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A PAPER FOR THE PEOPLE.

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Wyllard's Weird,

By MISS M. E- BRADDON.

Author of "Lady Andley's Secret," "Aurora Floyd," "Tn# Outcast," Ac., Ae. ft'i

CHAPTER XI.

FATAL WV1 ,m!

Monsieur Drubarde and his visitor descended the ladder, and entered the police .officer's apartment, which consisted of two small rooms, the outer an office and salon combined, the inner a bed chamber, which Mr. Heathcote saw through 'the open door a neat little bachelor's 'J nest with a velvet curtaiued bedatead, and wails lined with portraits of every |r kind, engraviugs, lithographs, pheto.graphs. **S Tue salon was decorated with the same style of art, diversified by engravings i^from newspapers, all representing notorious Crimea. "The Murder in the Rue 'de la Paix "Gnrinine Latoucno, stab*Pin tue kitchen of the Red Cross Kestau--^rant by her lover, Gilles Perdie ''Tue

.great forgeries on the Baut: of France The escape of Jean Blzat, the parricide," tJArt had represented ail these scenes %itb due dramatic favor. They were fvbardly pleasing subjects in the abstract, '^but to Andre Drubardetbey were all d«* lightful, for tbey recalled some of the n-most interesting and most profitable hours of his life. Ue was rati Had to "••VVBee his guest looking at those stoiiesof crime, in artistic *horthand. -f ''Gilles Perdio would have got off, if ,4|it hud not been for me," he said, with excusable prldo. "The police had been aunting for bini fn long days, when I 'Hfput thein on the right scent, VVe knew iItbat he had not got far from the soene of tbq crime—t'ur there had been no time

for escape, you see. The murder was

tfound out within half an hour of the '^iwoiiian'a death. Ho was hunted for in

every

hole aud corner wittiu a radius of

'a mile. No ouo had seen uim leave the premise*. No one had set eyes oil hiiii since the murder, which occurred in the early morning in October, wiieu it was Hot linht before six. 'How do you '"know that be ever did leave tho house •••51 asked one day, (waning the Red Cross, a workman's eating noime in the Roe

Galande. Ho was coliaruia'i there,'eelltirmmi ami torrnur combined. My eomrsdes laughed at me. They had searched the Red Cross from cellar to garret, they had not left an inrh of the building unexplored. 'Have you looked in the empty casks. The cellar was very neatly arranged, the emptj

cask*

in a row on one side, the full ones on the other. My friends protested that, they were not such fools as to have overlooked an empty cas. 'Who kiio^s,'

I said, 'we will go there this afternoon and overhaul those barrels.' Need I iell you the result? It is history. There was oae empty hogshead, artfully pushed In the corner, last in ih-» rank of unl broached hogsheads. The open end had been turned to the wall, and that empty M*con cask, in that rat-haunted cellar, Gille-4 Perdie had contrived to exist for ten days, by the aid of a little girl, his victim's daughter, who lived in the house, and whom he threatened to kill, as he bad killed her mother, if she told any one about hitn, or failed to carry him food and drink twice a day. There, amidst vermin and ordure, he had lived, coiled up tn his hogshead, and perhaps not muiih worse off than some of be poor of Paris, who have committed no crime except poverty." "You have a right to boast of your •cent, Monsieur, after such a triumph as that." "A bagatelle, Monsieur, one of the

oi my cases but it made a great

lit at the time. My portrait appeared in three different newspapers, side by Bide with that of the criminal." "A distinguished honor. And now if TOO will be kind enough to give me the further information which you promised as to names and details?" •'Monsieur Effcotte, you are Dr. Dlstin's friend, aud for you I would do what I would hardly do for my own brother. I would trust you with one of my books." "You are extremely obliging." "I know, sir, that there are some peo-

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le think noihiug of lending a they can hand over a treasured volume to a friend—an indifferent acquaintance oven—without a pang tbey oan see him turn the leaves and violate the stiffness of tho back. I Monsieur, would almost as soon lend my arm and hand as one of these volumes but for you I will make an exception. You •ball have the volume which nontaius the report of the Prevol oaae to read and oopv at your leisure." "You are more than good

