The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1918-02-14
CHAPTER TWO. (Continued.)

'hoc uAu yOu Nv Will LILO WILL
until the evening, until you locked
It away in your safef"
81 probably put it in the drawer
Of my deck"
"And the drawer was not
forced7"
Maitre Lepertuis seemed taken
aback and made no reply.
"WellY" asked Perenna.
"Well, yes, / remember .
there was something that day
that same Friday"
"Are you sure9"
eyes. When I came in from
lunch l noticed that the drawer
was not locked, although I had
locked it beyond the least doubt.
At the time l attached compare
lively little Importance to the in
cident. Tolay, I understand, I
understand"
Thus, little by little, were all the
suppositions conceived by Don
Luis verified; suppositions resting,
1t is true, upon just one or two
clues, but yet containing an
amount of intuition, of divination,
that was really surprising in a
man who had been present at none
Of the events between which he
traced the connection so skillfully.
owe will lose no time, mon
sieur,' said the project of police,
Gin checking your statements,
which you will confess to be a little
v~enturesome, by the more positive
evidence of n of my detectives
who has the case in charge =
and who ought to be here by now.'
docs his evidence bear upon
Cosmo Mornington's heirs?'
asked the solicitor.
Upon the heirs principally, be-
cause two days ago he telephoned
me that he had collected all the
particulars, and also upon the
very points which, But wait |
remember that he spoke to my sec
rotary of a murder committed a
month ago today Now it's a
month today since Mr.. Cosmo
Mornington-"
M. Desmalions pressed hard on
. bell. His private secretary at
one appeared.
Inspector Verot9" asked the
project sharply.
Hes not back yet"
"Have him fetched! Have him
brought here! He must be found
1T all costs and without delay"
He turned to Don Luis Perenna.
Inspector Verot was here an
hour ago, feeling rather unwell,
very much excited, it seems, and
declaring that he was being
watched and followed. He said he
wanted to make a most important
statement to Inc about the Morn
ington case and to warn the police
of two murders which are to be
committed tonight 80 and which
would be a consequence of the
murder of Cosmo Mornington."
"And he vas unwell, you sayf'
Yes, i'll at ease and even very
queer and imagining things. By
the way of being prudent, he left a
detailed report on the case for me.
Well, the report is simply a blank
sheet of letter paper.
Here is the paper and the en-
velope in which l found it, and
here is a cardboard box which he
also left behind him. 1t contains
a cake of chocolate with the
marks of teeth on it."
May / look at the two things
you have mentioned, Monsieur lie
Prefet?"
Eyes, but they won't tell you
anything"
Perhaps SO -
Don Luis examined at length
the cardboard box and the yellow
envelope, on which were printed
the words, "Cafe du Point-Neuf.'
The others awaited his words as
though they were bound to shed
an unexpected light. He merely
said:
1.-The handwriting is not the
same on the envelope and the box
The writing on the envelope is less
plain, a little shaky, obviously
initiated"
(Which proves-T"
Which proves, Monsieur le
Prefet, that this yellow envelope
does not come from your detective
/ presume that, after writing his
report at a table in the Cafe dr
Point-Neuf and closing it, he had
a moment of inattention during
which somebody substituted foi
his envelope another with the same
address, but containing a blank
sheet of paper"
That's a supposition said thu