Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1907-09-06
The Roupell Mystery
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CHAPTER -(Continued>
-., Doctor and Emily Weldon contin-
~, slowly promenade up and down
.,rrage United by that secret bond
'L .r..srhr which ofttimes brings two
-ogprher uncOnsciously. they ex
M ;,.s1 nm indefinabIe comfort in each
,,rar's society
W, i;rarv figure. that of some worthy
,.ub,~ Of Paris. attracted, doubtless, to
,,.rT.,.rra bv the sensational reports in
,.r.,papers. was the only living OBJ
:..- that was in view. Looking at him
tho doctor Observed
.,rl,ra is no gauging the depth of hui
man curiosity
.r,asr +. so. There have been several
.io...-" and she glanced up to the
Unclaimed chamber above, with shud
IT, "Thav walk in and out as if they
.,1 ,ne place. He looks like retired
..,.I.,,aau Of some kind. He is pretty
s,r q ,rospasser. See, he has seat
~, ,;msn.f Oh the turf, and is throwing
,r,ad to the swans
Don't disturb him" said the doctor.
..,a ,ef-b what care he spreads that red
s,r5..rrhief over his knees. He has TAX
NV ami some sandwiches. and IS evidently
ariovsng them
Ms. Weldon again smiled. 1t was
-,,uv a,ritp ludicrOus to watch the old
,,,rranan from Paris He appeared to
no totally 0bIivious of the presence of
.F. -aonIp on the terrace. Having eaten
ffs sandwich. he presently arose and
throw the crumbs adhering to his hand
ps-.h.af 10 the eXppCtant swans. The
doctor laughed outright; SO loudly, indeed,
nc IN 2pparpntly attract the attention of
+ba old gentleman who. glancing but once
IN their direction with an indignant air,
yvoIkpd away and disappeared among the
trees
A half hour more elapsed and still NJ.
cassagne did not some. Hardly able to
conceal his irritation at the delay. DR..
Mason at length retired to the library,
where he busted himself in some scientific
calculations in which he had been abrupt
" interrupted by the startling news of
the murder of Nine. Roupell. For an
hour he remained oblivious to all else
save sinps. cOsnps. tangents, secants and
cosecants An abtruse trigonOmetrical
problem was before him, and to it's solu
ton he was devotng himself heart and
soul. when suddenly he became aware of
an obstruction of the light from the win
dow. Looking up, to his intense annoy
ance he perceived the inqufsitive burgher
from Paris. his nose fattened against
the glass, staring vacuously into the
apartment.
Anger was expressed in every feature
Of the physicians countenance as he
threw the French window wide open;
but the worthy burgher did not seem to
be at all Disconnected. On the contrary,
arang himself of the opportunity, be-
fore the doctor could stop him, he stepped
over the low sill and entered the library.
Sir, this unwarrantable intrusion at
such moment" began the physician.
May perhaps surprise YOU" interrupt
ed the burgher; but have you given or
dsrs about the trutf1es?"
The doctor stared with establishment
and stepped back two or three PAGES.
You are" he gasped, you cannot be
MONSIEUR"
u an" replied the burgher. an indie
scrbabIe twinkle in his eye. as he noted
the doctors amazement. II am the per-
son you are about to mention-Alfred
'aSsagne, the detective" and with pro-
found bow. he handed DR.. Mason his card.