Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1912-10-18
..Monsleur Bolssexur. the ambassa.

Monsieur Boissegur, the ambasss-
dor, you understand, is man whose
habits are remarkably regular" he be-
gan. HE has made 1t rule to be
at his desk every morning at ten
o'clock, and between that time and
one o'clock he dictates his CORE
spondence, and clears up whatever
routine work there is before him.
have known him for many years,
and have been secretary of the en-
bassy under him In Germany and
Japan and In this country. have
never known him to vary this general
order of work unless because of I'LL
ness, or necessary absence.
well. Monsieur, last Tuesday-this
is Friday-the ambassador WAS ut his
desk as usual. He dictated dozen
or more letters. and had begun anoth-
era private letter TO his sister In
Paris He was well along In this let
ter when, without any apparent rsa-
son, he rose from his desk and left
the room, closing the door behind
him. His stenoErapher's impression
was that some detail Of business had
occurred TO him, and he had gone into
the general Office to attend to It.
may say Monsieur. that this impress
sion seemed strengthened by the fact
that he left fresh cigarette burning
in his ash tray. and his pen was be-
hind his ear 1t WAS all as II he had
merely stepped out, intending to re-
turn immediately-the sort of thing.
Monsieur, that any man might have
done.
TT 10 happened that when he went
out he left a sentence Of his letter
incomplete. / tell you this to show
that the impulse to 60 must have been
a sudden one, yet there was nothing
In his manner, so his stenographer
says, to indicate excitement, or any
other than his usual frame Of mind It
o'olock-high noon-when he went
out When he didn't return immedi-
ately the stsnographer began tran
scribing the letters. At one o'clock
Monsieur Boissegur still had not re-
turned and his stenographer went to
luncheon"
AS he talked. some inbred excite
ment seemed to be growing upon him.
due, perhaps, to his recital of facts,
and he paused at last to regain con-
troll of himself Incidentally he won
dered If Mr. Grimm was taking the
slightest interest In what he was say
ing Certainly there was nothing In
his impressive face to indicate 1t.
Understand, Monsieur" the secre-
tary continued after a moment, that
I knew nothing whatever of all this
until late that afternoon-that is,
Tuesday afternoon about five o'clock.
| was engaged all day upon some i'm
portant work In my office, and had
had no occasion to see Monsieur Bots
segur since a word or so when he
came in at ten o'clock My attention
was called to the affair finally by his
Monsieur Netterville,
who came to me for Instructions He
had finished the letters and the am
bassador had not returned TO sign
them. At this point I began an In
vestigation, Monsieur, and the further
went the more uneasy l grew.
Now, Monsieur, there are only TWO
entrances to the embassy-the front
door, where q servant is Ia constant
attendance from nine IN the morning
until ten at night, and the rear door,
which can only be reached through
the kitchen. Neither of the two men
who had been stationed ut the front
door had seen the ambassador since
breakfast, therefore he could not have
zone out that way. Conprenez? 1t
seemed ridiculous, Monsieur. but then
went to the kitchen. Taa chef had
been there all day, and he had not
seen the ambassador at all. | inquired
urther. No one in the embassy. not