The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1902-03-12
FILE NUMBER rI3
One Of the Mysteries of Paris and How it
was Solved
BY Emile Gaboriau
by Emile Ca boria VI

nut HNe Woulu NOT DC cfopuiStUs IudM
ing up to Raoul, she threw her arm
around him, and said to her husband
xiii me, and me alone; for / an
the guilty onei"
At these words NJ Fauvel glared a.
the guilty pair, and, deliberately
taking aiIn, fired.
Neither Raoul nor Nine. Fauve
moved. The banker fired second
time; then a third
He cooked the pistol for fourth
shot. when a man rushed into this
room, snatched the pistol from tn,
bankers hand, and. throwing him on
the sofa, ran toward Nine. Fauvel.
This man was NJ Verduret. who hat
been warned by Cavaillon, but did not
know that Mime. Gipsy had extracted
the balls from M. Fausers revolver.
Thank Heavenl" he cried, "she il
unhurt."
How dare you iaterfere2" cried tn,
banker. who by tlds time had joined
Tie group. II have the right to aveng,
my honor when It has been degraded,
the villain shall diet"
M. Verduret seized the bankeri
wrists in vice-lilSe grasp, and whis
pered in his ear:
Thank God, you are saved from
committing a terrible crime; tht
anonymous letter deceived you"
In violent situations like this, al
the untoward, strange attending cir
cumstances appear perfectly natural
to the participators, whose passioni
have already carried them beyond ths
limits Of social propriety.
Thus NJ. Fauyel never once though
of asking this stranger who he wal
and where he came from.
He heard and understood but ont
fact: the anonymous letter had lied
"But my wife confesses she IL
guilty. he stammered.
$50 she is,' replied NJ verduret,
"but not of the crime you imagine
Do you know who that man is, thai
you attempted to kill?"
"Her loveri'
"No, her sanl"
The words of this stranger, showing
his intimate knowledge of the privat,
affairs of all present, seemed to con
found and frighten Raoul more thar
NJ. Fauvers threats had done. Yet h,
had sufficient presence of mind to say
1T is the TRUTH
The banker looked wildly from
Raosi to NJ. yerduret; then, fastening
his haggard eyes on his wife, ex
claimed:
1T is false! you are all conspiriue
to deceive mel Proofsl'
you shall have proofs" replied NJ
Nerduret; but first listen"
And rapidly, with his Wonderful tai
ent for exposition, he related the prin.
cipal points Of the plot he had dis
covered.
The true state of the case was ter
ribly distressing to NJ. Fauyel, buI
nothing compared with what he had
suspected
His throbbing, yearning heart told
him that he still loved his wife. Why
should he punish fault committed
so many years ago. and atoned for by
twenty years of devotion and suffer
ing?
For some moments after NJ. Verdu
ret had finished his explanation, NJ
, Fauvel remained silent.
So many strange events had hap
4 pened, rapidly following each other
in succession, and eliminating in tn,
shocking scene which had just taker
! place, that NJ Fauvel seemed to b,
too bewildered to think clearly
II his heart counseled pardon ant
forgetfulness, wounded pride and self
respect demanded vengeance.
If Raoul, the baleful witness, tn,
living proof Of far-off sin. were no
in existence, NJ. Fauvel would not hay,
hesitated. Castor de Clameran wal
! dead; he would have held out his arm
TO his wife and said;
"Come to my heart! your sacrifices
for my honor shall be your absolu
tom let the sad past be forgotten.
But The sight of Raoul froze tn
words upon his lips.
$50 this is your son. he said 1,
his wife this man. who has plum
dered you and robbed met"
Nine. Fauvel was unable to utter
l W'hN fH AAFiA " tN1oN ANpt0dNAiu u
words.
"ohi" said N. Verduret, madam
win tell you that this Young man /
the son OF CASTOR &c Clameran; sh
has never doubted it. But, the trutl
is-n
"Whpt?'
"1hat. IN order 10 swindle her, h
has perpetrated a gross imposture.H
During the last few minutes Raou
had been quietly creeping toward tn
door, hoping to escape while no on
WAS thinking Of him.
But NJ. Nerduret. who anticipate
his intention, was watching him ou
OF the corner OF one eye. and stOppe
him just as ne was about leaving IN
room.
mot so fast, my pretty youth" h
said, dragging him into the middle q
the room; "it is not polite to ieas
US so unceremoniously. Let us have