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Evening star., 1924-04-18
DEMAND OF SHOP CRAFTS.
B. G. o. Workers Ask Restoration
of 1921 Wage Scale.

BALTIMORE, April 18 Especially =
Twenty thousand members of the
Federated Shop Crafts organizat ton
on the Baltimore and Ohio railroad,
approximately 5000 of whom are on
the payroll of the company in the
Baltimore district, have filed a re-
quest with officials of the road for a
restoration of the pay scale in effect
on July l, 1921.
The increase demand would amount
to cents an hour in the case of me-
chanics, cents for stationary engi-
neers and 5 cents for other class Of en-
ployes.
The men also ask for time and one
half for Sunday and holiday work.
The request will follow the usual
procedure-that is, a. conference will
be arranged between officials of the
company and representatives of the
men. No date has been set for this
meeting, but it is understood that it
will be held shortly, probably in
Baltimore.
Evening star., 1924-04-18
$16,631,787 IN EARNINGS.
Gross Returns of Cities Service
Company for Year.

The gross earnings of Cities Serv-
ice Company for the twelve months
ending with March 81. 1924, were
s16,631,7S7 as compared with s15,-
643,27S in the corresponding period
of the preceding year. In the same
period net earnings amounted to
SIG, ,156,53S as compared with SIS
176,30S, and net to common stock and
reserves was $8,6Sl $40, as compared
with s7,759,917. This was the
equivalent of S1S.76 share earned
on the average amount of common
stock outstanding. In the twelve
months ending March 81, 1923. sl665
a share was earned on the common
stock. Preferred dividends were
earned 2.T3 times. as compared with
2.55 times in the twelve months end
ing March 81 1923.
In March gross earnings totaled
s1.S03,41S, as compared with Sits
4S7 in March, 1923. Net was S1.766.-
22S. against s1,725,973, and net to
common stock and reserve was ST.
1s2,1s4, against s1,oS3,2sS in March,
1928
Evening star., 1924-04-18
OATHS TO BE RENEWED.

Commissioners Rudolph and Oyster
will renew their oaths as District
heads and utility commissioners at
1890 o'clock Tuesday morning, with
out public ceremony, in the Office of
Commissioner oyster.
The oath of Commissioner will be
administered to Mr.. Rudolph by DR..
William Tindall, veteran. official of
the municipal service. who served un-
til a few years ago as secretary to
every board of Commissioners since
the establishment of the present
form of government. He is now di-
rector of the bureau of information.
Daniel Z. Garges, present secretary
TO the board, will read the oath to
Commissioner oyster, and Morgan II.
Beach, clerk of the District Supreme
Court, will swear them both in as
members of the utilities board.
Evening star., 1924-04-18
FOREIGN EXCHANGE.
BY the Associated Press.

the hkS0ClHteu
NEW YORK, April 1s.-Foreign ex-
changes firm. Quotations Gin United
States dollars): Great Britain, de-
mand, 435A; cables. 4.35A; 6o-day
bills on banks, 4.32A. France, de-
mand, 0626; cables, .0627. Italy, de-
mand. .04431 y; cables, .0444. Belgium,
demand. .O535: cables. .0536. Germany.
demand (per trillion), .22A; Holland,
demand, .03s1S; Norway. demand.
1883: Sweden. demand, 1888; Den
mark. demand. 1862; Switzerland.
demand, .1761; Spain. demand. 1882;
Greece, demand, .0192; Poland. de-
mand, .000O0012; Czechoslovakia, de-
mand. .0295: Jugoslavia- demand,
.O124k; Austria, demand, .000014; Ru-
mania demand, .052 Il Argentina, de-
mand, holiday; Brazil, demand. holi-
day; Toxic, demand, .403s: Montreal,
holiday
Evening star., 1924-04-18
BONDS TOTAL S1O,4OO,OOO.

