Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1885-04-14

After nv enooun,er with tho thrcc men In
tho Rue nauphinc. | rllsh~i On aimlcs.ly
thrslxh the snos, down ons street. along an.
other. ~, caring vhiihcr vent | was fof
Tho time incstabie q thlaking conner'oily
No frien.l.hip cogA have t-cn clo-er than
that l.fwssn Raul ani myself Sincc ouf
dr,t u,l.fins. four years agu, No hA'i literally
lived our life In COMMA lie vaa In mot
thing my uperior. hut h. him-sf di NJ
think ~ Our coufaienoc In one another hai
l...n t.rfer, I thought I knew him o. ~
hottom q hs soui Now that ~as foro,d O,
l-lisve him q criminal. a murieT.r-cAn 20
wunder that u shouli have SEEMED % M al
mo-, a. II the vurld hai suddenly cuns g. an
end-ss n sgrcai, biAck galf hAh iASnfd
op-n AZ my fes,. AMI al the ~ AMI brauiy
Il life AZ nov ami FOREVER trhind net
Again tie thousht c-me ~ mo, hai done
my duty % my fricndi vas dong u now
RAUL vas guilty; 10 rrcuicd impo~sihie &
doubi H. But still. h. vas my friend hs
hai klllod this man. but dii know ,hs
provocafion D. might have rcoclycii What
hal lntcui.,i In placing ti,e money AMI ths
warning paragraph "a the talie, that h.
might - then whrn b. avukei IL had hssn
a way - aying. Ply, e~cape, hide yourself
while tlerc i time. I Canno, hring myself O.
lsk vou in tho fac hu, this much | hAvs
douef0r you~ but was that onoughi Should
nj have gune o. him ami sTnkef
ani urg,l him o. nyi should ]
not have helpd him cut q his danger
Might not tho warning l hal given H. IN
vaini Night IL Mt hasc couse too laiei Great
haven, Il had lren - latei That man whc
had stopI.sl me a. | cd from the hou~s-l
had not rcallnsi the truth az tho time, nof
al nOw-thAt man was an agent Of polce
now that | thought u a. he had slid 30
Already Raoul was arrested, aud thruugi
my FAULT Idespi-si myself. ! orerratei my
coWar,lice. feit like tho murierr - my
friend Al oncc, without a momeni's hesiia.
ton, I turnei On my STEPS Ani hAsiened hacA
10 the Hue Dauphine.
Here Il tho key a MONSIEUR criec
Piorre after me, a. hurTicd past bis door
M 0lrari has gone out
Gone outr Y rrTcatei, mechanically.
"Ye<. with gentleman who called for han
a stout gentleman, a friend q NJ. Cirards
he aid lie was upstairs with NJ Girard foi
some time; then they went cut togcther, NOT
Tn minutes ago
Ida not ned 10 hear more. Sal At heart
I vent upstairs and entered cur gArretroom.
On the table stood the dinner from Magnys
the two bottle. q vine untouched- Besid,
the tray, just where had PLACED them, lay
tho evening nc~spaIsr and tho little Pile 81
money. The drawers u tho bureau l no
tiood were half pulled out lcokei into
thcm Ny paTsrs had becn lcfti hs'oh
were al taken away.
The FIRE hal gons out, but did not 'nins
IL n a fTarHa
which Raoul could not share. for lons sai
at the table, a prey 20 my wre,ched thoughts
until tho sudden laping up of the esTarns
candle warnsi ms of the laTse q time. Ny
mow wdncnchei cloths made me shiver N
every limb; I hastily unircscd and thre"
mysslf into bsd Tbao, IRON sheer fatigue
Of uind and body. must have dept; anoe
remsmbsr no nors until ths servant swuks
ms nert morning
Pierre crested me - usual; tbs news u
Ra0uIs srfs<t vas, thervfore, noe ~ Pub
lisled. s>nt him, however, for nswspaper,
that might learn tho latest development Il
the csss
The Figaro bal q long paragraph. headed
As usual. Tho Crime of Christma~siay" IL
stated that no arrest had yet b-cn made. but
that the police we're undertood 10 have found
a clew and 20 be now on the track q the a.
sasSin. ID commented ON tho mysterious
charactx Of the dime "One of the chief
difficultis- of the oas-,- said the writ<r, ''s
the apparent want q motive In the proreci-
nv of the unkn0wnmurderr. Nodoubtths
deneased Jo>eph Mei<ner had dangerous
rrpuisi.on for wealth; possibly, from the ma
tare OF his business, he may have had enc
mies. But n plumber was the motive for the
deed, Why did the Assassin, who seems Col have
been quite unhurried. lave behind HIM sslu-
ahls. Ike thoss mentionsi In the police In
ventory money, trinket and tswels. which
could have bsen 20 easily carried swsyi On
the other hand, n reyenge and no, robtery
was the motive, why should the a<a<-n ran
sack tbo-e iock-fast places, breaking into
sons opening others--overturnns every
thing; an apparently taking nc'hingi A
theory 10 explain this eonirsd'cs'on has ~
10 BE- found"