The Carolina Spartan. [volume] (Spartanburg, S.C.) 1852-1896, 1857-04-02


they went to spend their Sunday in the
country, with the view Of mitigating their
grief by change Of scene and amusement.
During their absence, an apartment, imme.
diatey below the cafe was set on fire i'm
nine several places. Under the pretence Of
giving assistance, a mob of wrelches abso
lutely gutted the place. The flames ragged.
and ceased no; till the whole house was con
sumed. Lonpan was completely ruined
all his money. credits, aud furniture were
destroyed or stolen, and nothing remained
but small property belonging to his wife,
Irlte, but most true. is the saying, that
prosperity makes friends and adversity tries
them. The Loupians were not long in dis
covering the quality Of those who had
sworn TO them eternal friendship. All their
friends abandoned them: one alone was
found faithful among the failhless-the old
waiter, Prospere. He would not quit them:
he declared that, as he had shared in their
prosperity, he would participate in their
adversely. lie was admired and lauded as
rare example of fidelity and goodness. A
new but very modest cafe was established,
rue 81. Antoine. Thi,her SoIari still ,e.
paired. One evening he was seized, on his
a
physician WAS sent for. He declared thai
the patient WAS poisoned; and, no,withstand.
ing every effort, the unfortunate man died
| IN terrible commissions.
| Twelve hours afterwards, when, according
to custom, the bier WAS exposed under the
entrance of the house where Soari had
lodged. paper was found attached 10 the
black mort cloth that covered the coffin.
On this paper were Inscribed the words
NUMBER Two.
Besides the daughter. whose destiny had
been SO unfortunate, Loupian had son.
His youth, heset 10y men Of bad character,
struggled at first against their temptations;
but The aliurements Of abandoned women
''Id what the unaided example Of the vi
cious OF the other sex had failed TO do, and
he gave himself up TO debauchery One
night his companions proposed frolic: The
iun was 10 consist in breaking into
liquor store, carrying OFT dozen bottles,
drinking the contents, and paying next day.
Eugene Loupian, already lIalf intoxicated,
clapped his hands at this proposal The door
of the store was pried open, the bottles
were chosen, and each of the hopeful band
had pockeled two, when the police, who
had received Information from a traitor in
the camp, pounced upon the six culpri,s.
who were tried, and the ruinous sentence
awarded by The laws for poL de mutt arec
e5rdcton WAS pronounced upon them.
Royal pity saved the misguided young man
from iIe ininmy of the galleys, in spite Of the
incredible efforts aud interest made by
some unseen enemv TO turn aside the elem.
ency of the sovereign; but Loupan's sou
had 10 undeFgo an imprisonment of twenty
years.
This catastrophe all but completed the
ruin aud disaster of the Lnupians. The
wife, she who had been the cvnosure Of the
| quarter us la belle et richie Narguer.te, died
"i grief and without children. The remains
of the fortune which she had brought PASS
cd from her husbands family, and Loupian
and his daughter remained without any re.
sources. Then the honest waiter. w,lp had
his savings. came forward and offered them
1" The young woman-but at what pricel
Suffice 1t la say, that the wretcned dnunh-
Ter, sunk IN the extremity of misery, and
IN the hope of saving her father, accepted
the shameful conditions, and became the
mistress of Prospere.
Loupian could hardly bc said to exist.
His misfortuues had shaken his reason. He
wandered about sad and solitary. One
evening, while he was walking n sombre
alley in the garden of the TuiIeries, man
IN mask suddenly presented himself be.
fore the distracted wanderer.
'Loupian," said he, "dost thou remem.
Der lSO7l'
"Whyi"
"KnOwest thou the crime which thou
did,t then commit"
"a crime!"
IAN infamous crime! Out OF envy, thou
dldst con'gn thy friend Picaud to a dun.
geon. Dost thou rememberl'
All, God has severely punished me for
it."
Not so-but Picaud himself! He. to
safe his revenge, stabbed Chaubard on the
Font des Arts. He poisoned s;olari. lie
gave Thy daughter convict for n husband.
lie LAID The snare into which thy son fell
Ills hand even condeSccnded 10 destroy the
dog oi which thou vast so fond, and the
parrakeet on which thy wife doated. His
hand set fire TO thy house. lie summoned
the robbers TO the spoil. He caused thv
wife TO die Of giief, and Thy daughter is his
concubine. Yes! in thy servant Prospere
know l'ieaud; hut only at the moment when
he plants his NUMBER THREE"
With the last words came stab, so we'll
aimed at the heart Of the victim. and driy-
EN- SO home, that Loupian had only time TO
utter feeble cry before he fell dead
This last act of vengeance accomplished,
Picand turned to lave the garden. when
han'l of iron, seizing him by the neck, hurl.
ed him to the earth beside the corpse, and
before he could recover from his surprise,
man bound him hand and foot, gagged
him completely, and then, wrapping him
up in his own cloak, carried him hurriedIy
away.
The rage, the astonishment Of Picaud.
thus gagged and borne along on the shou-