Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1890-12-20

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~ he never had seen husband and
wife meet with so much ceremony.
And what did she mean by calling
him-an utter stranger-'My Fran
coisp something was wrong here; OF
that he felt positive.
'But when she added, Il might be
de trop during the examination,
and with his package OF diamonds
in her arm coolly bowed to him aud
tried to leave the parlor the whole
scene became clear to him.
"He was to be swindled out of his
diamonds.
HE rushed at her like a maniac
and cried out in furious tones, Stop,
say! Give me my diamonds,
woman! Not one step out OF this
door; my diamonds first! ! say my
diamonds"
"'Go on, madame, go on quickly
urged Nj. de Jauville; "leave him to
me; | will soon calm him.
"And then turning to the young
man, who now looked, indeed, more
like q maniac than u reasonable
Partisan, he said; slightly laying his
hand on his shoulder:
Calm yourself, my young friend;
pray calm yourself. Don't you know
your own dear MOTHER
"Mother be d-dn howled the
unfortunate young man. She's is u
swindler; she is an adventures! /
want my diamonds BY the Almighty,
| Twill have my dinmOndSp
"For Gods sake, go, madame
cried NJ. de Jauville. i see weshall
have hard time with your son. Go,
| go!'
1.-The lady needed no urging, but
FASTENED out of the house and hur.
riedly jumped into her carriage.
1.-The physician in the meantime
had u rough tussel with young La,
bouriau. Big strong man though
he was, he was no match for the in.
turiated youth. He was knocked
over by him. He whistled tor help
Two strong attendants who had al
ready been attracted by the noise
rushed in, and in a few minutes
young Francois found himself in q
straightjaeket and so tightly band
aged that he could not move n limb
His furious struggles were in vain
His wild cry for his diamonds, his
! flood OF abuse against the vile ad
ventures who had swindled him out
of a half million of diamonds fell or
deaf ears.
"'The poor fellow has one of his
paroxysms," explained the doctor
1T was the last straw"
"'You old foolH cried Francois
you are either mad yourself or you
are in league with that swindline
beast! Can't you understand, you
laundering old idiot, that that brute
of a woman has run off with my dia
monds which belong to my father
1.-The rich jeweler, Labouriau?
"'The case is really worse than
expected, said VI. de Jauville. Well
take him up to the padded room
and leave him there. He'll calm
down by and by
"Andin spite ofhis tears, protesta
tions, curses and rawlings the poor
fellow was carried of into the pad
ded room and carefully locked in.
''In the meantime old NJ. Labou
riau waited anxiously for his son &c
return. Hour after hour passed, but
no signs OF Francois. At 10 O'Clock
he became thoroughly alarmed. III
took a facre and drove to the doe
tors house, but could find out moth
ing. The concierge positively re
fused TO take any message at that
hour OF night. lie had most posi-
tive orders never to admit AM
strangers or disturb the doctor Of
any OF the household after 9 o'clock
This was an establishment for thu
cure OF nervous diseases. and strict
est quietness had to be observ we'd
The gentleman would have to return
tomorrow. The institute would b,
open at 8 o'clock.
1T was maddeningl What should
he do? Should he go at once to tn
police? Perhaps Francois had return
ed by this time? Well, he would driv
) home frst-time enough for polio
, headquarters after that.
1t was after midnight when he ar
rived home. No Francois had no
yet eturned. To the police then!
''He told his story to theinspector
The shrewd detective surmispd tina
probably the son had eloped wit
the lady, and warning dispatche
:. and inquiries were sent to all th
! railway and police stations.
, ''Thus the night passed by. in tn
morning, together with the inspector
t Monsieur Labouriau went again t
: DR.. de Jauville's institute. Thi
, time they succeeded in seeing him.
: Explanations followed, but it wa
too late. The shrewd adventures
8 had had ample time to make her es
cape, and in spite of the large r.
ward offered by Monsieur Labouria
she has never been discovered.
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