The leader-enterprise. [volume] (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1912-1915, 1914-10-09

SYNOPSIS
Apparently by mistake Philip vant1ne
receives an antique Boule cabinet from
Paris. strange Frenchman is mysteri-
ously killed near it.
Poison inserted through two wounds on
his hand is the cause Of DEATH Vantine's
friends, Lester and Godfrey, a reporter.
are greatly interested.
Fantine hlmseIr is killed IN the same
mysterious manner while or shortly after
examining the Boule cabinet
Rogers, servant, accuses a woman who
visits Nantine of Vantine's murder Rog-
ers a11inSuspiciously.
Witt aid of Parks, vantine's valet
Lester Wnakes plans to carefully guard
the Boule cabinet from marauders.
I Godfrey and Lester conclude that the
cabinet has secret drawer guarded by a
mechanism which stabs and poisons.
While Godfrey vainly searches for the
drawer with a steel gauntlet on his hand
Lester sees two burning eyes watching
them through shutter.
Lawyer Hornblower, representing mime
X asks Lester for a packet of her let
ters hidden in the Boule cabinet which
mas been stolen from her.
She calls upon Lester, says there is no
deadly mechanism in the cabinet and gets
her letters from secret drawer.
Nine. KS" maid, julie showed Vantine
how to open the secret drawer and knew
Drouet, the dead Frenchman, who sought
The letters for blackmail purposes.
IN. Felix Armand" claims the Boule
>1abinetVYor his Paris firm and takes it
away, followed by Godfrey and Lester.
Armand" captured by giant French
man, kills the giant with a poison barb
but escapes from Godfrey and Lester.
The Boule cabinet is locked in a police
station cell as a bait for armand" who
is really Crochard, a great French Grim
inal.
Crochard audaciously notifies Godfrey
that he will claim his property, the Boule
cabinet at the police station the follow
ing Wednesday.
In fact, for the next twenty minutes
reporters from the other papers kept
arriving, till there was quite a crowd
before the purser's office. And from
nearly every paper a special man had
been detailed to interview NJ. Pigot.
Evidently all the papers were alive to
The Importance of the subject. There
was some good natured chatting, and
then one of the stewards was bribed
to carry the cards of the assembled
multitude to NJ. Pigots stateroom,
with the request for an audience.
The steward went away laughing
and came back presently to say that
M. Pigot would be pleased to see us
In few minutes. But when five min.
utes more passed and he did not aD-
pear Impotence broke out anew. The
lords of the press were not accustomed
to being kept waiting.
II move we storm his CASTLE" sug.
gested one 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 to
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 u.s.
1t was to Godfrey that the position
of spokesman naturally fell.
1--WE wish first to welcome you to
America, NJ Pigot." he said, land to
hope that you will have pleasant and
interesting stay in our country. We
hope that with your assistance our DO
7 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
little deprecating gesture.
II also hope we may be successful"
he said "but if your police have not
been, my poor help will be of little &C.
count"
- He spoke with an accenG so sincere
that was almost convinced he meant
every word of it. but Godfrey only
smiled
1T is n proverb.'' he said. that the
French police are the best in the world
You, no doubt, have theory in regard
to the death Of these menY'
~ fear it is impossible, sir" said NJ