Durrau hired a furnished house at Villennes, on the outskirts of Saint Germain Forest, and here Passal and Boulogne took up their jade while making their prepara tions. They made'a rough case, big. enough to hold a man, and fitted it with a pipe, which was to protrude above ground and supply air, Passal hired a typewriter and hammered out the communiques about the Knights of Themis which were destined for one of the Paris daily newspapers, on the supposition that this journal would send representa~ ives to the scene of the burial and rescue the victim. When all their preparations were complete, Passal and Boulogne carried the case to a. lonely spot amid the trees and dug 2 shallow grave, in wich the case was placed. Passal got into it and Boulogne filled up the grave and went away. Passal had previously spent a night in the case at the villa, and declared himself satisfied, but he evi: iently did not realise that the conditions would not be the same when the box was surrounded by earth on all sides.' Boulogne next proceeded to send the stories, prepared in advance by Passal, to the newspaper. They were couched in such an extraordinary style that the editor regarded them as a hoax and took no notice of them.
As time.went on, and nothing happened, Boulogne became uneasy, He went to the grave, called down the tube, and-obtained no answer, Being afraid to open the grave, lest he should be held responsible, he did nothing. Eachelet, who also: knew
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