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B. J. LYIMCH,
UNDERTAKER,
Antl Manufacturer A IWer la
HOWE AND CITY MADE
FURNITURE!
LOUNGES, BEDSTEADS,
T A 15 Li 13 H CLfiVmS,
Mattresses. &c,
m llevlxth ayexue,
ALTOOXA, PEXN'A
rtTCMtlzcns of Cambria County ntl all
other' wisliiun to purchase lionest FUKNI
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In vitftl to clvp us a call before buvln Clse-
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Absolutely Pure.
Toe pwier never Tanea. A marrel of purity,
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than the ordinary kind, and rennet be sold In
couipetttlon with the multitude el the low teat
short weight, alum or hnthat powdrr. Sold
i'y Im. Kiital BaKiaei fuwDaa 108
Well SC. New Voaa.
CARTERS
ITTLE
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vaunt;. I'ain in ttw Sil. Ac While tlmtmunt
iwwarkable auccrm has been aliown in curing
ICR
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and prvventinc thia aiinny inr complaint, while
thv also rorreot all disrden of Uie itt roacK,
stimuUite the lier and regulala the bwweia.
i-Ten if tliry only cured
A"he thoy would be almost pnoeleaa to thoee
who suiTir from thia distrcsuun complaint:
but fortunnU'ly thr frootlnMe does not end
hfre. An!eyhie vhd one try them will find .
tlire littlf pills valuable in an many ways that
tlMy will not r willing to do without LheiU.
But alter ail sick bead
is the hnne of so many Uvea that here Is where
we nmke our prrrnt boost. Our pilU cure It
while othT do not.
Cimitx'a I.iTTTji ijvr.a PIli are very small
and vrry eivsv to tiikv. ne ,.r two pills make
a diee. Thy are otriotly vepetalili and do
not srripe or puive. hut by th-ir tntl arta
Eltr&e ell who u- thm. In viah ax ft cents;
ve for SI . Sold evi-ry where, or avnt iy uuuV
tdE Sul S::3, Izil ftis.
Ask For Ayer's
Earsaparilla, and be sore you get it,
when you want the best blood-purifier.
with ita forty years
ITZrV JUT of unexampled suc
cess, in the care of
Blood DUtia,es, you
can make no mis
take in rtetvrciDg
Ayer'a
Sarsaparilla
to any other. The
fore-runner of mod
ern Wood medicines.
L Ayer's Saraporiila
u still the most pop
ular, being in jrreat-
.1 1 . , . 1
v I uctuautft L 11111
others combined.
"Ayer's Sarsaparilla U sellins faster
than ever before. I never Jn"irate to
r. commend it." Ceore W. Whitman,
Druggist, Albany, Ind. 1
I am safe In SMying that my sales of
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nriy other, ami it ti ves thorough satisfac
tion." It. II. Cush, Vcs Mukies, Iowa.
"Arer's Sarsaparilla and Ayer's rills
are tiie tiest si-llinf? meduUaes in my
tore. I can recommend them conscien
tionsly." C Iiickhauj, rhariuaciat,
ICoseland, 111. '
"We have sold Ayer's Snrnparilla
here for over thirty ypars and always
recommend it when asked to nam the
best blood-purifier." W. T. McLean,
Lruist, Augusta, Ohio.
I hare sold yoor medicines for the
last seventeen years, and always keep
them in stock, as they are - staplns.
There is nothing so rood f.w the youth
ful blood' as Ajer a aarsaparilla."
1L L. Tarkrr, Fox Lake, Wis.
"Ayer's Sarsaparilla jrfves the best
satisfaction of any medicine I have in
stock. I recommend it, or, as the .
IXictors sav, I prescribe it over the
counter. It never fails to meet the
cases for whicl. I rocominend it. even
where the doctors' prescriptions have
been of no avail." -C. Jf. Call
Calhoun,
Monmouth, Kansas.
Ayer's Sarsaparilla,
rBKPAKKD BY
Dr."J."c Ayer it Co-, Lowell, " Mass.
Trie 1 ; alx botUea, 3. Worth ti a totUa.
rJATURE'O
CURE FOR
nFLHRLE KEXCDI
For Mrk Ateaaarh.
Kor Torpid Mver.
Hllla.s Headache
I nstWcaesa,
Tarrant's Effervescent
CONSTIPATION,
iS-lt zrr Aperient.
It Is certain In Its effecu
It Is irentle In lu aetln.
t Is palateable te the
taste. It can be relied
upon to euro, and It core
by eutf iny. not by tmtr. w
In-, nature. I H uot take
violent pnrvatlret. your
selves or ailuw your chil
dren to take Lb.a. always
u.e this elegant phar
'naesutlcat preparation,
which has been lor mora
Sick-Headachy
DYSPEPSIA.
than forty year, a public
'avi.rtt.. Sold ey druggutt
SALESMEN WANTED
to eanr.aa tor in. ai. , rvirsery t.k ! r-tes.iy
tlV2B2l. SAL.AKY ANI EX-
T.L.V: A11.lv at once. .tatlnK age.
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TRACED IN -BLOOD!
OR
The Little Old Han cf the Batclles.
EifJLE GABOSIAU.
CITAPTEtt V.
"While waltinff for the ernelerj, M.
Mechinet procrexlexl to make a rapid and
close examination of the scene of the
crime.
The lock of the door leading Into the
r.partmt-nt was what principally occupied
hi Attention. It was uninjured, and the
key turned in it without the slightest
difficulty. This circumstauce entirely
precluded the idea that a at ranker had
entered At uight by the aid of falsa keys.
