Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1866-01-20

since it must be some direct and powerful
agent that could produce death in s.
strange a manner. .ls..
I had crossed the little cascade of Sain
Esprit, and was descending q short, steel
hillside, when / saw a young man by thu
roadside, at the foot of the descent, en-
gagged in whipping a mule. He was
slightly built fellow, and his coarse gar
ments we're covered with meal. 1 knew
that there was a mill upon a branch of the
Verdon, not far back, and I supposed ht
might be the miller's boy. As 1 cam
nearer I saw a large sack lying upon the
ground, close by where the mule stood.
What's the matter ?" l asked, as
went up near him.
"This ugly mule has thrown both me
and my bag of corn from his back" he
answered.
8 Are you hurt ?" / continued.
"My left shoulder is hurt he said,
land L can't lift this sack again. If mon
sieur would help me, I would be very
grateful"
Until this moment the idea of suspect
ing the young man had never entered my
head but the suspicion dashed upon me
now. He was altogether too keen 8 look
ing fellow for a miller's apprentice. He
gave me a glance from a pair of quick,
sharp eyes, that meant more than he had
spoken. And then, if 1 had not been very
much mistaken, 1 had seen him holding
his mule firmly with that left hand. :
III leaned from my saddle, and moved
towards him, being careful to watch his
every movement.
'New," said he, 'if you will take hold
of that end, 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 a position that 1 could watch him
by a sidelong glance. As 1 bent over and
toek hold of the sack, I saw him carry
his hand to his bosom, and drawsomething
out saw his dark eye fash, and heard
his quick eager breathing. In an instant
l seized his wrist and bent it upward, and,
as l did so, l heard a sharp report, like
the explosion of a percussion cap, and saw
a tiny wreath of smoke curl up from the
hand 1 held. He struggled to free him
self from my grasp, but 1 held him with
a grip of iron, and fastened my gaze upon
him. tIe
"Tve found you have I" drawing nv
pistol, and cooking it. az will simply in
form you that l am an officer of Project
ure, and that I have been hunting for YOU.
Just offer a particle of resistance and a
bullet goes through your brain. Now give
me that weapon"
The Young man was frightened and
trembled violently. |
at Is only a tobacco pipe" he said, as
he handed it to me.
And certainly it looked like nothing
more; but l had seen enough of it to know
hat evil was in it. 1t appeared to me to
% an ordinary meerschaum pipe, the
being eolored as though by long use,
,nly the amber mouth-piece was missing.
did not stop to examine it then, but
urned my attention to its owner. 1 saw
le was still trembling with fear, and 1
new that now would bethe time to work
Ipon him.
$50 you are selling your soul to Mon
ieur Louis Cazaubon 2" 1 remarked. by
Tay of letting him know 1 was thoroughly
He started, and I saw very
lalnly ne knew just what Imeant; but
Q tried TO recover himself, and asserted
nat he did not know anything about the
ldividual l had named. A.,
"YOu needn't lie to me" l sternly re-
lied, "for l know all about YOU. Louis ,
tazaubon has been watched by me when
9 didn't dream Of such a thing. He ]
I was a tradesman. But YOU are l
Dung and 1 would save you. Confess /
Terything to me, and I promise your lite
lall ~be-spared.nI 9
l saw that he wavered, and 1 followed d
P my advantage, and ere long I had him ,
snt to my wishes. 1 made him under -,
and that I held his life in my hand; :
lat I could protect him from the VEN o
sance of any one whom he must GRIM
ate, and that he had everything to gain q
I'd nothing to lose by a full confession. n
g came to it gradually and reluctantly;
1t my wit finally triumphedand I gained
e secret. =
His name, he said, was Henry Dupin. j
Q was born in Paris, but never knew a
no his parents were. He went to live N
IN Cazanbon when quite young, and :
d been with him ever since. He said :,
lzaubon used to be a-ehemist, and did =
me business in that line; and that it Il
in Paris he invented the internal ma "
inc they had since used with such fatal Il
eet- About two years previous to the 81
esent time, they left Paris together, and h
emit nearly a year in travelling over the :,
ngdom numbering and robbing for a
ing. Finally they came to Castellane, =
1ere the master got his present situation. +
lzaubon marked the victims that were 81
be robbed and the young man did the fc
ork. He used various articles to carry VI
t his plans, but the usual one was the a
8 he tried on me. .-i,-o1 L
The young man then tried to explain to
) the secret of the pipe. Only the outer a.
rface was of meerschaum. Within il Oh
Is a pistol of the finest steel, and of the e'
'st exquisite workmanship. The stem e.
IS the barrel, and the lock was concealed di
the bowl, and cove-ed with tobac- a,
A thin plate of metal protected the :,
contrived lock, and upon which :
, tobacco rested. A pressure of the ~ =,
lmb or finger upon this plate discharged u
, weapon In order to cock it the %
tie had to be removed. And now
the internal feature of the eontriy- til
ce: The powder used in the barrel was re
Cazoubon's own manufacture, and al
~ powerful. For a wad a piece of felt ~
S used, and OIL the top of this was -
ICED the missile which did the mischief. "
q young man had two of them with II
stitched up in the lining of his cap. al
took them out and showed them to me. II
The projectile was a tiny arrow, not a
ger than a cambria needle, with one 10
sharp and the other beat down to a :,
n feather. 1t was of fine steel, but =
ted with a greenish yellow substance, ~
was the most yirulent and speedy W
son that the chemists art could con- It
{. The needle once within the course th
the blood, and death was already at the 81,
Irt. Its wound no mortal eye could de- m
1t punctured the skin not SO pal n,
'ly as the prick of a pin. He who sent =
its fatal errand made sure Of his aim, ~
Ierally striking the neck, and the vic u
would fall insensible he could COM IN
bend what hurt him. of
returned to Castellane with my pris- eff
rs having left him in charge of the ne
Prefect I took a ~gendarme along -
b me, and went to the factory. Mon :
II CazRubon was surprised to see me =
K AGAIN SO soon. Int ha wa more eur -