South Bend News-Times, Volume 37, Number 210, South Bend, St. Joseph County, 28 July 1920 — Page 14
WEDNESDAY MORNING, JULY 28, 1920
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TRACKED TO DOOM Or the Mystery of the Rue de Peychaud BY O. HENRY
Tis midr.lcht In I,ri. iiriJV'i th it A myriad oi the ft the .ou; Noir. ca.-t th ir r f I-v.t iori carK watt rs or tn !r"' a s Kloor:.i;y pa the VT. tDÜ tn- hl.j.rk ual. of th- C nv ?otadain. The gf.'it l'r'rrh il is astir. ar.'I it is the. hour wl "Nice n.-;d wlcl;d:.' Hur.di eds f : f.a' r through tn.- j-'.n '. s r : i : i - 1 1 ; s diive : adly a s ir.en. Las hi;;:; an : b'autif u! Ji s lr--. ::. fra ( p c r : , : O , a i und ir.r.tfrt, and ti. 1; upper rooms of th' "afe 'JVrnps are filled froupy, while hon i, ..!.-. 4.nd reparte fly upon th' Tout 1j P'-riria airthe Jew Is :' thought and n erfation. Luxury and poverty hrush each -thtr in th tr- ts. The h&mele.-'S -Kamin, --ruin .a .- j with whicli t Jiurf ha.-? a. h d ar.d th- p ndthrift iu. .scattt riri-,' Kold- n 1'iun tl'or, tread th- sir.'o pavr n.-ru. When otl.tr c;ti. -p. Pans Iris ui-.t bKun her wild r v irj'. The lust scene of :ir tury i a collar beneath th d'- P'ych.iuJ Th rnoni is filltd v!:h smoke of "Jjipes, and Is etlflir.K ith Ihr rerkir.R breath of lta inir.atfu. A sinl'! larlnx ras Jet dira'y lights lh; t-' f-ne, which Is on- llmhraiidt rr t MorIar.d and K is. I would hav; ; 3oved to paint. A I'-ircon is selling ahslnthe to , rurh (t the motley crowd as have ffw Po'Jr, dralin !t "ut in nittKardly ioitions in hrokea teacups. Leaning1 asrinst the bar is Carjialr.! Cusht-aii generally known us the Gray Wolf. Tie U th- worst man in Paris. II. Is more than four f et ten in Leifckt, and his sharp, ferocious looking face and th mass nf loni?
lanKi'd Kray hair that rovers his of 'he DucheFS Valerie du Bellaira. face and head, have earned for him j Tilt" apartments are flooded with a th name hh bears. j mallow lisht from paralline candles His striped llouso i."- v.-iv. rp-n in silver candelabra, at the neck and fall outsido of Iiis '. The company h the most arlstodim?y hather troin rs The handle ; cratlc and wealthy In Paris, of a deadly looking knife protrudes; Three or four brass bands are from his belt. Ort ffrok of its .playing behind a pcrtero between the blade would open a box of the fi- , rr aI t-hed. and also behind time, nest Trench sardines. I Kootmen in py-laced livery bring in
"Voila, Gray Wolf.' cries teau, th bartender. "How victims today? There is no upon your hands. Has the Coumar. blood Gray "Wolf fnr;:otteu how to bite?" "Sac.n- HIcu, Mil-. Tonnerre. by ifiorpe." Titi-ses the Gray AVolf, "Mi ri5ieur Cautra, you are bold indeed to ppeak to me thus. "Hy Ventre St. Chris! r hnve not ven dined today. Spoils indeed. There is no living in Paris now. Kut one rich American have I parroted in a fortnK'ht. "Hah! tho- democrats. They have r-!ned the country. With their Income tax and their fi e trade, thy have destroyed business. Car-rarr.bo-Diabl: d n it: i I ist! suddenly says Chamounlx the rn ---"ticker, who is worth 20.COO.OOO frincy, "some one comes!" The II ir door opened and a man crej.t softly down the- rickety steps. Tiie crowd watches him with 1 1 i dl-nt awe. lie went to the nr. Inld h: cari on the counter, bought a drink of absinthe, and then lrawin from his "pocket a little mirror, sot it up on the counter and proceeded to don a fals beard and hair and paint his lace into wrinkles, until he closely resembled an old man 71 years of age. lie then went into a dark corner find watrhed the rowd of people with sharp, ferrt-lik eyes. Gray Wclf cf-pt oautious'y to the bar and examined th card left by the newcomer. "liolv St. P,Iidef he exclaims. "It is Tictooq. t!.,. ,!.;,., t v, Ten mir.'.jtes l.-.ter a beautiful woman enters the el!ar. Tenderly mit;:rrd, u.d accustomed to et ery luxury that mo;-,, y could procure, she hnd. wh.en a yonm? vivandiere at the '-nvcn? or Saint Susan rie la Mo;-tarde. run away with th Gray Wo'.f. f a ; r-.a t ed by his many c-imes ar.! the knowl d"e that h!s bu-!r.. s r. .r allow, d him to scrape his f--t in the hill it sr.ore. "Parbb-'ti. M ine." snarls th,- Gray Wolf. "Que vnluez vüu '.' A v z- ous le beau i hcvil d nor, fr re, ouhjoli ehien do votre pcre?' "No. t o. Gray Wolf," houts the motle- trr.tip of assassins, rourues and piekpockets, -ven thir hardened harts appalled at his f c a rl ' 1 worts. Men rieu! You cannot be so i rui l!" Ti. r.v!" Fhr-uts the Gray Wolf. row m.iddrr.e.l t" desperation, nyol drawmc: lüs pleamlr.g knife. "VciHa' Canaille! Tout morde, carte blanche enbonpoint siuve etv.e peu: en'rt1 notis rever.tx nous a nous moutous!"' The horrlf.ed rar.-.-u!ot res .