Los Cerrillos rustler. (Cerrillos, N.M.) 188?-1891, 1891-07-10

and then ~ my pin.
but ! had M inclination 20 trouble
my head ~ q the reasons 81 his ecrcn-
tricity. and dismissed him onec more
frnm my mind.
A. ten o'clock ! rose. dressed. and
after breakfast started out Cor the bou.
levards 10 visit the shops ! had deter
mined 10 p~atronize. A. passed under
the porch Of the hotel = man laid his
hand ON my shoulder. and thrust a pa
per under my eyes
1T II a warrant Of arrest ! am or
dered 10 secure your person"
Il am perfectly ignorant of your
laws" / said 'What am / 10 dog"
TO follow me.
The agent conducted me TO = neigh
boring police station. showed the su-
perinteRdeHt his warrant, had me
searched and my pockets empticd and
locked me up In n cell II was four
o'clock In the afternoon when ] was
fetched by two gardes de Paris 10 un-
dergo my preliminary examination.
The magistrate charged with the in
struction of my affair" asked my
name. age and profession and received
my with credulous indifer-
ence. lie then opened a drawer In the
table at which he was sitting, took out
an object and laying II before mt said:
"'Do you recognize this jewell"
Certainly / answered; lit Is my
scarf pin"
Can you tell me when and how this
pin came into your possession"
Its a curious fact" I added. smiling
Mt the judge, but true, | have no idea
where that pin comes from. A few
days ago In turning over the contents
of an old portmanteau l found this
pin. / did not care very much for It's
style and can only account for It being
in my possession at all by the fact that
dressed in a very great hurry on the
evening that ! left London"
Perhaps you know when and how
you came into possession of this book?"
said the magistrate, producing Il volume
and laying it before me.
II was an old copy OF the memoirs
of fable de Croisy. A" which / had brought
over from Paris with me and had left
in my valise ut the hotel.
Yes" said. Il picked IL up on "a
bookstall ON the Quai des Grande-
Augustine about seven years ago. IT"
about seven years ago" said the
magistrate, slowly, as If to give his
s%crivener time to get my answer writ
ten down. Where were you living in
Paris seven years ago."
Il don't remember. IL was some
hotel in the Latin quarter"
"What were you doing?"
81 was trying my hand ut literary
work"
The magistrate here rose and touched
n bell. To the usher who answered
his summons, he gave the order t. in
troducc Marquis lie Kcrgaradec.
IL was the old gentleman who had
been my travelling companion that
morning.
Monsieur de Marquis" said the
magistrate, do you recognize this
PIN"
81 10. II is the one which belonged
TO my late brother, Comte de Kcr-
gsradec, lie brought this stone from
China and had il mounted in the Rue
la Paix. ! recognized il all the more
readily inasmuch rs the setting, which
is by no means a common one, was ex-
ecuted from a design | gave him"
And this book?"
''As certainly. That book belonged
TO the count. On the fiy-lcaf is a dedi-
cation from the able TO Mime. dc Pora-
nouc, our ancestor Ia the time OF Louis
XIV. Besides, the Kergaradec arms are
on the cover"
quite satisfactory. These two ar
ticles were among the contents OF the
valise stolen from the count, your
brother, ut the hotel in Senlis on the
night he was murdered?"
''They we're"
"Well, then, all that have to ask of
You now is to sign the paper on which
my clerk has written my questions and
your answers"
The marquis signed and departed,
with IA bow to the judge and u wither-
ing glance at me.
whats all this ~nonsense?" | said,
when the door had closed on the old
gentleman.
Il am here 10 question" said the
magistrate, mot you"
You might at least tell me of what
/ am accused"
''Of the willful murder of Count Louis
de Kergaradec in the hotel of the Run
ming Stag ut Senlis, on the night of
September IL, 1881, and of the robbery
OF his %valise, which contained, among
other valuables, the two articles found
in your possession"
burst out laughing.
Nothing else?' ] said
mot that ! know of" said the mag
i~stratc. Il must ask you to sign this
paper after reading it. 1t is our con-
versation Just now"
signed, and as | was leaving the