The Prescott daily news., 1910-03-22

VI fuiNNf NiuhShlliS stepS on the gravel walk. NJ, Pougeot had arrived.
 NJ. Lucien Pougeot was one of the eighty police commissaries who, each in his own quarter oversee the moral washing of Paris dirty linen. NJ. Pougeot was one of the most distin- guished and intelligent members of this interesting body. He was a de- voted friend of Paul Cocuenil.
 Well" remarked the commissary when they were settled in their chairs, Il suppose it's the Rio de Janeiro thing? Some parting instructions, eh?" And he turned to light a cigar
 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.
 II have just made a decision, the most important decision of my life," continued the detective. "and I want you to know about it. You are the only person in the world who will knOw-everything. So listen. This afternoon I went into Notre Dame church, 1 saw a young girl there who sells candles didn't know her. but she looked up in queer way, as If she wanted to speak to me. So I went to her. and-well, she told me of q dream she had last night"
 "A dream| snorted the commissary.
 "So 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"
 "H'm What was the dream"
 "She says she saw me twice-once in forest near wooden bridge, where man with beard was talk ing to a woman and little girl; then she saw me on boat going to place where there were black people,"
 "That was Brazil"
 "I suppose so. And there was a burning sun with wicked face in- side that kept looking down at me. She says she often dreams of this wicked face. She sees it first in dis tant star that comes nearer and near CT 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- pret this dreamT
 "No."
 "Why did she tell you about it?
 "She acted on 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 l resigned from the po- lice force two years ago. don't your
 "Of course"
 'Every one thinks so. Well, it isn't true. didn't resign was dis charged"
 NJ. Pougeot stared in bewilderment, as if words failed him, and finally he repeated weakly: Discharged! Paul Coquenil dischargedw
 Yes, sir, discharged from the Paris detective force for refusing to arrest a murderer. That's how the accusa- ton read"
 But 1t wasn't trueg
 Judge for yourself. It was the case of a poacher who killed q guard I don't suppose you remember it!'
 ''Down near Saumur, wasn't itT'
 Exactly. And it was near Saumur I found him after searching all over France. We were clean off the track, and I made up my mind the only way to get him was through his wife and child. They lived in a little house in the woods not far from the place of the shooting. went there as a ped dler in hard luck. and played my