MONDAY, OCTOBER- 5,' 1914.,
PLATTSMOUTH . SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL.
PAGE 7.
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1
April aouar
PROLOGUE.
"it breaks the speed limit to
smithereens."
That's a candid opinion about
this story. There may have
been swifter tales, but not re
cently. It's an aeroplane of a
yarn, moving so fast that you
lose your breath while you fol
low it. But you don't need any
breath, anyway, because you for
get about respiration with your
eyes on reading of this kind.
Every man has his day of days.
Yours may have come and you
may be swimming in the full tide
of fortune. If so, read how P.
Sybarite found his. If your own
ship is still in the offing, you
will enjoy learning how the little
spunky red headed bookkeeper
won a fortune and an heiress,
foiled all his enemies and had
some of the most amazing ad
ventures ever penned all in less
time than it takes the hour hand
to round the clock dial twice.
CHAPTER XII.
The Brooch.
IIOUT.PER to shoulder, tbe tar
get of two score grinning or
surprised stares, they strode
across the lobby and through
tbe office.
It was immediately cloed and the
key. turned In the lock.' was removed
and pocketed by the detective.
In this room, a small interior apart
ment plainly furnished as a private of
fice, two people were waiting, a stout,
smooth little man with n mustache of
foreign extraction who. on better ac
nuaintance. proved to be the manager
of tbe establishment: the other Bayard
Sbayr.on, stationed with considerable
caution on the far side of the room.
"Well?" P. Sybarite demanded of bis
captor tbe moment they were private..
"Take it calm, son; take it calm,"
counseled the man. his manner not al
together lacking in good nature.
"There seems to be some question as to
your right to attend that party up
stairs; we got to investigate you for
tbe sake of tbe rep. of the bouse. Get
rue;"
I. Sybarite drew a long breath. If
this were all!
"I freely admit I Lave no card of in
vitation." "Mr. Shaynon." went on the detec
tive, "says be saw yon lift n diamond
brooch ofTn Mrs. Addison Strone while
you was coruin' down in tbe elevator."
And while I. Sybarite gasped tbe de
tective looked to Shnyuon for confirma
tion. "I stood behind bim in the elevator
coming down, ten minutes or so ago,"
the latter stated heavily. "Mrs. Addi
son Strone was immediately in front of
him. The cage was badly crowded no
one could move.
. "As I got in I noticed that Mrs.
St rone's brooch, a gold bar set with
several large diamonds, was apparent
ly loose pin bad parted from the
catch, you know and meant. to warn
her she was in danger of losing it. but
I couldn't without shouting over this
fellow's heal, so waited until we got
out. and then, when I managed to get
to her, the brooch was gone. Later 1
remembered this fellow and. looking
round the lobby, saw bim in a corner,
apparently concealing something about
bis person. Then I spoke to you about
it."
P. Sybarite's face settled into grim
lines.
' "Shayiion." be said slowly, without
visible temper, "this won't get you
anything but trouble. Remember that,
w hen I come to pay you out unless
you'd have the grace to retract bere
and now."
"To save time." Shaynon suggested
dispassionately, "you might explore bis
coatt.-ii! pockets first. It was there
that I saw him secrete the brooch."
Nervously In his Indignation P. Syba
rite caught bis coattails from beneath
hi-i Inverness, dragsred them round In
front of him, and. fumbling, found a
pocket.
Groping therein, bis fineers brushed
something strange to him a small,
bard, irregular body which, escaping
In clutches, fell with a soft thud to
the carpet at bis feet. It was the
brooch.
With a noncommittal grunt, the de
tective stonned and retrieved this
damning bit of evidence, while the
manager moved excitedly to bis side
inspect the tiud. And P. Sybarite
looked up with blank eyes In a pallid,
wizened face in time to see Shaynon
bare bis teeth, his lips curling back In
n manner peculiarly wolfish and irrita
ting, and snarl a mirthless laugh. '-"
- It wn something inopportune. The
man could have doue no better than
,vei) h's pence. lyeft to himself. P
"Sybarite would In all probability ha
'floundered and -bistered and comroit
led himself inextricably. ' S-
DAY OF
DAYS
By LOUIS JOSEPH VANCE
Copyright, 1(912, by tbe Frank A. Munsey Co.
