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CHAPTER Ix.-(Continued.

CHAPTER Ike Ccntinued.,
The doctor was following this theory
with breathiess interest go on" he
said.
HE was about to retire ~ he came.
when the thought occurred to him to
divert suspicion from himself By placing
1.-THE pistol he had picked up on hts way
through the rooms, near his victim. But
wound. He raised the window, and noted
the distance to tbs tres. He went over
and fired the pistol at Madame Roupell,
who was still insensible. Then he threw
the pistol down and jumped from the
window. We must search for the man
In two places; in the haunts Of the poor
and In thu palaces Of the wealthy. We
have little to guide rs but the scraps Of
parchment and the gold lockst 4 also
found"
Let me look At the locket.- said the
Doctor. Can you got II openi 1t may
contain lock of hair or somsthingy"
II have already done that It contains
q picture" responded Cassagne. II will
abow you"
The detective took penknife and pried
up the little gold lid. A small photo
graph was disclosed to view. 1t was the
portrait Of q man Of about twenty Year,
Of age.
what does this meanr' cried the doc
tor. Henry Graham cannot have com
mitted this murder. This il 4 portrait
of Henry Graham himself"
Impossible - CALCULATED tho detective.
1T is fact" replied DR.. Mason. He
ran into the drawing room, and picking
up an album, turned the pages over rap
Idly. Finally he stopped at . certain
photograph.
That was Henry Graham when he
was decent member Of society" he said.
The detective put the locket down close
to the photograph. and compared the two
pictures carefully.
There Is no doubt whatever about it.
be remarked You are right; they are
portraits of ono and the same man."
Then it couldn't be Henry Grahamr
inquired tho physician. "A man doesn't
carry locket containing . picture Of
himself"
1T may not be Henry Graham at all,
replied the detective. Il hops it isn't
for the sake of the family; but he's the
man we've got to look for frst, and the
sooner we find him the better your
friends prospects are Of resaining his
liberty"
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T. P. BMDERBACK
Fire Insurance Agent and Dealer in
Real Estate. Collections promptly at
tended to
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CHAPTER X.

There are all kinds of men In Paris,
| all kinds of failures in life and all kinds
Of successee-the poor genius who dis
patches himself In an attic, and the
| financial magnate- The Yicomte de Va
lair was one Of those gentlemen who
might be placed In the latter category.
At bound he had risen from compare
tive obscurity to sudden wealth and such
social position as his title, having Its
source in the king Of the Belgisns, could
insure him in society which cared rath-
CT more for good dinners than old blood.
The Vicomte de Valiar's great hit had
been the successful floating Of the City
and Suburban Messenger Company. Lon
don had refused to accept this scheme,
preferring TO send its servants out into
the rain and ruin its liveries, to having
a little instrument in the house by which
to summon at trif1ing charge a messen-
ger, a doctor or cab. De Valiar, with
an eye keen as hawk, had watched the
career of the enterprise In the English
metropolis. He saw that 1t was insult
ed TO the phlegmatic and exclusive tenn
permanent of the Briton. In the Ameri-
can colony at Paris alone was to be
found a successful field for its opera
tons.
The projectors of the London com
pany, Americans, were glad enough to
sell the French patents. They even
laughed IN their sleeves at the vicomte,
as they pocketed his cash, regarding him
already as a ruined man. At the same
time they could not help admiring his
audacity. The Vicomte de vsliar was
audacious, and he displayed consummate
tact in putting his scheme before the
public. He opened a large and snowy
Office. he subsidized the most venaI of
the Paris newspapers; he pulled thou
sand strings. Then, when all was ready,
he opened his subscription books Hun
dreds came to his Office, rang up a mes
senger, and having subscribed, called up
a cab on the queer little buzzing instru-
ment, and departed rejoicing in their
hearts that there were such enterprisinx
men in existence as the Yicomte de Va
liar.
All that was FIVE years axo Once
foated, the vicomte had promptly with
drawn himself from the messenger enter
prise, and invested the increased capital
which that speculation had brought him,
in the Mutual Credit and Trust Com
pshy' very limited hunoer Oh shares
oi inns eoueerh mac oeen onered TO the
puONlc. oucn was tne Prestlge OF the
Vlcomtes hano uhat tney had been sub
scrlDeu LOT oVe anu over agaln-ln very
rev hours
But IL was not alone IN tho field OF
business that De faiiar had achieved
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A Better Brand.

