The National Banner, Volume 10, Number 36, Ligonier, Noble County, 30 December 1875 — Page 1

TRR R O A PRI ERETRI T~ ~h Nt' l ®p9 .. s Che ghational Bannev Sr i eustikieppy . . % i . q T 57 2 i . JOMN B. STOLL. . LIGONTIER,NOBLE COUNTY,IND. 4 . Terms ofsubserlptiiovn S 0 One year, in m\ivnug'e.u...'. s RS s S 0D - Six-months, in advANCe .......cicevsecn-oaey 100 Eleven copies to one address, one year,......20 60 ' | B@-Subscribers outside of Noble -county are harged 10 cents extra [per year] for postage, which is.prepaid by the pablisher. .

: Yy TQ? A N . CITIZENS BANK, ' + . LIGONIER, .- INDIANA. ) : First=Class Notes warnted at a Low Rate ef Discount. ) S ekl parties having **Public Sale Notes,” will do 7, . well to seeus befors cisposing of them elsewhere.™ : o G P ey i . Exechange Bought and: Sold, an? F I‘.cig 2 “ ' Draftsdrawnon all the Principal Cities et of Eu.ope. i ; < S Agents for Firsi-Class Fire and Life ; . Insurance Companies.. 5 : e STRAUS BROTHYR~, M. M. RITTERBAND, Notary Public.” . 'Ligouier, Ind}, Dec 16, 12875.-6-26 I T JAMES M. DENNY, ~ Attorney and Counseller at Law. | - Vilice b the Uourt touse, : - ALBION, *-' - - ='is - L‘.’ﬂ'l). 315 Lo L. COVELL, - = *, Attorney-at-Law & Notary Public o ~ Gn'rrftt, Indiana. _ - Omfice in the Sceleyißlock, west side. Main Street. T S B, W. GREEN, il _ ; g 3 - Justiceofthe Peact & Collection AgL Oiﬂce—Secufpd Story, La}.<loll’s Brick Block, "\ LIGONIER, - ~- INDIANA: g yis jods b a 2! 2 . D, C.VANCAMP, ) ' ATTORNEY AT LAW, <o nigomier, 3 ¢ : Indiana. Special atteution given to cnlkﬁtiqns and convey- . ancing, and the writing of deed, mortgages, and _ contracts. Legal busingss proniptly attended to. Ofiice over Jacobs &, Goldsmith’s Cash Store. 9-50 O EE. GL ZADMMERTFIAN, ) Attorney at Law & Notary Public, . Office over Gerber’s Hhrdware, . Qavin Street. : : Ligonier, Indiana. ' January 7, 1875.-9-37. £ 1. B, KNINELY, S ATTORNEY AT LAW, 5,111(1'0.\'1/3'1‘(, .- sn - INDIANA. ; g Office on second floor of'Landon’s Block. 7-2 o WM. B, McCORNERAL, - * Attorney at Law and Cir- ' cuit'Proseentor, . # ANGOLA, @ : 1 i INDIANA. . 'All professional business promptly and satisfac-torily‘att-eudcd to. U 9-39 T - ALBERT BANTA, . Justiceof. the Peace & Uonveyancer. -+ ‘LIGONIER, INDIANA. Special attention.giveén to conveyancing and col- ., lections, Deeds, Bonds and Mortgages d‘bmwn up 7 and all legal business attended to promptly zu’xé accurately. Office over Strans & Meagher’sstore, - . ‘l\‘{aj'l6lB73ls-.‘3+3 Lo -BE. “"A-l(ﬁ)?[;lfﬁ,' A /:.s . * n T Anannsup - InsuranceAp’t &Justice of thePeace,

. - KENDALLVILLE, INDIANA. - Ofiice wiith A. A. Chupin, Mitchell Bloek: Will receive subscriptions to Tre NATIONAL BANNER. N g A B S 10 SN S S DR. R: DEPPELLER," { UROSCOPIC AND ECLECTIC ‘- PIIY STCLA N. Offce over Cunningham’s Drug Store, éaxt side ot -Cavin Street, Ligouter, Indiana. TlO-2 : r. W. cuz, a Physician "and Surgeon, fLIGO.\'IER, : INDIANA, " flee,over Banm'x Grocery Store. 77 9 n3-ly. Lo G, W.oOARR, ) it ot ; Physician and: Surgeon, LIGON.EE, - - + = - - IND., . Willprompt!y sttend all calls intrgstedro him. Ofce and residonce on 4th Street. ) i L. WL MLTEAL, TID BN I ST, T Rooms over L~ E. Pike's Groéerv, Iy Corner of Main and Mitchell streets, . spposise the Post OMce Kendall wille, Ind. - # All work warranted =G Kendallville, May 1, 1874, .~ £ . M. A. MOYER, L (Succesgor to W. L. Andrews,) . SURGEON DENTIST, KENDALLVILLE, INDIANA. LIQuID Nitroug Oxide Gasadministeredtor the painless exiraction of teeth. All work warranted. - Examinations free. -g@-Office, Secound Story, Mitchel! Block. - e -8-1411 y : s_/‘-’}’- T e R e A 3 Laghing Gas ! - AN ' ... ™™ ‘FORTHEiI e sy (el ' £ 5 Spg) PUSLESS INTRACTO) o ‘_ﬁf ) —OF— ‘L e W 3,‘;— i’ (A NP - ~ % XN.TEETH TR e¥\ \ ‘ | ~'»,,.;}Q".i':31',£.-‘§;§} §-F Aby o - N L\ (M =S -» ~ : Il‘v an S GB . ' Filling Teella Specialty . Ligonier, Ind., Noy. 11, 1875, ' "~ . 1-1 eeeee e e e e . TEEGARDEN HOTUSE, ; Laporte, Indiana. .- V.W.AXTELL, : 't : Proprietor. -Laporte, Aprils, 1871, - B f

; 1 e CONOORD & Gé,TAWBA WINE. ‘We keep constantly on ixand and sellin large or 4 gmall gnantities, to gnit customers, . . WineofOur Own Manufacture, ‘3 Pare — Nothing but the Juice of .~ .. the Grape. . A Sk SACK BROTHERS. ;Li‘gomer,JuV 3, '71.-tf oo . . Winebrenner & Hoxworth, HOUSE, SI6N- AND OENAMENTAL PAINTERS, e Grainers, Glaziérs nnq Paper-Hangers. Shop near corner of Fourth and Cavin Sts., 6ppo- + gite Kerr's Cabinet Shop. .. ‘Ligomier, - - = .« Indiana, | ¢ B. R. SHEFFER, - % ; i 7 3 ') . House Painter & Grainer, 18 prepared toido all work in his line in first-clase .| style and at reusonable rates. - GRAINING MADE A SPECIALTY, ‘and execnted in exact imitation of the natural wood., Examineour work. Shos on Mitchell St.. i rear of Baker'stin:shop, Kendallville, Ind. [6m¢ YL I STOPr AT THE " RENDALLVILLE, [NDIANA. - : VEW' COMMODIOU THREE STORY BRICE AN Hotel, only ten rods trom the L. 8. &M.S. R, R. Depot, and foar sqaares from the G, R. R R_ Only five minates walk to any of the princidpqlbn sinessnonnes ofithe ciry. ['raveling men snd <tran “ © gerswillfind thisa Arst-clazs houre, Fare 2?2 pes day. . ~J: B. KELLY, Proprietor. Kend~lville. Ang.3.1870,-14, . | 5 . PHILIP A. CARR,. ' ATUCTIONEER. Offers his services to the publicingencral. Term: - moderate. - Orders may be left at the shoestore o° P. Sisterhen., 4 i : : Lig?nie'g.-lanuary 8, "73-37 St e i ke e e SV INRs, . DEALERIN MONUMENTS, +i Vaults, Tombstones, “AND BUILDING STONES s LIGONIER, IND. = . . [ aApri!l‘%, 1871.-50 j o o J