The Lehigh Valley Railroad Com
pany was authorized by the Inter
state Commerce Commission today to
issue $10,400.000 of general consoli-
dated mortgage bonds and to pledge
them with $5,000,000 additional bonds
with the trustee of the general con-
solidated mortgage.
Receivers certificates for .2.170, 900
and a promissory note for s339.771.25
may be issued by the Pittsburgh
Shawmut and Northern Railroad
Company, the commission ordered.
Evening star., 1924-04-18
BRIEF BUSINESS NOTES.

PHILADELPHIA, April 1S Especially
Many of the farms in this vicinity,
although they are close to a metro
politan market, are without tenants
this year. Farmers say their children
demand that they be given the advan-
tages of city schools and amusemen nts
The small country places devoted to
raising poultry and breeding dogs and
other fancy live stock are eagerly
sought, however.
ATLANTA, April Is {Specia).-
fact that the grand opera season will
open here next week at the same time
one of the largest hotels in the south
will open formally has led to the
largest list of reservations from out
of town ever known at the local
hotels.
ST. LOUIS. April Is (SpeciaD The
supply of farm labor in this state is
only "a per cent of the demand, ac-
cording to state labor officials
Evening star., 1924-04-18
IND0RSE INVITATION.
Senators Favor International Union
Conference Here.

\ resolution by Senator Mckinley,
Republican, Illinois. proposing an in
vitation to the international Parlia-
mentary Union to meet in Washing
ton next year was ordered favorably
reported today by the Senate For
eign Relatins Committee.
The union has for its object the
submission to arbitration of all inter-
national disputes.
A House measure proposing Ameri-
can participation in an international
conference for the suppression of
the traffic in habit-forming drugs
also was approved by the committee.
Evening star., 1924-04-18
NY. RESERVE BANK REPORT.

NEW YORK, April 1s.-The state
ment of the condition of the Federal
Reserve Bank of New York at the
close of business April Is, shows:
Total gold reserves, s941. .009, 900: total
reserves, $967,579,000. Bills discount
ed secured by: Government war obli-
cations, S50,770,000; all other, s24,-
sos, 900. Bills bought in open mar
ket; s52,550,000: total earning assets,
s1S3,2S9,000; uncollected items. $751;
0s3,ooo. Due to members; Reserve
account, 736,330,000. Total deposits,
S757, ,705, 900; federal reserve notes in
actual circulation, S359,72S,00 ratio
Of total reserves to deposit and fed
eral reserve note liabilities combined.
S6.6 per cent
Evening star., 1924-04-18
q. s. JAPAN ISSUE HITS SILK.

NEW YORK, April IS (SpeciaD.-
The fall in Japanese exchange, caused
by the immigration differences with
the United States, showed it's effect
in the raw silk market today for the
second time. Prices which had de-
clined from Is to 20 a pound Thurs
day went down another to 10, de-
spite the fact that trading was sharp
ly curtailed by observance of Good
Friday. The cotton goods markets
were quiet and unchanged
Evening star., 1924-04-18
COMMODITY NEWS
WIRED STAR FROM
ENTIRE COUNTRY