-Shortleigh has given up the
idea Of joining that north pole expedi-
ton. He says he doesn't care to court
death In the arctic regions.
Jack-Well, 1 don't blame him
seeing that he is now counting a rich
widow.
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100 mueb to poth.r win.

Sabbath School Teacher-Where
have you been lately, Sadie? / haven't
seen you at Sunday school for some
time.
Sadie Smith-Oh, please, miss, I'm
learning French and mudc now, 90
mother don't wish me to take religion
tust yet-London Sketch
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CHAPTER XII

| CHAPTER XI.
| Five years before the tragedy at tho
! Chateau VIlleneuve, Charles D'Auburon
| had found himself the untrammeed pos
SCISSOR of considerable patrirnony, and
had started in to enjoy life. He was then
| twenty-one years Of age. Two years later
he had exhausted every means of pleasure.
He was at that age when a really good
woman would have proved his salvation.
| She did not, however. make her appear
ance. He was destined to find relief In
more novel and totally unexpected d.
rection.
The Rue Brodier Is not a particularly
attractive street either before or after
midnight The police will assure you
that it is positively dangerous. Many a
sunrise has revealed the body Of some
victim lying in it's dark courts and moi
some alleys. 1t is altogether q strange
place for young man of means, who by
rights should at such an hour be snugly
in bed and asleep, to be wandering In Mt
three O'Clock In tho morning 1t is the
abode Of robbers. Every house in it IL
den Of thieves The Seine, running by
at it's foot with dark and turbid food,
il altogether too handy.
1t was TO this unattractivs street that
at an unseemly hour Charles D'Auburon
rtrayed with unconscious feet. He had
arisen from a sleepless bed. and had
strolled far and near, intending to tire
himself out. Then his reward would
come; repose, sound and refreshing. and.
glorious thought, perhaps an appetite, to
which latter luxury he had been for some
days stranger.
He walked on. totally unconscious of
danger, thick stick his only weapon, In
all the confidence of man who has never
felt the crack of brass knuckle in the
hand of garroter or made the acqualnt
ance of sandbag.
Dark figures were creeping from the
alleys behind him Mysterious whistles
resounded and re-echoed from the courts.
Something told him of his danger. He
stopped and looked up at a name on the
corner house, just legible in the dingy
lamp light. To what part of Paris he'd
he wandered? He was In the Rue Brodier.
Inroluntarily he turned to retrace his
steps, only to End himself confronted by
a half SCORE of sturdy ruffians. BE grasp
ed bis stick the tighter and backed closer
to the wall. His face was very pale
but he did not show any sign Of fear.
"You will go on" he answered, defiant
ly, "or l will call the police"
''The police But few Of those cattle
make their beats in the Rue Brodier, even
in the daytime" retorted the leader Of
the rufians. Come, your money, young
master"
D'Auburon put his hand in his pocket
and flung into the air what silver and
gold he had about him. 1t fell upon the
pavement under the street lamp They
rushed at it like beasts. Then D'Au-
buron lost his nerve. He thought he saw
his opportunity. He sprang into the
middle OF the street and ran like a deer.
The mob rushed after him. he would |
havs distanced them all, perhaps, he was
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thickset nan be rushed to lnset ~ not
a. hls fellow. excialming:
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man whom a III otAers kha;k 49, II
And hsen knnWa to - II 6NnlR then,
ard a. the point o. IL ptGtol pldk ct
ooune Desperate crfminAi and daltTog HIN
Over 70 jsttca Thatss how Alfro1 c.
sagEa ana Charles DtAuhurea AeoAa1 ~
Quainted.
Profoundly efAte9pl - r. OanGnn.
D'Auburpa not cniy did ~ - digit
q HIN, bot vifted hin eeten. IL
Friendship II ths detoctivo Naa II ekher's
salvation. Merely enri6as e 6xsk DAn-
buron ultimately became cemplstsly fAs-
cinated = Tie eharactse and caFasT e his
friend.
Thinking that ho, DAuburc0, lid 49,
and exhausted everything, be was aston
ished to nnd these new nalds Of advcn-
ture and occupatioa which this man lad
titled to such perfectioa dat they IBID
cd an abundant harvest Imagining h
knew 1t all, he stood humbled in the pre-
ence Of thar genius, whose unequaled PEN
etration Of the thoughts and methods, and
whose extraordinary knowlsAgs Of the
ways Of men and women, astonished willis
1t enthralled him
With an ardoF which BE- could not have
believed he possessed, be Willingly placed
himself and his fortune at the disposal Of
the great master In that most difbcult Of
professions. D'Auburou, ~ CAssagne b.
fors him, succumbsd to the fascinat tons
Of q pursuit which the ignorant despise,
simply because thsy do not comprehend
It DAuburon became first the pupil,
and finally the assistant Of the great do
tectivA And D'Auburon and -Cliquet1
wers cna and the same man.
1t was nearly ten O'Clock one morning
when D'Auburon jumped out Of bed. he
had worked late the evening previous on
pet literary project-Lives Of Great
Detectives. On the table Of his sitting
room the manuscript upon which be had
beeu engaged still lay. Scattered near 1t
were half dozen volumes, all relating to
the Rms subject D'Auburon stepped
lightly from his bedroom into q small
kitchen at the back Of the nat. he struck
match, lit his gas stoye and put on his
chocolate Going 70 his bathroom he
turned on the cold water. Then he went
out and stood for 4 moment In his dress
ing gown and slippers looking out through
the lace curtains into the street He was
perceptibly bored Active service was
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Wise.

