Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-05-16
CHATTER SEVER ccontinuea.3

FOR aI.fr all, Sue Wa Tree. en-
tlrcly free in her actions and
movements. The windows opening
OH the Place du i'a!ais-Bourbon
gave her every facility for leav-
ing the house under cover of the
darkness and coming in again UNI
known to anybody.
1t was therefore quite possible
that, OH the night Of the double
crime, she was among the muir
derers of Hippolyte Fauville and
his son. 1t was quite possible that
she had taken part IN the muir
ders, and even that the poison had
been injected into the victims by
her hand, by that little, white,
slender hand which he saw rest
ing against the golden hair.
A shudder passed through him.
lHe had softly put back the paper
in the book, restored the book in
its place, and moved nearer to the
girl.
All Of a sudden, he caught him
self studying the lower part of her
face, the shape of her jaw! Yes,
that was what he vas making ev-
cry effort to guess, under the
curve Of the checks and behind the
veil Of the lips. Almost against
his will with personal anguish
mingled with torturing eariosity,
he stared and stared, ready to
force open those closed lips and to
seek the reply to the terrifying
problem that suggested Itself to
him.
Those teeth, those teeth which
he did not see, were not they the
teeth that had left the incrimlnat-
ing marks in the fruit? Which
were the tectl! Of the tiger, the
teeth of the Will beast: the. or
the other wo, $40
1t was an a5sor-l srpne t3a
because the marks had hcet fo0g
nized as made by Marie ~ vie.
But was the %absurdity of q ST. -.
sition a sufficient reason loF
carding it9
Himself astonished at t.
ings that agitatcd him,
lest he should betray hiiaa0
preferred to cat short II
view, and, going up to the
said to her, in an impcr
aggressive tone:
II wish all tho servants in
house to be discharged. You "
give them their wages, pay lie
such compensatiema as they as. ior.
and see that they leave toaay, 3efi
nitely. Another staff CT scrsaats
will arrive this evening. You vili
be here to receive them
: She made no reply. He wans.
away, taking with him the unco,a
Portable impression that had late
~ marked his relations with Flor
ence. The, atmosphere between
them always remained heavy ana
oppressive. Their words never
seemed to express the private.
thoughts Of either Of them and
their actions did not correspond
with the words spoken. Did not
the circumstances logically de-
enand the immediate dismissal Of
Florence Levasseur as well? Yet
Don Luis did not 80 much as think
Of IL IN
Returning to his, study, he at
once rang up Mazeroux and, low.
ering his voice 80 as not to let It
reach the next room, he said:
rs that you, Mazerouxi"
"Yes."
ssHas the project placed YOU at
my disposali"
"Well, tell him that i hive
.Mrked al my servants and that /.
have giHnn you their names and
3structed you % have an active
Match kept on them. We must
took among Sauverand's.
gsc6mplice. Another thing: AJAX
ASsprefect to Exe you and me
srermimion 70 spend the night At
fIippolyte EauviIa Mouse"
NNou16klsel AZ the house on the
Aoulesirds Suehetfss
ysYe0ssLhay1 every1reason TO be-
liexs tist sou,ethingss going to