The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1910-06-02

H ter table.
~ Heads came together in ex-
cited whispers
Bring me plan of the tables" he
continued. and when this was spread
before him. 81 will read off the names
marked here. and each of you will
please answer"
In tense silence be called the names.
and to each one came a quick "Herem
until he said "Kittredger'
There was no answer.
"All here but NJ. Kittredger' cried
the official HE was here. and-he
went out l must know why he went
out; | must know when he went out
exactly when: | must know how he
acted before he left. what he said. In
short. must know all you can tell me
about him" Then began a wearisome
questioning of witnesses. not very
fruitful. either. for these Americans
developed a surprising ignorance touch
ing their fellow cOuntryman and all
that concerned him. AS to Kittredge's
life and personality, the result was
scarcely more satisfactory. He had
appeared in Paris about year before.
just why was not known, and had
passed as good fellow, perhaps a lit
tie wild and hot headed.
A few minutes later the unexpected
happened. One of the policemen burst
in to say that some one had called for
the lady's cloak and bag.
"WeIl?" snapped the commissary.
81 was going to arrest him. sir" re-
piled the other eagerly, but
will you never learn your bust
ness?" stormed Pougeot. Does Gibe-
lin know this?''
Yes. sir: we just told him"
Send Joseph here-quick." And to
the waiter when he appeared: Tell
the woman in the cloakroom to let
this young man have the things. Don't !
let him see that you are suspicious. !
but take good look at him."
Yes. sir And them
"And then nothing. Leave him to
Gibelin."
A moment later Joseph returned to .
say that he had absolutely recognized .
the young man downstairs as the one
who had passed him in the corridor.
Francois. the head waiter. was posi-
tive he was the missing banquet guest.
In other words. they were facing this
remarkable situation-that the cloak
and leather bag left by the mysterious
woman of No. 6 had now been called
for by the very man against whom
suspicion was rapidly growing-Lloyd
Kittredge himself.
When Kittredge. with cloak and bag,
stepped into his waiting cab and for
the second time on this villainous
night started down the Champs Ely
sees he was under no illusion as to his
personal safety. He knew that he
would be followed and presently ar
rested. He knew this without even
glancing behind him. He had under
stood the whispers and searching looks
in the hotel
The driver grumbled and cracked
his whip. and moment later. peer
Ing back through the front window, he
saw his eccentric fare absorbed in eX-
aiming white leather bag. He could
see him distinctly by the yellow light
of his two side lanterns. The young
man had opened one of the inner peck {
cts of the bag. drawing out flap Of '
leather under which a name was
quite visibly in gilt letters. 6
he took out pocketknife {
and tried to scrape off the name, but {
he letters were deeply marked and j
,ould not be removed so easily. After /
/ moments hesitation the young man /
carefully drew his blade across the L
1ase of the flap severing it from the y
Jag, which he then threw back on II
he seat. holding the flap in apparent
,erplexity.
As they neared the end Of the Rue d
lie Vanguard the American opened the II
loor and told the man to turn and f
rive back He wanted to have look
t Notre Dame. three full miles away. n
On the way to Notre Dame, Kit a
redge changed their direction half e.
oxen times, acting on accountable i'm r.
ulses. going by zigzags through mar
ow dark streets instead of by the