The Springfield herald. (Springfield, Baca County, Colo.) 1887-1919, 1912-12-27
He turned the collar around and

tnat stain you draw your lnierencee
II Will explain 1t all to you after
have found my deductions are truS
You might ind them now, perhaps,
little too subtle"
Thirteen days elapsed, and ! then
gave a sigh OF relief. for had solved
my problem. sent a message to
Auguste. and he soon put in an ap
pearance. dressed in another new suit
Of clothes. M. F., anxious to hear
the mystery cleaDd up, had asked to
be present At the interview.
IN. Auguste." began. "can you
give me any tidings of your aunt?'
mo, SIR"
Does this not distress your
ut does"
Then put your mind at rest. Nine.
Servois is in the best of health. and
went to London with a young English
man. called James Briggs. They
have taken a furnished apartment In
Baker street. Would you like to know
the npmbeEE
Auguste gave slight start.
II don't mind telling you. NJ. Au-
guste," continued. that, although OF
late / had no misgivings regarding
your aunt's fate. nevertheless was
delighted, when, searching your apart
ment, came upon the truth"
The collar!" cried NJ. F.; we
have at last come to It,"
Yes; we have come to It, The
crumpled collar was in a drawer hid.
den behind lot of handkerchiefs and
ribbons. 1t seemed 30 out Of place
| 10 nj
1t up, and at the back discovered a
slight stain. which on careful exami-
nation proved to have been caused by
hair-dye.
Does your mistress dye her hair?
asked Josephine.
Eyes, sir
"'Since when7'
"'Only within the last three
months
Ibid your mistress take bag with
her the day she went to Nogent-sur-
Marine!
"'Yes, sir. The little yellow leather
bag she generally takes when she
goes there. to carry books and other
things
81 explored every nook and, corner,
and did not discover a single bottle
of hair-dye. And the truth flashed
upon me- When a woman-especially
one OF mature age-starts on jour
ney, she may forget or leave behind
many Indispensable things-but her
hair dye never. l had not the slight
est doubt that Nine. Servois had left
Paris for some mysterious reason. and
that there was a man In the case. My
next step was to discover her where
abouts; and, armed with list OF all
the hairdressers in the metropolis, 1
called every day at certain number
of places, until l came to the shop OF
NJ. H, in the Rue Croix-des-Petits-
Champs In reply to my question
whether Nine Servois was one of his
clients he shook his head. But
guessed he did not speak the truth
and soon frightened him into confess
ing that he supplied her regularly
with hair dye.
Have you sent her any of late?
asked.
"He hesitated second, and burst
out:
81 can't help 1t. ] don't see why
/ should get into trouble over this
business. Look here. NJ. Goron a
young gentleman called and asked for
bottle of my dye. He paid for It,
he returned and said that, as he was
no hand at making parcels, he begged
me to send the stuff to Nine. Servois
at the address he gave. And he made
me swear not to divulge anything IN
case inquiries were made
You heard, or course remarked
to him, of Nine Servois' disappear
ance and the cutlery it made?
"'Yes. SIR he sighed; but the
Young gentleman said it would be all
right, and that the police. being on
wrong scent, would soon tire of their
search"
Auguste turned crimson.
Eyes, NJ. Auguste." / said to that
youth, at was you who tried to blum
me. And you also behaved badly to
your aunt by not carrying out her in
structions; especially If, as am sure
she paid you handsomely for your
services. Poor NJ. Auguste, am
afraid she will now strike you out OF
her will. With Nine. Servois' London
address in my possession, the rest
| was easy. ] Wrote ~ ohS Vi NY oso'
land Yard colleagues. and received
prompt reply that at that address a
Mr.. Briggs and French lady were
staying. This Mr.. Briggs. they wrote
to me. was trainers assistant who
, had come to London in connection
, with business. | next discovered that
, he was one of your friends: and 1t was
, quite evident that Nine. Servois had
lost her heart to that youth. had taken
; YOU into her confidence. and, with
your assistance run away with him
Why? That is the only point about
which l am not quite certain. You
might enlighten me?"
Auguste looked SO sheepish that NJ
F. and / burst out laughing.
81 have nothing to add" groaned
, Auguste-"you ferreted 1t all out your
self AS to the reason why my aunt
was in such hurry to go away with
Jimmy. that is a question you had
better put to her. When a woman OF
her age loses her heart che usually
loses her head as WE'LL
And he stalked out of the room.
Nine. Servois married Mr.. Briggs;
~. I,ft hin, six months iater after