THE
J TEETH OF THE TIGER
v.H by y
MAURICE LEBLANC
TRANSLATED BY
ALEXANDER TE1XEIRA DE MATTOS
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CHAPTER ONE-(Continued).
“What’s this little parcel ad
dressed to me? ‘Monsier le Prefet
de Police—to be opened in case of
accident.’ ”
“Oh, yes,’’ said the secretary,
“I was forgetting! That’s from
Inspector Verot, too; something of
importance, he said, and serving
to explain the contents of the let
ter.”
“Well,” said M. Desmalions,
who could not help laughing, “the
letter certainly needs explaining;
and, though there’s no question of
‘accident,’ I may as well open the
parcel.”
As he spoke, he cut the string
and discovered, under the paper, a
box, a little cardboard box, which
might have come from a druggist,
but which was soiled and spoiled
by the use to which it had been
put.
He raised the lid. Inside the box
were a few layers of cotton wool,
which were also rather dirty, and
in between these layers was half a
cake of chocolate.
“What the devil does this
mean?” growled the prefect in
surprise.
He took the chocolate, looked at
| it, and at once perceived what was
I peculiar about this cake of choco
late, which was also undoubtedly
the reason why Inspector Verot
had kept it. Above and below, it
bore the prints of teeth, very
plainly marked, very plainly sepa
rated one from the other, penetrat
ing to a depth of a tenth of an inch
or so into the chocolate. Each pos
sessed its individual shape and
width, and each was divided from
its neighbors by a different inter
j val. The jaws which had started
! eating the cake of chocolate had
dug into it the mark of four upper
and five lower teeth.
M. Desmalions remained
wrapped in thought and, with his
head sunk on his chest, for some
minutes resumed his walk up and
down the room, muttering:
“This is queer. * * * There’s a
riddle here to which I should like
to know the answer. That sheet of
paper, the marks of those teeth:
what does it all mean?”
TV i 1 ill. i i
JJUl liU 11UI/ LHC LU VVcUJIC
much time over a mystery which
was bound to be cleared up pres
ently, as Inspector Verot must be
either at the police office or some
where just outside; and he said
to his secretary:
“I can’t keep those five gentle
men waiting any longer. Please
have them shown in now. If In
spector Verot arrives while they
are here, as he is sure to do, let
me know at once. I want to see
him as soon as he comes. Except
for that, see that I’m not disturbed
on any pretext, won’t you?”
Two minutes later the messen
ger showed in Maitre Lepertuis, a
stout, red faced man, with whis
kers and spectacles, followed by
Archibald Bright, the secretary of
embassy, and Caeeres, the Peru
vian attache. M. Desmalions, who
knew all three of them, chatted to
them until he stepped forward to
receive Major Conte d’Astrignac,
the hero of La Chouia, who had
been forced into premature retire
ment by his glorious w ounds. The
prefect was complimenting him
warmly on his gallant conduct in
Morocco when the door opened
once more.
“Don Luis Perenna, I believe?”
said the prefect, offering his hand
to a man of middle height and
rather slender build, wearing the
military medal and the red ribbon
of the Legion of Honor.
The newcomer’s face and ex
pression, his way of holding him
self, and liis very youthful move
ments inclined • to look upon
him as a man ol 4U, though there
were wrinkles at the corners of
the eyes and on the forehead,
which perhaps pointed to a few
years more. lie bowed.
“Yes, Monsieure le Prefet.”
“Is that you, Perenna?” cried
Comte d’Astrignac. “So you are
still among the living?”
“Yes, major, and delighted to
see you again.”
“Perenna alive! Why, we had
lost all sight of you when I left
Morocco! We thought you dead.”
“ I was a prisoner, that's all.”
“A prisoner of the tribesmen;
the same thing!”
“Not quite, major; one can es
cape from anywhere. The proof
I
stands before you.”
The prefect of police, yielding
to an irresistable attraction to re
sist, spent some seconds in exam
ining that powerful face, \yith the
smiling glance, the frank and
resolute eyes, and the bronzed
complexion, which looked as if it
had been baked and baked again
by the sun.
Then, motioning to his visitors
to take chairs around his desk, M.
Desmalions himself sat down and
made a preliminary statement in
clear and deliberate tones:
“The summons, gentlemen,
which I addressed to each of you,
must have appeared to you rather
peremptory and mysterious. And
the manner in which I propose to
open our conversation is not likely
to diminish your surprise. But if
you will attach a little credit to
my method, you will soon realize
that the whole thing is very simple
and very natural. I will be as
brief as I can.”
