Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1907-09-27
The Roupell Mystery
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,.I.i,, IN big drops on the thick hair
III. bcaying chest, as he rushed across
~ a,o,. nr his sitting room, holding his
u" oround him with one hand. He
,.r,d ,br door little way and took in
r.rr.r Still holding his towel about
.- he ,,ood examining the envelope very
,r.tl,fl,. As he stood thus, with one
~, lirhnv thrown forward, all his
.,,ic, on his left leg. his muscles stood
W., like whip-cords. His eyes were bright
..d tba light of a new interest suddenly
,r,ny into them. He presented thus a
,ra,dld specimen Of physical manhood.
n, had little occasion for the brisk rub
.n~ e., which he treated himself. when
aal nut down the letter unopened,
.sr.Iy rnarking:
-r n.ndrr what Cassagne is doing at
vHmryr.
,rlo heat Of his young and vigorous
-,3.. bad almost evaporated the moisture.
IT,. uaaf back into his bedroom and put
ana >orl. >iIkcn suit of pajamas, caught
,ba waist with a brocaded belt. He
.oot q fasseIIed Turkish fez from its peg
and mt it on his head. Then he went
IN fo his chocolate and rolls, picked up
hi. morning paper and began to read. He
g:nmod the sheet at first with a languid
interest. eating very deliberately as his
.r. travelled over the paper. Suddenly he
anne to this item:
Nothing new has transpired since
Yesterday in regard 10 the murder of
Nine RoupeIl at the Chateau Vile
aeuve-
Tie got 10 further. Like a fash he
dropped the paper and reached out and
,ook hold of the letter which he had
almost forgotten. exclainIing:
The Chateau Villeneuve Villeneuve
Whv. that's the place Cassagne writes
from. Pshaw what am | thinking of?
lie can't have been called i'll on that mat
,or, II was in the hands of the project
IF police and | know he hates CaSsagne
ike poison
Nevertheless it was with fingers which
rrpmbled a little in their eagerness that
he opened the letter.
Al" he exclaimed heres fun at
last Cassagne is engaged in that Vile
neure matter after all Called in by a
friend of the suspected party, too. AL
w9vS on that side of the case-the most
difficult. OF course. Wants me to watch
one Jules Ghabot know him; Ole
ron: club man. About as much chance
of his being implicated as of my getting
married. Well. [ declared!
There we're two long sheets Of inStruc
ions His first excitement over. Charles
DAuburon read them twice very care
fully. slipping his chocolate so slowly that
the contents of the cup were almost colo
before he finished it. Several minutes
elapsed before he finally put Cassagne's
'crter on one side and lay back to think
It was curious that his new field OF
activity should at last have brought hin
INTO contact professionally with mar
whom he had hitherto known only social
". NJ. Jules Chabot while a mere ac
.luantancc, belonged to club of which
ne was a member-the Alliance He
was not very constant in his attendance
but he was toerably we'll acquainted
there. Jules Chabot he had known as
one is apt to know those one casually
meets in the billiard room or at the caro-
able
How fortunate it was that, acting I'M
Her the advice OF his friend Cassagne, hi
mad scrupulously hidden from all hi:
friends and acquaintance his new occu
TASK for him TO keep watch of Chabot':
movements. The only question was how
10 do so without. exciting his suspicious
lie sat revolving this matter in hi:
10'nd for nearly an hour, at the end o
which time he arose and completed hi:
oiiet, dressing himself with unusual care
he role he had now to play was ont
which had deceived many-that of rich
innocent dandy, to whom appearance II
Ecrythng, and who has not a thought il
his head beyond the set of his hat or hi
ic.
lie selected from his wardrobe a 6Gt
morning frock coat and a lowered waist
cat of an oriental design which was al
he rage among the bouIevards. He pu
N very tall collar and 4 necktie OF
very ultra fashion: a glossy hat. paten
Gather boots and silyer-headed Malacci
.anr completed his outfit AS he descend
I'd The stairs he put an eye glass in on
rye.
Thus ACQUIRED. Charles DAuburol
VAS as different a being as you could wei
imagine. from the free and easy Bohe
MAN of an hour previously. \ Sigh
'Irawl was apparent in his speech. Hail
ms cab, he directed the driver to pro
.eed to the Alliance club. He was tn
most innocent looking young man in tn
whole Of Paris. A vacant smile playeC
around his mouth. One gloved han'
sought his blonde mustache in caress
ne manner, while with the other he re
.urned the salutations of his numerou
7cQuaintances. NJ. Jules Chabot, seate,
IL the bay window of the Alliance club
saw him alight, and surveyed him with
.ook in which contempt struggled wit
oodtcness and got rather the best of ii
There is that insufferable fop, D'Au
ouron, coming up the steps," he remarks
.o an intimate. Il think that fellov
woN~ a bigger fool every day"
CHAPTER MI.
When Alfred Cassagne bid DR.. Maso