The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1918-08-29


the examining magistrate; ant
the case against her is sure to b,
dismissed at once"
He swiftly gave orders for con
tinuing the investigations ant
verifying Don Luis theories
Then, turning to Perenna:
"Come, monsieur" he said
cit is right that Nine. Fauvillt
should thank her rescuer. Maze
roux, you come, too.
The meeting was over, that
meeting in the course of which
Don Luis gave the most striking
proofs of his genius. Waging war
so to speak, upon the powers be
yond the grave, he had forced the
dead man to reveal his secret. He
disclosed, as though he had been
present throughout, the hateful
vengeance conceived in the dark
ness and carried out in the tomb
M. Desmalions showed all his
admiration by his silence and by
certain movements Of his head
And Perenna took keen enjoy
ment in the strange fact that he,
who was being hunted down by
the police a few hours ago, should
now be sitting in motor car
beside the head Of that same
force.
Nothing threw into greater
relief the mastery manner in
which he had conducted the bust
ness and the Importance which
the police attached to the results
obtained. The value Of his col
laboration was such that they
were willing to forget the Incl
dents of the last two days. The
grudge which Weber bore him
was now Of no avail against Don
Luis Perenna.
M. Desmalions, meanwhile, be-
gan briefly to review the new
solutions, and he concluded by
still discussing certain points.
Yes, that's it there is
not the least shadow Of a doubt.
=" We agree. 9 :. It's that
and nothing else. Still, one OF two
things remain obscure. First Of
all, the mark of the teeth. This,
notwithstanding the husband s
admission, is fact which we can
not neglect.
II believe that the explana-
ton is a very simple one, Mon
sieur lie Prefet. | will give it to
you as soon as [ am able to sup
port it with the necessary proofs. !"
Very well. But another ques-
ton: how is it that Weber, yester-
day morning, found that sheet of
paper relating to the explosion in
Nile. Levasseur' IS ,room?"
. And how was it, added Don
Luis, laughing, that I found
there the list Of the five dates cor
responding with the delivery of
the letters =
80 you are OF my OplnlOn?"
said M. Desmaions. 'The part
played by Mile Levasseur is at
least suspicious.
| believe that everything will
be cleared up, Monsieur lie Prefet.
and that you need now only ques-
ton Nine. Fauyille and CASTOR
Sauverand in order to dispel these
last obscurities and romeve all
suspicion from Mile Leyasseur.''
And them insisted. M. Des-
malions, there is one more fact
that strikes me as odd. Hippolyte
Fauville does not once mention
the Mornington inheritance in his
confession. Whyi Did he not
know of itY Are we to suppose
that there is no connection, be-
You'd a mere casual coincidence.
between the series Of crimes and
that bequesti
There, / am entirely Of your
opinion, Monsieur lie Prefet. Hip
polyte Fauville S silence as to that
bequest perplexes me a little, q
confess. But all the same I look
upon it as comparatively unim-
portant. The main thing is Eau
vile 3 guilt and the prisoners
Z
Don Luis delight was pure and
unbounded. From his point Of
view, the sinister tragedy was at
an end with the discovery Of the
confession written by Hippolyte
Fauville. Anything not explained
in those lines would be explained
by the details to be supplied by
Nine. Fauville, Florence Levas-
seur, and CASTOR Sauverand. Hs
himself had lost all interest Id the
matter.
The car drew up at Saint Lag