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

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know ! shAn have 70 ~
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1T the cos, OF heavy ss-..,.. 60
What hound-- / askss
~Doningusz' Doninxv~,.-,
ed "DoninEuss, the hlxx.s; "a
hung BE hoored TIE Ia. a.. =
ning cur: but have A!n -. -
my thumb" -a-ss
I then called up Tie -~-..
the Consulate. and in k.s
carefully oveThaule4 Rave, '*'e'
!ngs- At his own rcq2e..
searched his pockets. b. A.. -
no trace Of anything re....~. 81
robbery. Fifty thoaaand .ra,-, IS =
notes and gold he carried g. "a
belt In bis IA; boz ne
YER and 4 tin Of cartridge O., va
took possession. = !
Give yourself 10 nee4.s., e..
my Gear Monsieur Geron l. -
what you are looking ~
Paris. There were o;Ae- -. :
that safe besides trinke;, az !
tiles. OF which only Dcu!asu..
know anything. and did no, -. !
carry them about me. TIE,
Paris" he shrieked AZ the -,
voice. land will be produce. q
am confronted with that hoas4
then. Monsieur Goron. you ~ AZ
ness something which even va
never seem"
de gave an uncanny chuck. !.
cigarette and lapsed into silep,.
A large cabin In the steam
Ing the NEXT day for Mar..,rl.. =.
been reserved for US. and Raw
on board with a jaunty air In.
bent on q pleasure trip. h,s =.
everything secret. but throurh -
indiscretion the passengers kb.x -
We were, and curious glances fo3,,-,
US when We set foot on d.ck
We had still an hour 10 wait b..
lifting anchor. therefore len p,,.
In the cabin in charge o. the Ca,
who was 10 accompany me a w..
settles, and went 10 ask a fsx g.
tons OF the captain. A, IN, -
ment a telegraph boy came I'd a.
Ing my name. l opened the xfr. =
was from the once. Domingo. q,
appeared"
tried TO convince myself TIA, u,
laconic Official telegram meant "a,
Dcminguez had only absented hlns.
for a while, but something to,s :.
that with his disappearance the prl,e.
pal link In that mystery had bee, .r
cred.
However. I still had the oppor;r.su
OF talking the matter over viii ~
prisoner, and once under way, | ana
him to give me some particulars ,sss
his connection with DomingusI.
Wait till We get to Paris" be erg,
and you win hear all you want !.
know-and more"
But suppose Domingue1 should kars
have left Parish" I inquired.
He turned sharply around.
What do you mean?
handed him the TELEGRAM AL
watched him curiously, for eIpecis.
him to fly into q violent rage lnsieA4
OF this he handed me the paper hack
and quietly said:
Have no fear, he will return,"
you really don't mean that, Rave.-
L do mean II, / tell you"
Half an hour later l saw him In iAs
cabin writing.
I am already preparing ny Z.
tense." he said with a sad smile
left him alone and went into To
saloon where a lady was singing. Z
was a clear night, and the sea was
calm as q pool.
Then We heard a rush OF feet O.
deck, the singer stopped. and in ia
stiffness OF the night rang the shout
Man overboardl"
I felt as IL a cold hand had gras9sl
my throat l ran to the cabin. hEn
eAipty. We looked everywhere -.
Ravel. He was gone
The steamer at once stopped; tE'
boats were lowered, but returned al
er half an hours fruitless search Az
We started again, all the passenger
and men having been accounted io'
but Ravel.
For q couple Of hours I paced ns
deck up and down, and then returnse
20 my cabin, where not long ago
had seen my prisoner writing. On 20
table lay . letter In pencil ADDRESS
TO me:
Dear NJ Goron," II said: fats y
against me. Dominguex. the thief ".
roos even his accompices. In too o.sVe'
Tor me-and you. committed The ssI
larry at Dom.nguex's house not % nor-
70 take back what was rightly my 49,
a TO secure q weapon whsrewith CO...
smash him once for all. He has efeI
out He snelt Q rat. n Goron- as
do not want TO be brought back
common burglar. instead OF an soe-,
I have failed In this. like IN eveF7t---s
else. Good-by.
And thus, both the robber and -
robbed disappeared. Nothing VIZ
heard ~ fha atoIap prnnArty Tie mys