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MACON, GA., WEDNESDAY MORNING.NOVEMBER 5, 1890.
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0 MARIE’S TESTIMONY.
r „. in ow rtre.il •« .pirwly p«opl*d:
r m ,,rm lot th. gentl*i world to riik
"Xuiioo, »hUe ilie “J«qu«” «d
• ,'p?’ of CaLii we eating dinner,
;•* BiDning, or o'berwise taking ad-
ll J *f iheir .11 too .tort hour ol r«L
rfpiehat i, Blinding »i the duor ul
X,,bop f.cioft the ou.y, U.tly con-
Sf the slink .id .perkle ot the
i. me lun.Wn.. ,
F“. t. se |f ii almoit dnerted. Here
Pjj_ 7 ar e l.uga pile, ot merchandiw
SSL far tbi ever,leg boat to Hotter.
, , n boiee »od bartclj and trunk.
„j,d orit, or, more prop rly, .lept
Jto.lMjyoarg gunt clad m work-
5,V.e'»-‘i orer-.ll., hi. eye.pro-
L<nu the Hm b 7 * cap, adorned by
«AI hut:e, which it tilled over them.
iVVpoQ thi. figure that Pere Pichaf.
w,We finally *Ught» and Unger.
till ton, Blaise Pich.t, who i
.r«t»rd.r hen be n enrolled on
leittwc Company V' books m porter and
id eitchui.nr and doe. not Bl.uo
thU proud promotion to hta (Per.
excellent reputation as good
Pare Pichat know, that' in
.'ol finite', appartnt aomnul.ncy it
i d i 1- e ide any v#graut tp r.aat covet-
,tei biion tb« “cutupanyV’ property.
bi-b»d n the»e co graiulatory nfltfe-
p, rr pi c hat is deaf t j a sudden com-
\ which has ariseu a few doors away.
i,e»r<ilie bhr*h »:nes of a woman’*
tt0 ubly cilli g d twi curses on some
, iin ut’j brad, aud punctuating every
r, ’»comes the sou:, of a blow. The
c of cursed and blows approachf**
triad nearer until, euivghg from a
Hreft, a s rang- g-m.p pr.stuL lt.elf
^ p.chai’a us ouieheil eyes.
:a'I, mout worn tn clad in short red
,. uUck bof ice and dirty mob cap,
iJ.ne lace iaflanted wi h wrath and—
,1, her right baud fl urishing aloft a
iflird s itk. while with the leftrhe
\ l-mly & blight, btrugg'ir.g, shrink-
Lure upon whore lu it ess body the
‘[j*about o f*.l. A moaa-ntlater it
a'd while worth/ Pere Pichat
tciog up bis mind to interfere it rises
h ! icural tinns, until a blow more
;a< ih <n tli ■ forrg dng ones elicit! a
m i,l aagu aU from the tilth*rto silent
i The Ncrcam awakes Blaise, and
i in ot h he rprings to hL ft el; run-
;:o the worn.m, in- anatebea the whip
uer luail and, rJe ai g her hold of
And, ;> fees himself » e wren them.
),41 not warn thee, 1'onktie. to coase
;;!,e lit L one?” he errs veto-
tv,facing the furious wornm, who
da for a moment BDCeoblets in wrath-
imixement. With * gsspsbe throws
Kllowsul in n vain attempt to reach
Ej, but ibis ticifc it is Pere Pichat
imerpoMS.
I;lj, softly, my good Toniette," he
p?r»ua*ivdy. ‘‘Leave thou the child
■xpUio to me a little.”
jj. tin rv.rieka the woman. “What,
nu 1 -'I explain? It is to m* this
devil belong*, i-t it not? Ab, the lit-
ftf-»li*r f ih« not;rnti»f|i| nn» (” Her*
i-tis, hiving thrivked htmlf into a
[hi g fie, nop-*, perforce, to rrgain her
i, |ltr<og meanwhile at ti e child
ties which dumbly exp me the rkge
IHihs would fain give
khoy;Haring within "eSIeSKC
i d im* • arms, meet* per g- ze nn-
«crv. He h« soitliboy, this Jean
4 top, om him more than 6, though
in tact 10; but except for that one
laof pain he had made no other out-
:sihr Ionic te’s violence. lie has not
litrir, but the poor little mouth la
in viih pain, for Toniettr’s blow* are
» meats caresses, ami he feels himssif
from head to her!. It is a pretty del-
little face that g zsat Toniette io
; it has a firm chin, n Bad, lovely
mjuih, grett blue eye* and a broad
! brow, our vbhich hangs a mass ol
/Itlfxen curls. A steadfast, patient,
Kidlike boy is this “little devil” ot
kts’s.
pik Toniette is recovering her breath
Pichat questions Jean Marie aa to
{*“• °I her not unusual violence, and
*‘l® relatrs simply that the trouble
corning is all about a chain and
ft belonging to him (Jean Marie); his
r f d huil « it around his neck just
• »-ie went 11 live with the good Pere
uitt. The brave little lad’s voice
'•land his eye* fill with t.nra as he
«n ti tell how lie had loved the tria-
c f beautiful mother’s sake and
‘-viy* worn it round his neck until a
’•to, when one night while ho slept
we had stolen and pawned it for a
to buy absinthe. At first he
“Ask Toniette what reata within the little
heart. If she doe* not know, you will be
Bure it is mine.”
Pere Pichat haaten* to follow the child’s
advice. At first bis interrogation is met
with sullen silence by Tr ntette, but noting
the bad *H-ct this had upon the self-con
stituted judge, she finally hazards a guess.
