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THE HOUSE IN THE RUK BARBETTE ^^ J CHAPTKIl IX. -(Cont'd) Brett smiled. "You are a stupid woman," he said. "You think you are Berving your friends by adopt- ing this tone. In affect you are bringing them to the guillotine. Now littten. If I leave you with- our further Tvorda you do not see me again. You will know nothing of what is going on until tho police have lodged you in a oell. Neither you nor your as^ciates can e.scape. I prorniso nothing, but perJi.iiMi if you tell me what I want to know there may be a ch.ancc for you Otherwise there is none. Shall I go?" And he turned as if to approach tho door. For an instant the woman hesi- tated, and Brett thought that he h.'id scored. ""Wait," she said, lowering lior voice, though there was still the riicnaco of suhidued passion in h<>r accents. "Who is your friend?" "A gentleman whose identity in no way concerns you. You /nu.'it deal witli me, and it will be better if you ftsk who I am." "I know," she s.uid, laconically. "Come tliis way, both of you." ' She raL"«'d a flap door lor.it/cd at one side of the counter, lirntt fol lowed her into a passage behind llie doorway that led into the bar. Fairholnie sucriwded him The trio passed rapidly through tli« door at tlie end of tJio p.xss- age, and (|uickly f-und tliemselves In a lone, low room, usually dewit- fd to billiards. The place w».s dark and smolled erilly of stale to- bneeo. Daylight nenetratod hut ^•<>blv tliroujrh tW red blinds th.at b)'>eki'd up thrc<> windows on one fitle. Tlift woman drew two of ktiese blinds, and thus illuminated Ihe interior. The windows opcn- f»I into a yard, and the pl.'ice w.as Ibor.jiig.hly shut off from all obser- vati<in from the street, "Now," she said, "I will show yi"i «on>elliing." SI'" w.ilked toward the fire-pl.Tce kt the er>d of the rtKini. On the »».Tnt'<'pie.ce -was a square of in in rhe^tinif. painted white and stud- iri\ with curious lo4iking snikes in •i roles, triangles, and straight lines. Prfiin a box at han<i she took h.-vlf • dozen sm,iJI g!;vss bul>is, re<l ,and blue. Hlie placed them in a litie on some of the snikes nt interv.als of Iwo inches Then she retired to t- - - 1 â€" â- ^â€" that side of the rwim w/ierc they had entered- The distance of per- haps tliirty feet. Before Brett or Fairhohne could vaguely guess her intention she whipped a revolver out of her poc- ket. It would be idJe to deny th.at they were st.irtlcd, but the woman paid not the least attention to them. She ste.idily leveled the wcajxin and fired twice, smashing the two outer bnlLs of the six. Then slic transferred the pistol to her left hand and smashed another pair. Then she turned her back to the target, adjusting a small mirror attiiched to the butt of the revol- ver, and 8ma,shed Uith of the re- maining bulbs by firing over her left shoulder. Sweeping round with a triumphant smile t<jw,irtl3 tho barrister, she s.aid, "I can do , that in fifty other ways, but six vrtll suffice." "It is very clever, madamc," ho said. "May I ask why I am in- debted to you for this display'/" She place<l the revolver in her p<jcket. "It is my answer to your 'liicstion, monsieur," she bai<l. "That is the way I and my friends often talk to people who annoy us; and now 1 nhall wish you nood- day. You will find other sights in M<intmartre to interest you." Hrett laughed easily, and bowed low. "Believe me," he said. "I will find few performers ko expert and, may I a<f<I, so discreet. Wo will me*t again, and perhaps test your skill." Without another word tho party returned t<j the front room «)f tho restaurant, and Hrett and Fair- holme pa.s«ed intOjtho street, where their <;ab was wailing. "I suppose she meant," said Fairholme "that if we wore not jolly careful she would put a bul- let through our hearts aa easily as through those glass bulbs." "Such was her intention," said Brett, dryly. "But women never h.ive a true dr.arnatic genius. Th.at was a piece of nioI(Klrama which might RufTice with many of her class. It amused me, but it was a waste <if time on her part." "Anyhow, we shall not get muoh out of her in the way <if informa- tion." "Oh, ye«, we will. She will tell us everything. She ha« told me a great deal alre^ly." He directed the driver to wait for them at a street corner some That Splitting Headache will T.mUh II you Ilka NA-DRU-CO" Headache Wafers ulck. lura ralUI, and wa turajilaa ClT* haf mlul 10 iha heart or n.rvoua ayalem. 2Xx. a box. at all (ln«(tM* N.tioo.1 Pru, ...d a..mir.l Co. „( C.„.d.. UmiUd, MmitrML 26 II I QUALITY IN SUGARS All Butkri do not look «llKe, If pUcod alonsaidn each other. Qfooar knowi thl*. W»w»nt th. CoDnumer to know ll. 00 DkTiog BTery laalat ?♦. ••.;ii«i •- EXTRA GRANULATED 8UQAR Too win not only haTe a (ood Sugar, bnt tt>» bMl on th* invke* Ths olsar whim color proyee ths fuparlorllr ol "Rfdpalh" Bvfsr, Whan borloB Lost in car aik tor BKDPATn PAUR LlTMPa In BED HBAL dnit oroot ckrtosi. and by th* Bound. The Canada Sugar RoftnlriK Co., MONTREAL, CANADA. U«iie4 ^atabtUhad In t»n by Joh» Hadpath I little distance farther on. Clo&o to where they et»K)d an itinerant Ivetuior was celling 6ome mech- anical toys. Brett bought one. Tho price was twenty fious. He gave the man a two-franc piece and refused the change. "Do you know," he said, "who is the proprietor of tho (Cabaret Noir?" "Certainly, nioniueur," replied tho gutte.r-mcrchant ; "it is Gros Jean. His name is Bcaucaire." "Ah! And tho lady who lives there, adark pretty woman with white .skin, who is slie !" "That is his daughter," said the man. "She is known as La Belle Chasseiise." "Why such a name?" "Because she is clever with fire- aims. She ujitxl to he in a circus, but she left tlio profession a year ago." "And does slio live here con- stantly?" "I wmnot .say, I think she goes away a grc;vt deal. She wa,s travel- ling recently ; she euine backâ€" let mo «e<>- labt Tuesday night." "Thank you," said Brett.' The two re-entered their cab, aiul Brett told the <lriver to proceed as rapidly an pos.Hihle to tlie Rue St. Honore. "1 hope to gfKxlnej-s," ho eaid to Fairholme, "that C!aptain (faul- tier hau not left Paris alreatly ; tlicKO Foreign Office Me*.