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PAGE TWO SMILES REA 7) TPr* FI If ST: Fifteen year a "before the story opens Elisabeth Hornain, a beautiful singer, who is g divorcee, is mysteri ously murdered at the chateau of Monsieur and Madame do Jouvelle at Volnic. Marquis Jean d’Erlemont, distinguished society favorite, is among those present. The tragedy caused the de Jouvelles to sell their ohateay to an unidentified purchaser As the story opens Chief Inspector Oorgeret. who had worked on the Volnic mystery years before without success, and his aide, Flamant, follow un attractive girl whom they believe is one Blonde Clara, friend of Big Egul, fugitive crook, to the home of the Marquis d’Erlemont at Baint- Jjatrare. By mistake she reaches the apartment qt Monsieur Raoul, who leases the first floor of the marquis’ home. Attracted by her beauty, Raoul sends the detectives on a false scent. After leaving Raoul she meets the marquis through a note from her mother, now dead, a forgotten sweet heart of d’Erlemont. He learns her name is Antonina and offers her a position as his secretary. Raoul re teals he is Arsene Lupin, gentleman burglar, to Courville, d’Erlemont’s secretary. Because the secretarji is under obligation to Raotii, the latter induces him to give him the key to the marquis’ apartment. (NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY) CHAPTER 8 COURVILLE DEPARTED, shak ing hla head. Raoul proceeded to make preparations for dining with the magnificent Olga, hut alas! he thought to rest a few moments in th* capacious arm chair—and fell fast asleep! He did not wake until haJf past ten; almost automatically he reached for the telephone. “Hullo! . . . Trocadero Palace hotel? Put me through to her maj esty’s suite. . . . Hullo? Her maj esty’s secretary? .. . That you. Julie? .. . How are you, hopey? I say, the queen’s waiting to speak to me, isn’t she? . . . Put her through. . . . No fooling. I didn’t get you your job with her to hear that sort of non sense. Hurry up and tell the queen. ... (a brief silence) . . . Hullo, hullo . . , That you, Olga? . . . Listen, dar ling, my wretched business appoint ment lasted much longer than I ex pected. . . . But it’s been marvellously successful. . . . Darling, you mustn’t blame me, you know what business is. Can you lunch with me on Fri day? . . . I’ll call for you. . . . You’re not cross, are you? You know I'm thinking of you all the time. . . . I lovely Olga!” • * * Arsene Lupin never bothered to wear a specially dark suit when go ing on a nocturnal prowl. “I go in my usual rags.” he used to say. “I don’t carry a gun. I stick my hands in my pockets, my heart ticks just as steadily as though I were going to buy a packet of cigarets, and my conscience is as clear as though I were on an errand of mercy.” The only preparation in which he ever Indulged was the performance of a few exercises to loosen his mus cles, a little mild skipping on the spot quite noiselessly, or a brief practice of feeling his way about in a dark ened room so as not to upset any thing. All went to his entire satis faction. He was feeling very fit, and well able to cope physically and morally with anything or anyone. He drank a glass of water, con sumed a few biscuits, and then left his flat and proceeded upstairs. It was half past eleven. All was dark and silent. There was no fear of running Into other tenants, since there were none, nor of meeting a servant, since they were all in bed and Courville was keeping watch up-t stairs. The conditions were ideal. He had not even to cope with the ipinor annoyance of having to effect illicit entrance—the door key was in his pocket. Nor had he the bother of having to find his way about—he possessed a plan of the place. He entered the flat just no 1C he were entering his own, and proceeded along the passage leading to the library where he switched on the light. Nothing useful could be done In the dark. j ! A large mirror between the two Windows sent him back his own re flection advancing upon it. He bowed with mock gravity to the man in the mirror, his fantastic mind inspiring him to play the fool for his own pri vate amusement. Then he calmly sat down and looked all round the room. It wan useless to waste time fluttering fever ishly about, emptying drawers and upsetting the library. His far su perior method was to take his bear ing first and think the thing out I Big Clearance Sale I I USED CARS I —AT— I I REDUCED PRICES I Fold Coach— l 929, Repainted I Ford Coach— l 929 I I Ford Sport Roadster Dodge Sedan I Buick Coach I Buick Sedan I I Buick Coupe—A Real Bargain. I I Legg-Parham Co. I - t t r HENDERSON, (N. C.)' DAILY DISPATCH, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1933 A second drawer sprang out quietly. He must take stock of di mensions —such •uud such a piece of furniture would not normally be made to those particular measure ments without their being some hid den reason. Hiding places might elude the observation of a Courville, but net of Arsene Lupin: nothing could escape his eagle eye. After ten minutes’ inspection, he walked straight up to the marquis’ desk, knelt down, and examined the brass fitting. Then he rose, executed a few eenjwror’s passes, opened a drawer, took it right out, pressed one side of it, pushed the other, mur mured something, and clicked his tongue appreciatively. For something had clicked in the desk and a second drawer sprang out! Thought he: "Got it! Once I make up my mind to do a thing . . , and to think that bearded friend of mine hasn’t dis covered a thing worth knowing all the time he’s been here. And I’ve only been here two minutes! Ent I’m a quick worker, I am!" But it was only the