Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-11-13
CONE LAST KISS. MY DARLING.

Said the young man, "before l fight
this cursed storm to relieve your d-d
fool Of . husband at the furnace.
Poor devil I sometimes pity him
when l think of him toiling while we
are enjoying ourselves"
The pair laughed. and after q few
words more and . score OF amorous
embraces, separated, the man vanish
ing in the storm and the woman re-
entering the house and closing the
door.
"So," said the watcher, speaking to
himself in a voice sufiocated with
fury s'it 10 true what the neighbors
said of her, after oil. Truly, I deserve
to be called fool. But l will be one
no longer. Tonight ends it-and
them"
And he set of in the direction ta-
ken by his rival at as rapid . pace %
his impatient steps, aided by the gale
which now blew on his back, could
hurry him.
AT TEN O'CLOCK THAT NIGHT
The superintendent of "The Force OF
the Three Chimneys, making his final
round Of the foundry, noticed Gebu-
ron seated ON heap of warm ashes
in front of the furnace ii was his duty
to tend, eating an onion and slice Of
bread.
"Why, Jacques, my man, what ID
this 2" demanded the official, in some
surprise. "Whata are you doing here
1t is your night of duty"
~ know it." was the reply; 'but
Dagoucin has not come to relieve me-
am not sorry, however, for I do moi
care to face this tempest when have
q warm bed here" and he patted the
ASH heap which formed his seat.
"POor devil?" mnttered the super.
Iintendent % he walked away. "Hs
sleeps on heap of ashes while thai
Internal Dagoucin is In all probabil'
| ity in bed with his pretty wife,"
Next morning Creuzot was startled
by tho news that
NINE. GEBURoN HAD BEEN MURDERED
Her body was found in her bed
room, the throat cut, and number o.
ghastly stab wounds in the breast
The apartment was In the utmost dis
order, % If the assassin had upse
everything In . search for plunder
From . bureau drawer the dead wo
mans trinkets and . few hundred
francs which she had received Q couple
Of days before - . legacy from de
ceased aunt we're missing.
The infidelity Of the murdered wo
man was notorious. Her connection
with Dagoucin, her husbands mate .
the forges, was town talk. On tn
very afternoon before the murder b
had been seen to enter the house
This, coupled with the forge superin
Itendent's statement that he had NO
been ct the foundry that night, AM
that Geburon had been compelle,
to remain there al night in hi
place,
POINTED THE FINGER OF SUSPICION A
HIM.
i This suspicion was strengthened b
the discovery that he was not in tn
town, and that he had not been nea
the house since noon Of the previ0u
day. 1t became . certainty when ]
the ashes Of the bedroom fire-plac
was found the missing mans clasI
knife, besmeared with blood. Pee
pie no longer doubted that he had q
sassinated his mistress, perhaps In
At Of passion, most probably, howey
J or, judging from Appearances. On
from his notoriously dissipated An
, improvident life, In order to obtai
. money to continue his debaucherie
and fed with his spoil.
II A description Of Dagoucin was .
} cordingly Forwarded to every sectio
Iof France, and . reward offered Il
his apprehension, but he was nevt
i found.
i, Twelve years later Jacques Geb'
. ron, dying In . hospital finjuriss =
= ceived by falling beam in the foul
: dry, confessed himself
THE ASSASSIN OF HIS WIFE AND HI
LOVER.
On the night of the murder Il
furnace he tended had not been
use, and he had banked the fires 81
!. started for home without waiting (
Z the arrival Of Dagoucin, overheard
d the parting between that worthy al
]. his faithful wife, - we have seen.
II He had returned ct once to 4
forge, passing Dagoucin on the roa
9 and when the latter appeared at {
b furnace he found the man who
hearth he had 20 lately dishonor
sitting In his position before the iil
Utterly without suspicion I
D doomed man exchanged some earelt
!. words with his exscutioner, and |
s6n to take his wet jacket OF, VII