The Wichita daily eagle., 1904-01-28
THE MALAY KRIS

Close until twelve. You have plenty of
time
..Yes. Monsieur Montier; but l promised
to meet my wife at one of the shops
s.Oh she will be too busy shopping to
II worry about your absence: I did hope
Z that you would see my son before you
left.
your son? Oh, to be sure; he has
= come back from Paris. Well, are you
i x1ad? Did he graduate with honors?'
s.Yes He is a doctor of laws. and his
mother is overjoyed. ] cannot say that 1
am. / find him a little bit too Partisan,
this boy of mine. He says good many
about honestly, property. justice. Why
yesterday l would have left the dinner
liable If it had been anybody but my own
son talking in that way. and being my
own son. it was hard work to keep my
hands off his ears And he spends too
much L am continually giving him mon
ey, yet he is forever after his mother for
more. He goes to bed very late and ev
cry morning there is a great fuss before
monsieur consents to get up. No. no,
, don't like such habits. If he wishes
&, succeed at the bar, he must take
other road
You intend to make magistrate out
OF him, believer
He says no, at present. We shall have
g wait until he changes his mind
Have you heard that young Megiun
has come home as juge obstruction"
'I know. He and my son are great
friends. A very serious lad. / hear
Serious? He and my-ta z RoHlcf.w VT
SERIOUS? He would send his own faith
or to prison. There will be no smother
/ tlg of scandals with hin-like that col
iege affair last year. Heavens, Monsieur,
Montier, it is quarter past ten l real
iy must go, my friend. Hello. What a
pretty cabinet
1T isn't bad but / have more inter
esting one downstairs in the hall. j will
I 20 with you and show il to you. You
must see the Malay kris 1 picked up the
other day by pure accident. Along comes
. sailor--let me see, it was day before
yesterdaya sailor of some outlandish
country. with all sorts of foreign curiosi-
ties. / bought something that ne called
q Malay kris. Malay or not, it is very
curious. I've seen such things in books,
but / didn't know they really existed.
blade divides, and when you pull it out
, IL leaves a horrible wound, shaped like
Ma cross Come j will show it to you.
! Take care of the last step. the hall is so
dark. The cabinet is by the window
Hello
What is the natter"
We'll, here's pretty business
''What?''
THE kris is gone! Who can have taken
Il? / must see about this
Look on the floor Monsieur Mortier
Perhaps the hooks have given way"
mo, the books are all right. and there
- nothing on the floor Well, welIi
must see about this at once"
.4Well, must be going, Monsieur Mon
der
"Good-day, Monsieur Gambard. Justine,
Justine! oh. it's you. Clemence. Where
on earth is Justine?"
In the garden, with madame. / have
J3ust come from market
But what is the matter with you, Gle
mence? You look all upset
And well l may be. monsieur. Some
thing dreadful has happened. Monieur
knows the lady of the chateau
'wen?"
She was murdered last night About
nine o'clock the gardener heard a scream
and ran; but she was dead before he
reached her. Them urderer, whoever he
is must be a monster. Just imagine
monsieur. On the poor ladys breast they
found two wounds that made a cross
But what is the matter with monsieur"
"Nothing-the murder of the old lady
checked mo a little Dnec adaraa kpOv-
mot yet, monsieur
Don't tell her. 1t might excite her"
Especially as madame is already dis
turbed. l don't know if / ought to tell
monsieur but Monsieur Lucien-''
''well. What, Monsieur Lucien?"
HE did not come home last night-Oh.
what is wrong with monsieur
II don't know-I feel rather faint. I've
felt so all day-yesterday. too
monsieur had better go to his room"
Yes. / am going"
"fll help you upstairs -
s'Eo, no, leave me alone
Eyes. yes! Monsieur can hardly stand
up. Come, Carefully. Here we are, Sit
down in your big armchair There, Does
monsieur feel better.
''Yes. yes
II was sure that monsieur was vexed
because Monsieur Lucien did not como
home"
"Nonsense. I've felt badly all day"
Il will go and tell madame"
"No. not"
"Ahi Here comes madame now Mon
saeur is ill. madame"
Il am not: there is nothing the matter
with me. What is the girl talking aboute
Go. Go to your kitchen"
Madame l told monsieur that Mon
oieur Lucien-"
''Who told you TO say anything about
Il? Go. Mind your own affairs. That
girl is unbearable! She told YOU about
Lucien?"
Yes. That is what upset me-though /
have not felt well all day
1T is not SO much his not coming home
that vexes me-boys will be boys-but |
confess that | am troubled by his rnys-
terious actions. What do you think? He
came in. stealthily, two minutes ago
was in the hall. putting in order the
closet under the stairs. He didn't see
me in the darkness but 1 saw him so 10
the cabinet and hang something on a
hook. Edward. What is the matter?
Ycu're as white as a sheeft'
. Nothing. nothing. A slight faintness
!, ,uke had while ago. Go way; | would
rather be alone
The idea, Leave you when YOU are
nl..'
1T is nothing. tell you. Ny nerves
are unstrung~ 1t only irritates me and
ma %