R H Y M E OF TH E PU M PK IN PIE.
T U a dlah that the gods Mara, Apollo aad
Jove,
In their palmiest days might be envious of;
Where the rnllk and the honey of plenty
combine
To fashion a dish most'deliciously fine.
When the spell of November Is gray upon
earth,
And the howling storm spirit comes out of
the north.
Then the heart Is made glad, tho' forbid-
w
ding the sky,
'B y the taste and the sight of the rich
pumpkin pie.
Dear time-honored dish that our grandmoth
er's made,
Ere the red man was gone or the forests
were laid ;
W'hen the sound of the warwhoop was heard
In the land,
And the rurltan tolled with his musket at
hand,
When towering Wantasquet saw to ascend
The silent smoke signals that spoke of the
end;
And the bear and the panther, the lynx and
the fox
Held revels of blood In Its storm-smitten
rocks.
You are dainty as then, In those autumn's
of old.
With crust like a snowflake and center of
gold,
With the spices of India lying deep In your
heart.
You are Jewel and crown of the housekeep
er*s art.
Let the anglomanlac wall. If he will.
The homage, yours Justly, we’ll offer you
still ;
And ever this toast we'll repeat till we
die—
•‘All hall and long life to the brave pump-
y.
kin pie I”
Though your hills, O November, are bar
ren and bleak.
And walling the winds in your forests
which speak.
One charm we will cherish— yes, keep till
we die—
The pride of New England— the good pump
kin pie.
>ver
ore
[on
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f A Nappy Thanksgiving*
5
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The good people of the church had
decided that something must be done, and
at once. The treasurer, a young man,
who had recently come to the village, had
made a financial statement that October
Sunday morning, upon which certain per
sons felt very much scandalized. Such a
thing had never been done before— not
even thought o f ; then it revealed the fact
t that the Rev. Wesley Norwood had re-
r —'Ceived but $,“»1.75 for six months of faith
ful service.
" I don’t believe in bringing up such
matters in the religious services of the
church,” growled Brother Cook, who al
ways protested that it was a waste of
money to pay the minister so much sal
ary.
‘ ‘ I quite agree with you,” responded
|jk Mr. Barnes. He was not a member of
the church, but attended because it was
a respectable thing to d o—gave you stand
ing. " I f these things must come up ev
ery Sunday, I shall attend church else
where.”
Notwithstanding this, it was generally
agreed that It was a shame, and some
thing must be done. But when things had
gone in a haphazard way so long it was
no easy matter to face right about. A f
ter several weeks of deliberation, the nec
essary something seemed as far from ac
complishment as ever.
“ It ’s too bad that they do not collect
the pastor’s salary,” remarked Mrs. Hun
ter at the Ladies’ Aid meeting. Who she
meant by “ they” was not entirely clear,
inasmuch as she was one of the officers.
“ I f no one else will do anything, we
must,” rejoined Mrs. A lle n ; the various
members nodded approval.
It was soon planned. The pastor had
received $51.75; they would pay him
$08.25— make it even $150— and have
enough left in the treasury for incidental
matters. On Thursday evening of next
week, which
was
Thanksgiving, they
would invite themselves to the parsonage
and have a good time while making the
pastor happy. It would be easy to pre
pare something extra while getting ready
for Thanksgiving. It was to be a grand
secret; not a soul but members of the
society should know a word of it.
A t the close of the business meeting
of the Young People’s League, the presi
dent made a close scrutiny to assure him
self that all present were members; he
then proposed that, as “ they would not
do anything,” the League take up the
matter.
“ I understand that we have nearly
sixty dollars in the treasury; we could
pay the pastor $48.50— bring the salary
op to $100— and have enough left to pay-
all bills and begin the new year out of
debt. I f we do this I suggest that we
observe the utmost secrecy and make it
a complete surprise.** All readily agreed
to the plan and pledged the proper reti
cence in the matter.
Four of the most faithful met after
prayer meeting to discuss the situation.
and decided that they must at once col
lect $248.25, the balance necessary to pay
the six months’ salary due. This they
proceeded to do so quietly that no one
surmised a general canvass was being
made. Before Sunday the entire amount
pi was secured.
