CHAPTER X I I . (C o n tln u**!,)
T im * w«* pr**'lous w ith th * dstectlv*.
I l * thought of th * prisoner then langnl*b
In« In th * dungeons of I * M ax«*
Hr
put both bill« In hla pocket, took up lila
hat and aruaa from th* table.
' ’T h e n I am to understand tta» madam*
prefer* to ta ci tad to appear before the
tribunal. I think your witness* fee* and
mlh-ng* w ill aaiouut to about on* quarter
Of the NUUI I offer.”
E ither the threat or the ***n*e of loa*
It Implied brought M m *. Iteauaantln to
her aeuaea. The little beady eye* dilated
again, and abe put her hand upon the
described lila person for purposes of ld*D-
tificatlon.
” Assuredly, but there Is a more absurd
phase to It than that.
Whom do you
th ick, In addition to Chabot, monsieur le
p re fw t baa placed under aurveiJlan-e?”
"O h, I can’t tell.
T ha m an In the
moon, pcrhajai.”
"N o , not ao bad as that. B u t, deter
mined to cover all points, I suppose, be
baa placed
watch upon the movement«
of tbe Au erican. H r Paul Mason. T hat'«
not all.
Poor, honest Pierre, tha butler
at the < hateau, a mau whom you yourself
As Ofloal, tbe lunocent bystnnder In
examined and aald wouldn't hurt a fly,
one of tbe uorst parta of u bank run.—
has also been Included. I t la positively
New York Mall.
shameful to permit such bungb-ra aw I«c-
Tbo dlubolo craze rnay not last long
blancbe to squander tbe secret w rvi«e
funds In such fooleries. Another fellow, T h e re was u ping (amg spasm once.—-
I umlerstand. ban b*en haunting tha park I PhlJadelpbla Ixajger.
at VlJleneuve, and was nearly shot by
Now, then, get down to business ano
one of the keepers, who took him for a
pick
out your candidate for President
poacher.
They hauled lilrn before the
mayor down there, and the man had to —Philadelphia I Teas.
tell hia whol* story to clear himself. Tbe
The avernge man whose wife la a
prefect waa raving when he heard of It. good cook doesn't care how freakish
H e die* barged him from the force,*
her hats loolc— Washington P ost
“ More bungling,” remarked Casaagne.
The Weatlnghouae <‘on»erns might
"W h o waa It? ”
have used some of their own airbrakes
" L ittle T rlffie t."
'H u n t him up. Pay him well, and tell to advantage.—Philadelphia Press.
him to keep hla mouth shut.
He may
The coat of funerals has gone up. An
know Just enough of th* prefect's plan* to o th e r Increase In the ’<iMt of living”—
be a very useful man far us. Meantime, for the survivors. —New York World.
what have you found about this Mon
Weak Lungs
B ronchitis
For over sixty years doctors
True, ( ’«aaagne waa the author himself
have endorsed A yer’s C herry
of this useful paper and bad forwarded It
Pectoral for coughs, colds,
’ wo daya previously to l»*Auburon In
I aria, where It had been translated Into
weak lungs, bronchitis, con
Russian before being returned to Biola.
sumption. You can trust a
But happily tbs concierge waa Ignorant
medicine the best doctors ap
of thia deceit, and th* plan had therefore
aucceedad p e rfm ly . Burning with Hatred
prove. Then trust this the next |
for the auppoMed spy. Gughatoff had told
time you have a hard cough.
all he knew of Ilia late guest, which waa
“ I had an a w fu l rough fu r o v e r * y e a r, and
ns follows :
>* n » a » * g to do m * » n r • « • * . I trie d
ry *'» rtn r» l and waa
A ye r'« C h e rry
ra r« d
H enry Graham had resided In Biola
I rerot»m end )t to
a ll my
m ! frt«»da w h en ever
„ _UI
some six or seven years, during which
lÌT L ? '*’ * • «••’»a»*
Mis* M Mavsaa.
door.
WMhingtou, D. C.
time he had had correspondence w ith two
"D o n ’t go; I w ill tell yoy everytlxlng." persona only.