Monsieur Drubarde's library cfttisisted of four rows of handsomely uouud volumes, whose, glided backs shone behind a barricade of plate glass, in a locked book-case. They were books which he had ooliected at his leisure, and which bore for the most part on his profession. Toe Memoirs of Vid»cq, the Memoirs of Canier, of Sansan the executioner, and other biographies of thrilling interest. For literature of so lofty a stamp. Andre Drubarde had deemed no binding too luxurious, and he had clothed bis 'Mfavorites in ail the glory of purple and

treen and crimson, and sumptous gildHe bad decorated their backs with all the bookbinder's chosen ornamenta tiou—his tteurs de-lls and roses, his foliage and aoorns, and scrools and emblems. jBven the volume of printed reports "which Monreur Drubarde handed to Mr. Heath cote was gorgeous in red moroco and gold. "Yon will find thecm^e fully reported in that volume," be said. When you have read It, and made your own conclusions upon it you can come back to m« and we will taik the matter over together." "I will call upon you again to-morrow at the name hour, if you will allow me," jteplied Heathcote. laying a ten-pound note ujx.n the table, "but I must a*l» yuu In the meant itus" to accept this trifle a* an earnest of fortune remuneration4 I do not on any account d***ire to im|x»a* upon your ito«id nature."

Monsieur Drubarde shrugged bis *huld*ra. declared that as a matter of feeling he would rather work gratuitoue)v for any friend of Mr. DUtln a, but thtt fr«m a business point of view hi•« time was valuable. He had a little pUc* In thA country, fifteen miles out of Paris he had nephews and ntei** deoendent upon tilm in a word, h« had to wo-k »r others sa well as for Mm*el*. •*tt 'fore von g», perhaps you will be so good as to tell me jour motive tor hunt

ing up the history of this old murder," he said, with a keen look. He bad been intending to ask ibis question from the beginning. "lam hunting out the details of an old murder in order to fathom the mystery of a new murder, or of a strange death, which I lake to be a niuider. Cau you read EoglUh, Monsieur Drubarde? "1 have a niece who can—a girl who was educated at Jersey. I am going to my country home this afternoon, and my niece can read anything you give me."

Mr. Heatbcote took from bis pocketbook the report of the two inquests, cut out of the local papers and pasted ou slips of foolscap. "If your niece will translate that

port

for you I think you will understand the motive of my investigation," he t»aid, aud then bade Monsieur Drubarde good morning.

He went down stairs with the volume of repoits under bis arm, hailed a dy, and drove to the Hotel de Bade, stop ping only to engage a stall for that evening at Comedie Francaise, the only recreation which he cared for in his present frame of mind. Ue bad numerous acquaintances in Paris, but he did not care about seeing some of them just now nor did he linger in the bright gay streets to make the changes which a year bad made in the aspect of that evervarying city, as he would have done had bis mind been free from care.

He bad a sitting-room and bed-room on the second flcor of the hotel, two nice little rooms opening into each other, and both overlooking the Boulevard, au outlook which on foruiwr occasions be bad pieferred to the monastic quiet of the court-yard, where there were uo sounds but ihe splashing of the water, with which the man-of-all-work sluiced the stone pavement at intervals of.an hour or two all through the broiling afternoon, or the scream of a chainmaid arguing with a waiter, both talking as loud as if they bad beeu commuuicating from the gate of St. Martin to the gale of St. Denis. To-day, with the report of be Prevol case opeu betore him, Edward Heathcote could have found it in his heart to curse the Boulevard, with its incessant roar and rattle its incessant ya-youp of ccachtueii on the point of ruuning over a.foot pisseuger, and everlasting clamo% of the lively Gaul. He would like to be in a hermit's cave, with never a sound but the sighing of the wiud ou the mountain side.

Yes, here was tho interrogation of the waiter at Henri Qu&tie Hotel: "Do you remember a lady aud gentlamaii who diued at the private rooui on the 0«-h of September?"