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Friday, after achool, the Junior Lea*
nera met and decided that Inasmuch as
the atawn up folks would not help in the
matter, they would do what they could:
ao they voted to pay over every bit there
th* ' r" asur»-
Upon counting
was found to b«
the correct
amount.
.V ° h' ,r1rl* :” V '* 5
as
E Y "? .? ' T
in the Ifoasurer’s
£00k' 11 wUI mak* i« « t even $75 and I
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gh to m
ak" «
¡t
bun-
After the choir had run over the Sun-
day hymns, someone propoeed that thev
^ ^ ■ p a v the pnx-eed, of the 'lM t'concert on
^ ^ ^ ■ t h e sa.vry
1 he sura of $341
■ fe to r * to th. mar* a of h.a anthem book
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|K .nn",dr r*<r?h.X!'¡r»m
ik,;
th" w° uld « ' 1 » ' th, parsonagi anT",'“ *
pn* the pastor with a check for this
Amount.
nt
Perhaps .t would somewhat
• 1“ °f
to «*,
d*j; , u • tryln* time for
lieh ,
" a* •><* the
Bight before and kept them awake and
Wha°t wbh M £ * *° ^
th“ T < " * " l«P t
snd m.k h ru' h,n* t0
breakfast over
and make ready for the service at church,
prayers were shortened and the chanter
omitted altogether.
V&r
1 * ” *° tired! Eeery-
T “ * Wr° n*
“ Id Mrs-
a e v Z T l * ' * ft' TOOO°- "T h * children
Bever » -re ,0 nau*hty before. What will
* • * * • “ T V o » t Robbie fighun«? T h .
01li.
flour barrel Is empty, the potatoes are all
gone, and we have not a thing in the
house for breakfast, only bread and but
ter ; and the grocer sent us word yester
day that we could not have another thing
until we paid him. What shall we do?”
After which lengthy and somewhat inco
herent speech, she laid her head on his
shoulder and found refuge in tears.
“ Never mind, dear; the Ix>rd will pro
vide;” then he slowly added, as if In an
afterthought, "some way.**
A few minutes later Ihistor Norwood
was bowing to the organist, who slipped
a check in his hand and said properly,
"W ith the compliments of the choir.”
Just as they were seated, the door bell
rang again, and this time the Junior
league marched en masse and the aston
ished minister stood speechless with a
check in either hand.
Then the older
League came, and presently the Ladies’
Aid, and last of all the trustees, all add
ing their offerings and crowding the small
rooms. Each party looked stiffly askance
at the others, woudering by what trick
ery their secret had become known.
After an hour of discourse aud song,
the treasurer arose and said-:
“ A few days since our pastor had re
ceived but a mere pittance for many
months of faithful labor. While he had
wrought earnestly for the church and its
societies, so that, for the first time in
years, all were in a prosperous condition,
he unselfishly forgot his own needs. No,
no ! Brother Norwood, you must permit
me to finish. Then one society and an
other. by some strange coincidence, con
ceived the thought of giving the pastor
a pleasant Thanksgiving surprise. It is
needless to say that we have surprised
each other quite as well. But best of all,
I find that In the few days of unconscious
co-operation, we have increased the
amount paid on salary to just five hun
dred dollars. This shows what we can do
if we all work together. I move you as
a congregation, that we increase our pas
tor’s salary from six hundred to eight
hundred dollars a year.**
It was carried with a rush, even Broth-
’ garbed Oifneso host, to whom on# o f th#
party at some time has rendered a ser
vice or extended a cou»*esy.
HOW TO CARVE A T U R K E Y .
Sharp K n ife o f (¿reatent im p o rtan ce
I u Cutting; I p F o w l.
Some are born carvers, some after pain
ful effort achieve carviug and some— un
fortunate few— have carviug thrust upon
C H A P T E R II.
orror of it, the facts which, with its ut
them.