Manafacturer of and Dealerin ail kindsof = " FURNITURE, SPRING BED BOTTOMS, ‘ e oo WILLOW-@&RE, L : .LU ' BRACKETS, ®¢ COFFINS&CASKETS ~ Also: LADIES’ SHROUDS of varions patserns, Ot Oarin 4nd gK6 agne i lem 518,

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BANKING HOUSE ) . ) : : . i o R . ) : SO : SO MIER, Conrad’s New Brick Baoek, LIGOXIER, IND'NA. Money'lnanej(m long and ghorttime. = Notes disconnted at reasonable rates. : Monies received on deposit and interest allosved m%;;mcmed time, ' ) Zxchanye bonght and sold, and Foreign Drafts drawn on principal cities of Europe. 8-2 - ) ' i— g 2 “ . v L TO THE FARMERS: &’OU will please take noiice that T am still engugerJvin buying wheat, for which I pay the highest market price. - goa ) Tf.yoi do not find me orr the street, call before selling, at my Bankivg Office in Conrad’s Brick Block ) C o SOL. MIIER. Uigonier. Indiana, May Tth,lB74.—f -

Farm For Sale !

i I desire to cell my farm of ¥OT acres, 5O acres nuder ealtivation. and all inder fence. Contains a ~mall frame house and stable Good waer, &c., an orchard of 100 fruit trées. Location—in Sparta township, 34 miles from Ligonier. and 214 miles south. of the Rochester Mills. Will xell for =3O PER ACRE.. The owner can be found on the premises. . . Address | ' ~ W. R. HICKS. Oct 21, 1875-1¥; - ' Ligonier, Ind,

HIGGINBOTHAM & SON,

S ) - ‘\\\ B iy Gy N . /// {{}.j i%//(z? ol & »\»"\ ' e Al (ST N Y @ };vi"jf"\; AT O\ ! i el s Y k Ev/”@rﬂ’@“"‘::;}‘-. R i 3 | @ F D W ARSI e Ny NS aE o N\ w;‘;;',\,p;m ' . v-—-‘.’/ Ofiin i e T i G s NSI , L SSEEERT : i WATCH-MAKERS WATCH-MAKERS, EWEILICRS, - —and dealers in— - - i Watehes,. Clocks, Jewelvay, 3, & —.’.i'—uﬁn%- o i\ O Fancy Goods;, T REPAIRING Neatly and ‘promptly c‘x&'n'tvd and warranted. g¥-Agents for Lazarus & "Morris® celebrated Spectacles. - S g~ Nign of the Big'Watceh, opposife the Bauner Bluck, Ligodier, Ind. - _ 5ep!30,°75:35 ¢ *. . . | "ﬁ_ ’ ~ DR. GEO. CLEIS P o h\Ll e . . i

Fhis Liniment posseeres great curative powers for various aifments. For asthmatic complants, difficudt breatbing tightness of the breas:, and aitments of the laugs, It'is applied externally on’ the breuast, aud between the shoulders. In case ‘of s arp paius in.tke buck and limbs,. head-ache, car-ache, affeedjous of the Lgroat, or incares olinternal Jnjuries] whethgr resulting from a severe sirokegftall ot bruise, this Linimeit is especially eflicacious. Itreiieves ulcers, upen woaunds; sabt’ rbeutl, waite swetliog, wilk leg, and worke charmingly. on corns, chilolaing, frosjed hauvds feet aud ears, Nuorsiug meéibers saffering from awollen” breasts, rexufting from a staguaiion of tuetacieal fluid, will find this I uimedy of iucal culable benefit by way ol separating the’swelling, allaying the-feveér, ad heahng the bieast. BY siveral appiications per-day, tighly satistaciory re~ults nry be obained:-from tue use of ths Linlment in the treatihent of twmors. fistnia, caucer, piles, and like diseases; also, for wounds resuiting from.scalds, onurns apd cuts; and from the bites of wasps, snakes woud mad o =, or puisoning from noxious plapts The Freych Liniment will also ve found a vi ludble household remedy in cases of riieumatism,croup, scarlet fever, dipbtheria, quin. ¢y, brouchius, scrofula, erysipelag, —for external applications. . Cholera, cholera. morbus, colic, cramps, spasams, flux, diarrheda avd grapings in the bowels may be effectually checked by the ins terval use of this celebrated Liniment, as follows: one-ball teasvoovntitl four to.tive tiuies withiy a- perlod of*from one-half hour to two or three hours, according to the reverity of the case. For colic, takelone or two doses, -For flux or diarrhreed, infants, one year of age, require from 5 to 6 dryps; twe yearsold, from 10 1o 12 drops, giveu in sagar, -Rub the abdomen with the Liniment! Forinflammation of the-bowels, use the Liniment internally and externally. . . .

~ Erice 50 Cents peor Botile. Er(‘p.‘ll‘(‘:d and n‘;al‘;utjzx'clu red ex LE]uSivc_!y by ~ Dr. Geo. Cleis, a 0 GOSHEN, IND. Drs. PRICE & BREWER e Eam At . RTINS RO ‘ ) o VISITED LAPORTE

FIFTEEN YEARS. I_]’AVE,met with nnparalleled snceess in the . freatmentofall. . i | B e 8 o : Chronic Diseases -.———--—»nf:uwmwméu‘ | _. 0 COFTHE [ ‘ ——-—v*f!m ’ : i THROAT, O LUNGS, . - HEART, L < ~ L, RGNS GO T 5 | . - STOMACH, .5 i ¢ " ¥ T e LOR ST S - HEAD, Nerves, Kidneys, Bladder, Womb, and Blood Affections of the Urinary Organs. Grayel. Scrofula, Rhepmatiem, Catarrh, Asthma, Bronchitis, Dyspepsia, &¢, - g - g g ()urrepuiu‘.inn hasbeenacqairedby candid,honest dedling aud years of suceessful practice. | Ounr practice, not one of experiment, hut founded on‘the laws of Nature; with years of experience and evidence. to sustain i, does not.tear.down, maké sick to make well; no hargh tfeatment no fifling, no flattering. ~ We know thecanseand the remedy needed ;no gneag :work, but knowledge zained by years of éxperience in the treatment o 1 1 “hronicdiveases exclusively; no encouragement without u progpect. -Capdid in our opinions, rea<onuble b our charges, claim not to know everything. of core everybody, but do lay claim to reason and common sense. . M e invite the sick, no matter what their aiiment., to call and investigate hefore theéy abandon hope, makeintervogdtions and decide for themselves; it wij] cost nothing ag consulta ionisfree, - Drs. Prive & Brewer can be eonsulted asfoliows: -.-e . 5 ; s Ligonier, Ligonier House, Monday, Jahuary 17th. e s | Goshen, Violett House, Tuesday, January 18th, 1876. = . ~ | Kendallville, Keliey House, Wednesday, January 18th.. . o . | LaGrange, Browns Hotel, Thursday, January 20th. & BR g - Visite wil'be made regularly for years, oil | Residenceana Laboratory: WAUKEGAK, ILLINOIS. . S o ; L2O-tf

