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CHAPTER XVIIL
MK. BARNK8’ NARRATIVE.
"Geut iemeii, ” began Mr. Barneg,
I rising. "1 am only an ordinary man,
following a profession at which some
are disposed to sneer, bnt which to mo
[seems bnt tbe plain duty of one who ia
■endowed with the peculiar qualities
Ithat are essential to the calling. Our
Ibost would make a magnificent detect-
five, bnt I suppose he feels that be has
ra higher duty to perform. Begging you,
then, to forgive my manner of address
ing you, being by no means a speaker,
I will tell you the little that 1 have
done, prefacing my remarks by saying
that without the valuable assistance of
Mr. Mitcbel I should have been power-
I less.
"There was a curious button which I
found in the room where the murder
was committed, and which matched a
set owned by Mr. Mitchel so closely
that it seemed to me to point to him as
one who bad a guilty knowledge. 1
spent much time following the clews
that turned up in that connection, all
of which, however, was not entirely
misspent, for I discovered the true name
of the dead woman to be Rose Montal-
bon, and that aided me greatly in my
later work. At last, then, I abandoned
rue idea that Mr. Mitchel was guilty
and frankly admitted this. He then told
me the name of the jeweler from which
tbe buttons had been ordered, and I
went across the Atlantic.
"The button which I had was imper
fect. This was my starting point
Through letters of introduction which
Mr. Mitchel gave me I succeeded in ob
taining the assistance of the jewelers.
They gave me the name of tbe man who
had carved the cameos for them, but
they knew nothing of the imperfect but
ton. They had also lost track of the
cameo cutter. It took me over a month
to trace that mac, even with the aid of
the Paris polica Finally I found him,
and he told ms that he had sold the
Hr drained his wineglass.
button to a friend. This friend I found
after some delay, and ho admitted that
he had once had the button, but that he
had given it to a woman. More time
was lost in discovering this woman, but
when I did she, too, recognized the
button and si.id that it had been stolen
from her by another woman, whom she
described as a creole. Thus at last I got
on the track of tbe Montalbon, for that
was the name which she used in France.
Under this name it was easier to follow
her. I soon learned that she had a com
panion, of the name of Jean Molitaire.
I then easily found that Molitaire had
been in the employ of the Paris jewel
ers as shipping clerk. It was be who
had written the two descriptions of the
jewels, one of which I found among tbe
woman's effects and the other in Mr.
Mitchel’s possession. This was a suspi
cious circumstance, but we know now
how it was that the handwriting match
ed, a fact which had puzzled me great
ly. It seems that Mr. Mitchel at one
time had bought some valuable papers
from the Montalbon woman, paying her
with diamonds and recommending her
to his Paris jewelers to dispose of
them.”
“That,” said Mr. Mitcbel, "was
partly to gee her out of this country
and partly to recover the diamonds^
which I did, through the dealer. ”* ®
“So he told me. It was when she re
ceived the money from them that she
noticed Molitaire. It was not long after
that the second set of jewels were sold
to Mr. Mitchel This clerk, of course,
knew of the transaction, because he
packed them for shipment. Then he
must have persuaded the woman to ac
company him across the Atlantic, with
the design of stealing the gems from Mr.
Mitchel as soon as he should take them
from tbe custom house This is seen
from the fact that three days after the
shipment this man resigned his posi
tion, and from that time all trace of
both tbe man and the woman in Paris
is lost."
"From which you deduce that they
followed the jewels?” said Mr. Mitchel.
"Of course The man and woman
separated here to avoid snspicion. By a
trick the woman obtained possession of
apartments in the very house where
your intended lived, while Molitaire
stopped at the Hoffman, which, of
course, is very near your own hotel. As
soon as you went to Boston they follow
ed and registered at the same hotel.
You obtained the jewels irom the cus
tom house, and they entered your room
and robbed you during your absence.
Your theory of the murderer's actions
after the jewels were recovered by you
is probably correct. H« went back to
hunt for them, hoping that she had not
placed them in the satchel or rather
that she had taken them out of it, since
you yourself placed them there. I think
there is no point left unexplained.”
"Pardon me," said Mr. Thauret, “I
think you are wrong. You have not to
my mind quite connected this man—
what did you call him? Jean Molitaire,
was it not? Well, 1 do not see that you
have traced bis hand to the crime."
“I think that I have,” said Mr.
Barnes.
“ You do not make it clear to me,"
raid Mr. Thanret, as coolly as though
discussing some question in which he
hud but a passing interest. "You-eay
that your Montalbon woman noticed
this Molitaire when she sold her dia
monds. Later that both were missing
from Paris. Tbe woman turned up in
York, bnt how do you prove that
Molitaire did not go to—let us say Kus-
i siar”
"No,” said Mr. Barnes, “he did not
go to Russia. Suppose that I should tell
you that I ferreted out the fact that this
i name Molitaire was but an alias, and
j that the man’s true name was Montal
bon? Then, when we remember that tbe
woman's name had been cut from all
her garments, is that not significant?”