He-when she married without her
fathers consent he cast her OF with
out penny.
She-How did they contrive to liver
He-They published volume of
their love letters
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She-what did papa say when you
asked him for me?
He-He fell on my neck and wept
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The Roupell Mystery
q z 4 4 '

quasi-separati0n, which leaves tie rifs a
position = eajey herssh without dan
ger Of comment, ard supplies her. nnder
the French law, moreover. With TIE means
Of doing 20.
OF the many frequentefN Of the vicom
tesse's establishment IL the Ayenus WAg-
ram perhaps n Jules Chabot was g weI-
come guest AZ any. HE undecided r.
spectablity made him an exceedingly d.
sirable acquaintance u. Chabot, % The
other hand, liked the frss-and-enay At
mosphere Of the Do Vaiinr mansion d
Valiar was man who always had some
young. rich fool dangling after hin, d.
sirous Of seeing life. A certain portion
OF the money only Of thess lnnocentn
could BE- diverted to the innumerable and
mysterious Uses Of IL Mutual Credit
and Trust Company. They were then af-
fcrded an opportunity Of losing the resi-
due at tho card tables In the Aveaus
Wasram-
Many, doubu6sa, who frequented H.
vicomte's establishment were totally I'M
aware Of the risks they ran. Thess were
nrely suffered to 20 behind the curtain.
II. Chabot was ons Of those who had for
sumo time not been admitted to the priv
LEGGED circle without great care. To do
him justice, It Il highly probable that II
tho veil had been removed all at once, be
would have ceased his visits altogether.
He lived In bachelor apartments. Pro
fcundly impressed with a sense Of his
personal dignity, he endeavored on a very
small Income to keep up Appearances.
Lately. however, he had Joined de Valiar
In morn than ono investment by which
be had profted.
The willy dc valiar, who had allowed
his friend to pocket something handsome
N his share Of these enterprises, Of
course, had his object in view. What
other, indeed, could It be than to discover
all about Chabot's rich friend, Nine.
Roupell, concerning whom ". Chabct was
not at all 10th to impar informa don.
for he would in his turn be able to dis
cover what probable dot the old lady
would be able to give whiche~G Of the
girls he should choose to marry.
Such inquiries, the vicomte, whose po-
sition in the world Of finance enabled him
to make better than Chabot, willingly
set on foot to oblige his friend. He as
sured N. Chabot that report had not ex-
aggerated Nine. Roupelps wealth. That
portion of a million and q half Of
francs had been set apart for the Wei
don sisters. In the opinion OF N. Cha
bot, 1t only remained for him to declare
himself to one or the other OF the young
ladies. and he had been, A. the reader
will have seen, on the very eve Of max
ing such a declaration to Emily Weldon
when tho tragedy occurred
The question which now aross in the
mind Of II. Victor LAblanche. the astute
project Of police, was this: Had N. Cha
bot sought to precipitate matters by the
removal of the proprietress Of the Cha
tesu Yilleneuve? He had discovered al
ready that inquiries regarding her fortune
and her intentions respecting it had been
set on foot by Jules Chabot. A little
further research revealed the fact that
the Frenchman's finances were in des-
perate condition. In his later enterprises
with the Yicomte de Yaliar, fortune had
not been SO kind. He had lost heavily.
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St. Francis School Commencement and
. GRADUATING Exercises.

