The Minneapolis journal., 1904-12-24
THE EPISODE OF THE PAR
ALLEL.
CHAPTER II-(Continued.

"Look here, Doc," Maitland said,
breaking out suddenly, GIVE an idea.
Might not this fellows interest in can
GERS be due to his having one himself? ?
Suppose you make canvass or the
specialists on cancer in Boston and vi
Der being consulted by a patient an
swering the description with which |
will provide you. In addition to this
/ will insert an ad in the papers call
ing attention to a new method for the
cure Of cancer, and asking all inter
ested to call at your office for further
particulars The plan does not promise
7" much, aa,, still tdlai5 i may bring him. What
l expressed my willingness to do all
in my power to aid him, and he left me.
The next mornings papers contained
the advertisement and i had several
calls in answer to it. These would
have caused me much inconvenience
had I not explained the whole ruse in
made a speciality of the treatment of
cancers, and persuaded him to come to
my office during the nours specified in
the advertisement. When a patient
would call I would satisfy my
self that it was neither the person
we were searching for, nor anyone sent
by him to make Inquiries, and then
Rhoades. 1t would never have occurred
to me to interest myself in any patient
who did not answer the description
given me by. Maitland, had he not es-
pecially cautioned me in this regard.
ave have" he said, "to deal with
mon order. We have already seen that
he never runs risk, however slight,
which he can avoid. 1t is more than
likely, therefore, if our advertisement
meets his eye and interests him, he will
inquire into it thru some second party.
Again, we are by no means certain that
his interest in cancers is a purely per-
sonal one. Perhaps it is a wife, a
sister, or some other relative who is
afflicted: In this case We could hardly
expect him to, come hinself Let me
caution you, therefore, to closely scru-
tinize all applicants and question them
until you are satisfied they are in no.
wise connected with the man for whom
we are searching.'
followed this advice most carefully
self that mono Of my callers had any
relation whatsoever with the murderer
of John Darrow. This order Of things
was continued for several days with
the same result. In the meantime Matt
land was working upon new, clue he
about it, he said, when he had followed
it to the end. This was on Tuesday.
On Friday he came to the house and
informed us that he had met man
who had known M. Henri Cazot, q
Frenchman whose description seemed
to tally perfectly with nearly all we
knew Of Mr.. Darrow's murderer.
''It came about in this way,' Matt
land began in response to Gwen Is re-
quest that he should tell us all about it:
II determined to thoroly search ev-
cry book on the 'Weltz- Rizzi' list, to
T mi irh rat al
clue. In the work by Robert Houdin
entitled 'The Sharper Detected and
Exposed T found the statement that
gamblers often neutralized a cut in a
pack. Of cards by q, rapid and dexterous
sleight. This, the book went on to say
was accomplishing in the following
manner: When the cards are cut and
left in two packets upon the table, the
sharper picks up with his right hand
the parcel Of cards which was origin
ally at the bottom Of the pack. This
is brought above the other packet, az
leasing the cards, the lower parcel i.
deftly tilted up by inserting the right
little finger under it, and the upper
packet quickly slid beneath it, leaving
the cards in precisely the position they
occupied before cutting. For this .pur
pose. the book continued, the nail Of
so as to facilitate its being thrust be-
to myself, is possible explanation Of
one Of the peculiarities Of my plaster
cast The long nail on the. left little
finger may have served its function a.
the gaming table. If So, however, i
Is left-handed, while, as we have al
ready seen, the writing upon the libra
ry slips would indicate that he is am
bidextrous; We need not, therefore,
reasoned, be. surprised if we find, tina
both little. fingers have long nails.
began q search Of the gambling resort
of this city. In order not to excit
suspicion, I played little in each place
watching my opportunity to engage tn
proprietor in conversation. In ever.
ease foow0d ha the samS s0rmqe he Di
to come theref Foreigner-spok
French, little under medium height
had q sort of halt in his walk; bit hi
finger nails, ETC., etc. I met with n
encouragement In the downtown places
tho the proprietor of one Of the Hay
ward Place, dives had an idea sue
man had been there, but only once Q
twice, and he was not sure he coul
place him. I then went up to the Sout
End and on Decatur street found ma
who promptly responded to my inau
ries: 'Gadl that's Henri Cazot fas
enough, ID all DuL Inc nSlRQL ana ga1
Dick there, IL tell you all about hin
He owes him little debt Of honor Q
about hundred plunks. He gave hill
his note for it, and Dick carries
around with him, not because he think
ell ever get it, but he likes the wri
ing NJ. Henri Cazot! en-, Dick7' an
he burst into a coarse laugh. l turne
to Dick for further information. H
had already produced q mueh-crumple
paper and was smoothing it out upo
the table.
'' There's the article he sal
bringing his hand down emphaticall
upon it. 'The cuss was hard up. Luc
had gone agin him and he had To-
every cent he had. Jem Macy W.
a-dealin' and Cazot didn It seem
grasp that fact, but kept betti,
heavy. You see, young fel!er, ye ain
over likely to win at cards when "
playin' agin the dealer. Cazot didn
know this and wouldn It tell him, f.
he was rather fly with the cards himse
when he want watched too close. We
he struck me for loan; said his lit
girl was hungry and he hadn 1T q ce
to buy bread. Cad, but he looked wi
tho! 1 always thought he v
more N half loony. Well, as hi
helped to eeece him / lent him a hu
dred and took this here note. That 8 t.
last I ever see of M. Henri Cazo1
and he handed the paper to me-.
p1ance6 at the sipnature It was t