Tint that lnugn was n good as a
douche of cold water in his face. lie
enme abruptly to tils senses, saw clear
ly how this thin? had come to pnss. the
temptation of the loose broach to Shan
non's flnsors Itching for revenge while
"Search his pockets," suggested Shay
non. they stood near together in the crowd
ed elevator.
P. Sybarite smiled sunnily in the
face of the detective.
"Caught with tbe goods on. eh?" he
chirped. "Come. now. be fair to me.
Own up. You didn't expect to see that,
did you?"
Tbe detective hesitated. "Well." he
grudged, "you did have me going for
a minute, you were so rocksare. and
it's pretty slick work for an amateur."
"It looks bad. eh not?" the manager
questioned, his predacious eyes fixed
greedily upon the trinket.
"You think so?" P. Sybarite purpose
fully misinterpreted. "Let me see."
Before tbe detective could withdraw
P. Sybarite caught the brooch from his
fingers.
"Bad?" be mused aloud, examining
It closely. "Phoney? Perhaps it is.
Looks like article de Paris to me. See
what you think."
He handled the trinket indifferently.
"Nonsense;" Shaynon interposed in
cisively. "Mrs. Strone's not that kind.
Besides, it makes no difference. Theft's
theft."
"II makes a deal of difference wheth
er it's grand or petit larceny. P. Syb
arite flashed "a difference as wide
and deep as that which yawns be
tween attempted and successful wife
murder, Mr. Shaynon."
His jaw dropping, a look of stupefy
ing terror stamped itself upon Shny
non's face. He strove to speak, but for
the time could not.
"The man's crazy." be muttered sick
ishly. rising. "I don't know what lie's
talking about. Arrest him take him
to the station house."
"Who'll make the charge?" asked the
detective, eying Shaynon curiously.
"Not Bayard Shaynon!" P. Sybarite
asseverated with conviction.
"It's not my brooch." Shaynon as
serted defensively.
"You saw bim take it." the detective
persisted.
"No. I didn't; I suspected him. It's
you who found the brooch on him. and
It's your duty to make the charge."
"You're one grand little lightning
change of heart artist gotta slip it to
you for that," the detective observed
truculently. "Now. lls'n; I dou't make
no charge" .
"Any employee of the establishment
will do a well, for my purpose." I.
Sybarite cut in. "Come. Mr. Manager!
Efow about you? So long as 1 get
my grounds for a suit against the
Bizarre"
The manager spread out expostulary
palms. "Me. I have tiossing whatever
to do with the matter," he protested.
"To me it would seem Mrs. Strone
should make the charge."
"Well." mumbled the detective of
Shaynon. "how about cha?"
"Wait." mumbled Shaynon. moving
toward the door. "I'll fetch Mrs.
Strone."
"Dou't go without saying goodbr,"
P. Sybarite admonished him severely.
"It Isn't pretty manners.
The door slammed tempestuously,
and the little man chuckled with an
affectation of ease to which he was en
tirely a stranger.
Ills head buzzed with doubts and sus
picions, and with misgivings on Ma
rian's behalf, but indifferently mitigat
ed by the reflection that by now she
would be at the Plaza..
"ITe won't be back." P. Sybarite ob
served generally to detective and man
ager and sat him down serenely.
"You feel pretty sure about that?"
thp detective as&ed.
; -tvajt and ee;' : ; AA-
pending forward, ibe little man ex
I
amined" (Tie gTlt clock "on ITieTiiamiger's
desk. "Twenty minutes after 4,' he
announced. "I give, you ten minutes to
find some one to make a charge against
me."
