The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-03-14
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II solen'nly swear not to denounce
YOU" ~.,;. @ Z:
Denis saved his masters life. For
days and nights he scarcely left his side,
preparing for him food, drugs and To-
tons, feeling his pulse, anxi0usly count
ing it's beats, caring for him in every
| way with the skill Of a trained nurse and
! the devotion Of a son. Denis was ever
! asking: = n.
"Well, monsieur, how do you feel
nowY'
Then NJ. Marambot would murmur:
"a little better, thank you
And when the invalid awoke at night
he often found his nurse silently weep
ing. Never had the old apothecary been
so coddled and petted. At first he used
| to say to himself:
As soon as l recover I will get rid
Of the rascal"
When he became convalescent, from
day to day he deferred parting with the
| wouid-be murderer. He knew no one
else would serve him as well, and he
| warned Denis that he would deposit with
notary a document to be opened in
case of any accident. That precaution,
he thought, would protect him from any
whether prudence did not require him
| to keep the man under his own eyes.
Just as formerly, when it had been a
question of moving, he could come to no
| decision.
"There is plenty of time" said he to
NJ. Marambot got entirely we'll. Denis,
| who continued to he an Incompatible
servant, remained with him. One MORN
ing, as Nj. Marambot was finishing his
breakfast, he heard a great noise in the
| kitchen. He ran there and found Denis
struggling between two gendarmes. The
%nty Q
he saw his master the servant began to
| sob, crying:
! "You have denounced me. monsieur
That was not right after all your prom
Uses. You swore upon your honor, NJ.
Marambot: That was not right, that
| was not right"
NJ. Marambot, amazed and distressed
| at being suspected, lifted his hand:
II swear before God, my poor fellow,
that did not denounce you. l have net
the slightest idea how these gentlemen
discovered that you tried to murder me-"
| The caporal jumped.
"You say he tried to murder you. NJ.
Marambot?" Confused, the apothecary
"Why, yes; but have not denounced
him; have said nothing; | swear that
have said nothing. Until then he had al
WAYS been all excellent servant"
The caporal said severely:
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This is an additional accusation. was
sent to arrest your servant for having
stolen two ducks from NJ. Duhame!.
beg pardon, NJ. Marambot. 1 will re-
port your declaration" And turning to
| his men he cried. "March!" The two
| gendarmes dragged off Denis.
The lawyer had pleaded insanity. He
had clearly demonstrated that the theft
| n q fyVn nf
the disordered mental condition which
had caused the prisoner to attempt NJ.
| Marambot's life. Enthusiastically he
spoke of the servants devotion to the
| master wounded by him in a moment
| of delirium. NJ. Marambot was touched
| by the allusiOn and his eyes moistened.
Noticing this, the lawyer with sweep
| ing gesture opened his arms and in 4
| vibrant tone cried:
Look, look, look, gentlemen Of the jury
look at those tears! What more can
say for my client? What argument.
~ as his masters tears? They speak
louder than can; they cry pardon for
the insanity of an hour; they imDlore,
they absolvev' Then he took his seat.
The president, turning to Marambot,
| who had spoken in glowing terms OF his
servant. asked:
But. monsieur. admitting that eou
llOusut ILLS HAL luSuuc, luHl uOeS uOL
| explain your having kept him in your
service. He was none the less danger
GUS"
Marambot. wipins his eyes, replied:
Ives. monsieur lie president, but in
| these times it is so difficult to get a good
servant. l should never have
found his equal"
Denis was acquitted, and at his mas
ters expense was sent to pass a few
months in a sanitarium-Transl for
| the New York Commercial Advertiser by
| katherine Vincent