Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1904-04-26

0S7 OU are III great hurry hoH
w sieur Gambard. Sit down again
& for a few minutes. won't you
But it is nearly 10 o'clock, Mon
sieur Monitor
well, what of it? The market
doesn't close until u. You have plenty
OF time"
Eyes. Monsieur Monitor; but 1 prom
ised to meet my wife at one OF the
shops"
"oh, she viii be too busy shopping
to worry about your absence. did
hope that you would see my son be-
fore you left"
Your son? Oh, to be sure, he has
come back from Paris. Well, are you
glad? Did he graduate with honorsE
''Yes. He is a doctor of laws, ana
his mother is overjoyed. | cannot say
tha l am. l find him little bit 100
Partisan, this boy of mine. lie says Il
good many things that l don't IKE at
all. argues about honesty, property
Justice. Why. yesterday would have
left the dinner table If it had been any
body but my own son talking In mat
way. and, being my own son, 1t was
hard work to keep my hands on ms
ears. And he spends too much am
continually giving him money, yet he
il forever after his mother for more.
He goes to bed very late, and every
morning there is great fuss before
monsieur consents TO get up. NO no!
I don't like such habits. If he wishes
IN succeed at the bar, he must take an
other road"
You intend to make a magistrate
of him, l believe?'
He says no, at present. We shali
have to wait until he changes his
mind"
..Have YOU heard that young Meguin
has come home as judge dinstruc-
tiong"
~ know. He and my son are great
friends. 4 very serious lad. | hear.
..Scrious? He would send his own
ea+ber tn prison. There will be no
smotnering of scandals with him
me- that college affair last year.
uaavens Monsieur Monitor, ii is a
,uarter past ten. l really must go,
nv friend. Hello! What pretty
cabinet
~. isn't bad, but have more IN
,,.ast,nr one downstairs in the hall.
viii 60 with you and show it to you.
Won must see the Malay kris l picked
nm the other day by pure accident.
.t,rg comes a Sailor-let me see, it
,,,as dsv before yesterday sailor
=, some outlandish country, with all
Its of foreign curioSities. L bought
so,nothing that he called a Malay kris.
SSaIav or not. it is very curious. I've
seen such things in books, but | didn't
knov they really existed. After stab
hing YOU press a spring. The blade
a,rtses and when you pull it out.
leaves n horrible wound, shaped like
,,ross Come, / will show ii TO you.
Take care of the last step. the hall is
So dark The cabinet is by the win
dow Hello"
what is the matters"
We'll here's a pretty business!'
"WhatY'
.The kris is gone, Who can have
taken it? | must see about this"
Look on the floor. Monsieur Mon
tier. Perhaps the hooks have given
way"
40. the hooks are all right, and
there is nothing on the door Wen.
well! l must see about this at once
We'll. 1 must be gone, Monsieur
Monitor"
Good day. Monsieur Gambard. Jus
tine. Justine. oh. it's you. Glenn
ence. Where on earth is Justiney
sIn the garden with madame. l
have Just come from market"
But what is the matter with you.
Clemence? You look all upset"
And well may be. Monsieur.
Something dreadful has happened.
Monsieur knows the lady of the
chateau"
"Wellg"
"She was murdered last night. About
o O'Clock the gardener heard scream
and ran; but she was dead before he
waached her The murderer. whoever
ne is. must be a monster. Just mag
inc. monsieur! ON the poor lady 5
breast they found two wounds that
made n cross. But what is the mat
ter with monsieur
..Nothing-tbe murder CT the old
LADY shocked me little Does ma.
dame known
..Not ret monsieur.