The Washington times., 1912-01-20

|, came In and took their place one on
each side of the young prince. who
was quite calm now. He could do
nothing more for his friend. II Leon
had time to leave the house he could
perhaps save himself.
The comnissalre, Pousse- Pousse and
Salsifis went into two other rooms on
suspicious. TSey then went upstairs.
Serge stood below, straining his
ears. listening anxiously.
III The police went into bed room,
lWhers the furniture was as Door as
that on the ground floor; there was
an iron bed, a table and two kitchen
stools The other rooms were empty.
The sns,s bed cEsa sssn.r not Tssrs arc
some papers on the table with some
problems Of chemistry of no particu-
lar importance.
the sids Of tns oh%nss
handkerchiefs, other articles Of
wearing apparel and a cheap, rough
prince.
The three men were disappointed:
the result Of their search was GER
sainiy not. not very :ati,sfa1tory They
Pousse- Pousse gave cry Of surprise
and triumph.
Here we are Obliged to refer to an
earlier part of the story.
AZ the time when Chauffard and his
niece disappeared, the reader remem-
bers that the old servant had given
her employers usually wore. She had
also mentioned at the time that the
niece wore a little old-fashioned silver
watch which Was wound up with key.
girl's mother. and had her initials en-
graved on the back-M. r. (Marie
RoberD. The police had searched in
vain for this little watch.
room on the floor in a corner Pousse-
Pousse had found It. hence his cry Of.
Pousse-P Pousse belonged to tho old
crimes which occupied him conjointly
with Dufreny. haunted him continually.
He wanted to arrive first in this chase
AFTER the S,i iS he GSud ItSn,,
limit. So each morning he carefully
went over In his mind the different cir.
cumstances connected with the two
Ss s6 Ts bs Is WHY MeS he Sss knsw It
up of the foor was an fashioned
silver watch with the initials M. r.
tached to. the ring. Evidently the per-
son wearing the watch had been in a
great hurry, and the cord had caught
on TO something and broke.
some one else I'm tho house.
I'VE must make another Search" said
the commissaire, not hiding his salts
faction at the turn the affair had taken.
81 am sure there Is some one still hid
ing here"
Pousse-Pousse had walked out on to
the landing and left the other two men
in the room. The old detective was ex-
amining the walls, when suddenly he
saw a little door SO well hidden In the
panels that when they first came up
stairs It had escaped their notice:
Hs tried to esreaS III Su ase keS ns
lock. and was convinced that it was only
closet. Nevertheless, he wanted to
make sure. He took Jimmy out OF one
Of his many. pockets and put It in the
lock- A slight pressure made the panel
It was a dark closet and at first he
could not distinguish anything. AS he
was striking a match he heard a slight
"RatsW,, he said. "A moment. mes
He stopped down. and as he did so
ran to the window on the landing. and
jumped into space.
Pousse- rousse gave a terrific roar.
Come on" he yelled. I've got him,
have thought a man Of his age and size
capable of, he jmuped on the window
sill and bolted head first out and chased
after the fuSltlNe.
The window was only one story from
the ground. Leon, for he was the rat,
had fallen on a heap of branches and
dried leaves. He jumped up quickly and
ran to the east side of the garden.
which was inclosed by high stone
wall.
It took the old detective a little more
time to get on his feet than the young
man, but the alarm was given, and sew
eral men posted in the street surround
ed the garden.
With the agility Of a cat Leon scaled
the wall and found himself on the top
of q shed.
seen the feat. 'see him go up that?
There he is
Pousse- -Pousse had placed a garden
ladder against the wall; in a second he
was on the top Of the shed, but his rat
had disappeared. He clambered down on
the other side and found himself in
some grounds where house had been
pulled down.
No one had seen the fugitive!
They searched the neighborhood in
vain.
"Ah! old 'un." said salsifs. "It wants
younger legs than yours to catch a rat
like that! My! can't he climb"
Continuation Of This story Will
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