The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1915-07-02
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3, DWIGHT NORWOOD

Many years ago in the city Of RhsAns.
IN France. which. has Of late bsea ~
scene Of nshtnST between The rrs.cA
and The Gsrmans, there lived an ~
notary. In France q notary = q law
yer. but In the oldsn time Z lawyer wa
not Of much moro Importance % far q
bis work was concerned than q notary
u with us today. Jules Fariieux. ~
notary Of Rheims. had accumulato1
some 0O.OO francs. which had como -
him through small fees. This sum-
$4,000 In our mOney-was quite q for>
tuos In those days. especially In FranoA
whore everything was very cheap and
one could live comfortably ON q small
income.
The old man had one child, q dauSh-
ter. Deiphins. to whom he expected b
leave bis property. and It was hin IL
pectation that she should marry q man
having at least IN equal amount What
vas bis chagrin. therefore. when ~
learned that she had failen in love with
AlphOnse Du Bots. q young fellow who
had Just been graduated from q law
school In Paris and settled In Rheims to
practice his profession without a sou 10
his name. The notary simply forbade
his daughter to have anything to do
with the man.
One day three men came into Jules
Farlieux's Office. and after asking II and
being assured that he was the "distin-
guished notary" with whom 30 many
persons intrusted their affairs and their
moneys they asked him to take care Of
100000 francs In gold which was theirs
Jointly. Jules accepted the trust, It BE-
ing agreed that he should deduct 8 per
cent Of tho mount when the money
was returned. He vas then asked TO
draw up a contract to that effect, In
which he stipulated to pay over tho
money to the three men together and
not to any one or two Of them sspa-
rateiy. The contract having been sign
ed. the men departed. leaving the gold
on a table. Az the notary vas gather
ing It up to put In his strong box one OF
the men returned. saying be had bsen
deputed by the others to count the
money before It was put away. While he
was doing 30 a stranger came hurriedly
into the Office and. after taking the
notary into a rear room, asked him
some questions concerning a matter
which he seemed to consider Of imme-
date importance. The notary tried to
get away from him, but found 1t impos-
turn to the other room both the money
and the man who had been counting It
were gone.
Farlieux found himself In a very un-
pleasant position. He had receipted
for 100000 francs which he was to pay
to the three owners together. One Of
them had taken the amount. and the
notary would be Obliged to indemnify
the others, which would require nearly
double all he Possessed. He heard
nothing from II OF the men for u
month: then m morning the two who
had lost their share came to him and
demanded 1t.
IL hOldIy y thul AZ Ih'u
had c0nspired to swindle him. but uiL-
less he could prove this he had no hope
Of saving the little fortune he had been
a lifetime In accommodating and which
was to go to his daughter for a dOwry.
He made every effort to prove that tho
men were dishonest aud In collision.
but was not able to do 10.
After a formal demand for their
money the two men put the case In the
courts, and a day was set for trial.
Alphonse Du Bots learned Of the case
from his sweetheart. Louise. and the
probable loss Of her dOwry. He told
her to say to her father that he would
save him from the swindle II he would
consent to his marriage with her.
Louise gave the old man the message
and 1t made him very angry.
What! he exclaimed. ''Does this
pOpinjay who has no experience In the
law propose to do what l. who have
been a notary for forty years. cannot
dO?"
Louise argued with her father, say
ing that nothing would he lost by per-
hitting Alphonse to take the case and
something might be gained. Since the
old mans principal grief was that she
would be deprived of her dowry. she
finally won him over, but not until tho
case had been called in court, and II
any defense was to be put in 1t must
be done at once Then the notary.
who could e no possible excuse un-
der the contract to avoid indemnifying
the plaintiffs. agreed that In case Du
Bots saved his fortune It should 20 to
Louise as his bride.
The young lawyer arose in court and
called for a reading OF the contract
When the reader came to the words,
"And the said Farlieux shall pay to
the said depositors together and to no
one or two separately the sum Of 1OO.-
600 francs" Gu ROis stopped him and
said:
"YOur honor. my client is ready to
pay the 100000 francs specified under
the contract to the three depositors to-
gether. but il prohibited by the con-
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