Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Anacortes, Wash. Ter.) 1882-1887, 1882-07-08
"I have taken q coupe" said the doc

tor, $50 you will not be incommoded
by other travellers. Here is mademoi-
selle's purse, ticket and little travelling
s.,chel perhaps she will need some-
thing. Have the kindness to show the
ticket to the conductor. I have tele-
| graphed to Paris to her friends, who
will meet her at the station. She is
| quiet as dove. Should you find her
on sugar here is the bottle. Monsieur
Lambert, mademoiselle |"
He then helped along the invalid lady
and put her in the corner OF the coupe.
He then, after arranging her with great
| kindness, stepped out, held Mr.. Lam
bert by the hands and talked with French
effusion, as the officials hustled paesen-
| gers IN aud out.
~ trust you will have no trouble,
sdieu," said he, giving final word VI
kindness to his fair patient and arrang-
ING her footstool.
"Oh, mol dare say not" said Mr..
Lambert, bowing to the lady and taxing
his seat by her side. "But what
powerful oder there is in the coupe
Will it not disturb the lady?"
"Oh, no think not, said DR.. de La
Belle II broke bottle Of cologne, as
was helping her in. II will ell disap-
pear in few moments."
The train departed; and Mr.. Lambert,
who felt exceedingly wide awake, and
who found DR.. de La Bellies cologne
very strong, tried to draw his fair friend
into conversation. She was separated
from him by a high basket of flowers,
the doctors last attention.
The poor insane woman would not
answer word, and from her immovable
calm Mr.. Lambert concluded that she
was asleep.
When they arrived at Paris he deter
mined that she should speak.
Ma.ismoiselle," said he, In loud
voice, "do awake and listen to noe !
must leave you for a moment to 90 and
lind your friends"
He sought long time, but could not
find anybody who wanted lady from
ROhcn.
He came back to the carriage very
discontentedly, when. to his intense
astonishment, he found crowd around
tho compartment where the lady still
sat. He went forward to SEQ what was
the cause of the excitement.
care you the man who travelled from
Rouen In this coupe 2" said q policeman.
"Yes."
"Do you know that this lady is deads
You have poisoned her with prussic
acid She has been decd four hours !"
and the popu1nce groaned.
The clergyman was speechless with
horror. He tried to clear himself with
all the earnestness Of an innocent man;
but his story was found most improba-
ble one. The police found ON him the
purse Of the poor woman, and q bottle
containing prussic acid
1t was the little bottle which DR.. de
La Belle had forced upon him in tho
train.
Mr.. Lambert, stunned, half dead, al
lowed himself to be carried to prison
without resistanoe-he was past that A
day later he said
"Take me to Rouen; viii unnaask
the villain he can never face me
Two ssrgeants de villa, with other en-
ployes Of the police in plain clothes, at
teuded this dangerous criminal to Eouen
in the railway, and drove to the house oi
DR.. de La Belle. Mr.. Lambert was sure
that at the sight of his face the assassin
doctor would confess all.
DE. de La Belle was engaged at the
moment, and kept them some time wait
ing. When at last the police began to
be troubled, the head sergeant bade them
to be calm. "The house b guarded"
said he; ''he cannot escape"
Presently there entered . calm, elder
ly gentleman, with spectacles, which he
removed as he looked at them.
II beg your pardon for keeping you
waiting" said he, "but did you want
me? am DR.. dc La Belle"
Mr.. Lambert trenbled from bead to
foot. An abyss opened before him, Of
which he could not see the bottom.
This was not Mt all the man whom he
had met ON Mont st. Catherine.
You are not Dr. do La Belle at all |"
said tho unhappy man.
II think thmt I can prove that
am," said the suave old doctor, smiling.
Alas everything was against him.
The English Clergyman had fallen into
the most terrible snare, l,id by the most
accomplished villain.
They returned to Paris.
81 wish could meet him again with
his white dog, said Mr.. Lambert, throw
lug his bands III the air.
"White dog, did you say ?" asked the
sergeant lie vile.
Some weeks passed, and the police
became convinced that Mr.. Lambert was
innocent, but they were waiting for the
real villain.
Mr.. Lambert wss taken, blindfolded
ona in the night, to house, he knew
not II what street, where he, no vever,
visa wo2 lodged, and where he was al