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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1910-5-19, Page 7Ir f ill NE MYSLIIY ; OR, THE 1-iERITAGE OF MADAME YALTA. 011A1"TI;J;t VI.—(Cont'd) ' above you, with my friend Galo These words, tak-en from the pardin,, and your ball passed right P�enaleode, had a prodigious effect, under our, noses."' 'The two mon heisted on the top of "Monsieur Falot, I have told you ttie berlin were about to assist each bcairo,that it doesn't'- suit me to •other in climbing the window, joke with you." • where their mom ianiun was hold - 1 "Upon my waiicl it is true.. Aslc, ing out his arms to thorn, when the (Galopardin," menace, hurled by an invisible wit-, "1 .swear it," repliedthe clerk ness,made them hesitate. Ab the who answered to this absurd name. wane moment was heard the open- ''1 swear it by the concierge and in of the casements to all windows be this house.; and here is Mlle.' .of the house guarded by the pot- Saint Gres who will bear witness to ter Ballard. having heard the hissing of this "AU my people`- are astir," he projectile. .said, Tubbing his Bands; "the fe- Mlle. Saint Gres was a person of male tenant of the second, floor, the ripe years, of a ,,spare figure, and a druggist of the first, and now we pimpled face; the. renals tenant of shall -have a play for nothing. The the second floor.. .druggist raves like anything, and Maximo was not sorry to see all the 'female tenant dreams of our- the tenants collected together. -der every night." "Gentlemen," he said, "I have "Ali! a thousand thunders!" . not the honor to be known to you, vcciferated a mescaline . voice, and since chance has led me to be "what's all drat? Robbers pillaging Present at a singular spectacle—" the house over there l Concierge, "1 beg pardon, monsieur, who are to&G for the police -the guard !" Wm "Murder ! fire 1" shrieked a fe- male velem. "Ahs rascals, wait awhile," re- sumed %he- man; "my revolver! where is my revolver?" Maximo determined not to show himself, but to act according to the course Borisoff should take. He never lost sight of the boyard, who showed unmistakable signs of per- plexity, even of fright. Evidently his attempt had failed, and nothing remained for him but to beat a re- treat. He appeared, however, still to hesitate before decamping with Inc troops, and moved about un- easily, shaking his fist at the peo- ple who threatened him, rens- •sembling his subalterns, and gesti- culating violently, By ,his order, doubtless, one of the men on the box dismounted hastily, and the other took the whip and reins. The man whohad en- tered the house. with, Robert de Carmel jumped from the balcony to the b:rlin and the -ice to the sidewalk. The defeat turned into a rout. At this . moment a pistol was fired by -the terrible tenant of the first floor. The effect was not deadly—no one fell—bat t}'9 explosion gave the sig- net for bis'; rout. Borisoff hustled his men into the carriage, where they crammed themselves with some difficulty, and jumped in af- ter them. The driver struck out his horses in the direction of the •.Avenue de Villiers. "They fly, the cowards!" exclaim- ed Bidard, willingly showing him- self now that all clanger was past. "They don't get off like that. Come, sir, this is the moment to cry 'Stop thiefI' There's a station down there on the avenue. The soldiers will stop the carriage." As he said this he precipitated himself into the street. Maxims made no effort to' -abate his ardor, .anawialingly followed. He had little hope of capturing *c berlin. Indeed, it was a small matter to ]him whether or not they •cal;tured Borisoff, but he was greatly concerned to know what had become of Robert de Carnoel, Adamo Sargent, and the countess' hs,Astiie fencing-master. They must be in the lhouso, and the counted on the tenants to assist him in forcing them iput of thein' cert. Jest as he put his foot outside a pair of good eyes. And the bus - the door the victoria arrived at full band offered me a hundred sous to speed. bake him to his house. I'd lay my Auguste, the faithful coachman, 1;Ie on it, he's just murdered his wife:" "A murder Ah, mon clieu!" groaned the female tenant. "Tho tragedies of jealousy,,, sneered Galopardin. "It would be well to enter and search the house," said Maxime. r`Tf a crime has been committed the victim has' need of assistance per- haps.'' "Enter!! How? The doors are locked:" "By the window, then," said Fa- int "13iderd must have a ladder; who hasn't?" "What's a )adder for?" asked Auguste. "I'm going to pub my carriage under the casement. "Like the berlin a while ago? It's a good idea," said Maximo. "Good!" cried Clelopardin. "There is, perhaps, a corpse ortwo in there, and we are palled upon to make a search. " Minot and I will ohmb in with you. Bidard and Pincornet will guard the door, and Mlle. Saint Gres will pray for us." This programme was laic, off in so decided a tone that no one ob- jected, and Auguste hastened to lead this horse; by the bridle Ito the 'spot indicated. It was less adept - ed fon the purpose than orisoffs berlin, but the intrepid Valet found that by standing on tiptoe the could lay hold of the window with his you-?" asked the old druggist, gravely: Maxime was wishing to send to tam devil ,this ridiculous individual wilt assumed the airs of a magis- trate interrogating a prisoner. But his situation was one in which he; had need of everybody, and he did n• t disdain to conciliate the good- will of Signor Pencornet. "I entered," he said, "to make some inquiries of the concierge,, when 1 saw arrive, in carriage and on foot, the bandits who have at- tempted to climb into that house. Naturally, I remained to give as- sistanee to honest people. I am the nephew of M. Claude Dorgeres, banker." "Good house, monsieur," said the bass voice of the old druggist. "House favorably known on chang .'