He spread before him the bundle
of documents prepared for him by
his secretary and, consulting his
notes as he spoke, continued:
‘‘Over 50 years ago, in 18G0,
three sisters, three orphans, Errne
line, Elizabeth and Armande Rous
sel, aged 22, 20 and 18, respective
ly, were living at Saint-Etienne
with a cousin named Victor, who
was a few years younger. The eld
est, Ermeline, was the first to leave
Saint-Etienne. She went to Lon
don, where she married an Eng
lishman of the name Mornington,
by whom she had a son, who was
christened Cosmo.
‘‘The family was very poor and
went through hard times. Erme
line repeatedly wrote to her sisters
to ask for a little assistance. Re
ceiving no reply, she broke off the
correspondence altogether. In 1S70
Mr. and Mrs. Mornington left
England for America. Five years
later they were rich. Mr. Morn
ington died in 1878; but his widow
continued to administer the for
tune bequeathed to her and, as she
had a genius for business and spec
ulation, she increased this fortune
until it attained a colossal figure.
At her decease, in 1900, she left
her son the sum of 400,000,000
francs. ’ ’
me amount seemeu to make an
impression on the prefect’s hear
ers. He saw tlu: major and Don
Luis Perenna exchange a glance
and asked:
"You knew Cosmo Moruington,
did you not?”
"Yes, Monsieur le Prefet,” re
plied Comte d’Astrignac. "He was
in Morocco when Perenna and I
were fighting there.”
"Just so,” said M. Desmalions.
"Cosmo Moruington had begun to
travel about the world. lie took
up the practice of medicine,
from what I hear, and, when oc
casion offered, treated the sick
with great skill and, of course,
without charge. He lived first in
Egypt and then in Algiers and
Morocco. Last year he settled
down in Paris, where he died four
weeks ago as the result of a most
stupid accident.”
"A carelessly administered
hypodermic injection, was it not,
Monsieur le Prefet?” asked the
secretary of the American embas
sy. "It was mentioned in the pa
pers and reported to us at the em
bassy.”
"Yes," said Desmalions. "To
assist his recovery from a long at
tack of influenza which had kept
him in bed all the winter, Mr.
y m-nington, by his doctors’ or
ders, used to give himself injec
tions of glycero-phosphate of soda,
lie must have omitted the neces
sary precautions on the last occa
sion when he did so, for the wound
was poisoned, inflammation set in
with lightning rapidity, and Mr.
Moruington was dead in a few
hours.”
The prefect of police turned to
the solicitor and asked:
"Have I summed up the facts
correctly, Maitre Lepertuis?”
"Absolutely, Monsieur le Pre
fet.”
M. Desmalions continued:
"The next morning, Maitre
Lepertuis called here and, for
reasons which you will understand
when you have heard the docu
ment read, showed me Cosmo
Moruington's will, which had been
placed in his hands.”
While the prefect was looking
I
through the papers, Maitre Lepe*>
tuix added:
”1 may be allowed to say that I
saw my client only once before I
was summoned to his death bed;
and that was on the day when he
sent for me to come to his room in
the hotel to hand me the will
which lie had just made. This was
at the beginning of his influenza.
In the course of conversation he
told me that he had been making
some inquiries with a view to trac
ing his mother’s family, and that
he intended to pursue these in
quiries seriously after his recov
ery. Circumstances, as it turned
out, prevented his fulfilling his i
purpose.”
Meanwhile, the prefect of police i
had taken from among the doeu- |
ments an open envelope contain- i
ing two sheets of. paper. He un- j
folded the larger of the two and
said:
‘‘This is the will. 1 will ask you j
to listen attentively while l read !
it and also the document attached
to it.”
The others settled themselves in
their chairs; and the prefect read
out:
The last will and testament of me,
Cosmo Mornington, eldest son of Hu
bert Mornington and Ermeline Roussel,
his wife, a naturalized citizen of the
United States of America. 1 give and
bequeath to my adopted country three
fourths of my estate, to be employed
j on works of charity in accordance with
| the instructions, written in my hand,
which Maitre Lepertuis will he good
enough to forward to the ambassador
of the United States. The remainder of
my property, to the value of about 100,
000,000 francs, consisting of deposits In
various Paris and London banks, a
list of which is in the keeping of
Maitre Lepertuis, 1 give and bequeath,
in memory of my dear mother, to her
favorite sister Elizabeth Roussel or her
direct heirs; or, in default of Elizabeth
and her heirs, to her second sister
Armande Roussel or her direct heirs;
or, in default of both sisters and their
heirs, to their cousin Victor Roussel or
Ills direct heirs.
