Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-11-22

had been the best Of masters There
was no other record of a murder of a
man named De Lanaz in that wear or
any other wear,
"Bnt the mysterya"
"There is no mystery"
"The assassins p
"There are no assassins and never
were. -
"The gany2''
.There is no gang"
.'My brain reels. 1 cannot UNDER
stand. What does it meant"
sListen. On Oct. 8, 1911 am in.
debted very much to chance for ever
having been able to put this peculiar
affair together-a party of students
were carousinp in q ton floor room in a
house in one of the worst quarters of
Paris. They were devil may care lot,
and one or two were wanted by the
police, not for anything very serious,
mind you--for a drunken brawl. per-
haps, or little overexuberance after a
students ball The gambling was at
its height when suddenly they heard
the sound Of a man rushing mn stairs.
The Ight WIS eXtlnPulShed. and thAV
held their breath and waited. Then the
man burst into the apartmeut-an
Englishman.
eyes. yes: go on"
"Well. / told Won thew were a hare
Drained crew. an ingenious lot of prac-
tical iokers, an irresponsible set Of
scamps, and one had a brilliant idea to
-
comrades, and it was hailed with a
suppressed re of merriment They
were to pretend to the stranger that he
had broken into solemn conclave of a
secret society. Make him take his
chance with them and draw for life.
Do you follow the story9''
al begin to understand Go on"
"Your father was that man, Astray,
and his disposition was as yours is now
unable to face danger As You made
q mistake and fled from your accuser,
he made mistake and dared to defy
them. He accepted their proposal and
drew for the life of woman. They be-
gan as Joke; they carried it on to
teach him lesson. ~
Brave men,"
elf he had refused to carry out the
scheme and dared them to take his life,
the light would have been turned up,
and he would have discovered that the
cold barrel against his temple was only
short poker and would have been in
vited to spend the evening with the
lightest hearted lot Of scamps in Paris
But he did not defy them; he agreed to
their plans.'
cor pretended to-" Any man wonld
| have done the same.
$50 thew kent nm the Joke. One or
two were we'll connected. and thew in.
troduced him to a good set Of peonle.
and a pretty girl was chosen for the
| victim. a girl SO gentle that thew knew
the blacklist hearted. foulest minded
brute could not have raised q finpe,
against her. Then they sent him notes
and letters urging him to do the deed. u
"Murdering him by inches" Astray
| cried, trembling with suppressed rage.
.Goading him to despair. A good Joke
They must have been a merry crew in.
deedl Go on. What more?"
"There is no more Presently they
tired of their Joke The girl left Paris
SO did your father, and the whole affair
only became a good after dinner story
how they fooled the Englishman.
..But the tracking through Europe o.
"Your fathers imagination only. 1,
never existed. This is the cruel point
the pitiless part of that practical joke
Can't you imagine the feelings Of 6
man who thought he was being shad
owed through Europe; that the day
must inevitably come when sharI
thrust would end his life2 In every
shadow he saw an assassin, in every
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; the story from one Of the clergymen Q
the village. Your mother fell i'll an
died suddenly, very suddenly. No on
knew where to send for your fathe,
and she was buried.
1.-TWO days after telegram came I
your mother asking her to come to CHI
cago. No answer could be sent, and 6
they waited for him. The rector brob