This speech made a mild sensation,
but Mr. Thauret remained unmoved.
He rejilied calmly:
"All things are significant—how do
you interpret this fact, supposing that
you could prove it?"
“This Molitaire was really tbe dead
woman’s husband. They quarreled
many years ago, and she went to New
Orleans, where she kept a gambling
house, having learned the trade from
him. When they met again in Paris,
she recognized him. Then, when the
fellow conceived the idea of following
the jewels, it suited his purpose to ef
fect a reconciliation so that he might
nso the woman as a tool After tbe
m order it would be to his interest to
hide the name of Montalbon by cutting
out the marks on the woman’s cloth-
1 ing.”
“Pardon my pursuing the argument,”
said Mr. Thauret, “bnt I find it enter
taining. You surprise jne, Mr. Barnes,
at the ready way in which you read
men's actions. Only are you sure you
are right? Suppose, for instance, that
the woman had cut out the marks her
self long before, at some time, when
she was using an alias, then your fact
would lose some of its significance,
would it not? Circumstantial evidence
is so difficult to read, you see I Then,
having lost that link, where do you
prove Molitaire or Montalbon guilty?
Being the woman's husband is no crime
in itself.”
“No," said Mr. Barnes, deciding that
the time had come for an end of the
controversy. * * Being the woman's hus
band does not count in itself. But when
I procure in Paris the photograph of
Molitaire, left by accident in his room
at his lodgings, and when I recognize
that as tbe same man whom Mr. Mitch
el suspected and trapped into stealing
tbe ruby, and when upon my return to
New York I find that ruby upon that
very man and recover it, then we have
some facts that do count. ”
“You recovered the ruby?” said Mr.
Mitchel, amazed.
“Here it is,” said Mr. Barnes, hand
ing it to Mr. Mitcbel. Mr. Thanret bit
his lip, and by a strong endeavor re
tained his self control
“Mr. Barnes," said Mr. Mitcbel, “I
am sorry to disappoint yon, but this is
not my ruby. ”
“Are yon sure?” asked the detective
with a twinkle in his eye.
“Yes, though you deserve credit, for,
though not the ruby, it is the stolen
stone. I have a complete set of dupli
cates of my jewels, and in making ray
little experiment I did not care to bait
my trap with so valuable a gem. I
therefore used tbe duplicate, which is
this. But bow have yon recovered it?”
“I have been in New York for sever
al days. I have devoted myself during
that time to a personal watch upon
Montalbon. Yesterday, to my surprise,
he went to police headquarters and beg
ged for a permit to inspect the stolen
jewels, saying that through them he
might throw some light upon the mys
tery. His request was granted. Suspect
ing treachery, I subsequently obtained
a similar permit, and investigation with
the aid of an expert showed that tbe
bold scoundrel had handled the jewels,
and so managed to change the imita
tion stone which he stole at the festival
for tbe real one in tbe set which figured
in tbe train robbery. ”
“By Jove," said Mr. Mitchel, “be is
an artist. Then I am indebted to you
after all for recovering the stone? But
te!l us how did you accomplish it?"
“I overheard Montalbon once say that
a wise thief would keep a stolen article
upon his person, so that it could not be
discovered without his knowledge.
Therefore I felt certain that he would
himself adopt this method. When the
conversation this evening reached a
point where it was evident that all
would be disclosed, the man, who is
present, dropped the ruby into his glass
of burgundy, where it would be out of
sight and easily recovered or swallowed.
Later be attempted to dispose of it in
this way, but I quickly drank his glass
of wine, the ruby thus passing into my
mouth. And now, Mr. Montalbon, I
arrest you in the name of the law. ” Say
ing which the detective put his hand
upon Mr. Tbauret's arm. Tbe other
guests jumped up, excited and expect
ing a scene. To the astonishment of all
Thauret remained quiet for a few mo
ments, and then, speaking slowly and
distinctly, said:
‘Gentlemen, we have heard several
stories here tonight Will you listen to
mine and suspend judgment for a few
moments?”
"We will hear you,” said Mr. Mitob-
el, marveling at the man’s nerve. Tbe
others resumed their seats, all except
the detective, who stood just back of/
bis prisoner.
"I will trouble you to fill iny glass,”
said Thauret to the waiter, and after
being served he coolly sipped a mouth
ful
"I shall not bore you with a lengthy
recital, ” he began. "I shall simply
make a statement Society, tbe civilized
society of today, frowns upon and pun
ishes what it terms ‘the criminal class.’
