The Whitefish pilot. [volume] (Whitefish, Mont.) 1904-current, 1910-05-19
I followed the little girl. and. sure

l followed the little girl. and. sure
enough. she led me to rough cave
where her father was hiding ! hung
about there for an hour or two. and
finally the man came out from the
cave, and saw him talk to his wife
and child near bridge over n noun
tain torrent"
1.-THE picture that girl saw in the
dream"
pistol ready. and he was defenseess.
and once l was just springing forward
to take the fellow when be bent over
and kissed his little girl don't know
how you look ut these things. f'ou-
geot. but couldn't break in there and
take that man away from his wife aud
child. The woman had been kind to
me and trusted me. and-well. it was
a breach of duty. and they punished
me for it. But ! couldn't do it.
couldn't do it. and ! didn't do it."
'And you let the fellow go?"
II let him 20 then. but ! got him
week later in fair fight. man to
man. They gave him ten years"
"And discharged you from the
force?"
"Yes-that is. in view of my past
services they allowed me to resign"
COQuenil spoke bitterly.
"Outrageous: Uubelievablew NUT
tered Pougeot.
Coquenil looked at Pougeot with an
nil Il
thought you would-just as | took it
myself until today. 1t seems like Il
stupid blunder. doesn't it: Well. it
wasn't Il blunder: it was necessary
move in the game"
THE game! What game?" The
commissary stared.
"A game involving great crime"
'NOu have the facts of this crime?"
"No: it hasn't been committed yet"
mot committed yeti" repeated the
other. with II startled glance. but you
know the plan: You have evidence!"
II have what is perfectly clear evil
dence to me-so clear that wonder
never saw it before. Lucien. suppose
you were Il great criminal, wealthy,
educated. daring and reSourcefui. and
suppose there was one person in this
city who was thwarting your pur-
poses. perhaps jeopardizing your safe
ty. What would you naturally do?"
I'D try to get rid of him."
Exactly" Coquenil paused. and
then, leaning closer to his friend, he
said with extraordinary earnestneSs.
"Lucien. for over two years some one
has been trying to get rid Of met!
''The devil" started Pougcot How
long have you known this?"
Only today" frowned the detective.
II ought to have known it long ago"
Him: Aren't you building, good
deal on that drpam?''
THE dream: Heavens. man." snap
ped Coquenil. I'm building nothing
on the dream ard nothing on the girl
She simply brought together two facts
that belong together. Why she did it
doesn't matter; she did it, and my rea-
son did the rest. There is connec-
ton between this Rio de Janeiro offer
and my discharge from the force.
know it. III show you other links in
tuC CHILL. uIce lilies III TIE past
two years l have received offers OF
business positions away from Paris.
tempting offers Notice that-business
positions away from Paris! Some one
has extraordinary reasons for wanting
me out Of this city and out of detec-
tive work"
"And you think this some one was
responsible for your discharge from
the forceY
II tell you know it. NJ. Giroux,
the chief at that time, was distressed
at the order-he told me so himself;
he said it came from higher up"
The commissary raised incredulous
eyebrows. You mean that Paris has
a criminal able to override the wishes
of chief of police"
us that harder than to influence the
Brazilian government? Do you think
Rio de Janeiro offered me a hundred
thousand francs year just for my
beautiful eyes?"
"Youre a great detective"
"A great detective repudiated by his
own city, That's another point. Why