THE
TEETH OF THE TIGER
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MAURICE LEIiLANO
TRANSLATED RT
ALEXANDER TEIXEIRA DE MATTOS
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GHAl'TEK SEVENTEEN (Continued.)
And then—and then, even sup
posing that all the chances were
favorable, was it not too late?
Taking for granted that they
hunted down the wild beast, that
they drove him to bay, would he
not meanwhile have killed bis
preyt Knowing himself beaten,
would a monster of that kind hes
itate to add one more murder to
the long list of his crimes?
And this, to Don Luis, was the
crowning terror. After all (In'
difficulties which, in bis stub i
toornlv confident imagination, he I
bad managed to surmount, he was
brought face to face with the hor
rible vision of Florence being see
rifiecd, of Florence dead !
“Oh, the torture of it!" lie
at&mmcrcd. I alone could have
auccecdcd; and they shut me
up!”
He hardly put himself out to
inquire, into the reasons for which
M. Dcsmalions, suddenly chang
ing bis mind, had consented to his
arrest, thus bringing back to life
that troublesome Arsene Lupin
with whom the police had not
hitherto eared to hamper them
selves. No, that, did not interest
him. Florence alone mattered.
Ami the minutes passed; and each
minute wasted brought Florence
nearer to her doom.
tie remembered a similar oc
cas.-tion when, some years before,
be waited in the same way for the
door of his cel! to open and the
German Emperor to appear. But
how much greater was the sol
emnity of the present moment!
Before, it was at the very most
his liberty that was at stake. This
time it was Florence's life which
fate was about to offer or refuse
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Ui III.
“Florence! Florence!” he kept
repeating in his despair.
lie no longer had a doubt of
her ‘wnoeenee. Nor did lie doubt
that the other loved her and had
carried her off .not so much for
the hostage of a coverted fortune
as for a love spoil, which a man
destroys if he cannot keep it.
•' Florence! Florence-!
He was suffering from an ex
traordinary lit of depression. His
defeat scented irretrievable. There,
was no question of hastening
after Florence, of catching the
murderer. Don Luis was in pris
on under hi. own name of
Arseiia Lupin; anil the whole
problem lay in knowing how long
he would remain there, for
months or for years!
It was then that he fully real
ized what his love for Florence
meant. He perceived that it took
the place in his life of his former
passions, his craving for luxury,
his desire for mastery, his pleas
ure in lighting, his ambition, his
revenge. For two months he had
been struggling to win her anil
for imibing else. The search after
the truth and the punishment of
the eriinitial were to him no more
than means of saving Florence
from the dangers that threatened
her.
If Florence had to die. if it was
too late to snatch her from the
enemy, in that ease In- might as
well remain in prison. Am-ne
Lupin spending the rest of his
days in a convict settlement was
a filling end 10 the spoilt life of
a man who had not even been able
to win the love of (lie only woman
he bad really loved.
It was a passing mood ami. !»*
i*n» totally oenosed to Do” 1 nls's
Pf.iuie. finished abruptly in a
slate of utter confidence "which
mi lunger admitted the least par
tide ] of anxiety or doubt. The
aim bad risen. The cell gradual
ly became filled with daylight.
And Don Luis"ivtnembeft-d that
Vab-liglay reached his office on
the Place Baa Uvea u at 7 o’clock
in ila- morning.
From this' moment lie felt abso
lutely calm. Coming events pre
sented an entirely different as
T>eet ko him. as though they had.
so speak, turned right round.
The jrontesl seemed to him easy,
♦lie li»e*» ftmrfroni complications.
He understood as clearly us if the
action* tiaAJbeeii performed that
hix will could pot but be obeyed.
The depfity-Chief must inevitably
have" ns a ile a faithful report tn
1W Frrfiffct of PBfice. The Pre
feet of Police must inevitably that
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morning have transmitted Arsene
Lupin's request to Valenglay.
Valenglay would inevitably
give himself the pleasure of an
interview with Arseue Lupin.
Arsene Lupin would inevitably,
in the course of that interview,
obtain Valenglay's consent. These
were not suppositions, but cer
tainties; not problems awaiting
solution, but problems already
solved. Stalling from A and con
tinuing along B ami O, you ar
rive, whether you wish it or not,
at i y.
Don Luis began to laugh:
“Come, come, Arsene, old chap,
remember that you brought Mr.