“Bah!” she says disdainfully. “It is a
portrait.” Jean Marie, who, having
staked ail upon lhL> cast, has been waiting
her reply with breathless anxiety, now
cries triumphantly:
“No! not iti* not a portxait. It is
bnt a little white flower. Is it cot true,
Mooshur? - ’
Pere Pichat nods paternally and ex
plains ti.at the heart contains a tiny 8wi*s
Edelwn sj. As he explains he permits
Jean Mnrie to draw the locket from his
hand.
Toniette, furiona at her defeat, struggles
to free herself from Blaise’s grasp and
reach the child, tin her captor retains his
hold, and in another moment Jean Marie
is llyiug down the street, his precious
locket clasped dost*. Toniette curses and
writhes in impotent rage, but it is not
until the lad has dappeared from sight
that Blaise lets her gu, laughing at her
fury. Toniette at once proceeds to make
search for her “little devil,” vowing ven
geance as she goes. She will beat him,
akin him, aud devote him to perdition
gtnerai.-y. But, aa even the furious worntn
realix a, a nectsiary preliminary to, cook-
iug ycur bird in to c tch him, and Jt-an
Marie has no xumd to be caught. lie is
determined to escape forever from his
boudsg^ and has taken full advantage of
his atari iu the race. While Blaiso held
Toniette he had hastemd, on fear-wing*d
feet, tbr. ugh the winding streets ot the
iitiie town to the now almoet-deaertei
market place, and there, beneath a huck
ster’* cart, coucealtd on ail sides by a
miniature Alps in vtgctables, he nad
found a si cure refuge.
While Toniette conducts her fruitless
search, alternately curbing her “little
devn” and swallowing iioeral potations of
atoiuthe, by way cf cordial to her wrath,
the trcinoliug child lits safe in hi* vege
table ntre-it. Fcr a time Jean Marie is
too absorbed by fear to think cf aught
cite; but alter an hour has passed—alter
he has twice seen 'ionieite run raging
through the market j hce without suspect-
irg his retreat, a feeling r.f aecuri'r i drts
j OBseision of him, ai d he h-gtns to p ud'.t
of some plan ot esi ape fruni the town.
Afttr some anxious thought the, lad’s ... ..... ....
witr, rtnuerei prtt.rna urady keen by I hintself to the highly congenial tasc of
About the same hour Toniette, in a
caharet near by, overcome by recent pota
tions and forgetful of her “ilttlo devil's”
escape, fal's into a drunken stupor.
Blais# has long since returned to his
drowsy guardianship of “the company’s”
property.
While Pere Pichat has retired to the
recesses of his dark Hftle den of brie a-
brae: all the werld-J%ll the world that is
of ji an Marls'* acquaintance—sleeps.
The long hot hour* pass slowly; slowly
the noonday glare softens and deepens
into the warmer tints of at proaching sun
set. The breeze has died out, and the
waters of the channel lie calm and un-
rutflod; a long, tremulous heaving of thetr
sapphire deptbs the only sign of motion;
and Calais awakes; Jean Marie awakes,
full of fear that the seam-packet has
come and gone, and hjutens to the quay.
Pere Pichat resumes hta watchfulness, and
the quay, eo silent tied deserted sn hour
ago, is filled with a busy, noisy, gesticu
lating crowd of townsmen. Only lVniette
sleeps on, fathoms deep in a drunkard’s
elysium.
The Dover boat comca into sight and
approaches slowlv. On its deck stands a
Ivi of 20, a handiome, brown-eyed, curly-
haired young fellow, clad in gray serge. 4
At his feet is a shabby portmanteau, on
which is inscribed “II. W. Doyle, Dublin.”
It scarcely needs thi-* address to reveal his
nationality! The lad's lack of reserve, his
gay good humor, dashed with more than a
suspicion of shrewdness, and—hia brogue
are one and all traitors to his identity.
A year before th s August day Richard
Whittington Doyle tuul found himself, on
the deatn of Doyle, senior, the proud pos-
*ea-or of a univers ty education, £10
in cash, and, what he himself called “i
perfect beast of a name.”
Theeb’er Doyle bad been owner, editor
and sole contributor of a Derry newspa
per, and Dirk managed t6 procure a letter
of introduction to a London daily jonrnal.
H*» pre -enttd i , waa favorably r«oeiv«d.
at d became a member of the repor.orial
stall.
# Young Doyle brought to bis new avoca
tion energy, unlimited audacity and a
strong hpi gtf of humor. In addition he
wrote with fluenay and rapidity, aU of
whb h atuihutes promptly brought him
Uvortbie notice, culminating in bis pres
ent spp lintment as Paris correspondent
This portion meant money in the present*
fame iu the fu ure, and Dick Tovle had
no intention of letting either esenpe him.
At the prevent moment he has rceigmd
to her passionately Lr comfort; bnt for
t . the firi-t time in all bio little life she did
J *.’ w ‘ e Pi but one day, by a great not heed him; abe slept to fast, so well,
^ had Uucd tl ie receipt for the'} she was so cold and s.ill that be could not
p,which Toniette hid thrown away
WB,rs> -. hioc# that hour, the child
—7, i: ®Hy, he had saved every
. ‘‘iu lie c( u’d earn in the few hours
j*ovnu .1,03*1, but they were few; a
r “Mmq a hor*e, a sou for runnirg
■•Uabou (-rrands; snmetimts the
i. J WM fond of children, would
•j?. * l *o-«ou piece. Jt was so alow.
