The Dillon tribune., 1881-12-31

4. lie was young and had an ambition to
distinguish himself As yet In hts year
ron The force he had not had case
.,,,n which to exercise his talents. lie
thought he saw. did this young ssose@ard
pierre, 4 mystery in this affair and an op'
ortunity TO win the envy Of his comrades.
Ambrose Purvois, the husband Of the
dead woman, disappeared from the Rue
F.rou, despite the watchfulness Of Pierrst
sud little later Pierret was sent with two
of his comrades upon secret miss'on 10
T,oulon.
ArALsE COUNT.
IN the latter part Of the year 1865 there
.ppeared In PARIS the Count Horace Cor's.
.art accompanied BY handsome woman,
Who was, he acknowledged, the Countess,
-. wife. They rented magnific emily
..,~n,.hed hotel in the Rue des Martys, and
rery speedily made themselves known to
soc,e,v. The Count was a man Of fashion,
lavish In his expenditures, and It was not
lang before he was accepted by society as
me Of It's favored set The Countess At
It the opera, and the reunions and recep
lions Of the nobility, was received with all
that Difference usually bestowed upon the
x,ssessors Of wealth and title.
The Count donated largely to charity /;
his equipage was among the finest to he
seen IN the public drives, his establishment
luxurious in its appointments. One da,
his valet was inissing-and in fact ran away
and the Count was necessarily obliget, to
engage new one, who was Recommended
as being in every way proper. lie pre-.
.ented certificates from two or three Of his
former employees, all OF whom were in the
hest scciety. He was 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,
Ia the month Of April, the valet appeared
before the Perfect Of Police, and sending
h his name, was Immediately received by
the official, alone.
Monsieur lie Pre- ect,' he said, the time
has come. The drama Il in the last act
The Project smiled.
And you have played your part perfect.
". do you thinkr
That Is tor you to Judge, Monsieur. The
last scene Is on; only rem aims for you, the
manager, to close the performance
You began your part said the Prefect
Gin January, 1868, In the Rue Feron. You
have been playing three years. Have you
succeeded in making your share in the
work Interestingly
Monsieur the Project said the new valet,
4 have concluded my work, and now, as
the Detective Pierret say to you, the
Count Horace Croissart is but another
name for Ambrose Purvois, and that Am.
brose Purvois murdered his wife, Lizette
Purvois, in the Rue Feron, aud concocted,
adroit william that he is, the story Of her
having killed herself
THE BITTEN FINGER NAILS.
"A fine piece Of work, eh, my friend Pie'.
ret. Now, how did you learn your part
the first as well a. the last act?'
when l accompanied the Commissaire
to the Rue Feron and saw the woman vel
tering in her blood, said to myself here is
chanc. tor you. Pierret, to earn name
for yourself. examined the body after
the surgeon. examined the wo,nan's
hands What | noted kept to myself
saw that the razor was clutched In the left
hand Of the woman. Then examined
the fingers Of the right hand. l saw by
the appearance Of the thumb nail and that
ofthe forefinger that she was III the habit Of
biting her nails, as some people do when
IN deep thought. Now left.han,led per-
son would instinctively put their lett hand
to the mouth first; but here you see the
nails on the left hand were smooth and
perfectly pared. Therefore had she com
m'tted suicide she would have drawn the
the raznr across her throat with her right
hand. Evidently the weapon was put in
her hand after she had fallen, by her assas.
Kept my own counsel. lwa'ched I! is
Furvots. l inquirid into his habits and his
wavs Of life. discovered nothing Of any
consequence save that he and the woman
apparently lived happily together; and
from the pt'st'nan ! learned that in the
week Of the murder he had left a letter
nearing the post'nark Of Marseilles direct.
Gu to Lisette Purvois. Now had the con.
tents OF that letter anything to do with the
MURDER Who received the letter? Not
me woman but her husband. was sent
On mission to Toulon. When RETURNED
A"or'e Purvois had disappeared. did
~" forget the case, for it was then that l
came first to you.
Then one day saw this Count Horace
ero'ssart. Despite the change in his ap.
ars"ce ! recognized in him my missing
'uose r"rv"is. l followed him, became
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