The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1882-08-12

A Cerions Conspiracy Against A French Gem
tiemap-flow n Coachman Revensed Him.
self Upon His Employer.

n had rained all the morning, but clear.
ing away toward O'Clock, there was ire
mendous turnout OF swclls and hals-swells,
and quite cavalcade of male and female
equcstrians, so that the "gallery" was
filed. Now, among the most admired OF
all admirers was the equipage OF the Comte
de Mas. shall not give the full name, al
though there will soon be no need OF mys-
terry about the affair, Of which the epiloglie
must be played in court OF justice, for the
oval OF private life" should be, you
know, respected.
The dark-blue caleche picked out WIN
red. the miniature coronet OH the panels
and on the harness, in every other respec'
nlain and transformations, the splendid bays
stepping up 10 their bits, the malestH iat
coacbm3p. the black footman, both In blue
and cold livery, and the dimlnutive pull
| doc on the front seat, are as well known 10
| q narsIcy. patherers as was the landau OF
Marguerite Bellingcr in the days OF the
fvrant. I do not mean TO establish the faint
est comparison between the immaculate
Countess and the deceased demi-mondaine.
whose name only use because none other
was so notorious as hers, especially after IL
col out that she had said to the last OF the
Napolcons: "Pick upmy fan. Louis, thats
good mani" No! the Countess de
Mas is the most irreproachable OF
women, besides being the "most dell
cious." by which mean, OF course, that
she is blonde with black eyes, rs no LADY
can be positively delicious " unless she
is blonde with black eyes, the adjuncts
Of dark hair and blue eyes only en-
titling their possessor to the epithet OF
&" charming" Her connections, by birth
and marriage. are first-class, she
moves in the very best circles, and gene
rally affects bottle-green in her toilet,
gown and bonnet to match. The Count
belongs to two OF three of the most re-
spectacle clubs. and patronizes London
tailors exclusively, wherefore his reputa-
ton is immaculate, and he looks like gen.
tleman. ! must not omit to add that this
happy couple were united in matrimOny in
the ultra-aristocratic Church OF Sainte Clo-
tilde about four months ago, and that
neither OF them has yet been accused OF the
most insignificant explosion CT bad tenn
per at home or of the mildest Irritation
out of the conjugal dOmicile. With such
arcputation, then, as Monsieur aud Madame
eniOved, Judge what must have been
the stupefactOn of all spectatOrs-eques-
TRAN, pedestrian, and in carriages-at see
| inc the majestic fat coachman above men
toned abruptly draw up where the crowd
was thickest, rise TO his feet, and thus
apostrophize: " Look at 'em behold how
| they flaunt in silk and satin, and think that
they are frauds Yes, frauds who drive
horses worth 500 louis each and cannot pay
their corn bill; they owe their butcher and
| their baker and their servants, and l who
sneak have not had frame OF wages for
| four months, and Just look at my boots !"
sticking out, as he spoke, a most di-
lapidatad pair of feet. The Count, recoy-
ering from his first surprise at this strange
outbreak, and thinking the man mad or
drunk, sprang toward the box, but was
caught around the body by the fooiman,
who Joined in with his recriminations, eX-
pressed, in that peculiar dialect will call
| il pieeon- French which is attributed to
all cOlored importations from Guadalupe,
and is much priced on account OF its fine
exotic twang: "NOi non pI2iS. PCS pave!
81 der0ir neuf moiS pdare 1OuSSdint,
Il pas SoulieTS." I'm less than five min
utes' time there were a hundred idlers as
sembled, fd', OF course, not Sergcnt de
vile was discoverablc in the neighborhood;
there never is one when he is wanted, es-
pecially since the rating OF the sergeant de
vile institution by the City Fathers. The
Countess tainted, the Count struggled
vainly with the darky, the cOachman con-
tinued to talk and the cads to cry Shame !!
Shame !" and to recommend the immersion
| in the lake of "those vile Aristos who, lat
tening on the peoples sweat, refused to
settle their just debts" &c.
At last NJ. NJ. e., who had ridden off in
quest Of police agent, returned with 4
couple of gendarmes; the Countess was help
ed into Nine. de DIS coupe. Antoine and
Toussaint were invited to get down from
the carriage, a policeman got on the seat,
and the party were conducted before the
Commissary OF Auteuil, where they were
invited TO explain. q cannot understand
the cause or the object of this scandal"
said NJ. de Mas, in reply TO the magis-
trate's question. " Pcrhaps you eau :" ask
ed the Commlssary, turning to the coach
man. "Certanly," was the answer; "my
name is Antoine Double; ] was for five
years with the Count de Montesquion, and
only entered the service of Count de Mas
on the 18th OF June" "What, then, do
YOU mean by accusing your master OF owing
you four months wages, since you have
not been with him more than three wceks:"
Citizen Double smiled blandly. "IIe don't
owe me nor Toussaint centime but
wanted TO pay him off for shuning my
daughter, who was his mistress before
he got married, and | hired the Niger
to help me. TouSsaint used to be in the
employment OF the Observation-Disclosures
Brion, in the Rue Basse du Rempart, and
il was me as got the Count 10 take him."
Toussaint confirmed this statement. Their
explanations were not, however, judged
satisfactory by the magistrate, by whom
the coachman and his ally were forthwith
committed to Jail. The inoflensive Count
ess is now in bed with brain-ieyer.