cent of normal capacity. a gain of 10
per cent in the last month. The wor-
sted departments are showing the
greatest Improvement. Cotton de-
partments, both in the north and
south, are running full time. Print
ing and dyeing divisions are on a so
per cent basis.
KANSAS CITY, April 1S.-Large or
derS for automobile seat covers de-
signed for Ford cars with right-hand
drive are coming in from Athens,
Greece.
ST. PAUL, April 1S.-Competition
aHorded by privately owned passen-
ger vehicles has resulted in the re-
movaf from service of I per cent of
the street cars of the Twin Cities
Rapid Transit Company. The de-
crease in operating revenues, which
Is running about $4,000 a day below
those of last year. means that $4,000
residents here who formerly rode in
street cars now are riding in automo-
biles. Applications for increased
street car fares now are under con-
slider alton.
HARRISBURG, Pa, April 1S.-B. G.
Eynon, registrar of the state motor
vehicle department. today predicted
that by the end of 1924 $4,000, 900 au-
tomobiles would be in use in the
Ihlted states. He added that al
ready his department was preparing
for the rush for 1925 licenses.
WILMINGTON, Del, April 1S-
berries will reach market from this
section this year. The acreage planted
mas increased / 5 per cent, and already
oroers nave been placed with rail-
roads which will require 1000 re-
frlgerator cars to handle.
NEW ORLEANS, April 1s.-The un-
settled condition of the local and
cuban markets is held accountable
for the drop in refined sugar prices
cents a hundred. Refiners have ac-
cumulated large stocks recently,
owing to the hand to mouth buying
policy of jobbers and grocers.
DENVER, April 1S.-Twenty-five
thousand people visited the radio ex-
position here this week, and dealers
report that sales of radio equipment
of the industry here.
SHREVEPORT, La, April 1s.-North
Louisiana farmers have ordered six
times as much fertilizer to use on
the 1924 cotton crop as was purchased
in 1923. The farmers have determin-
ed to grow more cotton to the acre
without an increase in acreage.
SAN FRANCISCO. April 1SIThe
number of oil wells abandoned in this
state since January l has been treble
the number abandoned last year in
the corresponding period. Thirty-two
new drilling operations were started
in the last week. a gain Of four from
the previous week, but the total new
wells 50 far this year is thirty less
than for the spring of 1923.
PITTSBURGH. April 1S.-Improve-
ment' has appeared in wire products,
demand for which now appears
steady. Order backlogs are not so
large as they might be. However,
small nail deliveries are from four
to five weeks deferred. While the
special terms granted on fencing and
barbed wire were designed to stimu-
late buying on the part of the agri-
cultural trade, this effort was only
partially successful. Prices are un-
changed at s2.75 for wire and SO for
nails, base Pittsburgh, respectively.
Cement-coated nails have sold at
$3.50 base Pittsburgh. although $3.50
is understood to have been done on
some particularly attractive business
Evening star., 1924-04-18
LABEL BILL OPPOSED.
National Wool Growers Protest
Measure Pending in Congress.

Passage of the French bill provid-
ing for the labelling of woven woolen
fabrics to show the wooden content
was opposed today before the House
commerce committee by John r
Wood Philadelphia, representing the
National Wool Growers of Boston
The measure, which designs ito
prevent deceit and unfair prices that
result from the unrevealed presence
of substitutes for virgin wool" Mr.
Wood said, could not be enforced. as
chemical laboratories seldom agreed
on the analysis of wooden fabrics.
Evening star., 1924-04-18
WALL STREET BRIEFS.
By the Associated Press.


All security and commodity ex-
changes in New York and Europe are
closed today in observance OF Good
Friday. The cotton exchange and
the coffee and sugar exchanges will
be closed Saturday, but the New
York Stock Exchange and the curb
market will open for tha usual two
hour sessions that day.
Raw Consolidated Copper Com
pany reports net income of s2,094,676
or S105 share. for the year ended
December 21. 1928. against net loss Of
s1.l23,623 the year before. Sherwood
Aldrich. president, stated quarterly
and annual reports hereafter would
cover operations Of Chino Copper
Company. taken over last February,
and which in future would be oper-
eted as a mining branch of Ray Con-
N-Slida ted.
The south is as prosperous as it
was in the last two years and the
president of the Atlantic Coast Line
railroad. said yesterday Last wear
was one of the best we ever had.
he said, land in the first three
,nopths of this year business has
been as good, if not better"
Not earnings of the Republic Rail-
way and Light Company and it's
subsidiaries for the first quarter of
1924 were $1,055.S51, an increase of
S226,615 over the corresponding ne
riod last year.
The professional element was con-
stantly alert yesterday to openings.
and one was found in both common
and preferred shares of American
Woolen, which were driven down to
new lows for the year. The incentive
seemed to have been discovered in
SECRETARY Melons reference to a de-
Ircssed textile situation in New Eng
land, although there was nothing in
hish remarks with which the street
way unacquainted.
Evening star., 1924-04-18
DAIRY PRODUCTS.