In the event of my dying without
; discovering the surviving members of
the Roussel family, or of the cousin of
the three sisters, I request my friend
Don Louis Perenna to make all the
necessary investigations. With this ob
ject, I hereby appoint h m the executor
of my will In so far as concerns the
European portion of my estate, and I
beg him to undertake the conduct of
the events that may arise after my
death or in consequence of my death to
consider himself my representative and
to act In all things for the benefit of
my memory and the accomplishment of
my wishes. In gratitude for this service
| and in memory of the two occasions on
which he saved my life, I give and be
queath to the said Don Luis Perenna
the sum of 1,000,000 francs.
The prefect stopped for a few
seconds. Don Luis murmured :
‘‘Poor Cosmo! * * * I should not
have ueeded that inducement to
carry out his last wishes.”
M. Desmalions continued his
reading:
Furthermore, if, within three months
of my death, the investigations made
by Don Luis Perenna and by Maitre
Pepertuis have led to no result; if nc
heir and no survivor of the Roussel
family have come forward to receive
the bequest, thrti the whole 100,000,000
francs shall definitely, all later claims
notwithstanding, acci-ue to my friend
Don Luis Perenna. I know him well
enough to feel assured that he will em
ploy this fortune in a manner which
shall accord with the loftiness of his
schemes and the greatness of the plans
which he described to me so enthusi
astically in our tent in Morocco.
(Continued Next Week.)
Grocery Deliveries.
From the Milwaukee Journal.
Carry your grocery parcels homo, or
pay a nickel per delivery to have the
grocer do it. This is che edict of the local
food administration. If the grocers do not
proportionately reduce prices, the new
charge will be a hardship on consumers.
Saving for the grocer money that is not
returned to the consumer will be no genu
ine saving. The food administration must
see that the terms of the agreement are
carried out and that those who carry their
own parcels derive a proportionate bene
fit.
The charge for delivery will concentrate
the public mind on that problem. The
consumer will hesitate to have the grocer
deliver when delivery bills mount up at
the end of each month. The charge for
delivery brings the problem to a head.
Those who really want the service badly
enough to pay for it, will bear all the
burden. Those who, in the spirit of war
time economy, carry their parcels, will
effect a saving which in the aggregate
will amount to many thousands of dollars.
The housewife who carries bundles must
perforce visit the grocer rather than order
by telephone. When she looks over the
grocer’s stock s!he will be able to select
quality goods. She may see something
cheaper than the article she contemplated
buying. The housewife doing her own
marketing on the spot means a new and
beneficial habit In many Milwaukee
families.
Charging for deliveries of sroeeries 1*
a sound policy. But the saving must bv
passed on to the consumer.
A Novice's Subterfuge.
From the Washington Star.
“What is that tune you were playing on
the piano?”
“That isn’t a tune. That is a sonata.”
“What’s the difference?”
“Well, with a sonata It’s hard for the
average listener to detect mistakes. With
a tune you’ve got to know pretty well
what you are aboqt.“
Got Thcro First.
From the L#amb.
Mrs. Moreton—I heard a noise and got
up, and there under the bed I saw a man’s
legs.
Mrs. Boreton—Mercy! The burglar’s?
Mrs. Moreton—No, my husband’s-he
had heard the r.olse, too.
TRIAL TRIP BY MOONLIGHT
Engineer Wanted Secrets of Locomo
tive Kept, and He Didn’t Know
How to Run It.
An Interesting incident of tIn* first
Canadian railway, which ran from La
prarie on the St. Lawrence river to St.
Johns on tlie Richelieu, tinder fife name
of the Champlain & St. Lawrence rail
way, is related in I’rout’s Railways of
Canada.
The first locomotive used on the line
•mile from Europe, accompanied li.v an
engineer who. for some unexplained
reason, had it caged and secreted from
public view. The trial trip was made
hy moonlight in the presence of a few
interested persons, and it is not de
scribed us a success. Later, the Im
ported engineer made several attempts
to set the kitten—for such was the
nickname applied to this pioneer loco
motive—in motion Inward St. Johns,
lint in vain: the engine proved refrac
tory, and horses were temporarily sub
stituted for it.
.Meanwhile, the railway officials call
ed in a practical engineer from the
Cnited States, who announced that the
engine, which was thought to be hope
lessly unmanageable, was in good or
der and required only plenty of wood
and water, llis opinion proved cor
rect, for after n little practice the en
gine attained the extraordinary speed
of JO miles an hour.—Youth's Com
panion.
