The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1866-11-27

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! isfaclion, when he felt himself touched on
the shoulder; it was the doctor. A lady
= dressed in black was seated on the bench,
with thick veil over her face. Mr.. L
kept up a good heart against his i'll luck.
Il have taken a whole coupe" said the
doctor to him, $50 that YOU will not be in
commoded by other travellers. Here is
Mademoiselle's purse; perhaps She may
=. need something; here is her ticket, also,
which you vii! have the goodness to show
to the employee. I toIegraphed to Paris,
last evening, to the relatives of Mademoi
sele, begging them to send a.carriage to
the train when it arrived. | have told you
that she is as gentle as dove, if she should
have a moment of weakness, you have only
to give her lump Of sugar moistened with
two drops Of this syrup"
And he handed him little phial, with
the purse ana ticket. During this time he
had lifted the edemoisele somewhat roughly
into the car He remained there till the
last moment warmly thanking Mr. L.
Finally the bell rang, the minister entered
the coupe, coming out again soon, and eX-
claiming
"What q strong odor there Is 10 there"
at Is nothing" said the doctor; at is
bottle Of Eau de Cologne which l broke in
helping MademoiseIIe enter the car
The train started: Mr.. l. placed
himself at the back end where he was sep
arated from the demoiselle in black by
box Of flowers. He tried to open conyer-
sation, bat seeing that she did not reply,
he arranged himself for nap. He awoke
several times; the demojseIle, always with
her veil down over her face, remained mo-
tionIess. At last they reached Paris.
"MademoiSeIe," said the clergyman, "be
good enough to wait a moment; l will 90
and call the coacLman who Is waiting for
YOU"
He looked . long while, but in vain. lie
could find no one who had come for a
demoiscIlatrom Rouen. Hereturned, much
veXed, to the demoise'Ie, when to his great
stupetaction, he saw an anxious crowd sur
rounding his car. He advanced.
as it YOU who came ia this couPe2' de-
manded a policeman.
/ ~ es"
DO YOU know that the lady IS dead
/ 1t IS more than four hours since she ceased
to live. You have poisoned her with prus-
sic acid y
The clergyman was horror struck. He
sought to excalpate himself with Ill tie
energy Of an honest man, but his story
sounded Ike q tale, it was 50 improbable.
They searched him, and found upon him
the lady's purse, and the phiaI, which con
tained prusslc acid
Mr. Edward l., crushed down, han
mad, allowed himself to be led to prison
without Offering the slightest resistance.
Take me 70 Rouen,' SAID the prisoner,
Il viii unma>k the wretch He viii not
dare to deny it before me-"
Two policemen in citizens dress and
some other employees of the department
took a car with him, and they arrived at
Rouen. Mr.. l. was sure that the
assassin would trembIe at the sight of him
alone.
When they entered Dr. La Bellies house
he was out, but would soon return. An
hour after he entered the room where they
We're waiting for him.
Mr. l. trcmbIed from head to foot.
It was not the maa he had met on Mount
Saint Catherine.
1T was not DR.. La Belle" cried he, see
ing an abyss open before him, the depths .
Of which he could not sound. 1T was
lie! The mau was not DR.. La Be1er7
Alas. they must give in to the evidence. .
The clergyman had been the victim Of the
most diaboIical trap imaginable.
They returned to Paris.
Some weeks passed. The agent of the
police who had particular charge Of him
soon satisfied himself that he was Innocent.
Mr. l. was then removed to a house
he never knew what one or where-but
where he could read and write.
The day after his new incarceration
man entered his chamber made him put
on a suit Of black, and begged him to fol-
low him. At the door was an open caleche.
and they took the direction Of the Champs
Ulysses.
Look we'll at everybody" said bis mys-
ferrous companion.
ALr. L. looked with all bis eyes, but
he saw nothing but promenaders On foot
and IN carriages The next day, when he
entered the caeche, he was surprised to see
a large white dog crouching en- the mat at
the drivers feet. He did not understand
the mystery at first, bat it was explained
to him afterwards. At the time the crime
was committed, between Rouen and Paris,
white dog, without an owner, had been
found by some one in the former city. The
police sent him to Paris at once. On the
day Of which we are speaking two lost dogs
were advertised on the fourth page of the
journals one at Vanguard, the other at
Passv. Ii was to these placas that Mr.