The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-06-13
AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL
s FIND. A

IOriBinaLl
There Is probably no civilized city
IN the world where In the past there
has been so much plot and counter
plot ns IN Paris
Recently workman engaged In raz-
Ing house In the Faubourg st. Ger
main on removing square stone cx-
posed the crown of n human head. AS
stone after stone was displaced a sl,el-
eton, dressed In the fashion Of the
time OF Louis NIL. was uncovered. The
space In which 1t stood was just large
enough TO hold IL. Ono side. opening
into large chamber. formed the door
to the compartment, being Il tall, mar
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 Brossenu. the secretary,
was dispatched to examine the skele.
ton. Brosseau was astonishcd to find
that. though dressed as a man. the
frame was that of a woman. The die
covery filed out the missing links to n
mystery of the time OF Cardinal Rlche-
lieu that Brosseau had been long try.
ing to solve.
In Richelieus day ducling became SO
prevalent In France that tho cardinal
made 1t ap offense puniEhablc with
death. Jules Beauchemin and CASTOR
Arnot, dlsregarding the edict. arranged
TO settle a dispute with raplers. Beau
chemin was noted fenccr. who had
often killed Ills man. Arnot was little
more than a boy. Nevertheless Beau
chemin was left dead on the fleld. The
cardinals spies. who had got wind Of
the matter. arrived on the ground only
in time to see Arnot Jump on q horse
and leave the spot at gallop. Run
ming after him on foot. ono Of them
seized horse by the way and fol.
lowed him to the door Of his home.
AS soon as they could gcin admittancc
they entered and searched the house.
The young man was not to be found.
There was no one there but servants.
one OF whom. being threatened. con-
fcssed that she had seen her master
run hurredly upstairs and into his
room. The cardinals spy spent an
hour vainly cndeavorins 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 he found by one who knew
the secret, he went to the cardinal and
reported the facts. The same day
notice was posted I'm the streets of
Paris Offering reward for CASTOR
Arnot. but the ducllst was never taken
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.
emy had been familiar. If the skele-
ton found had Eeen that Of man. II
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 a
woman doing In this secret space In
the garb Of man? AS to the house
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 doublct
worn by the skeleton.
The story completed was in this
wise: Jules Beauchemin was suitor
for the hal. 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 will CASTOR. n boy of nine.
teen, deliberately aCVil.'c ':iNl' oe 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 farm belonging to her
family on which lived couple W. '
were devoted TO her CASTOR was in-
veigled into room from which there
was no egress, locked In and left 1
charge of the couple. In the cary
morning the sister, dressed In her
brothers clothes, appeared on the duci.
Ing grounds. Just as the principals
were about to take their places He
rietta paused. lifted some gauze from
her face and said:
IN. Beauchemin. I am Henrietta
Arnot. This quarrel is with me. not
with my brother. desire before We
fight that you sign this paper. exon.
erating him from the charge you made
against him."
Beauchamln. astonished. took the pa
per, signed 1t without reading It and
handed 1t back to Henrietta. Then h.
threw down his sword
"En garde" cried the girl ficrpely.
Benuchamln refused. Henrietta made
a pass at him which. hnd he not MIN.
bly, stepped aside. would have killed
him. He took mp his sword. intending
simply to parry her thrists. Thls he
did successfully for some time. when
either his foot slipped or he became
unneryed. for he received thrust
through the body.