New-York tribune., 1907-08-11
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CHAPTER IN.
Maurice
CHAPTER ~.
Maurice

Maurice
TNILE cazed At the prone figure Tor IN
IT, stao- only, and then without further exam
lrar.ol OF any kind ran awas fast toward
The house. He Z FTenChTlan, and though
( F-encil-nan have thousand fine qualities, the
quality q presence OF mind II the first moments OF
. C-lSlS not Of them. And TINS was cTlsls!
After seven minutes OF hard running, he arrived
a The 1Cuse. which he had quilted by the great
glass doors the terrace de TeenteTed II, breath
less bv me same doors. and stood paralyzed tor
-ew seconds By excitement and alarm IN the vast
AaI. i was The hour OF deepest sleep He listened
--te--IE. Zo- sound reached him the enormous
1lans.o-. lie looked through the door The I'M
-aense ezpanses Of garden and lake were utterly
deserted Suddenly ne-ving himself Emile fur-
red ne elevator. 1t up at the second floor
where -l-- Cor-laIlder had LETT II four hours ago
B. pushing button he might have brought 1t
down hut ne up the WIDE velvet flooTed STAIR
case. and --c emily invaded the -oom OF MauTlce
Nau--ce T-as lying VIDE awake on ms back ms
hands Cla~eed under his head He started, neTvOusly
and violently lifting his head with his hands. Then
ne sa-l, b-ck What's up now" he demanded
'No. Tes, It's your fatferl At the statue
A. lie statue: How al the statue: he looked
a the clock Hasn't he been TO bed."
tElie s-ook MS head g You must come! Now!
4 WI said Maurice, sitting up Did he tell
Eoa = a--ag me-"
Maui asked 10 more questions. He put two
carmen his paJaTnas, pushed his feet INTO a
par q s-TTers, and seized a cap 1t was done IN
In -eadv. he said coldly.
Eng-.zh-nen were amazing creatures, Emile
thought II hen you expected them TO be calm,
tzey lcs- control Of themselves; and when you
Tected -hen 70 display emotional disturbance. they
csFla- ed nothing but the most astounding phlegm-
Nau--re stopped at the door Of the bed room
"Naar "e-e you doing out there so early:' he
4 eouldn't sleep said Emile; so went out
IN" was Maurice s cold comment. . j couldn'
Seer either
Tr.-,- -,,sl,e5 Tc--, There was no other con-
Ve-satlon Emile feared tell what he had seen,
and Maurice. most singularlv, did not inquire
Ihev TTOtted side by side down the gardens and
a last were within the shadow OF the statue.
And the great granite plInth, itself a square OF
-- leet. -eposed the insignificant, trng. twisted,
human figure whose viii had caused the creation
q the statue.
Maurice sprang up the steps OF the plinth. ran
toward the body. then halted few feet away from II
Hes dead he cred TO Emile instantly Look
a the iaw-how i s falen,
He continued 10 stare fxedly at the corpse, with
Is tTatealy ridiculous attire OF ceremony A gray
Tldeavake, which Carl CouTlander often wore II
hight when taking the air lay close at hand.
Dead" 1nurTnured Emile.
Cant vou see he's been nurdered:" Maurice
almost shouted He knelt suddenly by the corpse,
touched the forehead and drew away with shud-
oeT, without, however, rising from his knees.
Stabbed" said Emile.
Shook him
Shall I telephone for DOCTOR" Emile asked,
Maurice turned OF tlIm savagely, his dark IN
u.ushed hair falling over his forehead into hls eyes
What's the good Of doctor:" he demanded with
ne intense irritation OF wrought nerves Iele-
f.one Tor the police, more Ike!
.Aen he sighed. glanced at ETnLe aPpeallngly,
80 stood up, TetTeatIng TO the edge OF the plnth
EIalie looked about, utterly perplexed and en-
rraIIassed, Il@6e futile and helpless by the event.
epi the corpse Itself, there was not the slightest
seh q the unusual. No footmarks! No trace OF
any k:nd He watched Maurice, who had knelt
rsa--n py the corpse only 10 rise and walk away