Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1907-09-13

eyes upon the walls and ceiling But he
looked the doctor straight in the face.
ION what was that will written? Try
your utmost now to recoIlect that;
great deal depends on it,
The first will was not written upon
paper The second contained some slight
requests to friends and to fayorite ser
wants. | believe l was mentioned my
self for some trif1ing amount. In other
respects the two wills were identical The
first one was drawn up by Madame Rou-
pell's lawyers. She kept the second will
at her bankers. The first one remained
in the house. 1t was engrossed on parch-
| ment.'
"On parchment" repeated NJ. Cassagne.
WAS it anything like this?' and he
handed scrap of the article ia question
over to the doctor
Where did you find this?" inquired
the doctor when he could sufficiently re-
cover from his establishment to speak.
Il found it upstairs" replied NJ. Cas-
sagne Il put it in my pocket. because
it was in a queer place for scrap OF
parchment. l found it with four other
pieces. in the fireplace of Madame Rou-
| pelrs bedroom OF course. | have the
DRY, now. how they came there. First or
all, however, before | come to that tell
me if you are certain that the scraps
were torn from Madame RoupelFs will
the first WILL | mean-the parchment
one?'
The physician did not Immediately re
ply He fully realized the importance OF
his answer, and how much hung on 1t.
Give me the SCRAPS" he said. If
there is any writing on them | should
be able to tell by that. 1t was very
peculiar hand. 1t looked as il it had been
engrossed by an English scrivener. Yes,
the handwritings are IDENTICAL.
at is enough" muttered Cassagne,
sweeping the pieces Of parchment up
from the table and putting them carefully
away in his pocketbook Now for my
theory. Henry Graham is the man we
want to find. Mind you. l don't say he
| committed the murder, but you'll see ne
is implicated in it in some way or other.
He had everything to gain by Madame
Roupell's death, provided she died mites
tate He must have learned in some way
that his sister had made Will dslnherlt-
ing him. To gain possession OF Whal lie
thought was the only will was his OBJECT.
If he could do that. his sister. being ls-
norant of the fact that the will was de-
stroyed. would go to her grave bellev-
ing herself testate. On her death her
brother could have come forward and
claimed the property
It was clever reasoning The doctor
listened with breathless interest as the
detective continued:
Assuming that it is this Henry Ora
| ham. let us see what he knew and what
he did. He must have heard of the max
ing of this first WILL and somehow or
other he must have learned OF Its con-
tents. He was ignorant OF the making
of the second instrument. Now let us see
how he acted. He gained an entrance
| To the chateau. How he did this it is I'M
nossible to state at present. Probably
ha may have been in collision with some
body in The house but | don't know yet
He was evidently we'll posted as to the
movements of the f9 lily. for he chose a
time when. as he thought, they had gone
to fine oDera. 1t was mere accident
we don't know whether it was or not. but
we will assume so-that Miss Harriet
Weldon did not accompany the party
am myself inclined to think there was
some love affair between her ana van
T,;+h which accounts for his presence IN
the house that night. and which also
accounts for his silence. You understand
what | mean. He won't speak tor Tear
of compromising the young lady
The doctor nodded. THAT is good, he
said. Every good, indeed: go ahead.
.'The assassin was q little disconnected
at finding Miss Weldon and your TREND
in the chateau. Instead of entering the
bouse from the front. which would be
comnarativeIy easy. he was compelled to
do so by the rear, running the FISK OF
being seen by the servants. lie gained
Madame Roupell's chamber and proceed
| cd TO search for the document. lie ran
sacked the desk and then threw the pa
nars about. UncOnsciously he stayed
iononr than he intended. SO absorbed
was he in his search that he was surprls-
ed bv his victim. He drew the stlietto,
stabbed her. and quietly resumed his
search for the paper. After time, he
found il. He was about to destroy 1t
nv fire. when it occurred to him that
parchment would burne better if 1t was
in small pieces He started to tear 1t
nm when he altered his mind, and instead
Of burning it then and there. put it in his
rocket to be destroyed at some more fav-
orable opportunity. Unluckily for him,
in his hurry he did not pick up the scraps
he tore Off.
ITO be continued)