Hohenzollern all the way from his j
Brandenburg Marches. Valenglay ■
docs not live as far as that, by j
Jove ! And, if necessary, you can
put yourself out a little. . J
That's it: I'll consent to take the
first step. I will go and call on
M. de Beauveau. M. Valenglay,
it. is a pleasure to see you.”
He went gayly to the door, pre
tending that it. was open and that
be had only to walk through to be
received when his turn came.
lie repeated this child's play
three times, bowing low amt long, •
as though holding a plumed hat
in his hand, and murmuring:
“Open sesame!”
At, the fourth time, the door
opened, and a warder appeared.
Don Luis said, in a ceremonious
tone:
“I hope I have not kept the
Prime Minister waiting?”
There were four inspectors in
the corridor.
“Are these gentlemen mv es
cort?" he asked. “That's right.
Announce Arsene Lupin* grandee
of Spain, his most Catholic Majes
ty’s cousin. My lords, I follow
you. Turnkey, here are 20 crowns
for your pains, my friend.”
He stopped in the corridor.
“By Jupiter, no gloves; and
J haven't shaved since yestcr
da v! ’ *
The inspectors had surrounded j
| him and were pushing him a lit- ^
tie roughly. lie seized two of i
them by the arm. They groaned.
■'That'll teach you,” he said.!
“You’ve no orders to thrasli me.'
have you? Nor even to handcuff I
met That being so, young fel
lows, behave!”
The prison governor was stand
ing in the hall.
"l'v« had a capital night, my
dear governor.” said Don Luis.
"Your C. T. 0. rooms are the very
acme of comfort. I’ll sec that
Lockup Arms receives a slar in
the ‘Baedeker.’ Would you like
me to write you a testimonial in
your jail hook? You wouldn’t?
Perhaps you Jiope to see me
again? Sorry, my dear governor,
but it's impossible. I have other
tilings to do.”
A motor ear was waiting in
the yard. Don Luis stepped in
with the four detectives:
"Place Beauveau," he said to
the driver.
"No. Hue Vineu.se," said one
of the detectives, correcting him.
“Oho!” said Don Luis, “llis
Excellency’s private residence!
His Excellency prefers that, my
visit should he kept secret. That’s
a good sign. By the way, dear
friends, what's the time?”
Ilis question remained unans
wered. And as the detectives had
dinwn the blinds, he was unable
to consult the clocks in the street.
It was not until lie was at Val
• eucrluv’s in the Prime Minister's
little ground floor flat near the
Trocadero .that he saw a clock
on the mantlepiece:
“A quarter to seven!” he ex
claimed. “Wood! There’s not
been much time lost.”
Yalenglay’s study opened on a
Light of steps that ran down to
a garden filled with aviaries The
jrqohi itself Was crammed with
i books and pictures.
A bell rang, and the detectives
went out, following the old maid
servant who bail shown them in.
Don I.nis was left alone.
Hv was .still calm, fcyt.qever
thebss felt a certain uneasiness,
a longing to be up and doing, to
throw himself into the fray; and
his eyes* on involuntarily return
ing to the face of the clock. The
minute hand seemed endowed
,with extraordinary speed.
‘ At Iasi some one entered,
ushering in a second person. Don
I.uis recognized Valenglav and
the Prefect of Police.
“That’s it," he thought. "I’ve
got him."
He saw this by the sort of
j vague sympathy perceptible on
the old Premier’s lean and bony
face. There was not f\ sigu of
arhogance, nothing to raise a bar
rier uctween the Minister and the
suspicious individual whom he
was receiving; just a manifest,;
playful curiosity and sympathy.
It was a sympathy which Valen
glay had never concealed, and of
which he even boasted when,
after Arsene Lupin’s sham
death, he spoke of the adventurer
and the strange relations between
them.
"You have not changed," he
said, after looking at him for
some time. "Complexion a little
darker, a trifle grayer over the
temples, that's all.
And putting on a blunt tone,
lie asked:
"And what is it you want?'' ,
“An answer first of all, Mon
sieur le President du Conseil. Has
Deputy Weber, who took me to
the lockup last night, traced the
motor cab in which Florence. Le
vasseur was carried off?"
"Yes, the motor stopped at
Versailles. The persons inside it
hired another cab which is to take
them to Nantes. What else do
you ask for, besides that ans
wer?"
"Mv liberty, Monsieur le Pres
ident. ’ ’
"At once, of course?" said Val
englav, beginning to laugh.
"In 30 or 35 minutes at most."
