Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-07-31

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on his artistic tastes, commented at
| length on the works and the painters.
| The Jafdin des Plantes and the Cas-
cade the Dungeon Of Yincennes and
the platform OF the Arc de Triomphe.
were all visited. They are to be seen
everywhere, with their noses in the air
| and their eyes wide open.
On this evening they had finished
the day at the Ambassadors, and final
| ly, for the first time in their lives, they
| took supper in great restaurant and
| in private room.
The famous supper in the private
room was like revelation. A dream.
| What Joy for the hour, and what a
| triumph, later on; for would they not
on their return to Saint Clement tell
| their colleagues, Boutellier and Lee
cornu, how they had enjoyed them
selves? Where were they, the two
poor provincials at this moment, and
what were they doing? Doubtless in
their beds, extended upon their backs,
with their mouths wide open, and be-
side them their wives. Roitelet and
Duchemin were filed with keen pity
at the thought.
And the clerk, good Balouzet-Bal-
Quiet, the jester?"
Yes, Balouzet, let us talk about
him"
They talked, indeed, to such pur-
| pose of the absent BalOuZet that they
| laughed until the report of bottle
of champagne, as it was uncorked by
! the waiter, made them alive to the
| fact that the time had come to make
| toasts. Monsieur Duchemin arose
heavily and, with rather thick ton
que, began:
my dear friends. wise man of
other days"
He had just reached this point of
| his discourse when the door opened to
admit a person unknown to them, and
certainly not expected, and who was
not the wise man Of other days inVok-
ed by Duchemin.
The expression of the newcomer was
firm, a heavy and imposing nous
tache adorned his bronze face, and IN
his right hand he twirled negllgently
the end of red scarf.
Gentlemen" he said, in calm
voice, mo scandal. Rise and follow
me-"
The four friends first looked at him
and then at each other, with a vague
anxiety, trying to understand him.
Come, do not assume establishment,
continued the stranger, in sun louder
voice. "You are certainly M. Duche-
min, and you M. ROitelet, both notarles
of Santi-Clement-su Loire"'
Without waiting for a reply. ne ad-
dressed himself more particularly 10
M Duchemin, pointing to the tortlse-
shell eyeglasses which the notary at
this instance tried to adjust upon the
sYou should at least not have taken
that" he said, in threatening voice
"That? What do you mean! ana
after all, why should this man IN
trude?"
Our four friends soon learned. That
same day letter, bearing the seal OF
the Palais de Justice of Saint-Clement-
sur Loire. had arrived at the Parquet,
announcing the flight Of Messrs. Duche-
min and Roitelet, notaries, who, &C
cording to information received, should
he at this moment in Paris, with the
intention of enjoying feast in the
night restaurant with the funds OF
their different victims. In the IN
structions given the eyeglasses OF Du-
chemin had not been forgotten. Inc
signature was not altogether clear, but
the seal was there. The papers had
been transmitted Immediately, with In
structions to the police to interview all
the managers of the principal restau-
rants of Paris. Eugene, seeing these
two couples arrive, had not hesitated
to regard them as identical with the
guests of the great room II, and he
had sent a messenger with all haste TO
the nearest police station.
A fine time followed at the great IL.
In the midst of the cries and tears OF
the two women, the men, who for an
instant regarded the affair as a joke,
now protested and swore. The two
prisoners, between hedge of walters
and guets, were obliged to descend
the stairs of the restaurant, preceded
by the police officers, and followed by
the two agents. They finished the
night at the lookup, and it was only
late on the following day, after Sc
we're examination, that their inno-
cence full and entire. was recognized.
and they were told in a severe tone that
they were at liberty. One may compre-
bend easily that, having returned once
more to Saint-C lement-sur Loire, the
two notaries were not slow in investi-
eating the matter.
Balzoulet, Indignantly denounced by
his two accomplices, who condemned
him relentlessly, were in the end,
obliged to quit the town, happy, in
deed to get off SO easily.
AS to Roitelet and Duchemin, they
proceeded as if nothing had happened.
The little Thursday evenings were con-
tinued. Cards were played, tea was
drunk and Madame Roitelet favored
them with a performance on the piano,
the Turkish Marchc never being for
gotten. Of Paris and its pleasures
they spoke but seldom, and always af-
ter that they celebrated the feast of
Mo n al alma OF bCy,,o