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The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1894-03-10
"A Glorious Sunset"

Red Wing, MIMI. March 5. - Peter
Lippert, ST., for forty years q resident OF
Gcodhue county, was found dead kneel-
ing ut his bedside at the home of his
son in Belvidere. He was seventy-nine
years old and mad not been ill a day in
his life.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1894-03-10

Two famous Partisan prisons will
shortly be demolished. They are the
nc quette, near Pere Le,haise cemetery,
in which Vaill3nt, the anarchist, was
recently Executed, a: d the Prison Ste.
Pclagic, with its sorrowful souvenirs
Of the Reign of Terror.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1894-03-10

There is a general vail of regret
that one anarchist has been blown to
inhnitessimnl fragments by his own
bomb. The regret Is that he was not
in q gang Of his own kind when his
rttard went off.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1894-03-10

In oldcn times the mayor Of Leices-
ter. England, was chosen by q low.
The candidates sat In a semi-circle,
each holding his hat full Of beans In his
lap, and he was selected mayor from
whose hat the SOW ate first.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1894-03-10

The Century club of San Francisco.
composed of women. entertained Miss
Harriet Hosmer. the sculptor, at q re-
ception recently. The same club also
entertained Princess Jeanne Sarabji
Of Poonah, India, who passed through
San Francisco the other day on her
way home. The Princess gave an in.
formal, but interesting talk.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1894-03-10

A member of the famous Hancock
family has won the proud distinction
of being beaten by about the largest
majt rity ever cast against q candidate
In u single state in this country.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1894-03-10
Hud the Jin,s.

St. Louis, March 5.-H. G. Lord of
Boston, who disappeared from Hurst's
hotel last Thursday, has turned up at
the city hospital, where. he is suffering
from delirium tremens. Lord is travelling
for the Magnetic Shoe company.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1894-03-10
Mrs. johnson Get. $500.

Mortified, Mimi. March 5.-The suit
against the city for. damages by Mrs,
l.. G. johnson, who fell into an cxcava-
ton last June, has been settled, the city
paying $500.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1894-03-10
Frank sturgi. Get. Five Yenr..

Oshkosh, Wis. March S. Frank
Sturgess, arrested a week ago for the at
tempted shooting of his brother neal
Ncenah. pleaded guilty in the circuit
court this morning and was sentenced to
five years in states prison.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1894-03-10

The Barking sewage ontfall works
at London consist Of ,1G settling tanks,
which hold 2O,OOO,OOO gallons sewage
snl cost over 100000.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1894-03-10
Death Of an Ex-Mayor.

Faribault, MIMI, March Sword has
been received here from Denver of the
| death of Hon. s. r. Croker, a promi-
nent business man and ex-mayor of Fari-
bault. He died of consumption.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1894-03-10
JuIGe Hoyt..De1M;

St. Louis, March Ga special to the
Republic from Atlanta, Ga,,s says Judge
Samuel b. Hoyt, wh0:;f during the. war,
was q commissioner of the Confederate
states, died last evening. n He was Il
cousin of ex-Gov. Hoyt If Pennsylvania
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1894-03-10

When the eyes are Illuminated from
behind by u glow LAMP in the mouth,
the pupils seem. as blood red apertures,
do not contract.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1894-03-10
Ended His Life.

Edgely, N. D., March 5.-Laura Teas
committed suicide. She was formerly in
the Minnesota insane asylum.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1894-03-10
et,Iis'Nuinnnce,

Sioux Falls, s. Rs,;.sfafa 0.-lk,tae-
gram from, Pfefre ~annepaa&es that the
supreme court .hasaA&versed the decision
Of Judge Aitken, declaring the Sioux
Falls brewery nuisance tfRlef.s the pro-
hibitory law and ordering it's destruction.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1894-03-10

