The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1881-12-20

poor girl she was 30 kind of heart.
There, that will do, now said
the official. The surgeon had made
his inspection Of the body; the other
officials had examined the room. and
had in their brief, quick and yet
thorough manner questioned the
neighbors in the group of scared
people in the narrow passage way
anxious to get a sight of this new
horror of the Rue Feron.
1T may be suicide" said the Com
miSsaire.
The wound has the appearance of
being Inflicted by a nervous hand"
added the surgeon.
One of the officials, detective, ex-
amined closely the wOman's hands
the one which was closed about the
razor handle, and the other which
Law sfitfened beside her. He made no
remarks, however, but arose from
his stopping position.
The body was removed to the
morgue, the official inquest was made.
and the report of the decision sent to
the perfect. 1t WAS that There was
no evidence 10 show that the woman.
Lizetta Purvois, had died other than
by her own hand. and that she mad
probably committed the act through
temporary insanity, caused Nv
hunger" That was the return in
hrief.
{ Only one of the officials dissented
from this opinion. This was the
detective who had examined the
womans hands SO closely. He was
young and had an ambition 10 dis.
tinguish himself As vet in his YEAR
upon the force he had not had a case
upon which to exercise his talents.
lie thought he saw, did this young
mouchard Pierret,
in this affair, and an opportunity to
win the envy of his comrades.
Ambrose Purvois, the husband of
the dead woman, disappeared from
the Rue Feron, despite the watch fall
ness Of Pierret, and little later
Pierret was sent with two of his COM
rades upon q secret mission IL Touiou.
In the latter part of the year 1865
there appeared in Paris the Count
Horace Croissart, accompanied by a
handsome woman, who was. he
acknowledged, the Countess, his wife.
They rented a magnifcently furnished
hotel in the Rue des Martyrs. and
very speedily made themselves known
TO society. The Count was a man
OF fashion, lavish in his expenditures.
and it was not long before ne was
accepted by society as one Of It's
favored ''set." The Counties. at the
opera, and the reunions and receptions
Of the nobility, was received with all
that Difference usually bestowed upon
the possessors Of wealth and title.
The Count donated largely to
charity his equipage was among the
finest te be seen in the public drives,
his establishment luxurious in lis
appointments. One day bis valet vas
missing-and In fact ran away. and
the Count was necessarily obliged to
engage new one, who was recommend
sdas being In every way proper. He
presented certificates from two or
three of his former employers, all of,
whom were in the best society. He
was
A GEM OF A FELLOW.
ready, expert in his duties. sharp
eyed and seemed to anticipate every
desire of his master.
His term of service as the Counts
valet had extended into the third !
month when in the month of April !
the valet appeared before the Project
of,police, and sending in his name was
Immediately received by the official, !
alone. /
Monsieur le Project" he said. |
"the time has come. The irsma is in !
It's last act"
The Project smiled.
and you have played your part
perfectly, do YOU think
THAT is for you to Judge. Mon
sieur. The last scene Is ont only
remains for you, the manager. to !
close the performance.
"You began your part said the .
Project, sin January, 1868, in the /
Rue Feron. You have been PLAYING
three years. Have you succeeded in
making your share in the work in
teresting?"
Monsieur the Prefect,' said the
new valet, 81 have concluded my
work, and now, as the Detective
Pierret, / say to you, the Count
Horace Croissart is but another name
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