4 ':;M / e % F l GS R ¥ . APREE MaRN - . | Cures Neuralgia, Face Ache, Rheumatism. Gouf, Frosted Feer Chilblains, Sore Throat. Erysipelas, Bruisesor Woandsofevery kindin mayoranimal. A eevere injury to my right arm cansed an enlargement of the bone above the wrist; gave me . great pain and trouble. Gries’ Lisiuest lopine or Aumonia effected g cute.. ADAM ENGEL, g : g}s&r House, 162 6th Ave,, Sol by ali Druggists. Depot4s Sixth Ave, N. 177Gnly Sceuis snd b 1 avosie, © dAwid et S S ese e e

‘ B ; [coNTINVED.] - : SO ey S | J k o : ) Yorisian Defective I J iRy BB T A DESPERATE DEED v L] : e }K BY ! i o - ERSKINE BOYD, AUTHOR 'OF #TuE |STorey CHILD,” “DRIVEK o FI“TOM Hoxe,” &e., &e. i | “ . GHAPTERXXNL,K . - ' A.Nimpmz'r,\:\'r WITNESS. _ In the nxe}anwhi:lo, Monsieur Daburon, the magistrate, was awaiting with feverish impatience the arrival of a visitor. Besides the warrant issued for the arrest of Albert de Valcourt, he had issued others for ﬂ{e immediaté | appearance of the Count de Valcourt, Madame Gerdy, Noel, and seyeral of the servants belonging'to the youag Viscount. . i : He A\‘ish(-d! to examine all these people before the arrival of the aceused. |

The person he now expected was Monsieur NockGerdy. T : It was half-past nine in the morning, his usual hour for receiving witnesses and commenecing|business; butmnever in_ his life had he felt =o nervous and utterly mizgerable ztg "the thought of the ordeal that was before him. ! . At half-past ten an usher introduced «“Mongsieur Ntiel ‘Gerdy.? . L

e e N T, ™ e T W He entered with the easy, unembarrassed air of 2 nﬂlan who iz perfectly acquainted with all the ins and oats of a law court, and no one could have recognized in him the individual who had ¢ounfided in Daddy Tabaret, much less the nervouS§ Tover of Miss Nellie Nicholson. J From the e?:quisite propriety of his dress, his:quiet face. and repose of mdnner, even the most astiste observer would scarcely have imagined that he :had passed .an eveningémd;night replete with' the most violent émo‘tionb,’ after, a furtive visit to the girl -he| loved, followed by anxious hours passez{l at the Tbedside of a dying woman—and that woman, one whom he had, until then, believed to be his mother!:

e vey WEREEEE 2L LT T F T U LESTEVERRICT, Tonle ATy, ESamt W2k r What a diﬁ'en{nce batween the magis- | trate and" himself. ; The mfa;,ri.%rate had. also passed a sleepless night—a fact that betrayed itself in his “languid | step, his careworn face, and the dark hollows round his eyes. ‘ “You sona for - me, sir,” said the young barrvister, bdwing respectfully; “and I| have lost no|time i .obeying your or-| ders.” T “«You are, 11{' courke, aware,” said Monsienr Dabuaron, returning the salutation, | “of the unhappy nature of the business that has compelled your appearance here?” g i | “Yes, sir; t{'}e dssassiiation of the poor | old woman at the village of La Jonchere.” ¢ «Preeisely;l and if you think the summons somewhat hasty,it is simply because your mame appears frequently in | the papers found in posséssion of the | Widow L_erouE'e." ’ t «I’'m not in|the least surprised at that,” answered the [barrister; “we were: much} interested _in| the poor woman. She wus my nurse, and 1 know that Madame Gerdy wrote to her very finguently.” 1 “Very guod! You will, of course, ke able, then, to|give us some information.” “Very insuflicient, I'm afraid. ~ln'shorly I know mnothing of the poor creature in ‘question. T was taken from her care i early infancy) andsince I've been a man, ‘T've hardly given ~her a thought, except ‘to send her from time to time some pecu« niary aid.” | N “«Y ou never|went to her house?”’ i

_%Oh, yos—éovem'l -times; but whenX did, I only remained a few minutes. Ma‘dame Gerdy, who saw her-often, and to whom she confided her .most private affairs, can enlighten you upon the subject far better ﬂmﬂ; I can.”. | o “But,” suid |the magistrate, “] am expecting Maddme Gerdy. She; has, of course, received a citation.”” | ...“She has; by t she can’t appear; she is ll}.”v i .\E . ' @ s } “Dangerously so?” - - : S| “So, ,d:mge:'oﬁls'ly, that I think ' it would be advizable to give up all Idea of her ap;pearance in this .case. She'is attacked ‘with a malady| which, jaccording to' my friend Docior\ Harvey, whose name you possibly- know, is fatal. It's something that has afn‘a@iﬁd the brain. Encepha~ litus, I think, he called it. Her life, he said, might be‘,saved, but never her I}ea,-i son.” . 3

Monsieur Daburon looked very grave. ‘ “This is bad news, indeed,”? he murmured. “And s 6 |you think that it will be impossilye to obtain any evidence in that quarter?”’ e T : ; ; “It’s not everi to be thought of. She is quite delirious, janid when I left her, was’in such a siate of physical and mental prostration that I f('rm'_ she’ll' not get through the day.” v : - #And when was she taken with this ill-| ness?” ! ol Ty | “Yesterday evening.” i “Suddenly?”..| : | - “Yes, sir, apparently soz but, for my| part, Pve strohg reasons to believe that she had been, ailing for weeks past. ;Yes—l‘ terday,on leaying the dinner table,she took up the newspaper, and by an unfolrtunate‘ chance her eyes fell uponthe very paragraph that announced the murder. Withl ‘a Joud ery, she raited her hands to her head, staggered towards the sofa, then’ fell’ ‘face downwards upon the ground,! murmuring, ‘Ob, unfortunate boy’-—unfor-f tunate boy!” " | ( “Boy? - Woman yoa mean.” i " «No, sir; those were her words. Evidently the exclamation did not refer to my poor old nurse.”” 5 : Upon this important answer, given in the most natural manner possible, tha' magistrate. raised his eyes to the youn man’s face, The barrister bent hig heaé;.' “And what followed?” asked Monsieur Daburon, dfter a pause, during which he had been making notes. . . - “Those were the last words she uttered.i With the help of our servant, I carried her| to her bed,andﬁt once sent for the do'ctor_.l Since then she has not recovered .con-| sciotnsness. The doctor, in fact—" | - “Very good—tvery 'good!” interrypted Monsieur Daburon. Stop where you ai\',c! at present; we'll come to the medieal evidence afterwards. Now, tell me on,yom‘[ oath, do you knowif the Widow Lerouge h3d any enemies?” ‘ ] o “None that I ﬁnow 6" d “#(iood! She had no enemies, then; but. do you kno‘w'ifEhere existed any one who might have been in any way benefited by her death??” | ; o The nmgistmite fixed his eyes on Noel, as he asked thig question. : o The barrister hesitated, and seemed. deeply moved—put out of countenance, in fact. In a faltering voice/he reiterated his former angwer, “None that I know of.”? . : ¢ “On your oatl}t,” said the magistrate, fixing his eyes still more penetratingly on the shifting ones that met%is——“on your oath, can youl say that you are not aware of any one who would profit by this crime?” = “T only know oné thing, sir,” answered Noel; “and thpk ig, that it is likely to-do | me the most irreparable injory.” =l - “Atlast,” thought Monsieur Daburon, 4we come to the letters, and I haven’t ng yet betrayed Old Corkecrew!” Then he said, alond, “An irreparable injury to yourgelf? Idon’t understand.” = s - Noel’s embarrassment inereased, rather than decreased at this inquiry, “I'm aware, sir,” he answered, “that T ought to speakithe truth and nothing but the truth, but still there.are circumstances g 0 delicate that a -man of . honor shrinks from unveiling them.” e ~ Monsieur Daburon stopped him by a %tm The sad, hesitating voice of Hoel fouehed him. . b ] know e story,” he said; “but how 1 came by that knowledge, lam not at Tiberty tovevedl? -o0 0 o "j st et sl €ot O PO B P

LIGONIER. NOBLE COUNTY, INDIANA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1875.

