The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1902-02-20


my characters more thoroughly
How is Clameran's position TO be ac
counted for, if my FIRST IDA was the
correct ohe2"
"Clameran is Lagors' accomplice, OF
course
"Ah, there is the mistakei for Q
long time believed Iagors To be this
/ principal person, when, iu fact, he
/ IS nothing Yesterday, In a dispute
between them, the forgc-master said
< to his dear friend, And. above az
things my friend, l would advise you
not TO resist me. for If you do / viii
crush YOU TO atoc.s That explains
all. The elegant Lagors is not the
lover Of Madame Fauvel, but the too
of Clameran. Besides. did our first
suppositions account for the resigned
obedience Of Madeleine? 1t is Clam.
eran, and not Lagors, whom Made.
3 leine obeys."
Prosper began to demonstrate.
NJ. Nerduret shrugged his shoulders
To convince Prosper he had only to
utter one word, 10 ten him that
three hours ago Clamctan had an
nounced his intended marriage, with
Madeleine but he did not
"Clameran.r he continued, "Cla.
meran alone has Madame Fauyelin his
power. Now the question is, what g.
he secret of this terrible influence
he has gained over her? ] have pos.
tive proof that they have not met
since their early yonth until fltecr
months aga; and. as Madame Fauvers
reputation has always been above the
reach of slander, we must seek i'm the
past for the cause of her resigned
obedience TO his Will"
I'VE can never discover it," said
Prosper, mournfuly.
"We can discover it as soon as we
know Clameran's past life. All! to.
night he turned as white as a sheet
when / mentioned his brother Gas.
on's name. And then l remembered
that CASTOR died suddenly while h.s
brother Louis was making him &
visit"
do you think he was murdered2"
Il think the men who tried to as.
sassinate me would dc anything. The
robbery, my friend, has now become
a secondary detail and is easily ex-
planned, and. if that were all to he
accounted for, would say to you, Ny
task is done, let us go ask the judge
of instruction for a warrant of ar.
rest
Prosper started up with sparkling
eyes
"Ah, you know--is it possible?"
eyes, / know who gave the key,
and know who told the secret
word"
"The key might have been Mon
sieur Fauvel's. But the word"
"The word you were foolish enough
TO give. You have forgotten, | sup.
pose. But fortunately Gypsy re.
membered. You know that, two days
before the robbery, you took Lagors
and two other friends to sup with
Madame Gypsy? Nina was sad, and
reproached you for not being more
devoted to her"
eyes, / remember that"
"But do you remember what you
replied to her2"
mo, 1 do not" said Prosper after
thinking a moment.
"Well, l will tell you. Nina, you
are unjust in reproaching me with
not thinking constantly of you; for
at this very moment your dear name
guards Monsieur Fauvers safe
Tho truth etrIIar,1r ltrret ,,p,v,
Prosper like thunder-clap. He
wrung his hands despairingy. and
cried:
Eyes, oh. yes! I remember now"
Then you can easily understand the
rest. One of the scoundrels went to
Madame Fauvel, and compelled her to
give up her husbands key; then at
yenture,placed the movable buttons on
the name of Gipsy, opened the safe.
and took the three hundred I'd ffty
thousand francs. And Madame Fau-
vel must have been terribly fright
ened before she yielded. The day af-
ter the robbery, the poor woman was
near dying; and ii was she who, az
the greatest risk, sent you the ten
thousand francs"
"But which was the thief Raoul or
ClGmeran? What enables them to thus
tylapuige over Madame Fauyei? And
how does Madeleine come 70 De mxsa
mp in the affair?'
These questions, my dear Prosper,
l can not yet answer; therefore ]
postpone seeing the judge ! only ask
you to wait ten days; and If can not
in that time discover the solution Of
this mystery, | will return and go
with you to report to Monsieur Pa
trigent all that we know"
Are you going 70 leave the city2'
I'm an hour / shall be on the road
TO Beaucaire. II was from that neigh.
borhood that Clameran came, as well
as Madame Fauvel. who was a Ma.
demoiselle de Ia Verberie before mar.
rage"
Yes, J. knew both families.