Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-04-25

dipped his hand quickly into an
old satchel hanging OH the wall
among some servants wornout
aprons and jackets. He drew out
a revolver and fired point blank
at the chief Inspector, who
dropped like a log. When seized
by Mazeroux, the murderer re-
leased himself and fired three bull
lets, the third of which hit the ser
gcant in the shoulder.
And so, in a fight i'm which the
police had a band of experienced
detectives at their disposal, while
the enemy, a prisoner, seemed to
possess not the rcmotest chance of
safety, this enemy, by a strategem
of unprecedented daring, had led
two of his adversaries aside, dis
abled both of them, drawn the
others into the house and, finding
the coast clear, escaped.
NJ. Dcsmalions was white with
anger and despair. He exclaimed:
He's tricked us! His letters.
his hiding place, the movable nail.
were all shams. Oh, the scoun-
drel!" g.
He went down to the ground
floor and into the courtyard. On
the boulevard he. met one of the
detectives who had given chase to
the murderer and who was re-
turning quite out of breath.
"Well?" he asked anxiously.
Monsieur lie Prefet, he turned
down the first street. where there
was a motor waiting for him. The
engine must have been working,
for III man outdistanced us at
once"
But what about my carp"
You see, Monsieur lie Prefet, by
the time it was startled"
Was the motor that picked him
up a hired one7"
Eyes, a taxi"
"Then we shall find it. The
driver will come of his own accord
when he has seen the newspapers"
Weber shook his head.
UNLESS the driver is himself a
confederate, Monsieur lie Prefet.
Besides, even if we find the cab,
aren't we bound to suppose that
CASTOR Sauvcrand will know how
to front the scent? We shall have
trouble, Monsieur lie Prefet."
Yes" whispered Don Luis,
who had been present at the first
investigation and who was left
alone for a moment with Maze
roux. eyes, you will have trou-
BILE, especially if you let the people
you capture take to their heels.
Eh, Mazeroux, what did | tell you
last night? But, still, what a
scoundrel! And he's not alone,
Alexandra. Til answer for it that
he has accomplishment not 100
yards From my house-do you un-
derstandg From my house."
After questioning Mazeroux up
on Sauverand's attitude and the
other incidents Of the arrest, Don
Luis went back to the Place du Pa
lais-Bourbon.
The inquiry which he had to
make related to events that were
certainly quite as strange as those
which he had just Witnessed; and
while the part played by CASTOR
Sauverand in the pursuit of the
Mornington Inheritance deserved
all his attention, the behavior of
Mile. Lcvasseur puzzled him no
less.
He could not forget the cry of
terror that escaped the girl while
he was telcphoning to Mazeroux,
nor the scared expression of her
face. Now it was impossible to at
tribute that cry and that express
sion to anything other than the
words which he had uttered in re-
ply to Mazeroux:
"WhatI Nine. Fauville tried to
commit suicide"
The fact was certain; and the
connection between the announce
ment of the attempt and Mile.
L%evasseur's extreme emotion was
too obvious for Perenna not to try
to draw conclusions.
he went straight to his study
and af nnne nxaminod thu anoh