The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1904-04-14
a MALAY KRIS.

bard. sls down fsx minuies, wont yo1
But li IA nearly 10 o'clock, Monsieu
MoHtlcr.
4 Well, xhsi os ~ The muket dossn'
close until II. Nou hAye plenty Of time
Yes, Monsieur Moaiier, but | promises
10 meet my wife At onc of the shops.
Os, abe will be too busy shopping q
worry shout your Abscnee. did bop
that yoa would see my s1n before yos
! left
Your sorf Oh, to be sure, he has com,
back from Paris. Well, are you glad
Did he graduate with hcnorsy
Yes He 10 a doctor Of laws, aud bis mo
,her Ia ove,l i,ed. Icsnnot ssy that am
I ilad him little biz too Parisiar, this boy
Of mine. lie says good many things that
| don't like at sll, argues abous honesty
property justice. Why, yesterday would
have left the dInner table II IT had been any
body but my own son talkiog Ia that way
and, being my own son, II was hard TO keep
my hauds eil bis ears, And he spends toe
much. | am continually giving him money
yet be 10 forever sfter bis mother for more.
He goes to bed very late, ard every morn.
ing there 10 great fuss before monsieur
consents to get up. Nc, no! don't like
such habits. II he wishes to succeed AT
the bar, he must take another road.
You intend TO make magistrate Of him,
| believer
He says no, at present. We shall have
to wait until he changes his mind.
Have you heard that young heguln has
come home as juge d'instructionf
know. Hesnd my son are great friends
A serious lad hear.
Seriousf He would send his own father
TO prison. There will be no smotherlng OF
scandals with hlm--lke that college affair
last year. Heavens, Monsieur Monlier, 1t
ID a quarter past ten. really must 90,
my friend. Hello! What pretty cab
net
IL isn't bad, but have more interest
Ing one downstairs, In the hall. ! will 20
wi h you and show 1t to you. You must
see the Malay kris picked up by mere ac-
cident. Along comes sailor,et me sae,
1t was day before yesterdsy--a sailor Of
come out'a1dlsh country, with all sorts OF
foreign curiosities. bought something
that be called a Malay kris. Malay or not
1t ia very curious, I've seen such things
books, but didn't know they really exist
ed. After stabbipg you press a spring.
The blade divides, and when you pull 1t
out, 1t leaves horrible wound, shaped
like cross. Come, will show II to you.
Take care Of the last step, the hall Is 80
dark. The cabinet Ia by the window. Hell
10!
What 10 the matteil
Well, here's a pretty business
What?
The kris Ia gone! Who can have taken
III must see about this.
Look on the fl)or. Perhaps the hooks
have given way.
No the hooks are all right, and there Is
nothing on the fl i,or. Well! Well. l
must see about this at once.
Well, | must be going, Monsieur Mon
tier.
Good-day, Monsieur Gambard, Justine
Justine! Oh, it's you, Clemence. Where
On earth Ia Justine?
In the garden with madame. have Just
come from market.
But what is the matter with you, Glenn
sncef You look all up-fet.
And well may be, monsieur. Some.
hing dreadful has happened. Monsieur
knows the lady Of the chateau
Wells
She was murdered last night. About
O'Clock the gardener heard scream and
an; but she was dead before he reached |
ler. The murderer, whoever he is must
% q monster. Just imsgile, monsieur
"a the poor lady's breast they found two
that made croas. But what is
he matter with monsieur?
Nothing the murder OF the old lady |
hooked me little. Does madame knowf
Not yet, monsieur.
Don't tell her, II might excite her.
Especially as madame Is already disturb
d don't know II ought to tell mon
ieur, but Monsieur Lucier--
Well! Whats Monsieur LucienS
He did not come home lasl night-Ob,
What Ia wrong with monsieur
don't know ] feel rather faint. I've
cit so all day Yesterday, too.
Monsi ur had batter 90 to bis room.
Yes, am going.
IN help you upstairs.
No, no. Leave me alone,
Yes, yes Monsieur can hardly stand
p. Come. Carefully Here we are
ID down In your big armchair. There
'oes monsieur feel hetleif
Yes, yes. Ii
Htu EulN tuht was NNASh w
suse Monsieur Lucian did not come home
Nonsense! I've felt badly all day.
| will 20 and tell madame.
No, no.
All, HIRE comes madame now. Nor
eur Is III, madame.
am nor; there is roihing the matter .
IT'D me. What 10 the gifl talking about .
Fl, Go TO your kitchen. Ii
Madame, toll monsieur tha. Monsieur |
ncisL
Who told you to say anything about III /
VI Mind your 0 gn affairs. That girl is :
bearabe, She told you about Lueisbt
Yes. That IL xha, upset mt though
have not been well all day.
II Ia not so much bis not coming home
al yexfs me Boys will be boyf, but /,
,nfess that an troubled By bis mysteri- /,
10 actions. What 90 you ,hinkf He
me In, s,esittily, two minutes sgo. !,
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