Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1908-04-09
DO you know Rameau's other

JOo AaOV . llO
name?"
Cesar Rameau he signed in our
agreement"
did he ever mention his relations"
mo. That is to say, he did say
something IL day when he was very
drunk, but of course it was all rot.
Some n told him not to make such Il
row-he was a beastly tenant-and he
said he was the best man in the place
and his brother was prime minister
and all sorts Of things. He came here
on a bankers reference"
"Thanks. 1 think, that's all I want
to ask. You notice." Hewitt proceeded,
turning to Meetings., "the only ink in
this place is scented and violet, and
the only paper is tinted and scented,
too, with a monogram-characteristic
Of a negro with money. The paper
that was pinned on Rameau's breast
Is in red ink on common and rather
grubby paper, therefore it was written
somewhere else and brought here. In
ference, reconciliation"
Eyes, yes. But are you an inch near
er with all these sp%eculations? Can
you get nearer than 1 am now without
them?"
"Well perhaps not" Hewitt replied.
But you don't offer an opinion as to
who removed Rameau's body"
"Who was it,"
Come, try and guess that yourself.
1t wasn't Goujon; 1 don't mind letting
you know that. But it was a person
quite within your knowledge of the
case. You've mentioned the persons
name more than once"
Meetings. stared blankly. 81 don't un-
derstand you in the least" he said.
"But of course you mean that this
mysterious person you speak of as
having moved the body committed the
murder"
mo, I don't. Nobody could have
been more innocent of that"
"Well )" Meetings. concluded, with res
ignation, "I'm afraid one of us is rath-
er thick headed. What will you do?"
"Interview the person who took
away the body" Hewitt replied, with
a smile. Probably the person will be
a most valuable Witness
"Do you mean you think this person.
whoever it is, saw the crime?'
IL think it very probable indeed"
"Well l won't ask you any more.
shall get hold of Goujon; that's simple
and direct enough for me. l prefer to
deal with the heart of the case-the
murder itself-when there's such clear
evidence as l have"
81 shall look a little into that, too,
perhaps" Hewitt said, ''and, if you
like, I'll tell you the first thing 1 shall
do"
"What's that?'
Il shall have a good look at a map
Of the West Indies, and 1 advise you
to do the same. Good morning."
Meetings. was better than his word,
for within two hours Of his onversa
ton with Hewitt Goujon was captur-
ed and safe in a cab bound for Bow
street. He had been stopped at New
haven in the morning on his way to
Dieppe and was brought back to Lon
don. But now Meetings. met a check.
NiSC l1aI uOOu uC CdllGu OH
Hewitt to explain matters. We've got
Goujon," he said gloomily, "but there's
a difficulty. He's got two friends who
can swear an alibi. Rameau was seen
alive at half past 1 on Saturday, and
the girl found him dead about 3. Now,
Goujon's two friends, it seems, were
with him from l o'clock till 4 in the
afternoon, with the exception of five
minutes when the girl saw him, and
then he left them to take a key or
something to the h%ousekeeper before
finally leaving. They are men employ
ed near the place and seem to have
good characters. I wish you'd ex-
plain a bit as to what you meant by
looking at a map"
"See, now" quoth Hewitt, "you re-
member what map I told you to look
at?" ~.
"The West Indies"
Fright! Well, here you are" Hewitt
reached an atlas from his book shelf.
"Now, look here: the biggest island of
the lot on this map, barring Cuba, is
Haiti. You know as we'll as 1 do that
the western part of that island is zee
pied by the black republic of Haiti and
that the country is in a degenerate
state Of almost unexampled savagery.
Perhaps the very worst Of the presi-
dents in recent times has been the no.
torious Dominique, who was over
thrown by an ~insurrection, as they all
are sooner or later, and compelled to
fly the country. Dominique and his
nephews, one of whom was chief min
lister, while in power committed the
cruelest bloodshed, and many men,
bers Of the opposite party sought ref
uge in a small island lying just to the
north of Haiti, but were sought out
there and almost exterminated. Now,
l will show you that island on the map.
What is its name?"
"Tortuga."
ut is. 'Tortuga,' however, is only
the old Spanish name. The Haitians
speak French-Creole French. Here is
a French atlas-now see the name Of
that island"
"La Tortue!"
LA Tortue it is-the tortoise. Tor