name, please?” “Jackson. Thomas Jackson. personal matter.” “Yes, sir. Step right into the ll- brary, sir, Mr. Hall is upstairs rest- ing. You may have to wait a few moments, sir.” Jansen entered the library, dimly lighted by a single electric lamp on the carved oak table, Then he stood still and listened to the footsteps of the butler as the latter slowly ascend- ed the stairs. Satisfied that the man had reached the floor above, Jansen gazed intently about the room, then he sprang to- ward a recess in the wall beside the great fireplace. The light of the lamp gleamed upon a bit of silver. Jansen went back to the table in the centro of the room. In his hands was a stout wooden cane, upon the top of which was a large silver knob. With trembling fingers he fumbled with the metal top, turning it around and around. The knob came off in his hand, and there dropped with a clat- ter into the circle of light upon the taole the splendid gleaming Peacock’s Ere. Is he in?” A CHAPTER Xt. HB car containing Ashton and Josephine Hall was nearing Larchmont before the girl recovered from her stupor. She opened her eyes dazedly. “Have we come fast?" she asked faintly. “Very fast.” She seemed satisfied; but presently her eyes again sought his. “There is something I must tell you, althongh I am bitterly ashamed of it,” she whispered. “What is it? Tell me, make you feel any better.” “J—they made me tell them about the dlamond—what Mr. Ramsey said to me, you know.” “Yes,” he answered, with a grave smile.’ “I hoped you would tell them.” “You hoped I would tel] them?” she repeated in wonder. “Cortainly. Otherwise I did not see how you were to escape serious harm. I thought that if you told they would let you go It seems, however, that I was wrong.” “Then you don’t think it was cow- ardly of me to tell?” she asked, wita a smile. He took her two hands in his and kissed them very slowly. “I do not eee how you could have been more brave,” he said. “I do not see how any one could.’ “But you don't know the worst Josephine went on. “I had to tel them where the diamond w: they have gone to get it.” a Waere is it?" Ashton askea ck) “At our house in Larsnmont.” The detective leaned forward tv speak to the chauffeur, but saw that they could not possibly make any greater speed. “Where in the house was the dia- mond, and how did it get there?” he ask ig it will Ww Mr. Ramsey sald was this: “The diamond is hidden in the head of my cane. Tell your father, but no one else.’ Then he fell to the floor.” The girl shuddered. “In the head of his cane!” Ashton exclaimed, “But—where was his fell to the floor.” “Perhaps the cane wae taken away by the Coroner's men. We will be at your home in fess than five min- utes.” ‘When they whirled up to the front door, Asbton felt for the automatic in his pocket, then, jumping out, made ready to carry Josephine into the house, This, however, she would not per- mit. “it will only alarm father,” ghe said, “and I am quite able to walk. This rug has been so warm that I feel ae though I had taken a Turkish bath.” PaWith Ashton's assistance she made her way up the steps, still enveloped in the lap-robe. ‘The butler gave a cry of joy when he saw his young mistress in the doorway. “Miss Josephine!” he exolatmed. “Are you—are you all right?” Your father’s in the Hbrary.” ‘The banker sprang into the hall at the sound of his daughter's voice, and clasped her in his arms. “My girl—my precious girl,” cried joyfully, Then, realizl weak and disheveled he her ; looked from Precort'y, Bre.s wes ote ou tb is tor fed Karl ‘Jensen, the artst, of ho then, smeemenecr, end the Rsrivine | of dowephtue Had) « sons, By mardi letter ewe servant) Nog. reveect ad teh her bouoa sad gous. to Ashton he asked. Wig t “ell ae has happened “Your daughter tad better go at once to bed,” Ashton interrupted. She has had a fearful shock. Has any one been here to see you, on any pretext, during the past hour?” “Why—no—no one at all.” ‘Thank God!” the detective ex- claimed, “Isn't that splendid!” exclaimed Josepline, who had waited to hea: her father’s reply. She favored Ash ton with # smile, then vanished uy» the stairs, “What are you taiking about?” asked Mr. Hall, mystified. “Come with me,” sald Ashton. He went into the library, the banker fol- lowing, and looked eagerly about the room. “When Rumsey came to the house that fatal night,” he said, “he had with him a heavy walking-stick, witi ilver top. Your daughter says that he brought it here with him—inty this room. Do you know what has become of it?” The banker shook his head. “No,” he replied. “Will you call your butler—quicl ly. It