In order to become skillful in
An hour had elapsed since Mme. Bou
cranee, instantaneously arose iu th*
the art it is of the first iwjHirtauce to
| Poll’s departure. Harriet Weldon arose
dnd of Van Lith and arrayed themselve
have a sharp kuife.
| softly, uiid, openiug the window will
«‘tnorselessly against him, deprived him
.'««...
a , Webster,
e» v l /
o 111, so
ay the
me oivi
j goes,
a, V
.I^V
Daniel
story
once
or the moment of the power of reply
undertook to carve the turkey at an old- £ } ‘ T , ° n lesl,
s,!ould
ul’° ’
n the dead silence that ensued M. Cha
fashioned dinner. The knife wa. dull as
lron h,ugeM- lo' ,k'" 1 ol" a* aln “ P01
the front of the house. Everything wa*
'ot turned and disjuilched the coachman
the traditional hoe and the bird proved
i enveloped in a flood of moonlight. Tin
•n his errand, adding in an imperative
refractory, giving the great man more
fine grasses upon the lawn glittered lik<
one:
trouble than one of his celebrated cam
spears of ice with the heavily falling
“ A fter you have called up the doctor
paign speeches. Finally, after an espe
dew drops. The call of a night bird to ^top at Monsieur RevelI's, the mayor, ex
cially desperate effort to cut through the
its mate was the only sound that broko plain briefly what has happened, then
hide of the troublesome fowl, the knife
the stillness. The beauty of the night to to Monsieur Delorme’s, the justice of
slipped and the bird turned a complete
touched her deeply, and the song of tin* the peace. Tell him, too.
Remember
somersault and landed in the lap of a
nightingale more profoundly yet.
Sh
nadame’s life may depend on the quick
lady who sat next to the famous man.
leaned her head against the window frame ness of your movements.’*
But even after this effort Mr. Webster
and her slight form shook with suppress
M. Chabot, whom one would never
never turned a hair.
ed sobs. The thought came that every have suspected of being cast iu an heroic
"Madam, I ’ll trouble you for that tur
minute's delay would make it more diffi
mold, was undoubtedly the coolest person
key.” said he, aud went at the struggle
cult for her lover to escape from the in the room.
again with might aud main.
house. In a few hours the village would
Nan Lith, fully conscious of the awful
But we are not all born with the be stirring. He would be seen by some
peril in which he stood, again essayed
aplomb of the great orator, so it is as well
peasant going early afield, as he left the to speak. M. Chabot interrupted him.
to .take the precaution to have the knif«
grounds. She must at once summon him lie did it politely; but there was no
sharp.
from his hiding place. In a few min
mistaking his firmness.
The servants
The turkey should always be served on utes he could be gone, and she would
thought it admirable— and his knowledge
a platter large enough to hold the differ breathe freely again.
of law, ah ! was it not prodigious?
ent joints as they are carved. It should
Advancing on tiptoe to the door of the
“ Monsieur Van Lith, you may be a per
be placed on the table with the breast to chamber, she turned the handle softly and
If so, it will be
the left of the carver, who commences stepped out into the passage. The house fectly innocent man.
easy enough for you to explain everything
operations by first getting a firm grip on was perfectly quiet. Iu the semi-dark
the fowl by sticking the carving fork deep ness she crept timidly up the corridor, presently to the mayor, whom I have
down through the upper part of the breast feeling her way with the tips of her lin sent for. In the meantime, the fact of
bone. Now. holding the fork securely in gers against the old oaken waiuscoting. your appearance here at such an hour as
the left hand, take the knife in the right A t last her foot struck against a door this, under circumstances which lay you
and remove the legs and the second joint mat. She tried to recollect what door opcu to grave suspicion, make it my duty,
as a citizen, to forbid your departure.
tooth er by passing the kuife around the niat it wa,
She 8t0oped aud passed her
“ Monsieur Chabot!** ejaculated liar
joint next the body. Then take off the hand over it.
It was an old-fashioned
wings in the same manner aud disjoint rag mat of American make, such as one riet. “ What do you mean? You surely
don’ t believe that Charles— that Mon
them, cutting through the ligaments.
sees in the houses of middle class farm
sieur Van Lith has done this horrible
Before curving more from the turkey ers in New England. It had been her
thing?”
lover’s request to have such a thing at
The Frenchman shrugged his high
the door of his room. It reminded him shoulders— just a little, aud showed his
P R ID E G O E T II B E F O R E A F A L L .
of his old home across the seas. It was white teeth as he smiled— just a little,
all right. This was the apartment she iu a deprecating manner.