"At half-past seven, eh?"
"Half-past seven at latest,
(Monsieur le President.’’
"And why your liberty?"
"To catch the murder of Cosmo
j Mornirigton, of Inspector Verot,
land of the Roussel family.”
"Are you the only one that ean
catch him ?”
"Yes."
"Still, the police are moving.
The wires are at work. The mur
deror will not leave France. He
shan’t escap us."
"You can’t find him.”
"Yes, we ean."
lu tnat case lie will kill Flor
ence Levasseur. She will be the
scoundrel’s seventh victim. And
it will be your doing."
Valenglay paused for a mo
ment, and then resumed:
"According to you, contrary to
all appearances, and contrary to
‘the well grounded suspicions of
Monsieur le Prefect de Police,
:Florence Levasseur is innocent?’’
"Oil, absolutely. Monsieur le
President!’’
"And you believe her to be
in danger of death?"
"She is in danger of death.”
i "Are you in love with tier?"
”1 am.”
j Valenglay experienced a little
thrill of enjoyment. Lupin in
in love! Lupin acting through
love and confessing his love! But
how exciting!
He said:
"1 have followed the Morning
tou ease from day to day and 1
know every detail of it. .You have
done wonders Monsieur. It is evi
dent that, but for you, the ease
would never have emerged from
| the mystery that surrounded it at
the star*. But I eannot help no
ticing that there are certain flaws
in it.
these Haws, which astonished
me on your part, are more easy
to understand when we know that
love was the primary motive and
the object of your actions, Gy
the other hand, and in spite of
what you say, Florence Levass
, cur’s conduct, her claims as the
heiress, her unexpected escape
! from the hospital, leave little
I doubt in our minds as to the part
she is playing.”
Don Luis pointed to the clock:
“Monsieur le JMinistre, it is
|getting late."
| Valenglay burst out laughing.
, "I never met any one like you!
i Don Luis Perenna, I am sorry
j that I am not some absolute mou
[ arch. I should make yiw the head
"t in,! « rot
"A post which the German Em
peror has already offered me. "
"Oh, nonesense!"
"And 1 refused it."
Valenglay laughed heartily;
but the clock struck seven. Don
Luis began to grow anxious. Val
englay sat down and, coming
straight to the point, said, in a
serious voice:
"Don Luis Perenna. on the first
:dav of your reappearance—that
|ia to say, at, the very moment of
ithe murders on the Boulevard
•Suehet—Monsieur le .Prefect de
Police and I make up our minds
as to your identity. Perenua was
Lupin.
"I have no doubt that you uu
iderstood the reason why we did
not wish to bring back to life the
I dead man that you were, and why
, [we granted yon a sort of protec
ition. Monsieur le Prefect de Po
lice was entirely of my opinion.
jThe work which you were pursu
i ing was a salutary work of jus
tice; and your assistance was so
i valuable to us that we strove to
'spare you any sort of annoyance.
Ar Don Luis Perenna was fight
ing the good fight, we left Arsene
Lupin in the background. Un- •
| fortunately-”
Yalenglav paused again and
; declared:
“ rnfortunately, Monsieur le
Prefect de Police last night re
ceived a denunciation, supported
by detailed proofs accusing you of
being Arseno Lupin.”
“Impossible!” cried Don Luis.
“That is a statement which no
one is able to prove by material
evidence. Arsei.e Lupin is
dead.” t
“If you like,” Valenglay
agreed. “But that does not show
that Don Luis Perenna is alive.”
“Don Luis Perenna has a duly j
legalized existence, Monsieur le
J President.” !
Perhaps. But it is disputed.”
“By whom? There is only one
man who would have the right;
and to accuse me would be his
own undoing. I cannot believe
him to be stupid enough-”
“Stupid enough, no; but crafty
enough, ves.”
“You mean Caeeres, the Peru
vian attache?”
"Yes.”
“But he is abroad!”
"More than that; he is a fugi
tive from justice, after embez
zling funds of his legation. But be
fore leaving the country he signed
a statement that reached us yes
terday evening, declaring that he
faked up a complete reeord for
you under the name of Don Luis
Perenna. Here is your corres- !
pondence with him and here are
all the papers establishing the j
truth of his allegations. Any one
will be convinced, on examining
them, first, that you are not Don
Luis Perenna, and, secondly, that
you are Arsene Lupin.”
Don Luis made an angry ges- !
im>a I
t.ure.
