Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1891-09-12

richest nobleman in the empire. A
sudden but base thought struck ths
desperate merchant; he would read it
md by, means Of tho information ex- \
tort money from, the nabob compro-,
missed in it. But he hesitated; he fun
bled the little package. began-opsninei 1
It, then stopped and tried topper into.
its folds. Suddenly khe stopping of . |
carriage in the. STREET below arrested
finn. IT might be the general A door
below Jared He thrust the papers
into the drawer, and had barely: time,
to lock it again and scat himself ut.
the window when the police, general,
at . hot pass ea.ered the !s
room. -
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D.f.5 CHAPTER II.
In those days a line Of sentizels was
established At tha-corners aA al the
principal s9AetsS-who fyfmeaiA peft Of
the police force of the city On leaving
his house Gorgoli ordered himself
driven to the block in which the jew
eler's shop was situated. Stopping at
the nearest sentinel's box, he said 20
him: ''1 passed here yesterday morning
at 1O:3O o'clock. Did you see me?"
Eyes, your excellency." .-
''Where did l. go?" .-..
'.Over to the Troitski (Trinity)
BRIDGE -,
The genera; was driven to the bridge.
At it's entrance he said to the sentinel:
II passed here at twenty minutes to
eleven yesterday morning. Did you !.
see us?" ~ .-.t-.
II did, your excellency."
"Where did go from here?''
"Your excellency drove across tho
bridge" I'd"
He drove. across the bridge and
stopped in front of the "Herrnitage" OF
Peter the Great. The sentinel at once
stepped out of his box.
81 passed her e yesterday morning at
a little before eleven o'clock. Did you
notice the way took?"
"You went to the Viborg quarter,
your excellency."
Gen. Gorgoli continued his catcchiz-
ing Of the sentinels from point to point,
street to street, neighborhood to neigh
borhood, across bridges and along tho
wide avenues. At the last OF the row
of shops on the Grand Perspective he
said to one of them:
"You saw me pass here at half past
eleven yesterday morning. Did You
notice where ! drovc?" ..
Eyes, your excel1ency, to No. 1s on
the corner of the Canal Catherine"
did go in there?''
Eyes"
..And come out again?"
ST did not see you"
every well. Have. yourself relieved
by one of your comrades and bring two
soldiers from the nearest barracks"
Eyes, your excellency."
The sentinel hurried away and in ten
minutes returned with the soldiers.
Accompanied by them the general pre-
sented himself at No. 1s, closed all the
outside doors, cross-examined the Por-
ter, ascended the stairs and without
ceremony burst open the door of the
front room. AS he entered he came
face to face with the inmate who, but
for his hair, which was dark, might
! have been the twin brother OF the po'
lice general After one glance around
the room, he said to the lodger:
Your name is p"
Eyes" stammered the man.
"Iest erday at tel, n,o'Slocls you .cn'
tered the.shon No. - Grand Mil LION
You wore yellow curled wig re
sembling my hair; you had on gray
coat with = heavy collar like mine; you
drove upsin carriage like mine, with
a chestnut colored horse like mine. ~
fact, you pretended to be Gorgoll
chief of police. and in my name to Dor
row so, 900 roubles for which was t'
= give security. You drove away
through many streets across 'severa
bridges, back and forth until You ar
rived at this house. You are a motor
ious thief and pickpocket, who cum
ningly took advantage of your acci'
J dental resemblance to me, to rob thu
banker Of good portion OF his for
tune. You have it here. Hand it over
Give me that yellow wig which l SCI
sticking out from under the gray Goa
which yesterday formed part of You
disguise"
Perceiving that he had been effectual
ly entrapped the thief went to close
behind the chimney and took down tn
bag of gold, which he handed to th
chief of police, saying: Il have spen
two"
Gorgoli counted them, found ther
correct, handed the cu,prit over to. tn
police, who carried him Off to prison
while the general .hastencd back to hi
house. To the immense and natura
delight of the. banker, who had hin
self just come SO near being temple
by his losses into the commission of
crime, he passed ont to him the iamilia
canvass bag. With cry of JOY and as
tonishment at it's restoration the banl
err seized it, but was SO over reonle
his feelings that he stared helplessl
at the police official, asking for an eH
.. PLANTATION.
Count them said the genera
turning to his table and beginning
4 writr--- -.
The merchant eagerly undid tn
strings of the bag and fsverishly emf
tied its contents upon the table ii
began counting them, putting thel
! back into the bag as he did so. 4
last he said:
1.-TWO ronbles are missing"
THAT is strange"
'what is strange? That there shoui