Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1876-02-16

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me. OF course l went to her ,
once.
She had been taken to prisol
and / fonnd her in little roo,
with barred window, and an In
sufficient fire upon the hearth. Th
logs had burnt into upon the and
irons, and the white ashes wer
scattered over the hearth. Almos
in them sat Madame Matteau, i
her widows dress of sombre black
She was chilly with grief and ex
citement, and had drawn her chat
close to the fire.
She shook violently from head t.
foot, and her face was deadly pal
as she turned it towards me ant
held out her hand.
"Oh, thank heaven you hav,
come !" she said: 81 know you cal
save me. Is it not horrible How
could l kill man? Why should l
Why do people come to my house
to die! To die horribly, with black
faces and staring eyes, as if some
one had choked them Ugh! and
he was pretty young man, the
night before. Oh, good heaven
how horrible !"
sat down beside her. l took
her hand. MADAME Matteau,"
said, abe calm collect YOURSELF
AS your lawyer, must know all.
Tell me, from first to last, what
happened-what was said, what
was done. If you"
paused; her black eyes had
flashed upon me. I could not ask
her whether she had any confession
to make. / saw that she had not,
unless she was the best actress who
ever lived. Madame Matteau was
innocent Of any crime.
"If you have any suspicious" /
added, "tell them all to me-"
"There is no one to suspect"
sobbed the poor woman. "In the
house were Gabrielle, my daughter,
whom you have seen; old Hannah,
the cook; Mr.. and Mrs. Beauchamp,
friends Of my poor, dear husband
in his boyhood-the best, kindest
people /; Mr.. Gray, very old man,
too feeble to leave the house poor,
deformed Miss Norman, and the
librarian, Mr.. Bassford. None of
these could murder a mouse. See
how kind they are ; they remain in
my house they send me word that
they have no doubt of me, Oh,
how can anybody 2"
"And this man who" I began.
EYES," said Madame Matteau, "I
will tell you; he was fair, young,
handsomely dressed he asked Mr..
Bassford at the depot if he knew of
any one who could accommodate
him. Mr.. Bassford brought him
home. My only empty room was
the one in which those other two
strangers died. / could not bear
to put him there but Mr.. Bassford
laughed at me. We had supper
afterward. He talked q long time
to Gabrielle. 1t was late when he
retired-late for quiet household.
Hannah made his fire. She came
and told us she had done so. He
said goodnight"
After he had gone we found he
had left his watch on the table. He
wore it only with bunch of seals,
and had been setting it by the
clock, and showing it to us as some
thing very handsome. / knocked
ut his door to restore it to him
He had not left us but fifteen min
utes before; but he must have been
asleep already, for he made no an
swer. So kept it for the night,
Ind wore it down to breakfast next
morning. AS came down / met
/ gentleman in the hall. He in
luired for Mr.. Glen. This was the
name. I sent Hannah
20 wake him. She could not do so,
Ind grew alarmed. She had key
hat would open the door, and used
{. The next thing / knew we
we're all in the room and the win
lows were wide open, and the
loctor had been sent for, and the
young man who had called was
screaming that his brother had been
,hoked to death; then there was
IN inquest, and they arrested me.
The brother said the first thing he
,oticed was that I wore Mr Glen's
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