Tno waiter remembered perfectly. The lady was very protty, th" gentleman remarkably handsome, and with a distinguished air. The geintleman ordered a private room and a little dinner, bien Moigne. He was very particular ab tut cauipagne, and about ibe'desert. Tue grapes and peach#s were to be of ihe cuoicest. The gentlethau aud lady dinud early, between live and six, and the lady had a miewhat agitated air, seem ed out of sorts, aud ate very little. Tiih gentleman was very attentive to her, and petted Hie little girl. At half past six ihey went out for a drive in the foret-i. Tue carriage was ordered directly they sat down to dinner. "Had you any reason to suppose that this lady and gentleman had been followed or watched by anyone when th» arrived at the Henri Quatre?'' "They arrived in a fly. No, I observed no one lurking about, or watching when tbey arrived. I went out to give au order to the coachman while the carriage was standing before the door, waiting to take th«m for their ride in the Forest and I observed a man on the other side of tue road. I should not have noticed bim, perhaps, if the collar of his overcoat has not been turned up in a curious manner. I thought it strange that anyone should wear an overcoat ou such an evening."

Did this man appear to be watching the hotel?" He was standing in front of the hotel when I went out. I saw bim look across at the window in which the lady and gentleman were dining. The window was open, and there were two candelabra npou the table. Anyone could see the diners from the road." "There was no blind, or curtain "No. The evening was particularly mild. All the windows in the sittingrooms were open. •'What became of this man "He walked rapidly along the road, and turned to the corner of the terrace." "Should you recognise him if you were to meet him again "Impossible. It was twilight when I saw him, and be was on the other side of the road. His coat collar was tnrned up, so as to conceal the lower half of his face."

But you must at least have observed his general appearance. Was he tall or short Had he the air of a gentleman "He was tall. Yes, I should say he wa« a gentleman." "Young or old "tie walked like a young man. I thought he had an agitated air. He walked very quickly, but stopped suddenly two or three times between the hotel and tho corner of the terrace, as if he were thinking deeply, hesitating whether to go this wayor that, and then he walked on again more quickly than before." "You saw no more of him that evening?" "No. At half-past eight o'elock I heard that there had been a double murder in the forest, and that the bodies were lying at the Town Hall. I went to Bee the bodies, and recognised the lady and gentleman who baa dined at our hotel. I saw the little girl, who was in charge of the police. She was crying bitterly. The corpses were remoTed to Perls immediately after the inquest."

Toe examination of the driver came next. He bad been told to wait at tbe cross roads until the lady and gentle returned from their stroll. It was a lovely night—a night which might KaTe tempied anyone to aligbt and walk in the forest glade. Tbe moon was rising, but it was dark amid tbe old trees. The man had been waiting about a quarter of an hour when be heard a shot a little way off—and then another, and another, and another, in rapid succession—and then he beard a child screaming. He tied his horse to a tree, and ran into the glade, guided by the screams of tbe child. Ue found the lady and gentlera 1 lying on the ground side by side, and the child kneeling by tbe lady, and screaming with grief and terror. Tbe gentleman gwanel two or three times aud th*»n expired. Tbe lady neither stirred nor moaned. Her tigbt-oolorsd gown and mantle were covered with blond.

The driver was qaestJohed as to whether anybody bad pe«sed him while he waited at «be cross roads. No, he had not observed anyone, except an old woman and a hov who had been gathering stick* in the forest. The plsoa at which be was waiting was a well-known point. Tbe glade in which tbe murder occurred was considered one of tbe most picturesque spots in tbe forest. He al

TERRE HAUTE SATURDAY EVEN INGMA1L.

ways drove there with people who wanted to see tbe bsauties of St. Germain. But at tbat late hour there were very few people driving. He bad met no carriage after leaving the terrace.

Then followed the examination of the child, and of Marie Prevoi's mother. They were both lengbty, for the judge d' instruction bad applied himself with peculiar earnestness to the task of unraveling tbis myMery, and it was only iu the details «f tbe dead woman's surroundings tiiat the clue to the secret could he found.

