Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1894-10-17


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''Be sure you let no one see that and be
very certain that you get the right
things" He walked with her as far as
the corner of the Rue de Lille. "You are
not angry with mes" he asked her before
they parted.
II would do anything for you," she
whispered, and then he kissed her good
night.
She got the chemicals when the pro-
prietor was out and tied them up neatly,
as was her habit, afterward concealing
them in the little basket in which she car
ried her lunch. The proprietor was sharp
eyed old lynx, who looked well after his
shop and his pretty little assistant.
''Who has been getting so much chlorate
of potashS" he asked, taking down the jar
and looking sharply at her.
The girl trembled
1T Is all right, she said. Here is the
money in the till"
''Of course" he said. II did not expect
you to give it away for nothing. Who
bought it?"
"An old man." replied the girl trem-
bling still, but the proprietor did not no.
tice that-he was counting the money and
found 1t right.
II was wondering what he wanted with
SO much Of it. If he comes again, look
sharply at him and be able to describe him
to me. 1t seems suspicious" Why it
seemed suspicious Lurine did not know,
but she passed an anxious time until she
took her basket in her hand and went to
meet her lover at the corner of the Rue des
Pyramides. His first question was:
Have you brought me the things?"
"Yes" she answered "Will you take
them here now"
Not here, not here" he replied hur
riedly and then asked anxiously, did
any one see you take them"
mo, but the proprietor knows OF tho
large package, for he counted the money.
What money!" asked Jean.
Why the money for the things You
didn't think was going to steal them,
did you'''
The young man laughed and drew her
into a quiet corner Of the garden Of the
Tuileries.
II will not have time to go with you to
the Rue de Lille tonight" he said.
But you will come as usual tomorrow
night" she asked anxiously
Certainly, certainly" he replied as he
rapidly concealed the packages in his peck
cts.
The next night the girl waited patiently
for her lover at the corner where they were
in the habit of meeting, but he did not
come She stood under the glazing light
of lamppost SO that he would recognize
her at once. Many people accosted her as
she stood there, but she answered none
looking straight before her with clear hon
est eyes, and they passed on after mo-
ment's hesitation. At last she saw man
running rapidly down the street, and as he
passed brilliantly lighted window she
recognized Jean. He came quickly toward
her.
Here I am" she cried, running for
ward. She caught him by the arm, say
ing, "Oh, Jean, what is the NATTER"
He shook her rudely and shouted at her:
LET me 60, you fool!'
But she chung to him until he raised his
fist and struck her squarely in the face
Jean ran on. A stalwart man who had
spoken to Lurine few moments before,
and, not understanding her silence had
stood In doorway near, watching her,
sprang out when he saw the assault and
thrust his stick between the feet Of the fly
ing man, finging him face forward on
the pavement. The next instant he placed
his foot between his shoulders, holding
him down as if he were snake.
"You villainP' he cried "Strike wo
man, would youT'
Jean lay there as If stunned, and two
gendarmes came pantingly upon the scene.
''This scoundrel, said the man, has
just assaulted woman. saw him."
''He has done more than that, said one
of the officers grimly, as If, after all, the
striking Of woman was but a trivial
affair.
They secured the young man and drag
ged him with them. The girl came up to
them and said falteringly:
1T is all mistake. It was an accident.
He didn't mean to do it.
ooh, he didn't! And pray how do you
know" asked one of the officers.
You little devil, said Jean to the girl
fault"
The officers hurried him off.
II think" said one, "that we should
have arrested the girl. You heard what
she saidP"
EYES," said the other, 'but we have
enough on our hands now If the crowd
finds out who he is
Lurine thought of following them, but
she was SO stunned by the words that her
lover had said to her rather than by the
blow he had given her, that she turned her
steps sadly toward the Point Royal and
went to her room.
The next morning she did not 60
: through the gardens as usual to her work,
and when she entered the Pharmacie do
Siam the proprietor cried out: Here she
is, tho vixen! Who would have thought
it of herr You wretch, you stole my drugs
to give to that villain!"
81 did not, !" said Lurine stoutly II put
the money in the till for them"
''Hear her! She confesses'' said the
proprietor.
The two concealed officers stepped for
ward and arrested her where she stood as
the accomplice Of Jean Duret, who the
night before had flung bomb in the
crowded Avenue de pOpera.
Even the prejudiced French judges saw
that the girl was innocent of all evil in
tent and was but the victim of the scoun-
drel who passed by the name of Jean Duret.
He was sentenced for life. She was set
free. He had tried to place the blame on
her, like the craven he was, to shield an.
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