The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1886-12-11

piled; ..and then-what then? Why,
you will have ways and means
at your command to prevent any dis
covery and keep Monsieur Briux here
if necessary until daylight
"a see," she said; ''but suppose yon
should fail?"
"Then no harm will be done, and the
KEYS will be returned to the coat
pocket" he answered. "When re-
turn I will give you ample warning OF
my approach
.:Be it so,' she said; 'it is a bold
game"
at is" he answered; ''but it is for
fortune"
Then he quilted the house and
Madam Pajol returnedt to the parlor and
sent her grandfather off to bed.
..My husband is called away for an
hour or two," she said to Monsieur
Briux; ''do you mind keeping me COM
pany until his return?'
OF curse he did not.
Monsieur Pajol, with the keys in his
pocket, walked to the bank. 1t took
him only a few minutes. All was still,
and selecting the key which he sup
posed, rightly, was that to the main
entrance, he opened the door. Once
inside, he carefully closed and locked
the door. Then he moved along eau
tiously and found another door. He
fitted a key to that, and found himself
behind the counter of the bank. Turn
ing to the rear, he came to the entrance
of the private room. The key to the
door was readily found, and he was
within the precincts of wealth.
The place was dark, though the fire
in a low CRATE still burned. A cat lay
in front of it. She rose, looked up,
yawned and lay down again. He
opened the safe-no trouble about it;
for it was an old-fashioned one without
any ridiculous combinations. Helooked
around. The window-shutters of iron
were tightly closed. He struck amatch
and examined the safe. Then he boldly
lighted the gas and searched the safe at
his leisure. He cam across piles of
stocks and bonds. He refused and re-
jected them all, for they were danger
Gus. Then he drew open a large
drawer in the rear, and there was what
he wanted-a thick package of notes of
large name, well tied together. He
lifted out the package and slid it into
his pocket. Then he replaced the
articles in the safe as he had found
them, locked 1t and quilted the bank,
leaving every thing as he had found it,
except the ~safe-it was worth less by
$50, 900 francs than when Monsieur
Briux last visited it.
When Monsieur Pajol reached home
he gave ample warning to his wife, as
he had promised; so that when he en-
tered the parlor he found her seated
IN one side Of the table and Monsieur
Briux on the other with his back
to the couch, playing domi-
noes. Monsieur rajol quietly, and
without being observed even by his wife,
replaced the keys in the pocket of Mon
sieur Briux's oyercoat. Then Monsieur
Pajol proposed, and Madame Pajol con-
cocted, more punch. More cigars were
smoked, and it was past midnight when
Monsieur Briux bade a tender goodbye
to Madame Pajol at the front door. In
order not to break up the interesting
narrative, a trihing episode in Monsieur
Pajol's journey home was omitted. So,
if the reader please, the writer will 90
back a little way and give the part:cu-
lars thereof.
As Monsieur Pajol turned from the
Rue du Quatre Septembre, on which the
bank was situated, into the Rue de Gov
crnmcnt, he observed u cat trotting
along at his side, then rubbing herself
against his boots, and then going on a
little ahead. He crossed the Boulevard
DIES ltaliens into the Rue Lafittc, and
soon reached Monsieur Gourgaud's
residence. As he was about to enter he
found the cat at his feet once more.
Courses on the beast!' he exclaimed,
and, giving it a savage kick, he sent the
poor animal flying into the street.
Monsieur Gourgaud rose early next
morning, as he had been sent early to
bed, and when he opened his shop he
saw lying in the gutter the dead body of
a cat. He walked to the curb and look
ed Mt 1t. 1t had heen a very beautiful
creature. Monsieur Gourgaud thought
its skin and iur so lovely that he picked
the dead thing up and carried it into