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Brett: to * punch the. ns go fhe mt. he ral A Turning with a magnificent assump- tion of Sousievivats fo Hussein-ul- : he § a ! 3 A tog shad most outrageous attempt has been made to swindle you, if I may use such a term to persons who confes- 'sedly are plot ~Burely this will you have nothing to fear from me. J am here as the agent neither of the Sultan nor the police. It is a simple matter for you to verify my Matoment, All that ja necetaary is 'one of your 1 $0 take rif alleged ke an : the smallest one, | which were unnecessary... on your honor {1s that your friend is not ok | be discovered for" Ao. leave "Surely you do not doubt the evi- dence" he said. Take any o these 'stones; they will crumble to + {pieces on the Lisarth if struck - the 'slightest blow. See, I will pulver- ize one with my heel." And he did so, though the amazed and despairing men whom he ad- dressed would have restrained him, for they still could not bring them- selves to believe. Hussein-ul-Mulk was the first to recover his. &cattered senses. '""We can not choose but believe you, Mr. Brett,'" he said. '"We are even indebted - fo! you for making is disastrous discovery at such an ly date. We paid 'our agents so highly that we thought 'their hon- esty was assured. We find we are .}. mistaken, and consequently we apologize to you for using threats i cer We. rely to. All ingriminte > 'with: the 0. we can 9u 1 dead, bot we._do not know. his whereabouts.' "Nonsense,"' cried Brett angrily. "Why do you seek to mislead me in this fashion?' "Bir,"' gaid the Turk, 'I'am tell ing you the truth. We believe that Mr. Talbot is a prisoner in London, act- | but we do not know 'in what: local- A lity. friends here and 'myself, #8 you have already surmised, are merely members of a political or- ganization. It was necessary for us to secure possession of the Imperial diamond and its companions. We any means that would accomplish our purpose. . We have been foiled for the moment. I can tell you no- thing else, and I advise you to leave us and forget that such persons ex- ist, for I swear to you by the beard of the Prophet that had events turped out. differently. you, would now be a lifeless' corpse in this room, whilst your body would not many weeks, as ternoon ag. soon as 'the diamonds} came into our: ony' J © At this moment a thunderous knocking reverberated through the d | house. { The Turks gazed at each other in affright. None of them moved to : open the door. But the knock was not repeated, for the door itself was thrown bodily 'from its hinges, and the stalwart form of Lord Fairholme accompanied by two' policemen, ap- 'the passage. . ppointment. Tk required,' he: rattled on pleasant: | ly, turning towards: the stern-look- sergents de: ville; {1 am quite alive and uninjured. | ured My friends Cohn _| Cabaret Noir." spared no expense, nor hesitated at| jy 8 | well within "He coul : Montmartre." Good.' 'You are a splendid de- tective. 'You have saved me hours of search and perhaps days of fail: ure. Come; let us, 100, go to the i Gono _ CHAPTER IX. LT The exterior of the Cabaret Noir belied ifs name: ES Onigmally, nd 'doubt, it was one of the vilest dens in a vile locality, but the fairy band of the brewer had 'touched the familiar wineshop, and it 'glistened. to-day in much mahog- any, more brass, and a dazzling E| collection of mirrors. "Here we are,'"' said his lordship cheerfully. 'Let's take them by surprise and run over the whole show before any one can stop us." "No, said Brett; this is Paris, and the police here has ways more mysterious than those of Bcotland Yard. We will gain nothing by dras- tid measures. Indeed, had I known the sort of place we were coming to I would have visited it to-night and in disguise. - As it is, we have been seen already by any one inter- 'ested. in our movements, and it would be useless to adopt any pre- tence, so follow me. He boldly entered through the main door, and found himself in a light, airy room, filled, in three- urths. of its Area, with little marble-topped tables surrgunded by diminutive chairs, whilst a bar counter was partifioned off in a cor- ner, 4 » The attendant 'in 'charge was a dreary-eyed waiter, who seemed to think that the presence of a couple of sight-seeing Englishmen at such an-hour was another testimony to the lunatic propensities of the An- glo-Baxon race. : "This is the Cabaret Noir ?"' ques- tioned Brett. "."'But yes, monsieur."' "A gentleman, a friend of mine, came here a few minutes ago in a fiascre. He was small, slight, so high"--illustrating the stature by i .. '"He was dressed in dark blue clothes with shiny boots. He was--"" Brett's eager description was cut short by the appearance of a new character. Through a narrow door leading into the bar came a hand- some dark-eyed woman, aged per- haps twenty-five, = well" dressed, shapely, 'and carrying herself with the easy grace of a born Parisienne. : Her oo was ' jet black: Her arge eyes. weréd recessed be- neath arched and strongly pencilled eyebrows. Her skin had, that pecu- liar tint of porcelain white so often seen in women of southern blood. Yet there was nothing delicate in this lady's appearance or manner. A rich color , suffused her cheeks, and her language was remarkably free both in volume and style. Her manner changed somewhat as she addressed herself to Brett and his companion. There was suf- ficient of the landlady in her de- 'meanour when she said; 'And what 'would messieurs be pleased to com- mand Now, 'if femininity more thawanother which Brett thoroughly understood it was the saucy, quick-witted, handsome adventures. 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