The Whitefish pilot. [volume] (Whitefish, Mont.) 1904-current, 1910-07-14

| yOu know who she iS?'
Il do. She is Il lady of MY acquaint-
ance"
l. The :: judge SiHrted incrpd,ll,us.y
you don't even Know her Hame:"
you think Ent:'
"Groener." said Hauteville sterIly
~yOu say this woman is 81 person Of
your acquaintance. Well ssee." Ne.
! touched IL bell. and as the door opened.
4 SHINE Cecile." he said.
A moment later there swept In q
large. woman Of forty-6ve with hold.
dark eyes and slmir that was too red TO
be real She sat down. z
.i.'You are Nine. Cecile and you keel,
a tee. room on the Place de Ia Made
i leine = -.
| Yes, Sir" ~. @z So
/ The w"Ma,t went on TO. felates thal.
the main before her had come into her
establishment; hat afternoon aud pre-
Vailed. on IL; woman alta t;tBla. tx
whom he had Introduced himself. K
: go out and drive a few blocks. with
him i'll II cal'riage. He offered hcr :M
francs. He assured her that he woufF
not require her company for over. sew
EN- or eight minutes. She accepted the
offer She knew that he had nevc,
met the woman before. Now the wo
man III question was brought in. She
had been traced by, Tignol's men: Sat,
corroborated what Nine. Cecile had
said. and both hurried out.
| "Now. sir. what have you to say?'S
demanded the judge. facing the iris
\ oner. =.
,,,"Ncthing." : y ::
i At this the judge leaned over to Co
quenil. and after u few low words Us,
spoke to the clerk. who bowed att,
went out - aass' -, 20
The judge resumed. do you atsu
. deny that You have Il room. rented by.
the year. in the house sof Nine Cecile!'
~ know nothing about such u room :
declared the other. -. >
Il suppose you didn't go there to
change your clothesY' So. .>Aa
/ Certainly not"
''Call jules" said Hauteville The
bag sees.,'.
.Open it," directed the magistrate:
"Spread the things on the table. Groe-
her. what about this wig and false
beardy'
Groener walked deliberately to the
table.
I've never seen these things be
fore. | know nothing about Them" he
said
Tue judge looked up and said quietly
to the guard. Take off his handouts
coat and shirt. boots and trousers"
The guard obeyed.
Nj. Paul whispered to Hauteville.
Take off his carriers and pull up his
drl ,vers. | want his legs bare below
the knees" l~ 81.
Its an outrage"' cried Groener.
'Silcnce, sir" glared the magistrate.
+ Coquenl stood by in eager watchful.
;i,'sS as the prisoners. lower legs were
1ucovered.
ALI he cried in triumph Il knew
it. There" He pointed to an egg
i, shaped wound on the right calf, two
rcd semicircles in the white flesh
IRIS the fyst time 4 eper married a
'HUU H'fH nv tccM.
WIZ, rudc that mark on youl
Lego asked the Judge.
II was bitten by Il dog"
Its a wonder you didn't shoot the
dog" flashed the detective.
What do you mean?' retortcd the
other
CoQuen:l bent close. black wrat h
burning in his deep set eyes. and
spoke three simple words that seemed
to snnite the prisoner with sudden
fear. "Oh. nothiny. RaoHi!'
so evident was the prisoners emo
ticn that Hauicville turned for an OK
i'alaatin to the detective. who said
something under his breath. ss''
4 Very strange. Very important:
reflected the magistrate. then to the
accused. Now | want you to put or
{ he. things that were In that bag.
NO" he cried hoarselx. II won't
do 1t. I'll never do it, !.
. 10th the judge and Coquenil gave
,atisflcd mods at this sign of n break.
down but they rejoiced too soon. fos
10y Il marvellous effort of the will the
imam recovered his self mastery and
calm.
After ALL" he corrected himself
, what does 1t matter: I'll put tho
things on" he donned the boots and
garments of the Woodcarver.
) there. said the prisoner when the
> thing WAS done.
EUt the judge shook his head
you've forgotten the beard and the
wig Suppose you help make up his
/, face" he said to the detective.
: NJ. Paul fell to work zealously al
this task. and. using an elaborate col
, lection Of paints, powders and brushes
that were in the bag. lie presently haC
accomplished IL startling change il