On my part, mechanically, or rather
inspired by the natouishiiist Instinct that 1
had been revealed In me, I picket! up the
cork half covered with green wax which
I had ssren on the floor.
It had liren used, rnd the wax portion
still showed the marks of the corkscrew;
bnt in the other end was a deep notch,
evidently produced by some sharp instru
ment. Suspecting the importance of my dis
covery, I imparted it to M. Mechinet.
who could not restrain an exclamation of
pleas ti re.
"At last," be cried, "we have a clue.
Thia cork was dropped here by the assas
sin. It was fast end on the point of the
wenpon he used. Inference: the Instru
ment of murder is a poniard, fastened
i:ito a handle. And not a knife that ahuta.
With this cork I am sure of finding the
criminal, whoever he may be!"
The commissary of police was finishing
his work In the bed-chamber, and M.
Mechinet and I remained in the drawing
r.;oiu, when we were interrupted by the
sound of panting breath.
Almost instantly the stoat woman
whom I had seen in the vestibule haran,;
uing aiuidt tho lodgers appeared.
It was the concierge, redder, if possible,
than when we arrived.
" What can I do for you, monsieur? "
she asked M. Mechinet.
Sit down, mad am e," be replied.
' But, monsieur, I have some people
below."
They will wait for you. I tell you to
sit down."
Nonplussed by M. Mecblnst'e tone she
obeyed. Then, fixing bis little grsy eye
upou her:
"I need certain information, be
began, "and I am going to question yon.
In your own interna I advise you to
answer wi.hout evasion. In the first
place, what is the name of the poor old
man who Las been mnrdered?"
"ITis name was I'ioreau, monstenr,
but he was best known by the name of
Antenor, which be had formerly borne
because it was better suited to his busi
ness." Has be lived in this house long?" .
" For el-:l.fc reara."
" Where il l he live before?"
"In the Hue liichelieu, where be had
his fehp for he was a hairdresser, and
made Lis fortune in the business."
"So he was considered a rich mnf"
"I've heard his niece say he hadn't less
than a million."
This matter conld be easily decided,
since an Inventory bad been made of the
old nnn's papers.
"Now," continued M. Mechinet. "What
sort of a man was this Monsieur Pigorcau
or Antenor?"
"Oh.the best of men.monsleur," replied
the concfcrjc. "He was Te:y eccentric
and as miserly as possible, but not a I it
proud. And so comical, too! One conld
bare listened to him ail r i.htwheuhe
Was in the riht mood.- lie Lnevreomnny
stories. Just think! An 14 hairdresser,
who, as he said, had arranged the hair cf
the handsomest women in Paris."
"IIot did he lire?" : , ...
"Like everybody else. Like every body
who has an income, I mean, and yet is
careful of money." -
"Can you ive me any partlcrtlars?" -
"Oh, yes, seeing that I had charge of
bis housekeeping. And it gave me very
little trouble, for he did almost evrry
thin? sweeping, dnstirg and polishing
hinise'f. It was his hobby. TUen.every
day of his life, when the dock struck
twelve, I took bim a cup of chocolate.
He drank It, shallowed a plass of water
' directly after, nnd that was his breakfast.
Then Le dressed, and this occupied nearly
two hours, for be was mere coquettish
and particular About his person than a
bride As soon aa he wns dressed be went
out to walk. At six o'clock he dined at a
boarding-house kept by the Demoiselles
Goiaet. Itne de la Paix. After dinner be
went to the Cafe Guerbois to drink bis
coffee, and at eleven o'clock came homo
and went to !cd. The poor old man had
one fanlt. Ha bad too mnch regtrd f ir
the fair ser. I often said to him, 'Aren't
you tihamcd cf yourself at your S'-e?
llut i.olody is perfect, and we e.ia under
stand this in r.u old perfumer, who bad a
great r--ny favors in b's J.Te."
A sr:le flitted over the face of the stout
eonclrrge, but nothing conld make ML
Mechinet nnbend.
"Did Monsieur Plgoreau receive many
Tiaitors?" bo caked.
"Very few. I rarely saw any one come
toseo hira except bis nephew. Monsieur
Monlstrol, who dined with bim every
Snrd.iy at Pt-re Latbuile's."
"And on what terms were the uncle
and nephew?' ,
"They wrr like band and gov."
"Hid they never have any disputes?"
"Never, except that they were always
squabbling about Madame Clara.
"Who is this Madame Cla.-a?"
"Monsieur MonUtrol'a wife, a magnifi
cent creature. Monsieur AutenorcouMn't
bear her. He nald bis nephew loved her
too much, that she lad him by the. nose
and nutile him see everything as she
wished. lie declared that alio didn't love
ber husland, that she felt above her busi
ness, and would end by doing something
foolish. 'Madame Clara and Ler uncle
were at loggerheads last year. She wanted
the cM man to leud Monsieur Monistrola
hundred thousand francs tobnythe stock
of a jeweler In the Palais R0y.1L Cut he
refused, declaring that they might do
what they choso with his fortune after
bis death, bnt until then, having made it
be mear.t to keep it and enjoy it." - .
I thought M. Mechinet was going to
dwell upon this etrenmxtance, which
seemed to me very important. No; I
raitily made signs; be continued:
"1 have still to learn by whom the crime
wns tliscovercd."
