The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1918-09-19
THE
TEETH OF THE TIGER
MAURICE LEBLANC
ALEXANDER TEIXEIRA DE MATTOS
CHAPTER FIFTEEN. Continued,

"Thcn, Monsieur lie Prefet, you
may take it that [ am the cuiprit
and you have only to arrest me.
This day. between 5 and 6 clock,
you will see before you, in this
room, the person who killed the
Mornington heirs. 1t is, humanity
speaking, impossible that this
should not be so. Consequently,
the law will be satisfied in any
circumstances. He or L: the posi-
ton is .quite simple y
M Desmalions was silent. He
gnawed his mustache thought
fully and walked round and
round the table within the narrow
circle formed by the others 1t
was obvious that objections to the
supposition were springing up in
his mind. In the end, he NUT
tered, as though speaking to him
self:
"No, nc. For, after all, how
are we to explain that the, man
should have waited until now to
claim his rights?"
An accident, perhaps, Mon
sicnr le Prefet, an obstacle Of
some kind. Or else-one can
never tell the perverse longing
for more striking sensation. And
remember, Monsieur lie PEefet,
how infinitely aud subtly the
whole business was worked. Each
event took place at the very mo-
msnl fixed by Hippolyte Eau
vile. Cannot we take it that his
accomptice is pursuing his method
to the end aud that he will not
reveal himself until the last
minutef"
NJ DESTINATIONS exclaimed, with
sort of anger
No. no, and again no! 1t is not
possible. Ii a creature monstrous
enough to commit such a series Of
murders exists, he will not be
such fool as to deliver himself
into our hands. y
Monsieur lie Prefet, he does
not know the danger that threat
ems him if he comes here. because
no one has even contemplated the
theory of his existence. Besides,
what risk does he runf.
What risk Why, if he has
really committed those muir
ders
Hc has committed them, Mon
sieur lie Prefet. He has caused
them to be committed, which is a
different thing. And you now
see where the mans unsupported
strength lies He does not act
In person From the day when
the truth appeared to me, / have
succeeded III gradually discover
Ing his means OF action, in laying
bare the machinery which he con
trolls, the tricks which he employs.
He does MT act IN person. There
you have his method. You will
find that it is the same through
out the series Of murders.
s In appearance, Cosmo Morn
ington died Of the results of a
careIcssly administered injection.
In reality, it was this man who
caused sthe injection to prove
fatal. In appearance, Inspector
Verot was killed BY Hippolyte
Fauville. In reality, it must have
been this man who contrived the
murder by pointing ont the neees-
sity to Fauyille and, so to speak,
guiding his hand. And, in the
same way, in appearance, Eau
willie killed his son and committed
etiicisle Marie Fauyille commit
ted suicide CASTOR Sauverand
committed suicide. In reality. it
was this man who wanted them
dead, who prompted. them to com
init suicide and who supplied
Them with the means of death:
Pierre yoa, have the method
ana q. ny Y, us seur ia PET
have 1le ma " !, sad, III 3 lover
voice that obtained 8 sort of an
pl,cnsion, added Z confess
that meyer bel Ill the course OF
sslife that has been full Of strange
NEE fiSgs have encountered &
more terrif yi.lg person, actiag