The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1902-02-04

Thanks, my good woman, but els
q long time since have had any"
IL was magnificent weather, a bright
4 spring morning AS the coach weni
along the Rue Montmartre prospat
Kept his head out Of the widnow. az
the same time smilingly complaining
at being imprisoned on such lovely
day when everything outside was So
sunny and pleasant.
at is singular" he said. 81 never
1 felt so great a desire to take a walk"
One Of the bailiis, large, iovial
red-faced man. received this remark
with hearty burst Of laughter, and
said
'I understand"
To the court clerk, while he was go.
ing through the formalities of thu
I! commitment, Prosper replied with
naughty brevity to the indispenSa bic
questions asked him.
But when he was ordered to empty
his pockets on the tcble, and they be.
gan TO search him. his eyes flashed
with Indignation, and single tear
dropped upon his flushed cheek In
an instant he had recovered his one
calmness, and stood up motionless.
with his arms raised I'm the air so
that the rough creatures about him
could more conveniently ransack I'M
from head TO foot, TO assure them,
selves that he had no suspicious OBJ
ject hid under his clothes.
The search would have. perhnps.
been carried to the most ignominious
lengths, but for the intervention of a
middle-aged man of rather distin.
guished appearance, who wore a white
cravat and gold spectacles. and was
sitting quite at home by the fire.
He started with surprise, and
seemed much agitated when ne saw
Prosper brought in by the bailiHs;
he stepped forward, and seemed about
to speak so him. then suddenly
changed his mind, and sat down
sgain.
In spite Of his own troubles, Pros.
per could not help seeing that this
man kept his eyes fastened upon him.
Did he know him? Vainly did he try
to recollect having met him before.
This man, treated with all the def.
ereDce due TO q chief, was no less a
parsonage than NJ Lecoq. celebrated
member of the detective corps
When the men who were searching
Prosper were about 20 take Off his
boots, saying that knife might be
concealed in them. NJ Lecoq vase,
them aside with an air of authority
and said
'You have done enough
lie was obeyed All the formalitl
being ended. the unfortunate cashier
was taken to narrow cell; the hes 4
ily-barred door was swung to and
locked upon him he breathed freely;
at last he was alone
Yes. he believed himself to be alone
He was ignorant that prison is made
of glass. that the accused is ike q
miserable insect under the micro
scope of an entomologist He kneH
not that the walls have stretched eari
and watchful eyes.
He was so sure of being alone tiiat
he at once gave vent to his suppressed
feeling, and, dropping his mask Of in,
FEASIBILITY, burst into a food Of tears
His long-restrained anger now flushed
out like smoldering fire.
In a paroxysm of rage he uttered
imprecations and curses lie dashed
himself against the prison walls like
a wild beast in cage
Ifosper Bertomy was not the mar
he appeared to be
1his naughty, correct gentlemau
had ardent passions and a fiery tenn
perament.
One day, when he was about TWEEN
ty-four years OF age, he had become
suddenly fired by ambition While all
of his desires were repressed impris
oned in his low estate, like an athlete
in strait-jacket, seeing around him
all these rich people with whom mon
ey assumed the place of the wand in
the fairy-tale, he cnvied their lot
He studied the beginnings of these
financial princes, and found that at
the starting point they possessed far
less than himself
How, then, had they succeeded? BY
force of energy industry and assur
ance.
lie determined TO initiate and excel
them.
From this day, with a force of win
much less rare than we think, he inn
posed silence upon his instincts. Ike
reformed not his morals, but his man.
ners; and so strictly did he conform
to the rules Of decorum. that ne was
regarded as a model of propriety by
those who knew him, and had faith
in his character; and his capabilities
and ambition inspired the prophecy
that he would be successful in attain.
ing eminence and wealth
And the end of an was this i'm.
prisoned for robbery; that Is. ruinedl
For he did not attempt to deceive
himself. He knew that, guilty or in
nOcent man once suspected is as In.