The annual commencement and
graduating exercises of st, Fran
cis School will take place on the
two successive nights of next
week, Tuesday and Wednes day,
June Is and II, at st. Francis
School Hall. These exercises
conclude very pros porous and
successful school year; in fact, as
far as results and work accom-
pIished are concerned, the most
successful in the history of the
school.
There are nine graduates to
receive their diplomas. There
are six pupils to receive their
diplomas in stenography, issued
them by the Pernin Shorthand
Institute.
Further, some nine or ten pu-
pills will receive their diplomas in
the Palmer Method of Muscular
Movement Business Writing. sent
them by the A. N. Palmer Co.
The parents and friends of the
school and the public generally
are most cordially invited to at
tend both the commencement and
graduating exercises.
Curtain rises sharp s p. m.
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ITEMS FROM PLEASANT HILL.

The showers this week we're
gladly welcomed by our farmers.
Miss Carrie Burns is on the
sick list this week.
Mr.. Luther Boyte is unable to
walk at this writing. on account
of two nails stuck in his foot a
few days since.
The little wind Tuesday at noon
blew large oak tree on Mr.. Coot
Wooley's residence, breaking
about half the roof of the gallery
but fortunately no one was iniur-
ed. Mr.. WooIey and Ike Moak
we're sitting on the porch when
the tree began breaking, but both
ran out of the way.
Twenty three men and boys
gathered at the home Of Mr.. Lee
Burns last Tuesday and worked
his crop out for him. 1t is good
to live here. !"
/. Rev. j. L. Price will preach
next first Sunday on The Office
Work Of the Holy Spirit. 4
Mr.. Willie Kyzar accidentally
cut his foot very severely Tuesday
while removing a tree from Mr..
Wooley's house.
The young men of this vicinity
will have a prayer meeting IN
the afternoon Of the 4th of July.
The subject to be discussed is,
THE Pastors Relation to the
Church, and Especially the Young
People. Z
DR.. Currie is ready at all times
to serve his people. If you need
physician, call on him.
Sunday school Sunday afternoon
at 3 p. m.
On the 3rd Sunday in June
there will be a "Children's Day.
at Pleasant Hill. Everybody in
.Vited.
KAY JAY.
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Hopeful Hattiesbur6.

We predict that in ninety days
everything will become buoyant
again. Why2
Because the United States gov
ernment is to build a $40, 900 post
flee building here, the county a
$4,000 Jail, the New Orleans and
Northeastern Railroad a 1926, 900
passenger depot. Besides these
there is every reasonable prospect
that Newman Lumber Company
will in the near future begin the
erection of a splendid steel and
concrete saw mill. The Hatties-
burg Traction Company is only
waiting to place their bonds before
spending upwards of 800, 900 in
betterments. Hattiesburg is city
and these things are not only
needed, but as stated, all are in
prospect. Every interest men,
toned above, the government,
county, the New Orleans and
Northeastern Railroad, the New
man Lumber Company and the
Hattiesburg Traction Company
each are directly interested in the
plans Of the other. Hattiesburg
News.
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PIKE IS MOVING.
County Agricultural School Decided on.
Competition for Location
Lively.

