The Washington times., 1910-10-02
By ALBERT BOISSIERE
Translated from the French By Florence
CTe5Ve- Jones.

an infamous undertaking, and my Tepu-
who is talking about your reputa-
tion?"
Pardon me, the strict honesty
'.Fiddlesticks! II is not a question OF
your honesty, or Of mine Both are out
side the question 1 am proposing a
business deal 10 you You are an ad-
vocate, are you not2''
Evidently" 1 stammered- You see,
monsieur, this IS a matter which re
sand FOR the other-am 1 to understand
Precisely
Very good Then. in the event that
do not find the man, and l myself de-
eide 10 play the role in question, there
VIII be $4,000 for me2"
At my words this man. whom I should
have thought nothing could have aston
ished, looked at me in au.azement.
your ne CALCULATED
Yes, / Now, let US speak a Httte
more 10 the point No one was aware
thai you called upon me al my resi-
de1ce in the Rue Michel Ange, I pre-
sume?
No one. I swear"
That is we'll Now. whatever conse-
0uences may occur from this proceed
ing. YOU give me your word Of honor
that no one viii ever know Of that
visit2'I
sir. no one shall hear it from my
lips, You have my word toI5i. .o,.-a,+s,-
AS I am OF myself. But what is it
you are aiming at?'
This: Henceforth am Charles
Douglass, OF Boston Do you under
Nv host opened his eyes in astonish-
..pidn't say that you were an odd
individual2 Who could imagine that
great lawyer could do a thing Ike that
To say the least, yoC are original Now,
yo-- are my guest You viii sleep here,
you viii take up your abode here-then
you viii marry Bucie Weli2'
II viii sleep here, will be your COM
paniOn-I vas going TO say your accom-
plice-I viii DO all you wtsh-and viii
marry Lucie Well
a transport Of joy
Bravo Then my son won't get her.
Now, come upstairs" he continued.
quickly. as If he had just decided about
The TIindoo brought the candles. for
the night had already fallen. and we
went upstairs into one Of the front
rooms
Nv host pushed me toward a long
beveIed mirror
sit down there, Douglass. my old
friend Look in the glass at your un-
kempt beard and hair-nice things for
an American citizen 10 haver'
With a sweep Of the hand. showing
Incompatible skill that 1 had never
seen with any barber. I was shOrn Of
my ADlIEudlt ElEECt- i ne CDau steer o.
the scissors got on my nerves. but
was like an automaton without will It
seemed that this man was nv eXecU-
tiOner-thaT he was giving the last
shave TO one condemned 10 death
Barrsbas, the King OF Fools. would
be 10 more-
There, Are You satisfied. and would
YOU know yourself, Charles2'
I Eazed in the mirror at the strange
face that looked back at me The ears
chin. forehead. the shape Of the head
were strange to me- All my physioE-
uony had undergone such q complete
uletarnorphosis that I burst into a nerv-
ous laugh at the sight OF this poor carl
eature OF myself. And the laugh which
showed nv mouth was not my laugh Il
belonged 10 some one else It was only
the expression OF my eyes that had not
changed I turned to my host, who
was laughing innOderately- His miTth
seemed TO me to be rather absurd.
Just then Jin's giant figure stood IN
the doorway He gave me a quick. sur
DTised look from beneath his thick
black eyebrows and let TIE porcelain
candIestick he held IN his hand drop
TO the flOcr.
Attend 20 your own business. jim -
the millionaire said, sternlys and show
Mr. Charles Douglas 10 MS rooms at
once"
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