BALTIMORE, Md, April Is (Spe-
ciaD Live poultry-Young chickens,
pound, 25a35; leghorns. 25a30; winter,
40a45; springers, 50a55; old hens, 23a
IS; leghorns, old, 23a24; old roosters,
16a17; ducks, 24a30; pigeons. pair,
45a50; guinea fowls, each, 30a50.
Eggs Gloss off)-Native and nearby
eggs, 35.
Butter-Creamery, good to fancy,
s3a3S; prints, 41a43: nearby cream
cry, 36a41; ladies, 28a30; rolls, 26a2s;
store packed, 25; dairy prints, 26a2S;
process butter, 36a27.
Evening star., 1924-04-18
TRENTON POTTERIES SOLD.

TRENTON. N J.. April 1s.-The
Trenton Potteries Company has pass
ed into the control Of the Crane
Company. a plumbing supply corpo-
ration, it is announced The Crane
Company for years has bought al
most the entire output of the Tren-
ton Potteries Company.
Evening star., 1924-04-18
CARGO FROM GENOA.
italian Steamer Makes Initial
Landing at Baltimore.

BALTIMORE, April 1S (Special.)-
The steamship Giovanna Florio, from
Genoa, Italy, is at Locust Point and
is discharging the cargo brought by
it on it's first voyage here. Its ar
rival marks the establishment of a
new steamship service here. The
vessel is operated by the i. & Y.
Florio Steamship Company of Pal
nero, Italy.
The company's vessels hereafter
will ply regularly between Baltimore
and Italian ports, it was announced
by G. Schiaffino & Co., the ships
agents.
Evening star., 1924-04-18
ASKS s1.370,0O0 BOND ISSUE.

The Central Railroad of New Jersey
applied to the Interstate Commerce
Commission today for permission to
issue $1,370,000 in 5 per cent equip
ment trust certificates. The proceeds
will be used to buy fifty-f1v passen-
ger and seventeen baggage cars
Evening star., 1924-04-18

Ever notice that the. fellows who
try to get rich quick are always
broke?
Evening star., 1924-04-18

KANSAS CITY, April 1S.-Large or
ders for automobile seat covers de-
signed for Ford cars with right-hand
Greece
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1924-06-26
PROC NEBYLA
UVAZANA

Nebylo to we stasem dome ma
Male Strane," jak zpiva pan
Ha;ler; tam by Sc takova vec
nemohla pfihodit. nebylo to ami
vsera. nybrz 0 chvilanku div. V
dobach. kdy jeste straznikam Sc
fikavalo "chocholousi" nebo po-
licajti j raprcajti, a kdy misto
pendreku nosivali po boku savli.
A stalo Sc tax jednom onech
modernich cinzakd, kde po neko-
lika schodech piijde Sc nejdfive
do pfizemi. pax o poschodi Wy;
do mezaninu a kde prvni patro
zacina tam. kde jinde je patro
druhe.
Ulici takovymito cinzaky,
patroloval tedy kterehosi pfedva-
lecneho dne. kdy tato historic Sc
sbshla. straznik. jehoz bdeie okc
davalo pozor. ably mic no nepfeje-
10, casem lidi zabloudilo i vy'
k fronts domi. nedslaji-h snac
nekde vylozene pefiny nezdobu
| NShle alta = cosi vydesilo poli.
cajta: v zavratne vysi jakasi ne.
rozumna holka stala ma otevfenen
okne. levou rukou drzela Sc ram,
a pravou hadrem cidila sklo
Neuvazana ma ochrannem pasu
A jen Sc j spodnicka vstrem po
flakovala mad propasti ulice
"Zatracena zenska." zakle
straznik. Ably j kfiknutim z uli
CO nepodssil. zameiil rychle dc
domu a bral Sc po tech schodecf
nahoru. Odhadl ulice. ze je te
druhe patro a proto Sc nikteral
nerozpakoval zazvonit prudce ,
dveii, ktere povazoval "a prav.
ke vstupu do bytu. Y nemz ons
sluzka okna cidila.
Trvalo hezkou chvili nez nas'
Mary pfisla mu hadrem pra
We ruce a S kbelikem leve ote
witt. Ackoliv jjiinak byla to div
ka nebojacna a nejednou 81 straz
nikem ma ulici zazertovala, pfec'
jen ' nj hrklo. kdyz nahle spatfi
la ho ma prahu tvafi tax pris
nou. jako kdyz anrchandel Ga
briel ,vyhansl :naie prarodiee z ra
Zkoprnsla vsak nacisto. kdyi
j. misto, pozdravu. jak byl razi
rovnou ma nj zahrimal:
I 'Proc nejste uvazana?"
Nebyl fotograf. zel. pfi tett
scene; nepochybuji ysak. ze Mar,
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Ma malem mcsfe.

