The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-06-14

of concealment by loud cries of distress. They seized her with ease and bore her off.
 They made her swear not to communi- cate with the people at the farm again or to tell any one of the Kidnapping, the Screech Owl threatening to burn her face with vitriol if she refused.
 This hideous menace succeeded in doing what the threat of mere death would have failed in doing. La Goualeuse swore that she would obey them when they told her that all they demanded in addition, would be that she remain away from Ru- dolph and the farm.
 They turned her loose in Paris; but they did it cunningly in district where, un- der the police rules then in force she was promptly arrested as a vagabond and put into the prison of Saint Lazare.
 Having watched till she was thus safely disposed of, Screech Owl proceeded to Jacques Ferrand to tell him that the girl whom Mime. Serephine had turned over to the vagabond long ago was now in Saint Lazare under the name of La Goua- leuse. She declared that if she did not get 10000 francs in three days she would tell La Goualeuse all she knew.
 The notary, according to his wont, bold ly denied everything and drove the hag from his house.
 The Screech Owl then hurried to Lady Sarah to report the success of her mis. sion. Sine knocked according to previous arrangement at little door in the rear. which Sarah opened herself, permitting her to enter secretly.
 Tt is well,' said Sarah, when the old woman had recounted what had been done. T now want another service for which l shall pay you we'll You must find for me a handsome-girl not more than IT, whose parents died very early. She must have blue eyes, like the little girl in this picture"
 Lady Sarah hastily opened basket, tossed jewels out heedlessly, and brought forth medallion portrait
 The Screech Owl paid little attention to. what Sarah said after she saw the jewels. She felt for her dagger and was deyoting her mind to the task of getting behind the woman But even in her fierce desire for booty she was checked when she saw the picture.
 Why" she cried, before she could stop herself, that is the little girl who was given to me to take care of. She is the one now known as La Goualeuse.n
 Sarah leaped to her feet, her face pale with surprise and excitement.
 What do you mean?' she asked almost breathlessly.
 'I mean" said the Screech Owl sidling slowly nearer to Sarah that a former convict named Tournemine brought that child to me with a thousand francs, to get rid of her. She had been turned over to him by the housekeeper of Jacques Ferrand"
 Quick! Quick! Dictate while l write," said Lady Sarah. She sat down at her desk, snatched a pen, and the Screech Owl came close to her. 'I declare" said she, while Sarah wrote, that in Febru- ary, 1S27 Pierre Tournemine placed in my hands a child who had been confided to him by the housekeeper of Jaques Fer rand"
 The pen fell to the floor and Lady Sarah OTOppeu Idce uOWH over tne ueSk. The Screech Owl had driven a dagger between her shoulders.
 Quickly she gathered the jewels and fled through the little door without per ceiving that her victim still breathed.
 Even while the hag was on the way to her haunts with her booty Jacques Fer rand was arranging with one of the Seine river pirates and assassins to get rid of La Goualeuse. The next day Madame Seraphine obtained the girls release from the prison, and under pretense of taking her to friends, embarked with her in rowboat, bound ostensbly for small is- land.
 Ferrand had told Madame Seraphino that the boat would be upset in the middle of the stream vhars the current ran its