^ , j , w » bul always he hoped,
“ M4of praying “Notre P*re tux
J* f . er :' 1 him brefd, he berought
owed Jean Marie sour to buy back
_ “ !I * locket. At last, after many
l "° hnndred sou* were
a. iDd early this very morning Jean
' ^’rtatliog jov had exchang’d
T hh lr *oket. Ho had lingered
*“• recovered treasure, ob-
• • i tiie'te. Then, on returning
/. **» n-jul dccmpa i ,n of nlodiog
° ,l *‘-3uMed guardian.
ri... T f t '*“*’• trod** nirrcic., be-
lo be .nil a.I^.p, i„ h .d four.d
rfcV“r ,l - T "*l'l-* bi > °y n »
ami. f nutsiion, aU( j mor .
kit”?*'.' 01 '' s!l " 1*’^ dUcorirrd
. .:.™ Ictuoud liatlt. bad lb.
MHt. “"loidarKl bimlo gir.it
*«reli bim. Ii. b.d
if. l 1 * * drrp-r.liou of derpair.
brui ^d shoulders, “Me voill
n k!i, w *f* the question
tec* -L- ? how to prove
»which he himself believed to be
b *'' h ‘ i.«i, J«u> V.rl.,” th.
fif k °a kind),, maltinr
fjk>.'d.i,h dflcul.T ab tre th.
** »> 1 ooi.lt.’. Toic., raiMd in
•'Kn'ol.lloo. J..o Marie bf.i-
k er , » gUnce at hi- friend
»»r*rons aaent.be
E-u U \ n . 1 T ^ rom hin his torn,
S’* ® h *rt, a pret y g* ld
* ff o i -n linktf.1 to.-Q'h
fear,'. cvisc a way which preaen. 1 ’ .it least
a prjbabili y of succeaa
the evening boat from tho Euglith
shore is uue at Calais pier by 6 o’tiock, iu
time to meet the evenuig exprrta lo Parif.
'i his train, the i.sUst on the schedule,
reaches Paris in six hours, making only
one stop of fifteen minutes at Ami n*.
Jeau Marie’s idea is to remaiu bidden
until juet until just before the time of the
boat's .urival; to hurry to toe pier; to
fiud turoo passenger willing to entrust him
with the care of bis portmanteau, and by
this mean* to pass the guara at the gates
of the railway. Ouce within the gates,
bis worst difficulty will be over. Jean
Marie baa oftcu not.ccd that in the older
cairiave* ot thi* line there u au axaoiy
*puce beneath t,ue seats, which is lilddcu
oya cloth valance failing from tho up
holstered cushions. Tin* space m, it is
true, v^y harrow; but tne eager bc-y is
couvluccd ihsilt will not—must uoi—
prove too small to hold hia emaciated lit-
tie |>vr*on. Au ihai he n quires is lime to
nide nimself unobservtd end to escups de-
tmi'wM by ivuklie C3 the jiiT, or iy the
railw. y guard iu the carriage. Tins U a
dtsperAte chance, but Jinn Marie is in a
Mute cf mind “to do or die,” and does not
ntop to reckon his difficulties. To reach
Paris is the goal cf me hoi’a desires
Dimly, us in a dream, he yemci'.ber* a
pretty little apartment of a nous# in Par r
—quite iiigh up—higher even than the
topi of the trees in the gardtu opposite, on
which the salon windows looked. In the
gaiileus there was music sometimes; in
the apartment there was a pale, gentle
blue-eyed lady. Always the dvares',
•weetet’. memory in the sweel dream of the
child'.* wa* tho figure of the lady, who
scmeliutca smiled and often wept; for
whom Jean Marie felt a reverential awed
love, as for the beautiful madonna in ht.
Roch, whom Simon, hia nuree, called
“Mtdsme,”and he called “Ma Mete,''
Even now, if he but shut# his eyts and
remetutK-re, lie can again fee! the caressing
touch of these wbi e hands; can hear
again a low, sad voice murmuilug softly:
“My child! liclas, my little csiid.”
ot»erving his fetlow-pa-sengers, as, limp
»>mi woe-begone front recent sacrifices to
Neptune, they emerge in a dismal proces-
•ion from the cabin companion-way.
Among tho first of the victims to appear
U a tall, thin, clerical-looking individual
of demure aspect. His demeanor is like
his attire, sober and coramot-plxce; but a
glance at ttie man’s face ia sufficient to
d s-ipatc nry preconceived id-sa of his
rh trader and to couvey a cuiious tense of
unpleasant surprise. His Lee is emaci
ated to a painlui fiegrre, while the ghostly
pallor of hiacomp'fxiun is only accentu
al* d by the darki.t-ss of his hair and eyes;
his fcatuns regular and r*fined, are curb
ou»ly impatsiv-, and SI be stands with
down-btni eye* fixed uiwn the doek at his
feet, hU face u as expreisiouleaa aa a
niaak. For a nninett young D -y.e • are*
at him without reoegnitiou, wnen iui'«
denly, ss though megneiis.d by the young «tih uo Dickattivea. Presently the door
u>an T * curious gas *, the clerical g*ntle»o-u- k'ehrovto'oplrj t> tjuard csh.rsin
raises hia eyes and turns them full upon
^‘Now, by all the lajnt* 1” ejaculates Mr.
it isn’t (lie marl parson hirmeii.” And
forthwith wreathing hie countenance J*.
an engaging smile, he tdvances toward
the object of Lis ■'Urpriie with ou stretched
hand. An he advance* the clergyman re
treat#, gtaing at Mr. Doyle the while with
mlngbd terror and loathing, aud as Dick
makes a final attempt to graep hia hand
ho turns ai d fl-.-es, aa young Doyle ffter-
ward docribtd it, ' like the wicked, whom
no man pureuetb.”
