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CHAPTER XXXvII1.
IN coRKsCREW AT WORK.

Tobaret, alias Old Corkscrew, a.
now, was a great talker; but HI
psthinp better than that, a doe1
/ when he chose, as thorough q
Business as any to be found in The
kchange.
n by his friend, the magistrate
vn upon his own resources, he
York with redoubled energy, with.
|s's minute, or indulging himself
6ent's repose.
forv of his scampering about in
|esyriage was no fiction. Scatter
money right and left, the queer
W hud found a lot of recruits,
3lt detectives out Of employment,
clerks ef shady reputa-
h couple Of fraudulent bank
Mn these honorable auxiliaries,
| BY his fanatical admirer, Lecoq,
{eI the country round Bougival.
IsIbcs were not entirely futile.
kp1 DAYS of minute investigation,
kls to prove satisfactorily that the
! had not taken the train at the
kiMay-station THAT of RueiD, but
eeded to the next (Chatou.)
Tsbaret recognized the descrip-
knby one or two of the railway
IAyoung man, with dark hair
and a thick black moustache,
a great coat, and carrying a silk
v% by the train that left Paris
erhain at half-past eight in the
and seemed pressed for time. On
the station, he walked rapidly
the road to Bouglval. On the
yards the village of La Jonchere
,nl a woman had remarked him
II Ct his half-runniag pace, and
etic way be puffed at his cigar.
bridge which, at Bougival, con-
two banks of the Seine, he at
ttiil further observation. This
b toll-bridge, and the murderer,
blE had forgotten the circum-
through it, always at the same
pace, with lis elbows pressed to
with lips compressed, he sped
The keeper had to rush out
ad,and call after him for the toll.
bed much annoyed at the delay,
ging a slxpence at the man, con-
headlong career without wait
change.
not all.
lon-master at Rueil remembered
two minutes before the ten-tif-
man, in state of great ex-
IS from running, asked for a
fs ticket for Paris, and was SO
the haste that he had made, that
like drunken man as he en-
compartment.
sonal description of this man
exactly with that given by the
ards at Chatou, and with that
Keeper at Bougival.
|ut tperhaps, not least" to quote
Frfw,M think I'm on the track
EAo travelled up to Paris in the
ase with my exhausted young
the black moustache and the
la"
5 the report, carefully written
aAS'upt files his schedule, of
aIT' when he presented him.
llday at the Palace of Justice.
p the corridors he met Geyrol
lstant.
OF the detective police was
great good humor. In fact,
y humor, that he was positively
i'a' ne roared out. directly
usn'e OF the Daddy, who had
! 1,,i morn in his side on his de-
uldons' "Ha! ha! Here you
C1IAScrew! In the words of
Aecoq, "A wonderful MANI
man! He'll draw the cork
t''aA tve minutes! Ha! ha!
nlI stopped in his uproarious
sNrNled at the change in
pearance.
'f and detected, looking wist-
h,4 4'm' and shifting as usual
,;r. Wv, mas lost the scent, and
''eD up all hopes of finding
way' Gevrol" he said. "ChaH
!" as you like. | deserve it,
1,Ngrve a1 thing" this with a
! always make up my mind
"'E 'IEs'onlShed; the Daddy was,
01 NJ" a reppery old fellow.
"n innocent man to be ac-
\" "Yn VI know how to retract j
%'1a %,,! his hands with such ex-
l h'tIsh1. th that it was a wonder
\ >ne !. skin off.
"a', ~; he screamed, wiping the
pn; H's eyes in affected mirth.
Iptys-you Ley know how to do
adS 1S only the guilty that such
at'i as aS l am can get hold of,
XII S,al the innocent! I'm dashed
! T. youll put all our noses
b,vt veiore you've done, sir. 1
iyanaaa'' a, ana bow before your su-
nv' sSa ne made a bow of such q
u e'Islsr' h;,, that it was a wonder
D'S balance, and 60 on all