The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1914-03-29

the three springs, an ] had seen ma
dame do. The little handle at the
side fell ont, but suddenly he stopped
me.
Those letters do not belong to you,'
he said. They belong to your mis-
tress. cannot permit that you take
them away. for. sitter all. I do NOT
know you. You may intend 70 make
come bad use Of them
''He brought me back into this room.
could have cried with ragei
Return to your mistress he said,
and inform her that I shall be most
happy TO return the letters TO her. But
It must be I'm her own hands that I
place thena.'
81 saw that It was OF no use to ar
que further. He was Of adamant.
So left the house. he himself opening
the door for me. And that Is all that
know. madame"
"of course" Godfrey suggested gent
~. cas- soon az you reached home you
related to your mistress what had &C.
curred?"
Julie grew little crimson.
''No, monsieur" she said. 81 told her
nothing. I feared that without the
letters she would misunderstood my
motives"
And then. Of course. without the
letters, there would be no reward"
Godfrey supplemented.
The yelled lady rose. Julie resumed
her veil. shooting at Godfrey a glance
anything but friendly. The yelled lady
turned to me and held out her hand.
'T thank you, Mr.. Lester. for your
Kindness" abe said. Come. julie"
and she moved toward the door, which
Rogers fastened 60 open.
Mr.. HornbIower nodded and passed
out after them. and Godfrey and l
were left alone together.
WELL said Godfrey-"weiI. what a
story It would make! And can't use |
it. It's bitter reelection, Lester"
'Tt would certainly shake the pillars |
OF society" ! agreed. "Pm rather
shaken myself 1 hadn't any idea this
was the right cabinet / didn't see how
It could be-"
That's IL exactly. How did It hap
pen when the veiled lady went to
Armand A. Son In Paris that she was
TO Philip Vantine? According
20 his own story. he did not purchase
this cabinet He had never seen it
before. It was presumably shipped
him by mistake. Armand & Son cable
you that &c was n mistake. and yet
they cite vantine as the purchaser"
There "a no poisoned mechanism
about that drawer. that's sure" i
added.
'No. and never has been" Godfrey
agreed.
''And that leaves rs all mt sea.
doesn't itf But there is one thing
sure. The killing. whatever its cause.
was done out there In the anteroom.
not IN here"
"What makes you think thatf'
I'VE believe that Drouet came here
10 get vantine's permission to open
this drawer and get the letters, saw
The cabinet. tried to open the draw
er and was killed I'm the attempt But
lt IN evident enough now that there is
nothing about that drawer to hurt any
one."
'Yes. that's evident. I think" God
Trey agreed
''If he had opened the drawer. then.
be would have taken the letters, since
here was nothing to prevent him.
Since they were not taken it follows.
Doesn't Il, that he was killed before he
TAD O chance at the drawer? Perhaps
10 never saw the cabinet. He must
nave been killed out there I'm the ante
DOM few minutes after Parks left"
"And how about vantineT Godfrey
lsked.
'Tf he had opened the drawer" /
pointed out. land been killed In the
'ound open. I had thought that per-
laps It closed OF itself. but you see
hat It does not. You have to push It
hut and then snap the handle mp into
,laca"
'aThats true" Godfrey assented.
Neither Of them opened the drawer.
But there IN an alternative. The hand
hat killed Drouet and vantine may
Ilso have closed the drawer"
"And left the letters In SCI" ] ques-
toned. Surely notr
He glanced mt the shuttered window.
Besides" 1 protested. show would
le get inr How would he get 'away7
What was he after IL he LEFT the letters
,ehind?" Then rose wearily.
must be getting back 10 the ONCE"
aid. This In Saturday, and we close
It Q Are you coringT'
NO." he answered eff you don't
mind TN sit here awhile longer and
hink things over, Lester. Perhaps I'll
,lunder On tn tia truth yetrs
I got back to the once 70 find that
4. Felix Armand OF Armand b Son
lad called and. anding me out. had
eft his card, with the pencdled memo
andum that he would call again Mon
lay morning.
vantine's win was probated next
He directed that his collec-
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