’;‘eader. ; s 5 Ly ' With a rare eloquence he expressed his feelings on the morrow of his discovery that he was not the son of Madame Gerdy, but the legitimate son of the Count Lionel 'de Valcourt. He spoke with feeling of the shock of the discovery, of his grief, his perplexities, his doubts: il Monsieur Daburon listened to Noel's story with the most intense attention. Not a word, not a gesture, not even 'a movement of the eyebrows, betrayed his impressions. Pl v “And how, sir,” observed the magistrate, “after having heard what you have .told me, can you now, say, that no one in your opinion, had any interest in the death of the Widow Lerouge?’ [ " The young barrister was silent. . “It seems to me that' the position of Albert de Valcourt becomes almost unassailable.- Madame de Gerdy is 'insane. The Count will deny everything. And all your; letters prove nothing. I must confess that this crime is the luckiest thing that could have. taken place in the interest of the young Viscount.” - : “Qh, sir!” cried Noel, in_stronf protests “guch an insinuation is dreadful.” | - =~ ~ The magistrate looked narrowly into the ‘fzu'e of the young barrister, : . | - Was he ¢peaking frankly, or _pln}ying a little game of his own. = Noel never nioved a muscle, and | replied almost immddiately. | : “Wha{ reason could this -young man have to fear, or even be mervous, regarding his position? T have never threatened him, even in the most indirect way, I simply loold him the facts of the case, asking Him to think over.them, and make a ﬁpnal_ decision.” 1 st S AR e

‘éénd he asked YQu to give him time.”

. “Yes. I asked him to accompany me ta | the Widow Lerouge, whose evidence would clear away all his doubts, but he didn’t, seem to understand me. He knew the old woman well, however, having visited her constantly with tﬁ(}ount, from whom, to my knowledge, sh&'had received large sums of money.” : ? - ~ «Didn’t. this extraordinary generosity appear to you somewhat singular?” ‘ “Not in the least” - ~ «Can you explain why the Viscount didn’t seem disposed 1o follow you?” “Certainly. .He told me he wished, ’ above all things, to have an explanation with his father, who was out of town, but | would return.in'a few days. Now 1 wished to have arranged everything without any public scandal—to have washed, in fact, our dirty linen at home.” el * “You didn’t intend to go to law, then?” interrupted the magistrate in a surprised tone. Lot S . ‘ + “Not on any account! Do you think, sir,” he added, proudlyy “that to recover a name that belonged to me, I should commence by dishonoring it?” % | M. Daburon’s eyes -brightened with a sincere admiration., - ‘ 4TI admire your ungelfishness,” he said, extending his hand as he spoke, and grasping that of the young barrister; “but it is my painful duty to tell you that justice must have ita course; and that, perhaps, before this day is over, you may enter into possessiorf of your rights. In! fact, that at this very hour, Viscount AlL| bert de Valeourt has been arrested for| murder!” } ‘ : !

“What!’ exclaimed Noel,in a sort oﬁfl stupor. - “It’s true, then; ‘and I wasn’{ mistaken as to the real sense of 'your] words! The. fact is, I was afraid to understand their meaning.” : g

“You understand Ehem now, however, gir,” interrupted Mongieur Daburon; “and I thank you'for your frank and straitforward explanations. They most.materially lighten the painful duty I have before me. Let me see you again to-morrow. In the meantime, I must ask you to forward me the letters, which are in your possesgion?” s ; . “In an hour you shall have them,” answered Noel. - And, taking up his hat, he left, after having warmly expressed his gratitude to the magistrate. i ‘A few minutes after, the door of . Monsieur Daburon’s officeé wis again reopened, this time, without any preliminary warning. - 7 S ‘

He looked up in’ angry surprise. In the doorway stood the figure of the Count Lionel de Valcourt, stiff, pale, and stern, like sone of those'ancient portraits that seem frozen in their golden frames, > - CHAPTER XXIV. s PRIDE LEVELED TO THE DUST. Yes; it was the Count Lionel de Valcourt—but rather the shadow than the man. His head, which he usually held sc: erect, was bent upon his breast; his figure was bent, his eyes had lost their fire, and his long, white hands, trembled as though he had been smitten with palsy. In one night he had aged twenty years. Thesé robust .and handsome o{d mem

‘mser'nble those ancient trees, whose interi-: |ors are eaten with decay, while the bark! retains all the appearance of vigor and| youth, but crurhble into powder at the! {first rough touch. i They seem to. defy the cruel hand-of! ;I‘ime; but the first tempest lays them ow. . : e i The Count looked such an embodiment lof despair, that the magistrate shuddered, | with -a feeling of, genuine pity.~ i | He rose, and handed him a chair, into | which he sunk heavily. Wi i | “Pardon me!” he said; “butl feel so! {weak that I can hardly stand upright!” | " Few, evenamongst his friends, had ever theard the proud old ~man excuse himself;! |but now.he spoke humbly, and as a child.! l «J fear you are too ill, sir,” said Mon-| sienr Daburon, “to be able to aid me with! !any explanations upon this most painful; |affair?” , Lo | “Oh, I'm -better—better, thank you!” {answered the Count. ¢I feel as well as: lean be expected after the terrible shoek |I have received. 1 was stunned at the] ihorrible news—that’s all! only stunned! |l'm . better now—Dbetter now!® My ser-| | vants thought I was dead—would to heaven ! itlmt I were! The doctor says that the vigor of my constitution saved me; but I "_think that God wills tlat I should live, ! for somé inscrutable purpose of his own!’ He stopped abruptly. A rush of blood! to his face and throat seemed fo suffocate him. : \ i | The magistrate remained standing, thm-dlfv daring to move. i | After afew seconds, the old nobleman, tcnminued in a tone of bitter self-reproach: “Fool that T have been, nof to have fore{fecn- it alll T¥sn't everything discovered {sounerior later? . Tam punished where I sinned; by pride! T thought myself above {the thunderbolt, and I have drawn the |storm about my own house! My son a jmiurderer! One of the De Valcourt’s a jcriminal at the bar! The very thought is imadness! Oh, sir, punish 'me, for I alone j:\.m guilty! With| me, an ancient name, that has existed \_\’lithout a stain for centuries, will be blotted ont in ignominy I { Monsieur Daburon had expected very {different langnage fromthis. He thought to have met a proud and insolent aristo|erat, who would have spoken to him with # galling eondescension; and he had made up his mind to level his pride to the dust. Porhaps it was, algo, that a drob of bitterness remained in his "innermost heart, when he rememberved how:the high-born Clare de Courcy had refused to ally her name with his. G o Whatever it was, his spirit changed with{in him into one of profound pity, as he |witnessed the deep ‘repentance and selfveproach of the griel.stricken man before him; and his only thought was how to console, rather than to blame. : o l - % Write—~write what lam about to tell you, for brain and heart' alike seem failing me!” pursued the Count, with a féverish excvitement, which, a few minutes before, {an observer would have hardly. thought {him eapable., - “ Write:my eonfession, and |don’t suppress a word. I want no pity, |no delicacy on your part. Besides, what have I to fear now! lesn’t our shame a thing g:efoc,laime@: on the house-topst Won't it be a publieseandal in wioy diys that I, Lionel de Valeourt, will be forced |io appea iwcourt to prociaim the infamy |that 1;;%&1# ight on my fgﬁv;?x"; jand m Write, sir, write; und lot all |the world know that I alono am.guilty?”

