El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-10-01
The Police Inspector
A short story.

~HE colonel has been ordered to
remain in quarters by his doc
Il tor and he was very much out Of
,,,,,or because of the Inactivity and
the strict diet
He was lying on the SOFA "hen ms
orderly entered and announced his SIS
ter who followed Immediately Denlnq-
The colonel got up and saluteo- ne
had a great respect for ms sister
Dear brother" she said, 1T Is a saa
errand that brings me mere tOuay'
Charles is in trouble again
Charles was her only son. gay
young officer in a cavalry regiment
Gambling. of course"
How much did he loseE
Five thousand francs I cannot pay
them. as 1 have only my pension
Then I will pay once more, but TINS
will be the last time I am going 70
put an end TO this gambling among
officers, il is against the army regu-
latiOns-"
The colonel did not succeed in put
ting an end to the gambling The Of
ficcTs simply gambled elsewhere ana
4 few weeks later found Cnarles Qe
{ Grandpre and a group OF friends at tne
green table in cafe where they had
hired a room Charles was IN luck
this time and at two in the morning
he had won 5000 francs.
There was a knock at the door and
a voice outside gave the proper pass
a tall dark man with enormous
whiskers entered the room and saluted
Z the officers
I come from the minister Of war.
gentlemen" he said I an inspector
Blauvaire-"
/ None of them had seen the man be-
: fore, but his name they knew only
100 we'll He was the famous sleutn,
: engaged by the chief Of police to sup
nj IN
rnit me to do my duty. gentle
called the walters and ordered
them to put the money, cards and
: chips into his satchel and made a note
Of the names of all the officers who
: were present Then he saluted and lef-
the room.
} For several days the officers went
about in fear and trepidatiOn but no
news. At last the suspense became IN
g bearable and Charles called on his
uncle to try to find out how matters
stood
3 / @ was greatly surprised when the
! colonel received him most cordially and
said no word about the gambling Evil
IDENTIFY he did not know anything and
that meant that the police had handed
in no report so far
{ When Charles returned with the news
; his comrades were as surprised as he
. had been and discussed what to do.
but no one could suggest any advice
/ until Capt BriSac said:
There is only one thing to do. We
: must see Blauvaire right away and ask
n not to report the matter to the
( minister and donate the money to the
: police fund. I am told he IS a very
nice fellow when you tackle him the
All agreed and a few moments later
Capt. Brisac and Charles in citizens
{ clothes were on their way to Blau-
: vaire's house
servant in livery opened the door.
Z took their cards, and a moment later
conducted them into large room
where a small gray haired gentleman
{ was working 1T a desk
He looked up and said
What can I do for you gentlemen
We came to see inspector Blau-
vaire-"
The two officers looked at each other
in surprise. The gentleman who had
surprised them at the green table was
tall, big and dark Inspector Blauvaire
was an absolute contrast
Did you ever" said Capt Brisoc-
The man must have been an i'm
pOstOr," whispered Charles
Yes" groaned the captain
He must have been in league with
the walters"
of course"
Inspector Blauvaire started at them.
then picked up their cards and said:
VIII you please explain what brings
you here captain ] am very busy
Certainly, Inspector" the captain
SLamnereC- We thought, We WOulu-
it was an evening We had little game,
no. what do I say we were not gam.
bling
of course not said Charles
Il see,Y said Blauvaire. You are
not quite sure what you were doing
but you may just as well give me the
whole thing straight"
There was nothing else to do and the
captain told everything in detail
Inspector Blauvaire shook his lHsad
and frowned- Then he said gruffly:
If I do not find the impOstor,
shall make no report Good afternoon,
gentlemen"
When they were once more outside
I Capt. Brisac said. He is no fool II
ne does not catch the rascal it is bet
ter for his own reputation as a de-
tective to say nothing about the mat
ter
They never heard anything Of the
I affair again.
: appreciate and use personally. Would
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