Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-08-22

that his plan was concerted down
to the smallest detail. Knowing
that Sauverand was in love with
his wife, watching Sauverand's
movements, he must obviously
have noticed that his detested
rival used to pass under the win
dows Of the house every Wednes-
day and that Marie Fauville
would go to her window.
"This is a fact of the first i'm
portance. one which was exceed
ingly valuable to me and it will
impress you as being equal to a
material proof. Every Wednesday
evening, | repeat, SauveranJ used
to wander round the house. Now
note this: first, the crime pre-
pared by NJ. Fau2ille was com
mitted on a Wednesday evening;
secondly, it was at her husbands
express request that Nine. Eau
Vile went out that evening to 20,
to the opera and to Nine. d'Ers-
9asg-o a7ej- sci ~ 2
Don Luis stopped for a few see
onds and then continues:
Consequently, on the morning
of that Wednesday, everything
was ready, the fatal clock was
wound up, the discriminating ma
chinery was working to perfec-
ton, and the proofs to come
would confirm the immediate
proofs which M. Fauville held in.
reserve. Better still, Monsieur lie
Prefet, you had received from him
a letter in which he told you Of
the plot hateched against him.
and and he implored your assist
ance for the morning Of the next
day-that is to say, after his
deathi. VET .a,,.
Everything, in, short, led him.
to think that things would go ac-'
cording to the 'hater s. wishes,
when something occurred that
nearly upset his schemes; the APP
pearance of Inspector Verot, who
had been sent by you, Monsieur lie
Prefet, to collect particulars
about the Mornington heirs. What
happened between the two men?
Probably no one will ever know.
Both are. dead; and their secret.
will not come to life again. But
we can at least, say for certain
that Inspector Verot was here and
took away with him the cake of
chocolate on which the teeth of
the tiger were seen for the first
time, and also that Inspector
Verot succeeded, thanks to- cir,
cumstances with whiehywe are un-
acquainted, in discovering i M.
Fauville's projects" & oa5 al
This we know" explained
Don Luis, because Inspector
Verot said so in his own agonizing
words; because it was through
him that we, learned that the
crime was to take place on the
following night; and because he
had set down his discoveries in. q
letter which was stolen from him.
And Fauville knew it also, be-
cause, to get rid Of the formidable
enemy who was thwartinlyg his de-
signs, he poisoned him because,
when the poison was slow in act
ing, he had the audacity.1 under a
disguise which made him look
like Sauverand and which, was
one day to turn suspicion against
Sauverand, he had the audacity
land the presence of mind to fol-
low Inspector Verot to the Cafe
du Pont-Neuf, to purloin the let
ter of explanation which Inspec-
tor Verot wrote you, to substitute
q blank sheet Of paper for it, and
then to ask a passerby, who might
become a witness against Sauve-
rand, the way to the nearest UNI
derground station for Neuil1y,
where, Salverand lived! There's
your man, Monsieur, lie Prefeett.s;'' q,
Don Luis spoke with increasing
force, with the ardour that.
springs from conviction; and his
logical and closely argued speech
seemed to, conjure, up the actual
truth; as 9ssai - T;qa slsat S
aTTh There's your man. Monsieur II i,s IL
e .Perfet, sheerepeaed. There's
your ,scoundrel.sF And the; asitnal