Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-05-30
CHAPTER EIGHT .c~ontinued.)

"Wlih the object Of furnishing
proof against Marie Fauville and
getting her condemned. so [
asked TOR the attendance of the
deputy and swo men. There will
be four of us to bear witness to
your hunesty."
They all took up their posts.
Two detectives were to sit up in
turns.
This time, after making a
minute search of the little room
in which Fauvillc's son used to
sleep, they locked and bolted the
doors and shutters. At IL o'clock
they switched off the electric
chandelier.
Don Luis and Weber hardly
slept at all.
The night Iasscd without Incl
dent of any kind.
But, at z O'Clock, when the
shutters were opened, they saw
that there was a letter on the
table. just as on the last occa-
sion, there was a letter on the
table!
When the first moment of stu
pefaction was over, the deputy
chief took the letter H,s orders
we're not to read it and not to let
Any one else read it.
Here is the letter. published by
the newspapers, which also pub
lishcd the declaration OF the cx-
perts certifying that the hand
writing was Nippslyfe Fawviile S:
"Y e1ave seen him! o understand.
doo't you. my dear friend? have seen
him. He was walking along a path
In tho Eois. with his coal COLLAR turned,
VI and his hat pulled over Ids ears. 1.
don't think that he saw me. 1t was
almost dark. But I knew him at once.
I n the silver handle Of his ebony
stick. 1t was' he beyond a doubt, the
scoundrel!
so he is in Paris. in spite OF his
promise. CASTOR Sauverand is in
Paris! Do you understand the terrible
significance of hat fact! II he is in
Paris. it means h a he intends to act.
Il he is in IParis. it means certain
death to me. Oh, the harm which l
shall have suffered at that mans
hands! He has already robbed ms of
my happiness: and now he wants my
life. I am terrified" e
So Fanville knew that the man
with the ebony walking stick, that
CASTOR ~Sauverand. was designing
to kill him. Fauville declared It
most positively. Ny evidence writ
ten in his own hand and the let
ter, moreover, corroborating the
words that had escaped CASTOR
Sauverand at his arrest, showed
that the two men had at one time
had relations with each other, that
they were no longer friends, and
that CASTOR Sauvernnd had prom
Used never to come to Paris.
A little light was therefore be-
ing shed on the darkness Of the
bloomington case. But, on Athe
other hand, how uncomfortable
was, the mystery of that letter
found on the table in the work
room!
Five men had kept watch, five
Of the smartcst men obtainable ;
and yet, on that night, as Oh the
night Of the 18th of April. an
unknown hand had delivered the
letter in a room with barricaded
doors and windows, without. their
hearing q sound or discovering
any signs that the fastenings Of
the doors or windows had been
tanper with.
The theory of a secret outlet
was at once raised, but had to be
abandoned after a careful exam
inatiop Of the walls and after an
interview . with the contractor
who had built the house, from
Fauvillc' own plans, some years
ago.
It is unnecessary once more
to recall what / may describe. as
the furry of public. The deed
ia observation-disclosures, assumed the
appearance Of q sleight-of-hand
trick. People felt tempted to
look upon it as the recreation Of
some wonderfully skilled con-
i,,rar ratheEt4an the act Of atper-