The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1918-02-14
CHAPTER TWO. Continued,

until the evening, until you locked
it away in your safes"
II probably put it in the drawer
Of my deck
"And the drawer was not
forced7"
Maitre Lepertuis seemed taken
aback and made no reply.
"Well7" asked Perenna.
Well, yes, | remember .
there was something that day . >
that same Friday"
care you sureY"
eyes. When I came in from
lunch | noticed that the drawer
was not locked, although had
locked it beyond the least doubt.
At the time I attached compare
lively little Importance to the in
cident. Tl lay, understand, ]
understand
Thus, little by little, were all the
suggestions conceived by Don
Luis verified; suggestions resting,
it 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.
1--WE will lose no time, mon
sieur,' said the project of police,
in checking your statements,
which you will confess to be a little
venturesome, by the more positive
evidence Of one of my detectives
who has the case IN charge =
and who ought to be here by now.
Does his evidence bear upon
Cosmo Morningtons lleirs?"
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 d
month ago today - Now it's a
month today since Mr.. Cosmo
Mornington
NJ Desmalions pressed hard OIL
. bell. His private secretary at
once appeared.
Inspector Verotq'' asked the
project sharply
He's not back yet.
Have him fetched! Have him
brought here! He must be found
ct 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 most important
statement to me about the Morn
ington case and to warn the police
Of two murders which are to be
committed tonight : and which
would be consequence Of the
murder Of Cosmo Mornington.
And he was unwell, you sayi''
Yes, ill at ease and even very
queer and imagining things. BY
the way of being prudent, he left q
detailed report on the case for me.
Well, the report is simply q blank
sheet OF letter paper.
Here is the paper and the en-
velope in which / found it, and
here is cardboard box which hi
also left behind him. It contains
/ 4 cake Of chocolate with the
marks Of teeth on it. z
May I look at the two things
you have mentioned, Monsieur Il
Prefet9'
Yes, but they won i tell 70,
anything. "
& Perhaps so s.
Don Luis examined 1t length
the cardboard box and the yellow
envelope, on which were PRINTED
the words, Cafe du Point euf.
The others awaited his words d
though they were bound To she,
az unexpected light. He merel,
said sss
The handwriting is not Til
same on the envelope and the boz
The writing on the envelope IS les
plain, q little shaky, obviousl,,
initiated
hich proves 4
Which proves, Monsieur
Prefet, that This yellow envelop
does not come from your detective
4 presume that, after writing n
report ut 4 Able All the Cafe a
Point aesIf ana closing it, he ha
/ nonentsOf ;illa ttention durin