The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-04

one married to a small tradesman. He left no son, and his widow, as the family were very poor, was supported by a cousin in Paris, Madame Fauvel, wife Of the banker. Who, then, was the handsome youth who claimed to be Raoul de La gors?
 NJ Lecoq now investigated the history Of De Clameran. He found that Louis de Clameran was born in the Chateau de Clameran near Tarascon. His elder broth CT had, because of an affray in which he fled the country. His elder brother was named Gaston. Upon the death of his father Louis had come to Paris and in less than two years had squandered not only his own patrimony but also the share of his exiled brother. Ruined and dis graced, he had gone to England and thence to a German gambling resorr, where he had become notorious. In 1865 he was again in Paris in great poverty and associating with the dregs of the capital Suddenly he had heard of the return of Gaston to ,France--Gaston' S crime having become outlawed.
 Gaston had made fortune in Brazil and, being still young man and ac- | customed to an active life, he had bought an iron foundry near Olcoror | intending to devote the remainder of his life to its management. Louis had visited his brother and Gaston soon af- ter died, Louis inheriting his property Gaston had been dead but few weeks i That was all that M. Lacoq found out regarding the two men, but 1t was enough for him to work upon. As fol Nina Glpsy, he needed not to investi gate her record Fanferiot had looked up her history and when he told | 1 to Lecoq he told him no news.
 The real name of Nina was Palmyrs Chccareille. She was woman of vio
 lent temper and formerly had been { servant in the family of respectabl, bourgeois. She made the acquaintanc, of commercial traveller named Caldas who, infatuated by her beauty, fur, nished rooms for her in the Place Bas | tile. They were married, or at leas l she assumed his name, and then sud
 denly she deserted him to form con. nection with Prosper Bertomy Caldas
 had sworn to kill Prosper, but instead
 he had suddenly disappeared. No one knew where he was.
 Such were the tankled threads which Lecou took up when he started to un- ravel the mystery of the robbery of
 M Fauvel. He appeared in one of his
 many ,disguises-no one knew really
 what the true appearance of the great
 detective really was-as M. Verduret | Through his manipulation Fanferiot be
 came valet to De Clameran and Nina Gipsy maid to Madeleine. Thus he was { in possession of two valuable sources
 of \ information. He found out thai | Madeleine and her aunt had some secre1 | between them-a secret which weighed | heavily upon them and of which M
 Faivef was entirely ignorant. He found
 that Mme .Fauvel was in terror of Ds l with Raoul Both Madeleine and hei aunt had given great sums to Raoui
 even going so far as to let him pawr their Jewels. leaving the tradesmen'' bills unpaid and stripping themselve.
 of pin money in order that the wilt
 young man might have gold with whicl
 to continue his profligate career. Wher
 M. Fauvel, who was. of course, ignoran
 of this, approached Raoul for his wild
 ness madam always defended her al legged nephew. Laeoq brought Madelein
 anu Prosper suddenly together and wa
 convinced that Madeleine, still loved tn disgraced cashier. Slowly, carefully, painfully, skillfull,
 Lecoq patched this and that fact to :; gether. From Fanfer,3. he learned tha