Gughatoff knew thia, be
XCadebrJ C Ayer Ho I-owell,
"T h a t la more like buameaa," remarked cause, latterly, Graham, for fear of cred
di»» meouteoturer» o f
( ’aaaacue, "Now tell me all you know. itors, bad rarely left hla apartments, and
f
S4BAPWLLA.
You a** I keep fnlth with you.
Here Gughatoff had mailed hia letter* for him.
PILLS.
■Alt VKXNL
are your hundred franca.
The other
I be first of th *** person* waa Mrne.
hundred are your* when you hava told Kottpell, thus again *«tahllshing beyond
your atory."
H e re making financial history, hut Ayer s Pills l<c ep th e b o w e l« r e g u la r.
a doubt ( be Identity of the H enry G ra aieur Chabot?”
1
A ll v e g e ta b le a n d g e n tly laxative»
" I don't know much," aald Mine. Beau
the
propbetn are not agreed as to the
*
y_______
ham of Biola with the diaaolute brother
'H e la an adventurer, one of the d#
aantin
" I knew M><n*l*ur Graham only of the lata owner of tbe Chateau Vllla- rtiyed gentleman class; lielongs to a cou finnl < hapter. — Philadelphia Inquirer.
I ~
a* a eoalomsr. lie waa a pl*a*nnt, civil n*u ve,
It look. «« If t b .( n d u ctlo» in «b»1
“" r “ “
ple of clubs; baa tha entree Into some
man, a llttb« «Ire« to drink, I should
,
-
...
ground.
T h *y are seldom a t a greater
l l i * surname of H enry Graham 's sec very good and also some very question
aboleaale price of meat would he a long height than 2.000 feet.
Judge. 1 should say nothing but bis af
ond corr**i>ond*nt had ewaped the mem able society.
H a has become affiliated
tim e getting to tbe consumer.—Phils-
feet Ion for bia little aon kept him (rout ory of the concierge In the course of
w ith the vicomte and his set only w ithin
Prince tx>ui* Napo.eon is a general io
delphlu Press.
going to the do«*'”
year*.
He was positive, however, that
th * last year or two. They are In aeveral
th * Husxiaa arm y.
This is not a re
" I li a aon!
Waa Monsieur
Grahatn. b*r first name had ta *n Helene, and that
If Saturn la getting tired of It« rings, minder of ilo v o w , 1812.
scheme* together.
la te ly he has been
then, married?"
•I» had resided at Belllera. a small village making some money."
perbn{>* King Edward might utilize one
"You don't know m»«h about him, evl
In the departm ent of the I^>lr*.
"And tb * vicomte, you say, la an able to set Ids $700,000 diamond In.—Phila
dently. I know he had a son.
It tnuat
T ills second correspondent
had also financier?"
delphia Inquirer.
have been his son.
lie waa very Ilk * been • lady « well educated, refined
"V e ry . I should say.
He floated the
More elaMtk'Ity of the currency and
bun "
lady, lie should Judge, for he had been In C ity and Huhurt>an kfeasengsr Company,
"I>o you think you would recognla* th* hat.lt of taking up M Graham 's mall,
• nd was shrewd enough to w ithdraw be leaa elasticity of the financial con-
Monsieur Graham's p ortrait, If you saw and th * envelopes had been fine and deli fore It went under. He la. a« I told yon. •cleoce are desiderata of equal import SAID TO BC INfXPEIMSIVf AND EASILY
n r
cately scented, and bad borne a cr*at and
president of the M utual C redit Com ance.—New York Hun.
PREPARED BY ANYONE.
'J’b * detersive drew out th * locket and monogram on the outside, such as were
pany. and a large o f^rsto r on the Bourse.
An
Indiana
woman
went
to
Jail
rath
pla>ei| it tiefore her
M m * Heauaarrtin o r '1 used by i>er»nns of rank.
