Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1875-12-31

mirrors; MS long, yellow fingers were 1
covered with rings that seemed TO glitter
more than your ordinary jewels; aud an
odor of some strange Oriental perfume
preceded and followed him. On his lips
there sat sweet but artificial smile; In
his weazel eyes brooded a sarcastic Gun
ming. He gently touched tuberose in
his button hole as he darted forward every
moment TO shake hands with some one,
and his false teeth looked larger, whittier
and more shark-like than ever as he
chatted for a moment with Athenea, and
then skinned off TO whisper compli-
ments TO Mdlle. Regnauld or Fraulein
Donnerwetter, who were watching his
career with eyes of pride, delight and
triumph.
touched him OH his shoulder as he
loated about like great purple butterfly
over tulip bed, and asked him to come
and see some sketches by Descamps that
/ had just bought. He professed TO be a
connoisseur, and said he should be de-
lighted. We passed to the inner drawing
room and threw open the door. There
were the six fathers-in-law. an oddly.con-
trasted set of old fogies. M. Bonnival, fat
and round like a Mandarin and bald as a
badger; NJ Rcgnauld tall crane-like
old soldier, with long, dropping white
mustaches; Herr Donnerwetter, Ger
man, with red face, staring eyes and
stubby black hair; Ali Ben Sulieman, a
grave Arab in Turban and Oriental appli-
ances and Mr.. John Blizzard, sturdy,
broad-chested Englishman, with frank,
jovial manner and countryfied dress
There was shaking of hands all round
and round of local jokes and hearty
laughter; even Ali Ben Sulieman laughed
till his turban fell off. Schelmer glided
in among them, and wherever he came
there the fun broke out afresh and every
one patted him on the back and lionized
him as the very pet and flower of Alexan-
drian society. | took advantage of lull
in the conversation and the crowding
round special gem of the modern Italian
school to set light to the train.
Gentlemen" | said, pointing to M.
Schelmer, "you perhaps do not know the
object of the dinner party to which have
had this day the pleasure of inviting
you. | have asked you to come to con-
gratulate my dear friend here" and |
touched Schelmer on the shoulder-he
was getting perceptibly paler"- our great
banker and financial genius, on his ap-
preaching marriage with Mdlle Louise
Regnauld on the 10th.'
Stuff" said Blizzard, flying up; "he
marries my daughter Bessie ON the 11th."
"Donner and, Bitten stormed Don
nerwetter, "why, he marries my beautiful
Gretchen on Tuesday week."
"By the head of the Prophet" said
Ali Ben Sulieman, gravely, "he has been
engaged to my daughter Athenea these
two mOnthsl'
So n succession stormed and raved the
six indignant fathers in law, while Schel-
mer stood there, mute and paralyZed, in
the sudden storm that had fallen upon his
head
"You shall fight me, sir, at once, CO.
quin," spluttered Nj. Regnauld. "Come,
send for swords"
81 draw out all my money to- morrow
ALL" shouted Donnerwetter.
Breach of promise, you swindler,"
swore Blizzard, shaking his fist in Schel-
mers malign eyes. Breach of prom
ise'' screamed everybody.
Roguer " Thiefp' "Villainl" "Vau-
rien !" " Kick him outI"-such were the
cries that filled the air. Angry hands
made grabs athis collar. Some kicked
him, some pulled him one way, some
another.
pressed the crowd back. "Gentle
men," said, "no violence; perhaps the
man carries arms" This quieted them,
and they fell back II can relieve your
minds by assuring you that severer pun
ishment than you can inflict will soon
fall on this man. | have an order for
| his arrest from Vienna in my pocket, and
have it indorsed with the Viceroy's con-
sent; but first let us show the picaroon to
his six mothers-in-law."
Schelmer had hitherto stood a picture
of degraded cowardice-his arms hang
ing by his sides, his lower lip quiYering
convulsively; but now an intense horror
seemed to dilate his eyes and raise his
hair. With scream of madness, and
tossing his arms, he burst from us, and,
with half a sleeve torn from his coat by
BLIZZARD, he rushed down the corridor and
precipitated himself from low balcony
that overhung the garden.
! With wild cry of revenge the six
fathers-in- -law-tall, short, fat and lean
followed his heels in hot pursuit, but in
vain. He had effected his escape and,
luckily for him, he and Gulheim reached
a Beyrout steamer just getting her steam
up in the bay, and so got clear of their
AleXandrian enemies.
My resolution was soon made up. l
knew Schelmer had not money to get far.
| had posters printed directly, in three
nguages-Arabic, French and English
i'm which offered e100 reward for the
apprehension of Schelmer, who, | said,
had been guilty of several murders and
many other crimes. l then described
minutely his personal appearance, and
ended: BY command of the Viceroy."
1t sounded ike falsehoOd, allow, to
say that Schelmer had committed murder
but indirectly he had, for believe that
many widow and orphan died from the
misery and starvation the stopping of that
fraudulent bank soon caused.
knew these posters would soon un-
earth him, and they did.
! was off to Beyrout by the next boat,
and two hours after my bills had been
posted up, as | was on my way to the
French Consul, l was astonished to find
a crowd in the street, dragging along
some unfortunate wretch. / pressed
through the mob, and to my delight
found one of my men. 1t was Schelmer.
They had halter already round his neck
and one side of his face was bleeding; for
the barber who had been shaving off his
whiskers to prevent his being recognized
had been frightened by the arrival of the
mob, and had removed only one whisker,
and had cut Schelmer's cheek in doing
that. There he was fOrloTn and stunned,
with one whisker on and the other of,
looking most deplorable object.
threw away the rope, and silenced the shout.
lhS hANh anu pOOS W lholo'lhB bi III %
having a trial then took him TO the
French Cunsul's, where got an order en-
abling me to send him to the local prison.
had bagged one rogue and now wanted
the other.
/ found the other at last still on board
the steamer. The animal was snugi in bed
in his cabin reading novel, and with a
bottle of port wine by his side. The mo-
ment told HIM my name, produced the
handouts and ordered him to get up and
go on shore with me to the Prussian Con-
sui the French Captain and the officers
cried out and protested against the viola.
ton of hospitality and the insult offered
to the French flag. l told them that had
not come to insult any flag, but to arrest a
man who had stolen the savings of the
widow and the orphan. was sure that
they would not lend their flag to conceal
such villain; and then, to prove that
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