"That blackguard of a Caceres
is a mere tool,” he snarled. ‘‘The
other man’s behind him, has paid
him, and is controlling his actions,
ft’s the scoundrel himself; I rec
ognize his touch. He has once
more tried to get rid of me at the
decisive moment.”
‘‘I am quite willing to believe
it,” said the Prime Minister.
“But as all these documents, ac
cording to the letter that came
with them, are only photographs,
and as, if you are not arrested
this morning, the originals are to
be handed to a leading Paris
newspaper tonight, we are oblig
ed to take note of the accusa
tion.”
‘ But, Monsieur le President,”
exclaimed Don Luis, ‘‘as Caceres
is abroad and as the scoundrel
who bought the papers of him
was also obliged to take to flight
before he was able to execute his
threats, there is no fear now that
the documents will be banded to
the press.”
‘‘How do we know? The enemy
must have taken his precautions.
He may have accomplices.”
“He has none.”
“How do we know?”
Don Luis looked at Valeuglay
and said;
"What is it that you really
wish to say, Monsieur le Presi
dent?”
“I will tell you. Although
pressure was brought to bear up
on us by Caceres’s threats, Mon
sieur le Prefect de Police, anxious
to see all possible light shed on
the plot played by Florence Le
vasseur, did not interfere with
your lust night’s expedition. As
that expedition led to nothing, he
determined, at any rate, to profit
by the fact that Don Luis had
placed himself at our disposal and
to arrest Arsene Lupin.
“If we now let him go the docu
ments will certainly be published;
and you can see the absorb and
ridiculous position in which that
will place us in the eyes of the
{public. Well, at this very mo
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-* — * .. »• “»■--* - ~ - .... i i u nart Oi
Arsene Lupin, a release which
would be illegal, uncalled for, and
inexcusable. I am obliged, there
fore. to refuse it. and I do refuse
it.”
He ceased; and then, after a
few seconds, he added:
“Unless
“Unless?” asked Don Luis.
“Unless—and this is what I
wanted to say—unless you offer
i me in exchange something so ex
traordinary and so tremendous
that l coaid consent to risk the
annoyance which the absurd re
lease of Arsene ' Lupin would
bring down upon my head.”
“But, Monsieur le President,
surely, if I bring you the real
] criminal, the murderer of-”
I “l don’t need your assistance
! for that.”
. tconilnuad K»*l \V«»S », _
Review of the Great Dead. }
A letter of Robert Browning's to a lady in expectation of death,
who wrote to thank him for the help she had derived from his poems.
19 Marwick Crescent, W., May 11, 1870.
Dear Friend: It would ill become me to waste a word on my
owij feelings except inasmuch as they can he common to us both in
such a situation as you describe yours to be—and which, by sym
pathy, I can make mine by the anticipation of a few years at. most.
It is a great thing—the greatest—that a human being should have
passed the probation of life, and sura up its experience in a witness
to the power and love of God. 1 dare congratulate you. All the help
I can offer, in my poor degree, is the assurance that I see ever more
reason to hold by the same hope—and that, by no means in ignor*
anee of what has been advised to the contrary; and for your sake 1
would wish it to be true that l had so much of “genius” as to permit
the testimony of an especially privileged insight to come in aid of the
ordinary argument. For 1 know 1 myself have been aware of the
communication of something more subtle than a ratiocinative pro
cess, when the convictions of “genius” have thrilled ray soul to its
depths, as when Napoleon, shutting up the New Testament, said of
Christ, “Do you know that 1 am an understander of men? Well,
he was no man.” (Savezvous (pic je me connais en homines? Eh bien,
celui-la ne fut pas on homme).
Or as when Charles Lamb, in a gay fancy with some friends as
to how he and they would feel if the greatest of the dead were to
appear suddenly in flesh and blood onee more—on the final sugges
tion, “And if Christ entered this room?” changed his maimer at
once, and stuttered out, as his manner was when moved, “You see,
if Shakespeare entered, we should all rise; if He appeared, we must
kneel.” Or, not to multiply instances, as when Dante wrote what I
will transcribe from my wife’s testament—wherein 1 recorded it 14
years ago—“Thus T believe, thus I affirm, thus I am certain that it
is, that from this life 1 shall pass to another better, there were that
lady lives, of whom my soul was enamoured. ”
Dear friend, 1 may have wearied you in spite of your good will.
God bless you, sustain, and receive you!—Reciprocate this blessing
with yours affectionately, " Robert Browning.
