"Read this," he
said, "here is proof that Marie Cusheau died of heart failure."
Tictocq looked at the paper.
It was a check for 100,000 francs.
Tictocq dismissed the gensd'arme with a wave of his hand.
"We have made a mistake, monsieurs," he said, but as he turns to leave
the room, Count Carnaignole stops him.
"One moment, monsieur."
The Count Carnaignole tears from his own face a false beard and reveals
the flashing eyes and well-known features of Tictocq, the detective.
Then, springing forward, he snatches a wig and false eyebrows from his
visitor, and the Gray Wolf, grinding his teeth in rage, stands before
him.
The murderer of Marie Cusheau was never discovered.
[Illustration: _The Rolling Stone_, January 26, 1895]
A SNAPSHOT AT THE PRESIDENT
[This is the kind of waggish editorial O. Henry was writing
in 1894 for the readers of _The Rolling Stone_. The reader
will do well to remember that the paper was for local
consumption and that the allusions are to a very special
place and time.
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