The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-08-11
RIGHT, 1907. RY IRVING KING. ALE RIGhTg REgERVED


 had been making preparations to for- sake the disgraced father and huspano He suspected rightly that Mercedes had confessed all to Albert. When ne drove to his house a. hackney eaV stood there. As the hackney cab dfovs away Fernand watched 1t from ths window of his room. Then sharp ,e- port was heard, and a thick smohe came through one of the panes of the window which had been shattered py the explosion.
 Scarcely had Paris ceased talking over the suicide of the Count de MOT cerf when society was shocked by . fresh sensation. The Count Cayaieanu was arrested for murder
 He had stabbed to death former galley slave named Caderousse. who had been biaekmailing him. Caderousse lived long enough after being stabbed to make a deposition declaring that ne recognized the su-oalled cavalcanti as a fellow convict with him in the sal- lsys, named Benedetto.
 The police found out that this was l true and that both men had been lip- erated through a mysterious English man calling himself Lord Wiimore, who | had expended great deal Of money in effeetlng their escape, What the | police did not find out was the iact 1 that among the effects of Monte CTS,
 10 were disguises which transIormeo him quickly into either Lord Wiimore | or the Abbe Busoni.
 Danglars naturally was dreadfully | shocked. He shut himself up in his | room and looked the situation in the | face. His finances were in a perilous state. To defraud one of his clients the | United Charities. out of a large sum
 and flee from the country seemed all | that was left him. That night he was
 Q fugitive making for tho Italian | frontier. and the next day his name
 was posted as that of Q swindier and bankrupt
 The tragic downfall of his friends
 made little impression on M. de Vile | fort, the Kings attorney. His own af- | fairs occupied and harassed his mind
 too much. There had been series of | strange deaths in Villeforts house, and 1 Dr. d'Avrigny, the family physician. i told him frankly that a poison was at work. The aged Marquis and Marquise | de Saint-Meran, coming to visit their
 son-fn-1aw, had both died suddenly; and there was little doubt that the | life of the venerable M. Nortier, who
 made his home with his son, had been
 attempted. But the medicine which the
 doctor had been giving the old man | seemed to have made her immune
 And now the lovely Valentine was
 stricken.
 Maximilian Morel was in despair, and l of course. rushed for advice and com
 fort to Monte cristo. Must I let one
 of that accursed race escapeY" thought
 Monte Cristo. well. be 1t So" And he
 promised Morel that Valentine should
 be saved.
 Valentine was lying asleep in her
 room, to which the only entrance was
 through the chamber occupied by Mime. | de Vtllefort, and her young son. boy
 of five or six years. 4 white-clethed
 figure entered stealthily from Mime. de Villefort'g apartment and the glass of
 medicine which stood on e table by the
 bedside was emptied into the fire
 place and refilled from a vial carried
 by the mysterious figure, which al
 once retired.
 Then the door of a closet off of Val.
 entine's room opened aud the Count { of Monte Cristo stepped out. His pres.
 ence was an illustration of power oi a money. Under the name of the Abbs ! Busoni he had bought the house abut- ting on that of VillefeFt. spread & re- ' port that 1t was unsafe. evlcted the tenants and engaged workmen who . under his directions and the ,pretext 6 of repairing the walls, had temovet Q so much Of the party-wall between the two houses in one place that tht 3 Count was able by himself to remove a a few stones which permitted his en | trance into the closet of Valentine'i c room.
 a Valentine opened her eyes and saw Il the intruder with amazement anS r alarm. But before sine could cry ou I the Count made a gesture commanding a silence and hastily told her what h' : had seen through the half-opene' . door of the closet. Then, throwing hal
 the poisoned draught into the fire f place, he left the rest in the glass ant | Wal n A the pellets which he took from hi d famous sl"erald vial.
 \ Tine girl sank Into a deathlik' ]. sIeep Scarcely had the Count disap
 peared when the white figure cam c again from Mime. de Villeforts room e threw into the fireplace what remain z ed of the draught and again retired
 she thought Valentine had drank hal d the potion and wished to put the res - beyond discovery. But once more tn n Count came out of the closet Whel e he again retired the glass on the ta
 ble was half full of the same poison t In the morning the doctor pronounc n ed Valentine dead He seized tne haii ii y filled glass which stood on the taoI IF and at once declared 1t poison. Is Dr. d'Avrigny had a long conferene ]. with the stricken Viilefort and an
 other with the aged Nortler, who. il l. spite of his speeches. and pa@lyze, lt condition, was able to make insei
 understood by signs. and communicate e to the doctor all that he had seen an n all that he suspected. They searche
 the house. In madann's laboratory the Is found discriminating evidence
 They placed the body of Valentin e. fin A vault in the cemetery. If on l. had been watching during the cere ;" mony he might have seen the form O r. Monte cristo lurking near by, benin e e tree. -, ,,,,,o...
 confronted his wife alone in her roor .e ana laid before her all the evidenc y that had been collected
 Ie "Afada,n.." he said to the woman wh n, ~roveled on the floor at his feet. eS
 cIaiming Y did it for my son. that h .e might inherit all" Madam. you are a S. expert In poison, I am goipg thi
 morning to try a murderer It on m ." return you are still alive, swea
 that you shall De the next assassin ,h niace In the dock"
 B. The trial vrlefort had spoken C O, was that of Benedetto. The young ma pr came into court defiant ana iaunty. Tn of night before he had had long inter ot View with Bertuccio When the JudE a asked him his name he replied. Al In that I cannot tell you. except Bent d. detto. I was born at Auteull. in th Id house No 2s Rue de Ia Fontaine.
 have not been told who my moths ! NF Ia