Novel War Devices. j .*
From the London Time*.
The inventions department of the
ministry of munitions receive almost
every day ideas of the most novel ltlnd.
All are carefully considered. Some are
useful, hut almost nlae-tenths are
wholly impractactieable. In an article
on the subject, published in the current
number of the Ministry of Munitions
Journal. It is said that the. following
extraordinary suggestions for dealing
with hostile aircraft have been re
ceived :
The clouds are to be frozen arti
ficially and guns mounted on them;
keayy guns are to be suspended from
captive balloons; the moon is to be
cbvered With ft b‘8 blm-k balloon; air
planes are to be firirlea with scissor*,
or scythes, like Boadicea's chariot, or
to trail bombs behind them on a long
cord; hoat rays are to be projected for
the purpose of setting zeppelins on Are;
electric waves to paralyze the magne
tos. One of the most popular sugges
tions of all Is to attach a searchlight
to an anti-aircraft gun, get the light
on the object, and shoot along the
beam: but unfortunately, the path of
a shell Is quite different from that of a
ray of light. Most elaborate “decoy”
schemes are sometimes worked out for
the confusion of the enemy, compris
ing In at least one case sham factories
with chimneys and hooters complete.
To prevent the polished lines of a rail
way showing at night, the last car
riage of the last train, according to
another correspondent, was to camou
flage them by dribbling blacking as It
went along.
Other proposals were:
A balloon carrying magnets hung on
strings to attract the rifles out of
men’s hands.
A shell to contain fleas or other ver
min Inoculated with disease.
A shell with a man Inside It to steer
It at the target.
The squirting of cement over soldiers
so as to petrify them.
The sending of snakes Into enemy
trenches by pneumatic propulsion.
The throwing of live wire cables
carrying a high voltage among ad
vancing bodies of infantrv by means
of rockets.
Germany should be attacked in one
case by making a ■'tube’’ all the way,
and in another by employing trained
cormorants to fly to Essen and pick
out the mortar from Krupp’s chim
neys.
An Offensive Lawn Mower.
One correspondent sent quite a
number of original methods for re
pelling attacks, including large calliper
shaped devices which could be closed
on anyone intruding between the legs;
a series of nets spread In front of out
lines which could be drawn so a* to
enmesh the Germans, and a machine of
the nature of a lawn mower as large
as a tank to make mincemeat of them.
The purpose of the article In the
Journal is to warn off inventors of this
sort, and frequently they are genially
argued with.
One gentleman had a powder, the
composition of which lie declined to
disclose, which on being mixed with
water turned It Into motor spirit At
least, no he said. Another proposed
base was the grease skimmed off soup
Various constituents which have been
proposed on account of their cheapness
would no doubt be more or loss effi
cient. but the enthusiastic promoters
overlook the fact that If they once
came into use to any extent the ad
■ vantages would disappear, as the price
would at once soar upwards
Black Beam to Obscure the Moon.
In this process of argument some
interesting scientific information i»
given, as for Instance:
Suggestions are also frequently re
. celved In connection with colored
! searchlights. But color cannot be im
j parted to a beam, as by passing it
through a color screen, without reduc
j tng its intrinsic brilliancy. Color 1*. In
I fact, obtained by a process of eub
| traction from the total light. At great
! distances all the brilliancy possible Is
i required for effectiveness, so that
) colored beams are of no value for
feneral purposes. Flam© arc lamps
or searchlights give colored light,
generally slightly yellow, but this
source of light Is too large for the effi
cient oplical projection of a parallel
beam, and a parallel beam, or one
nearly approaching parallelism, is es
sential in order to reach the great dis
tances involved. The most remarkable
proposition of all in connection with
searchlights Is perhaps that of a
"black beam,” whatever that may
mean, for obscuring the moon!
Another favorite subject with in
ventors is the “relay shell"— a shell
| acting as a small gun discharged in
\ midair and expelling a smaller inner
! shell, the object being to obtain an in
] creased range, which has been supposed
by some to be the principle of the long
range gun with which the Germans
l have bombarded Paris. As to that the
article says:
The objections to this idea are two
fold. First, it appears from elementary
dynamical considerations that the
energy of the relay propellant charge
would be shared between the outer and
Inner shells In the Inverse ratio of
their masses, so that unless the tuner
shell were unduly small, a very large
proportion of the propellant charge
would be wasted: Secondly, a shell in
flight does not point directlv along Its
trajectory, but makes an uncertain
angle with It, especially near the
highest point, where the Inner spell
would be discharged, so that accur
acy of atm would be impossible. Gen
erally speaking it may be said that any
scheme which seriously reduces the
bursting charge of a shell must offer
some very remarkable advantages be
fore It can be considered promising
Many of the inventors are absolutely
Impervious to argument or explanation,
and are always dissatisfied with tha
treatment they receive. In this respect
they contrast unfavorably with a for
eigner who submitted an- engine which
' would not work, and who wound up the
I correspondence with thanks and the
'admission that he was "completely
I cured" of his idea.
