The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1918-04-25

engine must have been working,
for our man outdistaneed us at.
once. !"
"But what about my carl"
You see, Monsieur lie Prefet, by
the time it was started !"
Was the motor that picked him
up hired one2"
. Yes, 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 Sauverand will know how
to front the scent2 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. Yes, you will have trou-
bic, especially if you let the people
you capture take to their heels.
Eth, Mazeroux, what did I tell you
last night9 But, still, what
stoundrel! And he's not alone,
Alexandra. I'll answer for it that
he has accomplices and not 100
yards from my house do you I'M
derstand? 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
lSauverand in the pursuit Of the
Mornington Inheritance deserved
| all his attention, the behavior Of
Mile. Levasseur puzzled him no
less.
He could not forget the cry Of
terror that escaped the girl while
he was telephoning to Mazeroux,
nor the scared expression Of her
face. Nowit was impossible to at
tribute that cry and that expires
sion to anything other than the
words which he had uttered in re-
ply to Mazeroux
What! Nine. Fauyille tried to
commit suicidel'
The fact was certain; and the
connection between the announce
ment of the attempt and Mile.
Levasseur' s extreme emotion was
too obvious for Perenna not to try
to draw conclusi
He went straight to his study
and at once examined the arch
leading to the telephone box. This
arch, which was about six feet
wide and very low, had no door,
but merely velvet hanging,
which was nearly always drawn
up, leaving the arch uncovered.
Under the hanging, among the
mol dings Of the cornice, was but
ton that had only to be pressed to-
bring down the iron curtain
which he had thrown himself two
hours before.
He worked the catch two Or
three times over, and his expert
ments proved to him iii the most
explicit fashion that the nechan-
ism was Ia perfect order and l1n-E
able to act without outside inter
|vention Was he then to conclude
THAT the girl had wanted to kill
him But what could be her mo-
| tive
He was on the point Of ringing
and sending for her, 50 as to re-
ceive the xplana Hon which he
Twas resolved to demand from her.
However, the minutes passed and
He did not ring. He saw her
through the wind low as she walked
SLOWLY across the yard, her body
swinging gracefu y from her hips.
IA ray of sunshine lit up the gold
Iof her hair
ALL the rest of the morning he.
Hay on q sofa snl oking cigars. He
Twas I'LL at ease, dissatisfied with
himself and with the course ofl
Jeyents, not one Of which brought
him the least glinlner cf truth III III
fact, an of them seemed To deepen
IItthe darkness ia which he was Bat
fling Eager 10 act, the moment
Tho did so he enco nntered fresh oh
staeles that paral yzcd his powers
HUI action and left him III ID inter I'M