"By rie, monsieur, by me!" wailed the
concierge. "Oh, it is terrible! Imnpine
me, when the clock struck twelve to .ay
coming upstairs as usuaI to give Tcre
Antenor his chocolate. As I Attend to
the boos, keeping, I haTe a key to the
door. I open Ir, I enter, au.I what do I
ace? Oh, merciful heaTeu!"and she began
to nt f er piercing shrieks.
"This grief shows yonr kind heart,
madame," said M. Mechinet. gravtly.
"Only, as I am in a hnrrr. try to control
It. V hat tiid you tLiak when you saw
your looker murdered?"
I said to whoever cared to hear. 'It's
bis nephew, the wretch, who dealt the
4SgSggSS- w
"11 is raiiMis whom Tn tiuti
EBENSBURG, PA..
blow to tenure tue 11 jeriUnic.' "
"What enve you this certainty? Tone- I
ense a man cf so great a crime is to thrust
bim upon the tcaCold."
"N.ty, Mousieur, who else could it be?
Monsieur Monlstrol came to see Lis uncle
yesterday evening, and when be went out
it was nearly midnight. IJesides.thonrh he
always speahs to me.be said nothing when
be came or went away. And from that mo
ment till the one when I discovered every
thing, no one, I aai sure, went up to Mou
sieur Antenor s room."
I confess that this testimony bewildered
me.
Still AijTO, I should "not bare thonght
of pursaing the examination. Fortu
nately M. Mecbiuct s experience was
rreat, and be w as thoroughly skilled in
the difficult art of drawing the whole
truth from witnesses.
"So, madame." be continued, "yon are
certain that Monlstrol came here yester
day evening?"
Certain."
"You saw bim distinctly? recognized
him?"
"Oh, excuse me; I didn't see bis face.
He passed very quickly, trying to hide
himself, i:';e the wretch he Is, and the
corridor lidimly lljlled."
I started at this reply, the importance
of which was Incalculable, and Advanced
towirds t he concicrije.
"If that is to," I cried, "how dare yon
assert th st you recognized Monsieur Mo
ri istroi?"
She eyed me from bead to foot, and.
smiling sarcastically, ansvrered:
"If I didn't see the master's face, I saw
the dog's nuzzle. As I always pet it. it
came into my room, and I was ju-t going
te give it a mutton bone, when its master
whistled for it.
I looked at M. Mechinet. anxious to
know whr.t he thought of these answers.
but his face faithfully kept the secret of
his Impressions.
He merely added:
"What kind of a dog is Monsieur Mon-
introl's?"
"A png, perfectly black, with a wMts
spot over Its esr. They call it Plato."
M. Mechinet arose.
Ton can go," be said to the concierge;
"my mind is made up."
And when she had gone
"It seems to me impossible," said be,
"that the nephew is not the crlroinaL"
Meantime the doctors had come; and
when they bad finished the post-mortem
examination their conclusion was: .
"Monsieur Pigoreau's leath was cer
tnlnly instantaneous. So it was not be
who traced the five letters Monfs which
we had seen on the floor, near the corpse."
I had not been mistaken.
"But if it wasn't be," cried M. Mechi
net, "who was it?"
"Monistrol? Nobody will ever get that
through my l.rain."
' And the commlssaryof police, delighted
to be able to go to his dinner At last,
rallied him on his perplexities absurd
perplexities, since Monistrol bad con
f eased.
"Perhaps I Am only a fool," he An
swered; "the future will decide. And
meantime, my dear Monsieur Godeuil,
come to the prefecture with tue."
CHAPTER VI.
"We took a Caere to go to t he prefecture
of police, as we had taken one to come to
the Batignolles.
M. Mechinet was very much preoccu
pied; his fingers never stopped traveling
.-om bis snuff-box to bis nose, and I
heard b5m muttering between bis teeth:
"I will have a clear understanding! I
must havo a clear understanding'."
Then he drew the cork I bad given him
out of his pocket, turned It over and over
lil:e a monkey examining a nut, and mur
mured "The crimlnalty is proved, and yet
some expedient ought to come out of this
green cork."
I, leaning back In my corner, did not
utter a word.
My situation was certainly a most sin
gular one. but I did not think of it. All
the intelligence I bad was absorbed in
this business. I was turning over in my
mind the various contradictory elements,
and exhausting myself in trying to pene
trate the secret of the drama, of whicu I
bal a presentiment.
Night had closed in when onr carriage
stopped. '
7"he Qua! des Orferres was deserted and
ail cut. Not a sound, not a step was
heard. The few shops in the neighbor
hood we're closed. All the life iu the
quarter bad collected in the little restaur
ant at the corner of the Rue de Jerusalem,
on whose red curtains appeared the shad-
ows of the customers. -
"Will they let you bare access to tho
prisoner?" I asked M. Mechinet.
t "Certainly," ba answered. "ILiven't I
been ordered to follow up the affair?
Isn't it necessary. In consequence of nn-:
foreseen circumstances which may occur
dnrintj the Inquiry, that I should be able
to question the prisoner at any hour of
the day or night?"
And be entered with a rapid step, say
ing .
"Come, come; we've uo time to lose."
There was no necessity to hurry me. I
followed cls behind, agitated by in
definable emotions, and quivering with
vague curiosity.
. It was the first time I bad ever crossed
the threshold of the prefectnre of police,
and Heaven knows what my prejudices
were,
"There, I said, to myself, not witbont
a certain emotion of terror, "there Is the
secret of Paris."
I was so absorbed In my reflections,
that, . forgetting to watch uy steps, I
nearly fell dowu.
The shock recalled me to a consciousncs
of my situation.