." "Wait," said one of the young tenants of the third, "I know your uncle's cashier." "Really?" asked Maxims, a, lit- tle surprised. "I was quite intimate with him betore he was such a grandee. We ate in the same restaurant; soup, twc dishes, half a bottle and des- sert, thirty-six sous. His name is Jules Vignory. Galopardin knows him too." "Yes," affiirmed clerk number tee, "would you like a description of him? Vignory (Jules), called the rceiere of the Upper Saone, because the was born at Vesoul and because he is virtuous, twenty-six years round chin, oval face-" "I know the rest;" said Maxims, laughing. "Vignory is my intimate friend, and I am pleased to meet two of his comrades. But suffer me to remind you that we all have a duty to fulfil, that of warning the ism upants of that house that rogues have aiitemptecl to force an en- trance." "Not worth the trouble. The lir x is empty. The Prussian has gone home." "His friends have • come back, M'sieu Falot," said the porter. "For a quarter of an ,tour a wo- man and two men have been there, without counting the servants. If mit hadn't staye•cl so long at Cafe Cardinet, you'd have seen 'em go in as we did—monsieu-r and me." "And me, too," cried the coach- man. "I wasn't so near, but I've slttraeted by the pistol -shot, was hastening to the assistance of This rrlohlaient'. "Stop l" cried Maxime, and Au- guste stopped Alert. "Good!" said Bidard, "we will janlp into the milord and follow .after the brigands." "If the brigands aro in the bor- lin wluoli filed away down yonder, it's no rise to 'start my mare after them; silo couidn'Ib catch up with ten-thousand-frane horsos. I heard a pistol -shot. Was it monsieur that fired it?" `•'No, and no one was hurt. 1 be- lieve it was fired in the air." "Who is it undertakes to say 1 fired in the air?" cried a rough voice. Turning, Maximo found Himself face to face with a grotesque per- sonage a coarse, Nitta old man en- veloped in a dressing -gown, and ba d armed with cavalh'y revolver. ji' "1 beg pardon, monsieur," said Maxine. "I thought you wished simply to give the alarm." "No, sir ; .1 aimed far the chief of the robbers,and an, sure I leeched, him, If rid had cartridges 1 would have killed them all, bub owe unlorlunately 1 hall oft1 y ne load, "Fortunately Papa 1'inearnet," s ' 'ung DEM who ')tad' just if the house; "if you Ihad you would have dine Seeds, and Maxims, following the s at thy window, just exatnplo of 'rho two . clerks, raised GIVEN VP BY HIS PHYSICIAN “FRIAFRUIT MEDICINE, SAVED HI9 E. . JMOtc DINGWALL., coo. Williamstown, Ont., July 2711i, Iso8. "I suffcredall my life from Chronic Constipation and no doctor, or remedy, I ever tried helped tae. "1Truit:a-tithe" promptly cured me. Also, last spring I had a had attack of BI,ADDR, and KIDNEY TROUBLE and the doctor gave me up but "bruit-a-tives" saved Iny life. I nm now over eighty years of age and I strongly recommend "Fruit-a-tives"'for 'Constipation and. Kidney Tronble" (Signers) JAMES DINGWALL. 50e a box, 6 for $2 .go—or trial box; 250 —at dealers or -from Fruit-a-tives Limited, Ottawa, himself of the strength of his wrists aid leaped the balcony after them. "We can't see a jot here," said I'alot. "Wait, I have some matches in my pocket." Be struck' a light,which was 'suf- ficient to enable them to discern on a table a candelabra filled wilth wax candles, an'd in another minute the darkness gave place to an illumin- ation. It was, as Bidard had said, the dieing -room. The eloth was laid on a table, in the middle of which was a chalice of old Saxony filled with rare flowers. But it did not appear that any guests had been seated at the table, and in the great empty hall the silence was prtfound. "One might suppose it was the castle of the Sleeping Beauty of the woods," murmured Falet. "Let us search," said Maxinre- "First let us see what way this door leads-hold—itis looked on. the outside." "Let us begin by calling," ex- claimed Felot, striking with his feet against. the door. "Hallo!" No one answered to this appeal, bus a murmur of voices in the street attracted the attention of the explorers. They hastened to tc the window and saw the tenants and porter in conference with two pclicemen, who had been attracted by the repohw of the pistol. Maximo saw that the moment had come for his intervention. To- gether with the two clerks, he had in a few seconds joined