The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-03-12

and dreadful, indeed, as though hi
had heard the sentence for his imme
diate execution pronounced. The
muscles of his face twitched cOnvul.
sively, his under jaw fell, and his
4 eyes rolled In their sockets as though
following the fantastic cvOlutiOns OF
some horrid goblin.
The parOxysm lasted but for mo-
ment. BY a superhuman effort OF
the will he recovered his faculties,
sprang to his feet, and with the de-
mOniac fury of "a mailman, dashed at
Henri, kissing between his teeth,
"D-n you, the telling of that tale is
your death-knell."
Just as his muscular hand closed
Oppressively on Henri's throat he
was violently jerked back ward, and
found himself in the tenacious
clutches of the two gendarmes.
So no! my fine fellow !" ejacu-
ated one of the officers. "We are al
together too deeply concerned for the
future welfare of your soul to per-
NIT yOu to perpetrate such a crime.
You have done bad enough already
to bring you to hanging, and that is
quite sufficient for our purpose"
The fOiled villain glared suddenly
from one to the other, and made no
attempt to escape.
"This is right" remarked the Off
Ger who spoke before. "Take IL easy,
shows you to be philosopher and q
man of common sense"
The prisoner coolly folded his arms
and stood silent.
Monsieur CardOne, continued
the officer, Gas your friend seems to
take kindly our interference with his
plan to afford you long resting spell,
will you, with equal disinterestedncss,
provide us with rope for his benefit?
Unluckily, we came from town and
forgot to bring the professional brace
lets - an uniDtentiOnal oversight,
which / assure YOU" addressing the
prisoner, tive deplOre even more
than you yourself can. Iu fact, we
were rather uncertain of having the
pleasure of having your company OH
our return"
"Nor will you have that pleasure"
grOwled the hitherto qriiescent cap
tive, suddenly kicking out with his
two powerful arms, upsetting both
officers, kicking over the table on
which stood the light and lcaped out
into the darkness. AS he vanished,
bullet Missed by either ear, but he
escaped unhurt.
The report of the pistols hurried
Henri back into the room from which
he had gone in quest of rope.
"Quick !" exclaimed one of the Of
ficcrs. "The devil has Outwitted and
escaped us. We must he after him
ut once. 1t is Leon Breme, the most
reckless and ferOcious Of the many
cut thrOats who infested Paris six
years ago. He most miraculOusly
disappeared about the time of the st.
Armande murder, and the depart
ment had given him up for dead.
We must allow him to have his
length for moment. Our first move
is to lodge information at the three
heads of police departments. He is
an astute dog of infinite resource, and
the whole force on the scent will
hardly suffice to capture him."
Breme was eventually taken. But
SO adrOit was he, that he contrived to
remain ut large for three weeks after
niS eoCitIN lTOIu OdTuO1c 1OuSc. III
was tried, condemned and executed
for the murder of st. Armandc, sew
cral witnesses being found who iden-
tilted him, and testified to having
seen fastened to his shirt bosom on
the evening of the murder, that
blOOd-rcd cross.
Irene was never afterward per-
suaded to wear it. 1t hung over the
mantel i'm her bOudOir, and many an
evening visitor has been beguiled by
Henri with a recital of the two dark
episodes in its history which are en-
bodied in this story, and has depart
ed shuddering mt its sanguinary hue.
MOnthty.