Chapter 12 THE FATE OF "THE AMERICAN."

"Monsieur," said Carlier, in a low, confidential voice, when they were alone, "though I may be a thief, and under arrest, I am still a son of France, am I not?"

"I suppose so," replied the commissary, rather puzzled.

"Well," said the man before him, "if you keep observation upon the Baron de Rycker, you will find that what he has lost he well