The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-06-16
Edited by Albert. Keyser
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| AS it is too noisy here will you come
with me to my Office, where we can
smoke A cigaretteT'
| He gave a passing nod to Claire, who
was in the midst of her song, and we
drove together to the Prefecture.
"Do you know l said, "that your
aunt, Nine. Servois, has mysteriously
disappeared and that her friends are
concerned about her9'
He nodded.
"Do you likewise know that won,
ans mangled remains have been found
| near Barbizon, and that Nine. Meiser
firmly. believes they are those Of your
aunt7"
He nodded again.
| HKnowing all this" I continued,
Chow is. it that you should have Sc
explicable manner7'
He cleared his throat and said:
CT was compelled to absent myself
on an important NATTER
"Wbat matter7"
! aska"
did you eo7'
"That 8 also my business''
"Do you know whom your aunt went
to see the day she disappeared =,
eyes, she went to see Nine, Meiser.' -
CHOW do you knows"
NI read it in the papers"
nWhere were you that day7"
"Why do you ask2'
"Because you, too. were at Nogent-
sur-Marne, and I thought that you
Nine. SeTvois 8 movements
He blew cloud Of smoke and re-
manned silent.
"For more reasons than one.' I re
sumed, Fyou are interested in KNOWN @
what befell Nine. Servois. She NAV
! possibly have been the victim Of foul
plot: and I ask you now to reply to
my questions.
ri am sorry." he said. after pause.
ogent.sur- Marne was of strictly pri-
vate nature, and had nothing to do
with my aunt's disappearance.
"You. will. 1 am afraid. think me
very indiscreet, if I ask you now how
it is that you, who for the last three
years have not had fve-franc piece
in your pocket, are all at once remark
ably flush?'
He changed color and watched me a
moment.
"M. Goron.'' he at last exclaimed.
"I have made lucky strike; and, I
repeat, it ls a private matter that does
not concern any one.
"I have no right" T retorted, "to
prv into your affairs. but you must eX-
cuse ME if / draw nv own conclusions
from your attitude. I have no more
to say to you Good night
He moved toward the door, and then
suddenly turned around.
'fM. Goron,' be cried. "I have not
withheld any information from you,
because 1 have none to offer. But let
me give you some advice Beware of
my brother With his sanctimonious
airs, hee, Is an unprineipled black,
I watched him cross the road, while
out Of the darkness one of my men,
dressed like a laborer, emerged, and
shadowed him.
were no tidings of Nine. Servois; the
BODY at the morgue had not been off
cially identified. Nine. Meiser and Jo-
sephine had nothing but lamentations
to offer; and Auguste had managed to
entangle the affair still more by i'm
parting to it another mysterious note.
Thu: far With me everything was hypo-
thesis, and my only chance of finding
a clew was TO make thorough inspec.
tion Of Nine. Servois S apartment
noon. drove with NJ. r. the ex-
sminlng magistrate, TO the Rue Liable.
NJ, F.--'s secretary accompanied us.
1t was cosy, well'furnished apart
ment.. the pictures and ornaments be
speaking the woman of taste. Fol
as usual. burst out CRYING the moment
she caught sight Of me. ! began my
inspection of the place, / lost no time
over the drawing room, dining room,
and boudoir. but made straight for
Nine. Servois's bedroom, for it is a
woman's IS bedroom that unfolds secrets
not so easily found in any other cor.
ner Of house, and it is there ] have
always come upon the personal touches
that help me in nv searches.
An hour later, on our way back, M.
p. who had been watching me
from corner of his eve. said:
You look pleased, Goron. Have you
anv good news7'
|'Yes.' replied. "the news is rath.
Ell, good. I have proof that the lady
nights is alive and well -
elbow did Won find it out9' cried M.
r eXcitedly.
HBv this
And 7 handed him A white satin col
lar lined with silk, very much crum-
pied.
"How do you deduce anything from
thatY'' he exclaimed.
| booh III t1e DdcK! fe'oi teu'
He turned the collar around and
around.
tDo YOU refer to that little stain?'
eyes
"And you mean to say it is from
that stain you draw your inferences -
81 will explain il all to you after
have found nv deductions are true.
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