The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-02-16
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We have very valuable aid.- he
said There is below Us the
Double-Four the eight gentlemen
now present, an executive council
composed of five of the s1hrewdest
men in France. They take their or
ders from us. We plan. and they obey.
We have imagination, and, special
sources of knowledge. They have the
most perfect machinery for CARRYING
out our schemes that 1t Is possible to-
imagine. | do not wish to boast. Mr.
Run, but If | take directory Of Paris
and place after any mans name, what
ever his standing or estate, black
cross. that man dies before seven DAYS
have passed. You buy your evening
pAper-a man has committed suicide,
fou read OF letter found by his side.
an unfortunate love AFFAIR." tale of
jealousy or reckless speculation. Mr..
Run. the majority of these explains
lions are false. They are invented
and arranged for by u.s. This year
= ono Arr, t.
have been found dead. and accounted,
Tor excellent reasons, suicides. In each
one OF these cases, Monsieur Run, al
though not soul has a suspicion OF
st, the removal Of these men was ar
ranged for by the Double-Four
trust" Peter Ruff said, that It
may never be my ill-fortune to incur
the displeasure of 30 marvellous an as.
ISOLATION.
On the contrary, Monsieur Run"
the other answered, the attention OF
the association has been directed to-
wards certain incidents OF your career
in a most favorable manner We have
spoken OF you often lately. Mr. Ruiz,
between ourselves. We arrive now at
the object for which we begged the
honor of your visit. II is to ofIer you
the Presidency of our Executive Coun.
ell"
Peter Run had thought Of many
things, bur he had not thought Of this!
He gasped. recovered himself. and
realized at once the dangers Of the po-
sition IN which he stood
The Council Of Five! he said,
thoughtfully
Precisely Monsieur de Founcelles
replied. The salary forgive me for
giving such prominence to a matter
which you doubtless consider OF sec
ondary importance-is ten thousand
pounds year, with residence hero
and in London-also servants
1t Is princely: Peter Run de-
clared. cannot imagine, Monsieur,
how. you could have believed me ca
pable of filing such position"
There is not much about you, Mr..
Ruff. which we do not know Mon
sieur de Founcelles answered. There
arc points about your career which we
have marked with admiration. Your
work over here was rapid and compre-
hensive We know all about you
checkmating the Count Won Hern and
the Comtesse de Pilitz- We have ap-
pealed to you for aid once only-your
response WAS prompt and brilliant.
You have all the qualifications we de-
sire. You are still young. physically
you are sound, you speak all Ian
guages. and you are unmarried"
am WHAT" Peter Run asked,
with start.
bachelor" Monsieur de Foun.
celles answered " We who have made
crime and its detection a lifelong
study. have reduced many matters CON
corning 1t to almost mathematical ex-
actitude. OF one thing we have be-
come absolutely convinced-it is that
the great majority OF cases In which
the police triumph are due to the
treachery OF women. The criminal
who steers clear of the other sex
escapes a greater danger than the de-
fectives who dog his heels. 1t is for
that reason that we choose only I'M
married men for our executive coun-
GIL
Peter Ruff made gesture of de-
SPAR.
And / am to be married In q
month! he exclaimed.
There was q murmur Of dismay. II
those other seven men had not once
intervened, 1t was because the conduct
of the affair had been voted into the
hands OF Monsieur de Founcelles, and
there was little which he had left I'M
said Nevertheless, they had formed
little circles around the two men.
Every word which had passed between
them had been listened to eagerly.
Gestures and softly murmured ex-
'clamations had been frequent enough.
There arose now chorus Of voices
which their leader had some difficulty
in silencing.
I" It must be arranged"
But II is impossible
Monsieur Ruff amuses himself with
iusl
Gentlemen" Peter Run said, u
can assure you that l do nothing of