We were then passing along an im
mense passe e with damp walls and
. rough paveii.ent. My companion soon :
entered a little room where two men were
pLaying cards, while three or four others,
stretched on a camp-bed, were smokinji
pipes, no exchanged a few words with
them, which did not reach my cars, theu
came out and we continued onr walk."
Having crossed acourt-yard andentrred
a second passage, we soon reached an iron
grating with heavy bolts and formidable
lock.
At a word from, M. Mechinet an attend
ant opened the grating; we passed n the
right an immeuse ball, where I seemed to
see a'.l the policemen in Paris, and at last
climbed a steep staircase.
At the top of this staircase, al the
entrance of a narrow corridor oa which
opeued a number of little doors, sat a
stout man with a pleasant fare, who cer
tainly bore no resemblance to the classic
jailer.
"Why, it's Monsieur Mechinet!" he ex
claimed, as be saw my companion. "I
was expecting you. I'll bet you've, come
to sec the murderer of the little bid man
of the Batignolles."
"Exactly. Is there anything new la
the case?"
"No."
"But the magistrate must have come?"
, "He has left here."
"Weli?" .
"He didn't stay three minutes with tho
prisoner, and looked very well satisfied
when be came away. At the foot of the
viiii ran, and all iki sultu buidb.
FRIDAY. OCTOBER
bta.r he met the warden, antl said, 'The
business will be easily settled; the mur
derer t!oe-n"t even attempt to deny.''
M- Mecbiuet jumped at least three feet,
but the jailer didn't notice it, for. be con
tinued "I'm not at all surprised.- When I saw
lie prisouer, ns be was brought in, I said
to myself, "Here's one who won't know
howfcta bold out,"' '
"And what is be doing now?"
"He's groaning. I was told towatcb
bim lest be bhould commit suicide, aDd of
course I do but it's useless. He is one
of the rascals who think more of their
own skins than of other people's."
"Let's take a look at bim," interrupted
M. Mechinet; "but make uo noise."
All three of us instantly moved forward
on tiptoe to an open door, pierced at the
height of a man with n grated w indow. !
Through thia window we could see
everything that was passing in the cell,
which was licbted by a dim gas-burner.
The jailer looked in first, M. Mechinet
next, then my turn came.
On a narrow iron bedstead, covered
with a gray woollen quilt, striped with
yellow, I saw a man lying face down
ward, with Lis bead almost bidden on bis
folded arms.
He was weeping. The sonnd of bis solis
reached my ears, antl at times a con
vulsive ahudder shook Lint from head to
foot.
"Open Ihw door now," said SL Mecbinet
to the jailer.
He obeyed, and we entered.
At the grating f the key the prisoner
had risen, and seated on his pallet, with
leg and arms banging and head bowed
11 pon bis breast, looked at us with a stn
teftvd expression.
lie was a man thirty-flv thlrtJ
right years old, with a gure romewhat
below the middle height, but stout, antl
an apoplectic neck sunk between broad
shoulders. He was ugly, nis face had
been disfigured by email pox, and his
long, straight nose and retreating fore
bead gave bim a resemblance to the
stupid countenance of A sheep; bus his
blue eyes were very handbonie. And bin
teeth remarkably white.
"Well, Monsieur Monistrol," M. Mechi
net legan; "so we are in trouble."
And aa the unfortunate man made no
reply
"I admit," be continued, "that the situ
ation isn't cheering, but if I were iu your
place I would show myself a man. I
would do myself justice, aud try to prOTe
my Innocence."
"I am not Innocent." .
This time there was no opportunity for
mistake, no room to doubt t he I ntelligence
of a messenger. We beard the terrible
confession from the criminal's own lips.
"What!" exclaimed M. Mecbinet,
"your
The man bad started np on bis totter
ing limbs, with bloodshot eyes And foam
ing lips, evidently in a fit of terrible rage.
Yes. it Is I," he interrupted, "I alone.
now many times must I repeat it ? A
magistrate has just been here. I con-fes.-ed
everything and figned the con
fession. What do you ask more ? I know
what ia before me, aud I'm not afraid. I
killed and must be killed. Cut my
throat: the soouer the better."
M. Mecbinet, who was at first some
what lewildered, quickly regained Lis
composure. .
"One moment," said he; "people's
throats are not cut like that. They must
prove that they are guilty. Then the law
takes into consideration certain errors
certain fatalities, if yon please and for
this very purpose bas Invented ex
tenuating circumstances."
An inarticulate groan was Monlstrol's
only reply, and M. Mtcuinet continued:
"So you bora your uncle a terrible
grndye ?'
"Oh! no."
"Then, why?" ' " ".
"To inherit his property. My business
affairs were involved. I needed money;
my uncle, who was very rich, refused to
give me any."
" I uu3crsLand jou Loped to escape the
law ?"
" I hoped to do so."
Hitherto I bad been surprised at the
way M. Mechinet conducted the rapid ex
amination: now I understood it, I
guessed what would follow ; I saw the
snare he was "preading for the prisoner.
"Another thing," he continued, ah
mptly ; " where did you buy the revolver
yon used to commit the crime ?'
Monistrol's face showed no surpr'se.
"I've bad It in my possessioa a loog
time." he answered.
"What did you do with it afterward ?'
'"Threw it down on the outer boule
vard." " Very well," e aid M. Mecbinet, grave
ly; '"aeurch shall le made, and it will Int
.ncediately be found." " After a moment's
silence lie added : - - i
! Waat I can't understand fe tbat you
should have let your dog follow J on."
"What mytlog?" . -
"Yes, Pluto tho concierge recognized
It." - : j .
