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OilAPTKIl VI.
Proipr was triumphant; he li ml al
met convinced hit father of hi Inno
cence. Hut he had not time to rvjoke
over ibis victory. The cH door opened
and the jaller'a gruff voice called out:
"It Is tliae for you to appear before
the court."
lie Instantly obeyed the order. A
he was passing through the room full
of poHeeraen he again met the man with
the geld spectacles who had watched
him so Intently the day he uraa searched.
"Courage, M. Hertomy." he akl; "If
you are Innocent there arc those who will
help you."
"Who la that gentleman?" he asked of
the poMeewian.
"la It possible that you don't know
him 7" replied the policeman with sur
prise. "Why, It Is M. I.eooij, of the de
tective service," and the constable would
hare cone Into a lone disquisition on M.
Lecoij's detective abilities had they not
arrived at the door of the Judge's room,
which they entered.
The Judge, M. Patrlgent, waa waiting
to receive them, and at once began Pros
per' preliminary examination. We need
not cive It here In detail. When It canio
to Madame CJypsy, the Judge aald:
"Who Is thla woman V
"Madamo (Jypsy waa a governess and
If my cousin," replied Prosper. "She waa
'torn at Oporto, and came to France with
a Portuguese family.
''Have you ever heard of thla Calda?"
"Never, monileur."
"1'he unfortunate man loved Gypsy.
There la reaaou to believe that he ha
since committed aulclde." The Judgo
pattsed for a minute, aa If to give Pros
per time for reflection, and thou added.
Impressively, "Such la the woman for
whoso lake you bavo committed a rub
bery." M. Patrlgent had hoped to extort a cry
of suffering from Prosper, wounded to
the qulek. Hut Prosper remalued Im
passive. Of all that the Judge had said
be only remembered the name of Calda.
"Why did you no longer visit a house
where you had apparently been paying
your addreasea to a young lady whose
hand would not have been refused to you,
o I am Informed by M. Fauvet, and you
were aware of the fact, as Is shown by
your own tetter to your father."
"I bad reasons for my conduct which
I cannot explain,"
"Did Mademoiselle send you away?
Speak! I am bound to tell you that thla
Is a point of great Importance to the
prosecution."
M. Patrlgent waited In vain for an
answer. Prosper seemed to reflect deep
ly. "Monsieur," said he, "there Is one cir
cumstance which, In my trouble, 1 had
forgotten, and which may help me to
prove my Innocence. When the messen
ger went to fetch the money from the
Hank of France I only waited for his re
turn to leave the ornce. I am sure I
locked up the bank notes In bis pres
ence. Oh! If he should have happened
to have noticed the fact! At all events.
I left the office before be did."
"Very well," said M. Patrlgent; "we
will take that man's evidence. Now you
will be taken back to prison, and I would
advise you to reflect seriously over the
line of defense you are adopting."
M. Patrlgent dismissed the accused
rather abruptly, because he felt puxxled
by the new fact Just brought to his no
tice, which gave great Importance to the
evidence of the office messenger. Aa
soon aa Prosper had left he turned to
the greffler and said:
"Tell tne, Hlgault, Is this messenger
spoken of by the accused the man ex
cused from giving evidence In conse
quence of a medical certificate?"
"Yes, monsieur," answered Rlgault;
"be sustained so grave an Injury by a
fall tli at It haa been found ueceaaary to
convey blm to the Dubois hospital."
"Well, 1 will go there at once to take
his deposition. Get ready all that you
require, aud send for a hack."
It is a long distance from the Palais
da Justice to the Dubois hospital, but
M. Patrigent'a coachman, stimulated by
a promise, sent hi sorry steeds along at
a racing pace. Would Antonln, the mes
senger, be In a condition to givo his evi
dence? That was the question. TJie
director of the hospital wxin reassured
the Judge n this point. The unfortunate
rneonger had Injured hi knee rap. Ho
Buffered stent pain, but his Intellect was
perfectly clear. On seeing the Judge en
ter, accompanied by his clerk with writ
ing materials, Antonln guessed bis ob
ject. "Ah!" said he: "I suppose monsieur la
come about M. Hertomy'a affairs?"
