The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1895-06-22

The convict slept all day on a mattress
in his hut, and his guard did the same
on a chair just inside the door facing
tho passersby.
But the prince is economical-it is his
least fault-and requires the details of
the smallest expenditures incurred
throughout his dominions. Among these
We're placed before him the items of the
disbursements relating to the creation
OF a new Office, the maintenance of the
priso., prisoner and jailer. The outlay
on the last was ii heavy drain Oh the
royal purse.
His face heightened visibly, and when
&c considered it might last forever, for
the CO.. :mEel man was still young, he
irsiSEcdo on lis minister Of justice taking
E-c.>Suaes to supplC.s tI;s expense.
IL minister he'd .colsultation With
the PRESIDENT of tie trihrnal. and the
tvo agreed that TIE Office Of j%;;iler might
be abolished. The p-iscHer, required to
guard himself all alone, would lot fail
to escape. and this would solve the
question to the satisfaction Of all.
The jailer was theIeupcn sent back to
his family, and L Of TIE under cooks
Of the palace was simply acquired t
cary. mCrulng and evening, food to the
prisoner. Eut that gentleman made no
attempt to recover his liberty.
One cay indeed when they had failed
to provide nina with noarisiument he
coo1lv presented himself toclaim it, and
he2lccforth it was his custom, i'll order
t. saw the cook a journey, to como ut
meal hours and eat with the servant Of
TIE palace, with whom he lad become
friendly.
After breakfast he would take q stroll
.4s far as Monte Carlo. Occasionally he
wo1ld enter the Casino and risk a few
francs at play. When he won. he would
t1c:It h:ln.e elf to Il good dinner at one Of
the leading hotels, then he would Ic-
tur:, to his prison and carefully lock the
door from tie inside.
He never slept out q single night.
The situation was becoming difficult,
not for the condemned rl;.n, but for his
judges.
Once more the court assembled. and
it was decided that they should invite
the criminal to depart from the states
Of Monaco.
On this decision being communicated
70 him he merely replied:
Il perceive you are joking. Come.
now. Why should l so away. I, indeed?
l have no means of living. I have no
longer any family. What Go you wish
ne to do? l was condemned to death.
You didn't execute me. I said nothing.
Then was condemned to Imprisonment
for life and handed overtoa jailcr. You
deprived me of my jailer. Still I said
nothing.
Now you ask me to get out of the
coantry. No, thank you. Tam q prison
er, your prisoner, judged and condemned
by you. I am carrying u my punish
nent faithfully. Here l stop"
The supreme court was dumfounded.
The prince flew into a terrible rage and
ordered them to act.
They applied themselves diligently
to celebrating.
The outcome was it was decided they
SAtu1u OllSI tUc pfisOUGT Il pension CT
600 francs a year to live III another
country.
He accepted.
He has bought a little Enclosed plot of
land within five minutes walk Of the
realm of his former sovereign; he lives
happily on his estate, ~cultivating a few
vegetables and holding p~otentates in
contemplation the French of Guy de
Maupassant in Romance.