The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1875-07-16

came straight 10 Auguste +; his eyes Hash
ing, and bending his face towards his
friend. who changed color and recoiled, ne
Missed out: .Monsieur Lefebure. vons
sf,s ua laeh< ~ Very well. Monsieur
Meunier.r resp nded Augusie In the same
low tone. :. to-morrnw morning al SIX
o'clock!n "Itis settled, false friend, X
cradle ~traitorl a Ia mort - rejoined Al
phonse, walking of. Cefa % sars dne
muttered August,, going towards thehat-
room.
A diplomatist ofdistinction, representa-
tive at Paris Of 4 neighboring state, an ell
DERBY gentleman OF superb splomb and
most commanding appearance. was sum
moned 10 the oracle ny the bowling foot
man. After being absent abo.t five min
ures he returned, aud Immediately made
his way through the press 10 M. de Lasa.
VINO was standing not far from the fire
place. with his hands in his pockets, and a
look of the utmost Indifference upon his
face. Delessert. standing near, watched
the interview with eager interest II am
exceedingly sorry said Gen. Won -.
ito have TO absent myself so O On rom
your interesting salon, vi. de Lasa. but
the result OF my seance conyinces
me that my dispatches have been
tempered with II an sorry
responded VI. de Lasa. with an air
of languid but courteous interest
81 hope YOU may be able TO
discover which Of your servants has been
unfaithful." II am going 10 do that
now.- said the General adding In signifi-
cant tones. :" shall see that both he and
his accOmplices do not escape seven pun
ishment.' THAT j. the only course 10
pursue. Monsieur the Count" The I'M
bassador stared. bowed. and took his leave
with "A bewilderment in his face that waS
beyond the power of his act to control.
In the course Of the evening NJ. de Lasa
went carelessly 10 the piano. and. after
some indifferent vague preluding. played "A
remarkably effective piece 81 music. Ia
which the turbulent life and buoyancy Of
bacchanalian strains melted gently. almost
impercepfihly away into a sobhlng vail OF
regret and languor and ~eariaes> II des-
pair. II was beautifully rendered. and
made a great impression upon the guests.
one OF whom. a lady. cried, How love
W. how sad Did YOU compose that YOUR
self, NJ. de Lasa?" He looked towards
her absenfly for an instant. then replied /:
"Ig Oh, no. That il Lerely a reminis-
cence. madam "Do YOU know who did
compose 1t. NJ. de Lasar" inquired a viz
tuoso present. Il believe il was original
ly written by Ptolemy Aulete-. the father
OF Cleopatra" said VI. de Lasa, in his in
different. musing way. " but not in its
present form. Ii has been twice rewrit-
ten. 10 nv knowledge; still. the air l. sub
stantiaIly the same ~Frsm whom did
70 get il. NJ. de Lasa. if | may ask = per-
sisted the gentleman. Certainly GER
tainly, The lat time | heard IL played
was by Sebastian Bach but that was
Palestrina's-the sent-yersion. I
think | prefer that of Gsido of Arezzo-ii
i. ruder. but haA more force. l got the
air from Guido HIMSELF "lou-from-
Guido, - cried the astounded gentleman.
:. Yes. monsieur answered De Lasa, ris-
ing from the piano with his usual indiife--
ent air. Mon Die14 p cried the virtuOso.
putting his hand to his head after the man
Lner of Mr.. Twemlow. !" Mon Dteu! thai
was in Ammo Domini l022!' "A little
later than that-July, 1881. If | rememsei
rightly" courteously corrected vi. III
Lasa.
AT this m the tall footman bowed
before NJ. Delessert. and presented tn,
salver containing the card. Delessert tool
it aud read "On vols accords trente-csns
secondes. W. Fgabry, tout az plus De
lessert followed the footman from the ga
lon across the corrider. The footmar
!. opened the door OF another room and bow
tu again. >lZililNllE AhdA DNiN-TtAN "&1 y
: enter. Ask no q .estions," he said brief
/ IL -.Sidi j. a mute Delessert entereS
: the room and the door closed behind him
IL was a small room with a strong smell q
trankincense Prevailing II. The a
were covered completely with red hang
: ings that concealed the windows. aud tn
I floor wa felred with thick carpet. %
posite the door, az the upper end OF TN
: room near the ceiling, was the lace OF
|. large clock under Il. e1ch lighted by tn
:. wax candles. were two small tables cor
: tanning. the one an apparatus very like In
) common registering telegraph instrument
the other a crystal globe about twent
inches in diameter. set upon an exquisite
D ly wrought tripod Of gold and bronze II
te~rmingled. BY the door stood Siii-
il man Jet black in color. wearing a whit
o turban and burnous, and hayilg a sort I
: wand of silver i'm one hand. With IN
n other he took Delessert by n
4 right arm above the elbow aud IL
d him quickly up the room. He pointed
l. the clock. and II struck an alarm ; hepoin
!. ed to the crystal. Delessert bent owe
4 looked into Ii. and saw fac-simileof IA
3. own sieeping-room, every thing plot
a graphed exactly. Sidi did not give hi
time to exclaim, but. still holding him :
r. the arm. DOL him TO the other table. III
t~elegraph-like instrument began 10 clio
h click. Sidi opened a drawer, drew out
slip Of paper, crammed IL into Delessert
IS hand and pointed to the clock, whi'
struck again. The thirty-fiye secon'
:, were expired. Sidi, still retaining hold
IA Delessert's arm, pointed to the door al
a led him towards IL. The door opene
ID Sidi pushed him out. the door closed, Il
IA tall f0otman stood there bowling, The !
r. terview with the oracle was over. Del.
" sert glanced al the piece OF paper m y
- hand. II was a printed scrap. capital i
tiers. and read simply: .'To NJ Paul II
"a ~lessert: The policeman Is always We
come: the spy always in dangerl'
- n.I...nrr mna dnmfnunlnh a moment