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HOW he FOOLED HER
And Had a Good Time With the Money
She Gave Him to Bury Himself
With. Laugh on the Side of
the Husband.
the Husband.


burglary, forgery, and a variety Of
other heinous cffenses. All the same
N CUES thinks that the laugh Is on
dis side, and Paris asrees with him
Nogues is an expert machine ii ,ter
and a practical philosopher. Wheth
er he is the other things which hi5
wife alleges, RENAL 8 to be proved by
the lady, who keeps a green grocery
shop in the Rue d'Allems gae. Nine.
Nogues is a woman Of thrifty habits,
but a shrewish temper. She and her
husband did not get along we'll to-
gether and he rejoiced when his work
cook him away from home for a few
days. He was engaged on a job at
Rsnnes the other day, aud congratu
lating himself on his temporary relief
from domestic worries, when he re.
csived this exhilarating epistle from
his better half:
"Inhuman m ,nste:! You have
brough disgrace and dishonor on your
family. II you do not c)mmit u eide
within twenty-four hours, I shall de
nource you the police. ANNA"
Any ordinary man would have been
greatly depressed oy such a missive,
but 1t did net u }set Ntgues a bit.
He does not seem 10 have denied the
C larges, but wrute his wife that be
was prepa ed to commit suicide. TC
ave her tire necessity Of having tc
attend to such disagreeable details
herst II, however, I Q begged that she
YOU d send him sufficient money to
nable him to make PROVISIONS fol
nis decent burial. He besought her
also to send him a photograph OF her
self and his two daughters, that they
might be placed in the clffl with
MIN. H, concluded by pleading fol
aer forgiveness and subsorlb-d him
self, your IF ~5ctionase husband"
Nogues' fellow. workmen noticed
that be was in a particularly good
aumor for the rest Of the day for be
;huckled frt q1ently to himself, he
declined to tell them what it was that
5ickled his fancy SO much. Nine.
Nogues was delighted with the letter,
out she would not risk her preclou;
money on her husbands mere word
Instead Of sending it to him by mail,
she intrusted it to her brother. in.law
Legris Benonie, and instructed hin
20 see that Nogues carried Cut hjs
part of the bargain, and to send bel
a telegr-m when the b was done
She gave him $120, having figured II
out that amount would enable bel
husband to blow bis brains out dc
:ntly and pay for the funeral expen
ses. And she considered that sht
would be rid Of him cheaply at thu
price.
N)gues had not calculated on LIE
yris taking any part in the afLir, but
.e readily adapted himle + to th'
changed circumstances. When Beg
ris had explained his mission, Nogue'
p~rofessed to be well satisfied with thu
arrangements and thu went off to
gether to buy a revolver.
After the weapon had been pur
chased, Nogues proposed that the.
should eat a farewell dinner and cracl
. couple of bottlss Of wine togethe,
before he made his exit from thi
world.
You can cut down the funeral ex
penses a bit to make up for what Il
,osts," he suggested, and Anna-sh'
is a dear, good wife, but a bit close
isted-need never know that We hat
a good time with the money"
L,gris acquiesed without demu
Ind they adj burned to the hotel wher
Nogues was staying. There they dit
full justice to an ample dinner.
1.-The landlord has treated me s.
veil here" said N,gues when it wa
lnished, THAT 1 couldn't think o
committing suicide and making a mes
N his place. 1t would not be treat
Ing him fairly. III have to do tn
joo scme where else"
"You will have to hurry" said L.
sri. II promised to send Anna a tel
gram when it was done. Time is fly
Ing and she will be getting anxious.
DON'T you think il would take
load of her mind II you wired at ono
that I've done it?' observed Nogues
1T would only be anticipating my de
cease q little and would allow u
cine to get matters fixed up SO tina
everything will go through smoothly.
1T Is ~an,,excellent idea" said tn
accommodating Legris, and 1t WI
give her more time to get her mourn
ing ready"
This was the dispatch that he sen
Nine. Nogues.
Job finished. Everything passe
off satisfact orily. Obsequies at RE-
nes."
Then they settled down to arrang
ing details. Nogues insisted that
funeral service should be held owe
his body. Legris objected that a ma
who took his own life was not ent1,
led to that ceremony. Nogues cor
tended that bis case stood on a d fl
emit footing from that Of an ordinar
suicide, since he was not seekln
death voluntarily, but was going t
kill himself merely to satisfy his viii
and carry out her orders. Legris II
cognized the force Of Nogues' logi
and promised to do his best.
Then Nogues be gged for 9he priv
lege OF being allowed to select his ow
grave. Together they sailed fort
to the cemetery. 1t was evening bt
fore Nogues had selected a site tina
satisfied his exactiDg notions.