The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-09-29

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,crntton Of the ptndlrhi down 70 MS
ln4t hunk whn "KpIcah'h IN every lhea-
mont Of his tthrunkrn face.
T., rornn way Ducroix had induced
,ho uownbrokcr to advance small
euu on hla majenty. The latter had
Ingigted on retaining personal posses
alon of tho collateral warm aa was
tho weather tho thin, tropical blood
NJ the king demanded constant heat,
and In the bill which Marvel paid
.bore WAN an item Of kerosene, 81.
In a corner OF the room, marred
| wreck. was what was left or the Ia
| nous doll.
II was to the Office OF the United
p,nkcrs' Protective association that
the king was at once conveyed Du-
croix accompanied US. and Lafort was
Immediately sent for. The two hery
Erenchmen came very near to blows,
hut Marvel sternly held them down to
tho inheritance of the occasion and to
strict business.
was sent to the home OF the prest-
don't OF the bank. and brought him
hack with me. The institution was
Waited certain documents pertaining
to the Jebel River & Great Jangeh
Railroad company secured, and a new
deed of trust was made out.
"Tf YOU can influence Queen Ios
zwoa to sign that" observed Marvel
TO Lafort, "she can come and see her
husband here. II not, she Will see
him behind steel bars
II was all arranged within a few
bopr-the possession of an absolute
" valid deed covering the Jangen
property. And that meant new pro-
motion. and the saving to the bank or
. its illadvised original investment
The president could we'll afford to
he liberal, and Ducroix went away
with enough in his pocket to stake
him till he found a decent job, If that
was his inclination, which 1t probably
, was not. Lafort was ecstatic over
the possession of thousand, and It
! was arranged to get King zwun I'm
!, and his wife back to their home pos
: sessions In a respectable way.
j, Twas with Resilius Marvel when he
! wound I'D the last strand of this re-
q markable case. 1t was at the desert
, ed Offices of Ralston & Co. We found.
fallen behind one of the dust-laden
> desks. q mans cap, and written In red
: ink on the inside lining was the name:
q Clinton Durham"
q The big safe Of the defunct promo
a ter held nothing but useless ofice rec
q ords. the vault in which it stood only
r. equally yalueless litter. The climax.
a however. arrived when second vault
u was opened.
Upon it's floor lay prone figure. II
=. was the owner Of the misplaced cap
I dead-dead for many days.
o We could only conjecture from a
n crumpled document in his cold hane
what it all meant. The unfortunate
% mercantile reporter had become sus
G. picious, had suspended the rating o.
It Ralston & Co., and had revisited ther
n office for proofs to sustain his judg
3. ment of the condition of the concern
y. The paper in his hand was private
" balance sheet, showing the house In
N solvent He must have had an OF
In portunity to slip into the vault to sc
le cure it. He had been discovered
IN probably by Ralston, with the indis
o. putable evidence of the insolvency o
", the concern In his possession. IN
Id door of the vault had been crashe
I'D shut, and then, within twenty-fou
hours, gathering up all he could la
ell. his hands to. Bernard Ralston ha
n, vanished.
1e A week later Resilius Marvt
ad showed me a telegram from Lot
n dated at Los Angeles. He was on tn
to trail of Ralston, who was aiming
err get out of the country.
lis There was longer wire two day
Sc later-again from Lott, close on tn
g. track of the absconder. The latte
nd hemmed in, had tried to escape over
I'D narrow mountain road. A wrong tur
lis sent the automobile and it's drive
three hundred feet below to the DO
he tom of a rock-strewn canyon. The m
ok chine had turned turtle, shutting OF
we from sight the frightful end of II
'er man who had been Open for RAINS.