He appears to have been very successful.
er than pay a fine of 1 <vnt. That
took it In h*r hand, adjusted It to the
Aa the train rushed across th * land
H ia wife, th * viemnte*«*, has doubtless
h Said to Promptly Relieve Backache and
•oands
like economy <*arrled to excess,
light of the shop window, and examined wape. < assagne relapsed Into a medita
l*e n a powerful factor In the making of
Overcome K d n ey Trouble and Blad
It carefully,
live mood. T h * thought recurved to him,
hla fort unaa. Ah, but abe la charming. — Philadelphia Inquirer.
der Weakness Though Harmleaa
’T h ia la the p ortrait of a very young was this woman, after a lap** of ao many
You should see h*r.
It was | j * r Influ
In New Jersey seven physicians have
and Pleasant to Take.
man. The man 1 knew wae older than years, yet alive, and would It tie i».eelbl* ence, doubt lews, which secured the co been elected Mayors. Those cities must
thia.
Where did you get It? Yea, It 1* to find her? I f Graham was tb * m urder operation of Monsieur Colbert Rernplln. have been sick of the way things were
the portrait of Monsieur Graham .
1 e r , as he now believed, tbe person moat
th * ta n k e r of Rue Hauffm ann, In that going.—Philadelphia Press.
W hat w ill appear very interesting to
would know It by *»v*ral thing*
He had likely to know of bia present whereabouts
deal. H * waa a haughty old fellow and
A panic may be "a blessing In dl» many people here is the article taken
would be thia one the woman who, In
• peculiar way of looking.”
never would have entertained the buai-
• II probability, bad been h a wife. H * fell
"W h a t wae that?"
r.e*a proposition of d* V aliar if It hadn't guise, but most of us would prefer to born a New Y’ ork daily paper, giving a
to studying how old this boy could be been for th * vicomt«>«Me.
" l ie looked downward, at a alight an
Mb* sat next have our bleaelngs put on a more cheer ilm pie prescription, as formulated by a
fie , habitually.
He never looked one now’. H e calculated be m in t be nearly
aoteo au hority, who claims that he
to hhn at dinner.
The next day tbe ful front.—Washington Post.
Straight in (he face
lie aleo wore an th irty years of age. F o r old Gughatoff,
proapertua of tb * Montalnbleau Charcoal
Ocean freight rates are to be In- has found a positive remedy to cure
tb * concierge, bad given th * child's age at
•ye glass, like the man In the picture.
Company was leaned, and the name of m -a-K l , t .u - .r i , fe te , but It I. h o t-l
*ry
ot
»' kidney
Coll,art item plln waa on the board of d i
'IT»e detective lire*' out th * e*«'ond note • t a u t ten when Graham had left HIoi
or bladder derangement, in the follow
that ail that foreign gold will get le
rect ora.”
and balatM'*«! It dexterously between hia and a little mor* than tw enty years had
ing simple prescription, if taken before
first.—Philadelphia Inquirer.
elapsed since that time. I f be could find
finger*.
"W h o told you all thia?”
the stage of Bright's disease:
‘T o ld m*? W hy, I waa there myself.
The great drawback about a peanut
"1V || m * where he lived, and this is him, he per ha I * might yet be in <
Fluid Extract I Nan del ion, one-half
m un katlo n with hla father.
T ta y put me In as well. lo o k , here I a a diet la that after you get used to It you ounce; Compound Kargon. one ounce;
yours aleo "
W b*n H enry Graham bad left Rlois be,
In big type.
Re* I"
" l i e lived at No. 29 Roe d# Hantin
won’t enjoy peanuts at the circus aud Compound* Hyrup Hareaparilla, three
"M. CIIAHLRK D’ACBVROX,
I t la an apartment house.
The same too, had turned his steps in tbe direction
ball gnmea.—Washington P o st
ounces. Shake well in a hottie and
of
Belllera.
F
or
Gughatoff
had
fo
rw
a
rd
"C a p ita list."
I
concierge le still there. I I * can tell you
ed several letter* to him at that place. I t
Caeaagne'a ays gleamed w ith delight.
T h ** < re a t
American dt- take in teaapoonful doeee after each
more then I c a n ”
meal and again at bedtime.