"Kxactly. Now, my friend, It was you
who went to the Hank of France on the
27th of February for the sum that waa
stolen? At whnt hour did you return
with the money?"
"It must have been five o'clock when
I got back."
"Do you remember what M. Hertomy
did when you handed hlrn the notes?
Now, do not be In a hurry; think beforo
you answer,"
"Let me see; first he counted the notes,
and made them Into four packages; then
he put them lu the safe; and then It
seem to me and then ho locked the
aafe; and, yes, I am not mistaken, he
went out!"
When they retired M, Patrlgent said
to BIgault:
"This la a very Important piece of evi
dence." OIIAPTBK VII.
The Great Archangel Hotel, Mme.
Gypsy'a asylum, was the most stylish
building on the Qual St. Michel, A per
son who pay htr fortnight's board In
Plundered Safe
GAUOKIAU
advance Is treated with consideration at
this hotel.
Mme. Alexandra, who had been a
handsome woman, was now stout, laced
till she could scarcely breathe, always
overdressed, and fond of wearing a num
ber of Uashy gold chains around htr fat
neck.
She had bright eyes and white teeth:
but, alas, a red nose. She loved a good
dinner. She also loved her husband, ami
about the time M. Patrlgent was leav
ing the cspltal she began to be worried
that her "little man" had not returned
to dinner. She was about to sit down
without him when the hotel waiter cried
out:
"Here Is master."
"Why, bow late you are, my little
man;" she exclaimed, aft she dropped her
knife ami fork, and rushed forward to
embrace him.
"My back (s broken," he said. "I bnve
been the whole day playing billiard with
Kvariste, M. Fauvel's valet, and a 1 lowed
him to win aa often as he wished. I be
came acquainted with hire yesterday, and
now I am his best friend. If I wish to
enter M. Fauvel's service In Antouln's
place, 1 can rely upon M. Kvariste's good
wonl. And now, what does the girl say?"
".She I still upstair," answered Mme.
Alexandre. "She suspect nothing; but
to keep her In her present Ignorance be
come dally more difficult. I don't know
what the Judge told her, but ah came
home quite beside herself with anger. She
wauted to go ami make a fuss at M.
Fauvel's; then she wrote a letter which
he told Jean to mall for her, but 1 kept
It to show you."
"What!" Interrupted Fanferlot. "you
hnve a letter, and did not tell me be
fore? Perhaps It contains the clew to
the mystery. Give It to me, quick." -
Obeying her husband. Mme, Alexandre
opeued a -little cupboard and took out a
letter, which she handed to him. It bore
the following address, written In a free,
(lowing hand:
"In haste!
M. UAOUIi DH I.AGOHS.
Care of M. I d Claroeran.
Hotel du Louvre. Ironmaster."
Mme. Alexandre leaned over her hus
band's shoulder, and they both read the
following letter:
"M. Itaoul Prosper Is In prison, ac
cused of a robbery which he never com
mitted. I wrote to you three daya ago,
and have no reply. Who will help Pros
per If his beat fritnds desert him? If
you don't answer this letter, I shall con
sider myself released from a certain
promise, and without scruple will tell
Prosper of the conversation I overheard
between you and Monsieur d Clameran.
Hut I can count on you, can I not? I
shall expect you at the Archangel day
after to-morrow, between twelve ami
four. NINA GYPSY."
The letter read. Fanferlot at one pro
ceeded to copy it. He waa delicately re
sealing It when the door of the hotel
office was abruptly opened, and the boy
twice whispered:
"Hist!"
Fanferlot rapidly disappeared Into a
dark closet. He had barely time to close
the door before Mme. Gypsy entered the
room. The poor girl wa sadly changed.
