The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1902-11-05
rid the blood of all impurities and cure
all eruptions.


all eruptions.
from the thief, 1t is plain that 1t can
only come from the other person who
was near the safe at the time Of the
robbery, but could not prevent 1t, and
now feels remorse. The probability of
two persons assisting ut the robbery, a
probability suggested by the scratch,
is now changed into undeniable GER
tainty. Therefore 1 was right"
Prosper, listening attentively, tried
hard to comprehend this monologue,
which he dared not interrupt.
LET us seek" went on the big man,
this second person whose conscience
pricks him and yet who dares not re-
veal anything"
He read the letter over several times,
scanning the sentences and weighing
the words.
Evidently this letter was composed
by q woman Never would one man
doing another man n service and send
ing him money use the word 'succor.'
A man would have said loan, money
or some other equivalent, but succor-
never. No one but q woman ignorant
OF masculine susceptibilities would
have naturally made use of this word
to express the idea 1t represents. AS
to the sentence There is one heart
and so on, 1t could only have been
written by q woman. Now let us see
if we can discover whence the printed
words were taken to compose these
sentences"
He approached the window and be-
gan to study the pasted words with all
the scrupulous attention which an an
tiquarian would devote to an old, half
effaced manuscript.
"Small type" he said, Every slender
and clear, well printed. The paper is
thin and glossy. These words have
not been cut from n newspaper or q
periodical. / have seen type like this.
| recognize 1t Mt once. Didot often
uses 1t. So does Nine. de Tours"
He stopped with his mouth open md
eyes fixed, making a strong appeal to
his memory.
Suddenly he struck his forehead.
Nov l have itl' he cried. "Now I
have it'll Why did 1 not see it at once?
These words have all been cut from a
prayer book. We will look at least,
and then we shall be certain"
He moistened one of the words past
ed on the paper with his tongue, and
when 1t was sufficiently softened he
detached 1t with q pin. On the other
side was printed n Latin word-Deus.
"Ah, hal" he said, with a little laugh
Of satisfaction. II knew 1t. Father
Taberet, tf he were here, would be
pleased to see this. But what has be-
come Of the mutilated prayer book?
Can 1t have been burned2 No, because
a heavy bound book is not easily burn.
ed. 1t is thrown in some corner"
NJ. Yerduret was interrupted by the
porter, who returned with the messen-
ger from Pigalle street.
"Ah, here you are," said the big man
encouragingly. Then he showed the
envelope Of the letter.
"Do you remember bringing this let
ter here this morning7"
Perfectly, monsieur. I took partic.
ular notice of the address. We don't
often see anything like it."
"Who told you to bring it, a man OF
a woman?"
Neither, monsieur; it was a porter"
This reply made the porter laugh
very much, but NJ. Verduret did not
wen smile.
"a porter? Well, do you know this
colleague Of yoursT"
II never even saw him before"
Glow does he look2"
Neither tall nor short. He wore q
green vest and had OH his medal"
Your description is SO vague that it
would suit every porter in the city.
But did your colleague tell you who
sent the letter?"
mo, monsieur. Putting 10 sous in
my hand, he said: Here, carry this to
80 Chaptal street. A coachman OH the
boulevard handed it to me- Ten sous!
I am sure he made more than l."
This answer seemed to discomfort M.
Vcrduret. So many precautions taken
In sending the letter disturbed him and
disarranged his plans.
do you think you would recognize
the porter again?"
eyes, monsieur, If I saw him."
"uow much do you gain n day as q
portcr?"
uoh cAuClly hHOW, DuI L nave u
good stand. I suppose L make from 8
to 10 francs n day"
Every well, I will give you 10 francs
n day If you will go about and look for
the porter who brought this letter.
Every evening at 8 o'clock come to
the Archangel, on the Quai st. Michel,
give me a report of your search and
receive your pay. Ask for M. Ycr-
duret. If you find our man, L will give
you 80 francs. Will you do it,"
~ think I will, monsieur"
"Thcn don't lose q minute. Go on"
Although ignorant of M. yerdurct's
plans, Prosper began to comprehend
the II of his Investigations. His
fate depended upon their success, and
yet he almost forgot this in his adj
miration of this singular man.
"Monsicur," said Prosper when the
porter had left the room, "do you still
think you see in this affair the hand
of n womanT'
"Morc than ever, and q pious woman,
too, and a woman who has two pray
or books, since she could mutilate one
to write to YOU"
"And you hope to find tho cut book 2"
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