Young Doyle gazes after his retreating
form in pure ainezornebt, which emotion
lu .'dehly givrs way to exqui .ite mirth as
the explanation of the reverend gentle
man’s conduct dawns upon him.
Home two months previous, during the
latter part of Dick’s stay in London, a
ccw star had arisen in the ritualistic fir
mament. Rev. Arthur Coleman, a young
divine just returned from a novitiate of
two years as African missionary, suffering
in mind and body from the revere strain
and hardrhip* he had undergone, was
* flVre l, and in an evil day accepted, the
vicarshlp of “St. Mary the Virgin,” a
“just stepped out,” he gave up hi* quest,
and the meeting which had just taken
place watt he first rfnee the fatal inter
view. Dick, to do him joitic?, had not
heard of the serious effect his article bad
had upon Mr. Coleman’s affair*, and laid
the reverend gentleman’* behavior to an
noyance at the ridicule cast upon him.
While the young Ii'ishmsn, still linking
with laughter, is watching for the reap*
pi:*mute of hia victim, the steamer has
gradually drawn alongside the quay.
With tho placing of tbeg.ing-plduk cornea
a tush of cabmen, portetB end railway
guide vender#, pushing, vociferating and
effectually preventing the pisecngera from
dioembsrkieg. A good many haul words
and not a few blows are necessary to re-
storo a moderste degree of order. In the
melee Jean Marie, who has Icon eagerly
watching ms chance, makes hie way un
noticed to the deck of the steamer. Ar-
rived there he takes a rapid survey of the
faces about him. It ii with a sudden
feme of relief that hie eyes light upon
Dick Doyle, who is still smiling at bis
rertiioDcences of the Rev. Coleman. Jean
Marie is wen by the smiling bonny lace,
and with a sudden taking of hie wavering
courage in both hands, he approaches
f oung Doyle. “M’aieu,” he murmur*
aintlv, twirling hia battered mu in a ner
vous little hand. “M’aieu, will you per
mit that 1 carry your value?"
Dick locked about him for the beseech
ing voice, and not finding its owner upon
hie own level, he lets hie eyes fall lower
down, down, until they rest, astonished,
up 'n the four feet and odd inches of Jean
Marie.
He <eee an upturned, earnrst face, il
lumined by widfc eager eyes that hold a
world of of wiiifal pleading, as they meet
his glance of amused surprise.
He shakes his head kindly, and pro
ceed* to explain to thechiid thnt his port
manteau is too heavy. Jean Marie eager
ly protests the ttrength that lies hidden in
hi* diminutive body, ard moat convincing
S roof of all to Dick’s soft heart, hi* eves
Ii with trare aa he sets forth his capabili
ties with tbe murage of despair.
The npaho* of tbeaff>iristbai“M’eIeur”
bestowing a light satchel on Jean Marie,
earths the heavy portmanteau bimseif,
and in another moment tbe curiously ai-
fortsd pair are speeding along the quay
together, Jean Marie’s tittle face flushed
with tho effort* he is making to keep pace
with D.ck’s long stride, bis heart beating
fast with minyhd joy and apprebeniion
as be nears the gates, passes them triumph
antly, an find<« himself at the door of tbe
rear carriage, which, in view of it* unde
lirahility, Lick has chosen aa moit likely
to be unengaged. The portmanteau and
satchel having been disposed of in a coi
ner of the carriage, Dtclc haves Jean Ma
rie in charge of them, while he proceed *
to the bo king office to purchase bis
ticket. D for- be goes, he gins Jem Ma-
lie ten aons, with a pnnme of ten more,
on hia return to the carriage.
The child watches Dick dissppssr in
the crowd, aad casting one hss>y g'ance
abont hioi to tee if be is wateb«d, tpringa
into the carriage, raises the v-lai.ee of the
seat nearest to the portmanteau and dh-
appears.
The waroisg gong sounds. The guard,
in niaoinw. £ fanaea in, and aaein* die port-
tnabteauTn'Wi empty carries'*, close# to
the djor furtsfeiy. There are only five
miu^ts now before the train starts, and
him on lo hitherto undreamed of vio
lence. His gin nee, his tone, the mingled
passion end despair in his words, e -her
the careless young Irishmen to a sudden
tense of bis own cruelty. In #p te of bis
easily roused resentment# and boyish con
ceit, Dick is a genthtnsn; and it is with
an hpneet, kindly jiupuhe that lie holds
out his hand to the poor clergyman end
rays with winning courtesy, “Fcrg've me,
fir! I was au awfui brute to sav such a
thing, evea in jest; but you see, I thought
you seemed to suspect me of wanting to
take your money, ax d that rather xtitled
me. you know," Dick concludes gaily. •
To his disgust the clergyman, disregard
ing the profered hand and with >ut vouch
ing a word in reply, rues stiffly from hi*
knees, stuffs the last of the notes into his
esse, locks it and, placing it by his side,
lovingly over the set, awfui face and man
gled nody, from which Arthur Coleman
has ercaped forever.
The tram rushes on through the starlit
gloom of the summer night. The door of
the rear canitge swing" heavily to and fro
with tbe motion. Within #11 is confusion
and horror, cushions torn and blood-
statLed, window-glasses broken, a port
manteau lying open, which has fallen
from the near, its contents scattered on the
floor, and prostrate amongst them, its face
half hidden by one white, nerveless hand,
lies the body of a man with closed eyes
and ailent lips, and soft brown curls ail
wet with blood.
