The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1920-11-10

Of money matters, Count Louis turned
pale. Returning home that night the
detective was followed by two men
and stabbed, but, fortunately, not
killed. Lecoq, thinking he recognized
| the count and Raoul. decided that
they realized that the police suspected
Pthem Of robbing the bank, and also
that there must be an even greater
mystery to unravel that had caused
them to become would-be assassfns
Records were looked up and an amaz-
ing story came to light.
Lecoq discovered that years ago
Nine. Fauvel. then Valentine de Yer
berie, had been engaged to the counts
brother, CASTOR. In defending her
name at a country inn, CASTOR had
killed a man and fed to America, a.
though he was thought to have been
drowned while escaping. A son was
born to Valentine and given away by
her mother. Later she had married
Tauvel, who was told nothing.
The story was never unearthed un
til Count Louis had squandered the
family money and by mere chance had
heard Of the child's existence from an
old nurse. He made inquiries. Not
long after this. the count introduced a
young man to Nine. Fauvel as her son,
| to serve his own ends and to extract
hush-money. This young man was
called her nephew and proved to be
Raoul Layers.
The situation became even more
complicated. CASTOR returned from
America immensely rich, not knowing
of the existence Of his son, but deter
mined to see his old love Valentine
once more. Louis, however, realized
that for his own ends, CASTOR and
Nine. Fauvel must never meet. He
Joined CASTOR in the south of France
and got into his good graces. CASTOR
made a will, leaving everything to
Louis; then poor Castor became
mysteriously Ill and died. Louis re-
turned to Paris rich.
Madeleine seemed to wish to delay
her marriage. The count feared she
still loved Prosper, SO he promised
Raoul large sum If he would In some
way ruin the cashiers reputation,
thinking thus to hasten his own mar
riage, as he really WAS in love with
Madeleine. The moment came when
Raoul overheard Prosper telling Gypsy
he constantly thought of her at the
, bank. He then went to his mother
!. and said he would shoot himself If he
did not have large sum Of money
, that very night to pay a gambling
!, debt. She got for him the key to the
, safe. The poor lady had already given
him all her money and jewels and had
nothing left to bestow. At the last
moment she tried to stop him. hence
the scratch that was discovered later.
When she inquired how he knew the
= word that made up the combination.
Raoul said that Prosper had given 1t
\ to him and they were to divide the
+ money between themselves.
e Owing to the anonymous letter, NJ
Fauvel intercepted his wife's mail, and
one day found letter from Raoul ask
y ing her to 60 to his villa. M. Fauvel
followed. and on entering and seeing
!, his wife in the arms of the young man
= pulled out his pistol to shoot, but for
. tunately it did not 60 of, as Gypsy
who had become Madeleine's maid, un
!, der Lecoq's instructions in order tt
= watch the house, had taken out thu
bullets. At this point the great detec
. tive appeared and told the banker tn,
whole story. He then demanded tn
$4,000 francs which had been stOlel
. and Raoul returned the money; ant
. what was more remarkable still, Leco'
], showed them papers that proves
!. Raoul was not Nine. Fauvel's Sol
y after all-her son had died-and tn
- impostor was the son Of Jockey hire'
~ by the count to play the part SO as t
:. secure money from Nine. Fauvel a
. the time when the count was poor
~ before CASTOR had died.
q. During the conversation Raoul ha
m made his escape, but no one cared, 70
70 the Fauvels naturally wished to kee
ID the story secret. and 1t ended happil
n. for NJ. Fauvel forgave his wife he
y early indiscretions. Lecoq was jus
40 about to arrest the count for his man
,v crimes when the wicked old man wen
ut insane and kept repeating CONSTANT
ho that his brother CASTOR was poisonin
him Strange to relate, the great La
cog married pretty Nine. Gypsy, whol
he had known and loved for year
W. Prosper, of course, married MADELEINE
as and M. Fauvel retired from the banl
~ The firm Is now called Prosper Be
- tony & Co. This amazing record {
~ crime still remains in the police coul
a' in Paris and can be found in file N
I'LL 113.
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