wanted. She placed her fingers upon the
“ Mam’selle must not blame me. I am
handle of the door, opened it a little way, simply doing my duty.**
\r
and called softly :
“ O. this must not be.” exclaimed the
"Charles !**
girl, now almost unnerved with appre
T o her surprise there was no answer. hension. “ I can explain all— I can clear
She opened the door wider yet. and went him----- "
in. The moonlight, shining in through
But her wrist was seized in Van
the window streamed over the carpet and Lith*8 grasp.
made every portion of the chamber plain
“ Main’selle can explain?” — began Cha
ly visible. She glanced quickly around. bot, pricking up his little ears like a fox
T
o
her
intense
astonishment
the
room
terrier.
m m i
was empty. Trembling with fear and ex
"M am ’selle will explain nothing.” re
citement she again issued forth, and stood turned Van Lith, meaningly regarding
once more in the corridor. At the very the Parisian.
moment that she did so, a pistol shot
“ Then perhaps monsieur can?”
reverberated loudly through the chateau.
"\\ lien the proper time comes, yes. To
And then from all parts of the house Its you, you sneaking cur, not one syllable.”
m
. inmates rushed hurrjedly.
The Frenchman’s face took on a ghast
It was a terror-stricken assemblage of ly color. He stammered out a few unin
/ s
men and women, aroused in the dead of telligible words, as one who in the heat
the night by that sharp, ominous appall of a terrible passion pauses to find the
ing sound. In the supreme quiet of the most stinging epithet. But an exclama
chateau the pistol shot had rung out with tion from Emily Weldon checked both
terrible distinctness.
Though terrified men instantly. She hail been bending over
beyond measure In the almost certain tlie prostrate form of the injured woman.
knowledge that some dreadful tragedy Now she looked up, the calm of a great
had taken place, Harriet Weldon did not despair in her face, the first tears she
hesitate a moment. Dashing along the hail shed glistening in her fine eyes.
| corridor she Hung aside the heavy drap
“ O, Harriet,” she cried, "she is dead.
eries which separated Mme. Roupell’s I shall never hear her voice again.”
/Cs
sleeping apartment from her sitting room,
The girl’s grief was something terrible
and bravely entered.
to witness. Harriet stole softly to her
O r
Face to face, M. Chabot and her lover sister’s side, and, putting her urius about
were standing.
On the floor between her. strove to comfort her.
them, lying at full length, her face turn
"L e t us leave them,” said Van Lith
ed upward, ghastly in the dim light of the to M. Chabot, who stood awed ami hum
j solitary candle, lay Mme. Roupell. From bled in the presence of such affliction.
a bullet wound in her forehead, a little
And side by side the two men, the
blood was slowly oozing on to the floor Frenchman and the American, the ac
and matting with its crimson flood the cuser and the accused, went out from
gray, waving and carefully combed hair. the chamber, leaving the living and de
The room seemed suddenly to fill with spairing alone with their sacred dead.
uthnall • •
people, all looking through a kind of mist.
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A ghastly, unwholesome pallor was on
C H A P T E R III.
' each face. The ordinary proprieties of
Victor Lahlariche, the Parisian prefecj
life were set at naught.
The conven of police, was a man who united within
tionalities of dress were forgotten. Emily himself qualities not often found con
— Cincinnati 1 *ost.
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a
was bending over the prostrate woman, joined in the same individual, for while
er Cook assenting. Pastor Norwood arose, it is well to separate the leg and cut It h« r flne futures pale as death, but set he was a sagacious and even brilliant
and with tears of joy trickling down his into two pieces. After this the breast of aa in marble, and showing no trace of theorist, he possessed at the same time a
ffieeks, thanked them simply. Some said the turkey can be carved in thin, delicate >-ar* or womanly weakness. She seemed thorough practical knowledge of his busi-
they sang the doxology as never before; slices with the knife held flat against the the only collected one in the room ; all ness. In the course of his long career on
at least there were two voices that rang breast bone and faced away from the the rest stood gasping and staring, a help the police he had risen, by ability alone,
out with a new Inspiration of faith.
