Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1914-05-14
he Sailed to the man on the bridge.

name-there's a flag or something
hanging over the stern. She's flying
the French flag. There come the other
press boats behind us, sir" he added.
"And there's the Savoie just slowing
down at quarantine"
Far ahead we could see the great
hull of the liner, dark against the hori-
zon and crowned with row upon row
of glowing lights.
The Savoie had slowed down until
she was just holding her own against
the tide, and one of her lower ports
swung open. A moment later a boat
puffed up beside her. made fast and
three or four men clambered aboard
and disappeared through the port.
There go the doctors.' said God
frey. And there is that French boat
going alongside"
The tug from quarantine dropped
astern and the French yacht took her
place. After a short colloquy one man
from her vas helped aboard the Sa-
vote. Then it was our turn, and a
l. ldlcl 1UulIeN uuu L anu Llle
other two men were aboard the liner.
My companions exchanged greetings
with the officer in charge of the open
port, and then we hurried forward
along a narrow corridor, smelling of
rubber and heated metal, then up stair
after stair, until at last we came to
the main cOmpanionway. Here the two
men left us, to seek certain distinguish
ed passengers. Godfrey stopped in
front Of the purser's Office and passed
his card through the little window to
the man inside the cage.
Il should like to see NJ. Pigot of the
Paris detective force he said. Per
haps you will be St kind as to have a
steward take my card to him?'
THAT is unnecessary. sir" replied
the purser courteously. '"That is M.
Pigot yonder-the gentleman with the
white hair. with his back to u.s. You
will have to wait for a moment. how
ever. The gentleman speaking with
him is from the French consulate and
has but this moment come aboard"
I could not see Inspector Pigots
face, but I could see that he held him,
self erect. in a n b%espeaking
military training. The messenger from
the legation was a youngish man. with
waxed mustache and wearing an eye.
glass. He was greeting Nj. Pigot at
the moment and. after Il word or two
produced from an inside pocket an of,
fetal looking envelope. tied with red
tape and secured with an immense red
seal.
NJ. Pigot looked at it an instant
while his companion added a sentence
in his ear. Then, with Il nod of assent
the detective turned down one of the
passageways. the other man at his
heels.
Official business, no doubt com
mented the purser. Gle will. no doubt
soon be disengaged."
Eyes, but meanwhile my esteemed
contemporaries will arrive" said God
frey. with a grimace. They are or
my heels. Here they are now"
In fact, for the next twenty minutes
reporters from the other papers KEEP
arriving. till there was quite Il crowd
before the purser's Office. And from
nearly every paper a special man haG
been detailed to interview M. Pigot
Evidently all the papers were alive tc
the Importance Of the subject. There
was some good natured chatting. and
then n of the stewards was bribed
to carry the cards Of the assembled
multitude to NJ. Pigot's stateroom
with the request for an audience.
The steward went away laughing
and came back presently to say that
NJ. Pigot would be pleased to see us
in q few minutes. But when five min.
utes more passed and he did not ap
pear impotence broke out anew. The
lords Of the press We're not accustomed
to being kept waiting.
81 nov we storm his CASTLE" sug.
gested n man.
And just then, NJ. Pigot himself step
ped out into the companionway. In
an instant he was surrounded.
MY good friends Of the press" he
said. speaking slowly. but with only
the faintest accent. you will pardon
me for keeping you in waiting, but
had some matters of the first impor
lance to attend to. and also my bag tc
pack. Steward" he added. "you will
find my bag outside Of my stateroom
door. Please bring it here, so that
| may be ready to go ashore at once
The steward hurried away. and NJ.
Pigot turned back to us.
1t was to Godfrey that the position
Of spokesman naturally fell.
"We wish first to welcome you tc
America, M. Pigot." he said. land to
hope that you will have a pleasant and
interesting stay in our country. We
hope that with your assistance our pc.
lice may be able to solve the mystery
surrounding the death of the three men
recently killed here, and to arrest the
murderer. Of themselves they seem
to be able to do nothing"
M. Pigot spread out his hands with
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