Adventure With A Burglar

There lived on tho outskirts of Dieppo, a widow lady by the name of Buaumaurics. Slio had no faniily, but with oue servaat girl lived in a very retired manner. The cottage in whioh 8he resided was situated about ha'f a mile from the city, a little ofï from the city. Madame Beaumaurice had beun the wife of ono of the officers oí the guard. She was an extraordinary woman ia every particular, but espeeially such in referetice to a corUiu eoolnesd of character sho possessed in the midst of danger, which, together with a large amount of moral courage, made her a very no table peraon. The recent murders made, perhaps, less impression on her mind thau any one olse in Dieppe ; although it was uaturally supposed that the retired situation in which she lived vvould have eaused her to be more fearful. About ten o'cloek on the night of the 30th of April, just teu days after the murders of the Eue Grenard, Madame Beautnaurice went up into her bedroom. She was suflerïng from a nervous headache. Sho feit very Bleepy aud seated ñersclf. The lamp was placed on a chest of drawera behind her. Opposile to her was a toilet tablo, with a oloth oc it reachiqg to the (loor. She had airead} cotumenced taking off her clothes, uhen, happeuiug to look around her, Bhe eaw somotliing that for a moment chilied her blood. It was the sbadow of a man's hand ou the üoor. The hand had only two fingers. She divinad the truth in a moment. - The man who had eommitted the ïnurders was known to have lost soiue of his fiogers in ono of his encounters, - this man was there, in her house, uuder the table. She made not the least uiotion nor sign, but reflected two or three minutes as to the best course to be pursued. She diviued what to do, and advanced to the door, and called the servant maid. " Oh, Mary," exclaiiaed sb'e, when the girl entered the room, " do you know wfaere M. Bernard lives?" " Yes, madame." " I havo to pay 5000 francs away very early in the morning. The fact slipped my memory till just now. You will havo to run to his house and get the money for me." "Very well, madame." " I will write a note whioh you wil i deliver to him, and he will give you bank bilis to the amount." She write as follows : " My Dcar M. Bernard : The assassin oí the llue des Armes and the Bus Greflhrd is iu my house. Come immediately with some gens d'armes, and take him bcf'oro he escapes. Helene Beaumaurioe." And without entering into explanation with her servant, she dispatched her on her errand. She then 'quietly reseated herself and vvaited. Yes, sho gat in that room, with that man undor the table for a whole hour. She saw the shadow of the hand shift several times, but (he murderor did not mako any attempt to escape from his place of concealment. In dus time the gens d'armes arrived, and Jacques Raynaulds was arrested, not, however, without a violent struggle. I need scarcely add that the most convincing proof as to his gulit was found, and iu due time he was guillotined. An English company has, it is said, purchased tho produce of the celebrated vineyards of Ohateau Margan. It is expected that this year will be one of the riehest wine years of the last half century. The School Census of thia city just takon, shows the number of children botween the ages of five and twenty, to be 1355. The populatiou of the city is 3401 ; aud of tho district 3972.- Alles Infuirer.