carver. Then the point of the knife can less, bewildered, frighten«*d group. Emily from a com paratively obscure to his
When they were once more at home, be inserted under the wishbone and it cat evinced no surprise at seeing Van Lith present prominent (sisitlon. When called
and the children in bed. Wesley Norwood be lifted, pressed backward and removed there so unexpectedly, as everyone else upon to unravel a mysterious crime, he
Good carvers now turn the turkey did. With much presence of mind, she at generally adopted a certain theory, and
again took his wife in his arms and open
ing his Bible at a place much marked and slightly and without removing the carving once turned her attention to the sufferer, pursued it with the persistency of a
worn, they read together with the guile fork cut the shoulder blades from the un to see what could be done for her. She bloodhound. It was the arrival of this
less faith of children, "And it shall come der Side of the carcass. Each "helping” gave orders clearly and rapidly, and with officer that a little group of people in
side, and a promiscuous crowd of about
to pass that before they call, I will an should contain a piece of both white and a marvelous self-command.
" L ift her up and place her on the bed. two hundred of the inhabitants of Ville-
swer; and while they are yet speaking, I dark meat and a generous spoonful of
Keep her head raised. This pillow so. neuve who were assembled outside the
dressing.
will hear.**
Bring me water, quickly.”
chateau impatiently awaited.
T h e T u rk e y Supply.
She bathed the cold, inanimate fa ce.
Thn nU iK ivliiK o f the Chinese.
A sudden hush fell upon the gathering
she folded her handkerchief up into a on the lawn as. about an hour after day
Ten fat turkeys standing In line.
As we learn more of this curious peo
Along comes Thanksgiving—-
wad
and
placed
it
over
the
fatal
spot.
ple, we are inclined to think that down
break, a dark colored, unpretentious road
Then there were but nine.
She bound over it as tightly as possible cart turned into the avenue. M. Victor
in the narrow streets of Chinatown there
a
long
bandage
torn
from
the
white
cov
Nine
fat
turkevs
weeping
o’er
their
fate,
Labian« he had at once responded in per
is more real poetry than one would sus
A.ong comee Christinas -
erlet.
Then she turned to Jean, the son to the call made upon him. The
pect from the matter-of-fact appearance
Then there were but eight.
coachman,
who,
hearing
the
disturbance
reeking flanks and foam covered sides of
and actions of the inhabitants. The aver
from the adjoining stables, had rushed the aninml in the shafts sufficiently at
One fat turkey-hen laying egges galore.
age American, in the rush of metropolitan
into the house accompanied by the gar
Along comes an Incubator—
tested the speed at which the distance
life, forgets all about the moon unless
Then there’s plenty more.
dener.
between the village and the metropolis
there is an eclipse, and even then there — W. J. iArupton In the Bohemian.
"Take the fastest horse you have and had been traversed.
are ten chances to one that he knows
ride to the village.
Send Dr. Croiset
T h e Snmlay A fte r.
nothing about It until he r^ads the paper
M. Chabot, cool and collected as ever,
up here; and then keep right straight on
was the first to receive the prefect. He
next day.
into Paris. Here, take this with you.”
With the Chinese it is different, savs
She turned to the writing table and conducted him into the reception room.
The mayor ami M. Delorme, the justice
I/eslie’s Weekly.
As their fathers did
hastily penned the following note:
before them, so do they, and so will their
"Please come to us immediately, and of the peace, were sipping tliejr coffee in
children—fo r it takes more than a cen
bring with you the best surgeon you can the dining room. F*arful that he might
in some way compromise her. Van Lith
tury to eradicate a deeply rooted belief—
find. Aunt Ruth has been shot— I fear
had signed to Harriet not to come near
pay tribute to the sun and the moon an J
fatally. Come at once, I beg of you, or
him, and she now sat. in silent, tearless
the stars.
you may be too late.
grief, with her arm about Emily’s waist,
On the fifteenth day of the eighth
“ E M IL Y WELDON.**
month in the Chinese calendar, which,
She folded the note and addressed it to in the window se.it of the library.
Five minutes after the arrival of the
according to the American method of com-
“ Dr. Paul Mason.
coarhrnan at his lodgings in the line de
pQtlQg time, was this year ab<»ut the first
*‘ Rue de Iteverdy, No. 24.“
week in September, the Ch.nese celebrat- I First Boarder (dream ily)— Although'
“ How long will it take you to deliver Reverdy, Dr. Paul Mason was on the
ed their annual moon festival and thanks Thanksgiving is over, yet its memory will that?" ahe asked, as she handed it to road to the chateau. II»* had gazed for a
moment on the face of his old friend.
giving. In the country, where the good, linger with us for days to come,
the coachman.