She was pale and hollow cheeked, and
her eyes were red with weeping. On
seeing ber, Mme. Alexandra could not
conceal her surprise.
"Why, tar child, you are not going
outr
"I am obliged to do so, madam, and I
came to ask you to tell any one that
may call during my absence to wait until
I return. You are so kind that I am
tempted to confide In you; read thla not
which a messenger Just now brought to
me."
In a tone loud enough-to b heard In
the closet Mme. Alexandre rad th not:
"A friend of Prosper, who can neither
receive you, nor present himself at your
house, la very anxious to speak to you.
He In the stage-coach office, opposite th
Saint Jacque Tower, to-night at nine
precisely, and the writer will approach
and tell you what he has to say."
"And you are going to this rendez
vous?" "Certainly, madam."
And, without waiting to hear any more
she went out. The, door had scarcely
closed upon Mme. Gypsy before Fanfer
lot bounced out of the closet. The mild
detectlro wa white with rage.
"What I Iho meaning of this?" he
cried. "Am I to stnud by and hate peo
ple walking over the Archangel, a If
It were a public street? Come, make
hnste and help mc, so that she won't rec
ognize me."
In a few minutes Fanferlot waa com
pletely disguised by a thick beard, a wig,
and n worklngman'a blouse. Mme. Gypsy
had ten minutes' start of him; but he
ran up the street he knew she must have
taken, and overtook her. At Chatelet
place she (trolled up and down several
times, read the theater bills, and Dually
took a seat on a bench. One minute be
fore a quarter of 0 she entered the stage
coach office and sat down.
A moment after Faiiforlot entered, but
a ho feared that Mmo. Gypsy might rec
ognize him in spite of his heavy beard,
he took a seat at the opposite end of the
room In a dark corner. A the City Hall
clock wa striking nine a man entered
and without going to tlio ticket win
dow, walked directly up to Gypsy, bowed
aud took a seat bcaldo her.
He was a medium-sized man, rather
stout, with a ruddy face and fiery red
whiskers. His dresa wa that of a well-to-do
storekeeper, and there was nothing
In hi manner or appearance to excite
attention. Fanferlot watched him eager
ly. "Well, my friend," he said to himself,
"In future I shall rscognlz you, no
matter where we meet, and thla very
evening I will find out who you are."
Despite hla Intent listening, he could
not hear n word spoken by the Mrttnger
or Gypsy. When the stout man bowed
and spoke to her tho girl looked so aur
prised that it was evident she had never
aeeu hint before. When he sat dowu by
her aud said a few words she Jumped up
with a frightened look. A single word
and look mad her resume her seat.
Then, as the stout man went on talking
Gypsy's attitude betrayed great appre
hension. She positively refused to do
I something; then suddenly she seemed to
, consent when ho stated a good reason fur
i her doing so.
"What can all that mean?' said Fan
ferlot to himself, as ho sat In his dark
corner biting hi nail. "What an Idiot
I am to have stationed myself so far
oft!"
He wa thinking how he could man
age to approach nearer without arou
Ing their suspicious when the stout man
arose, offered his arm to Gypsy, who ac
ceptcd It without hesitation, and together
they walked toward the door.
They were so engrossed with each oth
er that Fanferlot thought he could with
out risk follow thtm, find It was well ho
did, for the crowd was dense outside,
aud he would soon have lost them,
ltrnchlng the door, he saw the fat man
ami (Jjpsy cross the pnvemeut, approach
a hack and enter It.
"Very good," muttered Fanferlot "I've
nailed them now. There la no use of
hurrying any more."
While the coachman was gathering up
hi reins Fanferlot prepared his legs,
and when tho hack started he followed
at a brisk trot, determined upon follow
ing It to the end of the earth. After
chasing the hack for some time It finally
halted. He dashed up, opened the door,
only to find the vehicle empty "Trick
ed!" he ejaculated. After the defeat ho
determined to go and aee M. I.ccikj the
next morning.
CHAPTKIt VIII.
