The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-06-16

girls comfortably squeezed together.
Have any of you seen Auguste to.
night2' asked Claire.
No; nobody had seen him. The girl
come7n
The next place-with which 1 was
very familiar-was a third-rate night
restaurant. Somebody was presiding
over an old piano in the corner, but
the clatter of plates and the noisy
laughter drowned every other sound.
him7" said Claire. "He is not here;
nor did 1 see him last night. I shall
wait here little while.n
AS ] was ordering refreshments, a
youth passed.
.,'seen Auguste tonightf' Claire
called to him
'tNo, nor last night. But I caught
sight of him yesterday at Nogent-sur-
Marne. He was walking down private
like Jockey"
gent-sur- Marne?'' remarked Claire.
And I asked myself the same question,
remembering that Nine. Servois bad
not been heard of since she went to
that place the day before.
Four days elapsed, and every morn
ing and afternoon Josephine came to
me, to know whether l had any tidings
of her mistress. Nine. Meiser and Ed,
Guard likewise called; but none of
them could supply any clew. As to Au-
guste, who, as / discovered, lived in a
small bedroom on the sixth floor in the
Rue Houdon, he had not been home for
several DAYS, nor had Claire seen him.
This is how matters stood when on
the fifth day. Paris was startled by the
news of horrible discovery in the
Fontainebleau forest. A party Of holi-
daymakers had been picnicking in the
neighborhood of Barbizon and had gone
for ramble, when, passing through
some bushes, two of them stumbled
which it was tied, and beheld the head.
less BODY Of woman.
| Immediately went to Barbizon to
inspect the CHASTITY find. The head was
absent, the. arms and legs were man
gled beyond recognition, and according
to the medical evidence the crime must
have been committed a couple Of days
before. The skirt still clung to the
body. 1t was of a silky material
color with little white dots printed all
over it.
Ny first thought, of course, was of
Nine. Servois. and begged Nine. Mel
ser and Josephine to assist me in MY
Investigations, The condition of the
body rendered identification almost i'm.
possible, but Nine. Meiser at once rec.
ognized the dress as having belonged
to her friend; wheEeupon Josephine
spots on her mistress gown were big
ger.
~ swear it is Nine. Servois's
Dress said Nine Meser.
~ swear it is notl'' exclaimed Jo~
sephine
"Where did che buy the material, or
who made the dress3' l asked.
Unfortunately neither Of them knew.
Nine. Servois had the year before made
n tour through Germany and had
bought the costume there.
The body was transferred to Paris
and exposed in the morgue, whereupon
matters became still more complicated,
for farmer from Lisieux recognized
the dress as that OF his sister, who had
run away from her home a month ago;
and a corn mercha Mt in the Rue Vleille-
du.Temple was equally positive that it
had belonged to his divorced wife.
ments. could I hope to trace the muir
derer7 I instructed my chief assistant
to follow up the vague clews supplied
by the farmer and the corn merchant,
and imposed upon myself the task Of
discovering whether there was con
Meeting link between Nine. Servois g
disappearance and the finding Of the
BODY.
The coincidence of Aueuste having
been seen at Nogent- sur Marne, the
dav Nine. Servois called there on her
friend, had caused me to have hls
lodgings watched night and day. But.
thus far, he had not turned UP there
nor at his favorite haunt. where Claire
was still waiting for him every night.
T next saw Nine. Servois IS LAWYER, who
was very anxious about his client
FYoung Edouard,' he said, Hhas al
ready been to see me several times. He
knows that in the event OF his, aunt g
death he will inherit large share Of
her property, ard his thoughts seem TO
run moro on the monev than on the
fate that NAV have befallen her. M.
! Goron. do YOU really think that the
BODY found is that of Nine. Servols9'
"In the face OF all these contradic-
| opinion. Since the dav Nine. Meiser
rightly or wrongly recognized the re-
mains rs those Of the missing woman
7 have hnd, nothing but supposition to
guide me-
At Nine. Seryois g bankers. learned
that she kent her securities at home
| IN an iron Sare, ana fcGuldIlV WlIh-
drew the greater mart of the sums
collected for Ser. Neither thev nor the
LAWYERS had the faintest idea how
much money she had in her possession.
az she never volunteered any state
ment, but thew thought the amount
must be considerable.
] was growing impatient, Thus far
no fact that cou1d in any way assist
nv search Ind been brought to light.
Certain deductions led me TO suppose
that Nine Servois might have been
murdered, while at other. moments
was inclined to agree with Josephine
that the body found in the Fontaine-
hleau forest WAS not that of her mis-
tress. But in that case, what had be
come of her9
While was groping my way through
this mist il was reported to me, late
one afternoon. that Auguste had re-
arneared He had gone back TO his
old lodgings and paid the six weeks
rent he owed. That same evening, al
8 I entered the cafe where I had first
met Claire. Clair was sitting at liz
tie table opposite a tall youth, who
cyon without the description I had ~