GREEN’S AUGUST FLOWER
has been a household remedy all over
the civilized world for more than half
a century for constipation, intestinal
troubles, torpid liver and the generally
depressed feeling that accompanies
such disorders. It is a most valuable
remedy for Indigestion or nervous dys
pepsia and liver trouble, bringing on
headache, coming up of food, palpita
tion of heart and many other symp
toms. A few doses of August Flower
will Immediately relieve you. It is a
gentle laxative. Ask your druggist.
Sold In all civilized countries. Adv.
Opens School of Commerce.
Consul Arthur McLean reports from
Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic, that
a school of commerce lias recently
been opened In Santo del los Cabal
leros by the Association of Commercial
Employees. The school is open to men
and women, and its classes are held
both in the day and evening. The new
school includes courses In arithmetic,
commercial practice, bookkeeping,
grammar, and commercial correspond
ence.
“Cold in the Head”
Is an acute attack of Nasal Catarrh Par
sons who are subject to frequent "colds
In tile head” will find that the use of
HALL'S CATARRH MEDICINE will
build up the System, cleanse the Blood
and render them less liable to colds.
Repeated attacks of Acute Catarrh may
lead to Chronic Catarrn.
HALL'S CATARRH MEDICINE Is tak
en Internally and nets through the Blood
on the Mucous Surfaces of the System.
All Druggists 75c. Testimonials free.
$100.00 for any rase of catarrh that
HALL'S CATARRH MEDICINE will not
cure.
P. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio.
Worth 35,000,000 Pounds.
The Cathedral of the Holy Savior
in Moscow is probably the most mag
nificent church in the world. Its five
cupolas arc covered with pure gold
one-half inch in thickness. Its inter
nal decorations are magnificent and
very costly. This church is the na
tion's thnnks-offering for the deliver
ance of Moscow from the French. It j
took .10 years to build, and its cost has j
been estimated at £31,000,000.
For Pimply Faces.
To remove pimples and blackheads
smear them with Cuticura Ointment.
Wash off in five minutes with Cuticura
Soap and hot water. For free samples,
address “Cuticura, Dept. X, Boston.”
At druggists and by mall. Soap 25,
Ointment 25 and 50.—Adv.
Not a Clean Take.
'‘('an Grace take the high ‘C?’ ”
“Not without knocking off some of I
(he liars.”
Il isn't necessary that a brilliant \
conversationalist should know what lie j
is talking about.
A Fight for .Life
It has been tight or dio for many of us
!n the past Bud the lucky people are
those who have suffered, but who tro
now well because they heeded natuic’s
warning signal in time to correct their
trouble with that wonderful new dis
covery of Dr. Pierce’s, called "An-u-ric.’’
You should promptly heed these warn
ings, some of which are dizzy spells,
backache, irregularity of the urine or the
painful twinges of rheumatism, sciatica
or lumbago. To delay may make possible
^ the dangerous forms of kidney disease,
such as Bright’s dlseaso, diabetes or
stone in the. bladder.
To overcome these distressing condi
tions take plenty of exercise in the
open air, avoid a heavy meat diet, drink
freely of water and at each meal, take
Doctor Pierce’s Anuric Tablets (double
strength). You will, in a short time, find
that you are ono of the firm indorsers of
Anuric. The tablets sell for GOc.
Council Bluffs, Iowa.—"During the
Civil war 1 was run over by a piece of
heavy artillery. I was injured quite
badly. I seemed to get well of my injury
but lbleft me with kidney trouble which
has bothered me ever since. My kidneys
become so congested at times that 1 go
for a whole day without excretion. My
back will ache and my bladder will pain
me severely and I am miserable until this
condition passes away. I have taken
many kidney medicines but just recently
1 began taking Anuric and it has been
just line. I only havta bo take a few
doses when ail my trouble passes away.
An-u-ric is the test kidney medicine I
have ever used. Those who suffer with
backache or kidney trouble of any sort
will find Anuric good if they will give it
a fair trial.
" I have also taken Dr. Pierce’s Golden
Medical Discovery and found it equally as
good, and just as represented."—A. Judd,
1605 High Street.
Step into the drug store and ask foi
^jAnuric, or send Dr. V, M. I’iesce, Buffalo,
■’*TN. Y., 10c. for trial p!.g. Anuric—many
times more potent than lithia, eliminates
uric acid as hot water melts sugar.
Small Pill I
Small Dose I
Small Price
FOR
CONSTIPATION
have stood the test of time.
Purely vegetable. Wonderfully
quick to banish biliousness,
1 headache, indigestion and to g
I clear up a bad complexion.