Tbe child bad evidently answered the magisterial questions with extreme intelligence. However she might have broken down afterwards, she bad been perfectly rational at the time of the interrogatory. It seemed to M. Heatbcote, influenced perhaps by his knowledge of after events, that the child's replies indicated a byper-sensitiveness, and an intellect Intensified by feverish excitement. "You remember going to St. Germain with vour auut "Yes." "Tell me all you can recall

abonfc

that

day. Tell me exactly wbos and bow you star*ted, and what happened to you on tbe way. I want to hear everything." "U was three o'clock when we left my aunt's housed Monsieur de Maacroix cajne in a little before that, snd asked my aunt to go to dinner with bim somewnerf iu the country. The weather was too lovely for Paris, he said. She did not want to go. "Shesaid Georges would be angry. "Wh«» is Georges?" ''Someone I never saw." -lf "Was he a friend of your aunt's?" "Yes, 1 think so. She ofteu talked of him. Monsieur de Maueroix used to talk of bim, and be angry about bim." "Why angry?" "I don know. He nsed to say Georges will not let you do this, toleorges will not let you do that. Whatrigbthas Georges-that be should order you here xn1 there? And then my aunt used to cry." "Were you often at you aunt's apartm«"'?"

Very often."' &$•'' "You lived there sometime*, did yob not?"

Yes, I used to stay there for a week sometimes. It was very nice to be with my auut, much nicer than with graudluothen. Sue used to take meoutiua carriage sometimes. Her rooms were prettier'than grandmother 6 rooms, for there were flowers all about, and pretty ihings, aud *be was prettier, and wore pieilier clothes." S

But if you were there for a week at a time, how was it that you never SAW this Monsieur Georges, who wassuohaclogje friend of y«»ur auut'a

He uevei came till late at night. He u-ed to come to supper often. 1 heard the servant say so. She said ba was a dissipated man, a bad subj. ct. Grandmother said so too. 'Has that night bird been here again?' she asked my auut on e, and my'auut was angry and lieiiau to cry, and then «rai.dmoiher got angry too, aud said, 'who is he, and what is he, 1 want to know that.' And then my aunt said, 'be is a gentleman, thHt is enough for you to know,'and ttinn she showed my grandmother a pretty ok lace that Georges ba-t given the night belore, a necKla -e of shining white beads like the water-drops from the fountain at tbo Tuileries." "They were diamonds, I suppose." ••Yes" tbat is what grandmother called them. She wetted hem with her tongue to fliI'd out if they were real diamond*, and then she a tic! u*y auu» kissed*- each other and made friends." "You are sure you never saw this Monsieur George "Never. My aunt used to send me to bed very early, before she went to the theater." "Did she not take you to the theatre sometimes?" "Never. She said tbat theatres were not good lor little girls." "Now tell me about your journey to St. Germain. How did you go "First in a carriage and then in a train."

Had yon to wait at the station "A lanj* time. I was tired I thought it would have been nioer to boat home." "What did your aunt and Monsieur de Maueroix do while tbey were waiting "Tbey sat in a corner of a big room, with great windows through which we could pee tbe trains." "Were there many other people in the room "Very few." "Did you take notice of any one?" "I noticed a little girl. She was bigger than I am, but still quite little. 1 thought I should like to play with her. She bad a blue balloon, and let it fly out of the window and broke it." "Did you notice nobody else?" "Only one other person, a gentleman who wore dark spectacles." "What made you observe him in particular "Hisspectacles were so curious, and he looked at my aunt." "What do you mean when you say tbat he looked at your aunt? Did be look as if he knew ber?" "I don't know. He stood just inside the doorway, looking at my aunt and Monsieur de Maueroix." "How long did be stand there?" "4I don't know/' "For five minutes, do you think, as long as you could count a hundred "Longer than that." "Was he young or old, tall or sho*t?" "He was tall. I think be must have been old, because be wore spectacles." "Did your auot and Monsieur de Maueroix observe bin?" "No, I asked my aunt when we were in the train if she bad seen tbe gentleman with the funny spectacles, and she said no." "Did yon see him again after be left tbe waiting-room?" .j vw "No." ''Now, tell me all you can About yonr journey to St. Germain." "We went in the train, in a beautiful carriage with soft cushions. I looked out of tbe window all tbe time. My aunt and Monsieur Maueroix sat by the other window talking." "Did you hear what tbey said "Not much. I was not listening. It was so