At 0 o'clock Fanferlot was up It was
necessary to rise very early If he wished
to catch M. I.ocoq at homeand, re
freshed by a cup of strung coffee, he di
rected his step toward the dwelling of
the celebrated dttectlve. The door was
opened by Janoullle, M. Lecoq's old ser
vant, who had the minutr aud appear
ance of a grenadier.
"Well, M. Fanferlot." ah said, "you
come In time for once In your life. Your
governor wanta to ace you."
In the middle- of a large room curious
ly furnished, half library and half green
room, wo seated at a desk the same
person with gold spectacles, who had
aald to Prosper at the police office:
"Have courage."
This was M. I-coq In his official char
acter. Upon Fauferlot'a entrance, a he
advanced respectfully, bowing tilt hi
backbone wa a perfect curve, M. I.ecoq
laid down hi pen, and aald, looking
sharply at him:
"Ah, htr you are, young man. Welt,
It seems you haven't made much pro
gress In the Hertomy case. I know that
you have muddled everything until you
can't see your way out, so that you are
ready to give up."
"You are right, patron," said Fanfer
lot. "Hut how could I go about an affair
like this, where there was not even a
trace or sign to stsrt from?"
"Why, don't you know that on tho
very day you were sent for with the com
mlsssry to verify the robbery, you held
In your great stupid hands th mn of
knowing which key hsd been used when
the money wa stolen?"
"How? What?"
"You want to know, do you? I will
ttll you. Do you remtmbtr the scratch
you discovered on the safe door? You
thought that this scratch was made at
the tlm of th theft Now, with what
wa It made? Kvldently with a key.
That being the case, you should have
asked for th keys both of th banker
and the cashier. One of them would
have had some particles of the hard
green paint sticking to It"
"Idiot I"
"You have rightly named yourself,"
said M. I.ecoq. "ThU proof stares you
right In the face, -sod you don't see It!
This scratch Is th sole and only clew to
work th tas upon, aud you must go
and lose the trace of It If I find th
guilty party It will be by mean of this
scratch: and I am determined that I will
find him."
"You must have been working up thl
case, patron?"
"Probably I have, but I am not Infalli
ble, and may have overlooked no mo Im
portant evidence. Toko a seat, aud toll
inn all you know,"
M. Lccoq wa not the man to be hood
winked, so Fanferlot told the exact truth
n rare thing for him to do.
"It seems to mo, Master Squirrel, thnt
you have forgotten something. How far
did you follow the empty conch?"
Fanferlot blushed, and hung hi head
like a guilty- schoolboy.
"Oh!" ho cried, "and you know Rbout
that, too! How could you have "
Hut a sudden Idea Unshed across hi
brain; he stopped short, bounded off hi
chair, and cried: "Oh, I know now! You
were the stout gentleman with red whis
kers." HI surprise gave so singular an
expression to his face that M, I.ecoq
could not restrain a smile.
"Then," said Fanferlot, clinging to hi
Idea, "you have been more successful
than Madame Alexandre; you have made
the girl confess? You know why she
leave the Archangol, and why alio does
not wait for M. do Clamoran."
"She Is following my advice."
"Do you know who the thief Is, pat
ron?" "I know no more than you do, Fanfer
lot I am certain of but one thing, and
thnt Is, that n scratch wa on the safe,
door. We start from the scratch, see?"
(To b continued.)
Tho nmlo Sandwich Inlander hna a
queer Idea of femnlo beauty. Ho ad
mires bulk and plumpness. A woman
weighing 260 pounds Is considered
twlco as beautiful as on of 123
pounds.
BEAR AD
Recommends Pc-ru-im
Tcs
&t
Itenr Admiral Philip HlchWn, of
tlir I'nlted Stairs navy. In a recent let
ter from Washington, D. l, (lives IV.
rtiua tho following endorsement:
"After ii si hk Pcrtinn for a short
time period, I can now cliocrfully rec
ommend our nliinblc remedy to any
one who I In need of nn Invigorating
tonic." I'lilllp 1 1 lib born.
