Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1894-07-14
HUNTING A LEGACY.

The i7th Of June, 1856, was an impor-
tant day for Henriette Bardonnel. milli-
neE et Rouen.
She was seated at about 10 In the moeh
ing in front of her window, which faced
ON the Rue des Charrettes, busy shaping
and trimming a superb bonnet when Nine
Dufresnes, her employer, opened the door
suddenly, and nourishing q paper burst
into the room.
"Henriettel Henriottsl Haven't you
read ~ Don't you knowf" shouted she
out Of breath. Look, seef'
And she thrust che paper-The Petit
Rouennaie-underh her eyes, pointing out
a notice on the fourth page as follows;
Mme. Henriette Emilienne Bardonnei, daugh-
ter OF Pierre Auguste Bardonnel, late plano
tuner Rus do Grand Pont, at Rousn, is request
ed te send her Address 20 NJ Thiebault. law
yer, 90 Place du vieux- -Marche, Havre property.
"You must write the lawyer at once
my dear-at once"
"Yes, / am going To. of course, Nine
Dufresnes, right of, said Henriette.
The following evening. In reply 10 hor
letter, Mile Bardonnel reoeived wcrd from
NJ Thiebault asking her TO come at once
30 his Office.
To pay current expenses a check for 90
francs was inolosed. Decidedly things
were looking well, and Mme- Dufresnes re-
marked upon 1t.
"You were born with . silver spoon In
your mouth, my dear. / have always said
80. And M. Leonce-he, too, Is very hap
py, is he notf Is he going with you to
Havref''
M Leonce, or Leonoo Lecarpentier, was
the son of linen draper on the Quai aux
NG IT,. nhnlg ssa(D
blond and hearty but as gentle and timid
as a lamb.
Employed In his fathers shop, for papa
Lccarpentier 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 mil.
liner A bracelet or . gown ON her birth
day or ut New Years, a few picnics on
Sundays during tho summer and 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 drloe was In the second
story OF an old. dilApidated structure nc
the end of courtyard.
NJ. Thiebault q thin little man. with
bent figure, sharp eyes under his large
copper trimmed spectacles and black vel
vet cap on his head, motioned TO tho young
girl to take seat on his left opposite the
window.
mile. Bardonnel. suppose'"
"Yes, SIR"
"You have taken care to bring your Ger
tificate of birth, as / suggestedP
"Here IL Ia, SIR"
The lawyer unfoided be paper and care
fully read the statement
"Pierro Auguste Bardonnel-so far SO
good. Correctl Your father left France
about 1866, did he not. missi"
"Yes, sir. was then 8 years old. We
were going TO meet hun In New York.
Ny mother has often told me the story.
He wrote us three or four times, rs nearly
as can remember. Butwe never received
any further news from him-nevcr. My
mother has been dead six years, and
have no living relation except "a cousin mt
Elbeuf"
"Your father, miss, died Oh Jan. 92,
1879, in South America, leaving fortune
valued at l20, 900 piasters, or 900, 600
francs, Of which you are the sole heir. %
enter into the possession of the whole of
this fortune 10 will be necessary for you
20 go there In person In order that you
may SEQ my colleague, M Guastella, who
IL the executor"
go way down therc' But monsieur,
p
1--WE shall advance the necessary amount
Have no fear on that score"
"And when must startt'
Let us see-tbe Eurydice-the Meuse
Friday Saturday. All, here IL is--the
Iberie, for Buenos Ayres. You will sail
next Monday That's rather soon. You
have Just timo 20 get back to Rouen and
make your preparations. l shall expect
without fail"
Twenty five days after Henriette bar
donnel, fortified with NJ. Thiebault's in
structions and suggestions. and with the
address Of M Guastella, Anibal Guastel-
la, abogado, l62 Bolivar street, In her
pocket, landed at Buenos Ayres, and re-
paired, with her trunk, Co the hotel, 30 fa-
vorably named De la Bonnie Soupe.
Within an hour after Henriette's arriv-
al and before she had finished her dinner
all her neigbbors at the table, as well as
the proprietor and three servants, who
spoke French, were already informed Of
the motive and tho object Of her journey.
One Of her neighbors the one on tho
right, was an elegant and seductive Span
ish gentleman Of 80 years, who murdered
French dreadfully. He answered to the
name of Manoel Alvarez and lived at
Montevideo, where he WINS In the cattle
business.
Like gallant hida.go, he offered to aid
Henriette In her search. II she needed him