Cur western cavalrymen are keep
ing up their reputation for hard riding.
The third cavalry Travelled in all 49,
600 miles last year, chiefly scouting on
the western border, and one troop Of
the regiment, G, troop, covered as high
rs eighty-fve miles In one day, the long
est days march made in 1893 by any
soldier Of the United States army.
Last years record, seventy-eight miles
was achieved by the same smart COM
pany in the Cara campaign in south
The Rev. DR.. George Dana Board
man has made known to his friends
his intentions to resign the pastorate
Of the First Baptist church in Ph,la-
delphia. to take effect In May next,
when he will complete his thirtieth
year with 1t. He says that he prefers
to lay down the responsibilities Of
his pastorate while. he is in tho vigot
of manhood and everything is harncni.
Gus and delightful In the church rather
than remain until tho fe ,blencfs Of
age compels his formal withdrawal.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1894-03-10

Wheat Buyer Dead.
Hcnning, MIMI, March 5.-H. S. Wolf,
wheat buyer, is dead.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1894-03-10
PITH OF THE NEWS.
EVENTS OF THE PAST WEEK IN
4 CONDENSED FORM.

The Latest and Most Important News
Of the World. Cuiled From the
Telegraph Reports OF the Press
Associations.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1894-03-10
in Ozark, Ark. for enlbezzlement Of
funds from the Fort Smith road.

funds from the Fort Smith road.
The motion for 4 new trial in the
Il 49, Of Haley. convicted of murder,
was ovcrrulcd and he was sentenced at
Anamoso, Iowa, to life imprisonment.
The shortage of William H. Headley
of Lexington, KY. who is accused of
duplicating warehouse receipts, has
been increased to 100000.
William H. Headly, Of Lexington,
KY, distiller, confesses to forging ware
house receipts. He has gone to Next
co.
Body snatchers were frightened away
while pulling the corpse of William
Howard, the indianapolis footpad,
through the morgue window.
Fred Beck committed suicide at
Cleveland by cutting his throat, sever
ing the arteries of his wrist, taking poi.
son and hanging himself.
Mrs, Anderson, of Mountain Home,
Ark, u her husband and tw" 9TH
ers of the robbery and murder Of Jas.
per Newton.
Mark Obcnchain was arrested Mt In.
dustry, ILL.,. and taken to Bloomington
on a charge Of forgery. He is the son
of the Rev. Mr.. O%benchain. the pilgrim
preacher, now In Europe.
The wife and child Of IL New Jersey
farmer are murdered by two negro
burglars, who are killed by the farmer
after IL p%rotracted and desperate strug'
gle.
Charles Salyards. who was sentenced
to be hanged in Carlisle. Pa, for the
murder of Policeman Martin. attempt
ed to commit suicide by taking a mix
ture of match heads and vinegar. There
is little hope of his recovery.
Four negroes, Ike Taylor, Yancy
Hawkins, Tom Tinsley and Abe Wash
ington, confessed %lynchers,. were SEN
fenced at Star City, Ark, the first two
to five ycars,each and the latter pair to
one year each in the ~penitentiary.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1894-03-10
Foreign Gossip.

The czar may visit Emperor William
of Germany.
The strike Of English coal miners i'll
volved IL loss Of $5O,UOO.OOO
Mr.. Gladstone is reported to have
resigned the British premiership, to
be succeeded 10y Earl Spencer.
The war between Nicaragua and Hon
duras ends, the former being victor
ions.
British officers aud sailors are de-
fcated in a fight with slave dealers on
the west coast Of Africa, several OF
them being killed.
A dispatch from Rio Janeiro says it
is reported that the government dyna-
mite cruiser Nictheroy, coming from
Bahia, has landed 500 men at Cabo
Frio, seventy-ive miles northeast of
Rio. Other vessels of Piexoto's fleet
are on the way south, and important
developments are expected at any time.
The prospects of a duel between Mr..
Audinet Gilbert of New York and Sen
or Don Manuel del Pillar de Santa Ma
ria of Paris are NOW bad. One of the
principals is, suffering from influenza,
one of the secondssdeparted for Lon
don, saying he was tired OF the whole
affair, which, he added, was making no
progress.
Bellamy & Co.'s granaries on the
King and Queen steam-shipping wharf,
Rotherhitle street, London were des.
troyed by fire recently. The contiagra-
ton lasted throughout the day. Five
large blocks chiefly filled with flour,
were destroyed. The loss is 100000
pounds.
Henry Yates Thompson, formerly
owner Of the Pail Mall Gazette. has
written to the Rt. Hen. George Shaw
Lefevre Offering to give S3S.OtM to give
a monumental chapel connecting with
Westminster abbey by a cloister from
the poets corner for monuments to
great men and The govern
rlent is considering the offer.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1894-03-10

