San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-06-04
The Treasure Of Franchard.
By ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON.

not have you give way TO passion like the
vulgar This-this trifling accident must be
lived down. Jean-Marie, bring me my
smaller medicine chest. A gentle laxative is
indicated"
And he dosed the family all round, leading
the way himself with double quantity. The
wretched Anastasie, who had never been ill
in the whole course of her existence, and
whose soul recoiled from remedies, wept
floods of tears, as she slipped, and shuddered,
and protested, and then was bullied and
shouted at until she slipped again. As for
Jean Marie, he took his portion down with
stoicism.
81 have given him less amount" OBJ
served the doctor, "h!s youth protecting
him against emotion. And now that we
have thus parried any morbid consequences,
let us reason"
81 am so cold" walled Anastasie
"Cold." cried the doctor. 81 give thanks
to Goo tnat | am made of fierier material.
Why, madame, a blow like this would set
frog into Transportation. If you are cold
you can retire; and, by the way, you might
throw me down my trousers. 1t is chilly for
the legs"
''Oh, no." protested Anastasie; 81 will stay
with you"
NAY, madame, you shall not suffer for
your devotion" said the doctor. II will my
self fetch you a shawl" And he went up
stairs and returned more fully clad and with
an armful of wraps for the shivering An
astasie. "And now" he resumed, "to inves-
tigate this crime. Let us proceed by induc-
ton. Anastasie, do you know anything that
can help u.s." Anastase knew nothing. "Or
YOU ean-MarieH'
Not l." replied The boy, steadily.
Good" returned the doctor. "We shall
now turn our attent, N to the material evil
dences. Il was born TO be detective; have
the eye and the systematic spirit) First, vio-
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: q 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, l 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. l argue
from this fact that the gang numbers persons
of spectability-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, and logged throughout the day with
a skill and patience that 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-
TASTE. Henri, how can you"
my cherished one, this is process of in
duction," said the doctor. IF any of my
steps are unsound correct me. You are ST.
lent? Then do not, l beseech you, be so
vulgarly illogical as to revolt from my con-
clusion. We have now arrived" he re-
sumed, "at 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, l 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! Hey! What have we
here9 have led you to the very spot" he
said standing grandly backward and indi-
eating the green gate. IAN escaiade, 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
,,DIt ln % l,I IL
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.
1.-The whole robbery" concluded the doctor,
"step by step, has been reconstructed.
Inductive science can no further 60"
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 a detective just as
he is publicist or general; these are but
local applications of his special talent. But
now" he continued, would you have me 60
further? Would you have me lay my finger
on the culprits-or rather, for / cannot
promise quite so much, point out to you the
very house where they consort? 1t may be
a satisfaction, at least it is all we are likely
to get, since we are denied the remedy of
law. reach the further stage in this way.
In order to fill my outline of the robbery,
require a man likely to be in the forest
idling, | require man of education, | re-
quire 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 snlatter-