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ARSÈNE LUPIN
INTERVENES
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ARSÈNE LUPIN INTERVENES
BY
MAURICE LE BLANC
NEW YORK
THE MACAULAY COMPANY
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PǼœƯƗǪƒŧŠ Ɨƿ EƿƄƯĵƿŠ UƿŠŧǡ ǵƒŧ TƗǵƯŧ
“JƗƽ Bĵǡƿŧǵǵ Iƿǵŧǡ΄ŧƿŧǪ”
CLjǙΏǡƗƄƒǵ, 1929, œΏ
THE MACAULAY COMPANY
PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
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CONTENTS
CHAPTER
PAGE
I
FOREWORD
9
II
“DROPS THAT TRICKLE AWAY”
13
III
THE ROYAL LOVE LETTER
38
IV
A GAME OF BACCARAT
61
V
THE MAN WITH THE GOLD TEETH
85
VI
TWELVE LITTLE NIGGER BOYS
108
VII
THE BRIDGE THAT BROKE
137
VIII
THE FATAL MIRACLE
164
IX
DOUBLE ENTRY
195
X
ARRESTING ARSÈNE LUPIN
226
XI
AFTERWORD
255
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ARSÈNE LUPIN INTERVENES
I
FOREWORD
Contrary, perhaps, to the opinion of the Bright Young People in our midst, the World-before-the-War was not by any means barren of adventure and excitement. Only, they did things differently then.
There was, in those days, a certain sparkling gaiety, a spontaneity, a chic sadly lacking from the exploits of a younger generation. There was wit as well as honor among thieves. Just as really good wine differs from that modern depravity, the cocktail, so does the finished artistry of Jim Barnett compare with the outrages of bobbed-hair bandits and cat-burglars.
For Barnett had a brain and used it; a sense of humor, and rejoiced in it. He was independent of revolvers and racing cars and hypodermic syringes. He made a confidant of no man—or woman. He was an unassisted conjurer, as it were, performing his little tricks always in the full glare of the limelight, relying entirely on his own lightning skill to vanish his watches and evolve his rabbits.
A curious, memorable figure, Jim Barnett. By profession, a private detective, principal of the Barnett [10]Agency in the rue Laborde, with a modest ground-floor office for his headquarters. Unlike others of his
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