The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-06-23
CHAPTER XII

mar l lal' NJ.
u was ~ dinner at the house Of NJ
FHuyel that Louis Dc Clameran heard
with dlsmly that his brother had re
turned 10 France The banker casually
remarked that 3i0 O0O francs had been
placed on deposit with him In the name
oi Gaston de clameran Any relation
of yours he asked l.ouls no, not that
! know of" replied Louis where does
he come from" From America, td
has bought some iron works NJ Clofon. /
believe Most interesting But be
lic~ ! nm the only representative Of my
family now alive
But the neat morning Louis was on tho
train for Clorou The returned CASTOR
pressed him 10 his heart All. LOUIS,
you are all have LETT now. The woman
loved | IND. Is married and happy
would really uk" TO see her once more
All, yet. all that waE between W. has
perishcd Rat mink I will 60 to Parts
and once NOR" look upon the face of
valentine But you, my brother leav"
the city Come here and settle down with
m" Hall Of what have is yours now
and all WI hc when am gone But first
must go to Paris and see Valentine once
more
But the robbery brought VI Lecon on
Louis To give up his Wild and wander
ing NE 10 Sette down amid plenty and
be a respectable citizen He had seen
TOO much OF titles TO regard them Ms ~
value. hut 20 be an ironmaster that
meant something But there was Gaston's
liked idea Of going 10 Paris and seeing
valentine II that took place. Louis WAS
lost This was what, prohab bly,. cost Gas
ton his lie At any rate he died short
w nterward and his brother returned
to Iarls with The title Of Marquis and a
large fortune
Meantime that little god with the ar
rows, who works upon Williams and saints
hnd been assailing the heart Of Louis de
t!hmcrnn and he had fallen IN love with
Madeleine tauvel He had money. now
ana TO win her and 10 get rid Of Raou
We're two problems which confronted him
On order to dlscredit Prosper and get
nm out Of tho way he finally arranged
we robbery OF the safe. telling Raoul
mat all IN" proceeds would he his and
hhnnL by threats of suicide forced
Madame Fauvel to give him the key.
But the robbery brought N leoo or
,he scene and after Madame Gipsy had
become member OF the Fauvei house
hold he established relations with that
heroic girl Madeleine. telling her TO ap-
pear even 70 consent TO marriage with
Louis de Clnmeran and promising her
that she should never be called upon 10
make that supreme sacrifice Also he
promised that her nunt's name should be
saved from the denouement which he wa,
plS nnlng "
Such was the state OF affair, wh.,
r.
shamefacedly confessed to him that n.
had written tho anonymous letter TO NJ
Fauvel u nhappy boy" said Vrrduret
you have made mo break my promise TO
Madeleine. Come. we have not a minute
10 lose He at once got into communi-
cation with Gipsy and Fanferlot lilo
found that since the receipt OF prosper's
letter NJ Fauvel had been In stranre
mood Gipsy knew that he had secret.
" examined the Jewel cases OF his wife
ana FOUND them empty. also that Madame
FhuNel had that day received a letter
addressed In Raouls handwriting which
had caused her much agitation Fanfer.
lot had overheard a conversation between
RAoul and lie Clameran from which he
gathered that Raoul was 10 meet Madame
FauNcl that night nj his house In Nesinet
As Gipsy had told Nerduret that after the
receipt of tho anonymous note. NJ Fauyel
opened all his wife'a letters before allow.
ing them To pass to her. the detective
was sure That a tragedy was impending
Raoul had become desperate. feeling
himself inl the tolls of de Camcran. who,
he had reSson 10 believe, was now de.
sirous Of having him killed that the story
Of their conspiracy might perish with
him. II was after mature elaboration
that ho had sent for Madame Fsuvel
to meet him at Ncsinet Better KIN the
devil than hr killed by him" was his
thought lie had an ingenious Nory
which he thought would work well That
u would occasion an open break between
himself and de Clameran he did not
doubt Then he would shoot de Ciamer.
an.
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