Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-03-21
THE MAN WHO WASL0ST.


but no children.
lie was a small tradcsman. aud his wife
n large. coarse looking woman, quite chpA-
bic Of taking c,rc Of shop and sciplon,
soipion's past life had been singuiariy
uncyentful
one single circumstance had RULED u,
and that he used often 10 relate to hls Cos
,lp. 10 proof that hero was spoiled IN
the making when Scipion became shop
keeper.
one night. ten years before the time Of
his introduction 10 the reader, Scipion hal
gone 20 the theatre, and after the perform
sncc had taken madame 20 n restaurant
aud treated her 10 a little supper. Return.
ing home, after he was In bed sclpion heard
u nois- In the shop. lie armed himself
with boO4jack. went down and. with tho
assistance Of tho hastily summoned police,
captured burglar.
Tho man. who said he was M Italian
NAMED vedova, disclaimed earnestly all
frlonlous intentions. but could give no
good account q himself sciplon prose.
suted him vigorously and he was con.
victcd aud srnt 10 Br'st.
Two years later scipon met vedova In
cafe snd had him arrested as an escaped
eonybt
In the early part Of is5e sclpion received
Official notification from Martinique that
bachelor cousin Of his on the island. whose
name WINS Pache. was dead and had LEFT
him heir 10 all his property. which was
largu, and included valuable sugar
plantation. D,srucllcs was further In.
formed by the notary ut -, Jean that II
would be necessary for him 10 come out In
person aud administer on the estate Ia or
der to save himself great loss and inoon.
soniencs and many delays.
The bourgeois VI Paris IL not n travelling
character, but neither l. be willing to lose
money II he can help ". Scipion bought
himself a trunk, committed tho little bon.
rquo 10 tho Rue de Seine 20 madamoa
ehargr-she was quite "a competent 10 take
care Of IL a. he--msle deed Of all his
property In Paris Ia madame rs prevent
I've Of accidents, and then bidding her tho
most tender adicu sailed for Martinique.
via Bordeaux, In n brig which took out q
cargo Of ciArrt and oil for the French lsl
ands aud New ORLEANS.
When Dc-ruslie. reached Martinique
and went 20 ~. Jean. he was simply struck
dumb 10 llnd bis cousin alive and well and
all the notarlal papers he bad received for
gcricsi
Thcrc was nothing foe him to do but 10
back again.
Tho brig was TO sail In day for New
Orleans, and Scipion determined 10 10
thithcr In her. take tho EARS to New York.
and the steamer thsnco 10 Rsvrc. In order
10 get home again as speedily as possible.
He was burningto send the police in search
Of tho rascals who had hosSci him and
made him spend his money and suffer sea'
sickness In wild goose chase ilo was
armed with an the preliminary depo-tlons
and statements necessary to open the ease.
duplicates OF which were 90 be forwarded
by tho authorities from Martinique.
Arrived In New orleans, Sciplon de
terinined TO spend day or two In the city
before taking the ears for New York. He
put up at n boarding house In the French
qtbtcr. and devoted himself 10 Al ghtsosing
with great assiduity.
while at breakfast the second morning
siler his arrival he WIS warmly greeted by
Astrangcr who took hls hand and said. II
sm truly delighted To scc you, Monsieur
Quentincaui When did you hrriyep
Scipion gently Informed the man that no
~as not ouontineau. but seipion Dcs'
ruellcs.
that the dodge wouldn't 80 down thrrrl
bill Of t725 he owed Marnls & Hughes.
scipion said he had oniy been Ia the cit y
n day, had never seen the stranger before,
nor knew he who or what Marsis & Hughes
were--oonsequontly could not possibly owe
them or any body else anything.
An hour later Scipion was arrested on n
warrant taken out by Msrals q Hughes.
liquor dealers In Canal street, against
Pierre Quentinoau, an ab.condlng debtor,
sciplon Desrueiles. alias Quontlncau.
was east Into prison. lie found q lawyer.
and with great difficulty and at the cost Of
half his money proved that no was not
Quentineau, but selplon Dcsruelles, q pas
sengcr aboard the brig Braganza. Of Bor-
dsaux. But for the captain he would have
b-on convicted, for several witnesses swore
that he was Quentineau.
A. soon ~ Solpion was released he went
" tho levoc and embarked ON n steamer
for Memphis, intending TO make his way
thenoo BY raj to Now York.
Al Memphis he was mlsdlrctod. en-
ticed into low groggcry under the bluiis
and robbed " every cent he had left,
Sciplon found his way 90 the mayor Of tho
city, who promised To wrltr TO the French
consul at New Orleans about IL and 10
s.nd the police In search OF the thieves.
soiplon meantime wrotn to Paris to mad.
ssne for remittance. aud went about In
search OF a situation. A cotton broker
gave him some correspondence with
Louisiana creole planters TO look after, and
be wss thus enabled 10 earn enough 10 eat,
but no answer nor remittance came from
madame, aud our poor exile could not
make money enough 10 take him home At
last he wruta IN hl, cousin In Martinique
stating his circumstances, and received
shortly after Ia reply draft for a,5OC
francs.
sciplon Immediately bought himselfsome
clothes and necessaries, took the cars aud
started for New York.
Here while waiting for the sailing Of th,
ITavre steamer ho wa again arrested "A,
being Pierre Quentneau, q fugitive from
justice and bond forgcr,
by the merest good luck the oottot
broker In Whose employ lac had been IL
Memphis happened 10 be In the city, ant
seinlon was able To establish an nlibl. Hi
passport WIS stolen from him On the Mem
phls steamer. and be had TO get another
one in New York, being thus delayed 1
week
Finally, to his Intense Joy. he was out
side sandy Hook on his return voyage.
Arrived at Hayro he was Accostsd on th,
quay BY a customs officer with Indeed
Monsieur Qnentineaul What have you Il
declare at this timer
''ssacre bets de Quentlncau" cried tn
sxaspcrated boutiquier. II am Solpiol
Desruelles, shop keeper, numero 20 bis ru
Is Seluen
"rhen, sir, you must be detained, - sal
the officer.
while he WIS waiting In the custom
olhne a man came behind him, slippe