Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1908-05-16
CHAPTER XIII.

In0 man IN charge OF the Apartment
house at No. 20 Rue de Santin was a
short, dumpy man, OF the name Of Gus-
hatoff- Though he spoke French fluent
b, even with the accent Of a native, his
high Tartar cheek bones. his oblique
ayes, and gutteral information when unduly
txcited, sufficiently nttssted his Russian
frigin-
In Gughaton, tho Russian, M. Cas-
ssSne found he had far more difficult
person to deal with than the little laun-
1ress, plant by reason Of her excessive
greed. With Gughatof, whose political
opinions now constituted his whole life
motive, mere gain was a secondary con-
siderntion. He devoted all his spare time,
which was considerable, ~ his wife did
most Of the work, to the discussion OF
politics- He was one Of those men OF
whom people say He would sooner talk
politics than eat"
The Partisan detective now felt that
while his progress 30 far had been satis-
tActory. the greatest caution on his part
was necessary. Hs had seen the most
Mksiy cases ruined by too hasty conduct
He did not suffer himself TO be unduly
dated By the extremely satisfactory out
euns Of hs interview with Mime. Beau
santin- he went about his work with the
greatest elaboration. A man les q mas
tsr Of bis difficult profession would have
II once excited suspicion, which would
havs resulted In the Russians closing
his mouth forever. NJ. Cassagne avoided
his fatal error by the very elaboration
with which be went about his work. His
6rst step was to find out the kind Of man
h had to deal with. In two days, be
bad possessed himself Of all necessary
information On the third be continued
10 inerst5Ats himself with the janitor, In
regard to whose antecedsnts and pecu-
Narities he had bsen 20 careful to make
ktmsslf acquainted
On the nfth day the morning train bore
a. dstsctivs away from Blois, the richer
epg some very important information. lie
I'D shown the portrait In the locket 10
0uShaton, and the concierge, like Nine.
Dsausantin, had declared 1t to Be the
portrait Of ths American Henry Graham.
In addition he had actually persuaded
6ushatod that ho had been all the time
sneertaining In Henry Graham a spy Of
- Russian government; that he, Cas-
sasns, belonged to 4 friendly circle of
French cooperative Nihilists havinx It's
headquarters In Paris; that Graham had
been At one time 4 member Of the circle,
and that be was about tc betray his late
somradsa- Gughaton. to whom a spy
vas ~ = rsd rag to 4 bull, had greedy
swallowed this remarkable fairy tale of
die detectives, especially when the latter
bad produced q skillfully prepared docu-
rnsnt In Russian which not only COM
nsnded him to the ofhcss Of all rood NJ
kilists, but even gave a distinct account
Ct the object Of his mission and infinitely
described his person for purposes of iden-
b6cntion-
True, Cassagns was the author himself
u this useful paper and had forwarded II
two days previously to D'Auburon In
Paris, where It had been translated into
Russian before being returned to Blois.
But happily the concierge was ignorant
~ this deceit, and the plan had therefore
succeeded perfectly. Burning with hatred
for the supposed spy, Gughatoff had told
Ill he knew Of his late guest, which was
~ follows:
Henry Graham had resided IN Blois
some six or seven years, during which
nms be had had corrsspondenos with two