The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-02-11

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 T.coulde not see Inspector FigotHs face. but could see that he held him. self erect, in a manner bespeaking military training. The messenger from the legation was a youngish man, with waxed mustache and wearing an eye glass He was greeting M Pigot at the moment and, after word or two, produced from an inside pocket an of 6cial looking envelope, lied with red tape and secured with an immense red seal.
 M P1eok looked at it an instant, while his companion added a sentence in his ear Then, with a nodeof assent, the detect1ve turned down one of the passageways, the other man at his heels
 ~Omcial business, no doubt, vs com mented the purser. He will, no doubt, soon be disengaged.
 'FKes. but meanwhile my esteemed contemporaries will arrive,v said God frey. wfth erimace. tThey are on my heels. Here they are now P
 In fact. for the next twenty minutes reporters from the other papers kept arrzvi1gf till there was quite crowd before the purseZ's odace. And from nearly every paper a special man had been detailed to interview M- Pigot. Evidently all the papers were alive to the Importance of the subject There was some good natured chah7nY and then one of the stewards was brfbed to carry the cards of the assembled mulfftuds to M. Pfgot,s staternona with the request for an audience.
 The steward went away laughing and came back presently to say that M Pfgot would be pleased to see us in few minutes But when i've min utes more passed and he did not ap- pear fmpatience broke out anew. The lords Of the press were not accustomed to being kept waiting.
 @I move we storm his castle sug- gested one man.
 And just then, M Pigot himself step ped out into the eompanionway, In an instant he was surrounded.
 My good friends Of the press, he said. speaking slowly, but with only the fadntest accent, .syou will pardon me for Keeping you in waiting, but had some matters of the first impor- tance 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 I may be ready to go ashore at once.' The steward hurried away, and M Pigot turned back to us.
 IE was to Godfrey that the position of spokesman naturally fell
 Eve wish first to welcome you to America, Ms Pigots 2, he said, land to hope that you will have pleasant and fr7frrocffro in o11r o hope that with your assistance our DO 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 fo do nothing.
 NJ Pfgot spread out his hands with little deprecating gesture.
 T also hope we may be successful T he said, "but if your police have moi been, my poor help will be of little ac- counf-y
 He spoke with an accent so sincere that I was almost convince he meant every word of it, but Godfrey only smiled
 s1t is a proverb. '' he said. ssthat the French policesare the best in the world You. no doubt, have theory in regard co the death of these men s''
 s-I fear it is impossible, sir.'' said M Pigot Iregretfully, '.to answer that question at present. or to discuss this case with you I have my report first sap make to the chief of your detective bureau Tomorrow I shall be most happy to tell you all that I can But for tonight my lips are closed, sad as it makes me to seem discourteous.s , could hear behind me the little in drawn breath of disappointment at the failure of the direct attack.
 A voice was heard fnquiring loudly for Moosseer Piggott recognized that voice. and so did Godfrey, and I saw the cIoud of disappointment which fell upon his face An instant later Grady, with Simmonds in his wake, elbowed his way through the group.
 'Moosseer Pfggottiv he cried, and enveloped the Frenchman's slender hand in his great paw and gave it a squeeze which was no doubt painful. Glad to see you, sir Welcome to our city, as we say over here in America ceffainIy hope you can speak Eng fish,, for I don't know word of your lingo I'm Commissioner Grady, in charge of the detective bureau, and this is Siumonds. one of my men,
 M Pfgetss perfect suavity was not even ruf1ed-
 s.I am most pleased to meet you, sir and you, Monsieur Sin1mon.', he said. Yes. I speak English, though as you see. with some difIsapslty-"
 These reporters bothering your life