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The Little Old Man cflbeJ* ati olleg i
success of the arrest.
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CHAPTER tV.
Ths shock was ths radar
QMZpfCUd*
It was lmpoaaibls to daaerlhe our as-
tofkishments
West] While we ware there trying to
find proofs of Monistrol’s laaooanoa. be
was confessing bis guilt.
M. Weeblnst eras tha first to regaia hU
composure.
He hastily raised Us fingers from bis
snuff-box to his nose fire or six times,
and, advancing *o the policeman, said:
“You are mistaken, or are deceiving
ns; thera’s no half-way course,”
"I assure yoa. Monsieur Mechinet”——
“Silence! Either "Iron have nis under
stood what Ministrol said, or you are
Intoxicated by the hope of tstoundlag ns
by telling us that the affair is lettled.”
Ths policeman, hitherto bumble and
respectful, now rebelled.
“Excuse me,” he Interrupted. “I’m
neither a tool nor a liar, and 1 know what
I’m talking shoot.”
The discussion was verging so near a
. quarrel that the magistrate thought It
hti duty to iutelfete.
"Keep jour t*aip»r, Monsieur MmU-
net,” said he, “ami wait till yoa have all
the Information before you form an
opinion,”
Then turning to the policeman, he con*
tinned:
“And yon, my Mend, toll aa what yon
know, and the reasons for your confi
dence.”
Thus supported, tbs policeman crushed
M. Mecblnet with a sarcastic glance, and
displaying a very perceptible touch of
conceit, bnran:
"Well, then, this is the state of affairs.
The magistrate and commissary here
present ordered ns, Inspector Gculaid,
my colleague, Poltin, and myself, to
arrest ths man named Monistiol, dealer
la Imitation Jewelry, living at No. 75 Rua
Vivienne, the aforesaid Monistrol being
accused of the murder of his uncle.”
“That Is oorreot,” said ths commissary
la an undertone.
“Thereupon,’’continued the policeman,
“wetooka/pcreand drove to the address.
On our arrival we found Monsieur Monis
trol In his back shop, Just about to ait
down to dinner with fils wife, a remark
ably beautiful woman twsnty-flvc or
thirty years old.
“Ou seeing us all three enter in a row,
my gentlemen started up. ’What do yon
want!* he asked. Goulard Instantly draw
out the warrant and answered, 'I arrest
yon In the name of (be law!' ”
XL Meuunet seemed to be on thorns.
“Conldn’t you hurry a little!” he said to
the policeman.
But the latter, *s If he bad not heard
the remark, continued in the earns quiet
tone—
"I have arretted several Individuals In
mj^life, bat I never saw any one so dle-
WBBPoaed as this man. 'You are Joking,
— firTT.waliftAe a mistake/ said he. ’No, .
we haven’t rqgde any mistake.’ ‘But ! difficulty,
why do you arrest me I’ Goulard shrugged
his shoulders.
’“l)on’t not lilceachild/said he. 'Your
uncle—the body Is found, and there are
overwhelming proofs against you.’
“Oh! the rascal. He tottered, and at
last fell into a chair, sobbing and stam
mering some reply which it was Impos
sible to understand.
“SrclTig this, Goulard shook him by the
colla, wi his coat, saying—
“ ‘The shortest way is to confess every
thing.’
■ “He looked at us with a bewildered ex
pression, and muttered— )
“ ’Well, I’ll confess everything.’ ”
, “Well managed, Goulard,” said the •
commissary approvingly. |
The policeman was triumphant.
“The point in question was to make no
disturbance in the shop,” be continued. |
“We hud been ordered to avoid causing j
any gossip, and the loungers were already j
assembling. Goulard seized the prisoner |
by the arm. exclaiming: ‘Como, start; we j
are expected at the prefecture!’ Monis-i
trol managed to stand on hU trembling :
limbs, and in the tone of a man who is j
pinching np his courage, said, ’Let us t
go.’ , I
“We thought the worst was over, bat 1
we hadn’t reckoned upon the wife. {
“ Up to that moment she had remained :
In an arm-chair us it fainting, without j
uttering a word, or seeming to under- l
staud what was passing. But when she
saw that we were really taking her bus- I
band away, she started up like an angry j
lioness and threw herself before the ;
door, crying, ‘ You shall not pass I’ j
Upon my word, she wss magnificent;
bnt Goulard has seen a great many
people. ‘Come, o<<me, my good woman,’
said he, ’don’t interfere with ns; you
■hall have your husband again.’
