The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1910-05-19
And he turned to light a cigar.

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Coquenil shook his head
when do you sail?'
I'm not sailing"
"What?"
For once in his life NJ Pougeot was
surprised He knew all about this
foreign offer, with its extraordinary
money advantages. He had rejOiced
in his friends good fortune after two
unhappy years. and now-nOw COque-
nil informed him calmly that he was
not sailing
Il have just made a decision, the
most important decision of my life, -
continued the detective. and / want
you to know about it. You are the
only person in the world who will
knOw-everything. So listen. This
afternoon | went into Notre Dame
church, l saw a young girl there
who sells candles. didn't know her,
but she looked up in a queer way, as
if she wanted TO speak to me. So
went to her. and-well. she told me Of
a dream she had last night"
"a dream?' snorted the commiSsary.
$50 she said. She may have been
lying, or she may have been put up to
it. | know nothing about her, not
even her name, but that's of no con-
sequence. The point is that in this
dream, as she called it, she brought
together the two most important
events in my life"
HIN. What was the dreamE"
"She says she saw me twice-once
in a forest near a wooden bridge,
where a man with a beard was talk
ing to a woman and a little girl; then
she saw me on boat going TO place
where there were black people,
THAT was Brazil"
81 suppose so. And there was a
burning sun with a wicked face in
side that kept looking down at me.
She says she often dreams of this
wicked face. She sees it first in a dis
tant star that comes nearer and near
er until it gets TO be large and red and
angry. As the face comes closer her
fear grows until she wakes with a
start of terror. She says she would
die of fright if the face ever reached
her before she awoke. That's about
ALL"
For some moments the commiSsary
did not speak. Did she try to inter
pref this dream?"
NO.
why did she tell you about it,"
"She acted on a sudden impulse. so
she says I'm inclined to believe her
But never mind that. Pougeot"-he
rose in agitation and stood leaning
over his friend-"in that forest scene
she brought up something that isn't
known, something I've never even told
you, my best friend"
''Tiens. What is that?"
"You think | resigned from the po-
lice force two years ago, don't you?"
"0f course"
Every one thinks so. Well. it isn't
true. 1 didn't resign. 1 was dis
charged"
NJ. Pougeot stared in bewilderment.
as if words failed him. and finally he
weakly: Discharged. Paul
Coquenil discharged"
Yes, sir. discharged from the Paris !
detective force for refusing TO arrest /.
/ murderer. That's how the accuSa-
ion read"
But it wasn't true?'
Judge for yourself. 1t was the .
,ase of a poacher who killed a guard. (
don't suppose you remember it?''
Down near Saumur, wasn't it?' {
Exactly. And it was near Saumur
found him after searching all over
france. We were clean of the track.
nd l made up my mind the only way
o get him was through his wife and
hid. They lived in little house in
he woods not far from the place of
he shooting. went there as a ped
Ter In hard luck, and ! played my
art so well that the woman consent
d TO take me in as a boarder. For
weeks it was waiting game. ! would
o away on peddling tour and then
ONE back as boarder. Nothing devel-
ped. but l could not get rid of the
ceiling that my man was somewhere
ear in the woods"
Zone of your intuitions. Well?'
well, at last the woman became
onvinced that they had nothing TO
ear from me, and she did things more
penly. One day / saw her put some
bod in basket and give It TO the lit
e girl. And the little girl went on
18th the basket into the forest. Then
knew was right. and the next day
followed the little girl, and. sure
nough, she led me TO a rough cave
there her father was hiding. | hung
bout there for Ga hour or two, and
nally the man came out from the
ave. and / saw him talk to his wife
nd child near bridge over noun
hin torrent"
THE picture that girl saw in the
reamr'