The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1875-01-30
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Some years since, two wealthy bachelors
lived in the vicinity of Paris. They had q
maid all work named Marie De La Font
Marie was sweet, pretty girl, and lively and
piquant in her manners, although modest in
the extreme, and this was the reason that the
two brothers kept her in their employ. They
knew that she was frugal, economical, and
dressed in the most modest manner imaginable.
One day Marie surprised her employers by in
forming them that young artisan residing in
Paris had asked her hand. They strove to dis
suade her FROM accepting the offer of marriage,
but she told them that she could not be happy
unless she became the wife of her dear Henri.
So it was arranged that she should Mt the SER
vice Of the two brothers at the end of the com
ing month.
One day during this interval the two brothers
sold some valuable real estate which they own
ed jointly, and the sum realized, amou a ted to
100000 francs. 1t was all in bills on the Bank
OF France, and was paid too late for deposit the
same afternoon.
Night came, and as the old bachelors seldom
had such a large amount in the house, they
were considerably concerned lest the robbers
should attempt to rob them. Their fears We're
strengthened by the numerous burglaries that
had recently taken place in that vicinity.
/ Tbs residence OF the old men was some dis
tance from the main road, and stood near the
river Seine. 1t was a lonely, gloomy location,
and on the night in question the wind swept
through the tall larches surrounding the n
sion with doleful and moaning cadence.
About midnight the old men retired, but
scarcely had they fallen asleep, when Marie
raped at their door and informed them that
/, robbers were at work below.
Both the bachelors were terribly fri tntened,
anu vile one commenced to bar the 'tror, the
other began removing tile from thc nearth to
hide the bills.
lGVou h ya n Ou,. IL No Oh -
shoot the villains"
But the two emblng men paid no heed to
her advice.
"Cowards!" said the brave girl, scornfully
81 wish that were man for five minutes"
just then there came heavy crash from the
apartments below.
The brothers crept beneath the bed, where
they shivered and cringed, unable to speak
from terror.
1--WE shall all be murdered in our BEDS" said
the girl. owe will be found by the police in the
morning with our throats cut from ear to ear.
Peste! fools give me the gum"
She seized the double barreiled gun that laid
upon the shelf, and started down STAIRS, while
the two frightened men watched her without
saying word. Presently bang went the gun
and groan was heard. Bang! went the sec
ond barrel, and screech of pain resounded
through the house that caused the blood of the
brothers to run cold.
A brief pause ensued, and then Marie came
tripping up stairs, but her lace wore deter
iissasned look She asked for powder and ball tt
reload, which were furnished but before she
finished loading, footsteps were heard retreat
ing from the house.
No one slept in the house that night, mol
were they again molested. But at early dawn
on gong down stairs, pool of blood on the hall
floor showed that one robber at least had been
seriously, if not mortally wounded. And it wal
plain to see by the bloody path in the earth
that the victim had been dragged to the river
Gore marked the whole distance, and the police
were at once put on the alert for the arrest Of
the living thieves and the recovery Of the body
of the dead one.
of the young girl was discussed far and near
The grateful bachelors were 80 overpowered
that they offered to give Marie dover.
"Ah monsieur" replied she, affectionately
chow can leave you? You may again be at
tackled by robbers"
"But we will not, nevertheless, stand between
you and happiness" they replied. "Here are
thirty thousand trancs-you have saved oul
lives and richly deserve the money. II you
choose to live in this house with your husband
we will repair the lower part for that purpose
and you can also be hired to keep our room
neat as at present"
Henri married Marie, and they accepted the
dover and the house.
YG0aS passed, and recently the real facts o.
this II robbery came to light. Both o.
,k9ne - 'oesslelors were dead, and bad willed
Marie another thirty tn usand francs. The
brave girl did not refuse it. 1t turned out
however, that the robbers were not plural
Henri acted the burglar, the blood was from a
lamb killed for the purpose, and the whole was
but ruse of the two lovers to open the hear is
and purses of the two old misers.