The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-08-23
LITERARY
THE WAYS OF PROVIDENCE.

THE WAYS OF PROVIDENCE.
About the middle of the seventeenth cen
turv. Nicholas Zambelli, citizen of Lucca,
visited England on business, and, pleased
with the country settled there. His affairs
nrospered. and by the time he was fifty years
of aoe he had accumulated q handsome for
time and felt desire to end his days at
Iucca. where a brother of his still resided
He wrote to his family announcing his IN
tention. and soon after sent them another
letter. dated at Rouen, stating that he hal
advanced thus far on his journey; that he
had some business to attend to at Pans, and
MIGHT be expected to reach Lucca in about
two months Nearly half a ear elapsed,
however and nothing was heard OF him.
His brother, extremely anxious as to his
fate. set out for Paris in search OF him. He
visited every place where the missing man
was likely to have presented himself IN the
course of his business, and In his search
seemed, at first, to meet with success
Many of those he encountered stated that
thew had seen and conyersed with the miss
inr man: he had claimed and collected the
amount due on various securities to con-
siderable amount When, however. the re-
CENTS signed "Zambelli' were exhibited,
the bro Their exclaimed at once that they were
forgeries, and it was plain that there had
been foul play Of some sort-robbery al
least if not murder. No clue could be OBJ
tanned. however, to tie guilty parties; none
of those who had paid their money to the
false Zambclli would undertake to describe
an individual they had seen six months be
fore. and but for few minutes. lnvestl
cations at Rouen revealed the fact tina
Zambell had arrived there, and had lef
for Paris, accompanied by valet. The lat
ter. however, had been but little noticed
and as SC long time had elapsed since hi
departure, no one could undertake to iden
tify this single domestic of the many VIII
in that time had passed through this hote
the most fre1uented in Rouen.
Cornelius Zambelli thereupon brought tn
matter before the lieutenant Of police, b,
even his acumen, sharpened by long expe'
ience. was at fault. Undoubtedly Grim
had been committed somewhere betwee
Rouen and Paris, but where, when, and
whom Reason was as fault, but the lie,
tenant was brilliant example of the Da
winian theory of the acquisition Of instinct
Long wears of contact with crime, inumel
able searches for criminals, had engendert
in him sixth sense, which enabled him
detect the presence Of an offender again
the law where there was no palpable ey
deuce of his existence. Six or sew
months before, go d-smith named Mart
had opened a shop at Rouen where he "
entirely unknown. There was somethil
strange, awkward, and embarrassed in
appearance and manner; he was very I
ticent as to his antecedents; inquisiti
neighbors, who ventured to ask him a.
questions about himself. were put off WI
evasiye answers, while his manner VIII
thus interrogated became painfully emba
rsssed. Th.se circumstances, joined to
fact that his business was the same as Ia
belli's ana his appearance at Rouen sy
chronous with the latter's disappearan
awakened a suspicion in the lieutenau
mind that he was the man Of whom tt
were in search, and that official at once
towork to obtain confederation Of his
pothesis
With those artful preparations to emit
the unwears which are the characters
of French criminal law and police, he 8
nm individual to Marters store, who, un
pretence of purchasing some trinkets
tered into conversation with the goldsu
and incidentally mentioned the name
Zamhelli. At this Martel grew pale
showed signs of disquietude, looking E:
estly at his questioner, who, howe
giving no signs of any Interior motiv
his remark, finished his purchase and
the shop. The lieutenant now felt surs
was on the right track. His next step
an ingenious one. He counterfeited
tells signature to bond. and sent
geant of police to the suspected man Il
mand payment of it. Martel, of course
piled tina, it was forgery, and refus
nav, but the officer insisted that he
take him into custody until he had swo
its falsity before the proper officer.
Martel. at first, accompanied the ser.
with all the calmness Of an innocent
but suddenly suspicion that all VIA
right flashed upon him. Trembling
fear. he seized the officer by the arr
asked, with trembling lips, if the BON
All the police had against him: if ther
not come other accusation back Of T.
sergeant, we'll trained in this part. Il
astonishment and treasured his Pri