AUSTRALIA A COUNTRY
OF GREAT DISTANCES
From the New York Post.
Five months ago an inconspicuous
dispatch announced the completion of
the first transcontinental Australian
railway -the line from Port Augusta to
Kalgoorlle. with the longest straight
stretch of track in the world. It was
built under the federal agreement made
when western Australia entered the
commonwealth. A few days since an
other dispatch stated that the Cape
to-Cairo railway has now reached
CJukamn. in the Congo Free State, at I
a distance of i'.SOO miles from Cape |
Town. Such items furnish interesting ;
evidence that peaceful construction ;
still is :ir* ' • • -. *.i3
.w .__ i.icaed by it. ..uever i
consults a map can sec lhat the f>ten- |
slops are important. The new Aus- j
tralian line makes it possible for the 1
citizen of Perth. Freemantle, or North- i
ampton, on the west coast, to step :
aboard a train and a week or 10 days1
later step off another ai Melbourne, or j
Sydney, or Brisbane; having covered
between the farthest removed oities a
distance exceeding that from San j
Francisco to New York. The future
M. P. headed for the capital, Canberra,
need fear no stormy voyage. By the
South African line the traveler can
ride from Cape Town a distance north
more than equal lo that from New
York to Salt Isujte City: he steps off!
where the Congo is navigable, and can
then journey fey boat, with another 25u ]
miles of rail thrown In. to the mouth
of the Congo, or 4859 miles in all. IX*
turning oast, he can go by boot to n
point on the Congo connected by rail
with hake Tajigapyttev and by n*il and
steamer through Albertville and Ujlji
to Dar-es-Salaam and Zanzibar.
These railways directly point the
way to greater achievement. In. Aus
tralia the builders will now turn to
the projected railway to con pact the
northern and southern extremities of
the continent; and for this a good be
gining har.oeen made. From rh« cen
tral part of South Australia a line new
runs north about one-third the way
through Ihe continent to Oodnadata;
and from Port Darwin on the north
coast a line stretches down 150 miles
! south to Pine creek. The remaining
I distance has been surveyed.
ITALIAN REAR ADMIRAL
GOES DOWN SMOKING
Rome.- Details of the death of Rear
Admiral Viglione, Italian navy, were
published in a recent issue of the Gior
nale D'ltalla. Being advanced in years
and no longer in active service he wa*
assigned to command a convoy on
hoard the Maroncelli.
Everything went well umii midnight
I on May SO. last, 'i'll-' ' Inilrat lu>d so
! disposed ms ships that the submarines
J were unable to get near. That night
I the moon shone brightly and t.he sea
I was swept by a northwest wind, giving
’ ihe enemy his opportunity, who could
J see without being seen. *
j The Maroncelli wasistruck by a tor
, pedo and put out of control. She b«
| gan to sink by the bowa.
1, The admiral, who commanded the
j convoy and not the ship, might have
i looked out for himsrif first of all.
| ljowever, he turned to directing the
! rescue of the men and refused to ’eave
i the ship so long aa a single one re
| niained on board. The depositions of
1 the survivors alt agree tn say. lg that
j hie conduct was heroic.
Raimondi Natali, a fireman, deposed:
j “I saw the X'fnjiral. who was cairn and
i smoking a eigaret. Ha refused to save
I hi* life, white he urged all the cvn»pa#<7
to be calm. Encouraged by the words.*
and example lie set I neted to save,
myself as a duty and succeeded.”
Hs Knew Her.
j Mis* Beauty Chorus 'returning to tier
| native village, and anxious to impress her
i fiance)—l *ay. potah, ian’t it possible to
t get a taxi or something for all out lug-'
i gage tn tb'e one eyed old placer
Porter— you'll no need ane. haggle Yer
' fait her'* just com'n' do»n !.ho big« wl‘
, hr* wUeaUiorien. ,