Huddl'd In one corner of the carriage,
hia white face pressed against tbs window,
crouched Jean Marie, gasing with horror-
»triuken eyes at a scene which bis feverish
seats himself in the neat moat remote from j imagination reproduces in endless, awful
hie companion’s. Dick only shrugs his | iteration, a man falling backward with
shon’dera at this ctvalier manner of re-j extended arms and hands vainly clutching
ceiving hi* apology, and settling himtelf j at the air. his (see white and distorted
comforlably in his corner of the carriage, with mingled rage and fear, falling—dis-
forthwlth goes to sleep. , appearing-into a golf of black shadows,
The carriage flies feat through the gath- swallowed up by a giant’s maw of dark-
ering dsrkncs*. Inside the gloom 1# some-i neis Again and again the child lives
what ligLtenxd by an oil lamp fixed ip the J through that dreadful moment. An hour
roof of the carriage, its rays, dimly visible | pisses, and yet he has not moved
Quite suddenly the dream-like vi*ion is, . * . * _
changed. Misery and terror and chinge | parish of some Catholic, some Homan con-
ovetwhclm hi# little wor d. He aloud bv | victione, where religion w-a served to suit
his btautiiul mother’s bedside aud crie'd ! the aristocratic taste of iu laymen ia
wake her, and Nanon came and carried
him sway and told him, weeping the
while, that “Madame" waa going away ou
a j mriioy to Pere la Chaise, and he must
not grieve but be a gxd little one, and
thon tome day le bon Dieu would permit
him to see again the beautiful mother.
11c had asked who was this Pere la Chaise,
if bo u t# good, and would be lie kind to
the poor, tired mother? First Xanoo had
only wept in answer, but afterward, when
he indeted upon knowing if Pere la Chthe
would he kind to mamma, she had esht
fiercely, “But yea, my little one, surely
more 'kind than these others have been,”
with a »cornful wave of her hand in the
direction presumably of the outside
world. After that men had come and
taken a«ay the furniture—even his own
little bed—and then came Toniette, to
whom Nanon gave him, together with
<om« pieces of gold. Toniette carried him
to a little cottage in l’asay, whtjo there
were other children. Bhe was not unkind
to him so long os Nanon came every
month and left some money behind her.
Hot after a lime Nanon ceased to come.
Toniette grew cross, then she beat him
sometimes, and wcuid have turned him
out, tu <hit he waa uwful in minding
the babies she bad charge of. Finally
T nieite left Pss-y quite suddenly ia the
igiii, icaviuii all ‘Le iu! Uirii but Jeui
1 quest
•* vp“ 1 v ir,< *** / *
Mneu,” he says eagerly.
Smte then life had been all minery for tbe
little lad. Dread of Toniette sober; re-
doubl'd dread of Toi.ielte drunk, had
made eiiaUnce a constant terror for th«
clii'd, and that last infamy of hia tyram’a
in stealing his beloved locket hta cou
plet* d the circle of his wretchedness- Hia
one idea now was to retch Paris to find
bis mother, whom, misled by Xenon’*
word#, he pic ur»d to blm*elf at living a
poAC-itsl life wi h a Cure named “la
1 h*UM%” having for some un-xplicahle but
doubtless wise reason left her little bjy to
i-ufler for a while. Having found her he
had no donbt of his living welcome; in
imagination he could eveu now feel htr
dear arms about bim, her kisses on his
Ups. Thus thinking, and worn with fa
tigu* and excitement, Jean Marie faltf*
astr'p, sn-.i, dreaming, dads again his lest,
beautiful mother.
h ghly spiced, sensational form, and where
th j spirit of devotion was ciiigenllv wooed
by means of florid music and elaborate
vestments: a t*ari*h,iu fact, united onljr to
the “Charles Hont-ynum” order of genius,
where a sensitive, morbid, enthusiastic,
fanatic-like Arthur Coleman was utterly
out of place. Stung into double activity
by the sell-sufficient religion of hL flock,
Mr. Coleman carried lual to excess; hia
sermons were marvels of enthusiastic der-
oteeism; gradually they became more and
more atartling in their vivid portrayal of r« quest from the clergyman, who says
tbe sin and follies he hoped to cure. Tfic coldly, with a decidedly suipfcloua glance
world, over.ooklng hia real devotion for
the cauls he preached and alas, profaned,
went to bear him a# they went to see
Irving, to be amu ed. lhia man, inwhote
fervid soul was the making of a martyr,
became tbe fashion; the latest sensation.
It waa ths laddtst irony ol fate, and des
tined lo a seqnel yet more sad, which has
f« shadowed, in the words of a famous
phyaicia *, wbo, having heard one of Mr.
Coleman’« remarkable discourse#, and be
ing called upon toexpretshis opinion,said
quietly: “That |Oor young fellow is
qutliljring as rspidiy ss pos»ible for a
straight jacket; it lias fine a case of de
votional insanity as evey came under my
notice.”
It waa at this time, and at the height of
th# reverend gentleman’s popularity, that
young Doyle was sent, in behalf of his
paper, to interview and, in reportorial
uhrate, write up the unfortunate clergy-
mxn, which !s:k h* undertook with sir •
Marie. He wanted to it »y, too, but for ruy. He led Mr. Coleman into various
s->me reason Toniette took him with her. ecu Hiding sUtemen's and personal rt-
m. rks about the lukewarmuees of hi*
spiritual »uperior { . as wall as aome dam-
asinglf tru liful criticisms on bis Lsbion-
able parishioners. He portrayed with
hurnoroiti force the unfa: lunate clergy
man's eccentric lira oludodaud manutr;
In fact, yout g Dick wrote a clever article,
gaintd fJtvoraoie lo ice, five guinea#, and
added (hit la*t straw which effectually
hr«ke the back of Mr. Coleman's clerical
career and paved the way for a luccrtsion
of evenia wh ch eventn-tliy mined that
unfortur at* genii piau in pur*, in repu
tation aua iu miud.