PAM lekarnikova: 'Jak pax
Sc vam zamlouva ia zdejsi nova
lekafka. ktera pfiiiela z Clevelan-
du"
PAM hostinska: 'Dejte mi S
nj pokoj! Vcera jsem 81 j zavola-
la. ale po celou dobu mluvila jen
o me nemoci kdyz jjsem Sc j ze-
p;ala. jake Sc budou letos nosi'
klobouky. zlstala ma mne koukat
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1924-06-26

vypadala pfi teto scene rozhodns
daleko hloupsji nez mela We IVY
ku.
Po prvnim leknuti Sc vsak ry-
chile vzpamatovala. dIstojnost lid
ska Sc v nj hnula. a zaprotestova-
la:
Go pax jsem nakej pes. abych
byla uvazana?"
"Io vam nikdo nefika. ze jste
pes. ale mate byt uvazana!"
''Inu. mordie!
''Zadne zbyteene feci! kazda
holka musi byt uvazana! - To
ie narizeni a basta!"
Ted Sc mu ale Mary dala uz
do smichu.
en Sc moe nesmsjte. vsak on
vas smich pfijde!" rozslovalo Sc
rameno spravedlnost. kde jest
vase pani?"
Mem donna.
TAX pana"
''Vedle v pokojji!"
''Zavolejte ho!"
Mary sla. celia pofad rozdive-
ma. septala mi: ''Milostpane-
je tady strainik. ale chudak Sc asi
zblaznil Mluvi moe cesty.
Daj 81 pozor!"
Vysel jsem do pfedsins a straz-
mix. stejns piisRs jako prve spu-
still: Proc. prosim. to dsvee ne
nj uvazane. kdyz ''pueuje okna?"
Ted toho ale Mary mela w
dost! Div nei jsem mohl odpo-
vsdst. vybuchla:
ia ze "pucuju' oknaa To
je dobre!"
''Mlcte. = vidyt' Sc ma vas
koukam z uhce! Jeste mate hadr
ruce! A CO ten kybl. he?"
ALE dyt' ia meju kuchyni
podlahu. jdou Sc podivat! Tohle
.je hadr ma okna?' A zasermova-
la mu mokrym laWonikem pred
oGima.
Zacalo mi svitat.
''Nezmylil jste Sc snad. pifteli
v oknech?'
me = tady v druhem poscho-
di to bylo!"
w druhem. pravite = no. pax
jsme donna! Tady jje totii prv-
>ni!
Ted Ease mel byt pfitomen
fotograf. ably zvecnil jjeho tvaaf. !.
Po case mel jseih pfnezitost
Mary pfipomenout slova strazni-
kova. Pnsla cd muziky misto v
desct al We til hodiny rano!
Povidal jsem j: Mary. Ma
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Dive pill = jak houba.
Ted O tom hlouba
a hubu susi.
Protoze musi!
JOS. J. VEVERA
srRANA PATA
. naStupce

JAN VEVERA A SYN
jedno z nejstarSich q nejspole-
Hive j;ich pojistujicich zastu-
pitelstvi Clevelands.
VSEOBECNE P0JlSTOVANl
Veskere pojistky vzdy nejry-
chleji vyplaceny.
Grad: GA National City Bldg
Tel. Main 1913 Cent. 2019
Residence: 327O w. Al. ulice.
Tel. Lincoln 2142 M.
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ry-ten straznik mel tenkrat pra
ydu. kdyz povidal. ze kazda hol-
la ma byt uvazana! Mel jenom
dodat, ie hlavne v nedeli!"
Ku podivu = Mary tentokrate
ami nepipla!'
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Ma uoUostdUbe.

