The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1888-09-22

As for the girl, she was as much in -.
with Paul as he with her. So thew aoroo5
that they would wait for the peddler al the
other end of the village, as they had agreed
and when he stopped atnoon to eat and SIN ~
and take nap they would go off into the
world together. When the peddler ininad
them and Annette handed him the tho
francs he was nightly pleased, saying tbot
she had done better than he by over afran,
At noon they came to sweet, SHADY enc,
back from the road, and thither they ,va,,t
to eat their midday repast Paul piled The
| old man with wine, and when be bod
taken and drank his fill and smoked his n;,,e
he found snug spot and lay down ana
slept Just as the pair were about to rlidf
away and leave the peddler in the lurcS he
awoke swearing at the gnats which had
disturbed him. Paul sat down beside him
and chatted and took out his leathern hao
and said
"See, here is present for you. Youmav
find it useful, or sell it, if you meet with a
| good customer"
The peddler didn't much fancy the uift
but on opening it he found gold coin sticlI
ing in the corner, and that induced him IN
take the bag, with many thanks. Thenle lav
down once more, and WAS soon snaSag j
| and Annette cautiously crept into the s5tt'
and were miles away when the ,eddler
awoke. But Paul, in a frenzy If love-
hadn't observed the way they BID taken,
and so was afraid to seek the hieway, lest
they should come upon the pddler. So
when night came on, they took teir supper
at the messy foot of tree andpassed the
night within the shadow of the 2rest
As for the peddler, when awoke he
was wild. At first he thought nat the girl
and Paul would soon return, ut as hours
| passed away and there was noilgn of them,
| he grew frantic. Then he foud Annette
basket under the skin of hispack and he
| knew that she had deserted I'M Presently
a body of horsemen came alag the road IN
front of where he had sler. They were
riding slowly and looking tbs way and that,
as though looking for sore one. When
they caught sight of him thy rushed their
horses at the hedge, cleard it, and were
upon him in a minute.
He turned pale with surprise and fear.
What did they mean! They soon let him
! know. They dismounted and seized him.
| Then they searched him md his pack. In
the latter they found the Bathern bag
"Here it isl they exclaimed. eve have
| caught our man"
And so they carried hin off to neighbor-
| ing town some miles away and thrust him
| into jail. In the meantime he had learned
that he was arrested as the wretch who had
murdered and robbed a small farmer in the
neighbOrhOod the evening before. 1t was no
use his denying it. There was the farmer 5
! bag in his possession, and one of the many
! gold pieces it had contained was still in it.
! The fact that no more money was there
| proved nothing, except that he had either
| hidden the money or given it in charge OF
! his accomplices.
The peddler denied the charge, and told
how he came by the bag. At the inn where
! he and Annette and Paul had breakfasted
! the officers learned the fact
'The girl and the young man were his ac-
completes" said they.
Then they made search for them all
over the country side.
! In the meantime something strange mad
| happened to Paul and his companioT| MoPSs
Savieres, the former college associate whom
| Paul was going to see, was five years his
senior. He had entertained a very great
affection for Paul, and was very much
grieved TO find that he had quilted Bour
| gogne without informing him of his inten
! ton. The first notification he had of Paur'
| absence was received from a notary whit
! knew his relations with Paul The notary
wrote to inform him of the death within
three days of Mons. and Mad. Collin and tt
ask the whereabouts of Paul. Mons. Saviere
went to Thoissey and made arrangement
for the temporary protection of the deaf
couple until inquiries could be made TO
| Paul. Savieres, however, had an impOrtan
contract to attend to, and had to put Off hi
inquiries for Paul for a few days. Now oh
serve what came to pass
Savieres, who lived at Chalons, was on hi
way home in his carriage from Besancor
and had reached the village of Seure, wher
he stopped to bait his horse. Whom shout
he see standing at the inn door, smoking
but Paul Limace!
The establishment was mutual. It was il
creased on Savieres' part when he say
Paul's lovely companion.
This is my wife," said Paul, ''or rathe
will be my wife"
Paul was grieved to hear of the death {
Monsieur and Madame Colin, althoug
Savieres informed him that all their prof.
erty was his. Savieres would hear of nott
ing but that Paul and Annette should driv
with him to Chalons, promising Paul to al
company him subsequently to Thoissey, an
see him put in possession of his new estat
On reaching Chalons, Savieres showed Pal
the propriety of placing Annette in the cal
of some suitable person for the presen
Paul didn't want to be parted from her. bt
he yielded to reason at last In due tim
Paul was installed in the farm left by b
grand uncle, and married Annette.
The secret of the leathern bag he ha
told to no one. These things happened
1886, when there were no railroads, an
news travelled slowly.
Three months afterward Paul went {
Lyons on business. There, in a newspapl
he saw very long account of murde
committed some time before, for which
peddler had been convicted and was shortl
to be guillotined. Imagine his feelings 8
, he read to discover that the peddler wa
his wife's stepfather, and that he was to /
guillotined because there had been foun
upon him the very leatheru bag which Pa,
had given him, and which had been stolel
full of money, from the murdered man.
Paul started to see Savieres and made
| clean breast of all. In company they wei
{ to Dion, and laid the facts before the a,
thorities. Paul went with the authoritie
) and pointed out the place where he four
} the bag.
/ The result was that Jean Philater and h
three servant mSn were arrested for Il
| murder, for it was shown that the ruin w;
, on Philater's farm, and that he and his me
/ were in the habit of using it for many mn
, poses; and further still, proof was obtaine