Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1908-06-19

upon tie tree Immediately over their
heads, along the branches of which be
thought he might possibly work his way
and so drop into the garden.
The night was tolerably dark. Bur
lew people were passing in that fashion.
able quarter. After a moments hesita.
ton he determined to attempt it. After
first instructing Mendotti to await his re-
turn, he then climbed upon his assistants
shoulders, and was just able to reach the
lower limb of the cedar
II am all right" he whispered, and he
commenced to work his way very eau.
tiously along one of the branches. II
bent tremendously with his weight; but
he put up his hand and drew down an
upper Dough. Thus distributing the bur
den, he managed to pass the wall, and
continued to creep along the branches
until, they gradually bending with their
load, he was enabled to drop noiselessly
into the garden.
Il will go and wait for my lady In
the center of the lawn, and l had better
be quick about it," he said.
Relying upon his general knowledge OF
the construction of Partisan garden, NJ.
Cassagne walked rapidly forward, struck
his foot against some unforeseen obsta-
Gle, tripped, stumbled and the next mo-
ment found himself struggling in the
water. He had overlooked the fact that
some gardens have fountains.
|
Where have you come from, and what
have you been doing?" was the astonish-
ed inquiry of Charles D'Auburon.
He had been aroused from his bed at
midnight by a thunderous knocking at
his door, and on going to see what all
the noise was about, had discovered Cas-
sagne standing, the picture of misery,
under the lamp on the landing.
Dripping yet with the moisture which
ran from all his garments minus his hat,
and shivering like an aspen, the famous
detective presented q picture well calcu-
lated to excite the utmost confederation {;
but CLEAN of triumph was in his I'M
dimmed eye; and he wore the air of a
conqueror rather than of a man who had
met with humiiating accident.
Cassagne entered into a circumstantial
relation of his adventures When he ar
rived at what he facetiously termed the
"frog-pond incident" D'Auburon could
not restrain his mirth, and 1t was so con-
tagious that Cassagne, though the joke
was against himself, could not refrain
from joining him. The two men roared
until the room shook again. When theil
merriment had somewhat subsidized M
Cassagne took up the thread Of his nara
tive in this wise:
IT had hardly got my head out o.
water, and cleared my ears and eyes, be
fore l heard a door open and shut, il
~. -. Il. 4bo I c0ffl,
out of the fountain and lay extended a
full length upon the grass. Straining m.
: eyes in the direction of the house, l per
ceived the figure of a woman coming to
r ward me. She was a woman daintil,
{ dressed in full ball costume. l had N
difficulty in following her. She had slip
/ ped unperceived from the ball room, an
y nc doubt believed herself to be entirel
free frnm surveillance. 1 crept along o
. my hands and knees and got close to be
. as she came around the bend in the grave
/ walk. AS she neared me, the moon, whic
e had hitherto been concealed by passin
clouds, shone out a little and gleame
upon her soft silk dress and her whit
t shoulders. In that brief moment l sa'
and recognized her"
:. "Who was she?" exclaimed D'Auburol
e in a tone of almost breathless interest.
G "She was the woman 1 expected. ST
g was Madame Colbert-Remplin, the banl
/, er's wife,"
e You are joking" exclaimed D'A'
l. huron. Both Mendotti and yourself mu
l. have been mistaken. The light was III
# certain. you say. 1t was some young lac
n of the household going to meet her lover
lie ut was nothing of the kind. 1t WI
" Madame Colbert Remplin, going to me
Madame Mechant, nee La Seur, who HI
N learned some secret of hers and is tradiI
n upon it to her own advantage"
t Impossible y ..t.
le eft is fact 1 can understand no
r how Madame Mechant is able to become
property owner by selling meat pu
m dings in the Rue Banquiere. She Is
i'd hlackmailer. l myself heard money pa
in between them. The chink of gold piec'
I'd II is n sound which l cannot be deceiv
in"
D'Auburon knew the almost marvelo
gift which his friend had received ire
=" nature in the matter of hearing. No st
n. in the forest could catch a slight
cd sound than his highly trained and
r- qusite organ.
wv you are probably correct" he sa
ID "Were you able to CLEAN any particula
of their secret"
es al was not. The interview was We
tn brief, and what little conversation the
as was was carried on in a very low tol
n In fact. only once or twice did l cat
re broken sentence. Once they spc
-. +boo reual Madame Mocha