Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-08-11

came at 1O,OOO IIdHCS SdCA' OnON'N
she refuse they were then to be Of
fered to NJ. lie Duc-he would surely
desire to possess them"'
The yelled lady shivered little.
"That night" continued Julie, Il de-
cided that at the first moment | would
hasten to this house; I would explain
the matter to NJ. Vantine; | would per-
suade him to restore to me the letters
with which l would fly to madame.
knew also that | could rely upon her
gratitude.
cit was not until evening that found
an opportunity to leave madame. L
FASTENED here; rang the bell. but
confess l should have failed, should
not have secured an entrance If it had
not been that it was my husband who
opened the door to me. M. Vantine
himself came into the hall, and ran
TO him and begged that he hear me.
1t was then that he invited me to enter
| this room"
She paused again, and little shiver
of expectancy ran through me. Atlast
we were to learn how Philip Vantine
| had met his death!
'I sat down." continued Julie. 81
/ told him the story from the very be-
| ginning. He listened with much in
terest, but when l proposed that he
should restore to me the letters he hes
itated. He walked up and down the
room, trying to decide, then he took
me through that door into the room
beyond. The cabinet was standing in
the center of the floor, and all the
lights were blazing.
''I went to the cabinet and pressed on
the three springs, as had seen ma
dame do. The little handle at the
side fell out, but suddenly he stopped
| me.
"'Those letters do not belong to you
| he said. They belong to your mis-
tress. l cannot permit that you take
them away, for, after all, l do not
know you. You may intend to make
some bad use of them
"He brought me back into this room.
could have cried with rage! t-
"'Return to your Mistress he said.
'and inform her that l shall be most
| happy to return the letters to her. But
| it must be in her own hands that
| place them
ST 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
l know. madame"
"Of course" Godfrey suggested gent
| ly. ''as soon as you reached home you
| related to your mistress what had Oc-
curred?"
Julie grew little crimson.
"No, monsieur" she said. 81 told her
nothing. 1 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 glance
anything but friendly The yelled lady
turned to me and held out her hand.
81 thank you. Mr.. Lester, for your
Kindness" she said "Come, julie"
and she moved toward the door, which
Rogers FASTENED to open.
Mr.. HornblOwer nodded and passed
out after them, and Godfrey and
were left alone together.
WELL" said Godfrey-"well, what
story it would make. And l can't use
1t. It's a bitter reflection, Lester"
lit would certainly shake the pillars
of society,"" 1 agreed. I'm rather
shaken myself. l hadn't any idea this
was the right cabinet. didn't see how
| 1t could be-
That's it exactly. How did it hap
| pen when the yelled lady went to
Armand & Son in Paris that she was
directed to Philip Vantine? According
| to his own story. he did not purchase
| this cabinet. He had never seen 1t
before. 1t was presumably shipped
him by mistake. Armand & Son cable
! you that it was a mistake. and yet
they cite Vantine as the purchaser"
| There is no poisoned mechanism
about that drawer, that's sure"
added.
mo. and never has been." Godfrey
agreed.
And that leaves us all at sea,
doesn't it? But there is one thing
sure. The killing. whatever it's cause,
was done out there in the anteroom,
not in here"
What makes you think that?'
I'VE believe that DrOuet came here
to get Vantine's permission to open
this drawer and get the letters, saw
the cabinet, tried to open the draw
er and was killed in the attempt. But
1t is evident enough now that there is
nothing about that drawer to hurt any
one"
Eyes. that's evident, think" God
] frey agreed.
IF he had opened the drawer, then,
he would have taken the letters, since
there was nothing to prevent him.
Since thew were not taken it follows,