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u am not following you, sir"
And if find you in my way once again
you will hear from me- Remember what
say"
Then Armand walked off with u terrible
air. But he well understood that his threat
was vain. He could not fight duel with
Rabarton. To assail him with blows
would have been the combat of the reed
against the cudgel. AS to his taking him
before the chief of police, there was moth
ing to be gained by that step.
Armand went home in such bad hui
NOR that Nine du Pouchel could not keep
straight face.
Seeing his wife laughing, he suspected
the truth and said grimly:
"If you know anything about this stu
pid joke you had better tell'me."
SIS it such bore to be followCd?'
at makes one feel like fool"
"But have you never followed any one
yourself?"
II followed you one single time to pro-
tect you from possible insult in case you
should meet some insolent person."
"Rabarton could also be very useful to
you if ever you should allow yourself to
DO enticed into bad company"
not afraid to deliver me into the hands of
the policoP"
ooh, there's no great harm done; only
wished to make you appreciate how dis
agreeable similar proceeding could be.
But l sec that it has gone on long enough,
and am going tomorrow to thank the
| project of police"
You are really very good" said Ar
| 4 nd do mn hn To al
what you have discovered of interest"
II never asked to have the reports of
Rabarton given to me. In the first place.
should have considered it indicate, and
then might have found out some things
1 would rather not know You are not an
CRY with me, Armand?" coaxingly.
II am very much displeased. Such con-
duct is unworthy of you"
81 love you so much. y
The rest may be imagined. Reconcilia-
ton was inevitable, and in the morning,
before breakfast, Nine. du Pouchel re-
turned to the prefecture of police.
an le Prefct has gono and NJ. le Pre-
fet has not yet come, " the guard replied
to her inquiry.
"What does that mcan9" cried Nine. du
Pouchel
|
nal this morning? Tho. project of police
has been changed"
To drive to the private residence of tho
ex-prefect occupied but a few minutes.
There madame explained to that gentleman
that having obtained satisfaction, she
wished the mission of Rabarton brought
to an end that very day She was ready to
pay whatever monsieur saw fit for the de-
tectivc's services.
"You have nothing to pay" explained
the ex-prcfect There arc, in fact, certain
affairs of delicate nature for which the
chief of police is authorized to receive,
from those interested the cost of sur
veillance which involves difficult investi-
CATION, and when the public welfare is not
gravely affected. Your affair would have
come in that category, but wished to
spare you the annoyance of appearing in
person. so 1 gave the order us coming from
myself alone. The cost will be entered
among the general expenses. 1t was very
little that one could do in behalf of a
friend"
"You arc altogether charming" said
Mime. du Pouchel. "There is nothing left
now but to cause the surveillance to cease"
"Ah, as for that, l regret that l have
y
l can ask nothing of my successor. He
has behaved very badly with respect to me.
l did not ask to be discharged from tho
prefecture, and in order to replace me he
has rcsortcd to maneuvcrs which l cannot
soon forget. Under these circumstances
do not wish to have any dealings with
him."
"But what is to DO done them" cried
H., oJn1 IL oil I,-t1 In
perspective.
ut only requires ono step-go to tho
now project, explain the affair to him and
beg him to recall the detective Although
he is my enemy, will not do him the in
| justice to believe that he will not receive
you with all the respect due to you"
There was nothing else to do, but Nine.
du Pouchel was obliged to return several
times to tho antechamber before being re-
ceived by the new project, who did not
know her
When finally she was ushered in, she felt
embarrassed in the presence of this high
functionary of so grave and distrustful
mien Instead of speaking in n friendly
way, with a project tanned by several
months Of experience, she had to explain
the case to q stranger still convinced of
| GuO Importance VI nl2 pOSlulOLlj anu "hSLl
she had related her little history she awk-
wardly awaited his reply.
"You say, madame, that 1t was at your
request and in order to satisfy caprice
that my predecessor gave the order to have
your husband watched. This is q serious
matter, and confess that do not under
stand how a magistrate charged with pre-
serving the public order, could SO adjust
the machinery of administration to serve
personal whim."
but, monsieur" interrupted Nine. du
Pouchol, ~ tell you'-
81 do not presume to doubt your SINGER
ity, but it is possible that you do not know
yourself the reasons that there could have
been for taking a measure in which you
have only seen tho compliance with your
| wishes "
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