Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1912-10-18
blankIy for a moment. then nodded.

"Oui. Monster, C'est-" Monsieur
Rigolot began excitedly. Il beg par
don. 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 callers7 LettersY kilograms 7
Telephone messagesf"
Il made inquiries In that direction,
Monsieur" was the reply. 81 have the
words of the servants at the door
and OF the stenographer that there
were no callers. and the statement OF
the stenographer that there we're no
telephone calls or kilograms. There
were only four letters for him per-
sonally. He left them all on his
dssk-here they are"
Mr.. Grimm looked them over leisure
ly. They were commonplace enough,
containing nothing that might be con-
Btrued into a reason for the disap-
pearance
The letters Monsieur Boissegur had
dictated were laid on his desk by the
on. volubly. excitedly I'm the anxiety
and uneasiness following the disap-
pesrance they we're allowed to remain
there overnight On Wednesday
morning, Monsieur"-and he hesitated
impressively-"tho letters bore his
signature in his own handwritingl
Mr.. Grimm turned his listless eyes
f,.1l I, I0kg .rba cd
face for one scant instant.
mo doubt Of 1t being his signaturer
he queried
Non, Monsieur, nom" the secretary
exclaimed emphatically. "Vous avez-
that is, have known his signature for
years. There is no doubt. The letters
were not of private nature. II you
would care to look at the copies OF
them"
He offered the duplicates tentative
iy. Mr.. Grimm read them over slowly,
the while Monsieur Rigolot sat nerv-
ously rtaring at him. They too,
seemed meaningless as bearing on the
matter In hand. Finally. Mr. Grimm
nodded and Monsieur Rigolot re-
sumed:
And Wednesday night. Monsieur,
another strange thing happened.
Monster Boissegur smokes many ciga-
rettes, of a kind made especially for
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 Mr.. Grimm,
Monsieur Boissegur has 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 time and
fell to twisting the seal ring on his
finger Mr.. Campbell turned around
and moved a paper weight one inch
to the left, where it belonged. while
Monsieur Rigolot, disappointed at their
amazing apathy, squirmed uneasily in
his chair.
TT would appear, them" Mr.. Grimm
musingly, that after his
mysterious disappearance the ambas-
sador has either twice returned to his
house at night, or else sent some one
there. first to bring the letters to /
him for signature. and later to get |
his cigarettes?
"Certainement, Monsieur mean, |
that seems to be true. But where La
he? Why should he not come back? |
What does 1t mean? Madame Boisse-
CUR is frantic, prostratedl She wanted
me to go to the police, but | did not
think 1t wise that 1t should become
public. so l came here"
Very WE'LL commented Mr.. Grimm
Let II rest as 1t Is. Meanwhile you
may reassure madame. Point out to
her that II Monsieur Boissegur signed
The letters Tuesday night he was, at
least alive; and If he came or sent
Tor the cigarettes Wednesday night,
1e was still alive. l shall call at the
embassy this afternoon. No, it Isn't
advisable to go with you now. Give
ne your latch-key, please"
Monsieur Rigolot produced the key
md passed It over without a word.
And one other thing Mr.. Grimm
continued, please collect all the re-
1olvers that may be In the house and
AXE charge of them yourself. If any
me, by chance, heard burglar prowl-
ng around there tonight he might
hoot, and in that event either kill
donsieur Boissegur or-or mel"
When the secretary had gone Mr.
campbell idly drummed on his desk
s he studied the face of his subor.
mate.
$50 muchl" he commented finally.
ITS Miss Thorne again" said the /,
Dung man as If answering a question. !,
Perhaps these reports | have re-
eiyed today from the Latin capitals
lay aid you In dispelling that mys- =
Dry" Campbell suggested, and Mr.. .
rimm turned them over eagerly. :
our royal visitor, Prince
enedetto d'Abruzzi. remains I'M !.
nown7"
The young mans teeth closed with .
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