Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1908-05-16
The Roupell Mystery
CHAPTER XI.-(Continued.)
A u s t y n

gripping from his hrm white body and
glistening in big drops on the thick hair
on his heaving chest, as he rushed across
the floor of his sitting room, holding his
towel around him with one hand. He
opened the door little way and took in
the letter. Still holding his towel about
him, he stood examining the envelope very
carefully. AS he stood thus, with one
foot slightly thrown forward, all his
weight on his left leg, his muscles stood
out like whip-cords His eyes were bright
and the light of new interest suddenly
sprang into them. He presented thus
splendid specimen of physical manhood.
lie had little occasion for the brisk rub
bling to which he treated himself when
he had put down the letter unopened,
merely remarking:
Il wonder what Cassagne is doing at
Villeneuve"
The heat of his young and vigorous
body had almost evaporated the moisture.
He went back into his bedroom and put
on soft, silken suit of pajamas, caught
Mt the waist with brocaded belt. He
took a tasselled Turkish fez from its peg
and put it on his head. Then he went
in to his chocolate and rolls, picked up
SKINNED the sheet at first with languid
interest, eating very deliberately as his
eye Travelled over the paper Suddenly he
came TO this item:
Nothing new has transpired since
yesterday in regard to the murder of
Nine Roupell at the Chateau Vile
neuye-"
He got no further. Like fash be
dropped the paper and reached out and
took hold of the letter which he had
almost forgotten, exclaiming:
The Chateau Villeneuve! Villeneuve
Why, that's the place Cassagne writes
from. Pshaw what am / thinking of?
He can't have been called in on that mat
ter. 1t was in the hands of the project
q police, and i know he hates Cassagne
like poison"
Nevertheless it was with fingers which
trembled little in their eagerness that
he opened the letter.
"Ah" he exclaimed, here's fun at
last. Cassagne is engaged in that Vile
neuve matter after all. Called in by a
friend Of the suspected party, too. Al
ways on that side of the case-the most
difficult, of course. Wants me TO watch
one jules Chab0t. j know him old
fop club man. About as much chance
Of his being implicated as of my getting
married. Well, ] declare"
There were two long sheets Of instruc-
tons. His FIRST excitement over, Charles
D'Aubur0n read them twice very care
fully, slipping his chocolate SO slowly that
the contents of thu cup were almost cold
before he finished IL. Several minutes
elapsed before he finally put Cassagne's
letter on one side and lay back 10 think
IL was curious that his new field Of
activity should at last have brought him
Into contact professionally with a man
whom he had hitherto known only social
~. N, jules chabot, while mere ac-
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