-hrlrk back In terror as tl Gr. y Wolf relies Maria by the hair ar. l cut? her Into 20 pieces, ea h exactly the same .size. A he rinds with recking hard above th corpse, lence. the cl I gray has been watch.' am hi a d p sibearded mar who the rer. f prir.iT forward, tars c T his rals. b V, ird a:nl l.lhl-'US locks. French 4. I . ' 4 1 dc tl stands bf ft ri them. Spollbovr.d a denizens of the 1 immovable, cellar raze at the :o--s . ' s greatest modern I t i about the customary : ; e h duti-s o:' Ho f.rst nuasures the ditaro from the mur b red woman to a point o'.i the wall, then h tah-s down the name of the bartend r and the d.iy of th month and th. .ir. Th- a drawimr from his ;'Cki t a powerful .lico5co,. exah. ir.es a I: ( ! I J50 Wedding Present A wedding prfü!':it of JT.u.' '1 :n gold will ! i' gien the firs: couple to get married at Ke.'lüid Park r.cxt Sunday. Phor.e "us about it rlsht away. C. N. Lodge & v. Farmers Trust Bid. Rose'.ar.d BOTlth side. Term i 2 Phor.'j Lincoln C733. Park is tho rem of th down. thn only $1.50 per wk. So interest no taxes fr.r wo ye&rft. The. biauty h. m sites ins like hot-cakr-s. Most lots ar only '2 are S3, while other lots in the same c-ction stll for If-0 0 to ii.coo. To ir.fcptct tlie pro;-rty U ff n Sunday crowd, take sutli s.de
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'l-ii mintitOM later a Ix-autifuJ woman on t ts tho collar. ! p -.usincr. ho strikes his hand upon hi; I. row with a gesture of mra1 i nee. '.Milie. tonnerre," he mutters "I yhou.d have asked the name of thit 1 man with the knife in his hand." , It Is reception nifrht at tho Dalaco i ! " r noiselessly and carry out appley'ptolinqs dropped by the gut-sis. Vc'erle, seventh Duchess du Relliirj, leans back on a solid p;old ottoman on eiderdown cushions, surrounded by the wittiest, tho bravest, :.'.d the handsomest courtiers in the c.1 pial. "Ah. madatne," said the Prince Champvilliers. of Palais Royaie, corr.T of Seventy-third street, "as Monteso.uinaux Kays, 'Rlen de plus bon tutti frutti Youth seems your inheritance. You are tonight the most be.U'.tifal, the wittiest in your own saloon. I can scarce believe my own risen, whcn I remember that 31 ars ago you"Saw it off!" .says tho duchess per emptorily. . The prince bows low. and drawing a jewelled dagger, stabs himself tr the heart. "The. displeasure of your gra'-e Is worse than death." he says, as he
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"To whom am I indebted for the honor of this vlrit?" The Gray Wolf smiled softly and depreciatingly. "You are Tictocq. the detective-?" he said. "I am." "Then listen. I am the murderer of Mario Cusheau. She was my wife :nd she had cold feet and ate onions. What wis I to do? Yet life is tweet to me. I do not wish to be gulllo-
' irned. I have heard that you are on my track. Is it true that the case is la your hands?" "It is." "Thank le bon Dleu, then I am saved." The Gray Wolf carefully adjusts ' the climbers on his feet and descends j the spire. Hictocq takes out his notebook and writes in it. "At last." he says. "I have a clew." - Monsieur la Comjite Carnaignole Cusheau, once known as the Gray Wolf, stands in the magnificent drawing-room of his palace on East 47th street. Three days after his confession to Tictocq. he happened to look In the ! rockets of a discarded pair of rants find found 20,000,000 francs in gold. Suddenly the door opens and Tictocq. the detective, with a dozen rends' arme, enters the room. "You are' my prisoner," says the I uetective. J "On what charge?" "The murder of Marie Cusheau on the night of August 17th." "Your proofs?" "I saw you do It, and your own confession on the spire of Notadam.' The count laughed and took a paper from his pocket. "Read this," he said, "here is
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rroof that Marie Cusheau died of .le&rt failure." Tictocq looked at the paper. It was a check for 100.000 francs. Tictocq dismissed the gemd'arme with a wave of his har.d. "We have made & mistake, monskurs," he said, but as he turns to leave the room. Count Marnaigmole sdops him. "One moment, monsieur.The Count of Carnaignole tears from his own face a false beard and te zeals the flashing- eyes and wellknown feature? of Tictocq, the detective. Then, springing forward. he snatches a wig and false eyebrows from his visitor, and the Gray Wolf. K'indinK h!s teeth In rage, stands before him The murderer of Marie Cusheau -vas never discovered.
WILMINGTON, Del. John Moody has vowed to have no more fights except under the "Queensberry rules." In a rough and tumble flgrht, hla opponent bit off his nose. COME TO SOITTH KEVD THURSDAY Thursday Is Final July Clearance Day In South Bend. There'll bo bargains galore! Hotter arrange to spend Thursday In South Hcnd. Cuticura Soap Tho Healthy Shaving Soap Cat!wiS4pkaw(tStarcf. ETfTbm2c.
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