Monlsfnd clenched bts bands and
opened his lips to answer, bnt some snd-
den recollection crossed bis mind, and he
threw himself back on Lis bed, SAyuiif, iu
a tone ol immovable firmness: .
"I have been tortured encugit; you
won t get another word out of me."
It was evident that it would be a waste
of trouble to persist, ,
"We therefore retired, and, once outside
on the Quai des Orferres. I seized M.
Mechinet by the arm, exclaiming : . . . r
Yon heard: the unfortunate man
dopfn't even know bow his unole died. Js
it possible to have any further doubt of
his Innocence ?
But the old policeman was a terrible
skeptic.
" Who knrws? " be replied. I've seen
famous actors in tny lifetime. But this
is enough for to-day. ' I'll call for yon to
eat my soup this evening. Tomorrow
it will be daylight, aud we shall see.
CHAPTER VIL
. It was not far from ten o'clock;, when
M. Mechinet, whom I still Aroompauied,
rang the bell at the door of bis suite of
rooms. - '- 1
1 never carry a pass-key," aad he. In
our profession one never knows what
may happen. There are a great many
rascals who bear me a grudge, and if I'm
not always careful on my own acoount, I
must lie for my wife's sake."
My worthy neighbor's explanation was
unnecessary. I had understood the state
of affairs, aud even noticed that he rang
In a particular way, which must have
been a preconcerted signal between him
self and bis wife.
Pretty Mme. Mecbinet opened the door.
With a movement rapid and graceful as
a kitten she threw herself into ber hus
band's arms, exclaiming:
"Here you are at last! I don't kDow
why. but I felt almost anxious."
But she suddenly etonned: she bad Tn.t
' aeeu me. Her bright face clouded, she
drew back, and addressing herself oh
much to me as to ber husband, con
tinued: " What! you have just left the ccj at
this hour; there's no sense in It."
M. Mechinet 'a lips wore the indulgent
smile cf a man sure of being lreJ, who
knows that be c;u apnease by atiugle
12. 1S88.
word the quarrel that ia being sought
with him.
" Don't scold us, Caroline," be replied,
associating me in bis cause by the plural
pronoun; "we haven't just left the Cftfc,
and we haven't been wasting our time.
Some one came for me on business a
murder committed in the Batignolles."
The young wife, with a suspicious look,
glanced alternately at ber busband and
myself, and when convinced that we were
not deceiving ber, merely eaid:
"Ah!"
But it would require a page to enumer
ate everything thia short exclamation
contained.
It was addressed to M. Mechinet, and
plainly Raid:
"What! you bave trusted yourself to
mis young man, revealed your ixition,
nmaiea mm into our secrets!"
This was the manner in which I Inter
preted t eloquent "ah," and my worthy
neiL'h" - pderstCid it in the same w-u v.
for he replied:
W ell, yes. Where's the harm? ' If I
have to fear the Tengeance of the scoun
drels I have delivered up to justice, w hat
have I to dread from honest folks? Do
you suppose I hide myself, that I'm
ashamed of my profession?"
ion misunderstand me. my dear."
obseired the young wife. ,-
M. Mechinet did cot even bear he.
He bad just mounted 1 learned this
afterwards a favorite bobby, that always
carried him away. -
Zounds!" be continued; "you have
strange ideas, madame! What! I am one
of the forlorn hopes of civilizatiou! At the
cost of my repose aud the risk of my life
I secure the safety of society, nnd am I to
blush for it! That wouldn't be pleasant.
You will tell me that various absurd
prejudices, liequeathed by the past, exist
against us. hat do I care? . 1 es, I know
that there are sensitive gentlemen who
look down upon us. But, deuce take it!
I'd like to see their faces, if my colleagues
and I strnck work to-morrow, leaving the
city to the army of scoundrels we bold in
check."
Mme. Mecbinet, who was donbtle?s ac
customed to outbursts of this kind, did
not utter a word; and Bhe was wie, for
my worthy neighbor, meeting with no
contradiction, calmed down as If by
magic.
-But enough of that," be said to bis
wife. . "There's something more import
ant just now. We're had no dinner, and
are starving; can you give us some sup
per?" W bat bad happened this evening must
bave occurred too frequently for Mme..
Mechinet to allow benelf to be found un
prepared. "You shall bare supper in five min
utes." she replied, with the pleaaauteat of
smiles.
In fact, a moment after, we were seated
at a table before an excellent piece of cold
roast beef, attended by Mme. Mechinet,
who constantly filled our gla&ess with ex
cellent Macon wine.
While my worthy neighbor was consci
entiously devoting himself to his supper,
I, looking at bis peaceful home and pretty
little wife, asked myself If this was really
one f the "fierce" detectives, who bave
been the heroes of so many absurd tales.
But our hunger was soon appeased, aud
M. Mechinet began to tell his wife about
our expedition. And be did not relate
the affair carelessly, but gave the most
minute details. She was seated by his
side, and the way in which she listened,
asking explanations when aha did not
understand, revealed the bourgcoise
Egeriawho was accustomed to x con
sulted. -a.-
"Whea M. Mecbinet had finished tLo
Bald: -5B.srVf75r ' ---.
"You've made one great mistake en
Irreparable mistake." " "
"What?" rr-
"You ought not to bare gone to the
prefecture when you left the Batignolles.".
"But, Monsieur " .
' "Yes, you wanted to question him.
"What did yon gala?'
