St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1908-07-22
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There Is probably no civilized city
In the world where in the past there
has been so much plot and counter
plot as In Paris
Recently workman engaged In raz-
Ing a house In the Faubourg st. Ger
main on removing square stone ex-
| posed the crown of human head. As
stone after stone was displaced Il skel-
eton. dressed in the fashion Of the
! time Of Louis Kill. was uncovered The
space In which 1t stood WAS Just large
enough to hold 1t. one side opening
Into a large chamber, formed the door
to the compartment, being u tall, mar
row mirror at the bottom of which
were two wooden drawers flanked by
candelabra, mirror drawers and all
moving together when the door swung
The architect at once sent information
OF the find to the Academy of History.
and NJ Andre Brosseau. the secretary.
was dispatched to examine the skele-
ton. B.ossedu was astonished to find
that, though dressed as II man. the
| frame was that of woman The dis
covery filled out the missing links to Il
mystery of the time of Cardinal Richie
lieu that Brosseau had been long try
ing to solve.
| In Richelleu's day dueing became so
prevalent In France that the cardinal
made ii an offense punishable with
death Jules Beauchemin aud Castor
Arnot, dlsregarding the edict. arranged
to settle u dispute with raplers. Beau
| chemln was a noted fencer. who had
often killed his man. ArnOt was little
more than a boy. Nevertheless Beau
chemln was left dead ou the field. The
| cardinals spies. who had got wind OF
the matter, arrived on the ground only
In time to see Arnot jump on horse
and leave the spot ut II gallOp Run
ming after him on foot. one of them
seized horse by the way and fol
| lowed him to the door of his home
As soon as they could gain Hdmlttance
| lHeH enltItu anu sGulNutu tuN uPhNC
The young man was not to he found
| There was no one there but servants.
one Of whom. being threatened. con
| fessed that she had seen her master
run hurriedly upstairs and into his
room. The cardinals spy spent an
hour vainly endeavorlng to corner his
man. What puzzled him was that
there was no egress from the rear that
he considered possible. Concluding
that Arnot had got away by some hid
den passage, the entrance to which
was only to be found by one who knew
| the secret, he went TO the cardinal and
reported the facts. The same day q
notice was posted In the streets of
| Paris Offering a reward for CASTOR
| Arnot. but the duelist was never taken
nor was he ever again seen In France,
though mysterious reports occasion
ally got out that he was serving with
the army on the frontier.
| Now. all this was matter Of history
with which the secretary Of the acad-
envy had been familiar. II the skele-
ton found had been that of a man,
solution OF the problem as to. what had
| become of CASTOR Arnot would have
been found. As II was. the find only
added to the mystery. for what was
woman doing in this secret space in
having been occupied by the Arnot
| family, that was uncertain. However.
the riddle was solved by bit Of paper
found In the pocket of the doublet
worn by the skeleton
The story completed was In this
wise: Jules Beauchemin was sutton
| for the hand of Henrietta, aged TWEEN
| ty-four, sister Of CASTOR Arnot She
detested and refused him. Beauche-
min not being able to take revenge
upon woman. while at cards one
evening with CASTOR, boy Of nine
teen, deliberately accused him of cheat
ing. This was tantamount to killing
him, for CASTOR, Notwithstanding the
cardinals edict, could not live In Paris
without having resented such an impu-
tation, and Beauchemin always killed
his man.
Henrietta Arnot learned Of this in
tended assassination Of her brother.
Inviting CASTOR to drive with her, she
took him to a farm belonging to her
family on which lived q couple who
were devoted to her. CASTOR was in
weighed into room from which there
was no egress, locked In and left in
charge of the couple. In the early
morning the sister, dressed in her
brothers clothes, appeared on the duel