Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1902-03-08

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"And if he asks me about Gipsy?"
M. Lccou h.'Si;atcd moment.
"Tcll him." he said. that you per-
suadcd her, in the interest of Prosper,
to live i'm house where she can watch
some one whom you suspect"
Fanfcrlot rolled up the photograph
and was ioyouSly picking up his hat to
gn when NJ. LrcoI checked him with
a gesture.
81 have not finished. Do you know
how to drive Il carriage and manage
horsrS|"
"Why can you ask this Of a man who
used to be Il rider in tic BouthOr cir
cus?'
"Vcry well. AS snon as the Judge
dismisscs you return home inmcliate-
ly. make Yourself Il wig and rhr COM
plctc dress Of valet. and, having
dressed yo"rsclf. take this letter to
the agent on Dclormc street"
But
"Thcrc must lie no but, sir. The
agent will send you to NJ. Gc Clameran,
who is looking for Il valet. his man
having left him yesterday"
Excuse me if venture to suggest
that you are making Il mistake. This
Clamcran does not come into the mat
ter. lie is not the cashiers friend"
"Do what tell you ana don't dis
turb your mind about the rest. Cla-
mcran is not a friend Of Prosper, !
know, but he is the friend and pro-
tcctor of Raoul de Lagors. Why so?
Whence the intimacy of these two men
of such different ages? must find
out. must also find out who this
forge master is who lives in Paris and
never goes to attend to his furnaces;
n high liver. who takes ii into his head
to live at the Hotel lu Louvre in the
midst of tumultuous ever changing
crowd, where it is hard to watch him.
Through you | will have all eye upon
him. He has Il carriage. You are to
drive it. and YOU will soon Je able to
give me an account Of his manner OF
life and of the sort Of people with
whom he associates"
"You shall br ohcyed."
zone word more. NJ. de Clameran Is
Irritable and. still more, suspicious.
Yoa will he presented TO him uiiIcr 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
Stairmcrsc and the Count de Comma
rim and that you have just left the
Baron dc Wortschcn. who has gone to
Germany. Re careful Of your dress
and manners. Watch the marquis
movements. Above all. don't Ovcrdo
your part. 1t might arouse suspicion"
"Hon't worry as to that. Where
shall report to you?
81 will GILL 81 -you every day. Until
I change yoar orders don't step foot in
this house. You might he followed. IF
ANYTHING important should happen,
send note to your wife, and she will
inform me. Go and be prudent"
The door closed on Fanrcrlot as NJ.
LccoG passed into his bedroom.
In the twinkling of an eye he had
divcstcd himself Of chief Of the secret
service. He took off his stiff cr;lvat
and gold Sprctaclcs and removed the
close wiz from his thick black hair.
The official Lccoq had disappeared,
leaving in his place the LccoI whom
nobody kncw-a handsome man with
n clear eye and res0lute bearing. But
he remained only for an instant. Seat
cd before dressing table, covered
with more cosmetics. paints, perfumes,
false hair and other unmentionable
shamS than the toilet tables OF mod
crn i.rlr. 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.
iShcd. he VAS no logger LccOq. He
was the large man with red whiSkers
whom ranfcrlot failed to recognize.
We'll" hr said. casting Il last look
in the mirror. Il have forgotten moth
in~. | have left nothing to chance.
All my plans are fixed. and | shall
make progress provided the Squirrel
does not waste time
Rut Fanlcrlot was too happy to
waste q minute. He did not run. he
flew. toward the Palais dc Justice. At
last he wis able to convince some one
pf his wonderful shrewdness. AS to
acknowledging that he was about to
obtain a triumph with the ideas Of an
other man. he never thought Of 1t. 1t
is generally in perfect good faith that
the jackdaw struts in the peacock's
feathers. His hopes were realized. II
the Judge was not absolutely cOnyinc-
ed. he admired the ingenuity Of the
whole proceeding.
"rhis decides me-" he said, dismiss.
ing Fanrerlot. 81 will file favorable
report today, and it is highly probable
that the accused will be released to-
morrow
He began at once to write Gut 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
he is innocent:
Whereas there do not exist sufficient charges
against the accused. Prosper Berto"i:, in pur-
suaucr of article l2S of the Criminal Code we
hereby declare that we find no grounds for prose-
cmion against the aforesaid prisoner at this pres.
eut time. and W, ORDER that nr sh III hc rel as'i
from the prison wl"rr he is confined anu set at
liberty by the jailer, etc.
When il waS finished. well" he
said to the clerk. here is another of
those crimes which Justice cannot
clear up-anothrr file To br StuWrd