trate ol his ' relation with Valerie Gerdy, of his passionate and blind ‘passion for her, of his unhappf' marriage, 6f hissubstitution of the c¢hildren, and of the cause of his desertion of Valerie. He told how a friend came—a cruel friend, envious of his happiness—and proved to him that ’Valerie was: false—the woman he had taken from a garret, where she was gain'ing a miserable pittance with her needle, had betrayed, and was betraying, her benwefactor. He caused her to be watehed, closely watched, and found that she rereceived the visits of a young cavalry officer. “One day, entering her sitting-room, Isaw,” pursued the Count, “upon her table, a riding-whip, a cigar-end, and a pair of militar{ gloves, the cigar-end, still burning.'” I retired.” he continued, *unperceived. I was too fond to upbraid, too shocked to utter a word. Since, that time ‘I have never looked upon her face. She wrote, and I cast the letters into the fire unopened. She sought again and again to have an interview with me, but in vain. My servants had their orderg from me, on ,pain of dismissal. What I sqgfered then no words can®describe. In parting from her, it seemed asiif T were lacerating my own heart; but my :nguish did not end here. Agonizing doubis arose in my mind a 3 I looked in Alb:r’= face.,” Was ke really my child? and had I sacrificed my own son for theson 6f another? The mere thought was torture. - Sometimes I was on the point of making a‘public confession, and reclaiming the legitimate heir to my name and lands; but old prejudices, be- ‘ longing to birth and rank, held me back. I reeled, as it were, at the thought of the seandal and ridicule that would be heaped upon me. And now see how degraded

I am; I cannot escape the infamy 1 have brought upon myself ¢ - i | The voice of the old nobleman died nup.on his quivering. lips. With a gesture of despair, he veiled his face in his trem_bling hands; two heavy tears, which he -brushed away impatiently, rolled down his wrinkled cheeks. Could this be the Count Lionel de Valeourt—a man proverbial for his icy hauteur, his reserve, and insolent disdain even to his equals in rank? This ‘man, who revealed his whole life without the slightest restrictions—and to whom? To a perfect stranger! b There was a silence in_ the room; then the magistrate spoke, in a voice that was rendered soft and low from emotion and pity. S ; © It will perhaps be a consolation’ to you,” he said, “to know that Monsieur Noel Gerdy is worthy in every way of the ‘high position ;jin whi¢h you are about to place him ¢ Perhaps, you will find his character and temper are somewhat different than if he had been brought up by you. Misfortune and poverty are masters whose lessons leave ‘deep and lasting impressions. He is ‘a man of great talents, and, unless I greatly mistake, worthy of thedraditions of! his ancient race—" . :

He was interruptéd’ by the enfrance of Noel, who was carrying a small black portfolio under his arm. The young barrister’ bowed respectfully before- the old gentleman, who immediately rose, and, with 'an ‘innate delicacy, moved to the farther end of the room. i i

“Sir,” said Noel tothe magistrate, “you will find all the letters in this pbrtfglio. a 1 must agsk your permission to leave you at onece, as the illness of Madame Gerdy has taken & most alarming turm.” = - Noel had raised hiz voice in pronouncing these last words. 'The Count heard them, and started with a pained expression of face, as if the name just uttered called up sad memories’ of a once happy past. 5 e “You must grant me a moment, however, Monsieur Gerdy,” said the magistrate, kindly; and Tising, he placed his hand on the ' young barristér’s arm. “Count Lionel de Valcourt,” he said, “I have the honor,of presenting to you Monsieur Noel Gerdy.”” e

The Count never moved.. Not a muscle of his face betrayed the slightest emotion. Noel, on the contrary, recled like a man who has received a sabre-thrust, and was obliged to support’ himself against the back of a chair. ¢ : Then these two—father and son—stood face to face, looking at each other with a sort of sombre distrust. i \

Monsieur Daburon was 'dlappointed. He expected a coup de theatre—a scene of pathos which would have left mneither of his clients time for reflection. }

;The statne-like rigidity of the one, the intensc notion of the other, upset all his calculic tons, and he felt himself bound to make another and more decided move. “ Count de Valcourt,” he commenced, in a tone of remonstrance, *it was but a few minutes ago -that you.owned to me that Monsieur Noel Gerdy was your legitimate son, and that you were prepared to make that declaration to the world.” = - - The Count made no answer. . One would have thought,from'his extraordinary immobility, that he neither heard nor saw. At last Noel, summoning up all his courage, broke the painful silénce. “Sir,” he stammered, “I have hothing to reproach you with.” - e “You might bave said father, instead of ¢sir,” interrupted. the old man, in. a tone that expressed neither tenderness nor emotion. Then, turning to the" judge, “ Can Ibe of any further use to yout If 80, I am at your service.” : _¢T shall only require you to hear your affidavit read over, and then to sign it.”’ He rang the bgll for one of his clerks, who entered like an automaton, read the deposition quickly—all in=a breath—without the slightest resnect for comma; semicolon, or stop, or, for the matter of that, neither for question or answer. When he had entirely exhausted his respiratory organs, he took a long breath and dommenced again, reminding one of a diver, who, from fime to tfime, raises his-head above water, takes a good'mouthfu} of air, and then disappears. The young Parrister was the only one who listened to this reading, and listen he did with the most marked attention. It told him’ many things he had not known before. ‘ o At last the clerk, utterly out of breath, came to a stop with the decisive and unalterable words, “ In faith of which, &e.,” that ends all official reports in'the French law courts, and presented the pen to the Count. v B o ;

Without the slightest hesitation it was signed, and then the old nobleman rose, and turned toward Noel. B

“I'm not very strong, he said, and must, therefore, ask you, niy son”—he underlined the words with singular emphasis—¢“to help me to walk as far as my carriage.” - ‘ P ; The young barrister advaneed eagerly, his whole face radiant with happiness as’ he placed the Count de Valeourt’s arm in his, and led him gently from the room. * ® % L B & Let us now return to the unfortunate fover of Clare de Coutcy, who, under: the. heavy charge of murder, is lying, miserable and hopeless, in prison. ,S e ‘ CHAPTER XXV. ‘ OVERWHELMING ‘PROOFS, The position of Viscount Albert de Valcourt was indeed a most painful one. The servants Kad been cavefully examined, and their evidence taken.; It was very clear that one and all thought their young ‘mastexr %uilty. L Sl ' The life of Albert from the commencement of that fatal week of the murder, his lightest word, his most insignificant actions, were reported, commented upon, and explained. e ; The man who lives in the midst of thirty gervants iz like an insect in a glass box ‘under the magnifying lens of a naturalsty oo . e . His actions, day by day, hour by hour, minute by minute, even to fthe-_'wﬁﬁug{ of a letter to Clare d’Atlange, were all laid before the magistrate, 'ﬁoﬁ’&%ﬁéﬁﬂi@! Daburon was on the rack. ~ For about the twentieth time that morning, be cursed his fate for having mixed imsolt wp in this micorabloaftuir. M&nggﬁ ed tie door — for he whs valking the room wilh tlie vestlessness of i abbosbide W(o T 480 Sortinr L& *“ s Wn-g&w::“'n‘é"_w ﬂ:‘*»

i”; -Atpert de Vulcourt enferéed with head erect, and a firm step. His face was very £ pale, bearing the traces-of sleepless nights and mental anxiety; but his eyes were | clear and brilliant. it T

