The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-01-11

10 tnc scaieral pubic as TO the creditors
kreoeEie "a sonny the nusOanQ or 1ner-
csc taci.uiin. Passing nas time in PANT
logs " n.cn were eAnio.t-o al The szlons-
after o-ans touched W OK even ensi1-ly
rsmaoe py as tIienc Huyoet-aLu witt
ing poetry. wnicn ne PAID Tor puDilsa-
lns- now much oid ne Know at the
beginning Was he oocile instrument
or - the swiaole Largely Que 10 his
iEitiatIveE Diu ne ACT with his father,
or. az some maintain, oia he aio his vie
IN deeeisins the senator, who made him
SELF guarantor for stories that changed
his own experience?
II IS certain that. after the disappear
ance Of the elder Humbert the money
lenders seem 10 have been more and
more usurers engaged in a contest OF
wits with Therese and usually worSted
by her Fabulous sums. Of which often
Lot half was actually received by the
Humoerts, now go to fill up the list OF
obligations signed by Therese in virtue Of
inheritance. The total amount OF paper
thus signed BY her during the twenty
years OF her career is credibiy estimated
ing. OF course, renewals, transfers. and
the rest
IL is in these later years also that IN
savory incidents began coming 20 the
knowledge OF the public The banker
Girard 8 suicide is single case IN point:
it is now known that there were others
II is these evil consequences OF Thsrese
Humberts financial operations which
give the tragic element TO what would
otherwise be purely comedy.
The end came last spring whep her
lawyer announced that in order TO term
mate the scandals which had gathered
about Nine. Humbert. he would open the
safe in the presence OF her chief credi-
tors. Nine. Humbert's chimney took IRE
Immediately. and she herself left her
handsome residence a day or two be-
empty jewel case the copper coin, the
brass button. and the s.0eo francs in Sc
curities. IL is unnecessary 10 dwell
These were all that appeared where the
Crawford millions should have been
II was. perhaps the fear OF the COM
ing disaster. which could not be STAYED
of for ever that produced in Frederic
his habituai air of gloom; and II seems
to have darkened the youth OF the
youth OF the daughter Eve. who was
kept in ignorance Of the real nature Of
her supposed inheritance until the end
She was destined by popular report to be
the bride OF the rising statesman Paul
Deschannei who was also given 70 Lucie
Faure a frequent guest Of the Humberts.
Eve and the Senator's widow. her
grandmother, are the pathetic figures OF
the present phase OF the AFFAIR.
The Daurignacs-the two brothers Emile
and Roman. and the sister Marie-add
rather to the comedy. Emile is the cid
est and the gentleman of the family He
had a high education in his youth. and
seem sto have had no direct part in the
swindle until after the death of his faith
er-in-law. the Senator. Then he became
responsible for the Annuity Company-La
Rente yiagere-which the Humberts seem
to have founded In the hope that ready
money might be constantly obtained from
IL in suficiert sums to satisfy more press
irg creditors. The money was received
from the little people: it Is comfort
that this part of the losses caused by
the swindie has been made good the
deficit being supplied BY the notary who
was responsible for the legal constitution
OF the company y is an incident OF the
romance that gees along with all French
causes celebres that the daughter of
Emile Daurignac and Alice Humbert
should have see nher approaching mar
rage broken OF by the flight of her
father with the rest.
The real hero OF the affair is the young
er brother. Roman D1urignAc to whom
as varied exploits are attributed as
Dumas invented FOR his muskateers. He
came back from his years 81 travel IN
South America to find his sister in the
fun glory Of her inheritance He fitted
up q room with pretended trophies Of
his hunting IN nysterioas lands and
found mean, TO get account Of his three
years in the Argentine" published and
crowned by the French Academy. lie
vas originally rather handsome man
Of the gypsy type. which has degener-
ated with the years into the heavy stout
ness OF a biack-haired. cosrse-featurei.
hut vivacioCs and immensely amusing
man of middle age. wit hthe accent OF
Southern Frenchrnan 10 lend spice and
garlic TO his tales. He seems 20 have
been the closest OF all 20 the terrible Their
csc: he was absolutely oocils. without
fear and clever enough TO escape froiE
hetraying hfrsen under dIficult circum-
etances he must have Known the swim
die from the beginning His vulgar char
scter is shown by the freedom OF his
denunciations since his arrest IA Madrid.
Therese and Frederic have understood
that reticence would help them more
for the present
Marie Daurigrac now an elderly vo-
man Of forty-six. has been mere tool
Of her ambitious sister around her Was
woven the romance OF a CrzwfOrds de-
gre 70 fulfill his uncie's wish and NARY
a laurigrac she won The name Of
sPetsrnsIe fnancee and NJ Joaquin
freely confesses that he was himself IN
lovs with her all these years To the
uneiscernirg eye she = simply an old
maid with a crushed nose- Probably she
hzs been one % the most unhappy vic
tine OF the lot
These fve-Thersss ard Frederic Hum
bert. Emile. Roman. and Marie DarriS-
rae-are row waiting trial :or the great
est s~iac;e q the Nineteenth century ard
perhaps Of any other century. Since
their sigh; 81 Nay. THE examining Judge
zho - drawing up the case. has classs-
fed ten os thousands o. cocuuerts. of
Which more than s.o@9 letters were % OF
from Thc-ese Huzb4rt s.ozs.-Psrfs CO.
resron6encs % the Ss~ Tork Evening
Post.
Mr.. DooLEY ON GENEROSITY.