To Mr, Cbleman’a unbalanced mind it
had *eemed as though to Dick Doyle alone
he owed all the troubh-a that followi d, r n i
iu the fir t moments of hia rage be had
irh-ii to fiivl him. But af er a score ot
ftiithts visits to the< ffi< rs > f M* paper, at
which times Mr. Doyle had invariably,
a tall, thin g-n leman, soobrapamed by a
K iner, carryingsorno railway rugs and a
uisian leather cass. The gentleman re
tire porter, shms the door, and falls to ex-
amieg th • liu-sian ca o with palpable
anxiety. Finding, apparently, its con
tents as they should in*, b« is in the act of
closing it, when the starting whistle
sounds GiriUy. The babel ol sounds out-
"ide increases into a roar; paticnger*
"bout, questions, entreaties, directions;
guards gesticulate wildly—there* is an ap
parently inextricable confusion of porters
aud luggage: there is a faint premonitory
movement of the carriages and just as tbs
train, with a parting shriek, begins to
move, Dick Doyle springs past the guard
into the compartment, and sinks, panting
into ths nearest scat.
His first impulse after regaining his
breath is to look around for his portman
taau with a remorseful memory of the lad
to ftbciu he had promised another ten-
sou piece for guarding them, and whom,
iu the hurry of gaining hia compartment,
he had entirely forgotten. Ilia first glance
a«surca him of the safely of Ms belong
ing*. and at the same time reveals to him
his fellow-passenger. Their eyes meet in
u long, surprised stare, largely mingled,
cn the Rev. Arthur’s part, with ri>gust.
For the second time that day Dick ui.d
hh qiundom victim have met; on this on-
tasi.io, without hope of retreat. In his
surprise the clergyman has let his bag fall
epen oo hia knee, and, before he hat recov
ered a sudden jerk of tbe swiftly moving
carriage throws it to the fl)or, its contents
scattering as they fall. It is now Dick
Doyle's turn to lie surprised, for ths car
riage is literally strewn with gold and ptralyzing gr«p of those serpent-1
note#.' After a moment’* pause he Is about arms: his heart beats in great throbs,
to aid iu collecting ibe money, but desists
immediately upon a somewhat peremptory
Bfcit:
“t.ldige me, lir, by not disturbing ths
notes; as I am responsible for tbe money,
1 should prefer collecting it myself."
Dick, annoyed at implied smplcion of
his honesty, in 1 inspired by a medest de
sire to get even with his companion, re
plies with suspicions sweetness ot u>q« but
a “.hiilaUh" expression of tye, “Don't
apologize, sir; pray dkb'tstpolokize. You
•n t.
> sole position of
tbe money after having ruu th- risk of—
ah! himr-finding it. Was it—” this in a
confidential whisper, “was it aVmk?”
“1 am at a los« to understand your in
sinuatious, air,” the clergyman replies
coldly. “The money fleet not I elong to
». It waa oonfid« fl to my catc.”
“Ah!of conr*e,”Di'k rep^nds with a
peculiarly aggravating air of exaggerated
bi lief. “Ot course it waa confided io your
care. Aio you going to —— with it?
Now let me advise—as an excelb nt place
in which to take cue of i ; a charming,
tetired place, where even the vigilant de
tective of Scotland Yard route from
troubling, ai d the wicked are at leal,"
t his garbled quotation
the clergyman speaks flimly: “You find,”
he cries bosrse.y, “yon have once airsidy
ruined my hop*a by your written lies;
would you add U-rtnro to ruin?”
lie is still kme ing on the floor of ths
carriage, one hand upon the Russia case,
the other clutching a handful of notes.
His pals face has grown livid, into his
gleaming eyea baa leapt a spark of insan
ity, a token of the '.ontla.ra ion that i»
in. H s t t tund, id-
trng ou ih- verge of
iron one o wh«m he
fortun e pr>v*s. the
bat mins >he scale,
msidcion, fe r, hatred,
of in.ani y, enter in
cf his sw-i and lead
omu
bsleD
so
til
fcalbi
From
aUtfa
through the enrrutted dirt of the globe,
casting strange flickering shadows on tbe
faces of the travelers. An hour and a
half has passed since leaving Calais, and
Dick sleeps soundly, while the clergyman,
leaning back with closed eyes, only thows
his wakefulness by the restless motions of
hit hands.
8o much for the two visible occupant#
of the carriage; but underneath tbe
cushions of the seat opposite Mr. Coleman
lies a third, unseen and wakeful. Tbe
bard boards, the noise and rattle and
jolting of the wheel" making for hia emac
iated little frame but an indifferent conch;
besides, tbe long sleep he had er j >yei
earlier in the day rendered hunger Jean
Mnrie’a keenest prei-ent discomfort. He is
wide awake, hia sensei all alert, hia eye*,
by meaui of a rent in tbe valance, bent
curionaly on the face of the clergyman.
He bad gathered some nction, durii g the
quarrel earlier in the evening, of violence
ou the clergyman’s part, as not unlikely
lo be exerris ii by him against the young
gentleman whoso passing kindness to him
self Jean Marie’a loving little heart re
warded wiih unstinted, warmest gratitude.
