The Washington times., 1912-02-04
THE TIMES DAILY SERIAL STORY
m n c, ~ By GORON,
o. the Service
BY GORON,

"oh! no." he said, II have faith in
YOU"
That's nice of you. Then sood-by
She was very nervous and she hurried
But Dufreny's glance had fallen upon
an object that Juanilla had placed upon
the chimney piece,
''Tienr' he exclaimed what strange
knife"
Yes" said Inesille; that kind Of
knife is frequently used in the Argen-
tine Republic. The shepherds and the
herbs with it. Mother uses II for a
kitchen knife. We had a lot of them,
but the others are spoiled.
1T Is very curious" said Dufreny.
"If you like, you can have it, she
"oh, thanksp'
All manner Of strange thoughts surged
through Dufreny's brain. The knife that
] Inesille seemed to think SO little of, was
| like a dagger and the facsimile of the
one found under Nine. Deverly's chair
| the day the architect was murdered, and
zali at Montmartre. They were in the
hands of the police. What correlation
could exist between these weapons?
Inesille had quickly picked up the
iI,r knife and HANDED Il to him; her one one
house as quickly as possible. He
thought that she might get suspicious II
he stayed longer.
So he thanked her for the strange
| present she had given him. and made
! his way down the dark, smelling stair
| case. On the first floor he brushed VI
| against woman; as far as he could
judge in the obscurity she was tall and
The governess." he thought; what {
| pity didn't stay a moment longer! l
seems to me, that l have passed tina
woman % on staircase sta once % before e.. .,
! he was going into Father Bastides III
! met Salsifis. He tried to avoid him
but It was impossible.
| so you want to cut your friends now,
said the TALL lanky Individual; want t
1 push me on one side, don't your
Dufreny was somewhat agitated owe
his discovery, and he was also annoyed
I; dez house 'I'll listen to you anothe
time, mon cher" he said: I've go
something serious on hand now.'
80 have l."
say at a more fitting moment"
Bah! 1 amt stuck up; I'll tell yo'
what It's about. I've got the dope on tn
rastas up there"
Come in here" he said, there's n
occasion for us to be seen"
He went into the coalman's boutique
followed by Salsifs. At the sight o
]
made a grimace.
"Eh bien," said Pousse- Pousse, 1T al
the Tour Pointue are poking into thi
affair it'll soon lose its flavor"
But Dufreny was looking at the chill
who was sitting at a table between tn
two detectives. 1t was the little Her
nandez, who had been sent out to buy
bottle of curacao and some biscuits.
The little boy went first to the grocer
and had there changed his five-fran
piece. But when he got to the coalman'
|, and asked for a bottle of curacao he dis
covered that he had lost his money
He returned to the grocer's to see II
could be found; then he returned to tn
coalman's crying bitterly.
Pousse-P -Pousse and Fil-a-Beurre ha
heard the childs sobs, and had console
him as best they could. The little fe
low told them that his mother woul
beat him when he got home.
The child began to cry again.
| PousSe- Pousse had become intereste
in what the child said
J What's your name, kid?" he asked.
"Bernaditta."
We'll, then, Bernaditta, come and 8
: down beside me, and II you are a goo
boy I'll make II all right for you
IF ] stay long the mother will bee
me more"
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3 he Found In Tomorrow
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