The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-12-08

one 81 value, The persons who
originally produced this work OF
art expended q great sum OF mon.
ey, an almost incredible sum OF
money 70 perfect It. II one could
fnlsify II SUCCESSFULLY, one could
make d fortune at. the venture.
Dernbure knew this. He had
thought about II for a long time.
He had conducted a great humble
OF experiments. Finally he was sat.
isfied tlat the thing could be sue.
cessfnlly dones and he came here
from stainboul, took this abandon.
ed house IN the Fahbourg st. Ger.
main, brought with him his devices,
and prepared to- undertake th.
great thing which he had Ia mind.
Then. monsieur, before the thing
could be accomplished, the mys.
terions visitor appeared; and this
morning Dernbtrg Is dead"
IL was evident that the Oriental
was profoundly puzzled.
u do not understand you, mon.
sieur,s he said Yot say that Dern
burg pasha had perfected a method
by which he intended 10 falsify .
work Of aftg,'
yes, monsieur"
Then he was called upon by one
who knew Of this method and
wished 70 rob him Of it?'
mo monsieur
strhenS by those TO whom the
original OF tho art belonged, and
wished to prevent this faIsttlca.
tiona' "a \
no, monsieur" replied the Pre-.
feet OF Police. "Dernburg Pasha's
death resulted from a sense 81
despair
Jonduei1e took his hand from his
pocket revealed the ,thing upon
which his fingers had closed when
he sat down 70 this conference. Ho
opened his hand 10 that the thing
was visible. II looked like a little
square box of some white Sub.
stance d OF marble or chalk Of al.
nbasters II was not, perhaps, AM
inch thick, made IN two pieces.
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hole with beveled edge, on tins
line where these pieces Joined. The
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hand
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