FOOD NIGAT. Good night! Landward, the Bathi i Bea ward flow, Bach ti Baneath un has set behind the hills, 16 skies with gold; ie white-eapped wavelets ebb and p with siiver rolled the moon, and shiver in glow Good night! its Crood night! A dreamy languor fills the silent alr, ( of care and strife, ] with all its duties o'er, s with memories rife, » who onee though dear, are so no Good night! ay are} Lt, “iim we moonlit sea-—t1he silent earth Lhe quiet ha Like us, to Upon tl Livy seem morrow 's birth, 1 Ciood night! RL TCA AR ATERKIGLE NlunaTr, {t was in 1844, a stifling hot sminmer- day, when I decided to accept Balzac’s invitation to visit him at his fantastic house in the Rue Basse, at Passy. Ii was half-past seven when I entered the dining-room, where Balzac was {ini ing Lis dinner, Opposite him was seated a man with a bovine countenance, in- tellectual forehead and animal lower face perplexing and of an unu- sual character. His hair, now gray, idences of having once been red; mee blue, were now a wintry gray. His whole person was complex, rade but subtle. laking up a great hot-house peach as he spoke, Balzac sald: ‘Let me mtroduce id¢ fg.” A $1 AAR solid, y Bk Vi ¥ il his eves, Monsieur Vi- mous in police annals, I remember } acter, **'V ast pet C'S detleclive Cli They el y e. Dig for Suriace oi SATE The erime there!” ity Balzac arrogated a good deal of 1 rare intuition to himself, And, indeed, be possessed it, bul made use of it to track the j to whe Crimes are pre pared i the world of reality MSSIONS the heart, wiore h to Decome ti 1 they ant WEY el peac! I create a re hardist I am a bool man has have a superd su when 1 i Dever E31 - 1, DAIZAC, LWO Wi He LIIey J HOE, ana were going. addy easy to see the two were mistress and maid ted shortly, and without looking at she wished to speak to the was in ball costume, but was dressed perplexed } hair looked as thrown there, her hair disord and under her ouged, though she and pretly i she must ide herself, foot and a ther r Was She e1 ered, hie ing to tell her that i the prefect that hour, the guard opened the door of the ante-chamber and let her in, This left the maid on the staircase, I asked her to come into the room with my men, where the stove was. She consented, Although not as temptuously dressed as her mistress, she was quite as demorali- ged. Her trembling was not all due to the cold. I have studied all sorts of emotions, and hers was fright. She was in such terror that it was conta. gious, I never saw such fear in my life—it was ghastly; and yet I could see that she was a woman of tirm com- manding character. Although I had given her a seat by the stove, she jump- od up every minute and went to the window. where she would rub off the fog frow the pane with Ler half-gloved hand and look out, Once I looked out over her shoulder, I saw that she was looking at the carriage she had come in, and pas not a hired conveyance of any kind, lishment that belongs Lo » great house, fine horses, crystal lamps and all. 1 heard the maid murmur, with an inde- finable accent"of relief, 'He's asleep,’ but whether it referred to the coach- man or some one inside the carriage I could not possibly make ont. “Now, what was going on in the Pre- fect’s room ali this time? This: “The Prefect aftera hard day's work, possible to see i | awakened till daylivcht—and his werd f was law, Hearing this from the guard, | the lady asked when the Prefect might be seen, She was told at eight o’ciocek in the morning. The lady wrung her hands and sprang impetuously toward he Prefect but mat the lronarm the guard—Paps Caron was his name 8 1, of the assault from such a delicate an- { tagonist. the Prefect when the was not to be waked. HAW hat compensation will make that ruin good to you?’ eried the lady, ex ted to frenzy, ‘Will this? Will this?’ And as she spoke she undid, or rather burst with one wrench, the heavy pearl necklace she wore, took off her diamond bracelets with the same violence, put them all pelimell into the astonished guard’s hands, and said: ‘Now gol’ © 2 Twenty thousand frances in pearis and diamouds were too much for the guard, vat he went reluctantly, for the Pre- fect exposed fifteen hours oul of the twenty- four to the complaints and petitions | and demands for justice of the public® His awakenining was a terrible affair, Once more Papa Caron returned Lo lady with “Impossible” for an answer, This time she promised him on her honor and with the simple air of speaking the truth that she wou im a pension of four thousand fra: to be continued to his family after h death if any punishment fell upon hi tor u her suit withthe leonine P time she sent in her The 1 ti Lie ect, 1 1 h a sealed envelope. rele t and leaped a foot, great misiort me,’ she mu cannot} topped gasping lent effort eager: ‘You 4 Vi pealeqa, 'refect ‘your | ! turned, i Hungarian officer your parior, 1 jealousy was aroused, and you flown to tell of rime, or me of an impending duel?” *“‘My husband has n yet,’ gaid the Countess; ‘his train gets in al three, and it is not two of ! I'hen is dead?’ ered the Prefect “she close to surprised 1a Have warn SONS « to OL come + i O'Clock vel. one ‘sr " . x nied en ' “ Wy One Wounded, no Ane him and whispered with rigad “There is a dead man in my carriage, down stairs, M. de Karl- he Hungarian officer, while calling me s evening after the opera, n wy parlor, and his arriage.’ vMurdered ?’ cried the Prefect, “eNo: struck down by an apoplectic troke as he sat by my side. 1s it not horrible that when 1 long to grieve for a dead friend I must only think of my reputation and a censGrious world? Now, help me. There is a dead man in my carriage! What shall I do? You must have a thousand resources,’ said | the Countess, mingling the authority of | the woman who commands with the auphority of the woman who implores. ‘Many resources, but nothing for just this case,’ said the Prefect, who, however, was longing to ald the poor fry : pe. thd Liki my « super-human courage, He rang the | bell, saying as he did so: “There is but | one man in Paris who can deliver you | from this delicate position. Are you | willing that he shonid make a third in our counsels?’ s+ff youn answer for his discretion,’ sald the Countess, “1 was the man,” said Vidocq, paus- ing magnificently. * When [ answered | the bell, he continued, “the Prefect told {me the story, concluding with the | words: ‘Vidooq, you must get rid of the body.’ body found at daybreak on the high- | way, wounded in two or three places? | He is found, his purse and valuables | are gone, he has been murdered by rob- bers, four hours, Investigation by the police { thing forgotten.’ “Enough!” eried the Countess, who haa hidden her face in her convulsed hands. “No stabs on that body! I will not have it! Nol’ : “Phen how would it be if the body should disappear from the world as if it had never existed?’ said I, “Never to be found again?” ¢tNaver,’ * ¢No, burial, then?’ mm afraid not.’ “ “Just how would you make it disap- pear?’ “Oh, madam, don't try to know’ 4 will not hear of your second plan either.” sald the Countess, decidedly. “Madam,” said I, ‘I have but more plan; but to carry that out I must know how maay of y of this young man's visit to evening.’ “Quly Honorlne,my maid,’ Countess earnestly, ‘It was | Monsier de Karlsen was telling amusing story; he was laughing very heartily; I had turned my head away, but noticed that his laughter had ceased uddenly. Seconds passed by. Aston ished at the transition from exaggerated gavety to profound silence, 1 turned, rose from my arm-chair and approached the sofa, where he was His was horribly distorted. 1 disco ered that he was dead, I shrieked and fell, See. 1 cut Hono rine came ranning in, revi ne, re minded me that my husban hours from one your people kno you ti said the IKE ie an i 1 i sitting. f sgh 108 ¥ ~ my fore! ressed. hes 1 wrt parapet Orfevres, OIning. Fhe agent ¢ stag i iL, ery inkards supporting a i. Wy to 1 Neut-—a cen- tral point where no one can where the man he meets there came from. Of course it was of the frst importance that no one should be able to guess where M. de Karleson had passed the night. It was a short walk to get there, but I would not take it again under the same conditions for a good deal. Once opposite the Place Dauphine, we waited for a cab to pass by. As S00n as one drew near we began to sing a drinking song and gabble as German a gibberish as we could muster, staggering about with our ghastly burden, “Hullo, coachman,’ said I, when the cab came up, ‘will you accept a fare? We have neither the time nor the | steady legs to get our friend home.’ Without waiting for the Jebu's anawer, + i I In wel Ons ts l tell saint Fiorentin, first house to the right.’ | “We had given him five francs, | thing was done. As for the sequel, | this is the way the papers told it next | morning: | “A rich and noble stranger, M. de | Karlsen, sole hel of one of the oldest | Hungarian families, had a fatal apoplec- | tie stroke last night while driving to his home in the Rue Saint-Florentin, He frightful accident which the chances of his calling had brought to his notice alter in vain attempting to arouse the iruggists whose e iablishimentis he pass. ed on road, at last delivered body to the servants at M, de Karlees nmptous residence on the Saint Florentine. “The papers had serious the next day: “To-morrow at the Church Madeleine, the funeral services the soul of M. de Karlsen take place, His friends are requeste present, as the body { to Hungary, and religion . § at 1s tue something repose ol ail appeared deep mourning, 1ighis under Ly =e tho Lho read It it. She langu pave fi ahead ¥ i £ i ¥ £ anid soon died of * hyper ii Nobo iy was forgotlen Papa Caron, th 3 Prefect’s ¥ i nig Hono! morine a ttle 2k °F su, OI th i antec! i received § mag! the ‘I'm going to tell vou. We stop you in front of the Henry 1V , statue. “I've been i stopped there a hundred housand " ¢ 4 3 n the A fn as Toni ock morning, and we gave you five { “The five fran thing you've ¢ “The man wh Was the Rue saint. Flore tin.’ A flash passed int eyes, “When you opened the door you had a great surprise.’ Second flash of memory on the part of the cab-driver. “What did you find instead of the man who got in on the Pont Neuf?" “Why, he was dead, if that’s what roi want to make me say. Thera's nothing strange about that. But Anes most unnsua going to cab-dniver’s BO Duchess Bue Belle needn't look Hke t bank-notes, then, I carried the | SOR. and gave the lette; lady who we carriage, ‘I JOINe nan, orders, onus,’ white as the paper, and man to give me forty iL a two-l1 «The Balzac, Di anc pit $§aay BLier de Karl on Mn Dediroate) to ar Family “How'd tor” “Went I mean how'd a find him Found hm he better?” “If “Does he improve any to improve; he lives in a boarding got there?"’ “Well, well. he must be, any?” “Hasn't sold his farm and but is he’s fine present. Lf il was you you owe ne forty sous.”’ “How do you make that out? I gave you five francs for your trip.” “I earned all that answering ques tions. 1 mean I had to go on another errand, I had to goto the Rue Belle i ! i “Roe Bellechasse!”™ we all shouted. “Yes, to the house of Countess de the name. I found a tiny little gilded leather case in my cab the morning after 1 carried the dead man to the Rue Saint- Florentine; so, of course, the cass be to me. There was a let- a to this Countess or than who? “Oh, doctor, what is there about him?" “A double sheet and two blankets.” “But what alls him?’ “Nobody ales him; a St. John man.’ “But is he dangerous?’ “Naw, gentle as a lamb.” don't you wani to tell what's the mat- ter with him¥"’ a fresh cut.’ pretty smart; do you know how to tell what ails your patient?” “Oh, yes, | know how to tell, but you don't know Some physicians never he's $ i { ! i ———— a —— “Usep you pretty rongh, didn’t he?” remarked a sympathizing bystander to the man who had just got 4 most awial loking. “Well, no,” replied the sub. dued one, *“I thought A ion of ther day that the us WAS In § neglected con much | ted, There are a number of mits in the Inns of Courtand ( They are usually barrister failed, but who haunt the pia living ghosts, and exist in Lhe most 6x- | treme squalor, Not a few of them are | men of ability, who, with more help in early lite, might have done great things, a _- han theass here hanoery. who have like © The paper bottles made in Paris are comented with a composition «of sium, lime and blood albumen. Neither water por aloohol has any effect on these bottles, and of course they are aot easily broken, It is announced in the Nature that a grotto from 8 to 10 metres high has been discovered iu a rook washed by the sen, iv the Morbihan, by M. Gail lard, He has mines continued his ! researches st low water, and found sowe lhaman bopes, ancient earibenwaroe | marked with aliegonoal and the ancient Gauls,
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