The Washington times., 1910-10-26
L'HOMME SANS FIGURE
(THE MAN WITHOUT 4 FACE
By ALBERT BOLSSIERE
Translated from the French b. FL renee
CYe5Ue- ZONES.
Copyright. 1910. by The Frank A. Munsey Company


a demand on my purse. and gave
/ them point-blank refusal
] Exactly That is your first system
| OF defense. That viii augment the
charges which weigh on the accused
! Besides, on this subject. the court is
l mo me- ny the affidavit OF your so, son
and his wife. which is exactly alike
/ II Knows that the accused and his wife
came 10 New York 10 make The same
! appeal TO Mr.. Kingsley. and it is 10
I pc presumed the victim likewise refused
/ JneIn. BY these promises the motive
( OF the crime appears perfectly clear.
cur adopted son killed yOJu partner
50 that mis- wife would benefit by his
VIII. which had been made in her IA
vor.'
Purely a hypothesis" replied.
hypothesis, so be Il, but a likely by
! pothesls-Just as likely as that which
VIII spread around YOU by your IN
guarded speech TO John Fellows over
the telephone you irremediably accused
yOUr adopted son; by your haste TO
DOOk your passage the night before the
crime on board the Demckerland you
! lncllpate yourself still more irremedi-
ably"
But did I not return at once when
John Fellows told me2" I crieu.
That may be SO, but you cant get
away from the fact that your flight
was all arranged, and that you had
sent your luggage on board the Ger
man steamer, and that you were going
TO take the train at o'clock This
is a Jicklish business, and l shall
want a very large sum 10 bring you
out OF this ugly scrape- II needs
very large sum, indeed.
/ did not reply. for Just at that mo-
ment a thoughtful Jailer came into my
cell. and. with all the respect Que 20
millionaire prisoner, placed some
whisky, settler, and cigars on the
table before US.
The weeks passed. The inqCest as
sumed considerable proportions In
formation regarding the past life OF
the man / was impersOnating on
Teddy's past and on his Wlfe's past
accumulated. The affair was the talk
Of the country. At Holyoke, where !
was well known; at Boston, where
Charles Douglass had been known
everywhere the murder Of the paper
king stirred up the liveliest interest
Ny lawyer Informed me that they
were betting Is 70 on my head
The inquiry continued
One morning Mr.. Teck came 70 the
prison before the hour Of his usual
visit For the first time 1 saw this
cool collected man look worried. He
threw his brief ease down on the table
with an air Of discOurageme
IT will require even greater sum
OF money than ! named 20 get you
or" he said land If the charges con-
tinue to accumulate against YOU all
your enormous fortune viii hardly
What is there new?" I asked,
News comes from the Old World.
Nadarle's past Is known
PUN I said, Struggling my shout
ders, aItEO,s gu I felt vaguely anxious
ct is known that she was going 70
marry Dv. Kingsley. the victims son,
but the marriage was stopped.
Mr.. kingsley stopped H. ! sald-
mo. Il was you II Is said that YOU
had your banns published TO marry her
In Neuilly.'
What. then2"
well. they know your adopted sons
past"
AN the pastg'' I asked. slowly.
A terrible fear clutched at my heart.
who told them2 Teddy himself?''
Not he. He hasn't opened his mouth.
He Is feigning madness now-the same
as he did when YOU found him In 81
asylum. where he was known simply
as Z"
You know"
The police know all. and It brushes
YOU For twenty years you were sup
posed 10 be dead Ii f. like the story of
Iap Van Wrinkle, for ALI OF a sudden
you come back 70 exact-to exact
there is not another word-Jhe fulfill
ment Of the old contract which bound
YOU TO Mr. Kingsley. making YOU his
equal mariner. But your ambition did
not stop there. You conceived the idea
Of drawing from the victim the rest Of
his tremendous fortune by the most
The police have heard that yCI found
two willing creatures in France who
became the passive executors Of your
abOminable project-an adventures and
an idiOt-and this youth YOU took from
a madhouse, this unknown creature YOU
adopt as your son. without thyme or
reason, and YOU give him an income
which me- xes him Independent. You
must admit that il IS z,lg-alto-
gether inconceivab lef'
II know IT. I admit IL, II Is amaz-
ing'' I said.
But that Is not an cried the law
yer, warming up. so fabulous as your
scheme appears. the final working out
is stiN more battling. The law asks by
what extraordinary means, by what
strange influence, did you succeed in
making Mr. kingsley sign a viii in
favor Of that girl. after having. so as
70 further your own plan, made her
marry your adopted son"