the group, and was in a position to add his wc.rd to the somewhat confused conversation between the occupants of the house opposite and the guardians of the peace. He re- counted briefly what had taken place, and so told his story as to lead the policemen to believe that a crime had id all probability been committed, and that it was impera- tive to search the house immedi- ately. All the doors were looked. The commissary of police alone had the right to have them opened, and one of the policemen went in search of him. This magistrate resided in the neighborhood, and in twenty min- utes ho arrived, followed by a lock- smith armed withh all the imple- ments of his profession. He listen- ed attentively to Maxime's recital, the discourse of M. Pincornet, and, above all, the report of M. Bidard, who, in his quality of con- cierge of the house opposite, was is a position to certify to what had taken place for six months past; and finally concluded it was expe- dient to have it legal search of this singular abode, whose aocupants showed themselves at intervals and disappeared like phantoms. By his artier one of the policemen rang several times, and no one answer- ing, he commanded the locksmith t0 operate. It was the work of a moment, and they found themselves at the foot of a stairway, plunged in com- plete darkness, But the knowing Bidard had foreseen this case, and arrived with a lantern, which Ise hastened to place in the ]hands of the policeman, for the was not bent upon being nibs first to penetrate this clangorous castle. The stairway led the visitors to a billiard -hall, an apartment which had three doors, including the one which opened from tiro stairway. One of them was locked, but the Ice;+ was in the look, and ib was eels, necessary to turn it to pass in- to the dining -room, svlhere the wax candles, lit by Galopardin, were mill hurting, The 'third communi- cated with a cabinet containing a large amount of plate and glass. The commissary remarked that the window of this cabinet was open, a window wbieh opened 'on a stair- way composed of six stops, descend ing into agarden or rather court. 1 Sco a ladder there placed against the well I" exelaimed letax- irate, A, policeman intended the ladder and saw that 'there was one also on the other side. The two portable ladders joined at the top, To mrudlt and descend by this route we s easy enough. This precaution proved that the inmates of the house +tntiripated the necessity of taking flight, At the foot of the leeklor the moist earth preserved the prints of their feet. They were many and of all sizes. Five or six persons bad passed that way, The fugitives who arrived pell-mell had pattered their feet several minutes before acieending the ladder in file, and Maxima could :recognize the beets with sharpened heels, which marked the passage of Madame ergent, Maxime acompanisd the commis- sary to the end of his search. The house underwent .a thorough inspection from. garret to cellar, as well as the grounds adjoining. They found nothing. The commissary cuntented-hiniself with taking down the , name's of those present, in case they should lie required as witnesses, a, case that appeared very improbable, for he began to believe in a hoax. Maximo had to give his address,, and mounted immediately in the vehicle of the faithful Auguste, not' without having gonosously reward- ed Bidard and taken leave of the two clerks, whom he even invited to dine with him, art invitation which they accepted in chorus. (To be continued.) "Excuse me, ma'am," said the book canvasser to the lady who had opened the door in answer to Inc ring, "but if you have a few mo- ments to spare, I'd like to show you the great work on the 'Habits of Savage Animals.' "No use wasting your Vine, young malt," replied the lady. "I've been mar- ried three times, and ' know all about their habits." 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Many farmers fail in the use of commereial fertilizers because they de not realize that nature stares up in the virgin soil largo quentl- titiss of humus which has been steadily depleted by each crop. The use of barnyard manure will increase the amount of humus, Ono of the chief advantages of comhner- cite. fertilizer is that it has no hu- ° mus, thus lessening its bulk and enabling it to be shipped long lis- tances, which could not be profit- ably done if it contained bulky hu- mus, as stable manure does. In order to use commercial fertilizer . successfully, care must be takes to keep the humus content of the soil no to the same standard as is found in naw laud. This can only be done by plowing in vegetable matter. Whore clover comes in rotation every third year there will be no trouble in keeping humus up to the necessary standard, and in addition, the supply of nitrogen will be great ly increased. 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Recent investigations conttstd'd. by the .Department of Mines, cnida., led with private prospecting, in, 5pue tit hope that ('ualet is a s rich in iron and steel making tee aerials as tiv-Welted fitattts, You cannot make a deed 0, lova look small.