to see the country, ana tbe

trees rushing by. I beard Monsieur de Maueroix asking annt to go away with bim—he begged her to go—to Italy, I think he sua. Is there a place called Italv?" "Ym. And how did yonr aunt answer "She Mid she could not go. She was bound to Georges. Georges would kill ber if she left him. Monsieur de Maueroix laughed, and said tbat people do not do such things nowadays. He laoghed. and soon afterwards my annt and be were both dead. 1 saw the blood —streams of blood."

At this point, said tbe report, tbe girl l^tnarque became hysterical, and tbe rest of ber evidence bad to be postponed tor another day. In the meantime tbe grandmother and Barbe, Marie Prevoi's servant, were interrogated.

Madam Lemarque stated tbat ber daughter was an actress at the Porte St. Martin. 8ke

was more renowned for ber grace snd beauty than fot her acting. She dauced and sang, and acted in fairy scenes. She wasouly three aud twenty years'of age at the time of her death.

Upon being asked by tbe judge whether ber daughter led a strictiv moral life. Madam Lemarque replied thtt ber conduct was purity itself as compared wiih tbat of mauy ladies who acted in fairy "pieces. "But there was some one, perhaps," insinuated the judge, "there ix always someone. So beautiful a woman must have bad many admirers. I have-her photograph here. It is an exquisite face, a beauty quite out of tbe unmon, refined, spiritual. Surely umoug ber many admirers there must have been one whom she isvored atjovealltbe rest?" "Yes, there was one, and it was that one who murdered my daughter and Monsieur de Maueroix. No one cau doubtit." "But you have no actual knowledge of the fact? You speak upon conjecture?" "Who else should murder ber? Whom did she ever injure, poor child? She was amiability itself—the kindest of comrades, charitable, good." "What do you know of this person whom you suspect "Notbiug except that which I heard from my daughter." "Did you uever see bim?" "Never. If be had been the Emperor he could uot have been more mysterious in his goings to and fro. 1 was never allowed to see him." "Was he often at your daughter's apartment?"' "Very often. He used to go there after the theatre. He was devoted to her. There were some who believed tbat be was her husband—tbat he loved her too passionately to deuy her anything she might ask. When she was hot acting he took her aproad—to Italy—to Spain. If it were only for a holiday for a fortnight, he would carry her off to some remote village in Switzerland or the Pyrenees. I u«ed to tell her tbat he was ashamed,of his love for her or he would not have hidden her in those lonely places. He won Id'Niave taken her'u» Dieppe or Arachon, where they would have met their friends." "Did vou.ever £nd ou' who this per son is?" 'J.

s' f,

"Never."" "Butyou must know something about bim and his tnrcumstances. Was be a nobleman, or did he oeiong to the mercantile class?" "I knownothing, except that he was very rich. He showered gifts upon my daughter. He-would -ive taken bproff thosiajie if she would have allowed him. Ue would have given her a hou*e and gardens at Bougival instead of her little apartment on the third floor in the Rue Latiue butlia loved too theatre, aud she had a proud spirit, poor child, she had not the temper of la femiue entretenue." "What was the name of this person "Monsieur George-, I never heard of bim by any winer iatne." "Did your daughter reciprocate this passion

For along time she seemed to do so. They were like lovers in a story. This lasted for years—from ihe time of her first appearance at the Porte St. Martin, wi icb was four years before her death. And then there came a change. Monsieur de Maueroix fell in love with her, followed her about everywhere, wor shipped her. And he was young aud handsome and fascinating, with the Hiyle and manners of a priuce. He bad spem all his life in palaces had been attached to u»e Emperor's household from his b-»yb od had fought bravely through the war?" "Had you reason to know that Monsieur