The worlds oyster fisheries produce
annually 4,439, 5000 oysters, one-half
of which are consumed within three
days after being taken.
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Send.
Ten. Cents

Id Stamps to: Goodrich &
Jennings. Anoka, Mimi,
and they will mail you, q
sample bottle of HQFF'S.
CERTAIN LINIl1ENT, a.
,YQSiffve cure for Cornss and
6lilt..6ias4i1$;*Latneness. Sore
:~neSS,SprAns, Etc.,
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LA PEsTE EN- CHINE.-Les ravages
de la peste a Hong-Kong sont tells
qu'actuellement la mortallte depasse
toute proportion connue ; CONNIE on
ne peut plus trouver de coolies, ce
sont les agents de police anglais qui
doivent ensevelir les morris.
L'6pidemie attaque aussi les ami.
maux on evalue a 10000 lie NOM
bre DIES rats qui ont peri depuis
qu'elle a commence a sevir.
I'm journal indigene cite rexemple
suivant de la rapidite avec Iaquelle
la peste Sc propage j: Dams une mai
son chinoise, HUT personnes etant
deja mortes, il ne rstait plus qu'une
jeune file. I'm voleur s'lntroduisit
dams la maison ct la jeune file lui
of1rit de reveler l'emplacement du
petit tresor familial, a la condition
quill lui %procurat hut cercueils pour
les hut cadavres. LIE voleur accepta
cette proposition ct ALA chercher les
~cercueils. Quand il revlnt Ia jeune
file await succombe ct lui meme
ne tarda pas a presenter tous les
symphonies de phorrible maladle.
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LIE president Cleveland ne quite

LIE president Cleveland ne quite
la Maison Blanche, depuis
quelque temps, sans etre accompagne
dun detachement de gardes armes.
Celia sera peut-etre ME par les gems
de la Maison Blanche, mails c'est tout
de meme la verite. Pas I'm presi.
dent DIES Etats- Unis, depuis Abraham
Lincoln, ma passe dams les rues &C.
compagne de gardes armes. Cepen-
dant, cette mesure de precaution
prise par lie president est generate
ment ~acceptee par lie public. Les
coxeyistes sont campes dams les
environs, sans compiler lie nombre de
ceux qul cheschent DIES emplois dams
les bureaux du g~ouvernement ct qui
d'apres leur conversation semblent
presque d~esesperes. Puts, il va
toujours lie nombre ordinalre de
cranks qui rodent aux alentours de
Washington ct contre lesquels il est
toujours bon de Sc tenir en- garde.
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MoRDU PAR UN SERPENT.-Un
journalier, Auguste Maintenant, a
Dorceau, France, fauchait lautre
jour, lherbe dun pre-, auand il aper-
cut I'm serpent quill venait de blesser
d IN coup de faux. II pensa que
c'etait une couleuvre ct sen empara
pur lui arracher la langue, ce qul,
d'apres une vieille superstition per-
cheronne, porte bonheur !! Quelle
niaiserie !! En- quot ct comment veut-
on qu'une langue de c%ouleuvre porte
bonheur on malheur -?
LIE faucheur, en- prenant lie reptile,
fut mordu deux fois d la main
gauche ce qui pourtant ne Tempe
cha pas d'affectuer son operation. Ii
arracha la langue de la bette ct Fen
ferma soigneusement dams son porte
monnaie /; puts il prit de nouveau la
pretendue couleuvre ct voulut sen
faire n cravate NAL lui en- prit,
car alors il fut de nouveau mordu a
la bouche. Alors, il acheva de tuer
la bette ct ALA au ruiseau voisin pour
Sc laver la figure ct les mains ; mails
a peine avait-il fait quelques pas
pour revenir a son travail que SEES
campagnons lie virent tomber CONNIE
une masse il etait mort. LIE ser.
pent qul l'avait mordu trois fols
n'etait pas une couleuvre, mails une
vipere rouge de la plus dangereuse
espece.
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sAlTEADDR
DE
PAR ALFRED DE BREHAT
PAR ALFRED DE BREHAT