“Far from making way for us, aha
clung still more convulsively to the door,
swearingtbat her husband was innocent;
declaring that if he were taken to prison
she would follow him; sometimes threat
ening us and overwhelming us with
curses, sometimes pleading with us in the
sweetest tones.
“ Then, when she realised that nothing
would prevent us from doing our duty,
she moved away from the door, and.
throwing herself into her husband’s
arms: ‘Oh! my dearest,’ she moaned, ‘is
It possible you can be accused of a crime,
you—you) Tell these men you are In
nocent.’
“We were all touched; but he,more
rollons than any of us, had the cruelty
ic push his poor wife away, so brutally
that she fell like a lump in a corner of
the shop.
At that »^, 0i#wrt Goulard approached
•al#HOOOd liOMSu ‘So,* ffH ks,
r ~ j confess thus yon are gailty !* ‘Yen,
yea.’ replied Monistrol, and then added.
In a bonne voice, ‘pray let me alone T
“We did an. taking ewe,however,to
station gu attendant at the grating of the
cell, to Watch lest tbs fallow should at
tempt to commit suicide.
“Goulard and Boltin remained there,
And T (imi here.”
That report is exact,” mattered the
of police; “it couldn’t bo
Com-
twclve, I took him n cap of cbocotMc.
He drank It, swallowed a gltaof water { Vgueeil
directly after, and that waahts breakfast, pally of Liverpool, England.
I rant & Willcox, Agents.
and particular about bis person than a j
bride. As soon aa b« wsa dressed he went 1
PASSENGER SCHEDULE. -
This was also tbs
tor bb mattered:
‘‘How can there be e doubt of Moois-
troi’s guilt a’tar that!’’
I was confounded, yet my convictions
were improbable. I even opened my lips
tobnasrl an objection, when M. Mecb
lnet antlcineted me.
“All thUisvery fine!” ho exclaimed.
M Only, if we admit that Mouistrol is the
nssassir, we are also forced to admit that
be wrote bis name there on the floor—
and, sounds, it’s hard—”
' “ Stop I” Interrupted the commissary of
police; "since the criminal ernfeases,
what la the use of troubling ourselves
about a circumstance that will be ex
plained!”
Bat .my neighbor’s remark had once
more aroused the magistrate’s doubts.
So, without pronouncing any opinion, bo
said:
“I am going to the prefecture;. I want
to question Monistrol this very evening.”
And after having told the commissary
of police to carefully execute all the for
malities required by the law and wait for
the physicians summoned to make a post
mortem examination of the body, bo went
away, followed by bis clerk and the
out to walk. At six o’clock he dined at a
boarding-house kept by the Demoiselles
Go met. Rue ds la Palx. After dinner be
•went to the Cafe Goerboie to drink his
coffee, iu>d at eleven o’clock came borne
and went to bed. The poor old man bad j
one fault. He had too much regard for j
the fair sex. I often add to him, ’Aren’t !
you ashamed of yourself at your age!* j
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A smile flitted over the face of the stout
concierge, bnt nothing could make M.
Mechluet unbend.
“DU Monsieur Pigoreau receive many
visitors!” ha asked.
"Very few. I rarely saw any one came
to see him except his nephew, Monsieur
Mouistrol, who dined with him every
Sunday *t Pere Lathulle’s.”
“And on what terms were the uncle
mad nephew!”
“They were like hand and glove.”
"Did they never have any dispute*!”
1 “Never, except that they were always
squabbling about Madamo Clara.”
I “Who is this Madamo Clara!”
"Monsieur-Monistrol’s wife, a magnifi
cent creature. Monsieur An tenor couldn’t
bear her. He Bold his nephew loved bar
1 too much, that the led him by the nose
and made him see everything an she
j wished. He declared that sne didn’t love
- her husband, that she felt above her butsi-
i ness, and would end by doing something
foolish. Madame Clara and her uncle
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missary, who was thinking of his dinner.
