Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1860-01-04
VOL. X.---NO. 81


erhduss and La CarcOnte-the diamond
was accepted, and Allut gave the Abbe
the names Of the denOuncers, Gervais
Chaubard, Guilhem sulari, and Ma
thieu LOupian. Allut sold the ring to
a jeweller in Nismes for $4,000 frances.
and the gem was Immediately resold to
a Turkish merchant EOr 100, 900 francs,
at which AlIut was 80 veked. that he
stabbed the je*sllsr in rage, made
good bis fight, and was believed to have
escaped to Greece
toupiau, at the solicitation Of an un
known elderly female, receives as await
er at his cafe, a man aged about fifty,
Loupian's wife thinks, for time, that
she has seen the face before. but mid
other cares, she ceases to conjecture
Chaubard and Solari, the NiSm0is, Wis.
it the cate. One day, Chaubard fails
to appear as usual The next day also,
he is absent Solari goes in quest Of
him, and retdtnnS with The news that,
vt five o'clock on the morning of the
preceding day, the unfortunate Chau.
bard bad been found poignarded on the
Pont des Aarts--the weapon left in th6|
wound, and on the handle inscribed No.
One.
By bis first wife. Loupian lad son
and daughter Ofthe latter, aged Ska
teen, lovely and accomplished. gay
and dashing gentleman became enamOrs
ed. He presented himself as Marquis
and a millionaire The young girl falls
a victim to his seduction. He agreestO
marry her showing his pedigree and the
tifie-dceis VI 2ss sss Loupiap i
rcioicsi. Tie marSiaea tases piaee :
The Marquis 5r4e pass sre hnn.
dre1 aud EfJ coTcss, 4 tas qstip
Blcd. The company assemble al bat
the host who sends rote to say that
by order of the King, lie had 20 20 to
the Tuileries, on business Of importance
but will join bis guests at ten. The re-
past proceeds. Two courses are servedi
with the desert; note is laid on the
plate Of each guest, stating that Lou
piaH's daughter was the bride of an es-
capped convict, and that lie had fed tho
kingdom.
Tomo:d the scandal, 1oupian takes
hjs fmily. into the country. During his
absence the Cqfe is burned entirely
down, and his property is wholly plun'
dercd or destroyed by thieves. Loupian
is ruined and friendlcsG His attendant
named Prosper, tiings to him alona=
Loupian opens cafe, on an humble
scale, in the Rue st. Antoine. The
other man of Nismes, Gniihem Solati,
regularly visits it. One day he is sciz. ,
ed with intense phius. and dies in agony.
The physicians say he has been been
poisoned. The bier, according to usage
is exposed ct the entry Of his residence
aud paper found piSned-to the pail,
bearing NE sinister words Number
Two"s
LoupiaEfs sOul taughtin an act Of
theft, is seized on secret ihfoftBatiOu, and
barely escaping the galleys is sentenced
to twenty years imprisonment. His wife
--ohcs Tie betrOthed Of Picaud-dies
broken hearted aud ehildlkss His
daughter reduced to poverty, siDks 80
low as to become the rtiisltess Of Pros
PET; their iaithfil attendant.
The catastrophe. Walking in the
garden Of the Tuilletics,a masked man
addresses Loupiau, and reproaches him
with bis conduct toward Picaud in 1907.
sums up the various reveuges which had
been taken, aud disclosing himself as
bis servant Prosper and his victim Pi-
cadd, planges dagger iato his breast,
with the assurance thas this was Num-
Three"
At that moment awciI pfaHted blow
prostrates Picaud to the earth. When
he awakes. it is in d ca4e--One Of the
abandoned quarries With which Paris is
undermined. There stands before him
a man who dcclarssshimself 70 be An.
tOins AIlat, 70 whom, as the Able Bal
diHi, he had given the diamond At Ms.
mes, Aiter much suffering and pun.
hehad been prompted % trace
out this Baldini, and bad psNeEraked
every alias Of his. Picaud taiult ii
tarsto purchase bis tslaass. Then ocs
ours The scene Of which 0umns makes
Danglers The banker lie hero. ID ths
vicinity Of Rdme. AlIat EuOms that
PicaOa has le 900, 600 francs aad pro