The American Marquis by Nick Carter — page 168: what you’re looking at

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Pease ie ‘THE AMERICAN MARQUIS. The old man’s care for the honor of the family pleased _ Grace even while she was amused by it. | Pierre grumbled and shook his head when Grace ceased speaking, for her logic was unanswerable. He was not to be pat down, however. What your ladyship says is true sapael, but I did not say the murders were done by D’Iberris. Why, two mur- ders were done here in this Kary arbor, and no D’Iberri had a hand in it.” ‘< How was that now?” Grace settled herself for the story. “Why, it’s not much of a tale, for the most any body a _knows is that they were lying dead here one mor ning. _ ** And is that all?” ** Mostly all. It was supposed they had killed each other. Oh, the arbor was a sight, I can tell you! ‘hey must have struggled terribly. _ “Why, right there where you sit is a big spatter of blood, ‘ where one of them struck his head.” Grace hurriedly shifted her seat, and looked with curious 4 _ horror at an irregular dull brown spot on the bench. «« And has this remained all these years?” _**Why, your ladyship, it was not so many years ago. Let me see—it was the fall of °65, I think. I can always re- member it by the wax candles I used all that winter.” ‘« How was that?” Grace was ghastly pale. ‘*Why, you see I was permitted to let strangers see the chateau in those days; for the present marquis, your hus- band, had not then come into his title, and the chateau was empty eW fell, that night, for some odd whim, some strangers ~ had hired the chateau and lit it up with wax candles.” «What month was this?’ “I won't say exactly, but I think November. However, it was the mor ning after that that the two men were found dead in here.” Grace was on the point of fainting. -**What did the men look like?” she gasped. Old Pierre was quite unconscious of her agitation. «Ag IT remember now, one was sbort and dark and the other was tali and fairish like.”’ ‘© Did he have a brown beard?’ | Gomicbooks:co ans) => - . ely ‘ a a : - Pe ert: eo eee ev “aa ‘ > - - a, > _, C—O