The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-01-26
his companion emptied a largo elas,

his companion emptied a largo glass.
"Truo Burgundy exclaimed Armour
striking tho table with the cup he had Just
cmptied.
The cups were again filed; but ono merely
raised his 20 his lips, while the other threw
himself back, aud scrupulously swallowed
the last drop Of the nectar.
"His excelicncy the archdeacon does not
drink any to compare 10 it, exclaimed the
sexton in his bacchanalian enthusiasm; 81
will tell you the whole story"
Eudor listened with imperturbable sang
froid 70 all the stories Of his companion,
which became moro and more obscure after
every cupful. The enormous face Of the sex
ton shone with a color Of the brightest red
his eyes wandered, he smiled stupidity. At
last, after omptying bis cup for the thirteenth
time fatal number, the joyous drinker burst
into a loud 10 OF laughter, threw back his
head and stretched his cramped legs. This
motion was too rapid; his feet slipped on the
noor and he fell fat
The doctor Immediately sprang on him, as
dog on the wild boar just wounded by the
hunters BALL. quickly and silently he drew
from the sections belt bunch Of KEYS, seized
bis lantern, cleared with one jump the wind
ing staircase and found himself in the church.
The door opened Eudor was in the damp
repository Of the dead. Amidst all tho splen-
did monuments there was ono place where
the earth had been newly turned up and a
wreath Of flowers thrown over it. That was
10. Eudor pushed aside the wreath and dug
away at the last resting place The coffin
appeared; the lid was broken, and once more
he contemplated his victim.
At this instant the clock struck; the doctor
counted the slowly proceeding strokes with
terror-he counted ten. "Weill 'Opportunum
post duodecim horas momentum pcrmane-
bit There is still plenty Of time"
Having pronounced these mysterious words
he raised the corpse as carefully as if it had
been a sleeping woman he was afraid Of dis.
turbing, and laid it on his cloak. The coffin
was empty, but when the monument would
be finished they would find 10 lightened Of its
contents, and what might then be suspected
A few years before a horrible PROCLAMATION
bad taken place A young and beautiful girl
: having died, was buried, and the next day
her body disappeared II was aftcrward
known that the lover Of the young girl had
stolen the corpse and embalmed il. The
Young man was burnt alive on the Place de
| Groye.
The grave must be filed The coffin must
have its weight. Eudor threw in it the statue
Of saint, worm eaten and abandoned, and
carefully mailing it up once more, placed it
under ground.
Eudor then bent over the bodyo Of The coun-
tess, and after an anxious examination raised
it in mis- arms and left the church yard, and
through dark and out Of the way streets, at
length reached his dwelling.
In 1901, seventeen years after this adven.
ture, q duel took place one night on the Quai
De IHorloge, between the Chovalier de Com.
hinges and tho young Marquis do Jacques
The latter having received 2 wound in the
side, was carried by his attendants 10 the DR.
Eudors, whose dwelling was near and ropu
tation great. Recalled % life by the skillfui
care that was taken Of him, the marquis was
struck with the remarkable Likeness, notwith
standing a great difference Of age, which ex
.sted between the wife Of the doctor and the
lato Countess de la Jaques, his aunt, who had
lied at the age of p, and Of whom he had
only seen the portrait.-Translated from the
| French