The weekly picket. (Canton, Miss.) 1894-19??, 1894-09-21

EIlE% She wa
seated at about ten in the morning II
front Of her window, which faced OF
the Rue des Charrettes, busy shaping
and trimming superb bonnet, wher
Mime. Dufresnes, her employer, opened
the door suddenly and, fourishing
paper, burst into the room. FRI
"Henriette! Henriette! Haven'tyol
read it? Don't you know" shouted
she, out of breath Look, see!"
And she thrust the paper-the Petf'
Rouennaie-under her eyes, POINTING
out notice on the fourth page az "
lows:
mime. Henriette Emilienne
donnel, daughter of Pierre Augus.e
Bardonnel, late piano tuner Rue de
Grand Pont. at Rouen, is requested to
send her address to NJ. Thiebault, law
yer, So Place du eux-Marche, Havre
property"
"You must write the lawyer at once,
my dear-at once"
"Yes, l am going to, of course,
Nine. Dufresnes, right off," said Hen
riette.
The following evening, in reply to
her letter, Mile Bardonnel received
word from NJ THE bault asking her to
come at once to his Office.
To pay current expenses check for
fifty francs was inclosed. Decidedly
things were looking well, and Nine.
Dufresnes remarked upon it.
You were born with silver spoon
in your mouth, my dear. have always
said SO. And NJ. Leonce-he, too, is
very happy, is he not? Is he going with
you to Havre?'
NJ. Leonce, or Leonce Lecarpentier,
was the son of linen draper in the
Quai aux Meules, promising young
bachelor of twenty-eight, blonde and
hearty, but as gentle and timid as
lamb.
Employed in his fathers shop, for
Papa Lecarpentier did not believe any
more than was necessary in throwing
his money into the gutter, Leonce
could only indulge rarely his passion
for the pretty little milliner. A brace
let or gown on her birthday or at
New Years, a few picnics on Sundays
-.a'Aziases sSsxe sdmmer'and a few parties
occasionally, and that was all.
Restrained, however, by paternal
and business exigencies, Leonce had to
let Henrietta take the journey alone
from Rouen to Havre.
The lawyers office was in the second
story of an old, dilapidated structure
at the end of a courtyard.
Y Thiebault, thin little man, with
bent figure, sharp eyes under his large
copper-rimmed spectacles and black
velvet cap on his head, motioned to
the young girl to take seat on his |
left opposite the window.
Mile. Bardonnel, suppose?"
Eyes, Sir"
"You have taken care to bring your
certificate of birth, as l suggested?'
Here it is, SIR"
The lawyer unfolded the paper and
read the statement.
Pierre Auguste Bardonnel-so far
SO good. Correct! Your father left
France about 1866, did he not, miss?"
Eyes, sir. l was then five years old.
We were going to meet him in New
York. My mother has often told me
the story. He wrote us three or four
times, as nearly as 1 can remember.
But we never received any further
news from him-never. My mother
has been dead six years, and have no
living relation except a cousin at Ell
beuf"
Your father, miss, died on January
b., 1879, in South America, leaving a
fortune valued at one hundred and
twenty Thousand piasters, or six
aundred Thousand francs, of which
you are the sole heir. To enter into
she possession of the whole of this
fortune it will be necessary for you to
20 there in person in order that you
may see my colleague, NJ. Guastella,
Who is the executor"
go way down there. But, mon
ieur. r.
I'VE shall advance the necessary
Imount. Have no fear on that score"
''And when must / start?'
Let US see-the Eurydice-the
Saturday. All, here it
s-the Iberie, for Buenos Ayres. You
will sail next Monday. That's rather
DON. You have just time to get back ,
o Rouen and make your preparations. ..
shall expect you then, mademoiselle,
n Monday next without fail"
twenty-five days after Henrietta
fortified with NJ. THE /
ault's instructions and suggestions, /
nd with the address of NJ Guastella, t
.nibal Gusstella, abogado, 1872 Bolivar +
treet. III her pocket, landed at Buenos S
yres, and repaired, with her trunk.
, the hotel, so favorably named De la +
onne Soupe. a
Within an hour after Henriette's ar v
val, and before she had finished her
inner all her neighbors at the table, C
J well as the proprietor and three
.rvants, who spoke French, were al {
,ady informed of the motive and the e
1iect of their journey. f
One of her neighbors, the one on the
ght, was an elegant and seductive il
,anish gentleman of thirty years, d
no murdered French dreadfully. He o.
,swered to the name of Mauoel Al 81
lrez, and lived at Montevideo, where
J eas in the cattle business. c;