3ah Secret Service and the couragethe
chateau de Montalats, where
I there came that strange motoring
. iVHITAKEft MONK; hie secretary,
? nrtrrvA'. one mnvrpoo nc
100 ON WITH THE STORY.
t; .'. CHAPTER VII.
, .Jhfl Apache Strikes Back.
iOnchemln took back with him to
'anft-fthat,night, food in plenty
ir thought, together with a notion
tat he had better resign himself
IJstop.on Indefinitely at the Grand
dlel de TOulvers and . . . see
hat he*should see.
XThfft Natality on which he had so
ftterly reflected had him now fairnby-tho
heels. Impossible?and the
ire' so the longer he pondered It?
ia-credlt to mere coincidence the
tnitendoes uttered at the chateau
f Mr. Monk and his party.
No'tthare had been malice In
hat. Dnchemin waB satlslled, if
Sjgsome darker purpose which
erplexedthe most patient scrutly.
?Now malice without incentive is
Sthlnkable. But Duchemin
earched his memory In vain for
nothing ,he, could have said or
one;'to make anybody desire to
iscredlt him In the sight of the
idles 'of the Chateau de Montalls.1
Still the attempt so to do had
een unmlstakable: the Lone Wolf
ad been lugged Into the conversatou'
llterally by his legendary
Surely one would think, that
octural'prowler of pre-war. Paris
ad"been so lbng dead and buried
vpn. the most ghoulish gossip
hoiilj}-respect his poor remains
nd' not disinter them merely to
omonstrate that the past can
eyer wholly die!
. Hall he then, some enemy of old
Idden under one of those sleek
I'V-excellent visual memory
red successively the physical
iteristics of Messieurs Monk,
and de Lorgnes, Und their
eur* Jules; with the upshot
)ucherain could have sworn
le had never before known
f these.
I Madame la'Comtesse? In
it of that one memory again
a blank, but remained satlsWhen
one thought of her
remote, faint chord of resence
thrilled and hummed,
ever recognizably.
Ling aside then the theory of
re . personal animus, -what
reason could there be for
tort to fasten upon Duchche
suspicion of identity with
te Lone Wolf?
lni&ter consideration, if any,
ne, Duchemin suspected not
nested with the muchl-about
jewels of Madame do
i^hen, partly to kill time, he
letrhis character as the pedn
tourist. *
took the road in the heart
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of a day even more oppressive 1
than its yesterday. In the valley
of the Dourbie the air was atag- :
sant, lifeless, After eight miles of '
It Duchemin was guilty of two .
mistakes of desperation.
In the first Instance he paused In
La Roque-Salnte-Marguerlte and,
tormented by thirst, refreshed himself
at the auberge where the
barouche and guide had been hired
to confey the party from'Montalals
on to Montpelller. The landlord remembered
Duchemin and' made believe
he didn't, serving the wayfarer
with a surly grace..
Duchemin drank sitting on a
bench outside the door of the
auberge. Ho could hear the voice ot
the landlord Inside, grumbling and
growling, to what purport he
couldn't determine. Before Duchemin
was finished he found hliqselt
the cynosure of more than a few
pair of eyes sot In the Ill-favored
faces of natives of La Roque.
One gathered that the dead guide
had enjoyed a fair amount of local
i popularity.
I While Duchemin drank, a lout of
! a lad shambled out of the auberge.
. caught and saddled a dreary anl[
mal,amounted and rode off In the
direction of Nant.
Then Duchemin committed Ills
second error of judgment, which
! consisted In thinking to find better :
j and cooler air on the heights
I across the river. I
I Accordingly^ he crossed the h
' Dourbie, reaching the top In a'i
bath of sweat, and sat down toji
cool and breathe himself. i 1
The view was splendid, almostp
i worth the climb. Duchemln could
see for miles up and down the ,
valley. Across the way Duchemin
identified the figure of the land- |
lord, standing in the door of the ;
auberge with arms raised and
elbows thrust out on a level with |
his eyes: the pose of a man using
field-glasses.