«cngers are liable t<.> be despatched to the other en<l of the earth at a mom- ent's notice." "Why do you wish to see him?" said Fairholme. "Simply to obtain definite con- firmation of my theory. La Belle Chatii-eu.se was tlie woman who ac- companitid the man made up to look like Jack Talbot during his jour.ney from London. If Gaul- tier can see her and assuro mo that I am right I will bo convinc- ed concerning that which I already know to be true." "By J.iVe!" cried Fairholme, "that never occurred to me. I wonder jf it is so ?" "Mademoiselle Beaucaire is quite an a<lept in two things : she can break tiny glaso bulbs and she can flirt. She ch<ise I0 exhibit ths first of these aec<iniplishmrnts t.i us, and convey what was intended to be a warning; in reality, »ho gave us sonic valuable informa- tion." "I suppo.<!o," said Fairholme, "that this crowd will watch us pretty closely, won't they?" Brett leane<) back in the cab and laughed luartily. "We are the most interesting [persons in Paris to them at this moment." ho said. "That poor fellow who sold us the t<iys will have to change hi.s jKjsition, I am •afraid- One of them is following us now. Let's sec who it is." At the next street corner he stop- ix>d tho cab suddenly, and jumped out, followed by Fairliolme. A niinuti! later another vehicle d.ish- od into tho street. In it was seat- e<l o. lady, closely veiled ; but a large feather hat and a grotesque pattern of a black veil could not wholly conceal tho pretty, deter- miue<i face of Ln Belle Chasseuso. Evidently she had no one at hand to undertake the mission, so she f<illowcd Brett in person. He sig- nalled to her and her driver. Astonished, tho man pulled up- Hrett instantly advane<'<l and took off his h.it with that pleasant smile of his which usually went straight to the female heart, but which now thoroughly lost its cffe/ct on the furious young woman who looked at him from the interior of the voi- ture. "Allow me," he saul, "to offer my friendly services. It is a close day, and niadeinoiselle has, I am sure, many other calls on her time. I will save you at least an hour, and niv«elf nearly the same jieriod. I am going to secure the presence of a witness to identify you as the lady who crossed the (-hannel last Tuesday in oomjvany with a gentle- man. You iKjth drove to tho Or.and Hotel, and your companion signed tho register there in the nanics of Mr. and Mrs. Talbot; is it not so?" She bent forwar<I and kniked at him vicioHsly. Her t^ycs sparkled with onnoyance at lieing caught bo easily in her self-impo»<vd piece of cajiionage. "Monsieur is clever," she Bn.ap- jietl. "Thank you," he replied, still smiling- "I can o<v;.xsion,ally hit the mark with a giiejis as well as nuwienioiselle can with her pistol. Bui, believe nie, I onlv intend at tlm moment to be polite. Of course, the jircsence of a witness Ut iden- tify you is unnecessary. Madeuuii- .selle can now return to the Oar baret Noir, whil.st my friend and I will jirocoed direct to tho Grand Hotel. It paves so much trouble, does it not?" For a moment the woman looked as tlwiugh she would have like«l to produce that infallible revolver and shoot him on tho sfKit. Thtm bIkj angrily commanded her driver to return. Vairliolme surveyed the swne with open-ey*-*! amn/.«Mnent. "Well," ho said, "that be.-its ev- erything. You really have a splen- did nerve. The whole business roads like a chapter out of one of Ua- boriou's novels" "Tli.1t is tho wav people live in Paris, my dear fellow. Life is an artificiiil- n>attor here. But all this excitement has made me hungry. Let us have dejenuer. CHAFTEIl X. Ob their way to tho hotel, Brett, yielding apparently to a momen- tary impulse, stopped the cab at a house in the Hue due Chaussee d'Antin. Without any explanation tf) Lord Fairholme he disappeared into the interior, and did not re- join his oompanion for nearly ten minuteri. "It is perhaps not of much uec," he explained on his return, "but I do not like to leave any stone un- turned. The man I have just called on is a well-known private detec- tive, and I can trust him to look after my business without taking the police into his otjufidence- Two of his smartest agents will maint.ain a close w.xtcli on both the C.ibaret Noir and No. 11, Kuo Barbette, during the afternoon. We are traeking some of the m<i«t expert and daring crimin.ils i»i France. It is hoi)cless to expect them to pro- vide us with clues ; they simply won't do it. No one but a genius in criminality would have risked such a dramatic move as the per- sonation of Jack Talbot, or d.ared to put in an oj>eii appearance nt the Grand Hotel. So my ag-ints here can only hope, at the best, to get sight of any mestenger or as- sistant sooundrel who may turn up at either of the places indii itcd." It w.os evident th.at wliilst he rat- tled on in a careless strain liis ac- tive br.ain was busily employed in discounting the future. (To be continued.) 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