Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-04-23
A RESTITUTION
A sroRY-.Y rnANooIs coPrEE.
CTransiatcd from French)
For The Sunday Gazette.

For The Sunday Gazette:
After the close of the parliamentary |
session tho Hon NJ. Graudsddot, deputy |
from Duck GurOnncs, takes the express
gratis, be- IL understood, with his pass
and goes 10 feel the pulse OF public opin- J
ion Ia his own little city.
Comfortably installed In corner Of the !
couch, Monsieur Grlndcadct uuiplds un
immense evening Journal a very thought !
ful ministerial Journal. set forth IN "a |
prose az heavy and lugubrious ais virtue
herself, and whose very typography has a
grave and puHmnic0l air. The Panama
episode insignificant, as We well know,
and exaggerated aO maleyOlaltly by the
enemies of the republics disdainfully
r1lcEted TO the third pagv, and all that
relates 10 IL set mp in small type and Is
almost illogiblo. Per contra, the columns
of the austcrc organ are burdcned with
foreign politics, with articles of palpitu-
ting interest, which begin in these terms:
Things are going ca the had iu Nruc-
moln. or. "C1n 10 be- that the day Of the
Triruupis ministry ARE numbcrrdF
To keep himself iu COuutpuuucc before
the gentleman with the white moustachcs
Of % retired colonel, who sits opposite him
and quietly reads Ia Cocarde, Monsieur
Gundcadct does not take his eyes on the
official sheet, but appears Ia feel pas
sionuto interest in the Hellenic crisis and
in the lntest dispatches from Caracas.
In reality. however. NJ. Grnndcadct has
been greatly shaken by late events. and
n dark mquictudc lives IN his soul
His name has not yet been uttered.
Good. lie has written or put his name
tl nothing. Capital But who can nn-
swor for Il as The time go, that some
compromising paper concerning him will
not be brought TO light one of these fine
dnysG For Va fine he, like his Comrudc.
the honorable man, has received his
grntuity. and has NOT thought be- was
doing any harm. Look az 10; | VIII let
you judge for youscf Tie had no opu-
ION of his own iu regard 10 The last call
for funds; hc was hcsimtug. 4 man of
considerable importance, q rich banker,
whom he frequently met Boo political cir
Giles. with whom he maintained the most
agreeable rclatious--plmoat friend
opened his eyes, showed him how apprO-
priatc-what shall ] sayG-how patriotic
it was 90 vote In favor of uttoraucc This
man, who knows tie polite world. who rs
"a perfect gentleman. proposes 20 him-oh,
IN terms OF the utmost lphcucy to assoc
ciate him with the financial operations
which are 30 naturally preparing iu con-
uccilun with this huge Affair." and assures
10 him, even pays him in advance. 10
quiet his Scuples, profit, not nm cnoI-
/ nous one bless YOU. but n wrctchcd
triile of 2jOOU francs. NOu need not
speak q wurl in protest! NOu would have
/ accepted yourself just as did NJ. Grand
| cadet
| know what you are going 10 say.
! And what about the subscrihcrsW Let
| ms reason together In case of success
/ they would have said nothing at all. be-
| cause they wuud have made am excellent
Investment They We're gamblers. aud
| that Is all there Is about II. Would Won
/ know my way of looking az az They
/ are OF no consequence Whatever the sub
U l.f.l "a. d.
| predicting That the famous canal would
/ never be upvucdF Why, already, several
| times, NE had realized profits trilcs-m
/ affairs of the same kind, which had had
/ more Cr less of success. Nobody had
/ complained.
Wen then, frankly, with his hand on
! his conscience be- rcprOaChcd himself for
4 nothing Aud shall we tell tho whole
/ truthy lle had mo- faith whatever On this
| explosion of public anger. II was cn-
/ uNy hcliiOns. II was easy 10 rocOg
/ uilc, behind all this rgady-made iudimn-
{ ton, a conspiracy Of the old parties. The
/ hand of the Count of Paris, aud of the
/ Bouangists. The president of the coun-
/ sci had told them 80 to their fuce An!
/ but, Fortunately hr, Gruudcuurl. had
/ been there 90 defend the jeOpurdized ra-
I public At The peril OF his lifc III won
please! Nou would scarcely have he
| leyed him capable of ~, with his round
] n
! hnros foot, and his mgin of rukiSh mo-.
! tary posing in readiness To- pierce "a hole
/ through the moon, But when the mus
! turd got mp into his nose Yes. had II
/ been absolutely necessary. he would have
1 offered himself 20 be slain on barricude.
] and would have cried, like the heroic
/ Baudit Come and spe how a man clp
diefor 10000 francsw
Aud yet, In spite of an this clear rea-
/ sOnius, the honorable DEPUTY from Deny
I GarrOncS was not happy
y might as well Try to rest a little" he
I said 20 himself.
He pulled his travelling cap well down
! over his bald pate, drew his rug about his
legs, stretched himself out on the sent
/ and soon was sleeping Profoundly.
! But then hn had a nightmare. Was
/ he oppressed Wy reinOrsei For NV part
! / should be reader to believe that be
had done wrong 20 eat jagged hare, In
! ton. lie should have been more cam
tious. Tho hare was not "a success with
him. "
Ills dreams were absurd.
lie saw himself first. returning To his
own houSe Opening his strong-box. per-
/ ceiying that he had been gobhrd ana
that IN place Of the biz green Aioro "o
| pOckeibook In which he kept I'm iis no'
] pers, there was nothing hut nu old oydoi
en- stocking absolutely empty. NeN, ~
] was sulleulH transported 10 the rhnnlhar
( OF deputies but he was alone on his sest
/ ia che empty hall which was barily
lighted by the faint twilight. All tbs
! desks were smut an the doors were closed
| There WIS no trace of a human l.,i,',
lelt, except Rn enormous. hiqh hat s
| large as q garden reservoir. siandin@ an
the presidents desk Grandeade.t 0,as
looking stupidity az II. wher, the mon.
ssroas head covering exploded and began
ltf, g's $500 aNssh en ienhnGable quantity OF
! NIUE Squ"les OF WhiIe pepper aud on then