New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-02-12

coat from Masosch hanging across the
back Of the chair. l lighted my pipe and
took a smoke to inspire the verses. They
would not come. l flung myself uron the
bed to wait for the Inspiration without
which i never write. It still did not come,
but instead OF it, sleep did come, and in
that sleep dream
! dreamed that saw and was IN company
with my dear Arthur FCssbrooke and ali
his wardrobe. went TO him 10 borrow a
coat to 60 to Mre. Fizlyon's inn. and to my
surprise, chagrin and modification he
would not lend rue one. grew angry and
be retorted. From words we came to blows
and had him down by the throat and on
| my soul, believe ! was about TO murder
him because he would not lend me coat,
when a subtle perfume which he always
used-an OdOr which l never knew any one
beside him to habitually perfume his linen
with, and which he claimed to have bought
in some Oriental bazar-came into my nos
:rsls, caused q sudden revulsicn Of feelings
and stayed my hand. rose to free him,
and, as l did so, l woke. 1t was
DARK and the room was pervaded
with that subtle, wellremembered fra
GRANGE OF Arthur's pet perfume. am
not "Spirituaiist." az that tribe Of slOb-
gollionists style themselves, and l have
seen too many ghosts to De particularly
afraid of spectral presences, but must con-
fess did SILVER as ! rose and scraped
match and Lighted the gas. The coat had
not moved from the back OF the chair, that
Arthur must have been close to it durlL e
my dream. for the odor which l notice pal
| pablv came from it, nowhere else. A curious
| thought struck me. / examined the coat
most carefully. If it were Arthur's there
would be, in addition TO peculiar delicacy
of material and tneness Of make, little
private pocket inside OF the breast pocket
nf nOrkAf.
and in it tiny soft satin sachet de sente"r,
containing the perfume to which have al
luded.
lput on my hat and overcoat, took the
coat, went down stairs, and, jumping into
carriage, had myself driven TO Arthur's tai
lor'e, fashionable makerof high priced ap-
parel for some of our most golden youth
The man positively identified the coat, al
though somewhat altered, as one ordered
and sent home day or two before the fatal /!
wedding party. now drove to Masoschs |
and demanded to know the !" history
which he had told me- associated With the
coat. Hasosch, after some hesitation, said:
Well, there was nothing criminal about II,
TO be sure It was q last seasons coat, and |
he had had some alterations made IN it to
make il more completely accordant with
the present style. But what made me cay it
was q coat with history was this: the
woman who altered it and one Of her chill.
dren died Of smallpox only week or 80
after they brought it home, and l remember
thinking how lucky the disease did not
break on. in their rooms sooner, for then I
would have lost my coat But / want to
know where you got the coat, Mr. Masnsch."
We'll, dell you. buys him vrom Hirscb,
if sic must know. Bot i. was in tair drade,
nein Gott! Sheap, dat is fact, bot fair
irade.''
1t cost me good deal of trouble to get
Maeosch to go with me and introduce the
matter to his friend Hirsch, and still more
.rOuble to induce Hirsch TO depart from his
original declaration that he knew 20 more
about it than he knew the particular spot
where his father Moses bones were lying.
mad finally 10 threaten 70 bring the matter
,efoIe Matseil's police. Not upon the pre- |
umpticn that you are guilty Of any cr!m:-
,ality. Mr.. Hirscb. for IN that case feel
ure that you would be under that benign
now. but upon the presumption
hat you are innocent, but do not like 20 be
mixed, pulled about. bulied in your bust.
less and made to pay large premium
non your innocence" "Oh NV friend of
II heart, do not do that and l will tell you
leryGings and bay for de goat peside :" So
g wear on to inform me that the coat,
long With some other clothes and cloth
Q; made up, had been bought by him sew e
al months be.Ccre from one Lite Carter q
HON he suspecte.r' oa. without certain ,,
nowledge. Of being 3 burglar. however, +
after was now beyond the seach OF 'he
~. for he had peen arfes.ed TWO \
ava liter The transaction With Hirsch .
I'd had shortly at,erward died IL
risen. My mex, journey was to Mulberry
rect, where found proof that Life (Eli- 9
tale,, Carter had died of smallpox and
~ ct a-ge upon which be was arrested was q
burglary Of Shanen 4 Keliey's clothing d
ore. l took Masoscn with ME 20 this e.
lace and found that the coat in question Il
as one which Carter had stolen from them Il
which they, in turn, had bought. with 3
lite large parcel, from man who repre-
.nted himself as being tavern-keeper at X 4
le very town where poor Arthsr died: l 5
once retraced my steps left MasOsch at ii
s shop. grievinR over the lost coat, which B
surrendered to the health department to R
: burned-and returned to the fash fl
rable tsilor's "Who made that coat for | r.
l demanded. He gave me u
le woman'e name and address, with the s.
mark that she had never come back for lie
ore work. For q good reason; for the p
oman O'Reilley, her husband, sister and ~
nall. pos, and comparison of dates Of
forded abundant proof that the disease n
ust nave been in the woman at the very Ii
ne she was making Fossbrookes coat. te
did not take the smallpox, but doubt.
es if had worn FossbrOOke's coat to Mrs. to
zlyon's party, l should have caught it. A
' Spiritualist friends all tell me that Foss- a,
coke warned me. l am not able to decide b,
ION that point, but l do know l nave re- tn
lived warning from Mrs. WrOngendicot. Ii
hen got home that night. after tracing O,
the coat from Masoschs, it was nearer a
e than twelve o'clock, but Miss Prudence d,
as still dressed in her FizlyOn attire in
ID Mrs Wrongendicot was sitting up til
r me, with awful majesty stamped upon b,
r sorrel front. There was apparently tn
me doubt in the ladies' minds whether &C
lad been arrested for forgery, kidnapped d.
only come home drunk in deliberate de- at
nee. While they were making up their b.
ands upon the subject. told them the H
Dry of fossil, Ooke's coat, whereupOn Mre. &C
rODgendicot while Miss Prude nee ran for of
negar to burn) with promptness and decis &c
q hustled me out of the front door, locked re
upon me and gave me weeks notice T.
rough the keyhole. kent away during OF
ordinary smallpox expectancy, and then tt
turned for my goods and books, but Mrs. n,
would not hear OF my leav fo
2 and cent me to my room, where l etill at
main. 1t is familiar place 10 me, though th
smells latterly of burned coffee and car "
lie acid, and I think shall stay until nv "
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