Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1913-03-14

- which he threw ON. Then
H. entered his waiting automobile.
The chauffeur, already instructed,
touched his levers, and they sped
through the silent, almost deserted
streets of Paris to the railway station.
There Brachard had arranged for his
confidential agent on the stock ex-
change and general man of business,
Henri DeyeauX. to meet him and re-
ceive final instructions.
Deveaux was waiting impatiently.
Good evening, NJ. Brachard; l feared
gou. might be late" Deveaux hurriedly
greeted him.
No danger. Take notes of these in
structi0ns," Brachard said CURLY.
Infhis ordinary, quick, jerky tone ne
dictated directions for the manipula-
ton. of Egyptian Copper on the NOR
row. in a campaign that was to SEND
the price of the stock up to thou
sand. When he had finished and De-
veaux had put away his notebook Bra
chard said:
Now. l won't detain you any longer.
Don't stay TO see. me off. My chauffeur
will drive you home"
Deveaux protested that he would go
home in cab Brach., d led him out
side, where his car was waiting.
"FrancoiS. drive NJ Deveaux to his
house" he ordered. Come, get in! l
shall miss my train
Still protesting, Deveaux entered the
luxurious car and was driven away.
Rrachard re-entered the station and
paced up and down the floor in moody
silence The hour for the departure Of
his train came and passed. and still he
walked restlessly up and down. A
quarter of an hour sped by and he had
made up his mind.
He called cab and ordered the driv-
er to set him down in Malakoff ave-
tue, a short square from his house.
When this was done he walked alone
to the corner, taking up position in
The shadows opposite his own house.
He was there just in time to see a
woman run out across the pOrte-cOchere
and enter an automobile drawn up at
the street entrance. The door was
slammed shut and the machine sped
away.
There had been no time for Brachard
to intercept the automobile. Had it
been possible he would have planted
himself in its way and stopped it and
hauled forth the occupants.
Now in disappointment he hurried
across to his own house and was adj
mitted by n surprised and sleepy foot
man. Without word. without even
laying aside his coat and hat, he strobe
up the stairs to the drawing room floor
and entered his wife's apartments.
They were empty. Her bedroom
showed no sign of having been occu-
pied He tried the door of her dressing
room. 1t was locked, but even its
heavy oaken panels offered no barrier
to the sturdy shoulders of a longshore-
man. He kicked the ruins of the
door from his path and entered the
dressing room, only to find that it, too
was empty.
Brachard looked through his own
apartments. but there was no sign
there of Anne-Marie or any message.
When he entered the drawing room
again Clothilde. his wifes maid,
frightened almost into Mysteries, was
there. He forebore to question her or
any of the servants.
Without further search he walked
downstairs, let himself out and again
took up his vigil on the corner in the
shadows.
Grace told me the truth. She must
have had Il strong motive to do that, y
he said, bitterly cynical. Anne Marie
is deceiving me. She has lover"
Leaning over the stairs, Clothilde
he frightened maid, watched Bra
chard until he left the house. Their
she rushed into the dimly lighted
drawing room and from there into the
deSecrated apartments of her mistress
There. with many Explanations of ter
ror ut Brachard's ferocity, admiration