I I * f* lt proud of kin pupil. Ila aat and ,t *‘ng o nly know th a t th e re a re new $10
M l'« « M iii* ba ruled the other note to was toward Belllera, therefore, th at he
A well known authority, when asked
1
aeeagne,
must
hasten,
tie
re
to
pursue
lietened while bia pupil rattled on, th in k coins In circulation because they read
Mm*. Ileau ein tin . took up hla bat, and
regarding this prescription, stated that
Presently ‘t In the papers. —Washington P ost
bidding Ute laundress good day tw eed out hia investIgatinns. but first of all be ing deeply, aa waa hla w ool
a
.th e ingredients are all harmless, and
would go to Parts.
He must find out
he pu!l*d out bia watch.
Into the street.
Regard!«*« of panic* and politics, tha
be obtained at a sm all cost from
what M Imblanche had accomplished. He
" I t is two o'clock," he aald. “ M y train
chorus girl continues her conquering , ny
prescription pharmacy, or tbe
tnuat also receive the report of hla aa
leacea
at
three
th
irty
,
and
I
have
a
few
CHAPTER X III.
■latent, who aieantima would not have m a tter* to attend to before I start.
march
through
prince«,
belted
earls
and
m
ix
ta
ie
would
be pat up if a?ked to do
If
T h * man In charge of the apartm ent
l>een Idle.
ao. He further stated that while this
you have occasion to wire me you can mere millionaires.—New York Mall.
gouee at No. 21» Hue d* Hantin waa a
T h * first thing M. G * aaagne did upon
find me at that addrea*."
The Kaiser Is said to have left $10. prescription is often pres*rtbed in rheu
abort, dumpy man. of rb* name of Gug
hia a rriv a l io Pana was to hail a cab.
H e wrote upon the tack of a card:
ha toff. Though he spoke French fluent
000 iu tip« at Windsor Castle. What a matic afflictions with splendid iesulta.
Jumping In. he hade tbe man drive to
"B a p tie t* Goulet.
)y, even with the accent of a native, hl*
welcome vial tor be would be here af he could see no reason why it would
the apartm ent of hie friend and assist
"G a r* Police Headquarter*.
not be a splendid remedy for kidney
high T a rta r cheek t»oo**, hie oblique
the
present m oment!—New York Sun.
ant, D'Aubnron. in the Hue de I*rovence.
"Belllera, Hep't of Ix>lre."
•yea, and gut ter* I Intonation when unduly
and urinary tioubles and backache, as
It was about noon when he ascend**] the
Jerome K. Jerome say* he la back In
"T h a t w ill b* my name for th * next
excited, sufficiently attested hia H u m i x i i
it has a peculiar action upon the kid
stair.-aee and rapped loudly on th * door
thia
country for some uew jokes. lie la ney structure, cleansing these m< st im -
two
or
three
daya;
at
any
rat*,
as
long
•rig ln .
of the veetllnile.
H'Aubnron came out
M l m «, And It
to Mar at " k « / 1« - > » dud out that the .-oat of p c T u u to n a n , and'hel'plng“th e m io .Tft
In Gughatoff, rb* Itoewlan, M, ( ’««
himself to let him in, rubbing hla eye*.
Itelllara.
Iteu
t
tel.fraph
u
n
i.»
m , prea- llalu« here u not oue.—Waahlofto« and filler Irom the blood the fool acida
sagi,e found h* had a far more difficult
” 1 hare l>*en up pretty nearly all night,
^
, ‘^ ¿ " 7 " ' ’ ' I ' —
«hat Poat.
M d w « ,e matter which cause aiekueaa
person to deal with than the little laun
he said, yawning terribly. " W a it till I
.leur Chabot. and p ^ a ‘ i ma'a'it o n «
fioB lf
“ otto on dlmM
Those who .offer can
drew*, pliant by reason of her •xee**ive get a bath.
Then we * m J1 have some
greed.
W ith Gughatoff. whose political breakfast.”
to ken» track of H r. Paul Masoo's move- "uN ect under diseussiou. It w ould be
no mistake in giving it a trial,
opinion* now constituted bi* whol* life
"Confound the fellow ,” exclaimed th * menta.
