, 1886-08-29

every article Of his valise, lifted up the
carriage cushions, undressed and re-
dressed himself, lay on his stomach look
ing under the seats, but all IN vain;
nothing was found. h .l-ffeE 0
do you suspect any one r asked the
officer at last.
Suspect! Merciful heavens, l have nc
idea. The windows were closed and
was alone. NN1
"Ha!" cried the officer. striking his
forehead triumphantly. II can put my
finger on the robber."
-You cant Who is he7" aar
THE conductor" 'a ~
'Impossible." cried the station mas
ter. .T -
ssNothing is impossible when money il
stolen, +" cried the officer. "Let the fel
low he brought here"
1t was quickly done, for he was stiIl
on the platform and he became as pale
as death when the officer said to him as
he put his hand on his shoulder;
"Where are the 1000 forms you have
stolen?"
81 know nothing about them" the con
ductor answered. tremblingly; his teeth
chartered; his knees shook. II am limo
cent" rsr III,
$50 all thieves say" replied the
officer. you will have to come with
me. The Judge will take care of youi
CASE
But, +" demonstrated the station mas
ter, this mans conduct has always been
exemplary"
exemplary conduct counts for moth
ing in a case of stolen money" said the
officer. march on. my friend"
"But first these witnesses must sign
their testimony that / have been robbed.
or l shall not leave the carriage" said
Monsieur Cato.
Light came to the officers brain; moi
releasing his hold of the conductor, he
grasped Monsieur Cato who, owing to
his weight and the unexpectedness Of
the invitation to alight, almost fell out
on the platform, but the officers GRASP
did not relax.
"And you also must come with me"
said he.
II am willing; but release me- gasped
M. Cato. somewhat astonished at the
turn things were taking.
Robbers should not be released"
Robbers, mol but / am not a robber.H
You may tell that to the judge"
"But l assure you that / have been
robbed"
"Did the money belong to you ?" asked
the officer, smiling confidentially.
mo; l have already told you it be-
longed to-"
with money belonging to others in
the case there are no honest men. Come,
my friends, time presses; let us be off,"
Matthias Heveder was a judge with
modern ide as. In all branches of his
Judicial career he was governed by fixed
principles; he believed in utilizing the
experience of foreign countries and
would occasionally remark:
1.-The Frenchmen say when facing a
mysterious crime. Look for the womanF
/ go further; I say, Find the woman!'
and will find her" said he, referring to
the Cato case, for every crime has a
woman into it, and as yet, I have never
failed to find her"
He began by placing Cato and the
conductor in solitary confinement of the
~strictest kind. 1t was in vain that Czato
begged him, with tears in his eyes, al
least to notify his employer who was
waiting the 10,O 900 forins and who would
certainly misinterpret his stewards
silence.
"A woman is mixed up in the affair, y
said M. Heveder to himself; that is Ger.
tain, without doubt, in connection with
the guilty a whichever he may be.
II appears from the statement of Ber
nard Cato that he is a married man.
l have telegraphed orders to have his
wife arrested and brought here, and ]
shall have her at hand tomorrow. Since
the conductor is not married, perhaps
he has a mistress. If we can discover
her we shall nave the two women, one
Of whom is necessary to the solution OF
the problem"
He studied the dispatches received
from all the stations OF the line, but
only two of them especially attracted
his attention. From one he learned that
a s~witchman, as the train rushed by, had
seen n woman's hand thrust out of the
window of a second class carriage and
had seen some dark object fall from 1t,
he had ever searched for the object, but
had found nothing in the long grass.
serions nature Anotber switcbman had
no,;ooa ~ oo,a,,tor ne 10 .-a;, w..
ey;ng along ar fu,I sneed taking with n
woman who was leaning ont of g third.
c,ass carr;.os. ,ha ,y;tnass hal svan re.
marled that sona object nassad from
an. 10 tho othor Int was not sure
whathar tha won,a. hardad son,ath;no
10 tbe conductor or tbe conductor some
thine 70 the woman