The American Marquis by Nick Carter — page 103: what you’re looking at

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THE AMERICAN MARQUIS. - 00 CHAPTER XXX. FIXING A DAY. When the morning papers from the city reached the little , country town, Clinton noticed the eagerness with which Alphonse seized one and scanned its columns. Passing behind Alphonse when he saw that his attention — was fixed, he noted accurately which portion so held his eye, and waited until he could obtain the same paper. When he did so and turned to the place he had mentally noted, he smiled grimly. He read this paragraph, telegraphed from asmall city not far from where they were spending the summer: “ UNACCOUNTABLE SurcrpE.—The body of an unknown man, evidently a foreigner, was found late last night about two miles from the city, on the turnpike road. It was still warm when found. A small dagger was tightly grasped in his-hand, and a gaping wound in the chest, just over the heart, showed how he had come by his death. Suicide is suspected, as valuable jewels were found on his person. Thereis © no clew to the motive. The body is lying in the morgue waiting identification.”’ An accurate description of Tete-de-Fer followed this paragraph. Alphonse was very happy during the remainder of the day; and graciously accepted the check for a thousand dol- lars which Clinton offered him. During the early part of the day Grace seemed nervous, but a brief conversation with her light-hearted brother had a soothing effect, and she was thereafter her own sweet, loving self. It seemed to her that the marquis was almost fierce in his adoration of her, and she smiled tenderly when the avowals of his love were unusually vehement. They were sitting together in a favorite spot under an apple tree on the brow of a hill. ‘They were there safe from intrusion or concealed observation. . He was gazing at her with his whole soul in his eyes. TGOmiGdoOoOKS: GO