Latterly he hat surprised, sly, occa
sional glancvigiven by nis vi* a«via toward
the direction where, although he cannot
see him, Jean Marie knows that Di k
must sir, ssh-c.i, «his last bi: of informa
tion being founded upon the prolonged
nasal sounds he has for some time beard
in that direction. Something in tbe
clergyman’s manner, something malevo
lent in hia glance, warns ihe child of dan
ger. Pres-ntlj the watchful eyes see a
curious thing happen. The clergyman
opens his eyss slowly, raises him*eil to sn
erect posture, and, after a cunning, steal
thy glance toward hie aleepiug companion,
leans forward and noiselessly lowers tbe
window near him.
Jean Marit’s lisart brats violently as he
watches, retoiviog inwardly that at the
first motion of thi' dreadful-looking man
toward his bsnefac or he will raise such an
outcry as ca: not fail to wake the la'ter
from ok slumber. The clergyman, her
ever, has apparent y no intention of dis-
turidi gy ung Doyle. HU next proceed
ing is to lift the tfutsia Lather cx e, and
alter a canful examination of its fasten
ing", he, to Jcab Marie’s unutterable sur
prise, drop* it quietly from IkS SflD^llll ;
dow. He next proceeds Id dlve«t klawlf
of rostaal shots, both of wi.i k Im i ■
tuiiy braiows on the seas nearoti to him;
then, rising, he tries with great care the
handle of the door. Fiadiog it locked he
surveys thd open window, with tho evi
dent intention of following on the aame
road his la* has so recently taken, hesi
tates, and with a quick movement turns
and makes for toe other door, beside
which lies hit nnconscious foe. Jean
Marie is by thi* time in a state of intense
excitement.. He draws himself partly out
from hia hiding place, thereby gaining a
complete view of the interior of the com
partment. He can bear the clergyman
whispering to himself as he creeps near
M door; can
tunud bis tortured eyes from the window.
Gradually tbe country throngh which
they pass grows less deserted, the stars
above are suddeoly reinforced by a galaxy
of earthly luminaries, and Amiens, with
its steeples rising in lonely state, iu gray
old ttrecU dimly outlined by twinkling
light#, comes into view, end with the first
#ixbt of it Jean Marie awakes from hia
stupor and, turning from bis window,
gazes fearfully at the unconscious figure
on tbe floor. Presently he creeps, with
averted face { close to where it lies; hesi
tates; then with sudden, desperate deter
mination, turn* his eyes full upon it, and
flies shrieking to his comer again. A piu-
tion of fear, of terror, for that quiet figure,
takes possession of the boy. Hia brain
reel* under tbe accumulated horrors he
has endured, and his sole thought is how
to esc -pe from this loathsome carriage, oc«
copied t>y one dead face, haunted by an
other. The train baa slackened speed.
Slowly they wind throngh the suburbs of
Amiens and appioach their stopping-place.
After a ha*>y glance from the window
Jean Marie creeps out on the footboard,
and just as ths carriage moves slowly into
the station drops quietly off on ths oppo
site sido and steals away in the shadows.
By divers turns, and not without some
challenge from the railway guards, he
gains the exit and slips out uoob'srved, in
the bustle of the arriving train. Once
free he runs swiftly, punued by hL own
terror#, through tbe win ting streets, till at
l«st he sinks exhausted in a neighboring
doorway. Then for the first time he finds
a child’s relief in tears, at d with an in
stinctive need of comfort teekshis mother’s
gift. He thrusts bL shaking little haad
into his bosom, finds tbe thtin snd clasps
it with a sudd>n frigbteced cry. The
chair ia still fastened round his neck, but
the separate links, by means of which the
locket is attached to the connecting ring L
J [one, and with It the heart itself—hL l>c-
oved locket.
Whilp J*an Marie L cs:aping from h T s
own dreadful memorlis an exciting tene
!• h»inr *t (k» rl»|inl Th«* an«r«l (
unlocking the d >r of the rear carriage,
throws it o, en ami be»i s h is usual an-
noun - u ni of “Me i-.urr, the pa>spugera
may here de* “nd for tapper. But ho
river i.nv f jrih-r than the (ml word.
jm
’ n ir <
I sod hold
aid, and aft.r cor-i !■ nble .x'ertioii Ou t,
who L onlv stunned and wrak from lcaa of
blood, revives and explain#, with wbat
clearness he mar, the circumstances of the
case. It L, in fact, so confused snd con
tradictory a story that it evidently create*
luspicion instead of allaying it, and the
upahot of tbe sflair L that on hL arrival
io ParL poor Dick, all braised and bat
tered as he is, L turned over to the tender
mercies of the police snd spends his first
night in the queen of cities immured in
f irison. After a delay of two day#, dur-
I og which time the body of ths clergyman
, gee him as, one han<l on the I had been found and identified, Dick, still
Iliad le, he turns and ’herds over the wesk and nervous, was brought before the
sleeper before he essays the lock. At that! j™*® destruction for examination. In
moment, " ~“ r “ *“ “
of being
hL , PPHHHH
over him and a madman’s eyes glaring
before he essays tbe lock. At that 1 d'tnstrucuon lor examination, in
, without . i.r.monitory tymptow , reply to hU qautiou young Doji. lUted
; round, Dick iweker, open, wide th»t h* tu » journtliet unit by lb. U>n-
, to find > wild, hifttrd fee. bent don u corrwpmd.nt to Bern; left
down into Lis scarcely awakened ones.
