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The Extraordinary Adventures of Arsene Lupin
ARSENE LUPIN VERSUS HERLOCK SHOLMES
BY MAURICE LEBLANC
Translated from the French By GEORGE MOREHEAD
M. A. DONOHUE & CO. CHICAGO
Copyright, 1910, By M. A. DONOHUE A
CONTENTS
I. Lottery Ticket No. 514
II. The Blue Diamond
III. Herlock Sholmes Opens Hostilities
IV. Light in the Darkness
V. An Abduction
VI. Second Arrest of Arsene Lupin
VII. The Jewish Lamp
VIII. The Shipwreck
Arsene Lupin versus Herlock Sholmes
CHAPTER I.
The Blonde Lady
LOTTERY TICKET NO. 514.
ON the eighth day of last December, Mon. Gerbois, professor of mathematics at the College of Versailles, while rummaging in an old curiosity-shop, unearthed a small mahogany writing-desk which pleased him very much on account of the multiplicity of its drawers.
"Just the thing for Suzanne's birthday present," thought he. And as he always tried to furnish some simple pleasures for his daughter, consistent with his modest income, he enquired the price, and, after some keen bargaining, purchased it for sixty-five francs. As he was giving his address to the shop keeper, a young man, dressed with elegance and taste, who had been exploring the stock of antiques, caught sight of the writing-desk, and immediately enquired its price.
"It is sold," replied the shopkeeper.
"Ah! to this gentleman, I presume!"
Monsieur Gerhois bowed, and left the store, quite proud to be the possessor of an article which had a