"She must hive died instantly,” he re
old-fashioned Yankee farmers still con- j Second Boarder (practically)— I dare
" I t is fourteen miles.” replied the man.
tinue to plant :he.r peas and beans In the J U j you refer to the hash,
marked, as he turned sadly away.
“ I can do it in an hour and a half.”
different times of the moon, so that they
M. le prefect was now at liberty to ask
“ I can cover the distance in half the
I n ! h * B i r d f ’o o r t .
shall grow right, that body at this time
time,” exclaimed Van Lith, eagerly step any question he chose. He did not care
He
of year is called the harvest moon; so
ping forward.
He had been standing to ask any questions at present.
it is the harvest moon that determines the
quietly by Harriet, endeavoring to com would go into the room where the mayor
date of the festival, which is mueh like
fort her. “ Give me the note, I will go was. and hear what he had to say.
the Thanksgiving of America and Eng
“ Have you examined the prisoner?”
at once.**
land and the Metselsuppe of the Germans
Emily was about to hand it to him. was the first question he propounded to
The day preceding and the day follow
when the voice of M. Chabot was heard that functionary.
ing the night of the full moon the Chi
rnised in marked remonstrance. He spoke
" ! have attempted to; hut he refuses
nese set aside for the feasting and mer
slowly, deliberately, and ns Charles Van to make any statement, saying lie prefers
" ít
rymaking. Tliere is no susp^ns on of busi
L ith listened, he felt that each word I to wait until he is brought before the
ness, for the cel»*bratinf is all done after
mat. lie has the right to waive the
nightfall. The thanksgiv ng days are con
noon to bind him hand and foot, and hold preliminary examination before the jus
sidered s good time to pay off monetary
tice. of course, but he is hardly wise in
him up to the world as a murderer.
What is your
The Judge— Nc w. sir.
debts as well ss social, for such a prac
A pis in explanation of
“ Monsieur Van Lith nmet not leave ^ t*iis instance.
tica prompt*» domestic felicity snd bast excuse for not w ishing to servs on the this hou* intil the shooting of Madame : lo w he came to >e in the chateau at that
»na prosperity. It ■ not unusual during jo r j?
I :
n ■ - . ited by the j time •>' n ght might go far to w iffl «*•
The Turkey- Flösse, your h »nor, 1 am I proper authorities.”
mooo-festival week to nee a large party
q lifting him that is. h»* added, " i f it
opposed
to
cap.tal
pun.slunent.
at Americans entertained
by a gayiy
1 T h « s u d d e n o f this accusation, th« j *t capable o. exp»uu u.ou.
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M. Victor Lablanche allowed the wor»
by magistrate to ramble on. When that
eutleuian had quite finished, he said:
"You had better tell the prisoner and
lie principal witnesses to get ready to
ake the early traiu for Paris. The preo-
nce of your local physician will be nec-
ssary als*), so that he can testify to tho
tat lire of the w ound by w hich Madamo
loupell met her death. In the meantime
7 will make an examination of the sceuo
>f the murder.**
"That will be unnecessary. I have al-
•eady made one.”
"W ith what result, monsieur le nialre?-
“ The finding of this pistol, with which,
loubtless, the murder was committed.”
“ I^et me look at it.”
The prefect took the weapon, and ex
amined it carefully.
“ It is of American manufacture,’’ ha
said. “ Did you find anything else?”
“ Nothing except some private paper*
>f Madame Roupell’a scattered on the
floor of her chamber.”
“ Where is the young man who hai been
accused of this crime?”
“ He is uuder a strong guard at pres
ent, in the butler’s pantry. Do you wish
to see him?”
"No, I think not,” he said. “ The judge
sits at ten o’clock, and he will hear what
he has to say. Meantime, though, as I
said, 1 wish to make an inspection of
the premises.”
