The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-07-09

stable reached the house, he found AimGe's
wherein. behind hnlf-cIoscd doors. the dead
sight OF tho uniform the old woman cried out.
We are all lost" and then, pcrcciving that
nothing was nmlss, began to dance before, the
pea with laughter. But Just then the midday
Angelus rang from the church tower. and the
d2ncing beldame, with the, widow and the
Tor the soul OF the departed.
Tho farmer was buried as suicide, but his
murder. They beloved thai her accomrlico
S Tas Young man OF The village who died sud
dsnH mG who h HAITI joS Mne1 bS
night Of the tragedy, died also at the end Of n
Aimee. now remarked. stontly maintained her
innocence. aud she preserved her firm bearing
were repeated, Mamma doesn,t slcerany more
since the night when she killed papa"
=, some of the witnesses testified reluctantly.
old sorccrGss mother, and one u them frankly
admitted that his memory Of the mattor was
ways are at funerals" A strikingly dramatic
scene took place when, the, prosecution de
n mHq hS tnnt the ny sn th ys the pe
smoke. backonGd kitchen Of the house At
IN the Ereenish Obscurity-thc skull Of
the dead man, which had been disintcrrcd
carved doors slid open and its rilcd-up pillows
mnd scarlet rEoInt,terpans revealed When the
she lay while her husband drew the trigger Of
the gun, she consented very cooly,, Her head
and. lest sho should disturb its starchrd per-
lection, she removed II before lying down. and
set 1t upon the skull OF her late husband
n.spitc of surgical testimony affirming her
guilt E1,. Aimee Dc 9ner@nEal was nc1nited She
band. who had taken no part in the trial. and
no doubt resumed tho old suualid life again
but one fances that other ghosts than those ot
ancient crimes must haunt those gloomy stony
Only a year after tho rehearsal of this sin
mcmbcrcd body OF farmer oi r&rin. VII
lagp in this same district. was found in the
little river. Gouet, which emptics into the
ing WHICH contained the head had bcen caught
in a mill wheel, else it must have been swept
NAMED undiscovered. Thcreupon the other
port ions ol the body were recOvrrcd-pcrhaps
by the method still GracticGd in that neighbor-
hood OF searching for n drowned person ac
cording to which a candle is fastened lighted
upon loaf Of black bread and set ndrlit upon
the water: 1t Will float until it reaches the spot
where the body lies and then come to II stand
stu That the sarkinG bngs had been scwed NJ.
not tied. gave a clue to the sex OF the criminal.
ard the police soon. discovered that Pierre
Henry had been murdered by his own wife.
The mqrderess wa. brought to st. Bricnc for
trial, and sat in court pale and tragic figure,
resoluttely mute. with hereyes stead!nstly liked
upon the GE,nt cruelty above the bench 1t
ness and avarco told over again. The husband
HAD come homo drunk i'll the winter night to
at ths slnandering Of her ttS honrd and
still further excited by his maudln laughter
had struck him Heqd with a, spade That night
she slept pacidly close to his corpse. and in tho
EaE; 1% Ls do@IS Nng sin
lienne. who threw, her trcachcrous watt
Ing maids fastened in sa.ks into another
- a. (IDll =
whose name, singularly enough. signifies the
River Of Murdcr-and sunk tho bags with
her heavily laden figure struggling down the
deserted lane supposed her /" he asnugGler
who first confronted her with the ,mnngled
fragments OF her hpshanI she said Simp.y:
did as I'D there Would b" 'i' drnnkarda
Sho was sentenced to twenty years imprison-
: mCnt with hard labor.
Hore is one last glimpse OF the darker side Of
rural life in Brittany. Tho vi, ID line Of jagged
roofs and cliffs which frugcs the coast nj 81.
o. brittany. Among the headI0nis 81 this dan Ian
EE HMr"mia shore ri-es rrom ne called L.
ra G%H r S n T1 Ea # n Hs to- no
tr"eleSs and croplese- which spreads inland
from this iierf% ,crTagi rcasnmt named fanrh
wears. Tho stnriir fields were beyond tie In
ilu"nrcs Of such culture as he could AFFORD; but
worst Of al. the baker to whom h. nwc1 ,iiity
francs had refused him further credit With
our thhi nara black bread III" became definitely
impossible.
So one september morning Pol and his wife
sl'cnt their last francs n the buvtnE Of sahots
il III" iittir muddy hamlet solemn farewell.
ana with their children started out across the
fields to find the sea. From che height Of LIE
RhOdi they descended to the beach. and sat
down together to wait until u fishing boat
living in tho -hoAl water should hoist her tawuy
sail and put out Ia sea. Then when Tho fisher
men had sailed beyond their sight tn" father
took his 3-year-Old son In his arms. the
mother carried tn" baby and the third
child walked between them. So hand
IN hand. living chain. they wadcd into
the sea As tho tide was going out the
water was very shallow for long distance.
steadily on Presently the mother stumbled
in tho long kclp and fell. dragging with h"r the
two little girls. They disappeared Immediate
ly. weighted down hy her heavy woolIen skirts.
aud moment atertho father tor" the clinGing
arms OF his little son from his neck and throw
him into tho deep water to sink AT once. Then
he himself struggled hack To the shore and
somo fishermen found him lying on :hc turf Of
the cliffs edge and weeping aloud.
am waiting Il the tide turns and brings
them back to me. he said must live till |
can bury their bodies in consecratcd ground"
They led him to the parish church. whose
Cnunt granite nave had heard no stranger con
tcssiun than his. and ho Was arrested and tried
trial. Il am NOR" unhappy than are nay dead
wife and G ildrcn.' was .hs constant cry;
throw me hound into the seal want to die"
And tho merciless jury imprisoned him for
life. Probably the prison seems luxurious to
him in contrast with his home.