Ma noUostdUbe.
Pravda. najemne z toho BY
tu je osmnact tisic ro:ne. ale racte
uvaiit. co ysecko je u toho.
= Vsecko. vsecko. jen schazi
fadna skoba. ma ktere bych Sc
mohl obesit. az 81 pfijdete pro Gin
Il =!
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1924-06-26

Terremonda uniknouti, jest to
proto, De mel obou nicemd
tech zapotfebi! Nepochybuji
ted o tom ami "a max. TYR
dim, De Jest to on, jejnz zabil
Plantauda!!"
"Musime zatknouti no tedy
okamzite!" dodal statni Ia
stupce hnevive.
''Nikeli, nesmime!"
"A pro6?"
"Uniknouti nam nemIze,"
odvetil policejni lfednik, -
"Podezrival jsem no uz po jis-
tou dobu dav&m no stale be-
dive Nstfeziti. Radfm vam tu
dfz, pane statni sastupce, by
ste nevystoupil ihned proti ne
mu, jezto nemaje tuseni 0 tom
lie jest stfezen, prozradi nam
nepochybne j spoluvinniky, v
jichz sluzbach Sc naleza, svy-
mi styky mimi -"
"Budiz! Bude to vskutku
tax nejchytrejsi! - Ucihte
ale, prosim. nyni opatreni, by
mrtvola byla odtud odvezena.'
"Jakmile sc do Parize vra-
tim, vyslu pro nj z >policie u
mrlci wiz"
"A nyni sestavmez protokol
o smutnem tomto objevu"
XXXIX.
Znicenl laska.
Zanechme lredniky pri ira
pne teto ~praci a zaletneme s
} ctenafi svymi v duchu pozno-
J WI do palace v ulici sv. Domi-
nika, kan Jiri vevoda La
Tour -Vaudien prav6 sc byl vra
til II cest", jak Sc sluzebnic-
: two q syn jeho demnivali.
Cetni sluzebnici jeho shleda
: vail, ze jest velice zmenen a
jako by sestarly, avsak vysve.
'ftlovali 81 zapadly zrak jeho a
lzhubenelost vrascite tvare je-
: no unavou dlouhe cesty.
"Otec mdj jest neopatrny!
tpomyslil 81 adoptovany syn Sc
! natorlv. ''Pri v9ku tax pokro
: cilem mel by Sc vice Setriti."
I Prvni den vevoda z La Toul
: Vaudien neopustil palace sve
A no i nevysel ami re sve praco
e Ivny, ktez - aspon ma pohlec
i - venoval Sc lplne precitan
: hojne correspondence, nahro
0 madene ma psacim jeho stole.
0 Druheho dne, soude, Z,
zprava 0 jeho pfijezdu dost
= 'se rozsifila, mel "a vhodno u
b kazati Sc jiz.
; Vykonal tedy nekolik nav
: Istev.
!. Ovsem kladli mu zde a tan
Z hostitele jeho otazky We pfi
i cine jeho cest.
e Avsak senator byl jiz ma ty
Ito otazky ddkladne pripravel
" i odpovidal zpisobem, kter.
Nv duchu pratel jeho potyrzo
i val mineni, re jednalo Sc tt
o jakesi tajn6 poslani Sc stra
: ny panovnika v ddlezite zale
u zitosti diplomaticke, o posla
n nj tedy, n9mz vevoda memoir
y povedeti plnou pravdu.
Il Thefer neJevil mezl tim "a
j. dne znamky zivota.
Senator vsak tesil Sc z tohc
J. ''Neni-i cd neho zadnycl
ii novych zprav, tim lepe!" pra
} vii 81. "Dlkaz to, ze dari s
= vSe dobre -
i Treti den, nedlouho pre-
;e tim, nezli zasedli k snidam, o
a drzel vSak senator Jiri list
u kteryz no nemalo znepokoji
Zachvel Sc jiz. kdyz spatri
"a rukopis tistu tohoto. - Pozns
t. ma prvni pohled nelhledne pi
u, mo Claudiino.
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"a CEST OTCOyU.
ROMAN.-
Napsai Xavier de Mant6pin.
- r @ N a N