is most important.” Mr. Hall préssed a button in the wainscoting and the butler appeared in the doorway. “Can you tell me,” the detective said, “what has become of the sfiver- topped cane that Mr. Rams brought here the night he was shot’ “Why—yes, sir,” the butler an- swered. “When he fell to the floor the cane rolled underneath the settee, sir. I found it there, after the body had been taken awav by the coroner, sir.” “And what did you Ashton exclaimed. The man turned to the fireplace be« hind him. “I set it here—in the corner, sir. L was greatly excited at the time. I haven't thought of It since, sir,” “Could any of the other servanis have removed it?” Ashton asked. “Why—yes, sir. Jane might—the maid who has charge of the down- stairs rooms, sir. “Bring her here—quick!” The parlormaid had that morning set the cane in the umbrella stand in do with it?” the hall. Ashton seized it, went back into the library. “Have you a revolver in the house?” he asked the banker. “Yes.” “Then get it and station yourself across the hall, just inside the door of the reception room opposite.” Ile turned to the butler. “William, some gentlemen will ac- rive here shortly, asking for Mr. Hail Tell them that Mr. Hall is upstairs, resting. Say that you will go and speak to him; then usher the caller or callers in here and usk thein to wait. After you have done that go slowly upstairs, as though to an nounce their arrival. Come do again at once by way of the rear staircase and hurry to the front hall If you can do so, arm yourself.” Mr. Hall and the butler had no sooner left the room than Ashton un screwed the silver top of Ramsey's cane and looked within. He replaced the silver knob and set the cane against the wall beside the fireplace. Then he called for the Police Head- quarters of the town by telephone, “This is the residence of Mr. Row- land Hall,” he announced. “I am Grant Ashton, a New York detecs tive, speaking for Mr. Hall. T want you to send three good men over here immediately. Be sure that they come quictly, and enter the grounds without being seen. They are to station themselves just inside the main entrance-gate of the place, be- hind the shrubbery. An automoptie will enter the grounds very shortly, containing four men. soon as it drives up to the door, your men ar. to quietly close the iron gates. In the darkness they will not be seen. Th four men are wanted for the murder of John Ramsey and the kidnapping of Mr. Hall's daughter.” “We will send the men over ot once,” the chief of police exclaime: “T will come with them. Be there 11 five minutes.”” “Very well,” Ashton replied. “Come up to the house, leaving your men on duty at the gate. Ashton switched off the overhead lights in the library, and sat dowa in a shadowy corner. “I haven't time to explain matters now, chief,” he said, when Chief Pierce arrived, “but the men who killed Ramsey, kidnapped Miss Hall, and stole the Peacock’s Bye are cx- pected he:~ any minute. I am going to receive them, or one of them at least, in here. Mr. Hall is waiting in the little reception room across th hall. Suppose you join him. Fro: behind the curtains of the receptic room door you can see right into this room. Wher you hear me say ‘Hands up! come in!” ‘The official joined the banker in the room opposite, and Ashton re- sumed his seat on the library couch. When Ashton heard the door bell ring he stepped out of sight behind the further side of the wide chimney breast. Ashton expected the artist to do just what he did—make a dive for the cane and unscrew the top it beneath the light of the lamp, order to assure himself that the prt was there. So absorbed was the artist that he> did not notice Ashton as the latter advanced over the thick-piled Orien- tal rug. When Jansen looked up he found himself gazing into the black muzzle of an automatic pistol. “Hands up!" Ashton exclaimed loudly. ot In his fright Jansen let the jew arop 46, the Boor hen he ‘tent ewiftly down, recovered {t again, and darted toward the door, calling for help at the top of his lungs. The detective did not fire, for Mr. Hall and Pierce, the chief of police, were both running to the library door, Jansen, bent low to avold Ashton’s fire, ran full into their arms, and the police official snapped a pair of handcuffs upon his wriste, while Mr. Hall seized the Peacock'’s Bye, A gudden trampling upon the porch was followed by a thundering assault upon the front door, While Mr, Hall, revolver in hand, stood guard ove: Jansen, Pierce and the detective flew to the front door. The former turned the cateh. Do Not Miss To-Morrow's Interesting instalment. id