- Luckily for Monsieur Daburon, he had already prepared a plan of questions, an‘% had only to follow them, irrespective of his own inward thoughts. 1 . e “You are, of course, pe’r%ectly aware, sir,” he commenced in the most gentle and persuasive tones his voice could assume, “that you haven’t the slightest right to thé name you have taken?” e «T know, sir, that I am the illegitimate son of the Count de Valcourt. lam also aware that, according to the laws of my country, my father cannot acknowledge me, even if he would, as I was born after his mdrriage with the Countess.” "« And what were your feelings on learning that}? . . M “ I’ll not hide them fromyou: they were those of the nrost intense pain and sorrow. When!/any one has held as high a position in the world as I have, the fall 15 both terrible and agonizing. However, I have never for a single moment thought of contesting the rights of Monsieur Noel Gerdy.” ] - e : “And yet,” said the magistrate, losing all self-control, and springing to his feet, “you destroyed the chief witnessin his favor when you murdered the Widow Lerouge!” e This . terrible accusation, thundered forth as though delivered by an accusing angel, made not the slightest impression upon Albert.i He didn’t even start or change color.’ L el

i “Before God,” he answered, *and before all I hold sacred in this world, I.am fnnocent!’ I am keptin close confinement, without the jprivilege even of seéing my friends. I am, therefore, powerless, ahd it is only in .your sense of justice that I hope to establish my innocence.” “ What an actor he would-have made!” thought the judge. *ls it possible that, ‘erime, by some mysterious force of its own, can furnish a man with nerves of glealP? o : - :

He looked over his bundle of papers concerning the case—referring to some. passages, turning down -the corners of pages, and marking others that contained paragraphs of importance. Suddenly he broke:silence. : .

: % When ycu were arrested, you exclaimed, ¢ 'm lost!'—l'm lest’ What did you mean by that?? . “Yes,” answered Albert; “I perfectly remeimber having done so. Like a gleam of liglitning, my fearful position flashed across my mind. In legs than a second, I gaw how hopeless it was! A voice seemed to whisper i my ears, ¢ Who could ‘:?la-ve any interest in the death’ of the Widow Lerouge but yourself 2 ° And’ the very conviction of the imminence of the peril in which I stood caused: the exclamation }you speak of to burst from me.” . = | Monsieur Daburon admired the presence of mind shown in this answer, and the resources of the perverted imaginaftiog, swhich, turned in another ‘diréction, hnight have led to happy vesults. . e “In fact,” continued the judge, % you appear to have been greatly interesteg in ;the death of this poor woman; and there’s another fact of- which we are equally certain—namely, that the motive of robbery had nothing to do with this murder, for all the property that had been throwh in the river has been recovered. We know, also, that the papers were burned. Could those papers have compromised any other person than yourself 7 Don’t hold anything back. It's in your interest that I speak.”" BEs e

~«TI have no answer to make—l'm entively ignorant of the whole affair? . “ Did you visit:this woman often?”’ : “Three or four times, with my father.” “One of your grodms' asserts thathe has driven you there a dozen times.” “He must bé mistaken. Apart from that, what matters the number of .visits?”? ¢Do you know the place, and' the arrangement of thie rooms?” SRI . % oh, perfectly.. Two rooms on the ground floor; Claudine slept in the back parlom?t . oc o, ; | &

" “Supposing that any evening you had rapped against her shutters, would; she have admitted you?” E = ' ¢ Certainly, sir, and given me the warmest of welcomes.” % ! “You were very. ill a few daysago—why did you forbid your valet to call in a doétor?” : { . “ My dear sir, what good could a doctor have done me? All his science could nét have restored me to my former position as§ Viscotint de Valcourt.”' ' o : “But you behaved in a strange manner —destroyed your papers and letters?” .. 4 had made up my mind tduq tit, the house. I think my having taken.that resolution explains anything eccentric in my ‘conduet.” ' 5 :

To all these questions of the magistrate, Albert answered promptly, in a firm, clear voice, and without the slightest embarrassment. ;

‘ “T'm on, the wrong tack,” thought Mon-. sipuft Daburon. ¢ Questioning him on these minute details’ won’t do—-I must i strike & blow!” Then he said, aloud and | i'promptly, “ What were you doing last Tuesday evening, from six o’clock until midnight?”’ : For the first time, the prisoner seemed disconcerted, and his eyes fell before those of the magistrate. . ‘ “What was I doing last Tuesday evening?” he stammered, repeatink the-phrase, in order to gain time. S EiE -~ “I'veigot him!” thought Monsieur Da-. buron,* with a start of triumph. Then, aloud, “Yes; last Tuesday evening, from ° six to tyeelve?” ol

“Well, to tell you the truth,” said the young man, smiling—what a haggard smile it was!—“l "have a very bad memory.’ : i < “Qh, come, coma, sir,” interrupted 'the magistrate; “’m not taxing your memory as to years ago. To-day is Friday; surely you can remember what you did on Tuesday.” i : «I recollect, now. I went out in the evening,” murmured Albert, - 7 (“Be more exact. Where did you dine?” %At home, as usual.” £

#No; not as usual. At dessert, con- | trégy to your custom, you took brandy - and water, instead of c?aret;‘ angd, what’s more, you nearly finished the decanter, which, I am told, ¢ontained a pint. You no doubt wished ic braee up your nerves for some ulterior project—some business that required all your courage and energy’ i : { «I liad no necessity for a stimulant of any sort,” answered .the prisoner, in & voice that visibly faltered. | . : “You .mmust_ be mistaken. Lét me re-. fresh that -defective ‘memory of yours. Two friends eallad npon you—before dinner, I believe —nskisg you to accompany them togthe opein.. Voa ralused, on the plea of & pressiniy oix irsment.” : - “Oh, that jwas o 1 ; polite excuse 1o get rid of them. . #Bat shyl” : e : “¢Can you ask me such a guestion? Y was resigned, but still heart-broken. I was endeavoring to school myself down to ‘endure the dreadful shock I had received. 1 ‘Don’t the strongest of us long for solitude in the great sorrows of our life?” o ~&The accusation supposes that you withed for privacy that eyening, in order to go to the village of La Jonchere. During the day you were heard to mutter to ourself, ‘She mitstsse me. She’ll never ze able to refuseme.’ Of whom were you speaking?” R i (e «Of a lady to whom 1 had written, preTiomly, nng who had just replied to my citer.” E e ¢ “What have you done with that letter?” “ burnt it.” E et «It compromised the lady, of course?” A flush, that looked very liké a flush of ‘anger, darkened the prisoner’s;fape._ i «A .true lady seldom compromises hergelf; and the lady I S;})‘qak of is one in the truest a@certation of the word!: . | The magistrate jumped at a conclusion, The letter was from Clare vdfgﬁlgng:: For a moment, his heart failed him. He loved SALNL A e vy name went like & MERGSIID M REe - e | H& tumed his back for a moment, ard. | pretended to be arranging some papers. | “Give me the name of your correspondso R R e iR i ﬁmﬁ e ’3’»‘,‘«« ,3}-,“, ﬂj ;;;1# e ‘z,uw,;«".,ey? ;g»:‘gvp ' ‘~«4'a:w"«?§§

tnat your_ position 18 ‘aggravated by the most culpable reserve. According T 0 o laws of our country, you are here to ans-» wer every q@;@ti\on‘l ask in a plain and straightforward manner.,” o “Yes—questions that concern my qwn reputation, but net the rveputation of others.” i’ S . 3