. Vsecko je suche q zacho-
vale -"
! fka tax, vykladal predme-
ty, jez byl vyjmenoval.
Nacelnik straze bezpecno-
sti wal je do rukou svych a
otviral je.
Nahle vzkfikl taky on.
"Co jest?" tazal Sc no stat
nj zastupce.
vim jiz, kdo byl tento ne
st'astnik"
"Kdo? Kdo?" volali vsich-
nj.
"Ubozak ten Sc stal obeti
sve povinnosti. - Nalezel to-
tiz k policii q slul Plantaude.
Jest to tyz policejni agent, po
n6mz uz tyden jsme marne
patrai."
"Jste 81 tim jist?"
"Ano, pane. Zde jeho legi-
timace jakozto policejniho in
|spektora a zde knizecka, do
niz psal 81 poznamky. Omyl je
nemozny!"
.:Kdo vsak mdze byti vra-
hem jeho?"
"Kdo m0ze byti vrahem je.
ho?" opakoval nacelnik poll
cejni j obracel listy knfzecky.
"Nepochybne clovek, jehoz
stopu sledoval a jehoz zloGiny
chystal Sc odhaliti! Ostatne,
! jak ctu zde nyni, on sam ozna
cuje nam bidnika toho tax
jasne, jako by hlas jehc 2
hrobu vychazel. Slyste jen!"
l poodstoupiv pon6kud stra.
'nou, cetl ostatnim lrednfkIn
re zapisniku Plantaudova po.
znamky nasledujiciho obsahu
Bagnolet. Afera drozky
cislo Is.
l. Mluvil jsem $ panem Ser
lvanem. Zjednal jsem 81 zpra
ivy o domnelem Prosperu Gau
lcherovi, kteryz sc "a chemik.
|vydaval a letohradek ma vysi
ne teprve 48 hodin pred -poza
rex najal. Tento Prosper Gau
cher jest napadnym nervosnfn
lehkym skubanim svald lew
strany obliceje, vec to, kterol
lie taky u Thefera pozorova
ii. Miti pozor ma Thefera a ST
povati no, nebot' chovani jeh,
jest nanejvys podezrele.
1 2. "Sluhy" domneleho Pro
spera Gauchera byli nepocryl
ne Dubief a Terremonde, pc
necokazi, kteri uprchli 2 trest
nice clairwauxske a drozku I
|, 13 nejspise odcizili. Nebudi
zapomenuto, ze Th6fer mel U
: lozeno zatknouti tyto muze, Z
, vsak tito die jeho tvrzeni IVY
{ klouzli mu nenadale z ruky
. a to zpIsobem stejn6 podezre
: lynn, jake podezrelym jest
,vse ostatni.
3. Nalezl jsem podle spale
: niste petifrank podobizno
: Ludvika Filipa a s dater
< 1844; dukaz to nepopirateln
> die meho mlneni o pritomnos1
Dubiefa a Terremonda ma m
ste zlocinu!
0 4. Diva neznami muzove pt
cestneho vzezreni q chovar
E nepodezieleho byli v Bagnt
Z letu hledati stopy divky, uns
sene We fiaxru {. 13, dve hod
! ny pred pozarem. Mysli, I
!, Sc tn udisl zloGin. Nutno patr
l. ii po techto neznamych dvo
mulch -
Il 5. Divka, jcz byla nalezen
polomrtva v lomu bagnole
skem, druhy den po pozar,
a byla dopravena do nemocnie
u sv. Antonina.
Mela kapse sve listek dre
i karsky Sc sazbou q cislem L
To bylo vse.
Z Sv6dci yyjevu, ktery jsn
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