Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-10-19

enlighten me any further than to "b-
serve:
Very good. see the light. and
the end"
ize very rapidly. In fact, at the end
of the month l began to suspect that
somewhere in the skein of mysteries,
strand had knotted, somehow. In the
meantime had received blank from
the Guaranty Indemnity company as
some. who desired, it was stated, to
obtain 100000 surety bond as cash.
Ter for the banking house of Purvois
& Co. had showed this to Marvel.
Answer it in the usual way" he
directed tersely.
1t was five weeks after this. one
evening, that Marvel flashed past me
on the street with two men whose
guarded way of looking forward told
me they were in his company with a
purpose.
Tomorrow" he said. simply. in a
low tone.
Tomorrow it was-the crisis, though
not the final climax Only part of
my breakfast was complacent. The
rest of it. after | had taken up
morning paper, was ruffled and unsat-
isfactOry.
In glazing headlines the print told
of an enormous embezzlement-the
cashier of the banking house of Pur-
vols & Co. had disappeared two days
previous, carrying away with him
over 100000 in cash and securities.
No trace of him was suggested. The
past record of young Ransome was
renewed, at some pains it seemed to
me. To the public the incident
! seemed a fitting climax to the career
of young man who had left another
bank under suspicion of being in
volved in two inexplicable $50,OOO
! losses"-so runs the world away.
Great JUNCTION in behalf OF the de-
pleted banker was exercised in stat
ing that no possible loss could accrue
| to Purvois & Co., nor to their deposit
tors, as the missing cashier had been
bonded by the Guaranty Indemnity
company for an amount equal to the
amount of the defalcation.
had just reached my room that eve
ming, when telephone call announced
my friend at the other end of the line.
Come at once to the Cafe Males
TIC" he said.
He led me three squares away when
| had Joined him. l noticed that we
passed the pretentious gilt and glass
plate front of the Purvois banking
house Then, where a court intersect-
ed the street just beyond the place,
Marvel took the lead toward gloomy,
boarded-up structure that had once
been a warehouse.
Four men sprang suddenly into view
as Marvel pushed open a door, but
drew back as they recognized my
guide. Then up two flights of stairs
we went and into a lighted room
Its door was as well guarded as be-
low. Again Marvel was in himself a
password. AS We came into the room
| noticed two professional looking mer
standing near a cot. Upon it. white
and motionless, lay Allison Ransome
could not control the wave of pity
that involuntarily swept over me
The rigid calm of that handsome
young face was apparently that Of
death. Then l knew more, for my
friend asked one of the physicians:
How will it end, doctor?"
"He will live, think" was the re
Spouse, made guardedly. Some de
pressing narcotic, subtle as the OLE
aqua tofana, has been administered
The purpose seems to have been tt
reduce mind and body to permanent
condition of lethargy, rather than t.
produce distinct toxic effect"
You have diagnosed it right" as
sured Marvel within an hour
shall probably know the properties o
the medicine"
THAT will aid us materially wa!
the reply.
There seemed to be a great man!
qualifications to the operations o
Resilius Marvel / was beginning t.
understand conditions. The alleget
, embezzlement was a subterfuge on thu
part of Purvois to secure a new 800
J 900 from the surety company. Thu
plan was to cause the disappearance
of the unsuspecting RansOme unit
the conspirators were ready to EN-
bark with their loot for parts un
known.
, l further knew, as Marvel entere,
! another room, that he had discovers
the men whose part it was to keep tn
man denounced as the abscOnder on
, of the way. Three men were range
on a bench along the wall, HAND
I cuffed, and three men guarded then
| soon knew, too, that the end one wa
{ Tod Ferret My friend brought LEI
, ter from his pocket and extended
!. with a pencil to this man.
( ITS understood that I'm to get tn
[ benefit if | sign?" said Ferret.
You will go free. unfortunately.
: Purvois comes to time" replied Ma
vel. 81 promise nothing"
B. He dispatched man with the lie
: ter. Within half an hour Purvoi
O came into the room. He was pail
/, GREATNESS, cowed and crushed as Ma
a vel placed him on the rack.
y your course can be plain {
= crooked, as you choose" advised m
3 friend. What | demand is the $10C
a 900 you secured from the bank in you