, 1873-05-18

! only proved to be an idea fer the man was the
| same as had taken my clothes to. brush half an
hour before. But this did no. prevent me, as I
| went Downstairs, from looking at eyery one l
met as If he was police agent trying to hide hla
real character from me- In the vestibu1e OF thR
! hotel found 1 young msn waiting to deliver
| into my hands an important letter from London,
| which had been sent under cover to my bankers
in Paris. in which house the young man VAS
clerk. am afraid he must b.ve thought me-
| mad, for, instead Of opening my letter, / stared
into his face, determined to whether could,
by any chance, detect any likeness to Bergnet.
But there WAS no margin for. deception the
young man was 80 thoroughly English IN his ap-
poarance, and so much taller than the detective
officer, that very 6oou Eaw the 1atter was not
trying again to take me in However. I wander
ed forth, determined not to ho caught again.
But I WAS very soon taught that my own mother
Mlt wss nothing rhen compared to that OF my
The Arrangement between EeEsDet and myself
was that We wero to meet after breakfast. say
about p NJ, in the open space of the Palsia
Royal. and th1t whoever arrived first would wait
for the other, On one Of tho chairs opposite the
| Cafe Vefour. It WasgettnG on toward II, when
| the idea struck ma that would breakfast at tha
eaid cafe, and then, with cigar, coffee, and that
| mornings Gohgnoni, would pass away the time
| until Be1Bnet should arrived taking in th9
| meantime special care that should not hs de-
ceived again, OF, at any rate, not so easily rs I
| had been in the morning. "
The forenoon, as it often is in the month Of
| May in Paris, was WARM, though not unpless-
| antly hot, but quite enough 10 to render 9
breakfast IN the open air preferable to eating in
side. therefore took Mp M, quarters at ons Of
the outside tables, and while ordering my
very old gentleman came up and seated himself
at the next table to me, calling for denie fasse,
and proceeding to read copy Of the Figaro
which he had brought with him.
s. Although few Englishmen have travelled morn
on the Continent than myself, have the same
| objection which distinguishes my conntryznon all
| over the world toward making new acquain-
tances. might have sat at my breakfast, and
the old gentleman might have read his Figaro
for the whole day without my making any I'D
| v4nces toward him. Having, however, finished
his coffee, and taken ont his portmonnaie to pay
for it, some two or three pieces Of money slipped
from the old gantlemau'a hand and rolled toward
| my feet. I naturally stopped aud helped him to
| called for petit re1Te. and We naturally conf
| menced talking together. Curiously enough,
tho conversation turned upon the facility OF de-
| tecting persons who wished to disguise them
! with individuals, 50 with nations, no person
could hide his pecnliarities, or the peculiarties
| Of bis race. "For instance" hs vent on, 1:let q
military man dress Ell bourgeois, or civilian
| put on q uniforms: Frenchman have his
| clothes made in London, or an Engllshmsn
| go to Partisan tailor; there was no doubt
| but that men of an ordinary observance could
easily distinguish what the individual really was.
| Thus" he continued, "no oue could mistake
| Monsieur to be anything but an Englishman, and
one WHO has most probably been il military en-
ployrnant in his OVID. country In the same way,
| f" meaning himself, "con1d not pass for
| anything except Fteuchman, faneur, and an
unmiatakable frequenter Of the Boulevards."
that the time passed away impercephbly. Ws
/ talked about the success OF schneider in Lon
| don about the Emperor's hea1th; about tho
French elections, and what not. I accepted a
pinch OF snuff from him, and he tried ono Of ny
rogalia cigars. 1t Inst, as ths timo drew nsar
when Bergnet ought to have made his appear
.anco; began to look at my watch, and to glance
! round to sec whether the police agent had takau
t up his quarters any OF the chairs which wa.a
then filing very fast with the usual after.bre.k-
| fast drinking crowd OF weu-dressed MID
dle-class Paris idiers. Seeing ! was Look
saia Perhaps ;, J Monsieur s il i e9ERsstiag 3
about o'clock, and am afraid shall miss him
in the crowd" y PerhapsI can assist Monsieur, II
said the old gentleman; I" Is Monsieur's friend a
abort sueH Little man is his name Borgnet be-
With this the old gentleman took of his hat
bringing away with it the gray false sida auc
back hair he wore; he Strengthened himself q
he sat in his chair, and, behold, Monsieur Berg.
| 06t W88 Oe10I9 uRu 8ELtd4ly bdk nUQ td1RHL
to him for upward Of an hour. without having
the least idea to whom it WAS that VILE speak
| ing. RATHER than be beaten agnln,-Whlch fell
certain would be the case II continued to temp
fortune,I at once gave in paid IL Bergne1
the five napo1eons had lost, and begged that be
+ would subject me to no more humiliation by TAX
ing me in again as to his appearance and dis.
guise.
CuAPTEn V1.-FoUND
The day following that on which Bargnet had
twice deceived me By Disgusting himself, he set
to work IN earnest to try and recover the bonds
| him, and, indeed, saw with my own eyes, that he
called upon II. 1reyes, the French money-lander,
as an English gentleman in difficulties who
wanted to discount . bill, aa q young Swiss who
wantod employment as 3 clerk; and as q German
I who had got some bank-notes which he wished
to get nd Of quietly, as being stolen property :;
| when saw that in none Of these disgaises he
WAS found out began to be lass ashamed OF
myself for having been taken in, Certainly, in
some matters, tho old Saying, in the Crinea,
t holds good How it Was brought about never
knew (oxcept that had to pay about 60 for the
buainoas), but within = week after put tho
matter into Bargnets hands Ii. Trevea'
fraud in something or other. i don't
sure ho was not; detaianed very long by ths
/ police, for saw him the next dry Walking along
the BouleFhfus a8 II eu1oJnEh very aEIaeaDles
| hoHday> But in the meantime 81. Tfeves On.
gagged young Swiss with naxen hair az his em-
p1oye, md that Swiss bore = very strong re-
aemb1ance to my friend Borgnet.. This yoang
| Swiss clerk had friend who often came to SEQ
him ut his maater's office. and who must hare
been twin brother to subordinate agent Of tho
police, who was very clever in all blacksmith d
| work, and who had curious fancy for taking
Wax Impressions OF all the keys that he cama
scross. Be that as It may, the Swiss clerk had
not been moro than wJek with II. TFeyes, when
I raB shown by NJ Bergnes . copy Of the in
dorscment which certain bonds, contained ia tha
safe Of the money-1ender, bore: Thus copy. So
| far satisfied me that there remained hut ona
! thing to be done. and TINT was to get hold OF
| the originals. n Bargnet had conducted the
affair so very well, that resolved to put myself
| entirely in his hands, although I doubt very
much whether at the Gnildhau OF Bow-street tte
way that set to work would have been consid-
cred quite justiaable. ,.r}
Acting, therefore, under advice, aud anxious
|. to get back the bonds with as little scandal a
| possible, I called one forenoon On II. Tteves,
I and asked to see that gentleman alone. Tho
| SwiaB clerk at once admitted me to his master,
but not before I had noticed that in the ante
| room there Was person who looked uncommon
| " Iita an individual had eeau in tha Rue de-