Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-03-05

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making such q statement. but !
can't help tim actually thankful
that he is where he can do no more
harm"
THANK you. dear. thank yos!'
said Madame Leclerc grateful, her
great black eyes two wells OF tears
Its awfully sweet Of you and kind
TO tell me that at this time. Herbert
Maxwell in keeping me imprisoned
as he did, is the actual murderer OF
my husband, Leon. For, If i had
been able TO return TO Paris with
Jean we could have saved Icons
lifel From now on life for me will
be q dreary thing, indeed. I shall &c
back to Vienna"
"Oh, Madame, I'm so sorry!" cried
Pat, lifting the others hand, press
ing impulsively to her cheek. It was
a simple little action, but IL held a
strangely tender meaning TO that
woman Of the world from whom life
had eXacted 81 much.
You said that Jean-Mr. Bou-
chard-and YOU would have return
ed to Paris" continued Pat after a
moment. THAT reminds me Of the
arrangement we had made with
him TO show us the bank where
Maxwell had hidden the securities
and to help us otherwise. That he
was unable TO wasn't his fault"
She looked across at Bouchard
whose thin face was turned in pa
&r-nAsr -nwn~-Arw ~nwr~n~I Hnu
Madame told us last night, JEAN
she went on, her brown eyes shin
ing, 'of your chivalry and kindness
during those awful weeks in that
cellar. For that. If nothing else, ]
want you to know that the agree
ment made that night you were kid
mapped shall be fulfilled"
Tears were running down the
young Frenchman's thin cheeks as
he leaned forward to speak He had
shaven the night before with jim
my's safety razor and the pallor OF
his face was most startling.
you make me-f-eel terrible
ashamed. Miss Blair" he choked
out. his voice nearly breaking from
emotion and the physical weakness
following the weeks Of starvation
and suffering. Il did-some think
ing, thanks to Madame, during the
time we've stayed in that cellar
and ! came to realize what a mean
pup II wasl If you'll give me
enough to pay my way back to-tc
Paris. Ill be glad TO call it
SQUARED"
Indeed 7 will. Jean. and much
more. tool' declared Pat impulse
vely. And Mr.. Munson may depend
upon that promise made him. alsol"
she added, glanclng with a quick
smile toward the former chauffeur
Of the dead Maxwell.
Madame Leclerc, at her own re-
quest. was driven to the hotel at
which she had registered that
morning. Jean Bouchard returned
TO the apartment house, where he
had lived with Maxwell. 1t was un-
derstood they were al to meet again
the next day at Dal.ard's rooms.
The day following the tragic cpl
sode marking the final meeting OF
the Blair twins and their former
guardian was a busy one for Pat
and Jimmy and also for Rex and
Margery, for where the twins went
there, too. went the other half OF
the quartette.
The first item OF business on the
program was O visit to the trust
company, where Marks, the lawyer,
With Jean Bouchard and Jimmy
Blair, were able very quickly to
convince Mr.. GriersOn that Max
wells removal OF James x. Blair'S
half Of the Blair securities had been
both illegal and ~unethicaL With
Mr.. Grierson's aid a court order
was obtained authorizing transfer
of the securities from the safety
deposit box in which they had been
by Maxwell, TO the custody
Of the real James K. Blair. Upon
the execution OF this order Jimmy'S
share Of the huge fortune was re-
turned to the box containing Pats
in the vault Of the trust company.
1T was a lucky thing for you,
my boyl" averred Rex, after every
one had congratulated Jimmy up
on the twist that chance had fin
ally taken in his behalf. "A very
lucky thing that Old Maxwell's
hoggishness drove him to treat Bill
Munson as he did. Had he treated
Bill right the chances are ten TO
one that his whereabouts would not
have become known to us. In which
event, too, Madame Leclerc and
Jean Bouchard would not have been
found. IL was just Old Maxwells
mean disposition that, in all prob
ability, cost him his life, gave you
back your fortune and saved the
lives Of those two. For another week
IN that awful cellar would have
finished them bothl"
1t is fitting to state here that the
two men responsible for the sink
ing or the yacht Bluebird were
both found guilty and were SEN
fenced to the p~enitentiary for terms
OF twenty years each.
One week after Jimmy'S Securi-
ties had been returned to their
original strong box. Madame Le-
clerc and Jean Bouchard sailed for
France. The latter was richer BY
twenty thousand dollars than he
had been upon his arrival in New
York, and a fer wiser young man.
His previous life in the United