The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1918-09-05
THE
TEETH OF THE TIGER
MAURICE LEBLANC
r. N~ 4a.
TRANSLATED By
ALEXANDER TEIxElRA DEeMATTOS

Sergeant, just look under that
sofa between the windows"
Don Luis. was serious. Mazer-
oux instinctively obeyed. Under
the sofa was a portmanteau.
Sergeant, in ten minutes.
when L have told my servants to
go to bed, carry the portmanteau
Ito 143 bis Rue de Rivoli, where
| have taken a small flat under
the name of NJ Lecocg."
What for, Chief What does
it meant"
ut means that, having no
trustworthy person to carry that
portmanteau for me, l have been
waiting for your visit for the last
three days"
"Why, but 1A" hammered
Mazeronx, in his confusion.
why bur what?"
Had you made up your mind
to clear QUIT"
"Of course 1 had! But why
hurryf The reason / placed you
in the detective office was that ]
might know what was being plot
ted against Inc. Since. you tell me
that I'm in danger l shall cut my
stick"
And, as Mazeroux looked at
him with increasing bewilder.
ment, he tapped him on the
shoulder and said severely:
"You see, Sergeant, that it was
not worth while to disguise your
self as a cab driver and betray
your duty. You should never be-
tray your duty, Sergeant. Ask
your own conscience: L am sure
it will judge you according to
your deserts"
Don Luis had spoken the truth,
Recognizing how greatly the
deaths of Marie Fauville and Sau.
verand had altered the situation,
he considered it wise to move to
a place Of safety. His excuse for
not doing so before was that he
hoped to receive news Of Florence
Levasseur either by letter or by
telephone. As the girl persisted
in keeping silence, there was nc
reason, why Don Luis should risk
an arrest which the course Of
events made extremely probable.
And in fact his anticipations
were correct. Next morning MAJ.
eroux came to the little flat in
the Rue de Rivoli looking very
spry.
You've had a narrow escape,
IChief. Weber heard this morning
that the bird had flown. He's
simply furious! And you must
confess that the tangle is getting
worse and worse. They're utterly
at a loss at headquarters. They
don't even know how to set about
prosecuting Florence Levasseur
"You must have read about il
in the papers. The examining
magistrate maintains that, as
Fauville committed suicide and
killed his SON Edmond, Florence
Levasseur has nothing to do with
the matter. In his opinion the
case is closed on that side. Well
he's a good one, the examining
magistrate! What about CASTOR
Sauvcrand's death2 Isn't it as
daylight that Florence had q
hand in it, IS well as III all the
rest?
Wasn't it in her room, in O
'ivolume of Shakespeare, that docu
!ments were found relating to M
Fauville's arrangements about
the letters and the explosion
And then -"
Mazeroux interrupted himself
frightened by the look in Dor
Luis's eyes and realizing that the
chief was fonder of the girl thar
ever. Guilty or not, she inspired
Ihim with the same passion.
i "All rig, t." said Mazeroux
"weM say no more about it. The
future will bear me out, you'll
see."
!. The days passed. Mazerouz
called as often as possible OF
else telephoned to Don Luis al
the details of the two inquire.
that were being pursued at Saint
Lazare and 1T the Sante prison.
J Vain inquiries, as we know
While Lon Luis's statement relat
ing to the electric chandelier ant
the automatic distribution of tn,
, mysterious letters were found tt
! be correct, the investigation fail
/, cd to reveal anything about tn,
J 1.-TWO suicides.
AT most, it was ascertained tina
J before his arrest, Sauverand hat
, tried to enter into correspondence
with Marie through n of tn,
: tradesmen supplying the mfr
| mary. We're they to suppose tina
tine phiai of poison and the hypo