The detective took a chair, crossed
his legs and produced a cigar, which
he began to trim with loving care. The
manager, anxiously pacing the floor,
after another moment or so paused at
the door, fidgeted, jerked It open and
with a muffled "Pardon!" disappeared,
presumably in search of Shaynon.
Four minutes passed by the clock; no
sign of the manager. Shaynon or Mrs.
Strone.
"Story?" the detective suggested at
length.
"Plant. retorted P. Sybarite as
tersely.
"Salted your
"In tbe elevator, of course."
"It come to me that was the way of
It when he sprung that bunk stuff
about you coarsely loading said loot
into your coat tail." admitted the de
tective. "That didn't sound sensible,
even if you did have a skirt to fuss
Into a cab. That was one swell piece
of goods you bundled Into No. 230."
"What?" cried P. Sybarite.
The detective started.
"Wasn't that the number of the
lady's cal two-thirty?"
"Good God!" ejaculated P. Sybarite.
Jumping up.
"What's hit yon?" said tbe detective
Ills words were addressed to his own
conscience and to the horizontal folds
of the Inverness that streamed from
the shoulders of P. Sybarite as he bolt
ed unhindered through the Fifth ave
nue entrance. The little man was ex
claiming: "Dolt! Blockhead! Imbecile! Idiot!
Numskull: Ass! Simpleton! Loon!"
The chill air of early morning wiped
the blistering epithets from his lips as
he fled like a madman down Fifth ave
nue. Deliberately had he permitted him
self to by duped, circumvented, over
reached. Why had he never for an instant
dreamed that the words "two thirty"
could Indicate anything but the hour of
some otherwise undesignated appoint
ment? Of course It had signified the
number of Marian's carriage check.
If he had ere this entertained any
doubts whatever of the ugly grounds
for bis fears, they were now resolved,
by reccgniticn of Bayard's clumsy
ruse, to keep him both out of the cab
and out of the v,ny while November
and his lieutenants executed their in
famous commission.
And aU that was now ten fifteen
twenty minutes old! Marian's car was
pone, and if it had not reached the
Plaza the girl w as lost, irrevocably lost.
On the way to tbe Bizarre from
Peter Kenny's rooms, some freak of a
mind superficially preoccupied had
caused him to remark, on the south
side of Forty-third street, immediately
east of Sixth avenue, a long rank of
buildings.
Of these, one building boasted the
blazing electric announcement, "All
Night Garage."
Into this last P. Sybarite pelted at
the top of his speed and pulled up
pulling, to stare nervously round a
place gloomy, cavernous and pungent
with fragrance of oil. rubber and gaso
liue. Out of the shadows behind him,
present fy. came a voire, drawling:
"You certainly do take on like you'd
lost a power of trouble."
"Taxi!" the little man parted vo
ciferously. The other yawned and stretched.
"It can't be done." be admitted fairly.
"They ain't no such animal on the
premises."
With a gesture P. Sybarite singled
out the nearest car.
"What's that?" he demanded an
grily. "Ten dollars an hour"
"I'll take it."
"But you asked for a taxi." grum
bled tbe man. rising to press a button.
"Whereupon a bell shrilled somewhere
in the dark backward of the establish
ment. "Deposit?" be suggested, turn
ing back.
P. Sybarite' disbursed a golden
double eagle, and to the operator who.
roused by the bell, presently drifted
out of the shadows, gaping and rub
bing bis eyes, he promised a liberal
tip for haste.
In two minutes be was rolling out of
the garage ensconced in tbe body of a
luxurious and high powered touring
machine which he strongly suspected
to be somebody's private car lawlessly
farmed out while its owner slept.
Self conscious and ill at ease, ho pre:
spiitod himself to tbe amused Inspec
tion of the night force in the office of
the Plaza, made his halting inquiry
and received the discounted assurance
that Miss Blessington. although a
known and valued patron of the bouse,
was not then its guest. He turned
away, sobered, baflled, outwitted and
miserably at a loss to guess what next
to do.
Gloomily he paused with a hand on
the open dour of bis car. thoughts pro
foundly disturbed and unsettled, for so
Ions that the operator grew restless.
