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dared IN Paris and the Ottoman
government demands r~s7arstion
for his dsth.
II JoSoUELLE, GREATEST Of French
cstectivss. found that Dernburg
met his Death n the library Of his
home. his threat was slAshsd and
tie White squares in the checker
board floor were sootteh with blood
Apparently b tran Of h eseao
ing
The TUX Envoy called on Mr,
Joaausre.
what vas DeuburE dning in
Psrss-- ". Janaueiie demanded
Go on With the stoEy
CHAPTER Il.
The Envoyss eyes narrowed He
looked at JonqueIlo a moment As in
Il 40 not" he said. what was his
mission In Paris. monsieur"
You VIII Be surprised 10 learn ~
continued ;he Project Of P>a>=-
.pernburg was undsrtakinE TO falsi-
nv n work Of art. II was n very re
m~arknbIe work Of art, and one OF
value. The persons who originally
produced this work OF az expended
a crent sum OF money, an almost In
r-cJ,lbe sum Of monsy - perfect IL
II one could falsif- Il successfully
o,- csrlC make IA fortune ut the ven
iurp. Dernburg knew this. He had
thought about Il for a long time. lie
had conducted a great number OF ex'
permertg. Finally h. was SATISFIED
that the thing could be successfully
done. and he came here from sam
bo,,l took this abandoned houss In the
Faubourg st. German. brought with
him his devices. and preTa|ed TO IN
d.rtake the great thing which he had
IN mind Then. monsieur. before the
thing could be accomplished. the
mysterious visitor appeared; and this
morning Dernbur= is teAd."
II was evident that tho Oriental
was profoundly puzzled.
81 do net understand you, mon
sieur.' he said. You say that Dern-
burg PAsha had perfected a method
by which he intended TO fAlsify a
work OF art?'
Yes. monsieur"
"Tnon be was called upon By one
who knew OF this method and wished
to rob him OF IL"
NO, monsieur.
Then by those to whom the orig
ina Of the ar belonged, and wished
TO prevent tnis falsificnt'on?"
NO. monsieur" replied tho Pro
feet of Police. Dernburg Pasha's
cath resulted from a sense OF de
s3air." 49,,
J5nqueIie took his hand from his
pocket, revealed The thing upon
which his fingers had closed hol
he sat down to this conference. lie
opened his hand so that the thing
was visible. 1. looked like a little
square box of some white substance
rs of marble or chalk or a~lahaster.
1t was not larger than two inches
square. 1t was. perhaps. an -inch
thick. made in two pieces. There
was a tiny hole. Ike a keyhole with
a beve,ed edge. on the line where
these pieces toined. The box had a
heavy rubber band about it. II lay
for a moment exposed in the palm OF
Monsieur Jonqueiis's hand.
IT hare here he said. "she hin
that was the cause of this mans
death. 1t was also the cause of his
misfortunes leading W to this fatai
morning. 1t has been an obsession
with him. In the German Empire he
rtook this thing. His design
was discovered and ho fed to Tur-
key. But he 700 his obsession With
him, and when h war was ended
he saw a method OF getting an in
demnlty out CT France with ia
a method by which no could enrich
himself at the cost Of France. He
worked out his plan c arefuily; he
to Paris: he got this house. He
was ready to put his plan in9o effect
when, unfortunately, for i'm tho
mysterious visitor Of last night ap
peared.
"Dernburg was shrewd. unscrupu-
lous and farzighted. But he was not
shrewd enough, and he was not far
s'ghted enough. The stranger. who
came TO SEQ him last night. knew all
bout him. knew every detail of his
activities knew the big plan that he
had in mind. He had watched him,
had followed his career. He knew
the very day that he came TO Paris.
He knew his object in taking this
empty house in the FaubourE St
German. He knew every step OF the
arrangements which Dernburg
had perfected for the carrying out
Of hir scheme; and at the opportune
hour he entered this house. These
are the facts. monsieur. which 7 have
accurately nscertaIned. which arc
beyond doubt"
And So" said tho Oriental. this
mysterious stranger finally ran Dern.
burg Pasha 20 earth here and killed
The Project Of Police arrested the
mans discourse with a gesture.
You travel. monsieur he sad.
"a point beyond my conclusions, Do
we know that his midnight visitor
is the assassin We must consider
the evidences as they are presented
TO US"
The evidences arc conclusive OF
fact" replied h Envoy. III cir
cumstantial evidences can ever be
of a murder. Here is the
opportunity. the quarrel. the dead
remaining in the library. blood
drops falling Z rom M weapon on
this drawing-room floor as he hastily
crossed II. and tho escape over the
of the garden"
But, monsieur" said tho Project