Daily Republican., 1888-02-23
sUouRoE OF THE HIGHWAY.

broken alive In the wheel, at Orleans,
for highway robbery; and as there
were no relatives or friends 10 claim
the body, the executioner, when he
thought life was extinct. gave 1t 10 q
surgeon, who carried 1t to the anatoml
cal academy for dissection. The legs
and arms OF the wretch had been fear,
fully broken and mangled, but yet,
when the surgeon applied the knife,
he detected signs. OF life, and by the
duplication oil powerful excitants and
stimulating cordials, the highwaymar
was brought to his senses and to the
power Of speech.
The surgeon and his pupils were
kind hearted, and, deeply moved by
the suherings and the earnest solicita
tions of the culprit, they resolved tC
Iattempt his cure. They would thui
lose the subject for dissection, but the
lexperience OF handling such case IL
treatment would be valuable. 81
dresdfully mangled was he that they
had TO amputate both legs at the hip
joints, and take off bis left arm at the
shoulder. His right arm had beer
fractured above and below, but th,
bones had not been shivered, and with
extreme care that important limb wal
saved.
Notwithstanding the mutilation-i
mutilation and blood-loss that woult
bc surely fatal In nine hundred anC
ninety nine cases In a thousand-tht
man recovered. And now what SHOULD
be done with himp A man withou
even the stump of leg, and with only
one arml
He begged that be might be taken
farther away from Paris, where ht
could gain livelihood by begging
They might be sure he would hence
forth lead an honest life. lie swort
he would rather die than steal again
The good doctor, willing to do any.
thing in his power, put Richelot into
a cart, and sent two of the students To
convey him fifly leagues away to the
|southwcst, beyond Poitiers.
The man was full forty leagues
away from the nearest place where he
had ever been known. He took q
situation by the roadside, close by a
ragged cliff of rock aud u dense wood,
where his deplorable condition excited
the compassion OF all who saw him.
In his youth he had served in the
army, and clad in an old huzzar's
jacket and helmet he passed for an old
soldier who had lost his limbs in bat
tie.
Time passed. By-and-by ped
der, who had set out from Lusignan
on his way TO Vitray, with full pack
and much money, was missed. Other
men mysleriously disappeared in this
same section. The police searched
for the robbers but could not find
them; and yet they were well as.
sured that these recurring disap-
pearances were not the result of acci-
dent. There must be robbers and as.
sassins somewhere. The celebrated
Jean Coquellc, with platoon of his
well.trained detective force, came
down from Paris. and spent two
months in the provinces, but failed TO
unearth the mystery.
One day a drover, returning from
where he had been selling
cattle, came upon the poor legless
beggar by tho wayside, and was So
licited for charity. Being moved to
compassion by the sight Of such dis
tisurement--for the wretched man
seemed To be both legless and armless
the droyer threw him piece of sill
yer.
"Alas" said the mendicsnt, in pite-
Ous tones, 'you see l cannot reach
your bounty. l have neither an arm
nor leg. If you will be so kind as to
put your generous donation INTO my
pouch l will bless you. Tonight my
poor, faithful Lizette will come with
cart and take me home,
where your silver shall find us meal
such as we have not tasted for many
a day"
line drover then got down from his
cart and approached the beggar, and
as he stopped to pick up the money
tho sun suddenly breaking from be-
hind cloud threw q strange shadow
upon the sward, causing the traveller
to look up, when he caught sight OF a
good stout right arm belonging to the
raised above his head, the
strong hand of which grasped short
iron bar with knotted knob on the
end. He arrested the blow in its de-
scent, and being a man of immense
power he lifted the beggar
and carried hun to his cart, and hav-
ing thrown him into it he drove off to
the next town, where he brought his
prisoner before magistrate.
On searching him, silver whistle
of curious construction was found In
his pocket, which naturally led to the
that he might have accom-
plices in the wood; whereupon the
called q sufficient guard,
under command ofan experienced Off
Ger, and sent them, with the drover
for q guide, TO the place where the
murder had been attempted. Not
more than an hour had passed since
the drover had left with his prisoner
when the spot was reached, the dis
tanco from the village being not quite
a. league.
The gems d'armes concealed them
selves in the bushes, after which the
whistle was blown, the sound being
exceedingly sharp, clear and penetrat-
ing; and directly an answering whistle
was heard, seeming to come from
under ground. Nor was this all;
hardly had the note of the whistle