Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-01-01
. PARIS MYSTERY
By ihe Authot Of NJ Daoatsa and My IA ghigr
Continued rom Sunday. November 2.h.l


Continued from sunday. November z:hl
the murder LII been conmittod; tie other,
that from To collection Of ii. de st. F.orent,
in its curious far-shaped sheath. It was al
most impossible TO distinguish between tia
two weapons, thcy were SO exactly alike.
Both had tho eaInc writing on ono side Of ths
blade; the same flower, with a single word
beside it. cl thootkcr. ockcareful tracings
Of the inscriptions ca both dnggers.
That evening Invent to the house Of NJ.
1sauvois, member of tho institute, in the Rue
4 Anjou, Fanborrg st. Honorc. / lad OBJ
tanned letter Of introduction to him from
{ of my acquaintance, who declared him
to be the most distinguished Orieltalist in
Paris. III. Beauyais received ne courteously,
and professed himself most willing to give me
the information required.
'Both daggers," he said, after examining
my tracings, ''have an neutrality-suspicious.
the japanese character on one side Of their
blades This inscription establishes the curl
Gus fact that they are from the hand of the
same maker; it is to the effect that this steel
comes from the anvil of the smith Tokotaru
in Yeddo.' On the other side of the blade Of
each Is q representation of the kiku, or chrys-
anthemum flower, which is the crest Of the
Mikado Ct Japan. They must, therefore,
have had at one time a royal cg7ner. The
single word beside the flower on the blade Of
tao De st. Florent dagger means Evanes-
cence;' that on the blade of the other weapon
means Illusion These are sacred words Of
the Buddhist creed. From the shape of the
characters, | should suppose these weapons
to be several centuries old.n
| thanked N. Beauvais, and noted down
what he had told me.
"You are tho second visitor" he said,
''whom I have had on this same business.
Evidently these daggers are to be a feature
of the case.p
Here also, then, tScre had been some one
before me!-some enc working On tho sams
lines as myself!
might ! adi = Monsieur is acquainted
with the mare q LIS ether visitorl have a
reason for WIKI. 70 know"
Certainly. II was NJ. Blery, the we'll
known detective officer, WIN came to mo 10
later than last night, and submitted to me
tracings exactly like these. told him what
l have told you row"
What could this meant -Bleryl I had
heard tho nainc somewhere in connection
with sore case, I thought. A ".gell-kncwn
detective officer" This was worth looking
into.
Monsieur will pardon the singularity Of
the question, " l said, "but this NJ. Blery-sa
hca little man, sharpfeatured, who wears a
gray coatP'
"You describe NJ. Blery," said the great
Orientalist with a smile. Good evening, M.
Marsal, and a good issue to your labors for
your friendI By the way, your friend Ind a
book Of mine-an English book"
"Ah, pardon, Mcnsieurl / had forgotten
about the booS-forgotten even that it came
from you. Since that night when you gave
it to Girard, my mind has been SO occu-
pied"
Il understand, Monsieur" said NJ. Beau.
vais, kindly, II understand. At your con.
venienco return tho book-at your con.
venience. ~Gcod-eveningr'
That night | sent q letter to NJ. Blery, Rue
Jerusalem, asking him to meet with me on
the morrow, either at the prefecture Of po-
lice CT at tho Rue Dauphine, in connection
with tic affair Of tho Passage de Mazarin.