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CHAPTER TWO (continued.)

Inns evening! Then the time
has come! But no, it's i'm
possible, they can't do anything to
me yet. They are not ready
Inspector Verot declared, how
sver, that the double murder
would be committed tonight"
mo. Monster lie Prefet, he was
wrong there. know all about
It 80 Tomorrow evening at the
earliest - and we will catch
them in a trap. Oh, the
scoundrels!'
DON Luis went up to him and
asked:
Your mothers name was
Ermeline Roussel, was it mott"
"Yes, Ermeline Roussel. She is
dead now"
And she was from Saint
Etiennef"
Eyes. But why these ques-
Honsi"
Monsieur lie Prefet will tell
you tomorrow. One. word more
he opened the cardboard box left
BY Inspector Verot." docs this
cake Of chocolate mean anything
70 youi These marks9"
"Oh, how awful" said the civil
engineer, in a hoarse tone,
Where did the inspector find
TT"
He dropped into his chair again,
but only for a moment; then,
drawing himself up, he hurried
toward the door with a jerky step.
I'm going, Monsieur lie Prefet,
I'm going. Tomorrow morning
I'll show You. shall have
Ill the proofs. @ss And,the police
will protect me. am ill, /
know, but / want to live! / have
the right to live and my son,
too. And we will live. '
oh, the scoundrels -
And he ran, stumbling out, like
. drunken man.
M. Desmalions rose hastily.
II shall have inquiries made
about that mans circumstances.
| shall have his house
watched. I've telephoned to the
detective office already. I'm ex-
pecting some one in whom [ have
every confidence"
Don Luis said:
Monsieur lie Prefet. I beg you,
with an earnestness which you will
understand, to authorize me to
pursue the Investigation. Cosmo
Mornington's will makes it my
duty and, allow me to say, gives
me the right to do so. NJ. Fau-
vile 8 enemies have given proofs
OF extraordinary cleverness and
daring. / want to have the honor
Of being at the post of danger to-
night, at NJ. Fauville' IS house, near
his person"
The project hesitated. He was
bound to reflect how greatly to
Don Luis Perenna's interest it was
that none Of the Mornington heirs
should be discovered, or at least be
able to come between him and the
millions Of the inheritance. Was
y safe to attribute to a noble senti-
ment Of gratitude, to a lofty CON
ception Of friendship and duty,
that strange longing to protect
Hippolyte Fauville against the
death that threatened himf
For some seconds M. Desmalions
watched that resolutc face, those
Intelligent eyes, ut once innocent
and satirical, grave and smiling,
Eyes through which you could Ger,
tainly not penetrate their owner 8
battling individuality, but which
nevertheless looked at you with an
expression Of absolute frankness
and sincerity. Then he called his
secretary:
s Has any one come from the
detective object
Yes Monsieur le Prefet; Ser
geantsMAxerOlix iii here.
Psease have himshown in.
And, turningato Perenna u
Maxeronx is n Of
onr smartest detectives. / used To
employ him ogether with that
9poor Yerote when I wanted any
o1e more than ordinarily active
VA sharp. He viii be AZ great use
ergvealntM azeroux entered. He
n I! short lean, why man, whose
m~onstache, heavy eye
Natery eyes, and long, ank
4 1ayse him most dolefnl ap.
Moons mid Tie project
3GI1Ig55 aTeA sSfd by!tlis time,
& iIIlg161hIee N0rotas death and
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