Georges

vpry beautiful, and

was jealous

Monsieur

de Maucioix?" "Yes, my daughter told me that there had been scenes.1' "Had the two men met?" "I thuiK uot." '•How long had Monsieur de Maueroix been an avowed admirer of your daughter "Only a few months—since Easter, I think. My granddaughter used to see him wheu she was staying with her aunt." "Could you reconcile it to your conscience to allow your grandchild to live in the bouse of an aunt wbo was leading —well—we will say a doubtful life? "There was no harm in my daughter's life that I kuow of. Monsieur Georges may have been my daughter's husband. There is no reason tbat be should uot have been. At her lodgings she was known as Madame Georges. It was under the name she traveled when she went abroad." "But you had never beard of any mariiage—at tbe Mairie or elsewhere? And. again, your daughter 6ould not be married without your consent.' "I do not say that ihe bad been married in France. She may have been married abroad—in England, perhaps. He took ber to England soor atter they became acquainted. And iu England there is no obstacles to marriage there is no ones consent to be asked." "We will admit thit a marriage in a foreign country would have been possible. But tbis Monsieur de Maueroix, this second admirer "Was only an admirer. My daughter's life was not a disreputable life. I had nothing to reproach myself with npon tbat score." "Can you help ns to find this man Georges, whom you suspect ats be murderer Do you know where he is to be found?" "If I did the polloe would have known before now. I tell you I know uotbing about him—absolutely nothing. I Lave seen and heard nothing ol him since the murder. He has not been to my daughter'sapartmentsince berdeatb —he was not at her funeral. He who pretended to adore her did not follow her to her grave. All Paris was there bnt be wbo waa supposed to be her husband WM not there."

How can you tell that he was not there, since you do not know his appearance "Barbe Girot knows bim. It is on her authority that I say he was not there." "Tbat will be sufficient for to-day. I will take Barbe Girot'a evidence next."

Bar be Girot'a evidence was to tbe effect tbat for nearly four years tbis Monsieur Georges bad been a frequent visitor at Iter mistress's apartment. He bad come there after tbe theater, and it had been Barbe's dnty to leave tbe supper table laid, and the caudles ready on tbe cbimney-pieoe and tahle, before she went lo bed. Madame did not always return to the Rue Lsfitte for supper. There were occasions when she supped on tbe Boulevard, in the Bois, goodne-s knows where. Burbe saw Monsieur Georges occasionally, hot not frequent ly. He was hand«ouie man, but not in his youth.* He might have been three or four and thirty. He was generous and appeared to be rM». Whatever his fortune may have been, be wonld have given Madam the whole of It If she had asked bim. There was never a man more passionately tn love with a

wom

an. After Mousiaur de Maueroix a appearance on tbe scene there wore storms. Barbe bad seen Monsieur George'* cry lik«aehild. She bad also seen bim give

way to violent passion. There hid been one uigbt when she thought that he would kill Madam. He bad bis bauds upon ber throat be seemed as it be were going to strangle her. And then he fell on his

kness,

and grovelled at her

feet. He implored her to forgive bim. It was dreadful. Did Barbe Girot think that Monsieur Georges was Madam's husband

Sbe bad never presumed to form an opinion upon tbe subject. Her mistress wore a wedding ring, and was always known as Madam Georges in the bouse where sbe lived. Madams conduct was altogether irreproachable. Until Monsieur de Maueroix began to visit ber, no other mau than Monsieur Georges had cmsted her threshold. And tbe visits of Mousieur de Maueroix were such visits as any gentleman iu Paris might pay to any lady, were she the highest in the laud. '-Did your mistress ever go out with Monsieur de Maucriox before that fatal visit to St. Germain "Never. And on that occasion Madam took tbe little girl with here. Sbe refused to go alone with Monsieur de Maueroix." "Is it your opinion that your mistress was Inclined to favor Monsieur de Mancroix suit?" "Alas, yes. He was so young, so fascinating, so handsome, and he adored ber. If sbe had not been in love with bim sbe would hardly have permitted his visits, for tbey were the cause of such agony of miud to Monsieur Georges." "I# it your belief then tbat she bad transferred ber affection from tbe older to the younger lover?" "I fear so." "You have not seen Monsieur Georges since tbe murder?" "No."

