The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1864-1911, 1866-02-07
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him l must catch him with the guilt upon
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Ihad given an assumed pane at the, inn
and stated that Itbelonged to Toulona On
thenext incoming | called for. my bill and !,
Informed my host that | was for home. ~,
Then | vent to the fruit preseryer's and
told-lTim the sameo stating, that must con-.
fer with NY partner before ] concluded my
bargain. Affer this l. went TO the -wooleu
factory and saw the business agent, His
name was Louis CazcudoD, and he had
come to Cnstellane about a year before. He
seemed to be a straight t-1orwafd business
man, and yet he was the. only one | had
seen whom ! had Thought of suspecting ~
In conversation about the murders he had
been a little toofreeand off handed, treaiifg
the subject more coolly than a man with a
heart would be apt to, do. But still had
been thus far unable to prove any thing
against him. On the present occasion |
told him, as had told many others, that /
must return to Toulon.
''If you have not money with you we can
give you credit" he said 2 . ''.t .f" -I'.
: / told him | had plenty Of money, but
demanded. : He said very well; =, and add
ed that he should be very happy to sell me
when came again babe him good day,
and then departed As. soon as | was alone
| began to suspect Mons, Lnuis Cazauhon in,
earnest. When I told him that | had mon
ey, but did not purchase, because he charg.,
cd too much, why didn't he banter me?-
Simply because he wanted, me to leave town
with the money in my pocket. AT least so
it appeared, to me. This was Sufficient
ground for me to work upon. and I resolved
to watch, the man little while, SOL rode
to an out1of- the way place and LEFT my horse
and then returned and concealed myself III q
position where cauld see the movements
of Louis Cazaubon, ..-.. ,.,. .; ~ .N.i ~,
! a In few moments he came ont of the
factory and walked away. His step. was
hurried and eager. felt sure that he was
not the man that did the direct work Of
death. The plot WAS deeper than that, Or
he would have been hscoyed ere this, SO
i resolved to wait awhile, and see if he re-
turned. wouhirhaye followed him if! |
could have done 80 .with safety; but he
might have detected me; and that would not
do. However, 10 less than, fifteen minutes
he came. He walked now with a sober,
innocent air. '.g gs....g.y4 4as,rY % s-...ra,
/, ] saw-C -Cazaubon at his desk, and tI,cp I
returned to my horse. j kn.w that i had,
a risk to run now, but | was ready for it. 80
III The, factory agent was at, the bottom of
tile crime, and ment to have me robbed, he,
had already srt his machinery in motion,.
and themext development would have been
upon the road. 1 examined my. pistol and
then.left the town. taking the road along the
river, toward the Alps. .ai.. ..., ,e...,5 H.,
At the end of hall an hour | came to the
slopes Of the Barjois mountains, and soon
afterward entered the wood. now began
to be careful, and kept my 'yesNbout me-,
| viii not say that ! was wholly without feal,
far the mysterious manner in which the
murders had been done verged so closely,
upon the marvellous, that a sort of supGrsi-
tious dread attached to it. q Had the vic
tins been shot or run through with sword,
or had their thrnatS cut, should haNe e NO
sort of dread. But this was new ground. =
Death had come here, nobody knew how.--
1t might have come from an invisible hand
and in drad silence. Yet when lsreasoned
unon the subject, felt sure that the MUIR
derer must approach very near to bis VIC
tim ere the blow was struc, since IT must he
some direct and powerful agent that could
produce death in so strange a manner. ,-,r
] had crossed the cascade of Saint rs
prit, and was descending a short, steep hill-
side, when [ saw young man by the road
side, at the foot Of tile descent, engaged in
whipping a mule He WAS slightly built
fellow and his coarse gainents were cover
ed with meal knew that there was mill
upon a branch of the Verdon, not far back,
and | supposed he might be the miller's
boy AS Icarle nearer | saw a large sack
lying upon the ground, close by where the
ptn ii '.,
What $ the mstter?'' l asked, as l weut
up near him. r,ygwut -aau.ai .enlsa ,I
i."This ugly mule has thrown both me and
my bag of corn from his back" " he answer
cd. ha.s.st la..aui h1g .gl4lsz .' '..s
Are you lruft?'' continued. ,args .g-A
my lett shoulder is hurt, /" he said, "and
7 can't lift this sack again. If monsieur
would help me, would be very grateful 2
" Until this moment the idea of suspsfsihg
the young man had never entered my Eead;
but the suspicion dashed upon me now: -
He was altogether too keen looking fellow
for miller's apprentice, He gave me a
glance from pair of quick sharp eyes, that
meant more than he bad spoken. And
then, if had not been very much mistaken,
1 had seen him holding his mule firmly With
that left hand ,,g.l lL ygir.Q .f. .s.fr
a leaned from my saddle and moved tor
wards him, being careful to watch his every
movement. 4rn , ar IA r:..',. 10
"Now, ,''said he, ''if you win take hold
of that e6d, we will put it on. He lifted
at the other end, and pretended that it hurt
his shoulder, and begged of me to lift it on
alone. ....,.
/ professed to be willing to comply, and
stopped for that purpose, keeping my head
in such position that could watch him by
a sidelong glance As l bent over and took
hold of the sack, ] saw him carry his hand
to his bosom, and draw something out /
saw his dark eye fash and heard his quick
eager breathing In an instant seized his
wrist and bent it upward. and as / did so,
| heard sharp report, like the explosion of
percussion cap, and saw tiny wreath of
smoke curl up from the hand | held. He
struggled to free himself from my grasp,
but | held him with grip of iron, and fas-
tened my gaze upon him. ia -....'l. ..al
l"''Iv We found you have |" drawing my pis-
tol, and cooking it, II will simply inform
you that am an officer of Prefecture, and
,thatI have been hunting for you, Just
offer particle Of resistance and a bullet
goes through your brain. Now give me
that weapon" .w .l-.aglsl ....l..
The young man'was frightened and trem-
bled violently. .,r.
1T is only a tobacco pipe" he said, as he
handed it to me-. ya..iJ 10
And certainly it looked like nothing more;
but | had seen enough of it to know that
evil was in it.a ltappearedt to me to be an
ordinary meerschaum pipe, the bowl being
coored as though by long use, only the am
beri mouth piece ywos missing. / did, not
stop to examine it then, but turned, my at
tention to its owner / saw be Was stil
trembling with fear, and knew that now
would be the time to work upon him.
"So'yoh are selling your soulto Monsieur
Louis CazaubonY" / remarked by way of
letting him know l was thoroughly inform
ed. He started and 1 saw very plainly he
knew just what, meant; but be tried to re-
cover himself and asserted that heJ did not
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