Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1891-04-10
THE MAN WHO WASL0ST.

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a large, coarse looking woman, quite capa-
ble-of taking care Of shop and Scipion.
Scipion's past life had been singularly
uneventful.
One single circumstance had ruifled it,
and that he used often to relate to his Cos
sips in proof that hero was spoiled in
the making when Scipion became a shop
keeper.
One night, ten years before the time Of
his introduction TO the reader, Scipion had
gone to the theatre and after the perform
ance had taken madame TO a restaurant
and treated her to a little supper Return
ing home, after he was in bed Scipion heard
a noise in the shop. lie armed himself
with bootjack. went down and, with the
assistance Of the hastily summoned police,
captured a burglar
The man, who said he was an Italian
named Vedova, disclaimed earnestly all
felonious intentions, but could give no
good account of himself Scipion prose.
cuted him vigorously, and he was con
victed and sent to Brest.
Two years later Scipion met Vedova in a
cafe and had him arrested as an escaped
convict.
In the early part Of 1852 Scipion received
official notification from Martinique that
bachelor cousin Of his on the island, whose
name was Pache, was dead and had left
him heir to all his property, which was
large, and included a valuable sugar
plantation. Desruelles was further in
formed by the notary at st. Jean that it
would be necessary for him to come out in
person and administer on the estate in or
der to save himself great loss and incon-
venience and many delays
The bourgeois Of Paris is not a travelling
character, but neither is he willing to lose
money if he can help it. Scipion bought
himself a trunk, committed the little bou-
tique in the Rue de Seine to madame's
charge she was quite as competent to take
care Of il as he-made deed of all his
property in Paris to madame as prevent
i've Of accidents, and then bidding her the
most tender adieu sailed for Martinique,
via Bordeaux, in & brig which took out
cargo of claret and oil for the French isl
ands and New Orleans.
When Desruelies reached Martinique
and went TO st. Jean, he was simply struck
dumb TO find his cousin alive and well and
all the notarial papers he had received for
geries
There was nothing for him to do but 90
back again.
ne bIlA WIS 10 SAIL IN u lhy Tor New
Orleans, and Scipion determined to 20
thither in her, take the cars 10 New York.
and the steamer thence TO Havre, i'm order
TO get home again as speedily as possible.
He was burning to send the police in search
Of the rascals who had hoaxed him and
made him spend his money and suffer sea
sickness in wild goose chase. He was
armed with al the preliminary dispositions
and gfafpYupuf- D4oaggrry- "a, oman tho ,,ga
duplicates Of which were to be forwarded
by the authorities from Martinique.
Arrived in New Orleans, Scipion de
termined TO spend a day or two in the city
before taking the cars for New York. He
put up at a boarding house in the French
quarter, and devoted himself to sightseeing
with great assiduity.
While at breakfast the second morning
after his arrival he was warmly greeted by
stranger who took his hand and said, 81
am truly delighted to see you, Monsieur
Quenuneau! When did you arriveW
Scipion gently Informed the man that he
was not Quentineau but Scipion Des-
ruelles.
The stranger with Great violence said
that the dodge wouldn't 20 down therel
Next thing he'd want to repudiate that
bill Of SIPS he owed Marais & Hughes.
Scipion said he had only been in the city
day, had never seen the stranger before,
nor knew he who or what Marais & Hughes
were-consequently could not possibly owe
them or anybody else anything.
An hour later Scipion was arrested on
warrant taken out by Marais & Hughes,
liquor dealers in Canal street, against
Pierre Quentineau, an Ascending debtor.
Scipion Desruelles, alias Quentineau.
was cast into prison He found a lawyer,
and with great difficulty and at the cost of
half his money proved that he was not
Quentiueau, but Scipion Desruelles. a pas
senger aboard the brig Braganza, Of Bor.
deauN. But for the captain he would have
been convicted, for several witnesses swore
that he was Quentineau.
As soon as Scipion was released he went
70 the levee and embarked on a steamer
for Memphis, intending to make his way
thence by rail to New York
At Memphis he was INSTRUCTED. en-
ticed into a low groggery under the bluffs
and robbed Of every cent he had left
Scipion found his way TO the mayor of the
city, who promised TO write TO the French
consul at New Orleans about IL and to
send the police in search Of the thieves.
Scipion meantime wrote to Paris to mad
anne for a remittance, and went about in
search Of a situation. A cotton broker
gave him some correspondence with
Louisiana creole planters to look after, and
he was thus enabled to earn enough to eat.
but no answer nor remittance came from
madame and our poor exile could not
make money enough TO take him home. At
last he wrote to his cousin in Martinique
stating his circumstances, and received
shortly after in reply draft for $500
francs
Scipion Immediately bought himself some
clothes and necessaries, took the cars and
started for New York
Here while waiting for the sailing OF the
Havre steamer he was again arrested as
being Pierre Quentineau, a fugitive from
Justice and a bond forger
BY the merest good luck the cotton
broker In whose employ he had been in
Memphis happened TO be in the city, and
Scipion was able to establish an alibi. His
passport was stolen from him on the Mem
phis steamer, and he had to get another
one in New York, being thus delayed o
week
Finally, to his intense JOY, he was out
side Sandy Hook on his return voyage.
Arrived at Havre be was accosted on the
quay by a customs officer with 'Indeedl
Monsieur Quentineaui What have you to
declare at this timer
''Sacre bette de Quentineauw cried the
exasperated boutiquier. II am Scipion
Desruellcs, shop keeper. numero ~ bis rue
de Seine