Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1885-04-30
CHAPTER Y.

Before ten o'clock next morning N. Blery
had appeared. He was little man, very
shabbily dressed, with napless felt hat and
gray overcoat, the sleeves Of which were
made too short, yet revealed no linen. His
features were thin and sharp; his eyes were
keen and restless; his mouth was habitually
pursed as though secrets must ooze out If he
opened 1t.
He came up to me quickly, bowed, and cast
q glance around him which seemed to take in
myself, the room and all its contents in a Sec
ond of time.
to salute the gentleman who assaulted my
friend Py, is it not sof'
Iconfessed to this with a smile, but pleaded
that the assault had been involuntary-that I
aad not known 1t was the friend of Monsieur
"No matter" said NJ. Blery; land what,
then, does Monsieur think of the exploit Of
my friend Py-the achievement that has
covered him with gloryF'
"You mean the arrest of M. Girard?"
'Certainlyl that is what mean"
"Since Monsieur asks me, I think that his
friend Py made serious mistake on that oc-
casion. have some hope that Monsieur may
be of the same opinionf'
NJ. Blery gave me crafty look out Of his
little sharp eyes, then he said, slowly:
"My friend Ply is q very clever man; he has
great sagacity, and a brain-ah, admirablel
But he believes too much in his good fortune
All, Monsieur, one should never believe in
that! My friend Py goes to the native town
Of the murdered man; he finds out the
nephew's name-comes back to Paris; finds
| out his domicile-comes here; finds the
nephew himself, asleep, no wrist-button in
one of his sleeves-arrests him. All, it is all
so simple, So easy! No, things should not
happen so in our line; when they do, one
should say to himself, halt!-this goes on too
smoothly-the second step is seen almost be-
| fore the first is taken-it is one piece of luck
after another-beware Of trick! Py did
not do this; he trusted his good fortune, and
you see Yes, it is as Monsieur says, he has
c,ade a mistake"
"You have, then, been following the case,
II. Bleryf'
IT have made inquiries y said the detective,
still very slowly, and eiv4lg me a curious,
| cunning look as he spoaA--".ves, have made
| nquiries | have Ssss- sestched a certain
point in the case, but e<a 60 no further"
"For want Of evidence"
mo, Monsieur, not at all Fer want Of
money"
"Ahl That is alla Well, if money is wanted
| it will be forthcoming And if NJ, Girard's
innocence were established this would become
a valuable document, is it not so'"
The detectives eyes twinkled as he read the
paper signed by Raoul, offering a reward of
twenty thousand francs for the detection Of
the criminal. He did not ask where the
money was to como from.
at is well, he said, handing me back the
paper; ~ trust Monsieur and his friend as
men of honor. Let us be frank. Let us play
an open game, cards on the tabler'-M. Be
ry's manner changed completely after he had
seen the document.
''That is what DESIRE" said
"Good. Now, the way is cleared, let us
come to business. hear of Monsieur at the
prefecture of police, where he examines and
takes tracings of the two daggers. Where,
may I be permitted to ask, does Monsieur
hear of mes?
''First from the janitor Mouton, at No. Is
Passage de Mazarin; next from NJ. Beauvais,
of the Rue d'Anjou."
M. Blery looked at me again, and for about
q minute said nothing Then:
"Monseur has made certai1 discoveriesF ?
"Yes, have"
aid has no doubt gone over the evidence
ten before Monsieur the judgee'
| .'YesD