The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1885-06-24
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are genuine they are worth at least thirty
thousand francs"
"Thirty thousand francsm exclaimed
Cheroy.
every sou Of It, !" said Greuze. ''Lst
me sees it again"
Cheroy handed him the brooch and be
once more scrutinized it closely.
'"They may be genuine" he said;
'flook here"
He opened a casket and exhibited what
appeared to be a magnificent necklace of
diamonds.
"Will you believe, he said, "when
tell you that every stone here is spurious
lit is all paste2 1t is true. nevertheless.
Now, you are q poor man, and the
marchioness is rich. Suppose these
stones are real You take them to her
and she hands you in return a paltry
1000 francs. Nay, you don't know that
she may not have detective in her ante
room to arrest you ms a thief. Now, |
will talk business with you-shall II
Then here is my proposal: These stones
are genuine-no doubt of it. If you will
leave the brooch with me for four and
twenty hours will take out these stones
and put paste in their places and give you
fen thousand francs for them. Then you
can take the brooch to Madame de
Ponthieu and get your 1000 francs"
"But she will discover the cheat, will
she not?"
''If she does, ;" was the answer, clay
the blame on me. / will take the risk. "
Cheroy was poor and his children were
miserably clad and winter was coming
On, aud he yielded to the tempter. The
next evening when Greuze handed him
the brooch with paste substituted for the
real gems, he was astounded. For the
life of him he could not tell the differ
ence.
lie returned the brooch to the mar
chioness and received the reward. But
he invented story as to how he came
by it.
II am a humble dentist" he said,
''and my small place is on the Rue de
Chazelles. On the evening of the day
before yesterday, when l was just about
to quit my place, rough-looking man
entered, and, removing a kerchief which
was around his throat and chin, he asked
me to examine his front teeth. found
that two of them were broken off and
the jaw was swollen. l removed the
stumps and applied soothing lotion to
him. He said that some ruffians had at
tempted to rob lady on the corner of
the Boulevard des Capucins and the Rue
de Seze, and that, in driving them off
with some other passenger, he received
a blow across the mouth. He was on his
way to the Boulevard Malesherbes to the
Rue Jouffray, when the pain grew so Sc
we're that he sought dentist. After he
was gone l was preparing to depart,
when saw something lying in the seat
which the stranger had occupied.
raised it and found it was handkerchief
tied in several knots. On opening them
l found the brooch inside. immedi-
ately started for home, and didn't see
your advertisement until this morning."
The Marchioness de Ponthieu was
very grateful to Cheroy, and next
ChaZelle with friend and had Cheroy
examine her teeth. She made an APP
pointment with him the next day, by
which time he had changed the furni-
ture of the apartment and rented and
1 fitted up an adjoining room. The mar
! chioness expressed her satisfaction and
her intention of patronizing him and
recommending him to her friends. The
result was that every day the carriage of
/ some wealthy lady stopped at the door,
] and his circumstances improved rapidly.
/ He ceased to be billiard marker and
! occupied himself with his profession.
/ BY and by he let it be known that he used
an anesthetic of new and improved
/ kind, and so performed difficult extrac-
/ tons without pain. This was cause of
increased income. GreuZe soon learned
of his prosperity and questioned him rs
to the character of his patients. Soon
after this Cheroy added another room to
his offices, and spent much time there
with Greuze practicing with a camera,
until they became expert at taking in
stantaneous photographs.
Among his patients was Madam
Emerian, wealthy woman, who wore
splendid diamonds. Cheroy was remoy-
ing her teeth one or two at a time, and
she suffered much. At length he pre-
vailed upon her to take the anesthetic.
AS soon as she became insensible he re-
moved a splendid bracelet of large and
superb diamonds, and passed it in TO
Greuze in the adjoining room, who in a
minute had taken three or four instan-
taneous photographs of it. Meanwhile
Cheroy operated on his patient, and had
the anesthetic ready to renew its appli-
cation if necessary. Greuze handed back
the bracelet, and Cheroy clasped il
on the lady's wrist. Then Greuze de.
parted.
The next day but one Madam Emerian
again submitted herself to the dentist,
and again wore the splendid bracelet.
No sooner was she under the influence
of the anesthetic than Cheroy unclasp-
ed the bracelet and handed it to Greuze,
who appeared from the adjoining room.
Greuze compared it with another brace
let, which he then handed with tri-
umpant look to CheFoy, who clasped il
on the ladies' wrist.
This scheme was performed, perhaps,
on various customers a score of times