"I have gained, my dear "
''Nothing. It'a to the RnVVMenna
yon ought to bave gone, to the wife. You
would have surprised her under the influ
ence of the agitation she must necessarily
bare felt at ber husband's arrest, and if
he is an accomplice, as may be supposed,
by a little adroitness you would hare
made her confess." '
I had started fsom my chair as the
words. - ' -
What, madame," I cited; "you tUnk
Moniatrol gtitlty?" 1 ' - . . r
. After a moment's heeltatioa, e&e an
swered: , m t-.'.v; a u-.
, "Yes." -. .-i :L . : -i
Then, in a. very eager tone, she on
tiaued: . : ,
"But, Tm sure, perfectly anre, that the
idea of murder originated with the wife.
Oat of every twenty Crimea oommitted by
men , Cf fceea Are eonoel red and inapt red by
women. Ask Mschi net. The evncierge'a
testimony ought to have enlightened yon.
"What is this Mme. Mrfmistrolf . A re
markably beautiful pemon, yon were
told, coquettish, ambitions, consumed by
covetousuese, a woman who leads ber
'busbaud about by the Boae. New, what
were ber circumstances? Poor, narrow,
precarious. She suffered from tbetn, as ia
proved by her. asking bee uucla to lend
her IC0.000 francs. He refused, thus baf
' fling her hopes. Do you suppose that she
did not bear bim a mortal hatred ? "She
'must bars often repeatx-d, 'If this eld
miser were dead, we should be rich. And
when she saw bim beaitby and strong aa
an oak, she said to beraelf, 'He'll lire a
hundred years when be loavea us bis
property, we ebant'be able to enjoy It,
at d who knows whether be won't bury -ui?'
Is it so long a Sep from this point
to the thought of committing a crime?
And when the determination was c nee
fixed in her mrnd. she gradually prepared .
tier husband, familiarized bim wrtb the
. thought of murder, pat, so to speak; the
knife iuto bis hand. . And one day.threat
ened with bankruptcy, worn out by his
wife's lamentation, he dealt the blow."
"All this is logical," said M. Mechinet.
Very logical, undoubtedly; bnt what
became of the circumstances discovered
by us? 11 . .
.... "Then, madame," said I, "yotl tkink
Monlstrol was stupid enougn to denounce
himself by writing aia name?" -.- . - ,
She shrugged bar shoulders, and an
swered: .. - -'..:
' Is that a folly? I don't tMnk so. since
It is your strongest argument in favor of
bis innocence."
The reasoning was so specions that for
a moment I felt bewildered. Then recov
ering myself: ' -i.
"But he confesses that be Ii guilty,
madame," I insisted. - - -" ,
"An excellent way of engaging the law
to prove bis inuoceuce."
"Oh!" . "
"You are a proof ol it, my dear Mon
sieur Godeiul."
"Why, madame, the unfortunate man
doesn't even know bow Lis undo was
murdered."
"Excnse me; he doesn't teem to know
which is not the same thing."
The discusriou became animated, and
would bave lasted a long time If M. Me
cbinet bad not put an end to it.
"Come, come," be said to bis wife.
kindly, "you'ro too romantie this eveu
ing.' .
Then addressing himself to tae
81. 50 and postage per year. In advance.
NUMBER 3(5.
"'As to you," he continued, "I'll take
you with me to-morrow, and we'll call
011 Madame Monistrol. Now, as I'm al
most dead with sleep, good-night."
He could sleep, but I could not close my
eyes.
A secret voice in my heart cried ont
that Monistrol was innocent. My imagi
nation pictured with terrible vividness
the tortures of the unfortunate man alone
in bis prison cell. But why bad be con
fessed? - T
cnAITEU VIIL '
What I then lacked I've bad occasion
to call myself to account for it a hundred
times since was experience, familiarity
with the profession, and especially a
thorough knowledge of the modes of the
action cf the police.
I dimly felt that this examination bad
been badly, or rather superficially con
ducted, but I aliouli have lieeu troubled
to tell why, and especially to say what
ought to have been done.
1 was none the less deeply interested in
Monistrol.
It seemed as if bis cause was my own.
And this was very natural my youthful
Tanity was aroused. Was it not a remark
of mine that had raised the fir.-t donbts
in regard to the unfortunate man's guilt?
"I must prove bis innocence," I snid to
myself.
Unfortunately, the arguments carried
on during the evening bad disturbed my
mind so much that 1 no louder knew ou
what fact to erect my structure. As al
ways happens when we f.x onr minds too
long on the solution of a problem, my
ideas became as confused as a skein in the
bauds cf a child. I no longer sawclearly,
everything was chaos.
Leaning back in my arm chair, I wns
still racking my brains, when M. Mechi
net, faithful to the promise made the
evening before, came for me.
"Come, come," he said, shaking me
rudely, for I bad not heard him enter,
"let's be off."
"I'm ready," I said, rising.
We hastily went downstairs, and I theu
noticed that my worthy neighbor was
d reused with more care than usual.
He bad succeeded iu giving himself
that easy, well-to-do air, which is so
particularly attractive to the Parisian
ehopkeeper.
His good spirits were those of a man
sure of himself, who is advancing to cer
tain victory.
We were soon in the street, and while
we were on our way, -
"Well," be asked, "what do yon think
of my wife?. I pass for a sharp fellow at
the prefecture; and yet I consult her.
Moliere consulted his servant and I've
often profited by ber advice. She has one
weakness: to ber there are no clumsy
CTime, and ber imagination lends all
villains the power of diabolical combina
tions. But as I bave precisely the oppo
site failing, and am perhaps a little too
positive, it's rare that tie truth does not
appear during our consultations."