'Having rested he picked him- '
self up, found his road, a mere
trail of wagon tracks, and mindfulof
the cooling drinks to be had in
Hhe Cafe de l'Uilivera, put his best
foot foremost
After a time something, call it
instinct, Impelled him to look back
the way he had come. Half a mile
distant he saw the figure of a
peasant following the same road.
Duchemln stopped and waited for
the other to come up. But when
he stopped the man stopped, sat
him down upon a rock, filled a
pipe, and conspicuously rested.
Duchemin gave an impatient gesture
and moved on. After another
unto uc giuutcu uvcr nuuuiaur
again. The same peasant occupied
the same relative distance from
him.
In dusk or evening he stumbled
down into the valley again and.
struck the river road about midway
I between the Chateau de Montalais
land Nant. At this junction several
dwellings clustered. Duchemin noticed
a few shadowy shapes loitering
about, but was'* too far gone in
fatigue and thirst to pay them any
heed. He had no thought but to
stop at. the first house and beg a
cup of water. As ho lifted a hand
to knuckle the door he was attacked.
With no more warning than a
cry, the signal for the onslaught,
and the sudden scuffling noise of
several pair of feet, he wheeled,
found himself already closely
pressed by a number of men, and
struck out at random. His stick
struck on somebody's head with a
resounding thump followed by-a
yell of pain. Then three men were
grappling with him, two more seek>esll
i
these (rocks Uul I,
r both street Ul If
, partly be- 11?
smartly and "fihf?
they are just .?pjf?
Our Special
Hoped io Poiret Twill at
>.50
SPECIALS
thought In mind to supply tho
?lrmont with better hosiery at
be following special prices.
HOSE $1.65
HOS? $1.95
HOSE $2.25
f Special
icing a group o? new Fall
>ut half their fl?r aa
ce for 3>J.UU
?nic\s
gs to wear"
r.ain Si
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wrenched away, he was overwhelmed
by numbers. The knot
it struggling figures toppled and
rent to the dost, Duchemln -nnlerneath
, so weighed down that
le could not tor the moment
uove a hand toward his pistol.
Halt-stifled by the reek of unwashed
flesh, he heard broken
ihrases growled In voices hoarse
rlth effort and excitement:
"The knife!" . . . "Hold him!"
. . "Stand clear and let me?1"
. . "The knife!"
Struggling madly, he worked a
eg tree and kicked with all his
night. One of his assailants
A VOICE CRIED: "QUICKLY,
MONSIEUR, QUICKLY!"
howled aloud and 'fell back to
nurse a broken shin. Two others
scrambled out of the way, leavng
one to pin him down with
tneos upon his chest, another to
tfleld the knife.
Staring eyes caugnt a warning
gleam on descending steel. Duchemfn
squirmed frantically to one
side. and felt cold metal kiss the
Kklit ovor his ribs as the blade
penetrated his clothing, close un*
uvsr uiw armpii.
Before the man with the knife
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H stocks will, indeed, be
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= lined velotir hats in al ltt
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Sis knees and, ialntniJ.blowi right
md left as the other* closed in
agxtn, somehow managed to
scramble to his feet. M
Fist-work told. For an instant 15 _
be stood quite tree, the center ot n0't
a circle of uncertain assassins ^-,1
whose cowardice gave him tlma corj
to whip ont his pistol. But befbre Kan
he could lerel it a man was on ijc0i
his back, his wrist was seized and
the weapon twisted from bis >. ->
grasp. a
A cry ot triumph was echoed by ea
exclamations of alarm as, disarm- be?
ed. Duchemln was again lett free. res,
the thugs standftig back to let cllu
the pistol do its work. In that ot <
Instant a broad sword of light wer,
swung round a nearby corner and
smote tbe group; the twin, glaring
eyes of a motor car flooded with
blue-white radiance that tabelau Bl
of one man at bay in the middle 15.nf
tho TOnrt In o rinrr nf mflppllpus .1 a'
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enemies. anc<
Duchemin's cry for help was ut- ber
tered only an Instant before his Bari
pistol exploded In alien hands. The .com
headlights showed him distinctly virg
the face of the man who fired, the line
same face of fat features black Man
with soot that he had seen by moon broi
light at Montpelller-de-Vieux. thos
But the bullet Went wild, and anni
the automobile did not stop, but
drove directly at the group and so
swiftly that the flash of the shot (
was 8till vivid in Duchemin's vision
when the car swept between
him'and those others, scattering
them like chickens.
