Monsieur le Compte Carnaignole Cusheau, once known as the Gray Wolf, stands in the magnificent drawing-room of his palace on East 47th Street. Three days after his confession to Tictocq, he happened to look in the pockets of a discarded pair of pants and found twenty million francs in gold. Suddenly the door opens and Tictocq, the detective, with a dozen gensd'arme, enters the room. "You are my prisoner," says the detective. "On what charge?" "The murder of Marie Cusheau on the night of August 17th." "Your proofs?" "I saw you do it, and your own confession on the spire of Notadam." The Count laughed and took a paper from his pocket. "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.] (It will be remembered that about a month ago there were special rates offered to the public for a round trip to the City of Washington. The price of the ticket being exceedingly low, we secured a loan of twenty dollars from a public-spirited citizen of Austin, by mortgaging our press and cow, with the additional security of our brother's name and a slight draught on Major Hutchinson for $4,000. We purchased a round trip ticket, two loaves of Vienna bread, and quite a large piece of cheese, which we handed to a member of our reportorial staff, with instructions to go to Washington, interview President Cleveland, and get a scoop, if possible, on all other Texas papers. Our reporter came in yesterday morning, via the Manor dirt road, with a large piece of folded cotton bagging tied under each foot. It seems that he lost his ticket in Washington, and having divided the Vienna bread and cheese with some disappointed office seekers who were coming home by the same route, he arrived home hungry, desiring food, and with quite an appetite. Although somewhat late, we give his description of his interview with President Cleveland.) I am chief reporter on the staff of _The Rolling Stone_.