The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-05-20

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20 81 ~ fury. were good rlerds.
weiI proyen years
ups and dcEls e etlers
~ They we've seated where
they had Il habtt 81 meet
Ing ~ the lite, Creole
haunted cafe 81 Madame
Tibauls ii pnmaine
street Il you know the place, you
win experience 4 thrill % pleasure n
recalling Il to mind Il IS small and
dark, with RI little polished tables,
OF which you may slt and drink the
best coliee hi New otieans, and con.
coctlona Of abslnthe equal % SAFE
RAGS best Madame Tibault fat and
induigeni presldes ~ tlie desk, and
takes your money Ntcolette and
Nome, madamels neIces n charming
bib aprons. bring the desirable bey,
ernges
Dnmars With true Creole luxury,
was sipplng his absinthes with half
cloaed eyes. Ia q swirl Of cigarette
smoke, Robbins wal looking over the
morning Ple- detecting. aa young re-
poriars Will the gross plumbers In
the makeup and tie enyious blue
penciilng hIa own tlitf had received
This item, IN the dveftlsing columns.
caught III sye. aud With an ezelama.
Hon IL sudden interest he read i
aloud % IFS friend
pBBfIc AUCTION Al, 8 o'clock
this aiterlooH there VIII be sold to
the highest bidder all the common
property of the Little sisterssof sa-
maria al the8hcme Of the sisterhood.
IN Bonhomme street The sale will
dispohs Of the building, ground and
the complete furnishings Of the house
and chapel. without reserve"
This notice stirred the two friends
to reminiscent tails concerning an
episode In their journalistic career
that had occurred about two years
before They recalled the incidents,
won't over the Old theories, and dis
cursed II anew, rom the different
perspective time had brought.
There were no other customers In
the cafe. siadanless fine stear had
caught the line 81 their talk lfsnd she
came over 70 their ftable4fter hadgtt
not been her lot nioneysheE gani
iahed twenty Thousand dollars that
had set tie whole matter going2 glpe'
Tie three took up the long-aban.
doned mystery threehlng OVER the
old. dry chan cftt II yasjiin the
chapel Of ills house % the Little
Sisters Of sauiaria that Robbins and
Dunafs hadtstood during that eager
ffhlCess news search q theirs and
looked upon ne gildedt istatpetof the
virgin. q logS -a2su
eThasa 81. bogs, said sdmadame,
aumndng 6p. is'fhass yergI wicked
man. Mtsienf Norm Everybody shall
Be cert be teslS those money Iplaze
IN BID hand sfoi Keep safes YesuqE He's
houn spend that money somehow
Madame lurned ii btoa dgaRd ,compre-
hensiye smile npon Dumars. Il ond'.
stand you ai'sIslr ppmars, those day
you come ak ne 20 tell ev'ything l
know bout MisieuI Norm. All! yes,
know most tine when those men
lose money you say 'Cherchez la
Femme tliere ~ somewhere the wo-
man. But not Tor 'sieur NORM. No,
BOYS. Before ne shall die, he is lie
one saint. You nights well, M'steur
Dnniars 50 tfy find those money In
those statue on Virgin Mary that
M'slenf Norm present at those ptite
aoenrs as tIy md one femme"
dame Tihault's last words.
Robbins started slightly and cast a
KEEN sidelong glance at Dumars.
The Creole sat, lnmoved, dreamily
Watching the spirals Of his cigarette
smoke.
Il was then % o'clock In the morn
hi, ana few minutes later. the
two friends separated, going different
Bayb To- heir days duties. And now
follows me brief story Of Madame
TlhaIlt's vanished thousands.
New Orleans Will readily recall to
mind the circumstances attendant
updn rae death Of MI, Gaspard NORM,
that tity, MI. NORM was an ar
tistie goldsnllth and ieweler, in the
cld French qlaFteFi and man held
III ~ III esteenl. He belonged
Is one III .He Oldest French families,
eiid was oG some distinction as an
antidpaty ana historian. He was q
bachelor bout ffts years OF age.
EIe lived "A quiet comfort, at one Of
those rare old hostelries In Royal
street. FIe was found In his rooms
one morning, dead from unknown
cRuses.
Whom hts atlairs came to be looked
into. HI WIS tolhd that he was prac.
tlcally insolY ehs hIs stock Of goods
md personal 4 property barely;-but
nearly enough 10 free him from cen.
sur coFering His liabilities. Fol.
loving csine the disclosure that he
had Seen tnttpated With the sum Of
twenty icusand dollars by a former
earysat5 81 die ifoript family, one Ma.
dame TibSiilEs which she had received
as legacy from relatives in France.
Tie most searching scrutiny by
friends ana the legal authorities
failad u reveal the disposition OF the
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