The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1886-12-11
I was opening the door. l gave her a
kick and sent her flying"

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kick and sent her flying"
You furnished me with a fine speci-
men of her race" the old man said.
Pajol divided the plumber of the bank
with his wife, and they hid it away. In
a weeks time they began to suggest to
the old mar that he should give up bus
mess and return with them to Brest.
.How about the means of living?"h he
asked.
"Oh, l will provide that" said his
granddaughter.
He opened his eyes in surprise and
said nothing. Three weeks later tho
subject was again mentioned to him.
Il am willing" he replied meekly.
The same day he sent a message to
Henry Briux to come and see him i'm
mediately. Monsieur Bruix was around
in half an hour. Then the old man
told him that his granddaughter and
her husband insisted on him giving up.
business and returning to Brest. Mon
sieur Briux expressed great surprise.
'Years ago. said he, you might
have retired, for l was ready and
Charles was ready to settle a handsome
annuity upon you, whom we regard as
our father. But how can your grand
daughter support you'"
THAT is more than l can say" was
the answer.
"Where did you get that cat?e' sud.
denly asked Monsieur Briux, in a tone
and with an abruptness which made
Monsieur Gourgaud start, at the same
time pointing to the cat, which had
been gathered in from the gutter ant
stuffed.
"That cat?" replied the old taxider'
mist; why, l found it in the gutter
Found it in the gutter! Where
how" Monsieur Briux exclaimed.
Here the taxidermist told the story.
He said:
''You remember the last night you
were here? Well, Pajol had to 90 out
on business-don't YOU remember?
When he returned this cat followed
him and came right up to the door with:
him. This annoyed him, and he gave
her a kick which hurled her into the
gutter, where l found her dead next
morning. Her fur was so exquisitely
lovely that preserved it,
Monsieur Briux clenched his teeth
and compressed his lips. Then in a
quiet tone, he said:
$50 your daughter and her husband
wish you to 60 back to Brest. and they
will support YOU: Very well; don't
say that you have consulted me. Don't
give any positive answer to them until
you hear from me-
Monsieur Briux returned to the bank;
thence he went to the prefecture of po-
lice and saw the chief. TO him he re-
lated his connection with Monsieur
Gonrgaud, his visit to his house on the
night of the robbery, the quitting Of the
house by Pajol; Monsieur Gourgaud's
granddaughter husband; the incident
of the cat, and his identifying the stuffed
cat in Gourgaud's shop as his fayorlte
cat, which had been missing from the
bank since the time of the robbery.
Then he told how Monsieur and Madame
Pajol had, since the robbery, urged
Monsieur Gourgaud to quit Paris and
return to Bresl saying that they would
support him.
''Well,' said the chief, '',you suspect
that Pajol is the burglar. Is that it?'
THAT is it, exactly" replied Mon
sicur Briux.
"And how did he get into the bank?"
the chief asked.
II carried my case containing the
keys in my overcoat pocket replied
Briux. my overcoat was laid upon
the couch in Monsieur Gourgaud's par
lor. Pajol must have distracted the
case and, when he was absent from the
house, he vas occupied in entering the
bank. My cat evidently followed HIM
out, and, feeling lonely, accompanied
him to the door of Monsieur Gourgaud's
dwelling
''IF IT HADN'T BEEN FOR THE cart!
When Pajol was arrested, Madame
Pajol produced the stolen money in
tact.
II never intended that he should use
a centime OF it, she said.
Pajol cursed her, and swore that, il
he lived to get out of prison, he would
be the death of her. After he was sem
fenced to penal servitude for six years,
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