Magnolia, june 1O.- At the spec
ial session of the Pike County
ESchool Board all the members
were present, as follows: R. L.
1Simmons, q. Fl. Collins, S. q.
Walker, j. w. johnson, M. e.
Palmer and G. Ii. Otken, county
superintendent. After due con-
Isideration it was decided to estab-
llsh an agricultural high school
as a permanent educational insti-
tuition and an order to that effect
was passed by unanimous vote,
and July 6 was fixed as the day
when the board will take definite
action in determining the location
of same. Bids for the location
of the school were received as
follows: II. E. Bridges, pros
porous farmer anG merchant,
offered 100 acres of land in fee
simple and ten thousand feet of
lumber as an inducement to have
the school located near Bridges
postotfice.
The citizens of Walkers Bridge
offered to donate forty acres of
land and an option on 120 acres
adjoining at ST. per acre, a school
house valued at $1,000 and ten
acres of land surrounding it, and
forty pupils free of cost to the
county.
The citizens of RolmesvilIe
offered to give fifty -one acres of
land and $500 in cash, together
with FIVE years option on 1870
acres of land at $40 per acre. 1t
was stated that OH the land do
mated there is 100000 feet of
standing timber.
The people uf Carter's Greek
and neighborhood offered fifty five
acres of land, thirty five of which
is hammock land and twenty
acres in pasture. A school build
ing valued at $1,000 and $2500 in
cash was also offered, and in addi-
tion to this they agreed to furnish
the school with firewood for nine
years free of cost to the county.
The board agreed to visit the
several communities and make
personal inspection of the proper
ty, beginning at Carter's Creek,
June Is. ln the meantime bids
will be received by the board
from any other community desir-
ing the school, and the bids already
filed may be modified by additions
before they are acted upon by the
board July 6. The board an
nounced that it would not consid
er proposition from any town
or community whose bids does not
provide donation of at least forty
acres of land and five years op-
tion on 1870 acres of land adjoining,
or near by, the land to be given
in fee simple.
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The SIues Got Mixed.

The following is from the
Printers Album. published at
Grand Haven, Mich. 1t verifies
the old saying that you must go
away from home to learn the news:
The local paper in a Mississippi
town recently had occasion to de-
scribe wedding. On the same
day an article was written con-
ceruing two improvident tramps
who had visited the town. The
new boy In the Office managed to
get the slugs mixed, with Che fol-
lowing results:
The bride entered at the right
escorted by her brother who
knocked at tie door demanding
something to eat. She was beau
tifully gowned in gray travelling
costume. The groom wore the
conventional suit for such affairs,
a ragged brown corduroy suit, a
soiled shirt and a battered derby
hat and was accompanied by a
fierce looking bull dog. Both
we're dirty and unkept. They left
town in a side-door sleeper Of a
local freight train followed by
showers Of rice, old shoes and
good wishes. If they should be
caught here again they are likely
to be roughly handled by lndi &
nant citizens.
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Good Times Ahead.

The Manufacturers Record,
published in Baltimore, is con-
ceded to be a very high authority
on business conditions, for the
very good reason that it is not a
political paper. and for the addi-
tional reason that its entire en-
ergies are devoted to gathering
and publishing comprehensive and
accurate industrial conditions of
the country in unbiased form.
Iu its current issue the Record
discusses the general business sit
uation, and concludes that with ali
increase in population of 1900, 900
a year, with an enormous IN
crease in consumptive require
ments by virtue of improved la
bor saving machinery and modern
methods, the activity of 1905
1905 and the early part of 1907,
great as it seemed at the time,
will soon be but normal condi-
tion. Our regular volume of bus
mess, considering the growth of
the country, must in the very near
future fully equal that of the per-
iod mentioned, while the abnor-
NAL or special periods Of activity
will run as far ahead of that as
that was ahead of eight and ten
years ago. Railroads must be
reconstructed and new lines built
at afcost of many thousands of
millions of dollars. Economic
conditions will force this even if a
great deal of the money could only
be had through reGeivership GER
tificates. No road can stop inn
provements for any great length
of time without being bankrupt
physically, and this would soon
mean financially. If money can
not be had through the usual
channels, it will of necessity have
TO be found through the work of
receivers, for construction and
development must so on. AS dis
astrous as such condition would
be to owners of securities who
could not hold on until the in
eyitabIe reaction would come, the
railroads must expand and practi-
caIIy double in mileage and in
equipment within the next ten or
twelve years; in fact, d great
amount Of it must be done within
the next five or six years.
City growth has only fairly be-
gun. The great cities of the
country, with one or two excep-
tions, are not much more than
oVergrown villages. Municipal
improvements on scale never
seen in our country must 60 for
ward. Good roads must be built
at d cost Of hundreds Of millions
Of dollars, and every other line oi
work needed by q Yirile, vigorous