Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1902-02-21
yours?''

+ ''Cne more thing" s2id the judge.
low di0 YOU spend the evening. the
night Of he crnlc?"
when left my Office. at s o'clock,
tGOz the ST. Gornlain train and went
- EesiH"1. VI. de Layers country seat.
ca,rj":l him 15oo francs, which he
tad as.-Pl for. and not fin,7ing him at
home, L..:':t It with his servants
Did - TIA you that ". de Lagors
vas CO.. - a iourney:"
'"No, ....:.,il', / tlitl not know thai
he had ,'> !'&ris."
VERY well. Where did you 20 when
you left Vpsilet?'
II returned to Paris and dined at a
restaurant on the boulevard with q
friend''
"And thero:'
Prosper hesitated.
'You are SILENT said II. Patrigent.
''Then will tell you how YOU employ
ed your time. You returned to your
rooms in Chaptal street, dressed your
self and attended dance"
~1ou are right, MONSIEUR
"And did you not play at baccarat
and lose 1880 francs?'
"Pardon ne, monsieur; only HOO"
every we'll. In the morning you paid
note of thousand francs?'
Eyes, monsieur"
"Moreover. there remained 500 francs
in your desk, and you had 400 in your
purse when you were arrested So
that altogether in twenty-four hours
$500 francs
Prosper was not discountenanced,
but stl1pefied
Not being aware Of the powerful
:.>~:>>,::2s Of investigation possessed by
b. law, he wondered how in so short
L >ime tilc judge could have obtained
ski! accurate information.
Your statement is correct, mon
*sj''l!l.' he said finally.
''Where did all this money come
i from? The evening before you had so
little that you were obliged to defer
the payment. of small BILL
''Monsieur, the day of which you
speak ! sold, through an agent some
bends had. about 5000 francs Be.
sides, I took from the safe 2,COO> francs
in advance on my salary. have moth.
ing to hide"
The prisoner had given clear an.
swers. NJ. Patrigent determined to at.
tack him from new point.
''Yor say you have no wish to con.
ceal any Of your actions. Then why
did you write this note to one Of your
companions?"
This time the blow told. Prosper's
eyes dropDed before the inquiring look
of the Judge.
IL thought" he stammered-"I wish
ed'-
"You wished to screen this woman p
eyes, monsieur, that is true. l knew
that when a man in my condition Is
accused Of robbery he has every fault
every weakness, Of his life charged
against him.
II suppose you know who this Won,
an is?'
mime. Gypsy was a. governess when
/ first knew her. She was born a!
Oporto and came to France with g
Portuguese family"
"Her name is not Gypsy. She has
never been a governess, and she is not
q Portuguese"
Prosper was about to protest, but
NJ. Patrigent imposed silence. He
shrugged bis shoulders ard began look.
Ing over large file of papers on his
desk.
h - 30 t,@
Palmyre Chocareille, born at Paris in
1910. daughter Of Chocareille Qames)
undertaker's assistant, and of Caroline
Piedlent, his wife,"
The prisoner made a gesture of i'm.
patience. He did not know that the
Judge was reading him this report tc
convince him that nothing can escape
the police.
"Palmyre Chocareille," he continued
at twelve years Of age was appren.
t1ced to a shoemaker and remained
with him until she was sixteen. Traces
OF her are lost for one year. At seven.
teen she is hired as a servant by 9
grocer on st. Denis street named Dom.
has Aod remains there three months
She passed this same year, 1857, Al
eight or ten different places. In 1855
she entered as shopgirl the store Of 8
fan merchant in Choiseul alley"
While he read the judge watched
Prospers face to observe the effect Of
these revelations.
'Toward the close of 1853" he con
tinued, "the girl Chocareille was EN-
ployed as servant by Nine. Munes
and accompanied her to Lisbon. Eov
long did she remain in Lisbon? Wha
did she do while she remained there
We have no information as to this
However, it is certain that in 1861 sh'
returned to Paris and was sentenced
to three months imprisonment for al
assault. All, she returned from Port
ugal with the name of Nina Gypsy"
'But I assure you, monsieur" Pros
per began-"I assure YOU
Eyes, comprehend. This history i
less romantic doubtless than the on
you have understood, but, then, it ha
the merit Of being true. We lost sigh
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