Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1889-01-17

4 any and all vessels of whatever description
| that have been there within a week.
| He then informed his lieutenant Of what
had happened.
! Mireille, himself, was a remarkable man
! and hoped, in the advent of his chiefs adj
! 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, Louvait
continued:
"Of course, too, such clever fellows must
/ have chloroformed her. But how did they
carry her to the shore. All! there's clue
/ number one! The vehicle, if not destroyed,
must have been hidden or returned to its
usual quarters.
AS to the farmer and huntsman and. in
fact, all of the abductors, they were in dis
1 gsise, of course. One thing is certain 1t
was done by persons knowing well the
haunts and habits of the Princess. And,
yet, none Of the people about here would
or, for that matter, could have been clever
enough-to have done il. Therefore, they
were strangers and yet men who had
studied the customs Of the Princess. SO
1 they must have been seen, at some time,
or other. There's clue number twoP
Louvait was known to the world at large
as middle-aged, portly and grave, but act
i've. Little did people imagine that this OK
| traordinary man, undisguised was deter
mined young fellow of thirty Ia mere beard
less youth.
ITO succeed as detective" ran one of
Louyaits maxim's, tone must remain I'M
known"
Accordingly, the real Louvait was not
known.
! on he dartcd on '.L'0iseau,r tho heetest
horse in St Malo. His plans were all con-
cocted ere he arrived at the chateau
| Thirty minutes afterwards, Leroi, the in
| evitable, appeared. But in that time his
rival had already succeeded in inspiring the
household with the wonderful confidence
in his ability which he invariably aroused
The management of the case had been en-
trusted entirely to him.
! Leroi perceived that fate was once more
| against him, but with his usual bulldog per-
tinacity, instead of giving up the game and
returning home, got into conversation with
the inmates Of the chateau and soon learned
the state of affairs. He resolved to institute
search for the culprits on his own account
Louvait, having achieved this victory over
MS AiNdl- EGluthtO - Nnefc
he was told that no strangers had been en-
| tertained as guests for two or three weeks;
and that, Furthermore, no strangers had
been seen in that neighborhood for as long
a time. The only guests who had lately left
| the inn were the American, Fairfax. and the
| Englishman, Oxford.
| BY this time, daylight was approaching
/ and Mireille arrived with the news that no
strange boat had been in the harbor
| All the vessels which came in before the
storm were yet there. However. some of
| the sailors thought they had saught a feet
! ing glimpse Of huge boat, passing out to-
ward the island in the harbor. And one old
| superannuated fisherman sworc that, while
he was inspecting his nets, after the storm
he the brilliant lights Of a steamer moving
out toward the channel.
| Louvait felt that the hour for immediate
action was gone, and that this was case
requiring time, tact and patience. His de-
/ light increased as its magnitude and COM
| plexity increased. Clearly no conspirators
! of small caliber were concerned in il. This
/ was deeply-pianned, fnely-cxecuted plot
| Men with means and authority were its
originators and executors, and were, there
fore, none of the people in the region there
abouts. The glory to be gained was greater,
as the intricacy Of the affair was greater
Louvait's spirits rose TO the occasion. His
enthusiasm became boundless as his am
bition.
: Not only have 1 secured the sole man