Neither M. Mechluet nor I answered.
We remained standing face to face, evi
dently haunted by thebnme Idea.
“Perhaps the old man wrote It after
all," murmured my neighbor.
“ With bis left band! Is that possible!
Without considering that the poor man’s
death most have been instantaneous!”
“Are yon sure of it!”
“From the nature of hiswcmndlwonld
take my oath upon it. Bnt some doctors
are coming who wilt tell you whether I
am right or wrong.”
M. Mechluet tormented his nose In a
perfect treaty of excitement.
“Perhaps there is really some mystery
In It” said he.
“Inquiries must be made again. Well,
let’s make them; and to begin let us ques
tion the concierge.”
And running totho staircase, he leaned
over die railing, calling:
"ConciergeI Concierge! Coma up here
for a lew minutes, it you please.”
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CHAPTER V.
While waiting for the concierge, M.
Mcchinet proceeded to make a rapid and
close examination of the scene of the
crime.
The lock of the door leading into the
apartment was what principally occupied
his attention. It was uninjured, and the
key turned iu it without the slightest
This • circumstance entirely
precluded the idea that a stranger had
entered nt night by the aid of false keys.
On my part, mechanically, or rather
Inspired by the astonishing Instinct that
had been revealed in me, I picked-up the
cork half covered with green wax whicli
I had seen on the floor.
It had been used, end the wax portion
still showed the marks of the corkscrew;
but in the other end was a deep notch,
evidently produced by some sharp instru
ment.
Suspecting the importance of my dis
covery, 1 imparted it to M. Mecblnet, “You saw film distinctly!
who con Id not restraln.au exclamation of him!”
pleasure. I “Oh; excuse me; 1 didn’t see his face..
“At last,” he cried, “we have a clue. ! He passed very'quickly, trying to hioc
This cork was dropped here by the aasas- himself, like the wretch he is, and tho
sin. It was fasteud on the point of thn ; corridor is dimly lighted.’’
weapon he used. Inference: the instru
ment of murder is a poniard, fastened
into a handle, and not a kuife that shuts.
With this cork lam sure of finding ths
criminal, whoever he may be!”
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refused, drejaring that they might do
what they chose with his fortune after
his death, bnt until then, having made it
he meant to keep it and enjoy it.”
I thought M. Mechinet was going to
dwell upon this circumstance, which
seemed to me very important. No; I
vainly made signs; he continued: *
i “I have still to learn by whom tha crime
was discovered.”
, “By me, monsieur, by met” wailed the
etmeterge. “Oh, it Is terrible! Imagine
me, when the clock struck twelve to-day
coming upstairs as usual to give Fere
An tenor his chocolate. As 1 attend to
I the housekeeping, I have a key to the
door. I open it, I enter, and what do I
see! Ob, merciful heaven I” and she began
to utter piercing shrieks.
“This grief shows your kind heart,
madame,” said M. Mecblnet, gravely.
“Only, as I am In a hurry, try to control
It. What did you think when you saw
your lodger murdered!” 1 ' >n
“I said to whoever cared to hear,‘It’*
bis nephew, the wretch, who dealt the
blow to Bocure the inheritance.’ ”
“What gave you this certainty ! To ac-
j euse a man of so great a crime ls to thrust
him npon the scaffold.”
“Nay, Monsienr, who else could it be!
Monsieur Mouistrol came to see Ids uncle
yesterday evening, and when he went, out
it was nearly midnight. Resides,though he
always speaks to me,he sold nothing when
become or went away. And from that mo
ment till the one when I discovered every
thing, no one, I am sure, went up to Mow
sieur An tenor’s room.”
I confess that this testimony bewildered
me.
Still a tyro, I should not have thought
of pursuing the examination. Fortu
nately M. MeChlnet’s experience was
great, and he was thoroughly skilled in
the difficult art of drawing the whole
truth from witnesses.
“So, madame,” lie continued, ‘.‘you are
certain that Monistrol came here yester
day evening!”
“Certain.”;
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I started at this reply, thn Importance
at which was incalculable, and advanced
towards the concierge.-
“If that is so,” I cried, “how dare you
assert that you recognized Monsieur Mo-
j , „ nistrol?”
his work in the bed-chamber, and M. j She eyed, me from head to foot, and,
Mecblnet and I remained in the drawing- 1
room, when we were interrupted by the
sound of panting breath.
