The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1902-05-30

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ed deep cut on his arm. IF you are
not sure, examine this scar" he con-
tinued. 81 imagine you know the vii
lain that gave me this little decoration
that night | was walking along Bour-
daloue street. That being the case,
you know l have a slight claim upon
you and shall expect you to relate to
us your little story"
But Raoul was too terrified to utter
q word
NJ. Fauvel listened without under
standing.
Into what dark depths Of shame
have we fallenr' he groaned.
"Reassure yourself, monsieur" re-
piled NJ. verduret. after what have
been constrained to tell you little re-
mains. 1 will finish the story"
He then told how Louis Clameran
had concocted his plot to palm of
Raoul as Nine. FauvePs son with a
view to extort money from her.
"Can this be possible3" cried Nine.
Fauvel.
"Impossibler cried the banker. IAN
infamous plot like this could not be ex-
ecuted in our midst"
"All this is falsew said Raoul boldly.
ut is lie!'
NJ. Verduret turned to Raoul and,
bowling with ironical respect, said:
Monsieur desires proofs, does he?
Monsieur shall certainly have convinc.
ing ones. l have just left friend Of
mine, M. Palot, who brought me valu-
able information from London. Now,
my young gentleman. l will tell you the
| little story he told me.
"In 1S47 Lord Murray, a wealthy
and generous nobleman, had jockey
named Spencer, of whom he was very
| fond. At the Epson races this Jockey
was thrown from his horse and killed.
! Lord Murray grieved over the loss Of
his favorite and. having no children OF
his own, declared his intention Of
adopting Spencer's son. who was then
but four years old.
"Thus James Spencer was brought
up in afTluence as heir to the immense
wealth of the noble lord. lie was n
handsome, intelligent boy and gave sat
isfaction to his protector until he was
sixteen years of age. Then he became
intimate with n worthless set of people
and turned out badly.
Lord Murray, who was very indul-
gent, pardoned many grave faults, but
one fine morning he discovered that his
adopted son had been initiating his sig
nature upon some checks. He indig.
nantly dismissed him.
james Spencer had been living in
London about four years, managing to
support himself by gambling and swim.
ding, when he met Clameran, who of.
fered him $4,000 francs to play part
In little role which he had arranged
you are a detectivep interrupted
Raoul.
The fat man smiled grimly.
AT present" he replied. 81 am mere.
ly friend of Prosper Bertomy. 1t de
ponds entirely upon your behavior
which character l appear in while set
Ting up this little affair"
"What do you expect me to do?"
"Where are the $4,000 francs which
you have stolenT
The young rascal hesitated a mo-
ment.
THE money is in this ROOM" he said
Every good. This frankness is cred
fable and will benefit you. l know
that the money is in this room and also
exactly where It is to be found. Look
in the back of that cupboard"
Raoul saw that his game was lost
He trembllnGly went to the cupboard
Y,ttII.1 ca..ppa1 htrnl1n. 81 al,
notes and an enormous package OF
pawnbrokers' tickets.
every well done" said NJ. Verduret
us he carefully examined the money
and papers. "In this you have acted
wisely"
Raou had counted on this moment
when everybody's attention would be-
absorbed by the money, to make his
escape. Softly he stole toward the
door, opened it. slipped out and locked
II on the outside. The key was still il
the lock.
"He has escapedw cried NJ. Fauvel.
Naturally" replied NJ. Verduret
without turning his head. 81 thought
he would have sense enough to DC
that"
But
"Would you have this affair becom,
public? Do you wish a case to b,
brought into the police court in which
your wife is the vicIimT
"Oh, monsieur"
"Then let the rascal 60 free. Here
are the 100000 francs. Here are re
ceipts for all the articles which he hal
pawned. We should consider ourselves
fortunate. He has kept 10000 francs
So much the better for you. This sun
will enable him to go abroad, and W,
shall never see him again"
Like every one else, NJ. Fauvel sub
mitted to the ascendency of NJ. Verdi
ret. Gradually he had awakened to tn,
true state of affairs. Prospective hap
piness was possible, and he felt that HI
was indebted to NJ. Verduret for NOR,
than life. He was not slow in express