T o ta lly unnecewiary, you aay? ^»(T'^thlng th a t all o f us could ta lk
In France for the privilege of wearing
motive, mere gain was a •««'ondary con
impatient ( assagne.
" I never call on
Not at all. H e may ta the deepest villa in
m ore In te llig e n tly .— New York men’s trouser« th * government charges
al<l«w*tion. He devoted *11 hla a;«ire time, biro but ha is either in tbe bath or just
of them all, and have railed me In merely M a ll.
women a tax of about $10.
whtch was considerable, a* hl* w ife did about to take one. I t Is the one thing
to keep tha other «id* from retaining my
it seems that the per capita clrcula
most of th * work, to the discussion of against hia making a good detective, lie
!h,nklR< J iat. by "“.i1,,.* *fi p he t,<>Q
$23 23. while now it is
politics.
I f * waa one of those men of la too fond of w ater."
whom people a a y : "H e would sooner talk
tatog
put
upon
hla
own
track."
’
$
5
A m inute afterw ard H 'A nhum n a p p m r
politics than eat.”
over that 23.—New York
cd In a loose dr*aing gown and T urkish
Charles D'Auburon loat sight of the is ” alarmed
*
' I ' l l * Parisian detective now felt tliat
«Upper*, swinging two enormous Indian
sublime egotism of his leader in hia ad Tribune.
while hl* progress *o far had been *atla- clubs In a manlier that threatened de
m iration of tbe manner in which he left
Brokers’ wives, owing to the tight o f toe happy hom es of to-day Is a
factory, th * greatest caution on hi* part atructiou to th * chandelier^ and or
no point uncovered.
His movements In
ness of things monetary, have resolved va*t fund of in.'ormation as to the
waa uec<*wtary.
H e had seen the m<Mt menta.
th* case were to be compared to those
likely caaea ruined by too haaty conduct.:
W hile he was thus engaged, ('aauigtie
of a sk illfu l general, who, tafore the t a t to play bridge only sixteen hours a day best m ethods of promoting health and
H e did not suffer htui*elf to be uuduly had arisen. He w»> w alking restlessly up
tle actually commences, disposes of hi« Instead of twenty, as heretofore.—New happiness and right living and know
elated by the extremely satisfactory out
aud down the room. The splashing of the men to the utmost advantage.
W hat In York Mail.
ledge of the world's best products.
cam* of hia interview w ith Mtue. Beau
w afer had given him a audden fit o f shiv other men would have Iwen vanity was In
There is nothing whatever in busi
aantin. l ie went about hia work with the ering.
Products of actual excellence and
T h a Right of hia friend wasting
M . Caaxagn* «imply an expression of con ness or financial conditions In this
greatest deliberation. A mau le*» a tuns
{«ecloua time on what he deemed a f r iv fident'* born of hia self-reliant nature.
reasonable claim s truthfully presented
country to cause uneasiness to any mau
ter of hi* difficult profession would have olous exercise, aleo irritate d him.
Sud
(T o he continued.)
who Is engaged lu an honest business.— and which have attained to world-
at ouiw excited NUHpiclou, which would denly his eye fell upon a card In the
Washington Post.
W de accePtan<* through the approval
have resulted lu the Ituanian** closing receiver on the center table.
I t waa a
Me C ir c a * ( o r J o h n n y .
hia mouth forever. M. ('aawigue avoided very elegantly etigrnved piece of pa*te
T here will be a further drop In the of the w <>lHnformed of the World;
Johnny—"Gnu I go to the circus,
this fatal error hy the very deliberation l>oard. surmounted w ith a coronet ero
prices of provisions aud m eats,” says not of individua!s only, but of the
p<r
w ith w lilrti he went about hia work. Hla bossed In gold. Its inscription read:
an
Armour manager. "Further?" Has m any w ^o have the happy faculty of
Father- "No Indeed. I wouldn't
first step was to And out ttea kind of mun
'T h e Vicomte de V a lia r."
anyone
notice«! the previous drop?— selectin g and obtaining the best the
he had to deal with.
In two daya, he
"A h ," exclaimed Gnaoagne, " th a t’s the think of letting you see such a degrad
world affords.
