The Crime of the French Café and Other Stories

here it would have been if it had d

at the first glance, nothing to contradict that theory, except t

ed suicide, and the men had fled for f

this side of t

eld only a few inches from the

showed the mar

assed straight t

hirty-two cartridge. Three of

mer rested. The fatal bullet had doubtless come from t

hich had apparently been carried under t

twenty dollars, but no cards or other t

ings, but she seemed not to have w

f her right hand, and there was a deep mark showing

course, beyond discovery. There was no

igation the messenger boy arrived. The detective

who came about ten o'clock

y marks upon the clothing which might as

Inspector Mclaughlin's men were by this time on hand, an

a message from Patsy, who had been directed to

is home on West Thirty-second str

im and went to the house

found the policeman who was on that beat last night, and got him to give me a lis

cond man put me on to Harrigan. He remembered seeing him g

's the man, but I haven't questio

end of Harrigan's, and was direc

after having tried in vain to get an

snoring in a

Harrigan had a very large skate on

nmercifully, and at

king about him wildly. "Who

e man, Nick showed his shield.

' help me, I dunno nothing about it. I had a l

y la

ou," said Nick; "I only want

on the pillow wit

her," he said; "me t'r

nation. Nick sized him up for a decent sort of fellow; and saw no reason to doubt

ear the French restaurant, from a little after si

en it to the side door of the restaurant, and the waiter

-seventh street, or it might be Fifty

ether. He didn't know w

ple more drinks, and the next thing he knew he

s in so many words, but Nick un

all that Harrigan

n who hired your cab if you

wits about me. Say, you ain't going to do me dirt an' git me

ght in this case his license would be saf

ick to Patsy, as they went downstairs. "We'

e's giving it t

took the men nor what became of

a jag. He'd have been the

smi

wouldn't have had anything t

do you

man was on his way to the restaurant with the woman. Then when it became necessa

ee how you

a sober driver than a d

es

u he saw Harrigan get the

es

e he wanted a drunken driver, who wouldn't be

y luck, and he wouldn't have taken a sober one. Therefore h

g the body of the woman. I'm going to take Gaspard uptown and have

hirty-third street station of

edge of the platfor

rt. He uttered an exclamation of su

it?" cr

om B!" exclaimed Gaspa

train rushed into the stati

n their side. Nick pushed open a gate before the tr

ick pushed the fellow in the car so v

open, and, still dragging Gaspard, spra

tarting. Nick leaped up an

xcitement and terror rende

he shoulders, lifted him up to the platform

ing Gaspard to the other side of the c

here, having, apparentl

uch he was-had seen Gaspard point, and ha

ck and declared that

e must be on the trai