The mayor at once bestirred himself,
and conducted M. Lablanche upstairs to
the room where the body of Madame
Roupell was still lying. Nothing had been
moved. Even the blood which had soaked
into the hearth rug had not been wiped
up; an overturned chair lay where it had
fallen ; some papers were scattered about
the room.
"D o not disturb them.” said M. La
blanche, pointing to the papers. “ While
they simply indicate how Madame Rou
pell was engaged at the time of the shoot
ing, and perhaps have no bearing on the
question of who committed this crime,
still it is our rule to move nothing.”
“ And as to who did commit it, I think
there cau be no doubt,” remarked the
mayor.
“ 'There Is always room for doubt in
any case,” replied the prefect.
“ Of
course this young man denies his guilt,
though silent on other points?”
“ Most decidedly he does.”
"Then you have got to prove it in or
der to bring the crime home to him. You
must recollect that under the revised
penal code of France, the prisoner haa
no longer to prove his innocence of a
charge.
It is the duty of the law to
bring it home to him.”
“ But Monsieur ( ’hubot assures me,”
said the mayor, “ that he found this young
man in Madame Roupell’s chamber imme
diately after the report of the pistol.**
“ Oh perhaps the young man found him.
What do you think of that?” remarked
the prefect. “ You see, my dear sir, we
must not be too hasty.’*
" I must confess that you put the mat
ter in a new lig h t; but Monsieur Van
Lith’s np|K»arance in the chateau?”
“ Ilow does he neeount for that?”
“ He refuses to account for that at all,
as 1 said,” replied tho mayor.
“ Was he in the habit of calling at this
house ?**
“ At one time, hut lately had been not
only uninvited, but requested to discon
tinue his visits.
11 is presence in the
chateau was, in fact, totally unexpected
by anyone until he was discovered in
Madame Roupell's chamber.”
M. Lablanche now threw a searching
glance around the chamber.
It would
seem, imh'ed, as if nothing could escape
his acute observation.
On the large,
handsome bedstead, lay tin* body of the
late proprietress of the Chateau Ville-
neuve. 'I bis piece of furniture was near
ly in the center of tlie room, with the
head placed against the wall. To the
east two windows looked out upon the
grounds in the rear of the building. An
aviary, containing several canaries, which
had Is'cn great favorites «if the dead
woman, stood between the windows. Its
occupants were singing merrily, appar
ently unmindful that the hand which had
fed and tended them was powerless to
do so more. In the window’s, stnnds of
geraniums and other plants were tasteful
ly arranged, ami tin* luaivy curtains had
been carefully draped back to permit the
free ingress «if the sunlight. On the toi
lette table lay the gloves wfliich Mme.
Roupell bad worn at the opera the preced
ing evening. There, also, was the fan
whicli she had carried. On one of the
«hairs was the shawl which Emily Wel-
'don had wrapi**d about her.
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hatnlsotne and graceful. He was con-
sldere«! *'too much o f n dandy,** and
fo r a long time w m sent on mountain
circuits to tiring him down to the level
o f old-fnnhloned Methodism.
As a Inst r«»sort, when he continued
to appear "dandified,”
one o f
hls
mountain memtiem pcrsuaihil the min-
lMt»»r to wear a suit o f homespun, that
tie might tx> more In harmony with tits
listeners. T h e next morning lie w«*nt
early to service to see the succeat of
hls scheme.
When Mr. Bascomh appeared, as trig
In homespun as he had I ms » ii In broad
cloth. the m ountaineer’a chagrin was In
tense.
"W e ll, I d ecla re !”
he exclaimed*
“ Go It your own way, Brother Ban-
comh.
I give It up.
It ain’t your
clothes that’s so pretty ; It’s Jist you.”
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“ You know,” said Mrs. Subbtiba,
“ that Mrs. Newrome moved In across
th«* way last Monday, ao I «*nlled to*
day.”
“ W ell, w e ll!” remarked her hus
band. “ how like jwker
this ’social
game* Is.”
“ You do you mean?*’
"W h y. In p«»ker you sis«» call when
you want to ws* what the other per*
soil’s got.” — Philadelphia Pr«*ss.
Tlie building |ocat«*d at th«* great«*st
height In Europe la the climber's but
on tlie Matterhorn, nearly I2JU0 f«®*
above the acu.
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