The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1918-03-21
THE
TEETH OF THE TIGER
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MAURICE LEBLANC
TRANSLATED
ALENA1T11ER TElXEIIsA DE MATTOs
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| walk across the room, rejecting
| The movement which the two de
tectives made toward the two
doors told him that his arrest wa.
provided for. A word from M
Desmalions, and Sergeant Mazer
oux would be forced to take his
chief by the collar.
| Don Luis once more gave 9
glance toward his former accom-
pllce. Mazerollx made gesture Of
entreaty, as though to say:
" Well, what are you waiting
for? Why don't you give up the
criminal? Quick, it's time!"
Don Luis smiled.
What's the matter?" asked
the project, in tone that now en-.
tirely lacked the sort of involun.
tary politeness which he had
shown since the commencement of
the examination.
1.-The matter? The matter -
Perenna seized a chair by the
back, spun it round and sat down
upon it, with the simple remark:
Let's talk!''
And this was said in such a way
and the movement executed with
so much decision that the project
muttered, as though wavering:
i don't quite 2
"You soon will, Monsieur lie
Prefet. y
And, speaking in slow voice,
laying stress on every syllable that
he uttered, he began:
Monsieur lie Prefet, the posi-
ton is as clear as daylight. Yes
terday evening you gave me an
authorization which involves your
responsibility most gravely. The
result is that what you now want,
at all costs and without delay, is a
#cnlprit. And that culprit is to be
myself. BY way of incriminating
evidence, you have the fact Of my
presence here, the fact the door
was locked on the inside, the fact
that Sergeant Mazeroux was
asleep while the crime was COM
nlitted, and the Fact Of the discov-
cry of the turquoise in the safe.
All this is crushing, admit.
Added to it, he continued, 1--WE
have the terrible presumption that
/ had every interest in the re-
moval Of M. Fauville and his son,
inasmuch as, if there is no heir of
Cosmo Mornington' s in existence,
I come into 100, 100000 francs. Elk
actly. There is therefore nothing
for me to do, Monster lie Prefet,
but to go with you to the lookup
or else $
Cor else what?''
Or else hand over to you the
criminal, the real criminal
The project Of police smiled and
took out his watch.
I'm waiting, he said.
{ It will take me just an hour,
Monster le Prefet, and no more, if
you give me every latitude. And
the search Of the truth, it seems to
me, is worth a little patience. =
m waiting, Z repeated M.
Desmalions.
Sergeant Mazerous, please tell
Silvestre, the man servant, that
Monsieur lie Prefet wishes to see
him.
Upon a sign from NJ Desana-
lions, Mazeroux went out.
Don Luis explained his motive.
Monsieur lie Prefet, whereas
the discovery Of the turquoise con
|stitntes in your eyes an extremely
serious proof against me, to me it
Els revelation Of the highest i'm
portance. I will tell you why. That
turquoise must have fallen from
my ring last evening and rolled on
| the carpet.
Now there are only four per-
sons, he continued, who can
have noticed this fall when it
happened, picked up the turquoise
land, in order to compromise the
new adversary that I was, slipped
lit into the safe. The first of those
tforr persons is one of your detec-
ltiyes, Sergeant Mazeroux, 81
whom we will not speak. The see
Iond Isl dead refer ia. M. Fauville.
We will not speak Of him The
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