Que me voulez-vous =? demanda-t-il
pendant que ses egresseurs allumaient
une lanterne sourde don't lis %dirgerent
la Iueur sur leur prisonnier. 81 vous
voulez ma bourse, ~prenez-la, mails
laissez-moi passer.
Ia bourse s'ecria Fun DIES
hommes avec colere. Est-ce que
tn nous prends pour des brigands
CONNIE tot?
&c nest pas lui, dit en- ce
moment un autre individu lie
desperate est plus petit ct plus brun
:. Ills mont pas lie moindre rapport.
-Qui etes-vous, ct que falsiez-
vous la :? demanda-t-on ~brusquement
q NJ. Elson.
-D'abord a qui ai-je affaire ?
repondit-il ave hauteur.
Nous sommes DIES membres du
comite de vigilance, reprit un DIES
inconnus, ct nous p%oursuivons un
malfaiteur qui s'est refugie quelque
part dams ce quarter.
Francis fit alors connaitre son nom
ct son adresse.
-Je COMMAS ce monsieur, moi, dit
tout a coup un tapissier qui Sc trou-
wait au nombre DIES alguazils volon-
taires. C'est I'm richie Anglais il
demeure q pHotel de la Couronne.
Je lui al vendu I'm mobilier rautre
jour. Je vous demande pardon de
ce qui vous arrive, monsieur Elson,
continua-t-il en- s'adressant q son
client ; mails nous ne pouvions pas
deviner Nous agissons dams finite
ret de tous les honnetes gems.
Get homme await raison, ct Francis
ne pouvait Sen prendre qua lul-
meme dune mesaventure don't il fut
lie premier a rire.
Reste seul, il Sc disposait a rega-
gner son logis, lorsque, au moment
OH il passait devant la mason de
mademoiselle Dietrich, il entendit lie
bruit dune porte qul venait de
s'ouvrir, ct qui etait bien celle de
mademoiselle Dietrich.
Eth bien? murmura une voix
d'homme.
IL ny a personne; tn peux sor-
tir, repondit une voix feminine qui fit
passer un frisson dams les veines de
Francis.
Puts un homme, envelope dams
I'm grand manteau brun, sortlt avec
precaution en- jetant autour de lui.
DIES regards soupeonneux.
Grace d l'ombre que projetaient
sur Francis les barriques derriere
Iesquelles il etalt cache, l'inconnu
passa sans lapercevoir.
Tout a coup, dependant, SOFT gull
crht avoir WI quelque chose, soft
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La dulclne est 225 fois plus sucree
que lie sucre lui-meme. LIE nom de
ce compose est evidemment emprunte
au Language de l'amour. Oh est
l'homme qui a deJa WI quelque chose
de plus doux que So Dulcinee.
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Une pluie rafraichissante est
tombee mercredi solr cette pluie
fera un bien considerable ; la terre
devenue considerablement seche par
lie solell brilliant que nous avons Gu
depuis quelques jours s'est amollie,
ct la condition DIES cannes s'est
amelioree en- consequence.
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ATELIER

Ayant tout lie materiel necessaire, nous
eommes a meme d%'executer tous les ouvrages
typographiaues qui nous seront conties. Les
briefs c'avocat. cartes d'atfaires, entetes de
features, tickets d'habitation, blancs. circu
aires, etc., seront imprimes dams lie plus brre
d6lai ct a Ges prix oul detient toute concu-
renee.
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PETTTES