Believing himself attacked, and with a
natural impulse of self defence, he throws
himself impetuously upon hie supposed
aotagonLt, and the clergyman, whose
warped intellect has hitherto been beot
only on escape from hL supposed foe,
finding bimseif thwarted and in tbe era*]
of a powerful antagonist, suddenly dcvel
ops a maniac’s ferocity. HL emaciated
body seems endowed with a giant’s
strength; hL long arms wind themselves
around Dick’s body; hL thin fingers clutch
at the lad’a throat. To hL horror Dick,
taken unawares, and confuted with sleep,
finds himself losing strength under tile
* * fi i like
■iiuii m» uhu uciii iu Km' iiiruoc, hit
breath comes iu gasps and at longer inter
vals as the hand at hL throat tighten* its
hold; he grows weaker every instant, as.
with limbi interlocked they «way to and
fro in the desperate strangle, silent, except
for the noiee made by their bodies at now
one and now tho other L thrown violently
aga nst the door of tbe carriage. The ob
ject of each L to throw the other. Dick
has hitherto managed to keep hL feet;
but by a sudden writhe of hta body tho
madman gains an advantage, and,support*
ing himself against the door of tuo car
riage, bend* all his energies toward throw
ing bis antagonist. Dice’s senses reel, the
veins on his temples swell to bursting, a
re i mi%t comes before bis itaringeyes as
hL hands slowly loose their kold of tbe
clerg)tnan, acd falling, clutch at the arm
ot u.e seat in a last eflort to keep himself
rrect. At tbL nx.ment of hL greatest ex
tremity Jeau Marie, hitherto a terrified
spectator of the terrible scene, seeing hL
benefactor’s dtnger and forgetful of his
own feebleness, springs upon the ssa', ai d
from that vantage grout.d makes a wild
oa-ault upon iha Ha flnuh.*
the madman's arm with both desperate lit
tle hatd*,*aad drawing it with tbe strength
of d spair toward him. fastens hL teeth in
the fl #hy part, from which tbe shift has
lemtirn. With a wi d tcream of dis
mayed pain the clergymsn loosens his
hold on Dick’s throat to aim a b ow at
this aew anUgoclxt. At the young I rub
nisn, released ftom bit deadly clatp, falls
mm*lees to the floor, and Jean Marie,
blond strexiBg from a cut oo his fore-
head, L thrown violently against tbe
cu>hions of the seat, tbe madman, de*per-
•ith rafo ai d L ar makts a wild effort
cape. He flings bunteif with abso-
iutriy terrible Unct *g«Iu*t tbe door of
ibts carriage, which, weakened by the
blows it bas nlirtdy tu-tainrd during tbe
previous aitUL’gie, t’ives way and precipi-
taws ibewre cbcd nun hesdloag fioux the
carriage. D<wo, down he fails, to the b.d
of <b« strtaiu in-low, that, t o feeble to
bear bim away on iu gentle bosom, ripples
London on tbe morning of August the
20ih; took Dover boat the a <me afternoon {
airived in CalaL at 6 o’clock in tbe even
ing. and then took tho ParL express,
which left C»1*L a quarter of an hoar
afUr the arrival of the boat. He bad oc
cupied tbe rear compartment, having for
cole companion a clergyman whom he
recognized as the Rev. Aitbur Coleman.
Cross-questioned, he admitted that he had
met Jur. Coleman on one previ us occa
sion, out of which u.OL>ting there had
arisen ill-feeling on the part of the clergy
man ; that lie had been aware of Mr. Cole
man’s poeseeaion of a large sum of money,
and gave bis version of ths Russia leather
case incident, which was so incoherent es
to deepen suspicion in the minds of hL
judges against him. He stated that tbe
clergyman bad attacked bim as he was
waking from sleep and would have suc
ceeded in strangling him but for the in
terference of a third persun, is to whose
iraporunt identity Dick was hopelessly
h*zy. He fancied it was a boy, but as he
bad immediately lost hL senses, and as
tbe person seemed to he of the same height
as bimseif, he conld not even in thL
make a dtcided statement In fact the
bewildered young fellow made a decidedly
bid impression upon hia examiners, and
was finally remanded to orison to await
hL trial onl a charge of wilful murder
and theit.
ThL totally unexpected blow seemed to
arouee Duk’e faculties. He was permit
ted to communicate with hL friends,
counsel was procured, detectives set to
work, advertiaemenu begging for tbe reap
pearance of that vague “third party” aa a
»imlss were publiebed. Two circum
stance* in Dick’s favor were—first, the
finding of an nnidectffied locket on tbe
fl >or of the esnisge immediately after the
ciimt we* discovered, and tecondly^ the
cclebrat d Dr. D——• of L^udoa that, in
Ms opinion, the R«v. Mr. Coleman's brain
had b«cu for -some time diseased, and
un 'ey any exciting circumstances he waa
iisble tc a sudden flceelopmentpf violent
unnia. Ihe doctors teatiujony was at
tested and witnessed, io that it might be
brought into court as evidence at tbe trial:
an I handbill! d-scribing tbe locket and
accompanying bit of chain were fnely cir-
Mated through all tbe towns on th* line
of tbe railway between ParL and Calais,
Dkk, in setting forth hi# cm* to the law-
y r, bad inciuentaily mentioned the epi-
Mxle of Jean Marin and the portmanteau,
and it h"d given that estate individual an
idea. Upon close questioning Dick was
led <rclutttnily to admit that it bad
h*cmed to him in the momstt before he
fainted that be recogn s-d in bis defeoder
hL quondam potter, but had banbhed tbe
idea as absurd, both from tbe child's
height and from hL evident feebleness,