"Where next, sir?" he asked.
"Wait." said P. Sybarite In a mau
ner of abstraction that did bim no In
lustice. (To I5e Continued.)
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Northeast France Is
Pivot of Battle.
ALLIES ON OFFENSIVE.
Have Set Themselves Task of
Forcing Germans Back.
ALL IS QUIET IN LORRAINE.
No Change In Positions of Op
posing Armies.
Tndon. Oct. 5. Having repulsed
the German, attack, presumably in the
vicinity of Roye, the French, accord
ing to the official communication is
sued at Paris, have resumed the of
fensive at several points, while othei
positions on their left have been ap
preciably maintained.
The great effort of the allies to en
velope the German right may there
fore be said to be again in operation,
and it is believed that the whole
French column from Roye northward
to Arras is moving eastward against,
the German position.
It is the same operation that has
been tried repeatedly for the last
three weelts in an attempt to reach
the German lines of communication
and encircle the German army form
ing the right wing or force it to fall
back to Belgium and Luxemburg.
Tt is believed that the British Tn
dian troops are now on the line and
possibly some of the British terri
torials and it is known that the Ger
mans have sent up heavy reinforce
ments from the center to aid the hard
fighting soldiers on the right.
Invaders on Defensive.
The Germans have had a long time
in which to make their position se
cure, so there is a lot of hard fighting
ahead for both the attacking forces
and the defenders. The defensive role
is now apparently being assumed by
the invaders.
In the center, from the Oise to the
Argonne, the two well entrenched ar
mies are still watching each other,
ready at a moment's notice to mee:
attacks or on the advance of aerial ob
servers to move to some point where
the line is threatened.
In the Argonne district, where the
crown prince's army attempted an ad
vance a few days ago. there has been
additional fighting, with the result
that the Germans have been pushed
back northward. In southern Woevre
the French are "making progress, but
very slowly," against the Germans,
who crossed the Meuse at St. Mihie',
but were forced back over that river.
Quiet In Lorraine.
In Iorraine and the Vosges there is
no change In the positions of the op
posing armies. This probably is ac
counted for by the fact that the Ger
mans have not sufficient forces to at
tack the almost impregnable line of
fortifications, while the French are
too busy elsewhere to attempt an in
vasion of the lost provinces. They
have set themselves the task of get
ting the Germans out of northeastern
France, and if this can be accoir.
plished they are faced with the neces
sity of attacking the German positions
in Alsace-Lorraine.
Of the result of the operations
around the line of fortifications of
Antwerp there Is considerable mys
tery. Belgians Fall Back.
The Belgian legation at London an
nounced that the Belgians had been
compelled before a violent artillery
attack to fall back east of the river
Senne, toward the Nethe. This was
taken to mean that some of the forts
had fallen, and the German official re
port asserts as a fact that Forts Lierre.
Waelhem and Konigshoyck had been
taken, with redoubts and earthworks,
and that the Germans had entered
the line of forts through the breaches.
Later the. Belgian minister, on au
thority of a telegram from Antwerp,
declared that the forts had not been
captured, although Waelhem was bad.
ly damaged.
In the battle of Augusfowo. In Rus
sian Poland, victory is claimed for the
Russian arm, the official eommunioa
tion from Petrogard declaring that the
German defeat Is complete.
The Japanese In their campaign
against the German concession of
Kiauchau have been reinforced at
Weihsien. In Shantung province. Hv.
In made answer to the protest of the
China government, they are proceed
ing with the business in hand withoul
further comment, i
SCENE OF BATTLE.
Map Showing Location
Of Opposing Forces In
Eastern Arena of War.
OO AUSTRIAN TROOPS
mi GERMAN " ia "'U
RUSSIAN
POINCARE GOES
TO CHEER TROOPS
President o! France Takes Auto
Tiip Along Fighting Line.
Bordeaux, Oct. 5. President Poin
care, accompanied by Premier Reno
Vivian! and Minister of War Alexandre
Millerand, left for the battle front.
