The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1902-03-04
CHAPTER XII

INt'fFH tANANIAhAE AttAtiAA ANl AHfNNENN
tion, bad been collected and prepare
by the stout man with the iovial fac,
who had taken Prosper under his prc
lection, NJ Verduret
Reaching Paris at nine o'clock u
thc evening. not by the Lyons road
as he had said, but by the Orlean
train. NJ Verduret hurried up tn tn
Archangel, where he found the sash
ser impatiently expecting him.
"You are about TO hear some ric'
Developments he said to Prosper
and see how far hack inro the pas
one has to seek for the primary caus
Of a crime. All things are i.Aj-cd to
sether and dependent upon each 9th
er IN this world OF ours. If CASTOR d
Nlsmer1n had not entered littb
cafe at Tarascon to play game o
iSlhNrts 20 years ago. your none,
safe would not have been robbie,
throe weeks ago.
valentine de Ia Nerberie is pun
ished in 1866 for the murder com
mitted for her sake ia 1890. NothnI
Is neglected OF forgotten, when sterI
retribution asserts her sway. uis
ten"
And he forthwith related all tha
be had discovered. referring, as n
went along, TO voluminous manu-
script which he had prepared, will
mang notes aud authenticated proof
attached
During the last week NJ Verduro
Ind not had "a hours rest, bus h,
bore no traces of fatigue His iroG
muscles braved any amount OF labor
and his elastic nature was too wei
tempered to give way beneath suci
pressure
While any other man would haw
sunk exhausted in chair, he stoo,
tip and described. with the enthusi
asm'and captivating animation pecu
lisS TO him, the minutest details ant
intricacies Of the plot that he had de
votcd his whole energy to upravel
Sug; personating oyery character h,
hrorght upon the scene TO take par
In the strange drama, so that his Lis
terer WAS bewildered and dazzled .bs
his brilliant acting.
AS Prosper listened to this nara
tive of everfs happening 20 years
back. the secret conversations as min
ptely related as il overheard the mo
ancn4 they took place, Il sounded mori
iiise q romance than statement OF
plain FACTS
Ail tlless ingenious explanations
night be logical, but what founda
tion did they possess Might they noi
he the dreams of an excited imagina
sien2
NJ Nerduret did not finish his re
l'ort until four O'Clock in the mora
ipgi then he cried with an accent OF
triumph:
Aud now they arc on their guard
and sharp, wary rascals. too; but the,
won't escape me I've corncred then
beautifully Before a week Is over
Prosper. you win be publicly exon
erated,, aud will come out of thi,
iscrape with hyiag colors. / hav,
PROMISED your father YOU shall"
impossible" said Prosper, in
dazed way 1T can not BET"
WHAT"
All this you have Just told me"
NJ Nerduret opened wide his eyes
rs u he eeuld not understand any
one having the audaciiy TO doubt th.
accuracy nf his report
''lmpossihle. indeed" he cried
What have you not sense enough
90 see The plain truth written all over
every fact and attcsted by the best
authority Your thiclS-headeduess ex
asperates me 20 the last degree"
but how can such rascalities talk,
place ia Paris, in our very midst
without
''rarbleul" interrupted the fai
man, you are young. my friendl Ar,
yo" Innocent enough to suppose that
crimes. forty times worse than this
don't occur every day? You think the
horrors OF the police court are the
only ones. Poohl You only read ia th,
Gazette dcs TribunauN OF the crue.
meiodranas OF life, where the actors
are as cowardly as the knife. aud al
treacherous as the poison they use
II Is at the family iireside, often un
der shelter of the law itself, that the
fesi tragedies Of lie are acted; in
modern crimes, the traitors wear
gloves, aud cloak themselves with
public position the victims die. smiL
ing % the last, without revealing the
torture they have endured TO the end
Why What have Just related 10 YOU
As AN everyday occurrence; and yos
profess astonishment"
= cant help wondering how you
discovered all this tissue OF crime"
"Ah. that is the pointl' said the fat
man with self-satisaed smile
When ! undertake a task devote
my whole attention TO H. Now, make
a note Of .his When a man OF ordi.
nary Intelligence concentrates his
thoughts and energies upon the at.
'tainlnent OF an object, he is certain 20
obtain ultimate success. Besides that.
haye my own method of working up
a case"
"Siill. I don't see what grounds YOU