Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1888-06-18
The Treasure Of Franchard.
By ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON.
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CHAPTER vi.

CHAPTER VI.
CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION. IN rwo pAprs
The next morning there was a most un.
usiai outcry IN the doctors house. The last
thing before going 10 bed, the doctor Ind
locked up some valuables in the dining room
cupboard; and behold, when he rose again.
as he did about o'clock, the cupboard had
been broken open and the valuables in aues.
ton had disappeared. Madame and Jean.
Marie were summoned from their rooms. and
appeared in hasty toilets: they found the
doctor rnving calling the heavens to witness
and avenge his injury, pacingth the room bare
footed, with the tails Of his night shirt fiirt-
ing as he turned
'Goneln he said: "the things are gone, the
fortune gonel We are paupers once more.
Boy what do you know Of thisi Speak up,
sir, speak up. Do you know Of iti Where
are theyr He had him by the arm, shaking
him like bag, and the boys words, IL he
had any, were jolted forth in inarticulate
numbers. The doctor, with a revulsion from
his own violence, set him down again He
observed Anastasie In tears "Anastasie,
he said in quite an altered voice, "compose
yourself, command your feelings. l would
not have you give way to passion like the
vulgar. This-this trihing accident must be
lived down. Jean-Marie, bring me nv
smaller medicine chest. A gentle laxative is
Indicated"
And he dosed the family all round. leading
the way himself with double quantity The
wietched Anastasie, who had never been i'll
In the whole course of her existence, and
whose soul recoiled from remedies wept
floods of tears, as she slipped, and shuddered,
AMI protested, and tfRn was bullied and
shouted at until she slipped again As for
Jean-Marie, he took his portion down with
stoicism.
II have given him a less amount.n OBJ
served the doctor, "his youth protecting
him against emotion. And now that we
have thus parried any morbid consequences,
let us reason.n
II am SO cold" walled Anastasie.
"Coldl" cried the doctor. 81 give thanks
to God that am made Of ferief material
Why, madame, a blow like this would set q
frog into TRANSPORTATION. II you are cold
you can retire; and, by the way, you might
throw me down my trousers. 1t is chilly for
the legs"
"oh, mo-" protested Anastasie; 81 will stay
with you"
"Nay, madame, you shall not suffer for
your DEVOTION" said the doctor. ~ will my
self fetch you a shawl.n And he went up
stairs and returned more fully clad and with
an armful of wraps for the shivering An
astase. "And now," he resumed, ito inves-
tigate this crime. Let us proceed by induc-
tion. Anastasie, do you know anything that
can help usf' Anastasie knew nothing. "Or
you, jean Marier'
mot l." replied the boy, steadily.
"Good, )" returned the doctor. ''We shall
now turn our attention to the material evil
dences. q was born to be detective; have
the eye and the systematic spirit.) First, VIC
lence has been employed. The door was
broken open; and it may be observed, in pass
ing, that the lock was dear indeed at what
paid for it, crow TO pluck with Master
Goguelat Second, here is an instrument en-
ployed, one of our own table knives, one of
our best, my dear; which seems to indicate
no preparation on the part of the gang-if
gang it was Thirdly, observe that nothing
has been removed except the Franchard
dishes and the casket; our own silver has
been infinitely respected. This is willy; it
shows intelligence, knowledge of the code,
a desire to avoid legal consequences. ! argue
from this fact that the gang numbers persons
of espectability-outward, of course, and
merely outward, as the robbery proves. But
argue, second, that we must have been OBJ.
served at Franchard itself by some occult OBJ
server, uOSSeu uuy Will
a skill and patience that l venture to qualify
as consummate. No ordinary man, no occa-
sional criminal, would have shown himself
capable of this combination. We have in our
neighborhood, it is far from improbable, a
retired bandit of the highest order Of intelli-
gence."
Good heaven!" cried the Mortified Anas-
tasie Henri, how can youn
'My cherished one, this is process Of in
duction," said the doctor. "lf any Of my
steps are unsound correct me. You are 81
lenti Then do not, l beseech you, be SO
vulgarly illogical as to revolt from my con-
clusion. We have now arrived" he re-
sumed, sat some idea Of the composition of
the gang-for | incline to the hypothesis OF
more than one--and we now leave this room,
which can disclose no more, and turn our at
tention to the court and garden. Jean
Marie, trust you are observantly following
my various steps; this is an excellent piece
of education for you) Come with me to the
door. No steps on the court; it is unfortun-
ate our court should be paved. On what
small matters hang the destiny of these deli
cate Investigations Heyl What have we
herel | have led you to the very spot,n he
said, standing grandly backward and indi-
eating the green gate "An escalade, as you
can now see for yourselves, has taken place"
Sure enough, the green paint was in several
places scratched and broken; and one of the
panels preserved the print of a nailed Shoe
The foot had slipped, however, and it was
difficult to estimate the size of the shoe, and
impossible to distinguish the pattern OF the
nails.
'.The whole robbery - concluded the doctor,
''step by step, has been reconstructed.
lnductive science can no further CO."
1T is wonderful" said his wife. "You
should have been a detective, Henri. l had
no idea of your talents"
"My dear said Desprez, condescendingly,
"a man of scientific imagination combines
the lesser faculties; he is detective just as
he is publicist or a general; these are but
local applications of his special talent But
now, he continued, "would you have me go
furthers Would you have me lay my finger
on the culprits-or rather, for l cannot
promise quite so much, point out to you the
very house where they consortl 1t may be
a satisfaction, at least it is ali we are likely
to get since we are denied the remedy OF
law. reach tho further stage in this way
In order to fill my outline of the robbery, l
REQUIRE man likely TO be in the forest
idling, require a man OF education, re-
ouire a man superior to considerations OF
morality. The three requisites all center in
Tentaillon's boarders. They are painters;
therefore they are continually lounging in
the forest. They are painters; therefore
they are not unlikely to have some smatter'
ing of education. Lastly, because they are
painters, they are probably immoral. And
this prove in two ways. First, painting is
an art which merely addresses the eye; /,
does not in any particular exercise the mora
sense And second, painting, in common
with all the other arts, implies the dangerou
quality of Imagination. A man of imagina
ton is never moral; he outsoars literal de
marcations and reviews life under too man,
shifting lights 10 rest content with the in
yidious distinctions Of the law"
"But you always say-at least, so under
stood you"-said madame, that these lad