The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1908-06-25
CHAPTER XVIII.
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many times emerged therefrom. rsappeal
Ing upon the last occasion dressed In fu
street costume, and having her dark hal
entirely concealed with a profusion 9
blonde. fluffy ringlets.
She had on a rather loud. plaid dress
a travelling cape Of Scotch wooden. an
q bonnet very plainly trimmed. Plal
gold earrings were In her ears, and Ii
her hand she carried a silk umbrella an,
a small travelling bag. On her feet wer
q paid of broad, large-heeled shoes ans
over those white CATERS which twinkles
In and out from under her petticoats Al
she walked up and down the room &c
leste hooked on wonderingly and ate hei
bon-bons. NJ Cassagne examined hel
mother with the eye OF a critic.
You'll do" he said presently. AL but
the gaiters- don't think those white
CATERS have reached London yet
"Oh. monsieur is mistaken, / am sure.
replied Nine Cresson. with enthusiasm
Il was on Regent street not two weeks
ago. You know went over there on the
Peter Robinson case They were very
generally worn"
You are wrong, all the same I was
over there myself lately. Caters were
worn. it is true. but in much darker
shades London Is always sir months
behind Paris. and New York six months
behind London in such matters. Now,
don't contradict me, child The English
ladies are not yet wearing them"
Nine Cresson urged the point no fur
them Turning to her maid. she said:
Bring me my dark gray CATERS. Ma
non; they are a year. at least, out OF
fashion in Paris, monsieur l hope they
will satisfy you"
You think am very hard to please.
remarked Cassagne Il may be so.
know the kind OF man ! have to deal with
In Victor Lablanche. the project of po-
lice / win call for you tomorrow at
ten O'Clock In the meantime / have
quite deal to attend to-"
He took his hat, kissed little Celeste
good-by. and, descending By the stairway,
opened the black door and passed out on
TO the street
Il love Papa Cassagne,s cried little
Celeste, as she stood by the window
watching the retreating form Of the gen
tleman who bought the bon-bons. Then
looking up at her mother. she added:
You love him. too, don't you,
mamma r
Celeste is a goose" said Nine. Cres-
son. her charming cheek tinged with |
color, -and geese mustn't ask foolish
questions"
NJ Cassagne pursued his way still fur
them into the intricacIes Of the Latin 4
Quarter. At last he stopped before a
small shop. pushed up the latch of the
door and entered A large, stout man.
with pen behind his ear, was seated at
q high desk, with pile Of proof in front /
Of him. He nodded Familiarity to the de-
tectfve, got of his stool and at once con-
Quoted him into a private Office.
Ha Monsieur Cassagne, he exciaim-
d What can do for you to-day7v
Il have two small jobs for you It's
imply to set two lines of type, and print
ne half dozen sheets Of note paper; also
! couple Of cards / viii pay you well
or IT, Can you do It personally, so that
% one else viii know what you are do
ng? and can you do it right away
Il can Write out what you wish |
rinted- Here Is pen and some paper"
i want you to set up this said Cas-
agne. as be banded his copy to the
rinter. "Set IL up in English type, and /,
-rike it of on English paper. 1 will
ait here for It."
Twenty minutes later n. Cassaxne
as on the street In his pocket, neatly
acked between sheets Of tissue paper to
reyent their Setting off, were six
leets Of note paper, and on the top
ght-hand corner of each was printed
e words, In bold English type:
''Ofice Of
SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE
Scotland Yard,
London, W. CT a
BE also bore two cards which read: o.
Mr. GEORGE RUSSELL, n
"36 Eaton Square,
Casagne jumped into a cab and drove Z
me- Arrived there he took Of his hat e
d coat and washed his hands carefully. te
zen be took down from an upper shelf III
old letter file, and turning to the
ter "a" drew out a letter addressed to 10
nself, which was written IN a large "
lglish hand Next he took from the hs
cket Of his coat the six sheets of paper 81;
d the two cards. The latter he put 70
% card case by themselves; the for pa
II he put on the table. be
Then be got pen and some ink and
mt to work, laboriously but skillfully. br
ter spelling three sheets Of paper be %
oduced something be was satisfied with. ar
king the letter to the window be held to
TO the light, as II admiring his own ga
and read as follows:
'Ofice of IN,
SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE. N,
Scotland Yard. To
London, w. c., July 8, IS- IA
ictor Lablanchs, ESQ., Project of Po- on
lice, Paris, France: N.
Dear Sir-This will Introduce 10 ron
. George Russell, friend of mine. roo
o with bis wife intends making a RI
assure trip on the continent. AZ,
Any courtesy that you can extend to he,
. Russell during his visit In Paris will mi
highly appreciated by me. AZ
Yours very truly,
JAMES 7. HENDERSON. sor
"Supt. Police"
That's about perfect" soliloquised the am
sctive, because It tranaxresses every va
'wn rule of French letter writing. and rsr
alone stamps It as English. The fur
auire' Is particularly good. English rel,