HEIII ES NOU FELLES.
Ecu Carnot parlalt ct ecrivalt l'al-
l'anglais ct l'itallen.
I'm pretre de Straubing, Baviere,
a celebre lie zoe anniversaire de son
elevation au sacerdoce. II est age
de 95 ans.
En- Norvege, on Went de passer
une loi interdisant lie marriage a toute
file qui ne salt pas tricoter, coudre ct
fare lie pain.
La recolte de BILE DIES Indies, d'apres
les donnees oficlelles, est, cette aimee
de 256,8S6,OO9 minots, soft 10000
00o de minots de moins que lannee
deiniere.
lie capitol de Washington a cohte
$3O,O00,OO0 ct couvre une supericie
de trois acres ct demi. LIE dome
mesure 307 pieds de hauteur ct 1876
pieds de diametre.
Quatre-vingt pour cent DIES meurtres
commits aux Etats- Unis, Tan dernier,
avaient pour auteur DIES indlvidus oui
await perdu l'habitude de tout travail
regulier.
II Sc d6pense annuellement, en-
Angleterre, 500, oO0, 900 en- .boisson,
$780, 00 en- Iivres. CONNIE on lie volt,
lie ventre l'emporte- de beaucoup sur
la tete dams lie pays DIES brouillards.
Les ouvriers ferblantiers de Belfort
France, apres s'etre mis- en- greve,
ont obtenu une reduction de la
iournee de travail de douze a dix
heures, sans diminution de salaries.
Les dernieres nouvelles de Hong
Kong dissent que la peste noire a
fait SIT victimes en- cette vile, depuis
lie Ter au Z JUN. Les deces depuis
lapparition de l'6pidemie sont au
nombre de 1900.
Adam ct Eve Sc vetirent avec DIES
feuilles. Sill y await au Paradis
Terrestre DIES ''Victoria regias" don't
la feullle a sept pieds de diametre,
une seule aurait suffi 4 nos premiers
parents. Celle du magnolia parasol
de Ceylon, peut couvrir vingt per-
sonnes !
Une jeune file de seize ans, Nav
mes, est morte au bout de quelques
heures de s%ouffrances, DIES suites dune
p1qure qu'une espece de sauterelle
appellee locust" lul a fat au cou.
i luotCulo I1OtlluVS OuU ldLG IL lOuT
du Globe en- Sc servant du velocipede
CONNIE moyen de locomotion, mas
jusqu'a ce jour aucune femme n'avait
tente lentreprise. Cette lacune sera
probablement comblee par Mile Mar
gsret Leland, de Boston, qui doit
partir de New York ct dot etre de
retour avant Is mois. Cette auda-
cieuse personne n'emportera aucun
argent, ct promet de revenlr avec
$4,000 qu'elle espere gagner au
moyen de conferences ct en- solicitant
des announces commercials.
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LOI
No. I'll

