Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-03-23
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Toinette, full Of curiosity, procured a
light, and she and the doctor descended IN
the cellar. It was spacious vanlt
enough, walled and groined with red
BRICK, except here and there white star.
by way Of ornament hut, having been tlis
used tor perhaps half century, it had
fallen into terrible disrepair. 1t seemed to
be almost paved with broken bottles, old
corks and loose bricks, over which hosts
OF black beetles scurried away from the
light of TOinette's candle There wen
heaps of hillocks Of moldy sawdust piled
up in most Of the bins and in the passages !:
and the walls and groined ceiling wer
curtained and festooned with enormous
cobwebs.
Ma fol-" calculated Toinette, as she and
the doctor CROPPED their way, stumbling
over broken glass and bricks at every stem
they took, "what a horrible hole p
: Not very pleasant, certainly" said her
companion; "but then think what we
come for. Stay; this is bin number three"
They stopped before one of the bins, on
which Q large white figure, nearly OBJ
scured by dust and cobwebs, was painted.
There was not much in this bin, but by
dint of great deal of burrowing and
scraping, they discovered piece Of rag in
which were two sovereigns, q napoleon.
three half crowns, and two francs.
Something to begin with, at any rate
said Toinette.
In like manner they searched the other
bins indicated by Madame Michaud, the
result being that their joint collection
reached nearly fifty pounds
"And now, monsieur, for the little hole
in the WALL" said Toinette. II rather
fancy that little hole in the wall, for my
part"
After considerable trouble the hole was
discovered, but it contained less than any
other Of the places already searched, only
an old brooch and pounds worth of sill.
yer, tn francs, sixpences and fourpenny
pieces.
This is quite MANIA" said the doc.
tor. as he replaced the bricks which he
had taken from the wall. N#
1t happened that these bricks were some
OF the white ones, which formed a STAR
and as the doctor returned them to their
places, his quick eye noticed that some Of
the others, forming the points of the star
had recently been displaced This was the
more obvious, from the fact Of the cob
webs, which covered the rest of the wall
chat is to say, the red brickwork), being
wanting on the white facing. He immedi.
ately removed two or three of the bricks.
"Why, monsieur is pulling down the
WALL" cried Toinette.
Without needing thu remark, DR.. Klep-
son continued his efforts till he had
knocked out all the center of the star, and
made hole sufficiently large to have ad.
mitted the head of man. He pushed his
arm in as far as it could go; then he ut
tered loud exclamation, and drew some
thing forth. Toinette almost let the
candle fall in her establishment 1t was
round case of green shagreeA.
on their blue velvet bed, sparkling and
throwing out splendid coruscations in the
dim and imperfect light, were the lost
speak. Then the doctor said, "This is the
most extraordinary affair ever heard Of"
All, monsieur, what joy for poor Jules
Michaud!" said Toinette.
Of course, the case was now clear.
Madame Michaud was confirmed SOM
nambulist Her anxiety for the safety of
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for nine days she had thought of nothing
else. This constant restlessness produced
its inevitable result. In the night, after
her wearied husband had fallen into pro-
found sleep, she had opened the cabinet,
taken the diamonds out of it, and instinct
lively conveyed them to one of her hoard
ing places. But probably finding the case
would not 60 into the little hole mentioned,
and finding other bricks in the white star
loose under her hand, she had unconscious
ly made new excavation.
OF course this strange termination TO
"the great jewel robbery" created great
stir. Lady Sartorsine, who had all along
refused to believe in the guilt Of Michaud,
was delighted at the de',ouement, declared
it was perfect melodrama, and insisted
on making the worthy jeweler present Of
fifty pounds as rccompense, though Of
course this amiable lady was in no wise
bound to do SO. She had not been 10
blame, for she had even refused to prose
cute. os re-
1t is unnecessary to add, that the Mich
auds were restored to credit and happi-
ness, and that all their neighbors We'd with
one another In endeavoring to efface from
the old Frenchman's recollection the bit
terness of the stigma, which had tor
while wrongfully attached to him whilst
he was under suspicion Of having pur'
Joined the lost jewels