Charlevoix county herald., 1914-10-17
"Of course not; this is only a plan.

vi course not; TINS is only plan,
said Velizay.
"Agreed between MN. Calesse
and Velizay, etc.,-we can put the
usual formalities later; we will now
just jot down the chief facts. M
Jacques Velizay will place in the
hands of M. Andre Calesse the sum
of three hundred thousand francs. A
receipt for said amount will be given
by Andre Calesse. M. Andre Calesse
will place an equal amount in the bus
mess"
But" said Calesse, "you have your
money ready, but mine is tied up
Must we wait until | get mine and
lose that much time?"
Certainly not. We will commence
operations at once, as soon as we pos
sibly can; but in this case will you
add Until the date when Andre Ca
Jesse Will have put in his capital that
of Nj. Jacques Velizay will only be
confided to him on deposit That will
do"
"I'll add that your capital is capitu-
lated in a receipt on the Bank If
France ?" Calesse said.
"No. | speculate a little on the
Bourse, and prefer to give you some
stocks. They will be easy to nego-
tiate."
What stocks are they?"
Write: IN. Jacques Velizay's cap
ital is composed of stocks at and
412 per cent shares in the Chemin de
Fer du Nord and in the Chemin de
Fer du Midi; also English shares,
either in the Great Northern or She
London and North Western Railways;
or the Metropolitan You know as
well as | that what | am offering is
a good thing?"
THAT is true; they are splendid"
Then came various clauses relating
to the stock, steamboats,, figures, etc.,
which took up two pages. jacques
would have continued to dictate if Ca
Jesse had not cried out:
81 think we have covered every
thing now"
"No. There remains an important
paragraph which protects my inter
ests."
WHAT"
eff, after one year, the business
shows poor results, or even negative
results, the contract will be void ard
my capital will be returned to me on
the simple presentation of this con-
tract and without any other formal
ity."
There was subtle smile on Ca
lesse's face as he answered.:
"Why naturally"
He added this last clause. Two
copies were made. Jacques read his
over to himself in a low voice.
Then. quite suddenly, he picked up
a stamp from Calesse's desk and
stamped his copy.
"What are you doing?" cried Ca
Jesse.
ooh, nothing" said Jacques; Il
only wanted to see your stamp so as
to know whether it would be better
to leave it as it is or to change the
name of the firm"
Each time that Calesse felt suspi-
cious Jacques dispersed his doubts by
his frank replies. Yet Calesse tried
in vain to fathom the motive which
was making this man throw himself
into his clutches.
One only seemed plausible. This
was that Velizay, upon knowing
that his former friendship with
Nine. Calesse was known to her
husband, was afraid and was try
ing in some way to cajole him.
swell, when shall we exchange
the final word ?" asked Calesse.
"When you like"
"A week from now, then, and if
we find anything more to add we
xuill ln+ aaob 81 T.. L.
meantime | hope you will come and
see u.s."
81 shall be delighted if it is agree
able to madame"
Jacques put his paper in his pock-
ct, then rose and took leave of Ca
Jesse. When the door was opened
he almost ran along the landing to
the staircase. 1t was Pecheret of
whom he was afraid. AS he had
passed into Calesse's office he had
seen Pecheret's face peering at
him from the next room. However,
no one stopped him.
He reached the street. He had had
enough business for one day, and he
decided to go to Boulogne and see
Jeanne. When he arrived at the
Farades house he found Merseins al
ready there.
Nine. Farades, who had been to
the prison that morning to see her
husband, was in a state of collapse.
She chung to Jacques's hand and i'm
plored him to give them some hope.
eve are doing all we can, dear
madame" he said, trying to console
her. "You must not give way like
this. Just imagine that your hus-
band and Valentines father have
gone on a long voyage. You would
have to set along without them
then. We have sworn to find the
murderer, and we are going to do it.
Valentine and Jeanne both have
faith in US. Have you not?
The look that the girls gave him
was sufficient answer.
What have you been doing to-
day." asked Merseins.
1--WE got along splendidly."
"lf you have any hope" said
Nine. Farades, ''let us know. We
have need of all the hope that you
can give u.s."
"T have a hone-twentv homes -