Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-06-06

top Of the wall. which at this
spot vas quite l6 feet high. Gas
ton Sauverand and Florence had,
beyond Il doubt, escaped this way.
Perenna followed the wall.
which was fairly wide. till he
came to d lower part, and here he
jumped into a ploughed field
skirting a little wood toward
which the fugitives must have
run. He started exploring it, but
realizing its ~denscness, he at once
saw that it was waste of time to
lingcr in pursuit.
He therefore returned to the
village, while thinking over this,
his latest exploit. Once again
Florence and her accomplish had
tried TO get rid Of him. Once again
Florence figured prominently in
this network OF criminal plots.
AT the moment when chance in
formed Don Luis that old LANCER
nault had probably died by foul
play, at the moment when chance.
by leading him to Hanged Man
barn, as he christened il. brought
him into the presence of two
skeletons, Florence appeared as a
murderous vision, as an evil
genius who was seen wherever
death had passed with its trail of
blood and corpses.
"Oh, the loathsome creature!"
he muttered, with a shudder.
Chow IA she have so fair a face,
and eyes OF such haunting beauty,
SO grave, sincere, and almost
guilclcss"
In the church square, outside
the inn, Mazeroux, who had re-
turned, was filling the petrol tank
of the motor and lighting the
lamps. Don Luis saw the mayor
of Wamigni crossing the square.
He took him aside.
"By the way, Monsieur lie
Marie, did you ever hear any talk
in the district, perhaps two years
ago, of the disappearance of a
couple 40 or 80 years of age? The
husband S name was Alfred"
"And the wife s -Nictorine,
chg the mayor broke in. 81
should thiHSeso! The affair ere
ated some stir. They lived at Alien
con on a small, private income (;
they disappeared between one day
and the next and 40 orc has since
discovered what became of them,
any more than a little hoard, some
10000 francs or so, which they
had realized the day before by the
sale of their house. L remember
them we'll. Dedesslslamare their
name was
"Thank you, Monsieur lie
Mairo,'' sasl Perenna, who had
learned all that he wanted to
know.
The car was ready. A minute
after he was rushing toward Allen
con with Mazeroux.
"Where are we going, chief?'
asked the sergeant.
"To the station. l have every
reason to believe, first, that Sau-
verand was informed this morn
ing-in what way remains to be
seen-of the revelations made last
night by Nine. Fauville relating
to old Langernault and, second
ly, that he has been prowling
around and inside old LANCER
nault's property today for reas-
ons that also remain to be seen.
And 1 presume that he came by
train and that he will go back by
train"
Perenna's supposition was con-
firmed without delay. He was
told at the railway station that a
gentleman aud a lady had arrived
from Paris at 2 o'clock, that they
had hired a trap at the hotel next
door, and that, having finished
their business, they had gone back
a'few minutes ago; by the z 40 ex-
press. The description Of the lady
and gentleman corr&polde1 ex-
actly with that of Elorcace and
Sauverand.
"Off we go!" said Pereana,
after consulting the time table.
eve r an hour behind. VIZ. may
catch up with the sooundrel at