Hear Admiral J. A. Howell, U. S
navy, write uotu Washington, I). 0.
as follows:
"I have used your reruns with sat
isfaction, nnd ran rhrerlully recom
mend tho remedy a an effective cure
fur rough and told." J A. Howell.
The highest men In our nation have
Kb en IVruna a strong endorsement.
I Men rupteeentlng all claarcs and sla-
linns are rquallv represented.
I'o-ru-na Is a Preventative and Cura
tive Medicine (or Catarrh.
Hon. K. 11. Fitch, formerly speclsl
United State attorney, state of Vligln-
Isn't tliutTlionulitfiilr
Tea Hhe used to say she didn't
en re how homely a man might be If he
were only thoughtful.
Jess Well, that's the kind ahe got
for a husband.
Tea Why, I heard he was any
thing hut thoughtful
Jess He's full of thought for him
self. Philadelphia Ledger.
Hrtva or Ohio, city or ToUbo, ,.
I.VI1S l OIK iv, I "
KatXK i I MSKEV makes oih that hs Is
Hlr pannsr ot trie nrmot r J nisxsv.li
Co .doing tuilnt In the i lljrolTilelo,l'oun
t SHcl Hlsts sluie.sKl, stid Ihsl l.l Dim will
y IhttiiHiof OSK lit'MIIIKtl iHll.l.AHH ti.f
eseh and everyeaMintl Avaasil thalrannut be
cuisd bv ihsuvsof Hall's CsviRUi rj'ss.
rtlAMCJ. rlfhMIY.
"worn lo te(ar m ami Hbrtll In my
prsMnca, this eih day ol Deramrcr, A I'.tw,
jlfcJ Notary I'ublls.
Hall's Catarrh Cure la tatrn Internally, and
eta directly on tft Mol and munitii surfaces
ol Ibasrstem. KsmJ ..r Utlluiunlali. Irs.
r. J CIIKSKY A CO., TolsJo.O.
Bold by IirHscltl. Me.
Hall's r4alljr llllt art th UiL,
Work Itotli Way.
Author Truly, this Is an unapprecla
tlve world. Why, If I had written what
McFadd has written I wouldn't be fam
ous Ilk he I.
Crlticus I guess that's right. And it
McFadd had written the stuff you grind
out b wouldn't be famous, either.
Unite Unnecessary.
"Jane," said the boardlug-house land
lady, "pals Mr. Newman the salt fur
his egg."
"Never mind the salt, thank you,"
rejoined the latest acquisition to the '
fold, "this egg Is fiotio too fresh as It !
Is."
Tho Klml Vim Hilvo AlivnvM
r7fo j'.mitiiiin
X Vljvfh.nituH.UC,
iiaYvxvvs.sVLvvXNNvNs.wUTO':rrcfi
itiro of Chun. II. J-lotclmr, anil Jiiih Ijcui iiiiiiIo under Jilx
IiorHoiml mipervlHloii for ovrr JIO yonra. Allow no otm
fc leo!vo you in tlilH. CoiiiitoriVUH, JniltutlouN and
'sTiiHUiiH-noii;' uro but KximrlmriilH, mill cmluiiLror tbo
lieulth or Children-Kxiiorlt-imo KalnHt -Hxporlniuii
What is CASTORIA
Cnntorlu 1h n linrinlcNH MtiliMtttuto for Cantor Oil, Pnro
Rorlc, JrojH and Hootlilnir HyrnpH. It Jh IMommnt. It
cmituliiH neither Opium, Morphlno nor otluir Nureotlo
HiibHtaiico. ItH turn In 1U truaraiitco. It tlcwtroyn "Worms
and allayH FovorJHhncHH. It curoH Dlarrluuii and AVlntl
Col.lc;MIr r,,VCH 'I'uuthliiLr TroublcM, curon OoiiNtlpatlou
nnd Flatulency. It UHHliijllntcH tbo Food, rctriilattsu tbo
Htomaoli and JlowclH, rlvlntr bj-altby and natural uloop.
