The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-12-05

Several tine~ I have ssst -
write him An anoayuous - =
'ng him aEains; the slo,: d. a.
tsrroFssed ne, and dAr~4 :. - :
! have also
she stopped AID a. srr-.s.,--
Intense pain cane over her a.
saw she was really 4, a.
several reasons ! did -. -. y
so back to where 81. We Sc
sent for cab and askc5 80
keeper 10 take uy ca-s a. =
the girl 20 home nAraSs-s ,-
Of my friends. who wca1 s--.
her
Bo!ss!er vas sitting --o.g--,--.
the diuirS-roogn ~ The .ss. n.
professor" Who was roaa!zx -
ing paper.
Take hi=n 70 the rrs.er.u.s
roy | said. ! will sce hin -.
or tomorrow morning."
Yes. sir. Come along. ~ -,
and will look AZ a few more -
And he led away Bois~ler. -, a..
cred with fright and had =. -.
strength 10 utter = syllable.
Well. Xavier" exclaimed ~,
we were alone. VIVA, do vc, -
Of our seanoe2 Rather stormy x...
notf"
-Goron. am too much ashs-.4 =,
myself TO dare even 20 thank ro-
feel In q dream. But low did you -.
ret Il all ootf What clue ca =.
have?"
"Oh. had clue. But Tier. !.
your sister. worrying herself ;.
death. Go ne once to her. and tel -,
she need not trouble TO order a ~.A
ding cake for you. One word me-.
Ask your sister 70 tell her butte; -
bring up q bottle OF Moutou Ron.
child. / promised 10 dine with -,
and you-if all went we'll"
It was one OF the pleasan,e.. a,a
ners / can remember. The Mouios
Rothschild had been religiously eme
tied. We were smoking cigarette,
when Xavier said:
And now tell us what gave you d.
clue TO the affair"
MY dear Xavier. you will See !, I.
all very simple. II people would =
lteve only half the things told tibet.
In the course of their lives ther,
would be only half the number az
crimes committed. You need not looi
uncomfortable; others have been -
ken in like you.
| Your case Ia divided into two paris
| The first. which concerns you speclal
ly, Is Of childish simplicity. Il was al
a fake. The voices you heard. calling
upon you to marry that girl. did not
: emanate from spirits. Candidly.
am surprised a man or your intellec,
! should have fallen into such q vulgar
| trap. AS to these wonderful soo;A.
ssyers In Paris, Brussels and Amster
dam, they were all members o. the
same gang. 1t was Boissier who g1N
you the addresses of those sibyls. ard
| Clemeutine, warned by Bossier. se1t
| one OF her stan to the place 10 receive
| you.
"The second part OF your case -
lating more particularly TO the girl
was more subtle. and. I own. gave ns
some trouble. She, I felt, was the pv.
OF OF the affair, and on her centered
my attention. Her hands were ny
drst clue. In q suspicious case SIS
pect everything.
Here was a girl. the daughter Of
French parents, with a pair OF Amer
ian hands! have been to the United
States and have noticed the PECULIAR
ties OF the hands In that country, a.
elsewhere. Her hands haunted me; ]
began to fancy they did not belong 10
her. And that was my starting point
Il went to Toulouse; saw NJ F.
and Madame F., who had adopted
their niece, and had a profitable talk
with them. They showed me the por
traits Of Germaine's parents, true
types OF the Latin race: and learaed
from them that the Bradleys, he
fan mers who at one time took charge
of Germaine, also had a little daugr
ter. On my return to Paris ] con-
municated by cable with the Amer
Can 1utnOTlLl0S, 6nQ Win aoAl'
courtesy they replied the second Gay
that Lily Bradley and her pareno
were dead.
"The conviction then stole upon u
that your fancee was not Germans
but the farmers child: my only wy
TO test the truth was TO organize -
ance, and-without play upon SorU'
turn the tables upon those VS.
used spiritualism TO swindle you ios
saw what happened Leroy Is one y
my men. His father was low CONF
dian. who taught his son yenu'"
Quism.
"As TO that terrible noise you hear
It Is produced by smearing two W..
planks with rosin, and rubbing LITE
violently against one another.
Xavier and I had q violent onp-
about the wretched Boissier.
the next morning my friend calico "a