The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-11-27


etbool," catching sight Of thsedes ~
under the pillow and pulling Il a.
ISBut II b empty be cried, "The
has been robbery as wcl1 a. murd<1s
"Have sou any supicionsz" asked ~
lbrigadier.
Both Charlesand NJ Dumont declars< \
they had not.
"But have" said Pierre
Your they all exclaimed. "W1o,
then, do you suspect" IA
"The woman who slept hero last
might"
IF you mean poor looking woman (.
who was in the sale, she left the house
a short time ago. l saw her pass out Of Z
the courtyard" said one of tho men.
"But why should you suspect herr n
said N. Dumont.
'Tn any case we must try to find her
and hear what account she gives of her
self" said Roger, desiring two Of his
men TO go after her in different direc-
tions. ''She is not long gone, aud you
will soon overtalxe her"
He then proceeded to question Pierre,
who gave an account Of what happened
in the morning. Marie's attempted e.
cape and the purse of gold he had de-
tected in her possession.
Things began TO look very black
against the unfortunate woman.
AS the brigadier said it would be nee
essary to make a written statement Of
what had occurred and OF Pierre's evil
dence, they all now returned to the sale,
where writing materials were placed be-
fore him.
Having heard all that Pierre had to
say, he then asked what had become Of
the two men who had been in tho sale
when he arrived. as he said 1t would be
necessary that they should be examined
as well as every one who had slept in
the house that night.
Pierre replied that he believed they
were in their room, where they had gone
after asking for their bill, and that he
would go and fetch them. But Just as
he was about to leave the room for this
purpose the door opened, and the two
strangers met him face to face on the
Threshold.
They had anxiously watched the prog
ress Of events; had heard from their
room Clementine's cry Of horror, which
announced the discovery of her fathers
murder; the order given that no one.
should leave the house, as well as the
hustle and talk Of the inquiry. Remond
had smiled cynically at the success Of hia
hnaneuver to get Marie out Of the house.
Then, seeing from the window the two
gendermes start of quickly in opposite
directions, he guessed pretty correctly
that the suspicion had turned on Marie.
Finally, the party having gone down
again to the sale, he decided that now
was their time to make move to get OF
lin natural, unsuspicious way. He
knew very well they would have to give
an account of themselves to the gem
darmes before they could hope to get
away, and so decided that the best way
would be to go down quietly, as if they
suspected nothing which had happened,
and ask Pierre If their bill was ready, a.
they wished to leave. He had some
trouble In making his companion under
stand and agree to this. as he was more
dead than alive with sheer terror. How
ever, by bullying and persuasion he got
the better of him, and they went down,
and as we have seen met Pierre as he
was in the very act of leaving the room
to look for them.
"Ah! friend Pierre said Remond a.
he staggered into the room with his
usual effrontery, sis our little bill ready
which we asked you for2 1t is getting
late, and we must be off,"
The brigadier here interposed and
said they could not go at present, as he
required some conversation with them
first.
"Heinr said Remond, with an air az
though he could not conceive what the
man meant.
The brigadier went on, "There has
been murder committed in this house
during the past night"
"a murdert' interrupted the other in
tone Of the greatest surprise. lis il
possible? Pray, who has been murder.
ed? 1t is very unpleasant to think that
one has spent the night i'll house where
such things happen
"M Germenil has been murdered, and
must say that your manner is most in
decent in speaking of such terrible oc-
currence," said Nj. Dumont severely.
He was most unfavorably impressed by
the appearance Of the newcomers, whom
he had not noticed the evening before
and observed to Charles, who stood be-
side him, that he could not imagine why
Pierre had given room to such suspi-
cious looking characters asthese men, in
which Charles quite agreed.
The brigadier then demanded to see
the passports of the two mon. These
were produced and closely examined,
but seemed TO be quite en- regle, and In
answer to the questions as to where they
had come from and where they were go
ing Remond replied that they had como
from Beeancon and were OH their way
to Lyons, at which name bis companion
nearly collapsed with terror.
"I presume, NJ. 10 Brisad!er." said Re
mond, with an air Of much roliteness,
"that as you have nSthing further to