He will spend a few days visiting
headquarters aud personally congratu
lating the officers and men.
The party traveled in an automobile
and will be absent from the temporary
capital for three or four days.
The president goes to the battle
line, not to take part in the strategy,
as is the case of Emperor William
and possibly Emperor Nicholas, but
that he may personally congratulate
the troops upon the bravery they have
displayed in the long and stubborn
lighting.
M. Poincare long ago determined
upon this project, but until now has
been prevented from executing it eith
er by the necessity of presiding at
the daily cabinet conference or by the
wishes of the military authorities,
who deemed the moment unfavorable
for the trip.
The news of the president's depart
ure for the front has given rise to ru
mors that the allies have gained a
great victory, the news of which is
withheld, and that M. Poincare has
gone to witness the final discomfiture
of the Germans.
The correctness of this deduction
Is officially denied and it is repeated
the situation in the fighting zone is as
described by the war office. It is added
that the president's soie motive is tn
convey the nation's appreciation and
encouragement to the troops in their
long and difficult struggle to free the
soil of the invaders.
The president will first visit the
headquarters of General Joffre, com
mander in chief of the French army.
URGES PENSION SYSTEM
Says Britons Disabled In War Should
Be Paid $5 a Week.
London, Oct. 5. Every man perma
nently disabled in the war and unab'"
to follow his former occupation ought
to be paid $5 a week during his life, in
the opinion of George Xicoll Barnes,
the labor leader, and .a member of
parliament for the Blackfriars division
of Glasgow.
Mr. Barnes advocated this plan at a
mass meeting here. Heretofore, he
said, the disabled had been allowed to
beg in the streets. Now, however,
the government was giving serious
consideration to the subject of these
unfortunates, and a like situation
would not again exist. He estimated
that the sum which the government
would be called upon to pay the de
pendents of breadwinners in the field
would net reach $23,ooo.ono.
Serbs Return From Austria With Booty
Rome, Oct. 3. The correspondent of
the Tribune at Nish. Servia, tele
graphs that the Servians, alter pass
ing the river Save and occupying the
Hungarian town of Semlin, seized the
Austrian batteries, -ammunition and
supplies and destroyed the forts, re
turning to Belgrade with immense
booty.
Entire Regiment of Germans Killed.
London, Oct. 5. Fort Waelhem.
one Of the defending strongholds out
side Antwerp, destroyed an enUr?
regiment of the besieging Germans
The Amsterdam correspondent of the
Central News has forwarded this state
tnent, which, he says, was received in
a dispatch from Antwerp.
Italians Landing Troops at Avlona.
Londcn! Oct. 5. A dispatch to Rpu
ter's Telegram company from Rome
says the Villorla has published a spc
clal edition saying a rumor is in cir
culation that Italian sailors were land
ed at Avloaa (a seaport of Albania or
the Adriatic). There is no confirma
tion of the rumor. ,
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Prince Oscar Has Hcsrt Attack When
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London, Oct. .". A dispptch from
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spondent of the Berliner Tagebiatt,
who witnessed the battle at Verdun,
when Prince Oscar led the imperial
guard, says:
"Though the Germans fought like
lions, tbe Turcos climbed trees like
monkeys, bidii'g in the leaves. The
Germans and Turcos J"o-"i?ht' and
wrestled in a territde hand-to-han 1
struggle and many German officers
fell dend s'lo iTid the prince, who there
after bad the heart cttiick already de
scribed." Hospital Ship to Rotterdam.
Faullac, France. Oct. 3. The Amer
ican hospital ship Red Cro.-:s. which
brought provisions, physicians and
nurses and hospital supplies for Uk
French at Ilordeaux and other pointf.
sailed for Rotterdam.
Pope Aooeals for peace.
Home, Oft. r. I'ope Ilenedict hns
addressed an autograph letter to I'm
peror Francis Joseph of Austria again
urging the emperor to use all his fn
flueuee to shorten the war as much as
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