The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1877-11-16
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the concierge. ''Oh, it is terrible
Imagine me, when. the clock strucl
twelve to day, coming up stairs a
usual, TO give Pere Antenor his choco
late. AS / attend to the Housekeeping
l have key to the door. Iopenit,
enter, and what do l see: Oh, merci
full heaven!" And she began TO ute
piercing shrieks.
"This grief shows YOUR kind heart
madame" said Monsieur Mechinet
gravely. "Only. as I'm in a hurry, tr!
to control it. What did you think
when you saw your lodger murderedl Z
Il said to whoever cared to hear
It's his nephew, the wretch, who deal
the blow to secure the inheritance.
What gave you this certainty9 Tc
accuse a man Of so great crime is tc
thrust him upon the scaffold."
'Why, monsieur, who else could il
be? Monsieur Monistrol came to see
his uncle yesterday evening, and when
he went out it was nearly midnight.
Besides, though he always speaks tc
me, he said nothing when he came Oh
went away. And from that moment
till the one when l discovered every
thing, no one, am sure, went up to
MAno;a-r
confess that this testimony bewild
cred me.
Still q tyro, l should not have
thought of pursuing the examination.
Fortunately, Monsieur Mechinet's ex
perienee was great, and he was thor
oughly skilled in the difficult art OF
drawing the whole truth from wit.
nesses.
$50, madame" lie continued, "you
are certain that Monistrol came here
yesterday evening"
Certain"
"You saw him distinetlyl recognized
him2"
"Oh, excuse mel didn't see his face
He passed very quickly, trying to hide
himself, like the wretch he is, and the
corridor is dimly lighted"
started at tbs reply, whose impor
tance was incalculable, nd advancing
towards the coHcierge,-
'If that is so," l cried, chow dare
you assert that you recognized Mon
sieur Monistrol"
She eyed me from head to foot, and,
with sarcastic smile, answered.
"If didn't see the masters face,
saw the dogs muzzle AS / always
pet it, it came into my room, and !
was just going to give it mutton
bone, when his master whistled for it. "
l looked at Monsieur Mechinet, anx-
ious to know what he thought of these
answers, but his face faithfully kept
the secret of bis impressions.
He merely added
"What kind of deg is Monsieur Mo-
nIstrol'sy'
"a pug, perfectly black, with q
white spot over its ear. They call it
Pluto"
Monsieur MechiDet rose.
"You can CO." he .aid to tue eoneI
erge 'my mind is made up"
Aud when she had gone,-
"It seems 20 me impossible" said
he, "that the nephew is not the Grim
tInal"
Meantime the doctors had come, and
when they had finished the pCst NOR
ten examination, their conclusion
was:-
Monsieur Pigoreau's death was Ger
tainly instantaneous. So it was not h'
who traced the five letters UoniS whicf
we had seen on the floor, near th'
corpse"
had not been mistaken.
''BCt if it wasn't be-" cried Monsieu
MechiDet, ''who was it2 Monistrol
Nobody will ever get that through IN!
brain"
And as the ccmmissary of police, de
lighted to be able to go to his Dime
at last, rallied him on his perplexities
absurd perplexities, since Monistro
had confessed
perhaps / am only a fool" he an
swered; "the future will decide. AM
meantime, my dear Monsieur Godeuil
come to the prefecture with me-"
CHAPTER vi.
We took fdcTe to 60 TO the prefec
ture of police, as we had taken one t
come to the Batignolles.
Monsieur Mechinet was very mucl
preoccupied; his fingers never stoppsC
travelling from his snuff box to hi
nose, and i heard him mutteriDg be
tween his testh:
81 will have a clear understanding
must have clear Understandings"
Then be drew the cork l had giyel
him out of his pocket, turned it owe
and over like a monkey examining
nut, and murmured,-
1.-THE criminality is proved, and ye
some eIpedient ought to come out O
this green cork"
/, leaning back ia my corner, di'
not utter a word.
My situation was certainly a mos
singular one, but did not think of il
All the intelligence / had was absorbe
in this business. YVES turning over i
my mind the various and contradietor
ielements, and exhausting myself in tr!
ing to penetrate the secret of the drami
of which l had presentimeDt.
Night had closed in when our carr
age stopped.
The Quai des Orfevres was deserte
ana silent. Not a sound, not a ste
was heard. The few shops in I'll
neighborhood were closed. All th
life in the quarter had collected in th
little restaurant at the corner OF th
Rue de Jerusalem, on whose red Gu
tains appeared the shadows of the Gu
tomer-.
"Will they let you have access to u
prisonerl" asked Monsieur Mechine
Certainly" he answered. "haven
/ been ordered to follow up the aftall
Isn't it necessary, in consequence
! unforeseen circumstances which ma
occur during the inquiry. that sboui
, ha ahla to ouestion the prisoner at an