"What!" 1 cried, "you think you have
penetrated the mystery of the Monistrol
affair?"
He stopped short, drew bis snuff box
ont of his pocket, took three or four of
bis imaginary pinches arid replied;
"At least 1 have the means of penctrat
lEKit." Meantime we bad reached tho tcp of
the Hue Vivienne, not far from Monis
trol's shop.
"Pay attention," said M. Mecbinet;
"follow me, and whatever happens, let
nothing surprise you."
He did well to warn me, or I should
bave been, greatly astonished to see bim
abruptly enter an umbrella shop.
Stit and grave as an Englishman, he
turned over the whole stock, found noth
ing to suit bim, and at last eked whet her
an umbrella could be made for bim like a
pattern which be would furnish.
He was told that it would be the easiest
thing in the world, and went out saying
be would coma back the next morning.
The half-hour spent In the shop had
certainly not been lost. While examin
ing the umbrellas placed before him, he
bad bad su21cient art to draw from the
shopkeepers all that they knew of M. and
Mme. Monittrol.
It was an easy matter, after all, for the
affair of the "little old man of the Bati g
nolles," and the arrest of the dealer in
imitation jewelry, had caused great ex
citement throughout tho nehborhocd
and was the universal subject of conver
sation. . "Tbere," said he, when wo were out
side, "that's the way to obtain exRctln
Xcrinp.tion.. Wh3n people know with
whem they are dealing they strike atti
tudes, make stilted speeches, and thtu
good-bye to the truth."
M. Mochinet repeated this f.irce In
seven or iijibthcpa in tbd neighbor
hood, and even spent twenty francs iu
one, whose owner was qnict and not dis
posed to talk.
I But after two hours of this strange oc
cupation, which greatly amused me, we
were thoroughly posted in regard to pub
lic opinion. "We knew precisely wlnt was
thought of M. and Mme. Moni-trol in tho
neighborhood where they bad lived tince
their marriage that is, four years.
There was but one opinion about the
busband. ' '
He was said to be the best and kindest
of men, obliging, honest, intelligent and
Industrious. If he had not succeeded iu
his business. It was because fortune does
not always favor those who are most de
serving. He bad mado the mistake of
hiring A shop devoted to bankruptcy
four merchants had been ruined iu It
within fifteen years.
He worshiped bis wife, everybody knew
and said, but this great love bad never
passed proper linaiU, never exposed bim
to ridicule.
- No one could believe in hi guilt. ""
His arrest, it was said, runst be a mis
take on the part of the police.
Opinions were divided In regard to
Mme. Monistrol. -
-Some thought her too fine for her po
sition, others said that a fashionable cos
tume was one of the necessities of ber
businosts.
It was generally believed that she sin
cerely loved ber husband, and she was
universally praised for ber prudence, a
prudence the more meritorious because
she was ' remarkably beautiful and be
sieged by numerous admirers. But she
had never given occasion for gossip, not
the slightest breath of suspicion had
sullied tier Immaculate character.
This, I iierceived, greatly perplexed M.
MeeUiiKt.
ow.-wiKe, nam oe, "not a tale, not a
Blander, not a calumny. This isn't what
Caroline s-npposni. According to her
Idea, we ought to find one of those shop
keepers who are always behind the coun
ter, display their lieauty more than their
wares, and consign the husband a blind
fooL or careless toad-eater to the back
shop. Arid she is nothing of the sort !"
I tu.-wlo no reply, being no less puzzled
man my neigiiucr.
' We were a long way from the testimony
cf the Cimicrje in tho Hue Letiuse, so
greatly does the point of sight vary ac
cording to the neighborhood. What is
considered horrible coquetry in the Batig
nolles is only a business necessity lu tho
Kue lvienue.
But we bad already spent too much
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time in our inquiries to stop to e.vth.inj-j
impressions and discuss our ronji-ct tnv.i.
"Now," said M. Mecbinet, "bcfo. o en
tering tho place, let us study tho ap
proaches to it."
And, trained to carry on tlie-ie prudci.'.
investigations amid the bustle of Pari.-,
be made me a sign to follow hi m into .t
doorway, directly opposite MoiiUtrol'j
shop.
It was an unpretcn linsr, Plmopt shab
by shop, compared with th se tL -.t mr
rounded it, The front needed p.tini i.
Over the door, in letters one gi t. .
now smoke and blackened, was '.hi
name of Monistrol. Ou tho pur.es wore
inscribed Gol J one? Imital'.oi Jecn'ii.
Alas! It wis prncipally irriitat ir.u j w
elry that plitterediathewindow. Fiota
the rods bungaqnant'.ryof plated rVnins,
jet ornaments, diadems of brii.i.irts,
necklaces of imitation coral, an'! p'ns,
rings and sleeve-buttons set with imita
tion gems of all colors.
A poor display, I perceived at a glance,
and one that would not tempt shop
breakers. "Let's go in," eaid I to M. Mocbitiet.
He was less impatient tbnu I, or under
stood bow to control bis impatience bet
ter, for be crasped me by the arm, say
ing: "Ono moment I should like to cntcb, a
glimpse of Mme. Monistrol."
But it was in vaia that we remained it
our post of observation twenty untunes
longer; the shop was still empty, Mine.
Monistrol did not appear.
"We have waited long enough," my
worthy neighbor at last exclaimed.
"Come, Monsieur Godeuil, w'll rbk it." .
To be continued.
KISSES FOR SKULLS.
A Strange Tlellglous Ceremony in the
Tuscan Highland.