Encourageant lie libre exercice du
commerce ct interdisant aux mar
chands OF u corporations d'emet-
tire DIES billets rachetables settlement
avec DIES marchandises a leurs lieux
d'affaires.
Section Premiere.-Il est decrete,
par TAssembl9e Generate de rEtat
de la Louisiana qua Iavenir il sera
illegal de la part de toutes personnes,
corporations GU maisons de commerce
de Get Fiat, d'Gmettre DIES billets GU
DIES coupons rachetables settlement
avec dies marchandlses a leurs propres
lieux d'afaires. Mais tous ces billets
seront rachetables en- monnaie cou-
rante DIES Etats-Unis !; ct tout contrat
GU arrangement d'accepter ct de rece-
voir ces billets rachetables settlement
en- marchandises, sera null ct contre
linteret general.
Sec. 2-Toutes %personnes, tous Off
ciers dune corporation %quelccnque,
on toute maison commercials emet-
tant de tells billets seront coupables
dun DELFT punishable dune amende
de pas plus de cent dollars (1OO), ct
de pas moins de vingt-cinq dollars
($25), on dun imprisonment de
pas plus de SIX CO. mois hi de pas
moins de I'm Cl) mos. Une Motto
de l'amende sera donnee a celui qui
informera la police de la violation dc
la lol.
Sec. 3-Cette loi prendra efet
partir de son application.
Approuvee Juliet 6 1894.
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a. carr6 de 10 !;pnes: 1ere. insertion. Sl.50
" 2me. {" IS
" " Insertion add 81
Toute annonce indignant la profession
radresse ct p'excedent pas quatre
,es. mar an. d,avapee ..$5 90
Annonce de candidats, d'svance. .....1O 90
Necrologie, par III
Toute annonce commercials publiee a Fan
nee sera inseree au taux de so cents par ponce
pour Ia premiere insertion ct % cents pour les
insertions subseqnentes.
Toute aunonce don't le nombre d'insertions
n est pas specific sera inseree iusqu'a nouvel
Ordre au faux Ordinaire.
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sa route. QUAINT a Francis, il
wait etc 81 reimbursement frappe
la trahlson de Martha, quill ne
oorta meme pas la a a son
.%evolver en- voyant approcher lin
connu.
&c dernier s'eloigna sans bruit.
hu bout de deuX on trols minutes,
entendit dies cris ct plusieurs coups
de feu. Puts l'homme au manteau
devant lui en- courant Gle
toute la vitesse Gle ses iambes, ct
s'arreta devant Ia porte de Ia malson
de Martha.
-Ouvre vite, Martha c'est moi
dit Get homme dune volX %etoutfee
on me poursuit!
Mademoiselle Dietrich etait sans
doute restee aux aguets dams fallee,
a la porte SQUIRT aussit6t ct Sc
referma precipitamment sur lie fugitif.
Quelques secondes apres, clnq GU
six hommes arriverent en- courant, ct
Sc deterrent III Francis qui venait de
sortir de son poste d'observatlon.
Eth !! c'est encor Get Angials /!
s'ecrierent.ils. Dites done, monsieur,
vous avez dh voir passer a linstant
meme I'm homme qui Sc sauvalt, ct
qui s'est certainement refugi6 que!-
que part lcl pres. Dams quelle
mason est-il entire
-Je mai pas WI, repondit Elson.
-Vous avez dn lie voir, dependant !;
nos amis galdant lautre extremite
de Ia rue, Get homme ma pu passer.
II dot etre dams Tune de ces maisons,
mals laquelle
En- voici une don't Ia porte est
entr'ouverte, dit I'm de ces hommes
en- montrant la porte NAL refermee
par la man tremblante de Martha.
&c dot 6tre eli.
Non ! dit Francis Get homme a
passe plus loin sill est entire quelque
part, c'est dams la troisieme maison
la-bas. Duel crime a-t-il done commits
-Quel crime? carambd s'ecria
un Mexican. Cest lie desperate
monsieur, lie chef de e bandits qui
infestent San-Franclseo, ct qui assas
sinent tant d'honnetes gems chaque
mutt
All !! fit Elson, consterne de IL
pensee que la femme quill await tam
aimee put etre la ma1tresse dur
assassin.
--Ecoutez, messieurs, reprit celu
qul paraissait etre lie chef de Is
troupe, lie desperate ne peut etre que
dams Tune GU l'autre de ces trois
maisons. Fouillons d'abord celle
qu'on Went de nous indiquer. ..e
posons dies sentinelles devant les
deux autres, en- attendant que nous
les vlsitlons aussi.
On s'empressa d'adopter sa propo
sition.
Pendant qu'on distribuait lie.
postes. Francis entra dans la maisor
de Martha. LIE tapissier, qui S,
trouvalt la, Giant celui qui avail
vendu au jeune homme les meuble.
de mademoiselle Dietrich, suppos;
naturellement que Francis montai
chez sa m~aitresse, ct ne songea pas
Tarreter. Elson monta rapidement
a la chambre de Martha ct frapps
%doucement a la porte.
Personne ne repondit.
-Je suis Francis EIson, dit alors
lie jeune homme en- collant SEES levre
contre lie trou de la serrure. Je sal
que vous etes Ia avec lie desperate
On va fouiller la maison; je viens Ii
sauyer. Ouvrez ; vous n'avez pa
I'm instant a perdre.
Francis entendit un leger murmur,