‘Albert made this last answer in an angry tone. He was bewildered, astounded, irritated by this close questioning, which ‘hardly left him timhe to breathe. N ‘The interrogation of the magistrate fell ‘upon his head like the blows of a blacksmith’s hammer upon ‘the red-hot iron that he is fashioning into shape. iThis appearance of rebellion. upon the part of the prisoner seriously disquieted Monsieur: Daburon. . Besides, he felt surprised and almost annoyed to find the perspicacity of his friend} Old Corkscrew at fanlt. Jusat ag if the volunteer deteetive was infallible! ' e : oOld Corkserew, aliass Daddy Tabaret, had predicted an alit:; but here was no alibi fortheoming! ° Had ' this cunning criminal some othgr card to Etplay which would upset all their plansy © 7o “Gently-—gently!” reflected the magistrate. - I haven’t got him yet! Butto continue,” he said, aloud.’ “Afte# your dinner, what did you do?” . e “«I went out,” ' | . ) Flaie - “Not immediately. ‘When' you.had finished the brandy, you smoked'in the din-ing-room, which; beiro contnagy to O%our custom, was remarked at theXtime. hat cigars do you generally smoke?” :

“Trabucos,” - . o Sy “You use a cigar-holder, don’t you—in order to avoid the contact ‘of the tobacce against your lips?? o Sl “Yeg, sir,” said Albert, evidently astonished at these questions. e ey “At what time did you go out?”? - | sMbonteight? .\ “Tad you an umbrella®” o ‘“XF(‘-5..” S . 1. : \ e “Where did you g}» to?” : . “Only for a'stroll.’ ! ol ‘ . “Alino, and without an end in view, the whole of that evening antil midnight?” .“Yes, just sO.” | : o . “Now .tell me exaetly the road-you took?” ‘ ey - «My dear sir,” expostulated the young man, *that wonfd be almost an impossibility. I ,went out just for the sake of going out—for movement of ' some ! sort, to shake offithe torpor which had weighed. upen me for three days. I don’t thinl}.. you can quite enter into my feelings. seemed to have lost all power of thought.. 1 walked haphazard, not caring where my feet led. me—along the bridges—through the streets—anywhere.’” G . o “All this is very improbable,” interrnpted the magistrate.” | ; i Monsieur Daburon might have remembered, however, thatit was very possible. Hadn’t he wanderad, one unhappy night, after his, interview with Clire d’Arlange, through the streets of Paris, with onl-oene-burning ' thought {in his brain. Had he been questioned on the morrow, could he have retraced his footsteps? : Certainly not! But he had forgotten his'anguish at that time, and.only remembered, now that he had his duty to do in the cause of justice. P - | “Thus,” conlinued Monsieur Daburon, “you affirm that you met no.one who could swear that hesaw you on the evening in question.; You didn’t ¢peak to a mortal soul? You. enfered neitlicr hotel, public-house, restaurant or the .tre—mnot even a tobacconist’s, to get a light for one of yvour Trabucog?” ' e L “Yes; I affinna that? - file T “Well, sir, all I ean -say is, thatj it is most unfortunate for you—in faet, fl Pogi= tive calamity. It,is imy duty to inform wyou that it was during the evening of Tuesday last, between eight o’clock and miidmight, that the Widow Lerouge 'was murdered. Once more I implore you, in your own interest, to make an energetic appeal to your memory.” - i The indication of the day ,and the hour of tlie murder seemed to o'%erwhelm the prisoner with consternation. He riised his hand to his forehead with-a gesture of despair. Hissanswer, however, was givén in a calm voice. o ; : lam c&-taimly very unfortunate,: sir; but I have no further observations to make.” e ioin e

Monsieur Daburon was astoundee. What! Not even attempt to prove an alitit Not a word im selt’-defen'ce:—n‘z)th-' ing?. This’ céuld not be a: pit-fall—a-gnare! Noj; not even a plan of defence! He must have been taken\y when ‘off his gitard, or probably had been over-confi-dent as to the pesition: he held in the world! J : e I The magistrate rose, and took from a ghelf, one after another, the great sheets - of paper that covered the . various objects that had been seized in-Albert’s room. . “We will now pasg,” he went on, “to the examination of the various charges that weigh so heavily upon you. Have thé goodness to come here. ! Do you recognise these things as belonging to you?” “Yes; all these are my property.” “Good! Now examine this foil, Who - broke it?” ‘ : { * «I did it, in fencing with Monsieur D’Arcy. He can witness to the fact.” | - “He shall be summoned: And what has become of the broken end?” Sl “I don’t- know. My servant would be the best pergon to give youinformation on that subject.” ; ] s _ %Of course. He declares to have carefully searched for it, but -without success." Now I must eall your atlention to the cir-, cumstance that the victim must have beén | struck with a foil, depwived .¢f. its button, and: sharpened afferwarids. 'Phis;;iie'ce‘ of . staff, npon which (he assaesin wiped. his wenpon wfter the junrdear, is & proof] - i implore von, giv. to give orders that - fhe most minute search be made upon this point. Tt is impossilile but that the other end of this foil must be found.” '+« =

~ “Special orders shall be given. Now, | observe. Traced Ipon this paper are the foot-prints of they murderer. Here is oné | of your, boots; t}le -gole. exactly fits the | mark., This piece of plaster had fixed it. | self in the imprassion] made by the heel | You will remark that your - boot-heels are | precisely the same.” , S o Albert followed with an intense atten- | tion every movenient of the miagistrate. | It was very evident that he'was struggling | against a grp’wing terror.; 000 i Was hé invaded by that fear which often ! stupifies criminals when they are on the | point of being detected. S i * To all the remarks of the magistrate, he answered in a hollow voice. be oy

“True, true; perfectly true” | L “Again,” continued Monsieur Daburon, “here is another piece of evidence. ‘The | culprit Liad an umbrella. The end of this | umbrella having stuck in some wet clafr. i the piece of wood which protected the silk | was deeply incrusted with the same. Now, | look! Here is the piece of clay taken off | with the most delicate care; and here is. yourumbrella. The'form of the clay fits I the piece of wood. How do you explain this? Avre they the samejor not?” - i . “It might be an accident,” said Albert, . “'-“Umbrelits :are made by the ‘thousand! in the very same shape and eolor.” :,1 - “Well, lof them pass. Here is a cigar .end, found on the premises where the crime was committed, Tell me to what ‘ gort it belonged, anhd in what manner it has been smoked.” v e ~ “It's a Trabucos, and it has been, .smoked with a holder.” o #Like these—is it not'so?”’ ingisted the “ magistrate, showing the cigars, their am‘bér and meerschaum holtﬁars. whieh had been found upon the chimmney-piece in the library of the Count de Valcourt's mansion, : 4 “Yeg,” murmured Albert. “There iz s-'; fatality in this — be s % Patience! 'T've not done yet. The asgasgin of the Widow Lerouge wore gloves. /The vietim, in "her. desperate struggle for life, had gl‘-asped the hands of the murderer, and rome of the kid leather of thei gloves remsined in the nails. The Eonﬁ ‘gels huv:j been extracted, and here they ‘are, Pearligray—is it not so? - The gloves | you wore on Tuesdaménigg were pearl- | gray, and they have boon found siratohed and torn, Compare these pieces with your gloves. Are they not the same even in ‘ Gﬁm’lﬂd%ﬂ:‘h}w?” “ iﬁ« What was the use of denying 18! Ihe G e headßor sl i adigr s ﬁw\‘_ i o

