The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1912-12-06

Il am glad 70 have you come. / am
ready to 60 when you like. The soon-
or I can stand face to face with that
hound and unmask him, the better.
know shall have to pay q big pen
atty; but my revenge 10 cheap. even
at the cost of heavy sentence"
what hound?" asked.
"Dominguez! Dominguez!" he shrek.
ed. "Dominguez, the biggest villain un-
hung! He foored me twice. the cum
ming cur; but I have him here, undes
my thumb" -,
then called up the oficial from
the Consulate, and in his presence
carefully overhauled ~Ravers belong.
ings. At his own request even
searched his pockets, but discovered
no trace OF anything relative to the
robbery. Fifty thousand francs IN bank
notes and gold he carried in a leather
belt. In his hat box were a revol-
yer and tin Of cartridges, of which I,
took possession.
"Give yourself no needless trouble.
my dear Monsieur Goron," he laughed:
what you are looking for left In
| ais 1ucIt were OlHeT I0lnES In
that safe besides trinkets and occur.
tiles, OF which only Dominguez and I
know anything. and did not care to
carry them about me. They are in
Paris" he shrieked at the top of his
voice, land will be produced when
am confronted with that hound. And
then, Monsieur Goron, you will wit.
ness something which even you have
never Scent"
He gave an uncanny chuckle, lit a
cigarette and lapsed into silence.
large cabin in the steamer leav.
ing the next day for Marseillss had
been reserved for us, and RaveI came
On board with jaunty air like man
bent on n pleasure trip. l had kept
everything secret, but through some
indiscretion the passengers knew who
We were, and curious glances followed
us when We set foot on deck.
We had still an hour to wait before
lifting anchor. / therefore left Ravei
In the cabin in charge OF the Official
who was TO accompany me to Mar.
settles, and went to ask a few Ques.
lions or the captain. At that mo-
ment telegraph boy came up shout.
ing my name. l opened the wire. II
was from the Office. "Dominguez dis.
appeared"
] tried 10 convince myself that the
laconic official telegram meant that
Dominguez had only absented himself
for a while, but something told me
that with his disappearance the princi.
pal link in that mystery had been sew.
. cred.
However, still had the opportunity
OF talking the matter over with my
: prisoner, and once under way, asked
him to give me some particulars about
his connection with Dominguez.
Wait till we get to Paris" he cried,
and you will hear all you want to
know-and more"
But suppose Dominguez should have
have left Parish / inquired.
He turned sharply around.
What do you mean?"
l handed him the telegram and
watched him curiously, for expected
him to fly into violent rage. Instead
. of this he handed me the paper back.
and quietly said:
Have no fear, he will return!"
You really don't mean that, Ravel?"
Il do mean it, tell you"
Half an hour later saw him In the
. cabin writing.
Il am already preparing my de-
Tense" he said with a sad smile.
left him alone and went into the
; saloon where a lady was singing. II
was clear night, and the sea was n
calm as q pool
Then We heard q rush OF feet on
deck, the singer stopped. and In the
stiffness of the night rang the shout:
Man overheard"
felt as If a Geld hand had grarped
my throat. | ran to the cabin. Il was
empty We looked everywhere for
Ravel. He was gone.
The steamer at once stopped; two
boats were lowered, but returned aft.
er half an hours fruitless search. And
we started again, all the passengers
, and men having been accounted for
. but Ravel.
: For couple OF hours l paced the
ueck up ana down, and then returned
to my cabin, where not long ago I
had seen my prisoner writing. On the
table lay letter in pencil addressed
3 | to me:
Dear NJ. Goron." II said: fate is
3 against me. Dominguez. the thief, who
I | robs even his accomplices. is too clever
for me-and you. I committed the burg
" larry at Dominguez's house. not so much
4 TO take back what was rightly my share
as TO secure weapon wherewith I could
smash him once for all. He has cleared
> out. He smell a rat. NJ Goron, and I
> do not want 10 be brought back as q
common burglar. instead of an accuser
\ i have failed in this. like IN everything
else. Good-by.
&c. RAvEI."
4 And thus, both the robber and the
$ robbed disappeared. Nothing was
: heard of the stolen property. The mys.
terry was never solved.
Shall / ever be able to efface the
point Of interrogation behind Domin.
n guez's name?
a Slowly, very slowly, the veil is lift.
i ed from this mystery.
l discovered that Ravel and Domin.
I guez were implicated in forgery case