New York World.
had |»o*ec>«acd himself of all neccaanxy man to whom I procured you the letter ing exhibition.”
Inform ation. On the third he continued of Introduction.
One of the products of that class,
You managed to get
At the Weather Bureau these days
Johnny—"Then won't you please
to Ingratiate bi in«*If w ith the jan ito r, in there?”
they
are
enjoying
n
delightful
new
of
known component parts, an Ethical
take me to the menagerie? Teacher
regard to whose antecedent« and pecu
" Y e *.” replied D ’Auburon, "and he call saya we ought to see the animals,"
game, known ns "Earthquake, enrth- remedy, approved by physicians and
liarities he hud been so careful to make ed when I wan out and left hi« card. A
Father—"What! Pay full price to <Iuake- who's got the earthquake?"— commended by the Well-Informed of
hlmnelf acquainted.
great financier he la. President o f half ace only half the allow? I guess not."| Washington Herald.
the World as a valuable and whole
On th * fifth day tha morning tra in bore a dosen big companies.
H e has made
som
e family laxative is the well-known
A seat on the New York Stock Ex
the detective away from Biol*, th * richer one fortune and has tw enty Iron« in the
A fte r T w e n ty Y e a r*.
|c h a n g e ^ .» dr,.pp«l to thejnslgnlficant p..trUHS''b w n ila." ll
“a“ bd“
for some very import«nt Inform ation. He fire, all of which he manages to keep re
Mrs. Hardapple (nt play)— "That sum of $53.000. Doubtless
had shown the portrait in the locket to spectably heated -----"
z.*
standing the genuine, manufactured by the
Gughntoff, and the concierge, like M m *.
"N ever mind him for the present.” in thnr lending Indy looks the same at room Is down as low as $38,326.17.— Galifornia Fig Syrup Co., only, • and
Beau«« nt in, bad declared It to be the terrupted ('asangne. Im patiently.
she did In the last net?"
'T e ll
Washington Herald.
for sale by all leading druggists.
portrait of the American Henry Graham. me of Chabot, above all. 1 want to know
Mr. Hardapple—"Yeas, and twenty
In addition be bad actually persuaded what the prefect of police has accomplish
Japan Is buying great quantities of
years are auppoeed to elapse between
Gughatoff that be bad been all the time ed.
Ilo w ninny men has hu got ou the the last and thin one."
American-made steel rails. Let her
entertnlnlng In H rtiry Graham a epy of
A rattling good railroad prob
M ra. Hardapple—"Do tell! And to alone!
the Rnaslan government ; th at he, Gas-
"Four!"
lem
will
give her all the war abe wants
think she didn’t waah her face once
M a n *, belonged to a friendly circle of
"Who are they?"
at home.—Atlanta Constitution.
In
all
that
time.”
French co operative N ih ilists having Its
"Vougeot, Remoul, V llleroy and Gou-
A Pennsylvania Judge announces that
headquarter« In P aris; Hint Graham had tln e t."
applicants
for divorce must prepay
bceu at one time a mein tier of the circle,
11*
Wa*
Imnaaaa.
"Non* of them ia up to much except
and that he was about to betray bis lata Vougeot," mused M. Gamngne, to wKoxn
'Aren't you going In bathing?" costs. Why not be forehanded and In
comrade*.
Gughatoff, to w l*xn a spy th* detectives named were well known. asked Miss Pepprey.
sert a divorce codicil in the marriage
waa an a red rag to a bull, had gTeedily "Vougeot Is a pretty smart fellow. What
•No,” replied Cholly. “You know, certificate?—Philadelphia Press.
swallowed this remarkable fa iry tale of is he doing?"
That M assachusetts case. In which a
they say there's a huge shark lurking
the detect I vo’a, especially whan th * latter
"He is shadowing Ghahot. So far he around the beach these days."
man got a divorce from his w ife be
had produced a sk illfu lly prepared docu has accomplished nothing."
•Yea. but why ahoukl that alarm cause she went through his pockets
ment in Russian which not only com
"Now tell ma what has happened. This
say
It’s a maa-aating every night, was probably raised before
•ay It’a
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