In the Tuscan Highlands at the vi!lagY
of C'utipliano, writes a cr.ri-pind' nt
fiom Italy, they keep Lit;h ieast on the
f-tli of Ati?ust in memory of te .int Anr
llus and aint Iren us, whose bones lie
in state in tlie town church. 1 ho sacred
remains exhilit'-ti on tho holid-iy nro
preserved in richly gilt shrines with glass
lroiits an 1 sides. The skulls are l-tre in
all their prinning hideousness tho rc.t
of the skeletons are bappiiy bid in rich
costumes, the hands covered with shk
gloves and the feet with t!ont:'. btoik-
After mass ia over in tho rhurch fin 1
tho people have been blessed a priest
standing at the altar holds up a ielii Jury
tontiining tho bone of a sairt for t ie
adoration of the crowd. 'ne by one Lira
men come up U the altar stepa. th-voutiy
kiss t'.ie glaya that covers ti.o pi vciotis
bone, and drop a copper c r two into t;;e
brass tray which is carried by an at
tendant. Alter each osculation the gli-a
id carefii'ly wiped with a naphiii and
then presented to the net in -'i df r.
1 he women come alter the men. The
faith of thess is' apparently mote lively.
Thev seem fully sat::icd in:.t hy the art
of adoration th'.-y have comnrtted, them
selves to th" e:iec?ual eaftuar.l of the
Bniiit, ?nd th'-yturn away tlu ir fares
radh-i.t with peace and con Lenta ent.
Hero crir.fs a fan iiy proup, a mother
leadii g a little eirl by the hand vw:h a
baby on her arm. His touching to see
the e.irr.-stis with which the mother
presses tho pouting Hjis of her infant
against tho sacred charm ami the ,oy
vi:h which the broods over Limwhcn
she has thus secured his salvation; bc-
1 ini cotns nn oi l woman, wnt;kled, in
firm, alone in the world, but the weight
of her wars and trouble seems to grow
liht w hen she has secured, the good will
and intern s -ion of tho saiiit.
So they come in a lonz succession of
every age and condition, hut ail believ
ing and tlevouL Long: alter tho service
is over the worshippers remain al sorhe.l
in nraver, kn-.-elmg 111 tuner. -nt parts of
the church, uiierly lost ti a'.l that passes
around.
After leaving tho church tho Tuscans
repair to tLfc village green, where a lot
tery is in progress, and every one, from
the gray head to the toddl ng infant, in
vests in a ticket, lliey are very super
stitious about significant numbers. jne
man chooses eight because his cat at
home h s that number cf kittens, an
other twenty nine, because his 6on fell
and broke Ids leg ou that dr.y of the
month ;. still another liiie.'n, because
there are that number ot 1 tttrs iu the
saint's name whom they celebrate.
1 .very one ;s in good humor wl.ilo t.io
draw ing take3 place, an i even it their
run. hers era unsuccessful tiiy leave
with t conviction that it will surely
come up on the next ieaat day.
The Other Side.
Fivshion.-uMc. Mother "What? Po you
mem to shv yon won't rent me one of
those elcgiiut flats because I bave a
child?"
Flat. Owner No, madam, I won't.
Those th . l.ave gilded cornices, frescoed
wnlls, eatlake dadoes, baviland fire
places, French plate windows " -
"Oh! d you're afiaid my darlinir
little c!ier..b will tear them all to pieces.
1 suppose?"
".No, madam, but those flats are utterly
lackiuy i 1 grills, flowers, trees, birds.
swiugs ixi . J hammocks, aud I'll not allow
any one to pen np poor little children in
any suc'i gilded ctges. l,:o, madam, I
may lie a little ; rasping, but I don't wnu
any blood money." Oiuu.hu World.
- Tho Why mad Wherefore.
A noted Sunday-school worker living ia
Kansas v. 1 c -ice uskod to talk to the
children of a ; Sunday-school ou the sub
ject of temperance.
He Is very earnest in his cause, and
wears u bit of blue ribbon as a badge of
his principles.
P.i-iiig 1-fore the school, be pointed to
his bit of b1--; ribbon and said:
"New, t i any of you children give ma
a reason why I am not a drunkard?"
There vas x:a reply for a moment; then
a childish little voice iu the rear cf tho
room piped ont:
'"Cause thi. " - Prohibition town."
Nothing Extraordinary.
"This, ladies an gnts," vociferated a
menagerie orator in a small town in Ken
tucky, "is the great Arabian uromednry,
with two bumps upon bis back luste-ad of
one, but the extra bump will cost vou
nothin.T. He is tho .".rab's last of bur
den, lie fetches an' carries, while tho
Arab aits idly in the sand, and (imores
sively). be can go eight days witbrjut
water!"
"Only eight days!" was the general ex
clamation, a.d then the crowd moved oa
Iu search of Lometbing interesting.
; A l'et's l ino I'uiuts. .
Jobson "What kind of an animal is
tLat you've got there, Jepson?"
Jepson "A hedgehog. It is one of my
wife's pets."
Job. "It ran ire kind ot a pet I should
M,y; ; y-(,ili.U'fi.tucli a thing as
tL."t abc ;t ber?
Jep. "Well, I suppose it is Wcausu L6
lias to many hi.r pciutsabou: h..u."
Wheu to Itest.
An hour's rest is almost nn hour added
to a man's life, b-t too r :.ny hours ue
vot. d to rert v ill 1 ' :r: l.i,..
1 ha o: 1 .-To vr'o U lor to take a.
lest when Le is lived. -