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the library OF his house. His throat
was slashed and a trail of blood on
the white squares Of the checkered
marble floor apparently indicated
! the escape OF the assassin.
Il might have killed him" said
NJ Jonquelle. You might have
/ killed him. He might have beer
/ killed by a man no longer living"
The last theory startled the En-
vo-.
60 on With the Story.
CHAPTER III
], is a conceivable theory, re-
| marked Monsieur JonqueIe. tina:
! Dcrnburg Pasha was struck down by
hand that we can no longer con-
slider TO be living
But if You please, we will take
| up these theories in their order.
\ Did 1 murder DeTnburg Pasna? It
/ Is an interesting hypothesis. and ]
should be glad 20 consider it at some
! length BE- il seems to require no
extended deductions to conclude T..
We have shown that the mysterious
visit .- who called on Dernburg last
| night was not his assassin, because
! the evidences which seem so TO in
dicate were laid down by design
/ and did not come about by accident.
| They were laid down by the inten.
| ton Of some person, some person
who wished TO establish that this
visitor was the assassin. But the
visitor himself coEl not have wish
| ed 10 establish that nc was the as.
! sassin; consequently he could not
| have made these iudicatOry evil
dences, and therefore he was no.
/ the assassin of Dernburg Pasha.
He paused
And now, monsieur, as I was the
1 visitor who called on Dcrnbu1e
Pasha last night. it must be clear
that | was not the assassin that
struck him down. These conclu-
slons may seem to interlock with a
slight obscurity. But If you reflect
upon them, monsieur, YOU Will oh
serve that they are sound ana con-
vincing"
There was moments silence.
The Oriental did not speak, and the
/ Prefect of Police continued:
Now. monsieur, we approach the
second hypothesis: did you murder
| Dernburg Pasha
Here, monsieur, ono finds him.
self confronted with certain difficult
( ties. You took charge Of this housc
/ the moment it was ascertained that
the man was dead
The Envoy interrupted:
Il did, monsieur As a represen-
tative of the Turkish government, it
wa, my duty to take charge at once
Of The property Of one Of its MUIR
dered citizens. 1 came at once and
took charge Of it,"
That is true. monsieur cCntin-
ued the Prefect Of Police. You
came as you had the right TO do,
! AID you took over his house as II
was your duty TO dc. And from this
1 base we may go forward with the
/ hypothesis in its first inquiry -
namely did l create these false evi-
dences on the floor Of this drawing
room, or did you, or did the agency
not now living undertake it,
Now. monsieur. let Us consider
| these suggestions in a reverse order.
! If Dernburg Pasha was struck down
by a hand not moving alive in the
world after he die1 on the floor of
I the library yonder. then such a
hand could not have gone forwarl
with the manufacture Of these false
| evidences of his assassination, AMI
wc may dismiss ii. / cannot have
manufactured them, monsieur. be-
cause Il is not conceivable that one
undertaking the assassination would
! construct evidence Of his crime to
convict himself. Therefore. mon
sieGr. by elimination, We seem to
arrive at the conclusion that il wa
you who manufactured them"
The Enjoys face seemed to form
itself into a sort of plastic mask.
Now" Jonquelle went on, if You
manufactured them, monsieur. IL
was with a deliberate object Tha.
| Oh iect would be to fasten the crime
upon another. But one does not
undertake to faster a crime upon
another without an adequate req
son in himself. Now, what reason
/ monsieur could you have had tor
/ wishing 70 establish tina, ]. VII
called upon Dcrnburg late last night.
had accomplished his murder and
fled, carefully dropping spIorches OF
! blood on the white squares OF tie
floor OF this drawing room. and es-
Gaping over q wall covered with a
! coating Of dust which I did no. r.
move? What could have been your
| object I'm undertaking to establish
| these facts. if you were soursef
eu,ltless OF his DEATH
! The mans reply was quite simple
and without emotion.
/ Why. monsieur. should ] wish 10
! assasSinate DernburS Pasha %
Did YOU not wish Ia take over
this house," replied the Project 81
Police And if YOU took It over
YOU would take IL over with what
( il contains Let me show YOU mon
siCur. the treasure that il contains.
He stopped over. slipped The point
/ OF a knife-blade under one Of the
large white marble squares in the
drawing room floor and lifted ii up.
These squares had been laid down
/ on wooden stills. nailed together. and
/ hoored over underneath. Each
square had therefore, sort OF
wooden pocket under the white
/ square that Monsieur Jonqueile re-
moved was alled with gold-pieces.
The Oriental. bending over. made
I a profound exclamation OF surprise.
| He remained immovable in an over
/ whelming wonder. That the man
was amazed at something Of which.
lup 10 that moment he had not had
the slightest conception. was clearly
| evident.
Monsieur Jonqueut permitted the
marble square 10 20 back into lis
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