Gunnison news-champion., 1911-10-13

o<Ssp&s-er thai Hal
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bGzzed for nearly a cen
tsry-'~ere good friends
vel proven BY years q
uvs and downs tagether
They Uere seated sher<
they had . habit Of msss
tae IN the little. Creole
Haunted cafe of Naaan>
Tibsait. IN Damains
street ~ you kne~ the place. yo1
sih sxperiencs . thrill Of pleasure In
rscslins n to mind d h small ane
DARK with STA little polished tables
81 which yos may sit and driRk ths
essi coaee IN New Orleans, and con.
eoctions OF absintae equal 10 sac
rec best Madame Tibault fat ane
inssAssnt. presiaee al the desk and
takss your money Nioolieite and
AoRe. maaames neices In charmins
BIB aSse.s. bring the desirable bsv-
srsx~s
DuaAss. with true Creole luxury
Ses stpOtRG HE sbesnthe with hsh
sisss1 eye. IN . swirl of cisarests
e0oss Robbins ~as looking over the
nsrniao Pic. detectine as young 70
psvtsrs will the gross bunders 10
ths nsheup end the envioas blue.
psRcilinS bile o~l stuff had received.
thts item. In the adyertisins eolsmna.
saught bis eve and with an exclama
tAon Of snddsn interest he read II
aloud to his friend
PUBLIC AUCTION-At 9 O'Clock
this afternoon there viii be sold to
~ hiOhsst bidder all the common
psopsrty Of the Little Sisters OF Sc
nara. st the home Of the otsterheod
- Boahonne otrset The sale will
dtsposs Of the building. ground and
shs eo0plets furnishings Of the house
enl chapel. without reserve"
rAis notice stirred the two frienAe
10 . reminiscent talk concerning IN
sUtsods In thstr journalistic carver
sAat had occurred about two years
bseore. They recalled the incidents.
wont esr the old theories. and die
Ooaosd n aesw. frem the di6srsnt
pOopecsivs time had brought
rhsss vsre no other customer. in
- coeo. Maaane's Ane ear haA
oaGht the liae OF their talk. and che
sane over to their table-for had n
~ bssn ~ lsst monoy-hes van-
fsAod twenty thousand dollars-tAae
he'd 81 The whole matter osing,
The thsss tend up the loae-ahaa-
Asosd mystery. thrsshinG over tho
chapel a this house Of the Lasais
Sisters u sansvSa that Robbins anA
DuGars had stood during that eager
fruitless neWs osarch of theirs end
looked upoa tAs gildsd statue Of the
Virgin
"Thass 10, boys" said madame.
summing up. "Thass YER wicked
nan. Msissr NORM. Everybody shall
- cert tie steal those money | place
IN his hand Ter keep safe. Yes He's
bouR' spead that money somehow
Madame turned q broad and comprs-
heasivs smile upon Dumars Il ond'-
stand you. M'sievr Dumars those day
yoa come ask ne TO tell ev'ything
know bout M'sieSr NORM. All, yea
know most time when those men
lose money you say, 'Cherchsz Ia
eUnne'-thsre n somewhere the wo-
naA. But not for Msieur NORM. No.
bsys Before he shall die, he IL like
- saint You nights well, M'sieur
Dunars. 20 try find those money in
these statue Of Virgin Mary that
M's@eur MORN present at those ptite
sosurs. ~ try fnd one femme"
Al Madame Tfbaults last words.
Robbins started slightly and cast q
hssn. sidelong glance at Dumars
The Creole sat. unmoved. dreamily
watching the spirals of his cigaretts
smoke.
II was then . O'Clock IN the morn
Inc. and, . rev minutes later. the
two friends separated. going different
ways to tbsir day's duties. And nov
follows the brief story of Madame
Tibaults vanished thousands.
New Orleans viii readily recall ID
mind the circumstances attendant
upon tAs Aeath Of Mr.. Gespard NORM
In that city Mr. NORM was an ar
tistic goldsmith anl jeweler. In tks
old French quarter. and q nan held
m the asSAs0t esteem He belonged
70 ODS " - OfuSOt rfcuCn ia"iffes
and WAS Of some distinction ~ 81
antiouary and historian. He was ,
bachelor. about Fifty years Of age
He lived in quiet comfort. at one .
0ose rare cid hostelries IN Roys
strset H was founA IN HE room
sse morning. dad frs0 unknown
eaUoes
whea his s2Airs oans 10 - looke'
into. IL was found that - was pre-
e1caIiy insolvSat. his Seoch u sod
snA perssaal property berely-Su
osariy e1SugA - frs hin frv0 -
sure-coveflne - hab1ntiso. p
lS~fng. cans eAo 0Bclsssfo tAaa 3
- been intFusss1 ~ IT, sUA {
tWUnty thouonnA Asa2a0 ~ . ADfOs
ssrvsnt n - AGs1n eanfly. - II
An0e rfbau1l. OeAGA - - Ucs1v0
- Q leeacv ffU0 rS3atfv0s - Fro0el
n D0a SeoreA1nG scrutfny ,
sluu1s aDA TIE baDAl authoffeSe
euns9 70 rvs9nl tAs 0spssftioa - u
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