Litchfield enquirer., 1879-07-03

saliva? No Then he who smoked it used a cigar-hclder"
 Leceq was unable to conceal his enthusias- ~ tic admiration. and noiselessly rubbed his hands The commissary appeared, stupefied, l. while the judge was delighted. k Gevrols face, on the contrary, was sensibly elongated. As a for the brigadier, he was overwhelmed. .5 ssNow, 1" continued the old fellow, 'follow me closely. We have traced the young man into the house. How he explained his pres- . ence at this hour, do not know this much is certain, he told the widow be had not sdined The honest woman was deli ghted to hear il, and at once set to work to prepare meal. This meal was not for herself for in the cup board find the remains of her dinner. She had dined on fish the autopsy will confirm the truth of this conjecture. You can see the rest for yourself. There is but one glass on the table, and one knife. Who was this young man? Evidently the widow looked upon him as a man of rank superior to her own for, Ill the small plate closet is a table-cloth suitable enough for her, but not at all good enough for him. For her guest, she brought out one of white linen, and much handsOmer. For him she sets this magnificent glass-a present, no doubt-and this knife with tine ivory handle"
 ''That is all true" mumured the judge livery true."
 Now, then, we have got the young man seated He began by drinking glass of wiae, while the widow was putting her pan on the fire Then, his heart failing him, he called for brandy, and swallowed about five petite pe1res After an internal struggle of ten min utes Uhe time it must have taken to cook the ham and eggs to the point they have reached), the young man arose and approached the wid- CIV, who was leaning forward over her cook ing, He stabbed her twice in the back; bu: sheswas not killed instantly. She half arose, seizing the assassin by the hands; while he drew back, lifting her rudely, and then hur ling her down in the position which you see her.
 ''Thls short struggle is indicated by the pos ture of the body for, wounded in the back, it is on her back she ought naturally to have fallen. The weapon used was sharp and pointed, and, unless 1 am deceived was the end of foil broken off and sharpened. By wiping the weapon upon his victims skirt, the assassin leaves us this indication. He was not, however, hurt in the struggle, though the victim must have clung with a death-grip to his hands; but as he has not left his gray gloves"
 'Gloves! Why, this is romance" exclaim-
 sHave you examined the dead woman's fin- ger-nails, M. Gevrol? No. Well, do so, and then tell me whether am deceived.
 ''The woman now dead, we come to the ob ject of her assassination, What did this we'll dressed young gentleman want? Money 'val- uables? No! No! hundred times, no What he wanted. what he sought, and, what he found were papers, documents, letters, which he knew to be in the possession of this unfortunate woman. To find them he has overturned everything, upset the cupboard, unfolded the linen, broken open the secretary, of which he could not find the key, and even emptied the mattress of the bed.
 At last he found them and then what did he do? Burned them, of course not in the chimney, but in the little stove nthe front chamber. His end accomplished, what does he then? He flies carrying with him all that he finds valuable, to mislead pursuit and baffie detection, by indicating robbery. Having bundled them together, he wrapped these val uables in the napkin which was to have served him at dinner and, blowing out the candle, he fled locking the door, and afterward throw ing the key into the ditch.
 '"That is my idea of the case, M. le Judge. EnsH GGJOrian im "1he Widew Leroalge."