Year: 1866

ssThis ugly mule has thrown both me
and my bag of corn from his back" he
!, answered.


care you much hurt - continued,


''My left shoulder is hurt" he said
'sand cant lift this sack again. IF
monsieur would help me, i would be
very grateful


Until this moment, the idea of sus-
pecting that young man, had never en-
tered my head; but the suspicious
dashed upon me now. He was alto
gether too keen a looking fellow for a
miller's apprentice. He gave me
glance from a pair Of quick sharp eyes,
that meant more than he had spoken
And then if l had not been very much
mistaken, had seen him holding his
mule firmly with the left hand.


leaped from my saddle, and NOV
ed toward him, being careful to watch
his every movement.


'sNow," said he elf you win take
hold of that end, we will put it on
He lifted at the other end, and pretend
ed that it hurt bis shoulder and begged
of me to lift it on alone.


I 1professed to be willing to comply,
and stopped down for the purpose,
keeping my head in such a position,
that could watch him by a sidefong
glance. AS I bent over, and took
hold Of the sack, / saw him carry his
hand to his bosom, and draw, some
thing out. / saw his dark eye flash, and
heard his quick eager breathing. In
an instant seized his wrist and bent
it upward, and, as did so, heard a
sharp report, like the explosion of
PERCUSSION cap and saw a tiny wreath
of smoke curl up from the hand held
He struggled to free himself from my
grasp, but l held him with grip Of
iron and fixed my gaze upon him.


eve found you, have t. I said,
drawing my pistol and cooking it ''I
will simply inform you, that I am an
officer of Prefecture, and. that I have
been hunting for you. Just offer
particle of resistance, and bullet goes
through your brain! Now give me
that weapon"


The young man was frightened and
trembled violently. -....
''It is only a tobacco-pipe," he said
as lie uauUoO 1t TO Inc.


And certainly it looked like nothing
more; but I had seen enough of it to
know that evil was in it. It appeared
to me to be an ordinary meerschaum
pipe, the bowl being colored as though
by long use-only the amber mouth
piece was missing. / did not stop to
examine it, then, but turned my atten-
ton to its owner. / saw he was still
trembling with fear, and / knew that
now would be the time to work upon
him.


$50 you are selling your soul to
Monsieur Louis Cazaubon?" Iremark-
ed by way of letting him know that l
was thoroughly informed. He started,
and saw very plainly he knew just
what meant; but he tried to recover
himself, and asserted that he did not
know anything about the individual I
had named.


"You needn't lie to me-" I sternly
replied ''for / know all about you
Louis Cazaubon has been watched by
me when he didn't dream of such a
thing. He thought was tradesmah.
But you are young and | would save
you. Confess everything to me, and |
promise your life shall be spared %


/ saw that he wavered, and follow
ed up my advantage, and ere long 1
had him bent to my wishes. I made
him understand that held his life in
my hand and that I could protect him
from the vengence of any one whom
he might criminate, and that he had
everything to gain and nothing to
loose by full confession. He came
to it gradually and reluctantly, but my
wit finally tri,lmphed, and l gained the
secret.


His name, he said, was Henry Du
pin. He was born in paris, but never
knew who his parents were. He went
, to live with Cazaubon when quite young
and had been with him ever since He
said Cazaubon used to be chemist,
and did some business in that line
and that it was in Paris he invented the
internal machine which they had since
used with such fatal effect. About two
years previous to the present time they
left Paris together, and spent nearly
year in travelling over the kingdom,
numbering and robbing for living
Finally they came to Castellane, where
the master got his present situation.-
Cazaubon marked the victims that were
to be robbed and the young man did
the work. He used various articles
to carry out his plans, but the usual one
was the one he tried on me.


The young man then tried to explain
to me the secret ofthe pipe Only the
outer surface was of meerschaum.-
Within it was a pistol of the finest
steel, and of the most exquisite work
manship. The stem was the barrel,
and the lock was concealed within the
bowl, and covered with tobacco, A
thin plate of metal protected the curl
ously contrived lock, and upon which
the tobacco rested A pressure of the
thumb or finger upon this plate dischar-
ged the weapon. In order to cock it
the plate had to be removed. And
now comes the internal feature of the
contrivance The powder used in the
barrel was of Cazaubon's own manu-
facture, and very powerful. For wad
piece of felt was used, and on the top
of this was a missil which did the mis-
chief The young man had two Of
them with him, stitched up in the lin
ing of his cap. He took them out and
showed them to me.


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