The Tupelo journal., 1911-09-08

"Now, Monsieur, There Are Only Two
Entrances to the Embassy"
q clerk, nor q servant, nor a member
of the ambassadors family had seen
him since he left his Office"
Again he paused and ran one hand
across his troubled brow.
Monsieur" he went on, and there
was a tense note in his voice, 1.-The
ambassador Of France had disap-
peared, gone, vanished We searched
the house from the cellar to the serv-
ants quarters, W the roof, but
there was no trace of him. The hat
he usually wore was in the hall, and
all his other hats were accounted for.
You may remember, Monsieur, that
Tuesday was cold, but all his top-coats
were found in their proper places. So
it seems, Monsieur" and repression
ended in a burst of excitement, IF
he left the embassy he did not go out
by either door. and he went without
hat or coat"
He stopped helplessly and his gaze
a~lternated inquiringly between the be
~nevolent face of the chief and the ex-
pre~ssionless countenance of Mr..
Grimm.
IF he left the embassy" Mr.. Grimm
repeated. eff your search Of the
house proved co~nclusively that he
wasn't there, he did leave it, didn't
he?"
Monsieur Rigolot stared at him
blankly fer a moment. then nodded.
And there are windows, you know
Mr.. Grimm went on, then: A ] I'M
derstand it, Monsieur, 10 n except
you and the s~tenographer saw the
AMBASSADOR after ten o'clock in the
morniDg2r
oui, Monster, C'est-" Monsieur
R5golot began excitedly. Il beg par
don. i believe that is correct"
you saw him about ten, you say;
therefore no one except the stenog-
rapher saw him after ten o'clock"
THAT is also true, as far as know"
ANY callers! Letters! kilograms!
Telephone messages"
Il made inquiries in that direction,
Monsieur" was the reply. Il have the
words of the servants at the door
and of the s~tenographer that there
were no callers, and the statement OF
the stenographer that there were no
telephone calls or kilograms. There
were only four letters for him per-
sonal,y. He left them all on his
desk-here they are
Mr.. Grimm looked them over leisure
ly. They were commonplace u
containing nothing that might be con-
strued into q reason for the disap-
~pearance.
"The letters Monsieur Boissegur a
dictated were laid on his desk by the
sterographer," Monsieur Risoiot rushed
on volubly, ~excitedly. in the anxiety
and uneasiness following tie disap-
~peararce they we're allowed to remain
there overnight. On "Wednesday
morning. Monsierr'-and he hesitated
impressively-"those letters bore his
signature in his own hardwriting!"
Mr.. Grimm turned his ~listless eyes
full upon Monsieur Rigo,ot's perturbed
face for one scant instant.
mo doubt of it being his signature?
he querfed.
Non, Monsieur, non."t the secretary
exclaimed emphatically. "Vous avez-
that is, / have known his signature for
years. There is no doubt. The letters
were not of a private nature. II you
would care to look at the copies d
them"
He offered the duplicates ten1ative-
ly. Mr.. Grimm read them over slowly,
the while Monsieur Rigolot sat nerv-
ously staring at him. They, too,
seemed meaningless as bearing on the
matter in hand. Finally. Mr. Grimm
nodded and Monsieur Rigoiot re-
sumed:
And Wednesday night, Monsieur,
another strange thing happened.
Monster Boissegur smokes many ciga-
rettes. of q kind made especially tor
him in France, and shipped to him
here. He keeps them In a case on his
dressing-table. On Thursday morning
his valet reported to me that this case
of cigarettes had disappeared"
"Of course observed MI. Grimm
Monsieur Boissegur a . ~latch-key
to the embassy"
"Of course"
Anything unusual happen last
night-that is. Thursday night?'
Nothing, Monsieur-that Is, moth
ing we can find"
Mr.. Grimm sat silent for q time and
fell to twisting the seal ring on ms
finger. Mr.. Campbell turned around
and moved q paper weight one inch
to the left, where it belonged, while
Monsieur Rigolot, disappointed at thei1