Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-01-05
CHAPTER xiii
SCORE ONE FOR NE AGAINi -

SCORE ONE FOR ME- AGAINi
The head of the police-departmel.t at ST.
Galo received the note sent him by Lydia
II arrived perhaps O half hour earlier
th0Sa did that to the similar official at St.
Brieux.
The effect upon both men was electrical
They We're rivals. Paris was goal for the
hopes OF each, and, when a successor TO the
chief of the poiice-department of that great
city was mentioned, the two names most
prominent were those OF Jean Leroi and
Jean Louvait, of st. Brieux and St Malo, re-
spectiyely.
Leroi was tall and finely proporti.icl; a
man of great strength of body and viii;
with noticeably keen blue eye. Louyeis
was short and slender, with mass of thick,
dark, wavy hair, browning remarkably
well developed head; a finely chiseled face
of almost waxy pallor. which, at will, he
could render absolutely expressionless; a
piercingiy brilliant gray eye, and a person
al magnetism few men could resist.
Both were remarkable men, and each
knowing the extraordinary abilities of his
adversary, feared the other.
f. Fortune seemed rather to smile upon
Louvait, who, like Bonaparte, while not re-
hitting his own unusual exertions, consiG-
cred himself the child of fate, the creature
of destiny. Indeed, Louvait's personal APP
pearance was remarkably like that of the
failed to remark upon the resemblance;
while, singular to relate, Ler0i, on the other
hand, born of an English mother, bore q
strong likeness to the Iron Duke.
In this matter of the Princess Natalie
fortune again favored Louva;t. He had re-
! ceived his note first il point of time, and in
an instant perceived the windfan of good
luck to him. A Princess abducted All
Europe and England would be thrilled by
fhes fba
| and caught the abductors would make his
fortune!
Orders were ut once issued to keep an
outlook OF the most extraordinary vigilance;
to make inquiries along the coast under his
jurisdiction as to all strange vessels; to in
quire what boats had left or arrived within
the last three days, and to Immediately ar
rest all suspicious persons.
''Now for Chateau D'Orr' Quoth Louvait
'sBut what if Leroi has heard of it, tool And
arrives there before me?;'
ttHoi Jaquesr exclaimed he, with en-
ergy, as he jumped from his chair and
fastened to the door, s.run down to old
Blanc's and bring his mare, L'Oiseau, here
at once"
Once more he looked over Lydia's note
with care.
''The girl is right muttered he to him
self. 'They must have taken their prize to
the sea-shorel Alasi that the storm should
have come just when it did! Nothing could
more have favored them"
With this he took down map of Cote du
Nord from the shelf and unrolled it.
''If they escaped by sea- continued he,
''there is the place where they embarked"
Here he pointed to bay at the head Of
which stands Chateau Neuf.
'Mireille! Ho! Mireiller' he suddenly
shouted.
His first lieutenant quickly appeared.
"Mireille, want you to go 20 Chateau
Neuf and find out what you can there about
any and all vessels of whatever description
that have been there within week"
He then informed his lieutenant of what
had happened.
Mireille, himself, was u remarkable man
and hoped, in the advent of his chiefs ad-
vancement, to step into the latter's shoes.
All of his work was characterized by
shrewdness, care, vigilance and-more es-
pecially-pertinacity. His eye glowed with
delight. Here, indeed, was noble oppor-
tunity for fame. He at once departed for
Chateau Neuf.
Returning to his train of thought, I.ouvait
continued:
''Of course, too, such clever fellows must
have chloroformed her. But how did they
number onei The vehicle, if not destroyed,
usual quarters.
'ttAs to the farmer and huntsman and, in
fact, all Of the abductors, they were in dis
Cuise, of course. One thing is certain. II
was done by persons knowing well the