A'* vnu sure that he was not at the funeral "(^uite sure." "But there was a crowd at the cemetery. How can you be sure that be was not in tbe crowd "I cannot be sure of tbat, but I am sure that he paid my mistress uo honor. He w'as not amoug those who stood around her grave, or who threw flowers upon ber coffin. I stayed by the grave after all was over aud tbe crowd baa dispersed, but Monsieur Georges never came near to cast a look upon the spoi where my poor mistress was lying. He h*! not been at her apartment since her death—he never came to look upon ber corpse when it was lying there." "And ho has not written—be ba«« given no orders as to the disposal of your mistress's property "No. Madam Lemarque has taken possession of everything. She is living in my mistress's apartment until tbe furniture can he sold." "Do you know of any photograph or portrait of Monsieur Georges amoug at is re os on "I never saw any such portrait." "You would know Monsisur Georges wherever you midlife happen to see hitn "Yes. I do not think I could fail to recognize him "Even if he had disguised himself?" "Even then. I think I should know iiis voice anywhere, even if I could not see his face." ''Will you describe bim ?V "He is a fall man, broad-shouldered, powerful looking. He has flue features, blue eyes, light brown hair, thick aud flowing and worn much longer than most people wear their hair. He is not

handsome or so elegant as Monsieur de Maueroix, but he has a more commanding

IOOK."'

"That description would apply to hundreds of men. Can you intention any peculiarity of feature, expression, gait, manner "No, I can recall nothing peculiar." "And in moments of coutidence did your mistress never tell you anything about tbis Monsieur Georges, his profession, bis belongings, his place of residence? "Nothing." "He did not live at your mistress's apartments, I conclude?' "No, be did not live there." "Did you never bear bow he was occupied during the day—since you say he was never at your mistress's apartment iu the day time." "Never. I was told nothing about him except tbat be was rich end a gentleman. I asked no questions. My place was comfortable, my wages were paid regularly, and Madam was kind to me." "Where did Leonle Lemarque sleep when she stayed in the Rue Lafltte "Sbe occupied a little bed in my room, inside ihe kitchen." "Were you long In Madam's service?" "Nearly four years. From the beginning other engagement to the Porte St. Martin, when she took the apartment in tbe Rue tafitte. Her salary at the theatre justified bei* in taking suob au apartment. Before tbat time sbe bad been living with ber mother on the other side of the Seine." "Is it your opinion that Monsieur Georges was tbe murderer?" "That is mv fixed opinion."

This concluded tbe examination of Barbe Girot. The little girl's examination was not resumed until ten days later. Sbe had been very ill In the meantime, and seemed altogether wesk aud broken down when sbe was brought before tbe judged instruction. Sbe burst outcrying in tbe midst of ber evidence, and the grandmother had great difficulty in calming ber.

We bad a very nice dinner, and Monsieur de Maueroix was so kind, and gave me grapes, and a big peach, ano be promised to buy me a doll next day in tbe Passage Jouffroy. My aunt was sad and Monsieur de Maueroix begged ber to be gav, and be talked about taking ber to Italy with him, just as be bad talked in the train. And then we went out in a carriage and drove along a terrace, where there was a beautiful view over a river, bills aud valleys. My aunt seemed much gayer, and she and Monsieur de Mancroix were talking and laughing all the time, and afterwards, when we got out of the carriage and walked in tbe forest, tbey both oeemed very happy, snd my aunt rested ber bead on Monsieur de Maucroix's shoulder ns tbey walked along, and said it was like being in heaven to he In tbat lovely moonlit forest with bim and then, ju«t at that tnornen', a man rushed out from the darkness under the trees,like a wild beaet ont of a cave, and shot, snd shot, and shot again, and -gain and again. And fi at Monsieur d« mancroix fell, and then my aunt, snd she was all over blood. I could see it streaming over her white gown, fimtone stream and then another. I see it n**w. I am seeing it al way*. It wake* me out of my sleep. Oh. take i' away take away tbe dark forest take awav the blcs-d!"

At thia point said the report, the child •gain became hysterical, and bad to he carried sway. After this she became d*ng*roa«ly W with brain fever, and could not again be interrogated form

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