Genuine bear* denature
PALEFACES j
Generally Indicate a lack
of Iron in the Blood
Carter’s Iron Pills 1
Will help this condition
Stoppage < the bowel*
Mot© cattie die of paralysis of the
bowels and beingdrenched than from
all other bowel troubles
Dr. Davhl Roberto*
LAXOTONIC, Price 50c
fed dry on the tongue will overcome
paralysis and stoppage of the bowels
thus avoiding drenching which is
dangerous In Itself.
9 Read the Practical Home Veterinarian
KSr *or irw ooouh'i on Aooruon in i own
If no dealer in your town, write
Sc. David Heberts' Vet. Co. 100 Grand Avenue. Waukesha. WIs.
Personality of Your Hall.
The aspect of the hall should afford
u cheerful yet reserved Introduction to
the rest of the house.
A hall has many definite functions
to perform. It should not only serve
ns an attractive waiting room but
should also give ready access to the
main room of the house. Homes
should never be so badly planned that
some rooms are accessible only through
others.
Halts should always be somewhat
formal, for they are intended for the
use of strangers and acquaintances as
well as friends and relatives. Just how
formal one’s home entrance should be
depends largely upon whether the
structure is in the city or country.
The.interests and manner of living of
the occupants also have much to do
with this.
Important to Mothers
Examine carefully every bottle of
CASTOttIA, that famous old remedy
for infants and children, and see that it
Signature of
In Use for Over 30 Years.
Children Cry for Fletcher’s Castoria
Best Thing to Do.
"Girlie, you are neglecting your ap
pearance. Why is this?”
"Algernon doesn’t care for me."
"Wfcll, don’t bite off your nose to
spite?your face. Powder it up and go
after some other young man.”
Worse.
Kill—“Gee! She’s a hummer, isn't
she?" Gill—“Worse than that; she
tries to sing.”
To keep clean and healthy take Dr.
Pierce's Pleasant Pellets. They regu
late liver, bowels and stomach.—Adv.
lie who praises men and flatters
women lias many fair weather friends.
Happy is the home where Red Cross
Ball Blue is used. Sure to please. Ail
grocers. Adv.
The world will forgive tt man almost
Anything hut failure.
BRONCHIAL TROUBLES
Soothe the irritation and you relieve th<*
distress. Do both quickly and effectively
—by promptly using a dependable remedj—
WOMEN OF
MIDDLE AGE
Need Help to Pass the Crisis Safe*
ly—Proof that Lydia E. Pink
ham’s Vegetable Compound
Can be Relied Upon.
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I read of Lydia B.
t Finkham's V e ge«
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r and what it did for
(women passing
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—Mrs. Frank Henson, 1316 S. Orchads
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--—*
The Glory of Science.
Tlie University of California' scien
tists are said to be making important
strides in tlie invention of machinery
nnd tlie compounding of chenticaLs be
tween jo and 30 men being constantly
engaged on intricate problems of this
nature. The heartty of this work is
that the results of these efforts will be
of Value to America. Every invention
wrought ami every scientific fnct dis
covered can lie turned to utilitarian ad*
vantage.
A Little Early.
The Mouse—What’s the trouble.
Jack?
Jack in the Box—Oh, just a little
spring lassitude; that’s all.
Only One “PROMO QUININE”
To pet the genuine, call fur full name LAXAUTB
BKoMO OP1N1NH. Lock for signature of B- W.
U11UVW, Cures a ColU la One Oaf. 30c.
Some men never appreciate home
until they are miles away from it.
For genuine comfort nnd lasting plea*
ure use Red Cross Bali Blue on wash day.
All good grocers. Adv.
The earning value of n ship is now
from $400 to $500 a day.
The less we have tlie easier It is to
share it with others.
I Back Given Out ?
ij Housework is too hard for n woman
! wlio is half sick, nervous and always
s tired. Put it keeps piling up, and gives
J weak kidneys no tune to recover. If
i your hack is lame and achy and your
kidneys irregular; if you have ‘‘blue,
spells,” sick headaches, nervousness,
dizziness and rheumatic pains, use
Doan's Kidney Pills. They have done
wonders for thousands of worn out
women.
An Iowa Case
“I suffered from
rheumatic pains in
; my back and lower
limbs. My kidneys
acted too often und
caused me much an- ;
noyance. They didn't *“
act freely enough
and my limbs and pi
feet swelled so X 11
couldn’t get on my Jj
j shoos. 1 got so 1 tj
3 couldn’t get around K
i X was so dreadfully B
;i weak and miserable. H
4 T Ur, A him dunk I
Doan’s Kidney Pills regulated mr
kidneys so the swellings went dowzr
and the pain® and aches left me.”
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