Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-01-07

speak freely. You were saying"
THAT your son. DR.. William Kings
ley, has decided to employ every
means which the law offers to put an
end to the arbitrary sequestration OF
which Lucie Well is the victim. pre-
sumo, sir, that you are not ignorant Of
the rigor Of the law, and 1t Is painful
father"
Kingsley burst out laughing in the
lawyers face. I
"Ah! SO you are charged with my
sons interests. 1t is to his interest to
marry Lucie Weil?''
That is matter of sentiment /
must reserve decision on that point, "
said the lawyer
Very we'll, But you speak of Sc
Questration. There is no sequestra-
ton. You can put yourself at ease on
that score in Ave minutes. Take the
trouble to go as far as the Neuilly
Town Hall. There you will see the
banns published, conformably with
the law, for the marriage Of Charles
Douglass of Boston, my old friend,
who is here present, and Mademoiselle
Lucie Well, who Is very practical
young lady She now considers a
dowry Of 1000, 900 francs preferable to
the empty hand Of poor alienist;
that is all.
had half turned round, and saw
Marcadian take of his glasses and
wine them neryOu6ly.
That" he said, ''is a most advan-
tageous solution. will inform my
client"
Tell your client also that he is
making grave mistake in resorting
to law over so simple an affair, and
the best thing that he can do for his
complete pacification Is to come here
and converse with his happy rival
more pleased that can possibly
tell you. II could only tell you why
am personally delighted, but can
not. j we-that is to say"
turned round and looked at Mar
cadian What could make him SO nerv-
GUS? What was he faltering about?
He was always SO lucid and self pos
sessed. What sentiments could he be
hiding to show agitation before
strangers. He was certainly In a
great state of nervous excitement.
The millionaire at once put his emo
ton down to the grief he had SUI
fered lately through the tragedy in his
family.
II know, my dear sir" he said.
Like everyone else, have heard OF
the terrible trouble you have had re-
Gently. The press did not say all,
did it," s
What more would you have 1t say?'
But the police?"
"The police! All! You want the won
der workings OF a Sherlock Holmes
some thrilling stories to dream about
Why do you expect the police to be
more intelligent than the assassin
holds in his hand the strongest trump
card (Which is the case Of the assas.
SIN because he knows what the other
is charged to discovery attempt to lay
down his double cards to give his op.
ponent the game?
do you know, Mr.. Kingsley he
continued, warming up to the subject
''that the established statistics on loo
known fcrimes-you understand me
known crimes-the average statistics
Of the crimes discovered Is 26-I re-
peat, 26; that Of these &c there are IL
of them where the criminal Is I'M
masked by being caught In the act
12!-and finally, OF these IL, nine
repeat Care confessed by the Grim
inals. In the last analysis, then, we
have a modest per cent, credited to
the energy Of the police"
He coughed and made a pause.
Now, is it necessary" he con
tinued. .'for me to tell you that for 100
known crimes, which are founded on
the disappearance Of persons, one can
estimate at 300 those which will never
be discovered? Ought to add that for
300 disappearance there are as many
perhaps, of which the police are not
aware, Then we can conclude that OF
700 murders committed the budget
for public protection serves to dis
cover three of them. Yes, three Mr.
Kingsley. But know well enough
that 1t is not with figures that excit.
ing stories are made"
l could scarcely believe 1t was Law.
yer Marcadian talking. Kingsley, who
did not care about figures, tried to
change the conversation.
There may be, perhaps, some in
teresting stories to tell in the fate OF
Barrabas, the sculptor the man whom
the people called the King Of Fools
All! but they had sense of humor!'
"The sense of humor of those peo
pie and the perspicacity Of the detec.
tives are on par. Barrabas. whom
know better than anyone, was a man
of sense"
"a man of sense" cried Kingsley
"You cannot make me believe that.
should imagine he was big fool Was
he innocent or guilty?"
He is innocent. There is not the
shadow of a doubt" said Marcadian
"Hum!" coughed Kingsley, "He may
be, or he may not. Then one is forced
to believe it was the son, Polydore?
"Polydore is innocent"
you have too personal an interest
in the matter to be impartial"
II believe that Polydore is innocent
because his father has taken the guilt
from his son and is carrying the cross