The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1902-07-10

will reply that you will not lose sight
OF him. I myself will answer for his
being in good hands," =
"And if he asks me about Gipsy?"
M. Lecoq hesitated a moment.
Tell him." he said, that ysu per.
suaded her, in the interest of Prosper,
to live in house where she can watch
some one whom you suspect"
Fanferlot rolled up the photograph
and was joyously picking up his hat to
go when NJ. Lecoq checked him with
a gesture.
II have not finished. Do you know
how to drive carriage and manage
horses?''
"Why can you ask this of man who
used to be rider in the Bouthor cir
cus?'
| Every well. AS soon as the Judge
dlsmlsses you return home Immediate
~, make yourself wig and the COM
plete dress Of valet, and, having
dressed yourself, take this letter to
the agent on Delorme street,
But
'There must be no but, sir. The
agent will send you to M. de Clamerar,
who is looking for a valet, his man
having left him yesterday"
Excuse me if venture to suggest
that you are making a mistake: This
Clameran does not come into the mat
ter. He is not the cashiers friend. -
''Do what I tell you and don't dis
turb your mind about the rest. Cla-
meran is not friend of Prosper, I
know, but he is the friend and pro-
tector of Raoul de Layers. Why so?
Whence the intimacy of these two men
Of such different ages? must find
out. 1 must also find out who this
forge master is who lives in Paris and
never goes to attend to his, furnaces;
a high liver, who takes it into his head
to live at the Hotel du Louvre in the
midst Of a tumultuous, ever changing
crowd, where it is hard to watch him.
Through you will have an eye upon
him. He has carriage. You are to
drive it, and you will soon be able to
give me an account of his manner of
life and Of the sort Of people with
whom he associates
"You shall be obeyed."
Zone word more. M. de Clameran is
irritable and, still more, suspicious.
You will be presented to him under the
name Of Joseph Dubois. He will de-
mand your certificate Of good charac-
ter. Here are three which state that
you have lived with the Marquis de
Stairmeuse and the Count de Comma
rim and that you have just left the
Baron de Wortschen, who has gone to
Germany. Be careful of your dress
and manners. Watch the marquis
movements. Above all, don't overdo
your part. It might arouse suspicion -
Don't worry as to that. Where
shall report to your
II will call on you every day. Until
change your orders don't step foot in
this house. You might be followed. If
anything important should happen,
send note to your wife, and she will
inform me. Go and be PRUDENT
The door closed on Fanferlot as M.
Lecoq passed into his bedroom.
In the twinkling Of an eye he had
divested himself of chief of the secret
service. He took off his stiff cravat
and gold spectacles and removed the
close wig from his thick black hair.
The official Lecoq had disappeared,
leaving in his place the Lecoq whom
nobody knew-a handsome man with
a clear eye and resolute bearing. But
he remained only for an instant Seat
| hAfnp0 6roc FOL
with more cosmetics, paints, perfumes,
false hair and other uncomfortable
shams than the toilet tables of mod
ern belle, he began to undo the work
Of nature and make himself a new
face. He worked slowly, handling his
brushes with great care. But in an
hour he had accomplished one of his
daily masterpieces. When he had fin
ished, he was no longer Lecoq. he
was the large man with red whiskers
whom Fanferlot failed to recognize.
'Well,' he said, casting a last look
in the mirror, II have forgotten moth
ing. I have left nothing to chance.
All my plans are fixed, and I shall
make progress, provided the Squirrel
does not waste time.''
But Fanferlot was too happy to
waste a minute. He did not run, he
flew, toward the Palais de Justice At
last he was able to convince some one
Of his wonderful shrewdness. AS to
acknowledging that he was about to
obtain triumph with the ideas of an
other man, he never thought Of it. It
is generally in perfect good faith that
the jackdaw struts in the peacock
feathers. His hopes were realized. If
the Judge was not absolutely convinc-
ed, he admired the ingenuity Of the
whole proceeding.
''This decides me,' he said, dismiss.
ing Fanferlot. II will file favorable
report today, and it is highly probable
that the accused will be released to.
morrow"
He began at once to write out one of
those terrible decisions of "Not prov.
ed' which restores liberty, but not
honor, to the accused man; which says
that he is not guilty, but does not say