Simultaneously the brakes were
set, the dark bulk b^gan to slide ?
with locked wheels to a stop, and
a voice cried: "Quickly, monsieur,
quickly!"?the voice of Eve de
Montalais.
In two bounds Duchemin overtook
the car and before it had
come to a standstill leaped upon
the running board and grasped'toe C
side. He had one glimpse of the set
white face of Eve, as she bent forward,
manipulating the gear-shift
Then the pistol spat again, its bullet
struck him a blow of sickening
agony in the side.
Aware that he was dangerously _
wounded, he put all that he had I
left of strength and will into one
fisal effort, throwing his body
across the door. As he fell sprawl
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Embracing all the newest fall sty
lors. The new shipments that h&i
r store make our selection of Silk
r Fall fully complete.
Among the silk dresses are satin
ck satin, crepe-de-chine, canton cr<
>ol dresses, of course, consist of
rials as serges, etc.
The Silk Dressc
21.75?$24.75Woolen
Dresse
$1.4.75 to $2Others
Priced up to S
lits For Fall
> to $69.50
it desirable materials in the new e
plainly tailored, while others
. Making your selection from our .
very easy.
Sport Suits
to-$24.50
ors in Herringbone, Tweed's, etc.
de on mannish lines, but there *
at more desirable for early fall
itive New Fall SI?
ved a new shipment of Fall Skirts?c
1 selections you will find anywhere. *r
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nery Slip-over
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10 newest Fall JmLTsSLs Sk ,n.
no early and 5. ^,1. '
?er selections. *'
i to $4.95 32.451
r;Af C1A Several very ?
.50 & $10 $10.00 and $15.0
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NO STILLS CAPTURED. ' "
OROANTO^N, W. Va* Sept
-During the month ot August
a single moonshine still was
ured in Monongalia County, acting
to the report ot the Mortown
detachment ot state posubmitted
by Sergeant Olln R.
b, in charge ot the station. This
le first month to attain the recsince
the station was establishSergeant
Ruth declared. Memot
the detachment made 45 ar
s during the month, on various
ges, in cases in which a tots;
1645 in tines and $185 in costs
s collected.
TO HOLD CONVENTION.
DCKHANNON, W. Va., SepL
-The annual state convention I
he Women's Christian Temper3
Union will be held here Octo3,
4 and. 5, and Mrs. J. Walter
tea, state president, haa just
pleted a tour ot central West
inla, getting the organizations
d up for the state gathering,
ly important issues are to be
ight before the convention,
ie In charge of the plans have
ounced. -
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/e just arrived in
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L\ew ran ures
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Materials are Serges, Silks, Satin, Crep
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'ell known makes, offered t^t T0 J J jfl
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OYS' TWO PANTS SUITS?Extra well mad
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lEN'S 2-PANTS SUITS?In both sport and cor
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rorsteds and casismere, special at.... $iO?Ul
New Fall Sport and
Dress Hats
$2 to $10
AH the newest styles and shapes In every
color a woman could possibly want. And
best of All they are nriced much lower than
for many seasons.
Children' Serge d|0 QC
School Dresses .... vo.Vo up
Extra well made, serviceable drosses and fust
the right weight for school wearing. There
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Women's m I
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J MEN'S FINE RIBBED WINTER WEIOHT UXJH
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?f CHILDREN'S SCHOOL HOSE?Colored are blaclgB
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J Sites 6 to 10. Special at, per pair AvVfl
9n our Second Floofl
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^ on both English and Blucher styles d|0 qI
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