The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1902-02-17
cHAPTER contInued


please can tell YOU. He burrieS
loHch TO the hotel where the other
GiNnsieur de Lagors. awaited him
ARh' upon my soul, have never heard
90 much swearing in my Hfel Mon
eieur kaoul asked him what had han
pencd to put him :usuch bad bumor
Nothing,' replied my master. 'excep,
that little devil has run OF. and n,
one knows where she is: she ba,
slipped through our fingers. TIE,
theY both appeared TO bc vexed aDo
uneasy Lagors asked il she knew
anything serious: She knows moth
lng but what I told you. replied
Ciamerani but this nothing. faIlinp
in the ear Of man with any suspi
c'ons, will be more than enough tc
work on
NJ Verduret smiled like a man wht
had his reasons for appreciatipe al
their just value De Clamerau's fears
We'll your master is not without
sense, after all; don't YOU tbi,i, h,
showed it 10y saying that2"
Yes patron. Then Lagors ex
claimed II it is as serious as that
we must get rid Of this little serpentr
But my master shrugged his shoulders
and, laughing loudly said: 'You tals
hlte sn IDIOT when one is annoyed b,
q woman of this sort. one must taks
measures to get rid of her admins
traureiy This idea seemed to anus,
them both very much"
- can understand their being en-
tertained by it," said NJ. Verduret.
lit is aH excellent idea: but the mis-
fortune Is, It is too ate to carry il
out The nothing which made Clame
ran uneasy has already fallen into
knowing ear"
With breathless curiosity Prosne,
listened to this report every word oi
which seemed to throw light upop
past events. Now, ne thought he nm,
derstood the fragment of Gipsv's let
ser. lie saw that this Raoul. in whom
he had confded so deeply. was moth,
ing mnre than scoundrel. 4 tLou,
aaud ittle circumstances. unuoticed
AT the time, now rccurrcd to his mind
and made him wonder how he could
have been blind SO long
Master Joseph Dubois continued hi,
Teport:
Yesterday, after dinner, my maste
locked himself cut like a bridegroom
shaved him, curled his hair, and per
furned him with especial care, afte.
whick I drove him TO the Rue d,
Provence to call on Madame Fauvel
"What!" exclaimed Prosper, "aftei
the insulting language he used tn,
day Of the robbery, did he dare u
visit the house?"
Yes, monsieur; he not only daret !
this out he also stayed there unit
midnight, TO my great discomfort; foi
got as wei as rat waiting for him.
How dad he look when he CANT
out "' asked A. Nerduret
Wet, he certainly looked les |
pleased than when he went in. Afte, |
putting away my carriage. and rub |
bing down my horses. went to see II P
he wanted anything; I found the door
locked. and he swore at me like
trooper through the kcyhole."
And. TO assist the digestion Of thin
Insult, Master Joseph here gulpet
80 rs nf'''f' vs. fAtf0iil NAlfs
rs that ali?" questioned NJ. Yer
auret
All that occurred yesterday. pa
trOn, hut this morning my master
rose tate, still ian "a horribly bad hu
NOR. ht noon Raoul orrised. also in
a rage They at once began TO dis I
pute, aud such "a roWl Why the mos /
abandoned se-hreukers aud pick !
pockets would have bushed to heal
such bIllingsgate. At onO time ms !
master seized the other by the throa, .
and shook him like "a reed But Raou |
was too quick for him, he saved hin, !
SELF FROM strangulation by drawiia /
out sharppointed knife, the sight
OF which made my master drop him |
in hurry, I can ten YOU"
Bot what did they say2"
Al. there is the rub, patron" said |
Joseph, 'n piteous tone, "the scamp;
spoke English. so could not under. |
stand them. But I ann sure they were
disputiag about money
How DO you know that?"
'isrcease learned az the exposition
that the word argent meant money
IN every language in Europe; and thi,
they constantly used ia their conyer
sation"
NJ Nerdnret sat with his knit browS
talking in an undertoue TO himself;
and Prosper who was watching him,
wondered IL he was trying to under,
stand and construct the dispute by
merc force of reflection
When they had done dghung,'
continued Joseph. ",be rascals begaa
20 talk in French AGAIN; but they onig
spoke of fancy hal which is 10 ba
givon hy some bauker When Raou
was leaving, my master said. 'Slres
this thing Is Inevitable, and it must
take piacr to-day sou bad better ne.
main at home. et hes.uet this even
ing iipow replied 'Of -ourse'"