The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1891-04-23

near me, and proud, also, that the
impression had made on her was far
from being unfavorable.
"All the time dancing and much in
love, had not remarked that the
circle was formed in front of me. |
noticed the whispering, but absorbed
entirely with my partner, Igave it little
attention.
"'Wait! Where is papa?" asked
Claire all at once. s1-s
Your father, mademoiselle; shall
we look for him? a..... -
"'If you please, sir; however, you
will easily recognize lam; it was he
with whom you spoke when you lost
something from your pocket
"At that moment all the doors OF
the salon where we were closed rs if
by magic, and a man with scarf
around Lis waist entered. The elderly
gentleman, the father of Claire, ac--
companied him, and pointed me out
to him.
"'Yes, it is thief, officer" said he,
20 little while ago | saw diamond
tumble from his pocket. Fearing to
have a misfortune happen to one of
the guests, friend of the house, my
first thought was to prevent it, which
/ did. He took it, and Immediately,
with feeble gesture, put it in his
pocket, but not so quickly but that !
recognized it as II diamond
belonging to my wife. | said moth
ing but | went Immediately to look
for my wife The diamond was hers.
| saw the hostess. She did not know
the gentleman. / asked other people
who he was. No one could giveme his
name
"FThe officer touched me on the
shoulder. Follow me, said he.
~ would have explained.
"'It is useless, sir; you can explain
at the station
"But-'
"Follow me- said he.
'Then my anger mastered me. ]
disengaged myself
"'Will you let me alOne?'
"Ah! o rebellion now! You aggra=
vate your case, my friend
"The officer made q sign and three
large men, his assistants, sprang upon
me and took me, without my being
able to resist.
Before passing through the door,
then, | turned myself and my last
look was for Claire.
"WOmen have an instinct which de-
fes all the perspicuity of the police
She must have understood, dear child,
all the encouragement and sadness
had in that look. She had for me an
inclination of the head and smile, in
which l could read this phrase as
clearly as if she had pronounced it.:
Go, courage; | am sure that you are
great and honest Ipassed the night
at the station, maltreated by the Of
fcer, insQlted by his assistants, and
confounded with thieves of the worst
kind.
''The next day all was explained
naturally, They had obtained my
release. But we are so constituted in
France that we often cOnfOund the in
nocent with the guilty.
"When presented myself at the Of
flee Mr.. Durand made q fine speech,
which terminated thus: See, my
friend, your presence at the office will
now have disastrous effect on the
cllents,' I fear you have said Mr..
Durand was very strict, | bowed and
abandoned the notary, but l was
without fortune at this time, and I
had great need of obtaining employ
ment.
~ had learned the name of CLAIRE
father, my accuser, a rich banker oil
DrouOt Street. | went to find him
and explain to him the situation.
"'Sir,' said l, you have made me
lose my situation. | shall not blame
you on condition that you help me to
find another"
every just, said he. How much
did you get at Mr.. Durand's?'
""Six hundred dollars | answered.
":Then will give you 81 ,OOO,' said
he.
'That evening at the table the bank
er, my patron now, related in his fam
lily how his personal administration
had enriched him by new recruit.
"He had feared that he had been
very generous in Offering me 81 900,
and l had feared with him that the
reparatlOn was more IMAM enough,
but it seems that Miss Claire was not
pleased with the idea. She would
have given me more, would you not,
my wife," And Henry Marbel arose.
went around the table. and embraced
our hostess.
"'Ibeg your pardon, said he, speak
ing to us, for this conjugal effusion;
but it IS the custom at our house;
every time tell that story kiss my
wife-and this is why | arrange for
telling it as often as possible. From
the French.