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

in every limb and was plainly
striying to contain himself.
Near him stood a couple of
Journalists and four detectives.
"By Jove! the beggars are
there for mel thought Don Luis.
"But their confusion shows that
they did not believe that | should
have the cheek to ono Are
they going to arrest me?''
Weber did not move, but i'm the
end his face expressed a certain
satisfaction as though he were
saying:
1--WE got you this time, my fine
fellow, and you shan't escape
me-
The office messenger returned
and, without a word, led the way
for Don Luis. Perenna passed i'm
front of Weber with the politest
OF bows, bestowed a friendly lit
tie nod ON the detectives, and en-
tered.
The Comtc 'Astrignac hurried
up to him at once, with hands
ou%tstrctclied, thus showing that
all the tittlc-tattla in 10 way af-
fected the esteem in which he con-
tinued to hold Private Perenna of
the Foreign Legion. But the
Perfect OF Police maintained am
attitude of reserve which was
very significant. He went on turn
ing over the papers which he was
cxamining and converscd in a low
voice with the solicitor and the
American Secretary Of Embassy.
Don luis thought to himself:
MY dear Lnpin, there's some
one going to leave this room with
the bracelets ON his wrists. If
its not the real culprit, it'll be
you, my poor old chap"
And lie remembered the early
part OF the case, when he was in
the workroom at Fauville's house
before the magistrates, and had
either to deliver the criminal to
justice of to incur the penalty of
immediate arrest. In the same
way, from the start to the finish.
of the struggle. he had been
obliged. while fighting the invis-
lblc enemy, to expose himself to
the attacksj of the law with no
means OF defending himself cx-
ccpt by indispensable victories.
Harassed by constant on
slaughts, never out Of danger, he
had successfully hurried to their
deaths Marie Fauville and Gas
ton Sauverand, two innocent peo-
ple sacrificed to the cruel laws of
war. Was he at last about to fight
the real enemy, or would he him
, self succumb at, the decisive mo
mcnt?
J, He rubbed his hands with@uch
a cheerful gesture that M. Des-
malions could not help looking at
Inn. Dn Luis wore the radiant
lair Of q mar who is experiencing
la pure JOY and WHO is preparing
Ito taste others even greater.
The Perfect of Police remained
lsilent for q moment, as though,
] asking himself what that devil Of
& la fellow could be SO pleased with;
then he fumbfed through his pa.
Eers once more and, in the end,
I said:
We have met again, gentle.
& men, as we did two months ago
i Etp come to q definite conclusion
e1about the Mornington inherit
lance. Senior Caceres, the attachs
l Cf tho Peruvian legation, will moi
he here. have received i tele
algram from Itely to tell me thai
lISenor Caeeres Is seriously IN
nIHoweYer, his presence was not IA
7 disponsable. There Is no ono lack
ipg, thercfore--exeept those, alas
,Whosc claims this meeting would
gladly have sanctioned, that is 4.
y|say. Coslno Mornington heira.
/. There III one, other person ab
sent, Monsieur Ia Pretet.
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