beginning. The secret drawer had to be forced to yield its secret. All Arsene Lupin wanted to find was the letter his blonde friend had given the marquis that afternoon. A glance sufficed to show him it was not there. On top of the drawer’s contents was a large yellow envelope contain ing about ten thousand francs. Ar sene Lupin laid this aside—it was sacred. No self-respecting thief stole his neighbor’s spending money, espe cially when that neighbor happened to be his own landlord and a mem ber of the old French nobility into the bargain! He pushed the envelope back with something approaching distaste. A summary examination showed him that the other contents of the drawer comprised only letters and photographs of women. Souvenir relics of a Don Juan who had not had the heart to destroy those re minders of a past full of love and happiness. The letters? It would mean read ing them all if he wanted to find out whether they contained anything of real interest to him. Not an easy job, and one that rather repelled him. He was tpo much of the lover him self, and prided himself too much on his own delicacy of feeling, to pry thus casually into the intimacy of what diverse women had written for one man alone to read. But the photographs? That was quite another matter. There were about a hundred of them; all the subjects were lovely women, some smiling tenderly, some whose eyes expressed tragic longing—actresses, titled ladies, shop girls, looked at Raoul from a dead past, linked to gether only by their love for the same man. Raoul did not examine all these likenesses. He bad noticed that one was larger than all the others, and what he could see of it through the protecting sheet of paper caught his interest. He took it up and removed the paper. He was thunderstruck. The face was one of extraordinary beauty and revealed great personality. The woman portrayed held her head high, legally; her bearing was that of one completely self-assured, possibly of one used to appearing before the public. “She must be an actress,” con cluded Raoul. He could not stop looking at that serene loveliness. He turned it over at last hoping to find some name or inscription, and at once gave a start of excitement. Scrawled in a large, bold handwrit ing was the signature: “Elisabeth Ilornain,” followed by the words: “Yours till death.” Elisabeth Ilornain! Raoul was fa miliar with the name of the great singer, and although he could not exactly recall the details of what had happened fifteen years ago, he re membered quite enough to know that the beautiful singer had met her death by a mysterious wound re ceived while she was singing out of doors in somebody’s grounds. So Elisabeth Hornain had been one of the marquis’ many loves, and judging from the careful way in which her photograph was wrapped up and set. apart from the others, she must have occupied a very special place in his life and heart. Between the double wrapping qt the picture had been slipped a tiny envelope, unsealed, which Raoul opened, and whose contents caused him further surprise, while yielding valuable information. The envelope contained three things: a lock of hair, what was evidently the lady’s first love letter to the marquis, and another photograph, bearing a name that roused Raoul’s curiosity to fever heat: “Elisabeth Valthex”! This snapshot depicted the singer as quite a young girl, and Raoul con cluded that Valthex must have been her maiden name before she married Hornain the banker. The dates left no room for doubt. “And so.” mused Raoul, "the pres ent Valthex, who must he about thir ty, Is a relative—a cousin or nephew —of Elisabeth Hornain, and that ex plains why the said Valthex knows the Marquis d’Erlemont and bleeds him for money, and why the mar quis daren’t refuse him. But Is Val thex merely a sponger, I wonder, or has he other and deeper designs? Is he on the same trail as I am, with better cards in his hand? It’s all most mysterious, but I’m determined to plumb the mystery and I know I shall be successful, for here 1 am right in the thick of things!” Raoul was continuing his investi gations when something suddenly cut him short. His sharp ears had de tected a slight sound. (TO BE CONTINUES*) STATE'S COACH TO BE KNOWN JAN. 15 Winter Foutball Prills Be gin At Raleigh School On That Date College Station, Raleigh, Dec. 13. North Carolina State’s 1934 football coach is expected to toe known by January 15, it was announced here yesterday, as at (that time winter football drills will begin at the Ra leigh school. The alumni-faculty athletic coun cil Monday voted not to renew John P. (Clipper) Smith’s contract as head coach for 1934-35 and Smith handed in his resignation immediately after the decision of the council was made known. The council will be called together again on Wednesday, December 20, but according to T. S. Johnson, acting chairman of the council in the ab sence of Dr. E. C. Broods, president of the college who is ill in Washing ton, D. C., no definite actioq will be taken at that time in naming a new coach. The action of the council in giving Coach Smith the air cam® 4 sa sur prise to those on the campus at State, It was thought that tpe miff-season agitation against him had passed and that he would be given another year* Members of the WoJfpack signed a petition before State’s final game with Duke asking that Smith’s contract Continue through another year. It is understood that following ♦he an nouncement Monday that Smith was through at State, the girdiron plavers started a petition asking that Smith be re-elected. sregsg-. lu'i j. --. Federal Tax Gut Saves Motorists 2 Millions Here Charlotte, Dec. 13. 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