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upon my requisltion I"
Next day the lieutenant of the police, ac-
companied by De Bossieux, two physicians
two c0unsellors, and high funciionary OF
the police, opened the grave in the church,
yard OF ST. German DIES Pres, and found The
coffin broken and empty.
| Three days afterwards, the lieutenant of the
police wrote to M. de Boissieux as follows:
"Ihe lady seen by the President de Bots
sieux IN the church yard on the fourteenth of
October, is Madame de Garan, the wife Of NJ.
de Garan a major in the artillery regiment of
l4aiere-; their marriage was contracted at Pom
dlcherry, where Madame de, Garan was born,
and they arrived in France OILY month ago.
me agent sent TO Normandyihad no difficulty
IN finding the-family ofthe gmvc-diggcr. Re-
neglod has been dead threes4ears; but il APP
pears, from testimony of his wife and children,
that no legacy has fallen TO his share. vet that he
came to Wire with ten thousand hvres These
facts, which are all ! have been able to obtain.
seem TO warrant the belief that the BODY of
Madame Bossieux had been taken away.''
The President then informed the lieutenant
of the intimate connexion that existed between
the families of De Garan and his deceased
wife. of their beirothal, the causes which had
prevented its consummation, and the difficulty
he had in winning the lady's hand, till the re-
puted death OF Major de Garan He begged
NJ D'Argenson to spare no pains in tracing
every movement of the partics-not doubling,
he said, that the lady was his own wife, whom
he resolved to reclaim. The preliminary mea-
sures having been taken, the President entered
regular complaint against De Garan, de-
handing that, notwithstanding the second
marriage OF his wife, she should be required
10 resume her station in his family. At the
same time he used the utmost diligence i'm col
iecting evidence bearing upon the fact.-From
the Minister OF War he learned the very day of
the arrival of Garan at Paris--a day remsrka-
Die Tor his immediate departure from that
place, alta having witnessed the obsequies of
Madame de Boissieux. He soon discovered
the positions who drove him from Paris TO
Brest IN company with sick lady wearing
veil. lie also learned that tey had taken
passage in merchant ship called the "Fair
Margaret" though his duty was to have en-
barked on national vessel-and procured her
log book. With this evidence he entered in
10 legal process, the ISSUE Of which did not
appear to him in the least doubtful.
The nature and novelty of this case the
dlfhculty which obstructed its progress, the
mystery IN which it seemed shrouded, and a.
bove all, the high rank of the parties concerned.
excited an unwonted curiosity. All Paris
rang with the widest rumors the most absurd
commentaries and the most malicious insinu
atoms, alike at the cost of the husband who
sought to regain his defunct wife, and the
man who maintained his right 10 what he had
taken from the grave. The hall of Parliament
was crowded by a sensitive audience, dazzled
by the extraordinary beauty. of Madame dc
Earan, audibly praying for her deliverance
from an internal conspiracy. NJ. Delafaille,
who had been deeply afflicted by his dauch-
ter'S reluctance TO the match he had made for
her, had retired to Toulouse Immediately after
her death, which he rcproached himself with
having fastened. He now came post-haste to
farls, and had an Interview with Madame de
Garan, to whom he extended his arms, weep
ing. The young lady betrayed no emotion
she only evipced a respectful astonshment
and without the motion of q muscle. declared
TO those who accompanied her would-be IA
Their, that she had never seen the person be-
lore her, and that her only wonder was at
such unexpected impertinence she repeated
this declaration, repealed the claims OF Ma
dame de BolssieuX with caimness and dignity.
and gave short history Of her life, which
she supported with documentary evidence
She left doubt of the authenticity of the
document drawn up by her counsel. NJ. de
Malzais. She was the child of the Senc de
.Marval and Mile. Fltchette, born in Pondi-
cherry, andhad been married three years before
III the Kings Chapel in the presence of the
highest tunCtlcnaries of the COLONY civil and
military.
The register Of her birth was found correct.
as well as her marriage certificate, with all the
legal formalties.
The pair had returned to France in a ma
uonal vessel. There was no reason TO believe
that man of honor, and soldier of high
rank, as NJ. de Garan had proved himself.
would turn justice Tito farce, and it was g.
qualify incredible that young man and virtu
Gus woman would maintain an imposition
with such audaclous tenacity. De Mazais.
one of the most distinguished advocates in the
Kingdom, dwelt eloquenty upon this text, and
mace such an impression upon the audience.
and even upon The bench, that what had been
doubt became assured convection. 1t was in
vain tina: the President de Boissieux and his
no less eloquent counsel called for precise tie
talIs-insisted upon indubltable evidence and
Irreiragable coincidence in vain that they
proved that dc Garan had arrived in Paris on
the very day of the lady's burial--had lief, the
city the same night without bidding farewell
to his mother, or asking her blessing, though
there was strong probability of his never see
ing her again i'm vain that they showed that
he took byroad to Brest in haste that
would set fire to the axle trecs--that he took
with him yelled lady in e state of insensibH-
ity, and that he took passage with her underan
assumed maine, in merchant ship, i'll con-