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ples. Hishands trembled so that he hadn’t’ " the foree fo_clasp them. --= © 0 0 C .~ «This is drfadful—horribler . -¢ln short,” pursued, thé-inéxorable magistratézg:here- are the very trousers you ‘wore ofi° the night of the murder. Itis __very evident that they have heen wet; and: - | 'ﬂpa"t'ﬁo’,ﬂ stains of miud, they bear traces 1 of fresh “earth, Look here—and herel Above all, they have been forn at the. - knee. . Granted, that your memory fails [ you aB. to the loeality of ‘your walk on 'l,‘liesday evening, but you cannof -make me believe that you haye ffbrg;:?tien' the . rent in your tidusers, and the torn condiAtionzof your glovés?t. i 1 G orunn oL - What courage conld resist such dverwhelming attacks? The: firmness anelenergy offtie prisoner were fast giving way. - His head swam: . ife sunk ‘heavily into a ‘chair, murmuring as he did 0, *I shall wgomadimadi? s el BT ks . #Confess,” * ingisted” the magistrate, whose-eyes became absolutely insupport--‘able in their intense gaze upon ;the unhappy young man-<confess that no ong but you ¢éould have had any interestin ‘th(s.(%;gﬂl‘of the Widow: Lievouges © » 0 . | &I confess,” gaid Albert, ¥ .t}mt‘ lam the victim of one of ‘those astounding events that makes one’sreason totter. Still, Tam . nagentor oo e D 8 L .. “Tf so, then fell me where you passed Tuepday evening.” i~ owoDo e s | %Of courge,” cried . the: prisoner, “if I ‘told %«)u that, Ishould be sived.” Then he added, in & voice o faint that it was hardly audible, “but I must not speak; I icanmot—T dare not¥> = ioccn tE o | Monsieur Daburon rose.” In theafrical language, he’ was -about to prodnee his. igreatesteffeet, | v e ] |” «You havelleftit, then, to me,” he &aid, | 'with just a tinge of sirony in his voice; #to refresh your failing memory, and to-re- ' -dall-to it all that occurred: to'its owner. On Tuesday evening, at eight o’clock, you Teft your house”in a state of great mental excitement, At half-past eight, you took [the train from the St. Lazare Station, and at nine you got out- at Rueil—? '’ : ¢ And quietly appropriating all the ideas ' lof Old Corkscrew, as though they were | 'hig own, the magistrated repeated nearly | ‘word for word the improvised tirade that /the Daddy had delivered tlie night before,. And whilst speaking, ‘he c¢ould not help ‘admiring the‘extraordinary penatratfion of - this volunteer detective. In -all his fife ‘his eloguence had not. produced guch an [impression. ‘Every senterice—nay, every” |word—told; and -the confidence of the \prisoner, already sadly shaken, fell bit by |bit, like the stones from'a wall thats’be~ | ing bombarded with cannon. .~ 7 | Albert was like' ‘a man rolling down a |precipice—who seés every branch failing him—every “resting place give ways.and | 'who'feels & new and more painfnl wound lat every rugged point:his-body is hurled Cravii i Al e o i D o “Andnow,” concluded the magistrate, ‘“Tisten to good advice.. Don’t persist in a ‘system of obslinate denial, which itiis utterly impossible fo sustain... We are in | ipossession now of all the facts. Believe ] me, it would be a far better policy for you. “to throw . yourself .on the mdulgence «of ! ithe éourt. by confessing ab’t 7.~ - ! “Monsiéur Daburon hardly supposed that ithe prisoner would dare.fo hold out any | longer; but in this he' was ‘entirely inis~ | Mtaken. es ot i sl e )

| - However greatthe prostration of Albert | ‘may have appeared, he found, by a su|prezne effort of -his will, strength eriough |still to recover Limself, and onge again to -protes_t.’i % .;,’ Ty ".,, : ; | “Yow are certainly in the rightysir,” he ' said, ¢adly, “appearances-ane decidedly against me. - In your place, I would hive 'spoken ds you.-have done; and yét T swear that lam innocent! -I 'am overl whelmed for the- moment—but I do not\despair. -My honorand'my life are in the- - of God!. Even af “thisz very hour, lin whieh I must seem. to yow asa @dend | man, I still hope, and beliove, in a diost rentire acguittal of ‘evéry charge made |dgathst el In facl, T await it as a_ceraintile o bi R ng se R b %I don’t understand wou,” interrupted the magistrate. > & . e 4 Dve said-nothing miors than I mean!’ ¢ L S Ths you povsish niveur:denial?? o i e amamlibpen e e sas Bl L« But thisigmadnessiti-c 02, 0 T Lo s Pramainhocentily il H el GG . There was nothinz more to be said, and | | after.a few formalilins had been gone s thiough with-Zeuel by reading over the | prisoner’s bxaminaiin niy he was | eonducted back to Lis cell, the nagisirate . | still exhorting him 1o eonfess. =~ ' =

gTI [ro BB g-Oili\'fl“-Nl'b_l_)‘]» cair e L o e INDIANA'S ENSANE. - - - Aunual Keport ot the Superinten- [ dent of the State Hospital, | . InpiaNapornis, Ind,, Dec. 20.—The twenty-seventh ‘annual report of the . Commissioners and” Superintendent " of‘the Indiana Hospital for the Insane was filed to-day. The Go‘mnﬁsai - sio iers report the institution in ggod | condition, and ' accomplishing, so far as the limited @ceommodations pers mit, all the purposes for which it was established. The Superintendent’s report for the year ending O¢t. 31 shows the following statistics: Nuamber of ‘patients in hospital at the commence- ‘ ‘ment of the year, 482; number since - admittéd, 438: total numbeér: 'tl_vent(;(], | 920; of these 258 were discharged seured, 14°are considered imptoved, 51 not improved, 47 died, and-one is re~ porteéd not insane; number - remaining, 554. - This isless:than the usual niumber. The capacity of the institution sis 690 patients, The generyl health of the institution has been.ex_cellent. ~The total disbursemerts on account. of maintenance, improvements, furnishing, and répairs have - been " $174,600,95. - On. ‘account ' of huildings and repdirs, $29,883,83; on - account of maintenance, ingluding _clothing, salaries, and wages, sldd,796,12 ; balance from the appropriation remdining for the support ofi _hospital to- March 31 mext,.561,901. ~The Superintendent expresses regret. that the Législature fajled to make “the full appropriation asked for, but hopés to be able to keep the expenditures for the coming year within the | means supplied: The new. hospital, - which Wwill double the present accom_modations; will be completed i about fwayeursl oD s e

© Eake Disasters of the Yonre. - A Detroit dispatch says that Capt. ~J. Whan, the marine reporter, states that' the. m.lmhel;vu‘t"ilisasters on the lnkes during the present season was 1,056,:a decrease from last year of 131 Of this number, 562 ocearred on Lake “Mighigan; 152 on Lake Huron; 189 | on Liake Erie; 62 on Lake Ontario; 19 on- Lake St Clair; 26 on Lake Superior, and 46 on. the-rivers, Eighty-' five vessels, of all deseriptions, with an aggregite carrying capacity of 07,177 tons, valued at $1.040,000, have ‘passed out of existence. Twenty-five new vessels, with an aggregate capacity of 14,787 tons, valued at $1,109,500, ‘were commigsioned ‘during thé year. ‘The total amount of property lost, including hulls and eargoes; is $3,791,300, which exeeeds that of last year by SIO4TOO. 5= %o« i ol e - The policy of 'keeping' the family “wealth together, so strongly -develpp‘ed in the elder John:Astor, has been “adhered to by bis som. As the late Wm. B. A;gtm!f:waa the trustee, not the owner of his father’s .estate, he has. shmilarly willed his own property in b S briie o welthy in thelr own vight b the time gtma;@tm decense, since thereag‘ale@t&gﬂ«&«é«m%%’h‘ " G N i |

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