Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-01-24
A PARIS MYSTERY.
~ he Author Of MY Ducdts and Ny
Daughter"
CHAPTER XI-CoNrrNUED.


arrival In Paris; they soon formed . mutual
attachment The japanese was handsome,
III manners were distinguished; the courtesy
Of Q gentleman, the generosity Of . prince.
Hh gsnsrusity, indeed, was % lavish that It
sysutuaIly proved his ruin. Aademoisells
u3saded with her lover to curb his expendi.
1ura to give up gambling and betting at
Chantilly and Longchamps; it was Of no avail
Hs psrsiaaed in loading hsr with costly pres
suts; which she assured me-and believe her
-capeed her more pain than pleasure 10 re-
csivA The worst feature In Sangura's case,
Nademoiseus informed me, was that be bad
Gradually fallen into the power Of some
SSvish money lender, who, she thought, re-
lid On The left bank, but whose name she
IA nsver heard A Sangur.s funds dimin-
thsd. this mani bold On him increased; the
unfoftunate japanese grsw every day
Douiir and morv dsFreasd She OWNED
TIT - was now living by the sale Of his
wardrobe and e6sch; but hs never told her
o. and - did not daaS 10 touch on Tho sub
lsct
"At N sariy period Of their acquaintance
eangura bad given her to wear, not to keep,
q pearl of extraordinary sizs and beauty; ex-
planning to her that this gem was the great
ksrloom of his houss; that -, as the eldest
son Of his dad father, bad the custody Of II,
snd that II anything happened to it be would
b dishonoFed in the eyes of an his relatives
rhre was nothing he would noe give 10 hin
Coa5lds. sangura bad said, except only this
psari; neverthelsa, shs might wear it - IN
ornament, sincs b knew that in her charge
4 would be safe
s'Ons morning 6angura rushed into her
room, In state Of great agitation, and, ex-
Claiming that b was ruined and undone,
srksd for ths gem. Hin mistrs8 gave Il b
HIM With trembling hands; he rushed out of
IL chamber, and Mia Duchastre nsvr
again Aw her lover alivA
aAbout three months afsar, Nademoisells
rsad in ths Journals the report Of suicide in
ths Rue St Jacqua-ths suicide Of young
foreigner. supposed 10 b . JspanesA Shs
hssneoed to The morRue; IL was ths unfoE.
tuna.s Sangura He bad found last refuge
IN the miserable gnzree which Aeaieun
visited today. Too proud 10 return 10 his
mistress, all his means exhausted by ths ~
pacity Of tie old money lendsr, b bad
starved there till his last sou was spent
rhcn one ri,,ht he closed up carefully every
rrevice In door or window; lighted q CHARCOAL
ere in tie brazier; lay down on his wretchsd
ua;lse-and, three days afterward, w1s found
there, lyingdcad.
.NIle Duchastre caused hef unhappy lover
10 be buried with propriety, and had . stooo
erected over his grave, where she still hanp
vrsaths Of immorAllsa But she had not yet
hard tho lAst oe Eangura About three
months ago she Was visited BY . young Jap
sner,a who introduced himseH - KioakA,
Ssueur.h hrother. KoaakA told hf that his
brother had written him Of The straits into
which be bad fallen, asking him toleave Yeddo
for Paris at the earliest opportunity, and,
vixen there, to lose no time in whiting Mia
Dn,chas.re. It was from Nademoiselle that
Eiosa,.a first heard the news Of his brothers
painful daa.h; hs was profoundly affected,
apparently with rage as well as grief, and
muttered something In his own language,
Maaernoiselle told me, with an accent which
was terrible Shortly after he bade her fare
veu. and him also she has never seen again.
: sTask Eademoisslle II she has portrait Of
the la.e IL ds SangurA NAdemoiselle has; Q
immature on ivory, Of beautiful execution
Alter some hssitation she consents to lend il
to me, ON my swearing to return it uninjured
ratinx my departure, I first show this por-
trait to Iouton and his daughter; they recog-
p;xe it at once - that Of the foreigner who
had 10 frequently visited Meissner up about
n wear ago, and whom the old money! lender
had teayed,' to use Noutns own term. I
then proceed 10 The Rue St. Jacques, in ors3sr
70 show the portrait to the proprietor Of tn
houu, where Eangura found his Last lodging,
and where be died There made discovery,
unexpr4ed, but most important, the discov-
ery that another japanese, about four months
ago. had rented ths very garret in which
Gsneurs Destroyed himself; that be did not
live thsre, but spent in The gazTet portion of
almost every day; and that be was quite Q
urohlem to Pajol, the proprietor, and to al
the other tenanta But to mo the point Of
srsa.est interest was this: On Christmas day
Dc Jauaness vidtsd Pajd IN his ahOp and
told him that be ewasabout 10 makoa Journey,
ths duration oe which was uncertain. He
then pad three months rent for the garret
renarking that Il served very well to stors
hin elects in, and that he would take the key
with him. Since that day The japanese has
bssn neithR sen nor hard Of
'.Meaieurs, to men of your intelliesncs IL
stogy Is now plain. Ayoung Japaness nobls-
uaa comes to Paris, and waxto in profuas
extxavagance IN tho wealth be has brought
with him. This young japanese has in his
po0ion . jewel Of immense value, . pearl,
which i IN heirloom in his family. Reduced
10 ths direst sraits, b pledges it to the usurer
who has bean his ruin Hisdebts swallow up
the sum he has received from the money
kinder; starving and desperate, be finally
puts IN end to his EA Before this, however,
b has written 10 his brother In Ysddo telling
him that tho family heirloom = in Neismer's
hands, probably adjuring him to recover #
This hrothH, Kiosaka, comes to Paris; he
dssir. to recover The pearl; but more eagerly
still, - his actions show, he desires Tevenge
He tako up his abode In the garret where hi
brother put an end to his life, that he may b
constantly reminded Of the duty of vengeance
xenIieur4, I have mot told you that Nla.
Duchastre was asked BY the japanese whsrs
his brother bad been buried The grave ol
6angu1 is In Mont PaxnaSse; I visited II my
self; On the Tombstone erected by Alla. Du-
cAastTe certain words have BEEN cut in the
japanese character. have made . copy q
thess words, and obtained . translation.
Thar meaning il, NY brother, rest in peace.
Gkos shalt b avenged That inscription,
cut IN the stone by Kiosoln's order, expresses
his fixed purpose; in The murder Of Joseph
Neizner hs caxrisd that purpose into exscu.
to1."
Idrev Q long breath Of relief O. N Blery
finished At last the mystery Of the Passage
de Maxarin bad been made cleari
II may b called away 1t any momsnt,
said The detective; s'copis Of this portrait
have been sent to every seaport in Franco
and to the towns on the frontier. Befors
many hours have passed shall b On tn
trail Of the assAsin."
While We were stiu talking Telegram va
BANDED in II Blery ran his eyes over IT.
'sFrom the chief Of police at Marseilles,n b
aid;' Il 60 there as ouce. Your friend, II
Narsal, Is now - good q liberated In q
few hours, or days, another viii Be confined
IN his place. What . disappointment to my
friend PyI"