Tito Obildruti'M Panacea Tho JMother'n Friend,
The Kind You Have Always Bought
uoara tuo
(WrKe&
In Use For Over 30 Years.
VM ciwTsu eeweaNV, vy musssv itmit, niwvomitv.
HIIRAL HIGHBORN
Other Prominent Alou
tify.
la writes from tlm Census OKlce mild,
lug Washington, D. 0, m "llo
" People intinnt live lu tlm vailablo rll.
mate of the Haslem anil Atlantic roast
stales and ec liability to folds ami
........ i.. i -n...timi. Tho wide and
imnic.in. . .......... -
common prevalence, of them ailments la
prool enough of tlm asrottlon. I have
'been no exception, hut 1 havn found a
jsuro mean for combating those giraleil
ohjictlons to thltcllmato, ami that Is
lYruun. Taken a uiivcirw,
cure for piesent ratanhal atlllctlons
and a preventative of futurn distress of
.l.-i LI... I I, II. I'llrh.
.Mint ii.i ... - ..---
"I'o.rii-na n Very lit fectlvo Remedy."
Hem. Itolwrt W. Davis, iiwiiiImt of
rongiesa from I'lorlda, writes Iron
houso of representatives, Washington,
1). (1., a loilows'
"I inn oheerfulty lecotntneml jrout
lemedy. 1'eruna, an very effective euro
for rough, wild and ratairh." Holi
er! W. Davis.
Cold Not Promptly Cured nro Suro to
Cause Catarrh.
IVruna cures ratanh. That U alt
that Dr. Ilailmaurlalm for It. Hut
catarrh assume various phase In the
human system.
the day was when turn of pininln
euro hesitated to glvo their testimonial
to propilitoiy medicine for publica
tion. This remains trim today of most
proprlntory medicine. Hut IVruna.
ii l.riiiii so lustlv famous. It merit
are known to so many pt-oplo of high
and low stations, mat no one nesnaira
to see hi name lu print recommending
IViuna.
If you do not derive ptompt and sat
isfactory results from the use of Petti
us, write at once to Dr. Hartman, giv
ing him a full statement of your rase,
and he will be pleated to gho you hi
valuable advice mall.
Address Dr. Hartman, president nf
The Hartman. Sanitarium, Uolumhii,0.
In tbn Wrong; Plane.
An angry woman walked Into n cro
err'a shop lu u Ayrshire village and
banged a piece of some yellow sub
stance on the counter. Kb apokn
.Scotch, of course, a Tit Hit report,
but American will understand the
word she used, since tunny nu adver
tisement haa made the kind familiar.
I "Thla," slm aald, 'I the soap that
does the waehtn' o' Itself; the ap that
makes every waslilu' day a kin u' glo
rified feast, the soap that get a' the
linen white as stinw an' as sweet a a
hazelnut, and let the detlchtrd house
wife play wl' the children; nn' hero
I've been acruhblu' three mortal hour
wT that lump an' got bae malr lather
out o' It than I could get oot o' a
brick."
"I beg your pardon," aald the grocer
calmly, "hut that Isn't soap. Your little
boy wa here yesterday for half a
pound of cheese and half a pound of
oap. That' the cheese"
"The cheese!" exclaimed the woman.
"Then that accounts for Um Ither
thing."
"What other thing?"
"I lay awatik the hale nlcht winner
In' whit made the Welsh rabbit wo had
fur oor supper tail sae ijucer."
Those Irfivlnjr. Olrl.
Amy On can drtss very nlcaty with
out spending much It ou ouly ha a lit
tl taste.
May Then you ought to dress a goo4
deal betttr than you do.
Amy Why. pray?
May Well, you don't spend much, and
I'm sure you hav but little taste.
EX2IX3
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