Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-09-08
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modern soldiers of fortune, have been
gambling with Hubert Raxenter. a pros
porous attorney: in his London apart
ments' Re Ateer t rst,,rn departure IT late Se,s At
murders Baxenter and hides the body
on the roof. While waiting for night to
come again in order to make his escape.
ed document telling Of a mysterious
chest left in thetcare Of ono Of Baxen-.
tter's ancestors by q French nobleman,
the MARQUIS de Dartigny. Of the Cha
The explanation Of the leaving Of the
chest with the Baxenters is given,
showing h a girl is still alive to.
whom the treasure in reality belongs
house.
on explanation IL started 81 Marquis
de- Artignyss attempted. 4 escape from
TTsnce at the time. Of the revolution.
before, while the marquis and a friend,
Remy. are journeying together.
The marquis and his granddaughter
The body of Hubert Baxenter is
found. After two weeks no clue to the
murder has been found and interest
wanes. Renton masquerades under the
name Of NJ. Baptiste Dertin. in Paris.
CHAPTER VI.-Continued.
The preliminaries, az it were, being
low satisfactorily arranged and his
identity sunk in that Of Baptiste OAR
tin, he rave himself up. with the thor
oughnem which showed In all hts do
ings, to the matter in hand-which
was no less than to pierce the more
than-a-century-old secret OF the
wealth of the Da-tignys.
He read greedily every line OF writ
ing he could procure from the arch
ives relating to the history and rec
ords- OF the time OF terror which swept
France in the Observation-Disclosures. His
room at the hotel was a library Of
books dealing with the period. and in
Wauon's records he ann across what
he sought-the mention OF the death
OF Gaspard de D%artigny. There were
others Of the family mentioned by
WALTON who had gone to the guillo-
tine in those Hateful years Of '93 and
'94-Gaston In June, Pierre in Au-
gust, Sophie in the eame month and
Marguerite in the following January.
Truly the hand Of the Revolution had
fallen heavily on the lords OF Chau-
Vile. Vivian traced the origin and
theh history Of the famous family and
Its many branches, and he put be-
>yond all doubt that these red YEAR,
had, to all intents and purposes, wiped
them out root and bough.
But he decided to pay a visit Of
inspection to the district Of ;Chau-
vile. He would study also the arch
ives In the adjacent town of Blois.
giving out as an u that he was
writing q history OF the. Revelation.
and Was studying the subject on the
spot It was necessary that he should
make himself acquaintedSwith the lay
Of the land round the chateau which
ha SnfanHnA nAnntirD @ou 1Su a-nn~k~oV
home. G
Still Vivian told himself that Il
would be foolish to hurry matters.
It would be as well for the Baxen-
ter family to recover from one affair
before another bolt was launched up
on them in the shape Of agc.aimant
for the de partisny chest. Perhaps
even the astute brain Of the redgning
Baxenter might be inclined to aasoci-
ate the two, events, and the claimant
g no wish 70 court Q inquiries
than need be.
Il VA . bright morning In early
February when u. Baptiste Dartin set
out 70 walk the two miles which sep-
arated the littieA Village OF Massey
from the anctent town Of Blois.
II had m0wed heAy1iy the night
before. but now the sky was blue and
cloudleA9. and the sun shone with das-.
,zlinE b~c4lliancs on the white which
mantled1 the plains and clotted the
tops Of the pine trees III the forests.
"a thin edging Of Ice rtpged the hanks
OF the little rnarEhys lakes, which, dot
ted here and there, reflected the glory.
OF the morning sky. The towers ana:
,battlennents Of the town he had left
behind him rose in grateful clusters
from the s~now-coyered roofs From
the hslfry Of the church tho sound