The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1877-12-05

out JOBetnef. Inc workman ulQ not re-
turn till midnight, and here lose track
Of my man. OF course I didn't ques-
tion Tarot, lest should put him on his
guard.
"Who is this Jules Tarot?"
" A worker in mother-of pearl that
is, a man who polishes shells on grind
stone, TO give them perfect lustre. He
is n skillful fellow, and helped by his
wife, to whom he has taught his trade,
can make hundred francs week"
"They are in easy circumstances,
then"
"Oh no, they are both young they
have no children, they are Parisians /;
and, POUNDS, they amuse themselves.
Monday always squanders all the other
days bring"
Two hours after Maitre Magloire's re-
port, several police-officers went to Jules
rarot's lodgings to make a search. At
the sight Of them the worker in mother
of-pearl and his wife turned paler than
corpses and were seized with an attack of
nervous trembling that could not escape
the practiced eye of Maitre Magloire.
Yet, the most careful search having
failed to discover anything suspicious,
they we're about to withdraw, when the
detective saw Tarot's wife anxiously
watching a cage that hung near the win
dow. This was ray of light. In an
instant Magloire had taken down the
cage. Twelve hundred-franc notes were
found between the boards of the floor.
This discovery seemed to crush the
workman, while his wife began to utter
terrible shrieks, protesting that she and
her husband were innocent. On being
arrested and taken to the police-station
they were questioned by the examining
magistrate that very day. Their answers
were precisely the same. They ac-
knowledged that they had had q visit
from their employer on Saturday even
ing. He seemed so i'll that they had
offered him something to take, which he
refused. He had come, he said, on %ac-
count of an important order which he
proposed that Tarot should undertake,
hiring his own workmen. Tarot and his
wife replied that they could not do ii
! for want of means. Then their en-
ployer said "Never mind, I'll furnish
the money" and instantly put twelve
hundred franc notes on the table.
| At eleven o'clock Monsieur Jandidie1
|
the house /; he was going to the Eau
bourg Saint Antoine. And, in fact,
Tarot accompanied him to the Place de
ia Bastile, crossing the Constantine
Bridge and walking along by the river.
The magistrate asked both husband
and wife the very natural question
"Why did you hide the money ?"
They made the same answer. Hearing
on Monday morning of Monsieur Jan
didier's disappearance, they were seizeC
with terror. Tarot had said to his wife
eff it is known that our employee
came here, that crossed the bridge anC
walked along by the river with him,
shall be compromised. If this none,
were ever found in our possession W,
should be lost"
The wife then wanted to burn til,
notes, but Tarot prevented it, intending
to return them to the family. This ex
PLANTATION was reasonable and plausible
if not probable, but it was only an ex
planation. Tarot and his wife were still
detained in custody.
A week after the magistrate was in tn
utmost perplexity. Three new examina
tions had not enabled him to form a
opinion. We're Tarot and his wife innc
cent? Or were they simply marvelousl
clever in maintaining a probable fable
The magistrate knew not what to do
when one morning a strange rumo
reached his ears. The house of Jandidie
had Just stopped payment. A detectiv
who was set to work brought back tn
most startling news.
Monsieur Jandidier, who had bee
considered so wealthy, was ruined
utterly ruined, and for three years b
had sustained his credit only by mean
of various expedients. He had not
thousand francs, and notes falling du
at the end of the month amounted I
, sixty-seven Thousand, five hundred francs
, The cautious merchant speculated
stocks. The magistrate had Just learne
these particulars when Maitre Magloil
appeared, pale and painting for breatl
You know, monsieur?" he crieI
from the threshold.
Cant"
: "Tarot is innocent"
"I believe him 80; and yet that Wis
!, how do you explain that visit p
Z Magloire shook his head sorrowfull,
: "I am only fool" said he, "aI
Lecoq has just proved it. Monsieur Jal
didier spoke of his life insurance at IL
Cafe Ture. This was the key to IL
7 affair. Jandidier was insured for tv
9 hundred thousand francs, aud FrenC
: companies don't pay in case of suicid
Do you understand?"
Thanks to Monsieur Gustave Schmid
! who will marry Mademoiselle There
!, Jandidier next month, the house
; Jandidier has not gone into bankruptc
= Tarot and his wife, restored to Gbert
2 have been established in business
= this same Monsieur Gustave, and !
- longer go pleasuring on Mondays. Bl
! what became of Monsieur Jandidier