The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1879-10-11
OF THE PEOPLE is THE SUPREME LAW.
NATCH1TOCHES, La, OCTOBER II, 1879.

[OBER II, 1879.
: so much the BETTER continued tn
I: Official in the same vein Of banter
then. suddenly changing bis tone; :.
say, Robiari. tell inc the truth; VIVA
became Of Y-'s papers, for they wer,
+ never found?
How can / tell p replied Roblare
with a scowl. i SUPPOSE you. too
, Will accuse ma Of having taken them
d. look like q rObber?
N '. hus now I come to think OF it.
you have been leading a pretty ex
reDsive liz. in your exile, rejoined
; Monsieur A, pointedly. You have
travelled all over America and the
continent: you have been subscrib
ing to so-caIled patriotic funds. W.
nave had to stop q Riit OF money
which you !at sent to come political
convtcts 10 New Caledonia. All that
Ia pretty we'll for az author, eh?
Possibly. But authors are not
beggars 10 these davs,' answered
Roblard, evasively. He was ir,ita.
ted, and Monsieur A did not think
ut to pursue the subject. BE left the
room. aud having ruog for the de-
tective about whom he hal spoken
to Roblard-a sleepy. looking, mid.
dle-aged man, named Tcouillot-
gave that worthy his Instructions.
He wound up by Whispering: NV
own belief Is that NJ. Roblard is mad.
80 that you will have to keep your
eyes about YOU
Very good. sir, answered Trouillot
laconically.
r 'blard and Trouillot left the pre-.
cure together 10 q cab; and the
communist appeared to be 10 rather
high spirits during their drive to a
hotel: A load seemed to have lifted
from his mind, and be talked with
excitement about the changes he had
noticed 10 Paris, saying how glad be
was to get back again. At tho hotel
be bespoke two bedrooms. next each
other, and having a door Of commu.
ntcatton; then he ordered dinner.
BY this time bis spirits had some.
what fallen. and he watched his com.
panton through the corners Ut his
eyes az II be did not quite like tia
look OF him. Trouiliot was ono Of
those men who cannot talk, and
whose faces do not say much 10 their
favor: He kept on saying Yes, sir,'
stolidlv; and during dinner ate and
drank largely.
Nothing Of consequence happened
during the evening. Roblard was
tired with his journey from Geneva.
aud after tho pair had discussed a
cup OF coffee and q cigar in the
smoking room he suggested bed.
Both men repaired to their sleepinc
chambers, and Roblard began BY re-.
questing that Trouillot would leave
the door OF communication between
the two apartments open. Troubled
consented, but he was rather dismay.
ed when he saw the communist pre.
pare for bis nights rest by laying on
hts night table q elk. chambered re-.
vOlver and u large clasp. knife, He
vowed to himself that he would sleep
as gondarmes are said to dO-with
one eye open; but this resolution was
soon obliterated by drowsiuess. tho
effects Of the good dinner he had
eaten. Ten minutes after getting
between sheets TrOuillot was sound
asleep, aud snoring like q trombone. !
He awoke In the middle Of the !
night, and recollected where he vas
out 9 peculiar Od0r was filliog bis
nostrils. He sat 10 and rubbed bis
eyes. The room was pitch dark.
He struck match and the first thing
he cav after lighting bis candle was
Q handkerchief (lying on hts pillow
which had evidently been stepped IN /
chl0r0f0rm. The puogent smell OF
that poison still fingered about It,
T0ts discovery ct once drew Trouil.
lot out OF bed; and he strobe trouser.
less into the next room, holding his
candle ct arms length. At first be
could sec nothing unusual; but sud.
denly bis eyes met a sight which
made him stand stock still In the
middle OF the department. Deep Ia
The alcove, and halt hidden by lie
cuttaine. hung the lifeless body Of
K '6lard, who was suspended by the
neck to the curtain rod by means Of
The bell rope. He was quite dead;
and the surprising part Of the mat.
Tot vas that the passage stood cir.
A few hours later, when q summa.
~ inquest bad been held 10 Procur.
nur do Ia Republique, that functiona.
~ satd: 1T ts obviously the suicide
u y cunning madma0. -
I suppose 90, 'concurred Monsieur
A. who had been called in. Yet
I1ose conspiratOrs are queer fellows:
hey Can not even die piaiuly like
other men,
TIE same evening, Vu!lleux, the
'urnaltst, reading tue Partisan tele.
grams 10 q Geneva newspaper. re-.
marked To circle OF affriRhted com.
muntsts: 'Didn't I tell YOU Roblsrd's
lays we're numbered? HI was bound J
" end 10 that fashion,"
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r The Celebration at Ponpeii.
n. Y. Heral, september 2Sth.]
I. % Friday last q most Interesting
vent tOop place at Pompeii. Scien.
ill., and scholarly men gathered
Ilnid the rui0s To celebrate the eigh.
zen hundredth anniversary Of the
Of the ancient city. Our
'pecial cable despatch gives US an
I.'count Of the days proceedings. Of
he speeches and the verses, and OF
he interesting relics that were un.
'srthed after their eighteen hundred
'exrs Of cenoeaIment beneath the