Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-09-12

This time again Don Luis COM
PEELED attention and, in spite of
the resistance which he encount-
cred, obliged the others to take
notice of his presence and to
yield to his a%sccndancy. What
ever happened, they had to listen
to him. Whatever happened, they
had to discuss with him things
which seemed incredible, but
which were possible because he
put them into words.
Monsieur lie Prefct, he asked,
will YOU allow inc to set forth
the facts OF the matter as it now
stands? They will form a natural
sequel and conclusion OF the in
terview which we had after the
explosion on the Boulevard
Suchct.''
M. Dcsmalions silence gave
Don Luis leave to speak. He at
once continued:
lit will not take long, Mon
sieur lie Prefet. lit will not take
long for two reasons: first, be-
cause NJ. i'auyille's confessions
remain at our disposal and we
know definitely the monstrous
part which he played; and, sec
ondly, because, after all, the
truth, however complicated it
may seem, is really very simple.
sit all lies i'm the objection
which you, Monsieur lie Prefet,
made to me on leaving the
wrecked house on the Boulevard
Sllchet: How is it,, You asked,
that the Mornington inheritance
is not mentioned in Hippolytc
Fauvillc's confessional 1t all lies
in that, Monsieur lie Prefet. Hip
polyte Fauville did not say a
word about the Inheritance; and
the reason evidently is that he
did not know of it.
"And the reason why CASTOR
Sauverand was able to tell me his
whole sensational story without
making the least allusion to the
inheritance was that the inherit
ance played no sort OF part in
CASTOR Sauverand' story. He,
too. knew nothing of it before
those events, any more than Marie
Fauvillc did, or Florence Leyas-
seur. There is no denying the
fact: Hippolyte Fauvillc was
guided by revenge and by re-
venge alone. If not, why should
he have acted as he did, seeing
that Cosmo Mornington's mil
lions reverted to him by the full
est of rights? Besides, if he had
wished to enjoy those millions, he
would not have begun by killing
himself.
"One thing, therefore, is GER
tain: the inheritance in no way
affected Hippolyte. Fauville' re-
solves or actions. And, never
theless, one after the other, with
inflexible regularity, as if they
had been struck down in the very
order called for by the terms OF
the Mornington Inheritance, they
all disappeared: Cosmo Morning.
ton, then Hippolyte Fauville, ther
Edmond Fauville, then Marie
Fauvillc, then CASTOR Sanverand
First, the possessor of the for.
tune ; next, all those whom he ha(
appointed his legatees; and, I re
peat, in the very order in which
the will enabled them to lay claim
to the fortune!
"Is it not stranger. asked
Perema, land are we not bound
to suppose that there was a con
trolling mind at the back-of i
all? Are we not bound to admi'
that the formidable contest wa.
influenced by that inheritance
and that, above the hatred ant
jealousy Of the loathsomc Eau
vile, there doomed a being en-
dowed with even more tremen
dous energy, pursuing a tangible
aim and driving to their deaths
one by one, like so many mum
bered victims, all the unconsciou
factors in the tragedy of which h
tied and Of which he is now: un