Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1902-08-01
Thus surrounded,

other application. Thus surrounded,
the unhappy man fs~ himself in
sthe mt positid of being dis
cderedsin he perpetl ION of an UNI
tr3Rh, or being Cd pelled to in
vent soma feasible tan in order to
account folkhissnot. bet4g able to pro-
ddce the riifg: II vas at this juno
ture that he made his great mistake.
Anxious doubtless to attract atten-
ton, he returned from his ca bin with
the astounding declaration that the
lock had been forced, and the famous
ring stolen from his trunk in which
it had lain concealed. He certainly
aced his part well, but he did not
realize" to what consequence it would
lead. The matter was reported to
the police, and a search was made
through the vessel. The passengers
were naturally indignant at such
treatment, and for the rest Of the
voyage the man found himself tax
ipgswhat you English call the cold
shoulder Hesreached Belfast, made
his way into the country, and pres
emily settled down. Later on. when
the pursuit had died down, it was his
Intention to7ship for America, where
he was to be joined by the woman,
to obtain. whom he had in the first
place committed the crime. Now OBJ
serve the result. Photographs of the
missing man and of the murdered
woman were. circulated all through
France. while not a. few were sent
to England. One Of these pictures
reached Plymouth, where it was
shown to the officer who had investi-
gated the case on the boat on its
way to Ireland. He Immediately
recognized the man who had made
the charge against his fellow-passen-,
gers. After that it was easy to trace |
him to Belfast and his hiding place
on land. Extradition was of course
granted, and he left the place. Had
he not imagined that in his. safety
he could indulge his vanities, I conf
IDENTIFY believe l should never have
found him. When you come to think
of it, it is hard to come to the gull
listed, is 9it~not?"-
b agreed with him, and then sug-
gested tina t. we should amuse our
SELVES by endeaxoring to find out
how the dinner at the. Cafe des AM
'bassadeurs5 was progressing:
"They will proceed to a theater
afterwards, you may be sure,'' my
companion. said ''In that case if you
like we could catch a glimpse Of them
as they come out. What do you
say?" i -s~<.>.
I answered that hadsnot the least
objection. -
Zone night does not make much
difference. Tomorrow morning I
shall make point of meeting him
face to face" =: - .zx:---
SHOULD you require any assist
ance then, shall be most pleased to
give it to you," my companion re-
piled.
I thanked him for. his offer, and
then we left the restaurant together.
hailed a cab, and drove to his fat.
It consisted Of four rooms situated
at the top of a lofty block Of build
ings near the river. From his win
dows he could look out over Paris,
and he was wont to declare that the
view he received in exchange was the
most beautiful in the world. Fine
as it was, I was scarcely so enthus-
iastic in my praise.
Among other things they were re-
markable for the simplicity of their
furniture, and also for the fact that
in the sitting-room there was moth
ing to- reveal the occupation of their
owner. His clever old servant,
Susanna, of whom twas said she
would, did she but choose, make as
clever a detective as her master (she
had served him for more than 40
years., brought us coffee so quickly
that it would almost seem as if she
had been aware that we should reach
the house at that particular moment.
''We have plenty of time to spare"
said my host. I'm the meantime it
will be necessary for us to find out
what they are doing. If you will
wait I will dispatch messenger,
who will procure us the informa-
tion.'y
he wrote something on a half
sheet of note-paper, rang the bell.
and handed it to Susanna.
: GIVE, that to Leon he said, ''and
tell him to be off with it at once"
The woman disappeared, and when
she had gone we resumed our con-
1versation. Had he not had the good
fortune to be such Q great success in
his own profeasion, what an admir-
able actor the man. would have madel
HI I g. pover 81 facial scontortion was.
extrsordinary, and II believe that on
zdsmand he could have initiated al
most anyafaee that struck his fancy.
/. And, now; with regard to our lit
Tie excursion" he said. What would
you like to be? AS you are AWARE
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