Almost Instantly the 'stout woman
wtiom I had seen in the vestibule harang
uing amidst the lodgers appeared.
It-was the concierge, redder, if possible,
than when we arrived.
“Whatcan I do for you, monsieur'”
sh:s asked M. Mechinet.
“Sitdown, madame,” he replied.
'• But, monsieur, I have some peopls
below.”
“ They will wait for you. I tell you to
sit down.”
Nonplussed by M. Mecblnet’s tone she
obeyed. Then, fixing his little gra> wjw
upon her:
“I need certain information,” he
began, “and I am going to queetlon yon.
In your own Interest 1 advise you to
answer without evasion. In tbe first
place, what is tha. name of tbe poor old
man who l as been murdered!"
“His name was Pigoreau, monsienr,
bathe was best known by tbe name of
Antenor, which he had formerly borne
because It was better suited to his busl-
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“ Has he lived in this house long!”
••For eight years.”
“Where did ho live before!” -
“In the Rne Richelieu, where ho had
his shop—for he was a hairdresser, and
made his fortune in the business.”
“So he was considered a rich man!”
“I’ve heard his niece say he hadn’t less
than a million.”
j This matter could be easily decided,
' since an Inventory had been made of the
* ^ I old man’s papers*
“Fortunately this was the end. ' 1 “Now,” continnedM. Mechinet. “What
' "The wife had fainted. We took ad- ' sort of a man was this Monsieur Pigoreau
vantage of the opportunity to pafck the | or Antenor!”
husband into the/locre we had brought.
amillng sarcastically, answered:
“If I didn’t pee the master’s face, I saw
the dog’s muzzle. As 1. always pet it, it
came into my’Yoom, and I was just going
to give it a mutton bone, when its master
whistled for it.”
I looked at M. Mechinet, anxious to
i know what he thought of these answers,
I but his fnce faithfully kept tbe secret ot
his Impressions.
He merely added:
“What kind of a dog it Monsieur Mon-
j istrol’s!”
! “A pug, perfectly black, with a whits
I apot over its ear. They call it Fluto.”
M. Mechinet arose.
“You can go,” he said to the concierge;
u my mind is made up.”
And when she had gone—
“It seems to me impossible,” said he,
“that tbe nephew is not tbe criminal.”
Meantime, tbe doctors had oome; and
When they had finished the post-mortem
examination their conclusion was:
“Moinienr Pigoreau’s death was cer
tainly instantaneous. So iff was not he
who traced the five letters ATonis which
wo had seen on tbe floor, near the corpse.”
1 had not been mistaken.
“Bnt if it wasn’t he,” cried M. Mechi
net, “who was It!”
“Monistrol! Nobody will ever get that
through my-braln.”
And the commissary of police, delighted
to be able to go to his dinner at last,
rallied him on his perplexities—absurd
perplexities, since Monistrol had con
fessed.
“Perhaps I am only a fool,” he an
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' Pack is the right word, for ho had be- !
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longe: stand and had to' be carried. To
forget nothing, I must add that hia dog,
a sort of black png, actually tried to
jump Into the carriage with us, and we
had the greatest difficulty in getting rid ;
otit.
“On the way,as was right, Goulard
tried to divekt our prisoner’s thoughts. ]
and make him talk. But it was im
possible to get a word out of his mouth. .
Not until we reached the prefecture did
he t—3 *z recover L.. . jc. —. ITLcu he -
was safely and dnly Installed in one of
the <vP* he threw
himself fall length on the bed, repeating,
‘What have I done, oh, God! what have
I done!’
“ “Oh,the best of men,monsieur,” replied
the concierge. “He was very eccentric
and as miserly as possible, bnt not a bit
proud. And so comical, toot One could
hqve listened to him all night when he
was In the right mood. He knew so many
stories. Just think! an old hairdresser,
who, as he said, had arranged the hair of
the handsomest women in Paris.”
“How did he live!”
“Like everybody else. Like everybody
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“Can you give me any particulars!”
“Oh, yes, seeing that 1 had charge of
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