The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1906-11-29
TOOK a medlrarlve pun or two oe1o1e

SooN a iHcuitalINe pun vi TWO before
he began.
We'll have to start With few gen
eral observations" he said at list
ITS evident that Thompson wouldn't
nave carried these clippings around
With him for so long unless they in
some way concerned him. It's evident
Tat Miss Croydon would never have
| dared 10 take them unless she was
| pretty certain that they somehow Vi.
tally concerned her. It's evident that
TremaiNc wouldn't have taken so
mitch trouble to looll for them unless
he was mighty anxious to fial them
| We arrive. then, at our first conclu-
sion namely that these clippings nee
es'arily shed some light upon the trag-
cGE recently enacted in this room and
upon the connection of these people
with each other
Yes | agreed unless all these
people were mistaken in their estimate
of the value of the clippings"
That, of course. is possible. but
don't think it probable. At any rate
let us disregard that suggestion for
the moment and proceed along the 9th
er line What light is it possible for
these clippings to shed on the murder.
OF Thompson? Obviously it must be
only by explaining motives. The ma
| jority of them seem to be concerned
with the adventures of Frenchman
who goes under various names, but
who. am sure, is one and the same
person. He I st. then. be either Ire
maine or Thompson. Eut Thompson
was evidently not Frenchman. and
Tren.ainc pretty evidently is, though
his contact With the world has served
TO rub away a good many of the
marks l think we're pretty SAFE,
therefore. in assuming that the
Frenchman of these clippings is Ire
Eaine. AS we go on l believe We'll
| frd some Internal evidence confirming
| this. You agree With me thus far?"
PERFECTLY" | said. admitting your
inst premise that these clippings are
| really concerned with the case"
That, too, | believe, Well soon be
| ale to prove by internal evidence. OF
Course. if they haven't any connection
| Win it, they'll soon lead us into chaos
| -.rt there's another thing. We mustn't
| Expect TOO much from them. We
i.-i.sin't expect Il story complete in all
Is parts-its bound to lie fragmentary.
| i,.e wonder is that Thompson succeed
| cl in keeping this many links in tie
Gain. Maybe i'll his more prosperous
lays he had mania for clippings. At
LEST we mustn't be disappointed if
u aHe are long gaps in the story
cs, | agreed again. That's evil
dent enough"
Very We'll Wen begin with the
clippings. then, substituting Tremaine's
n'lle f1r the one used. The first clip
ping IS merely Il marriage notice, an
n2@ncin@ that Oh the Odd of August.
l5@S'. Trernaine married one Terese
Ba.tigny at Dieppa. Let me see Tire
maine was then probably about twenty
years of age. No doubt he was born
ut DieDpe. so that the name given here.
Victor Charente, is his real one. You'll
notice that he's retained his first name,
which is a bit of corroborative cv,
dcnce
OR liere coincidence" l supple
mcated.
IN Wire our correspondent at
Dicppe to look Up tits Charcnte. Per
ha,ns he can set Il Photograph. That
would settle tie question.
nodded. Yes. that would settle it,
for ,irenaine at forty was probably not
greatly different from Tremaine at
| twenty
The second clipping" projected
| Godfrey. shows Us that our hero soon
wandered from the straight and mar
! Tow path, and gives us, too. a little
light upon his personal history. In the
| spring following his marriage-April
| lG 1884. to be exact-while assistant
manager of the ship supplies house of
BilGaet Erares, he absconds with Go.OCO
francs. He is believed to have gone to
America. to have been smuggled out of
tie llalbor by Il friendly American cap
tain. Surely. it is not impossible" he
| added. that this friendly American
captain WAS Thompson
Very few things are impossible"
commented. ! began to be inpatient
With Godfrey. He was permitting his
prejudice against Tremaine to warp
| his Judgment
"Well, We'll keep that for a hypothc-
SIS. anyhow" And he turned to the
tllll clipping. This" he continued,
shows Us that lie indeed came to
| AGeri"a. II is dated July %, 1850, and
states that Il Young Frenchman and Il
t:,amp Skipper named Johnson -ah, you
sce:'
I'D, indeed, see Here was the FIRST
appearance of Tremaine's zo,nbi = of
his familiar devil. | looked at Godfrey
with the liveliest admiration This
constructive reasoning was something
which ! certainly was quite Incapable
or
80 that on Thompsons arm was
the initial of his real name" observed
Godfrey. II thought it was; it had
been there Il long time and an ef-
fort had been made to erase it, After
a man has started Oh the crooked path
he doesn't want any tattoo marks on
ll.in; they make identification too easy.
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