Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-03-23

Aray Of hope shot momentarily through
Michaud's brain.
aAh, 70 r he said. II remember but
too well doing so
"Ga," cried Toinette, wringing he1
hands, "what Is to be doneso
The jeweler groaned. You must 60
to the police at once" said TOinette, firm
"The policeY he repeated.
=" OF course, monsieur. Or stay: you
must 90 to Madame 6artorsine, and I viii
fetch the police" Ell
ooh, / dare not face her!" groaned Mi.
chaud.
you must" said Toinette again. "For
the honor of all, this must be cleared up
The affair, of course, created What in
these days is called sensation Jules
Michaud, his wife and servant were at first
all arrested, in spite OF the earnest en-.
treaties of Lady Sartorsine, who declared
she would sooner lose the diamonds ten
times over than prosecute, as she himiy
believed in the innocence OF the French
man. The poor man thanked her, with
tears IN his eyes, but tor all that the police
persisted in doing as they pleased. Ac-
cordingly, Michaud was brought before a
magistrate, and remanded for further ex.
animation" There was no evidence at all
as yet, beyond the bare fact that the jewels
were missing, end that only the three'sus
pected persons had known where the key
Of the safe was in which they had been
locked up. After Michaud had been fur
Their examined, he was committed to take
his trial, and Madame Michaud and TOT
nctte were liberated on bail.
Handbills were printed, a large reward
was offered, and the detectives visited
every known receiver OF stolen goods In
London, but all in vain. The diamonds
were not to be found.
Meanwhile, and whilst Michaud was
awaiting his trial, poor Madame Michaud,
who was nearly broken hearted at all this
misfortune, became dangerously i'll.
"Their good name gone, their business
destroyed she said, what had she and
her husband to live for"
The faithful Toinette did her best to
console the poor woman, and lady Sartor-
sine, who behaved admirably in the matter,
requested her own doctor to take the case
in hand, which he did.
1t so happened that DR.. Klepson was
an exceedly good and humane man, and he
took very great interest in the case. He
questioned Toinette SO to all the circum-
stances of the jewel robbery, and paid the
greatest attention to the smallest minutip.
He asked to see the key of the patent safe,
Which Toincttc accordingly showed him.
The physician saw at once that it was
rather complicated affair, and scarcely
likely to be available in the hands of a
thief (unless, Of course, he had previously
been made acquainted with the secret of
it). Toinette herself was unable to ex-
plain to him the working of il.
$50, then" asked Dr. Klepson, Z" it was
only your master who could open this cab
inet?"
"And madame, also" said Toinette.
:" You are sure Madame Michaud could
open its" aa'
"Oh, yes, monsieur, because when her
husband was i'll she used to put away the
things there" s,4
"m what state was Madame Michaud
during the nine days these jewels were in
handy"
"In what state, monsieur" repeated
Toinette. l'4.
Eyes; was she as usual, mean; was
she quiet or excited?"
"Oh, very restless and anxious, mon
sieur."
"Does she (ahem y drink"
Drink, MONSIEUR said Toinette, in
dignantly; certainly not, except, Of
course, when she is thirsty. Madame
likes eating best"
"Ah, she likes eating best. does she?"
Eye, she does, monsieur have heard
the master tell her she eats too much; it
makes her red in the face"
"H-mi She is full bodied person.
That must give her nightmare
Sometimes she has bad dreams, mon
sieur."
"Yes," said he; Il have heard that she
calls out in her Sleep
"She does, monsieur; and have known
her to get up whilst fast asleep, and go into
the kitchen"
The doctor listened eagerly. "A-h"
said he, "you have known thaty"
Yes, sir" said TOinette.
"Tell me now, what you have known
her to do, when in this state!'
Well, monsieur, last Michaclmas day
was year, madame was to have some
friends to dinner"
"Well" said the doctor.
one was anxious, Oh course, VI nAVe
things go off we'll, you may imagine"
"Of course" said he.
$50 that, monsieur, on the evening be-
fore madame was restless; che gave me
directions for the next day which l could
not carry out until the morning and then,
when / came down in the morning, why,
ma fol! madame had saved me the
trouble"
"What do you mean ?" he asked.
Monsieur, you will hardly believe me-"
eyes, shall" he replied.
swell then, madame had come down in
the night, drawn the goose, lighted the
fire, and put the bird on the spit"
"Shc hady" said the doctor.
eyes; so that l found the poor thing
burnt as black as coal, and madame de-
clared she knew nothing about it,"
She is q somhsnbuiist !" cried the doc
tor. triumphantly.
DIR. Klepson began to see light, or
fancied he did
"Now," said he, "tell me what time
Madame Michaud went to bed the night
before the jewels were missedy"
"Oh, that Is easy, sir; madame was very
tired, and she and went to bed earlier
than usual; 1t was half past nine only"
"And your master?" he asked.
:" cannot tell you. All know Is, that