Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-07-12

tion on the man, who did not bow
and without turning his head or look
ing behind him he returned to hi
bedroom.
AS the Cathedral clock struck tw
in the morning. Jean Vatican awoke
What woke him was that his be-
was too good. 1t was nearly twent
years since he had slept in bed, and
although he had not undressed, tn
sensation was too novel not to distur
his slumbers.
He had slept more than four hours
His fatigue had passed away. He wa
accustomed not to devote many hour
to respose.
| He opened his eyes and stared int
the gloom which surrounded him
then he closed them again with tn
intention Of going to sleep once more
When many varied sensations hav
agitated the day. when various mat
ters pre-occupy the mind. one fall
asleep once, but not a second time
Sleep comes more easily than 1t re
turns. That is what happened to Jeal
Vatican. He could not get to sleeI
again, and he fell to thinking. Thos'
six sets Of silver haunted him. The!
were there. A few PAGES distant
Just as he was traversing the adjoin
ing room to reach the one in which
he then was, the old servant woman
had been in the act Of placing then
in a little cupboard near the head o.
the bed. He had taken careful mote
Of this. cupboard. On the right, a!
you entered from the dinning-room
They were solid. And old silver
For the laddle one could get at leas
two hundred francs. Double what HI
had earned in nineteen years. 1t l!
true that he would have earned more
if the administration had not robbed
him."
|. His mind wavered for a whole houl
in fluctuations in which there was GER
tainly mingled some struggle. Three
o'clock struck. He opened his eyei
again, drew himself up abruptly into
a sitting posture, stretched out his arm
and felt of his knapsack, which HI
had thrown down on a corner Of the
alcove; then he hung his legs over tht
edge of the bed and placed his fec
on the floor and thus found himself
almost without knowing it, seated or
his bed.
He remained for a time thought
fully in this attitude, which woult
have been suggestive Of something
sinister for any one who had seen him
thus in the dark. the only person
awake in that house where all were
sleeping. All of a sudden he stoopet
down, removed his shoes and placed
them softly on the mat beside the bed
then he resumed his thoughtful at
titude and became motionless once
more.
| He remained in this situation, anC
would have so remained indefinitely
even until daybreak, had not the clocl
struck one-the half or quarter hour
It seemed to him that stroke said t.
him, "Come on!"
He rose to his feet, hesitated still
another moment, and listened, ther
executed a movement like that Of
man who has made up his mind
strobe to the alcove, grasped his knap
sack, opened it, fumbled in it, pulled
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on the bed, put his shoes into one o.
his pockets, shut the whole thing VI
again, threw the knapsack on hi
shoulders, put on his cap, drew the
visor down over his eyes, felt for hi:
cudgel, went and placed it in the an
gle of the window; then returned Il
the bed and resolutely seized the OBJ
ject which he had deposited there. i
resembled a short bar Of iron. pointed
like a pike at one end. 1t would have
been difficult to distinguish in tina
darkness for what employment tina
bit of iron could have been designed
Perhaps it was a lever; possibly i
was a club.
| He took the candlestick in his righ
hand. Holding his breath and tryint
to deaden the sound Of his tread, N
directed his steps to the door Of th'
adjoining room, occupied by the bish
op, as we already know.
On arriving at this door he found
it ajar. The bishop had not closed 1t
Suddenly Jean Vatican replaced hi
cap on his brow; then stepped rapid!
past the bed, without glancing at th'
bishop, straight to the cupboard
which he saw near the head; he raised
his iron candlestick as though to force
the lock; the key was there; he open
ed 1t; the first thing which presented
itself to his gaze was the basket of sill
verware; he seized it, traversed th'
chamber with long strides. withou
taking any precautions and withou
troubling himself about the noise
gained the door, re-entered the ora
tory, opened the window, seized hi
cudgel, bestrode the window-sill o
the ground-foor, put the silver int
his knapsack. threw away the basket
crossed the garden. leaped over th'
wall like a tiger and fled.
The next morning at sunrise, tn
bishop was strolling in his garden
Madame Magloire ran up to him In ut
ter CONSERVATION.
"Monseigneur. Monseigneur!" she ex
claimed, does your Grace know wher'
the basket of silver is?"
Yes" replied the Bishop
"Oh, am thankful for that" she re
sumed II did not know what had be
come Of It,"
The bishop had just picked up tn
basket in a flower-bed. He presented
it to Madame Magloire.
Here it is.'
. Well" said she. Nothing in 1t
And the silver?"
"Ah," returned the bishop. 80 1t i
the silver which troubles you? / don
know where it is"
80, my! o, my! it is stolen! Tha
man who was here last night has stol
en- it,"