The Washington times., 1912-01-12
CHAPTER VIII (continued).

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CHAPTER VIII (continusd).
~ THERE's no danger con-
tinued the old man. 'an'
well get some medals. an
praise from the govern
ment.
I'm on. What have got to dor"
Follow me. he said.
II walked behind him with my hand
on my revlovcr. The old chap seemed
harmless. but ne might be leading me
into trap; but II one doesn't risk ones
skin one never does anything.
last night II rained hard. The Is
iand of the Grande Jatte may be gay
In the day time. but at night when It
rains , MS a mighty lonely spot.
on until We came to path which led
down to the river. We came to some
large heaps Of sand and some building
ssG Il vas st some work oo that hal
time. The old man turned and said:
"whsre "whhsarse is W itf' are .afd' Ia there
Eth bien. what we've got to DOR
Go ahead. then.' said.
"The situation was not exactly anus
Ing. What was going, to happen? The
litch-dark. The tramp walked down
70 the water: could hear his loud
Rss sse sssepss se down s :s,s sns wa, clear
ing away some sand. began to help
the scene. the moon came out slowly
from behind the clouds. felt some
stretched out on the ground before me.
The old vagabond looked at me.
There II is, he said, triumphantly.. :
Il was stupehed I knew that the old
big and strong, and could have easily
done for the poor old beggar.
| :" Where does 1t come fromr I said,
liking my eyes on him.
here couldn't do that: but, comrade,
we must be cunning a. soak II in the
water again to make believe we fished
him out of the Seine. Then we shall get
medals and praise into the bargain.
| Perhaps,' I said.
II leaned over the dead man and
touched him. He was as hard as a
shreds. Then ali Of q s sudden T gave m
such q cry that the old man shrank
away from me, scared out Of his life.
Thunder Of heavenr' I cried.
with q stump-the jagged flesh showed
that the mans hand had been chopped
on with a sharp weapon!
II leaned over. ana. taking an cleo:
il on the dead mans face.
but the old tramp struck in now:
Say. what yer doin there? I found
hin him. told told yer to onas Soms along With nth
side ana taken the whole show for
II looked up at him.
sone 'hqt W! ypF aons sFfa f Chuck n s;.s
In. the river. an that'll stop yer jaw
II must have looked mighty fierce. for
the old chap skunk back. scared blue:
q peaksl tns
me. reduced to the state Of q mummy,
was the one they had been looking for
cisSs snS a. dsy aSn %ss1e
you want to ask met" said Dufreny.
"ons likes to help ,s,ns ,comsads;" de-, replied ne,
a regular. there's a lot to say for you"
much obliged. But I don't want you
to take me Into your confidence" :.
"Bahr said Pousse-P Pousse, with 1t
sather's son. and brave man he was.
~'a "ahi II that's Better. NOW Now ri listen TO
You" .. 49, ),
the beverly affair. and as yet know
nothing about 1t. Whereas, I know
that you've got some spankins clues"
How do you know
| looked around furtiyely. then opened
his mouth to speak. then closed 1t with
| q snap.
old Offenders but should never have
thought of that dodge Of the Doorsha
In spite of his almos. British GOODNESS.
| "Pousse. .Pousse." he said, don't let
your Imagination run away with you,
and don't bring in things that have
nothing to do with the affair OF the mo-
$50! You want to play the shrewd
| with me? You are wrong. but never
mind. If you like, we'll sc and tell the
chief that we've found chaufards
''is It still whers you found TT"
"Samc place. And 1t could stay there
| long time. It was carried thSre by
strong current, after that terrific storra
it got covered with sand and lime. and
the scorching sun last month dried the
corpse and sort Of petrined 4 like the
cen,ents which surrounded it."
Maybe, but it's true all the same"
"All right. But meanwhile, somebody
might have discovered 1t sipee last
"No. they won't; I took precautions
and hid it. Besides no one passes by
there. i COVE the old tramp some mon
ey and told him not to speak OF 1t. or
| would have him arrested, and he went
| tions"
| Dufreny pondered. What the old de-
tective had told him was Of great In
terest- 1t seemed that now the usurer's
body was found, the case wouid go
ahead rapidly. The discovery of the
corpse entirely turned over Chottin's
theory. He had been SO. sure that
Chaunard had run away. and, 10 fan
taisiste and irregular like Dufreny was.
1t was very gratifying to be able to
knocS down supposition that htd bee.
brought forth by an official belonging
to the regular administration.
We'll" he said to the old police spy,
what do you want in exchange for
this information?"
'Tm not a diplomat" said Pousse-
| Pousse.
"You needn't tell me that"
"Well. it's like this. For the last few
days you've pitched your tent at the
Hotel de la Paix. Now you're trailing
crook. You've got Keen scent"
Thanks, you're very kind" -.
forr And then yesterday / saw that