Yet how many have ever examined
into the existing state of things and
analyzed the -causes which make tbe
criminal a possibility? The life of snch
a man is not so 'tiviting that one would
adopt it from choice, one I mean who
had moral instincts. With the naturally
immoral it would be otherwise, of
coursa But if one be born immoral,
who 1s to blame? The individual him
self or the antecedents, including both
parentage and ctrcumstances? We pity
the man who is congenitally tainted
with disease, and we condemn that oth
er man who is tainted in mowla. though
bis ccmiitiou Ia analogous and traoeai, t
to similar causes. Such a man I am: I
confess that I am and always have
been a criminal, at least in the sense of
acquiring money by what are termed
Illegitimate methods. But you will any,
Mr. Barnes,” turning for a moment to
tbe detective, and thus whilo speaking
to him attracting his attention, so that
unnoticed he dropped a small white pel
let into bis glass of wine, “that I work
ed for the Jewelry house. Well, what
ever I am I have aimed to be artistic,
aa Mr. Mitchel admitted of me a few
moments ago. By seeming to earn an
honest living I blinded tbe keen eyes of
tbe Paris police, so that, though many
suspicions have been cast in my direc
tion, conviction has always been impos
sible. go now, while pretending to ex
plain to you all, I have explained noth
ing. I simply designed to prevent con
viction of the crimes charged against
me, as I do, thus.”
With a swift movement be drained
his wineglass, though Mr. Barnes at
tempted to prevent him. In ten min
utes he was dead.
THE END.
Wanted the “Bug Juice.”
Several days &go somebody
in Georgia sent the editor of the
Herald a dozen Tillman pitch
fork badges. They were dis
tributed around as curios and
in some instances they fell into
the hands of inventive geniuses
who forthwith improved upon
the patent. One man seen yes
terday, had his badge pinned
on the lapel of his coat, while
beneath was suspended a mini
ature dispensary Bottle. In ex
planation he said the true Till
man idea was to make every
edge cut. He noticed that the
itchfork was run through three
ugs. the bottle was necessary
to^eaiich the “bug juice.” An
other had a small carriage bolt
attached to the badge, to em
phasize the “bolting” idea, the
atest Tillman novelty.—Spar-
tanburg Herald.
Marvelous Results
From a letter written by Rev.
J. Gunderman, of Dimondale,
Mich., we are permitted to make
this extract: “1 have no hesita
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New Discovery, as the results
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case of my wife. While I was
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and it seemed as if she could
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work and highly satisfactoryin
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Dr. J. A. Boyd’s and 0. B.
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Lot* of Applicant.
Mr. Ellerbe, candidate for
Governor, states that he has al
ready several applications to be
door-keeper at the executive
mansion, the place now held by
old Bill Rose, colored. Old Bill
can hold his hand in performing
a low bow and a monstrous rake
of his right foot rearward when
le takes j our card. All the of-
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applicants are all white.—Lau
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Electric Bitters.
Electric Bitters is a medicine
suited for any season, but per
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need of a tonic and alterative is
: elt. A prompt use of this med
icine has often averted long and
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?o medicine will act more sure
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Long-Legged Tobacco Plante.
The question has been asked
me several times the past week
if long-legged plants will do to
set out, and my answer has
been No. Such will result in a
loss, both of time and labor. It
will button out early, and the
leaf will be small and peaked
on the sheep ear order. Where
you have such planted, best
thing you can do is to pull them
up and substitute better, but as
an experiment try a few; let
them grow, and you will see the
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Marion Star.
It Ought to be Fixed.
Complaints have been made
about the condition of Muse’s
Bridge over Black Creek. On
the Darlington side there is a
fall of ten or twelve inches from
the bridge to the ground, and
as one gentleman has said this
is pretty hard on a basket of
gsi The bridge should be
placed in proper condition at
once.—Florence Times-Messen
ger.
A Campaign Rumor ;>
It is a fact that our B. Till
man, Senator from South- Caro
lina, is going about the country
making speeches in favor of free
silver, 15 to 1 or bust.
It is rumored that the Senator
is getting big pay for his speeoh-
es and that silver miners will
place to his credit for his valu
able services a sum several
times larger than his annual in
come as Senator.—Greenville
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Judge Earle, says the Green
ville Mountaineer, is being urg
ed to become a compromise can
didate for the United States
Senate. We have believed for
some time that the Judge want
ed to be U. 8. Senator or Su
preme Court Judge. He would
accept one, or both, if it were
possible, but if he should “con
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the support of the faction he so
shamefully deserted. Sumter
county would vote a majority
against him.—Sumter .Freeroan.
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