Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1888-11-30

at was the frutterer," replied my
friend, who brought you to the conclu-
sion that the member of soles was not Of
sufficient height for Xerxes ct Id genus
omne"
1.-The fruiterer you astonish me;
know no fruiterer whomsoever."
1.-THE man who ran up against you as
we entered the street; it may heve been
fifteen minutes ago."
now remembered that in fact fruit
erer, carrying upon his head large
basket of apples, had nearly thrown me
down by accident as we passed from the
Rue c. into the thoroughfare where
we stood, but what this had to do with
Chantilly could not possibly understand.
There was not particle of charlatan-
erie about Dupin. 81 will explain" he
said, "and that you may comprehend all
clearly we will first retrace the course of
your meditations from the moment in
which | spoke to you until that of the rem
contre with the fruiterer In question.
The larger links of the chain run thus:
Chantilly, Orion, DIR. Nichols, Epicurus,
Stereotomy, the street stones, the fruit
erer."
There are few persons who have not at
some period of their lives amused them
selves in retracing the steps by which
particular conclusions Of their own minds
have been attained. The occupation is
often full of interest, and he who at
tempts it for the first time is astonished
by the apparently illimitablo distance and
incoherence between the starting point
and the goal What, then, must have
been my amazement when | heard the
Frenchman speak what he had Just
spoken, and when | could not help &C.
knowledging that he had spoken the
truth He continued:
awe had been talking of horses, if re-
member Alright, just before leaving the
Rue c.. This was the last subject we
discussed. As we crossed into the street
fruiterer, with large basket upon his
head, brushing quickly past us, thrust
you upon pile of paving stones, collected
at q spot where the causeway is undergo
ing repair. You stepped upon one of the
loose fragments, slipped, slightly strained
your ankle, appeared vexed or sullly. NUT
tered few words, turned to look at the
pile, and then proceeded in silence. Twas
not particularly attentive to what you
did; but observation has become with me
of late "a species of necessity.
You kept your eyes upon the ground,
glancing with petulant expression at
the holes and ruts in the pavement $50
that saw you were still thinking of the
stones, until we reached the little alley
called Lamartine, which has been paved,
by way of experiment, with the over
tapping and riveted blocks. Here your
countenance frightened up and, perceiv-
ing your lips move l could not doubt that
you murmured the word 'stereotomy,' q
term very affectedly applied to this
species of pavement. l knew that you
could not say to yourself 'stereotomy
without being brought to think of ato-
mics, and thus of the theories of Epicu-
rus; and since, when we discussed this
subject not very long ago, l mentioned to
you how singularly, yet with how little
notice, the vague guesses of that noble
Greek had met with confirmation in the
late nebular cosmogony, l felt that you
could not avoid casting your eyes upward
to the great nebula in Orion, and I GER
tainly expected that you would do so.
You did look up, and | was now assured
that had correctly followed your steps.
! But in that bitter TRADE upon Chantilly,
which appeared in yesterdays Musee, the
satirist, making some disgraceful illusions
to the cobbler's change of name upon as.
, Stunning the buskin, quoted a Latin hne
about which we have often conversed.
mean the line
Perdidit antiquum ltera prima sonum,
l had told you that this was In reference
to Orion, formerly written Urion; and
from certain pungencies connected with
this explanation, l was aware that you
could not have forgotten it. 1t was clear
therefore, that you would not fail to com
bine the two ideas of Orion and Chantilly
That you did not combine them | saw by
the character of the smile which passed
over your lips. You thought of the pool
! cobbler's mmolation. So far, you hat
been STOPPING in your gait; but now saw
/, you draw yourself up to your full height
l was then sure that you reflected upor
the diminutive figure of Chantilly. Al
this point interrupted your meditation:
, to remark that as, in fact, he was a very
little fellow, that Chantilly, he would de-
better at the Theatre DIES Varieties
Not long after this, we were looking
over an evening edition of The Gazette
DIES Tribunaux when the following para
: graphs arrested our attention:
EXTRAORDINARY MURDERS. - Thi:
j., morning about 3 o'clock the inhabtant.
: of the Quarter st. Roch were aroused
from sleep by succession of terrific
, shrieks issuing, apparently, from the
fourth story Of house in the Rue
Morgue, known to be In the sole occu
pancy of one Nine L'Espanaye and hel
After some delay, occasioned by fruit
|
usual manner, the gateway was broker
in with a crowbar, and eight or ten of the
: neighbors entered, accompanied by two
gendarmes By this time the cries had
. ceased; but, as the party rushed up the
first flight of stairs, two or more rough
: voices, in angry contention, were distin
guished, and seemed to proceed from the
upper part Of the house AS the second
landing was reached these sounds also
had ceased ard everything remained per
, fectly quiet The party spread them
4 selves and hurried from room to room
: Upon arriving at large back chamber il
the fourth story (the door of which, being
found locked. with the key inside, wa:
/, forced OPEN, spectacle presented Itself
which struck every one present not les:
with horror than with establishment.
The apartment was in the widest dis
order-the furniture broken and thrown
about in all directions. There was only
| one bedstead and from this the bed had
= been removed and thrown into the mid