St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-01-05


nomination for the Quebec provincial
| parliament from Terrebonne, but could
not get elected. as he had 10 money,
| and Edouard Musson, who would OBJ
pose him, had plenty. With the beney-
olence which good champagne and ter
| rapin produce Guiilemot said: Get the
nomination and run. You can beat
| Musson. He is rich, and the people
would sooner have you. | will spend
S25, coo for you. and if l do that Musson
will have to spend SIS. GOO to beat YOU"
will you spend S25,000?"
81 will"
So Chapleau announced his candi-
dacy.
Feats That Made Kim.
Rich Musson laughed. He knew the
| people liked his rival, but he also knew
| that they would regard it as sacred
| duty to put such preferences aside and
| look at the matter from a purely
| financial standpoint-and he had the
| dollars. Great was the astonishment OF
Musson, therefore, when Chapleau de-
| fed him to his face, saying: Il will beat
you, for ! will spend S25,J00, and 1t VIII
| then cost YOU $751; COO to win, and that is
| too much for YOU"
There was scurrying about the streets
| of Terrebonne that night, and also
about Montreal. and hasty inquiries
| were made at the houses of the prlncl-
| pal bankers.
Yes, it was true. Guillemot really
| did have S25, 200 in the Bank OF Mont
| real. Indeed, he had S64, 900"
MuSSon heard the news in The morn
ing and fled the field, leaving Chapleau
in undisputed possession. SO his cleo
ton cost Guillemot nothing.
Such feats as these made GuillemOt
notable and gained him many friends,
whose existence was frequently made
joyous by meetings with him and pot1-
tons long and deep.
This lasted fifteen years.
Poverty Brought Reformation.
Then Charles awoke to very great
change. He found he was married to Il
pretty young French woman. They
were living in Blocker street, in two
rooms on the top floor of tumble-down
house. His pockets that used to over
flow with money were empty. his
banker would give him no more. His
tailor was pursuing him. His friends
| cloths were shabby. He bad no more
wine. He had not even enough food.
| He had nothing, and the rooms were
| cold. And his hand trembled, and his
| head ached, and he wanted brandy, and
no one would give it to him. No one
would trust him-Charles Guhlemot,
| who had made Canadian cabinet minis
| ters in his day-for half pint OF
| brandy. 1t was all very strange and
| very miserable. The easy way was to
solve the riddle with pistol or a razor
or rope. But, then, here was the lit
| tie woman who had somehow become
mixed up in his life. No, the pistol
would only solve half the riddle, and its
solution was stupid aud Daltry.
So Charles did not pistol himself. He
waited till his head got clearer and then
looked for work. Naturally he became
bartender, for he had had fifteen
years. training for the business. When
he had had time to get all the cham
payne out of his head he took good
look at his wife and found her charm
ing. and he sWore off drinking.
He Kept His Oath.
All this happened five years ago, and
the oath has not yet been broken.
Charles Guillemot lives at 1913 West
Tenth street with his wife now. and
they are comfortable. though compare
lively poor. GuillemOt teaches French
for livelihood.
ton to find out how he came to spend
$50, 200 in fifteen years, and the result
of this investigation is a suit by him
against Lawyer B. g. Wetmore, of
Nassau street, son of the executor of
John Rowland, who had left the $50, COO
to GuillemOt.
R.C.Wetmore purchased from Charles
for $1,000 his interest in the estate of
Mrs. Adele de Serze Rowland. This
was five years ago. The estate amounts
| to about $4,000, and 1t is to be equally
| divided at her death between Charles
and two Others.
In his petition to Judge Andrews,
made in the supreme court the other
day, Charles claimed that he had been
| drunk for fifteen years previous to 1885,
and that when he sold out his interest
| to Mr. Wetmore he did not know what
| he paid CharleSS full value for his inter-
| est in Mrs. Howland'S estate, as she
may live for many years yet. Lawyer
| Edward Gerhard is counsel for GIille-
mot and Lawyer j. ii. Dougherty APP
| pears for Mr.. Wetmore.
| Here are some extracts from Guile
mot'S petition:
Deponent says that for many years,
| commencing about the year 1870, and
up to and including the year 1885, he
was a habitual drunkard, unfit and in
| capable of doing business of any kind,
| and during the said years squandered,
| disposed of and dissipated money and
| property to the extent of nearly $4,000,
| which had come to him from the estate
and under the will of said John How
| land.
Deponent says that during said years,
Il " ho I,Ax
mentioned, but the particular time he
| is unable with greater accuracy to state,
| this deponent was induced to execute
an assignment or other instrument pur-
porting to convey or assign to Benjamin
| G. Wetmore, the defendant and son of
the said executor mentioned in said
will, all deponent's right, title and in
tereSt in a certain tCuSt fund created
under the fourth clause of the said will.
said fund to be distributed on the death
of said beneficiary. for life, to and
among the three children of said John
| Rowland as therein provided, and that
| this deponent is one OF the three chill
| dren therein named.
Deponent says that he is Informed
| and believes the said fund so created as
| aforesaid and invested for the benefit
of Marie Adele de Serze Rowland dur
ing her lifetime and to be distributed at
her death, aggregated at the time of
certain accounting made to the surro-
| gate of the county of New York, on or
about the month of May. 1873. to the
sum of $4S. SASS. and still remains so.
invested by the executors or trustees.
Deponent says he was induced to sign
| the said contract or assignment herein
before mentioned at time when, by
reason of the facts herein stated, he was
incapable of knowing the effect of his
SAID action. ana that the sum or sums
of money paid or alleged to have been
paid to him for said assignment were
grossly inadequate and in violation of
his said rights, greatly 10 Opponents
disadvantage, and that deponent was
grevously imposed on by the defend
ant. who profited by and in whose favor
the said assignment was made.
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