The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1880-12-28

was parspet. R,oals house had q
corresponding window. Dicot had
lighted a pipe and stood at the window
putting the smoke in thoughtful
mood. He leaned out. picked up a
piece of mortar, pressed IN the tobacco
With it and threw il away. 1t fell in
the metal of the gutter with q loud
sound. Instantly head protruded
from Raoui's window. 1t startled
Dicot. II was dark. heavy-broxcd,
with black hair and flashing eve.
Dicnt WAS irsn-iixei.
Coed day." he said. and the face
That is Rioui's nephew" Dicnt
sail To himself. ale is not hand
some"
Then the head appeared again.
smiled ard said {: Pardon me; ] did
lot recognize you
! They both stepped on the roof AMI
spike together for u few minutes. the
nephew strongly advocating his uncle's
Innocence.
Those .oo,marks are singular
said D:cot. looking right into Louis
Man'ins face. as was his custom.
Il admit it," said the nephew Of
R,oul, with has dark eyes steadily set
on Dicot's face.
"Suppose now" said D;cot, Il were
to find Your footprints c!oss here by
this window on the roof"
Dicot and Louis Man,in dropped
their eyes IN the roof at Oh. same
moment. There was a slight start.
then pause with surprise in one face,
harrur in the other.
There right in front Of Louis
window. in the debris from the roof.
was the impression of a ioa,. exactly
tie SINE a. in the yard with the toes
,urne,i toward the window. Like q
fash. Dicnt i-ii upon Min,in. and
bare him 10 the rnoi: in another instant
he was hsndcuiIed. Then Dice, siood
panriug, AID Louis lay gna>h:ng his
teeth.
Fur a minute or two Dicois breast
!Ieavsi with excitement. Then he
stretched up. put lis head over the
pirspei. ana whisllcd. The man at
the lap booked mp AMI saw hand
waving over the parapet Of RtcuTs
roof. Another man came round the
corner and joined the first. In a few
seconds .hey reached D;co;'s side. ard
were conveying Lonis down stairs
Dico, shaved bei,;ud in Louis rom
and searched. Ia small nratnry.
back o. Il crucifix. WAS missal. But
the leaves had all been removed. an.!
ia their place We're II 900 franc. in
the Notes Of the Bank OF France.
Il daFent't do such 5 thing ugain."
Dicot said to himself; ''but the whole
thing flashed over NE Ike a reveal.
;ion."
The sequel is not long. Marie and
Louis had long erj,ve,i un!awfal in
teIc iurse. and had agreed that Is soon
as a favorable chance came they would
GO "fi together.
When Madame received the money |
from Father Riaaa.iIer, Marie spike |
of 1t 10 Louis. and the two cbncocted |
the murder If the old woman. To
tx the suspicion On Rionl ard screen |
themselves. the old boois flung into
Msdsme's gard were used by Louis.
The yard was itself soaked by Marie.
TO enable them To carry out their
scheme.
Marie sat opposite the oh lady
after she went ro he! and chstiei with
her while Madame drank her cyguac.
When Madame law back on her pill
low, Marie pushed the chair toward
her AMI watched i"r her >lumhering.
In the meantime Louis had entered by
the rno:. descended TO he !esr. pui
Dn Marl-s si!OeS. close; and lacked
the dOyr, AID walked I. the fence.
There he honned his uncle's bco;s and
walked To the rear door, which he
easily burst open, and thence up
stairs.
l. .uis crouclied near the door and !
t'' t-E-s' 8ID:u .Sdsic WHICH
should notify him Ina; tie lime had
Come for him tn do his stare. The
signal name. Stealthiiy approaching
The b-d he flung himself upon the 4
form and grasped the
throat of the old woman with muir
ferrous hand. Marie held down the :
lau..i as the death struggle began.
When it was over Marie drew a leaih-
r case from unner Madar,e'- pi!iuw
'n,i gave II 10 Louis With eager
hands lie opened it ami satisfied hiur
elf that the plander vas there. Then I
re returned to hi. own dwelling by {
he roof. i
After he was gone. Marie remem- n
,ered that Louis had horne away with h
lin the boots which were TO convict a
mother. She followed her lover. and ;
with the boots. Just before {
lawn she Hung them on the roof of u
he clubhouse 10 R,oul's ward, where p
hey were found by the officer. Il
Louis made confession, and was :
for ten years. Marie farei C
worse. being condemned to perpetual b
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