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Show , A Notary's Discomfiture Dy D WIGHT NOtWOOP MsiiyyenrsaswIntlHMliy of IHirima. In Fra hw, whkh has of Iste lfii the sr,ne of flfjlithw lctricen the 1 reach I ami the (Jcritwns, there lived en oU i notary In I'mnre n nomry h a law 1 yer, bat In the eWen time n lawyer was not of ranch more Importance so far an hH work was concerned than a notarv U with hi today Jute l'riku-. the notary of llhelnH. had accumulated itoinp fiOtJOO francs, which had come t him through small fee Thl sutu-$10(i0 sutu-$10(i0 In our money-was quite n for tuiieln thoi'odiirs.e'ipocHilly In ranee, where everything a very cheap nnd one tonkl live comfortably on a amoll Income The old man Imd one child, n daugh ter, Delphlne, to whom he cxpeetol to icavc hU proinrty, and It was his exportation ex-portation that she should marry n man having nt least nn equal nmount v hat was his chagrin, thirefore, when he learned that she had fillcn In love with lpliniisc Du IloK a young fellow who IihiI Just liecn graduated from n Invv mIiooI lu iarl and settled In Hhclms to practice his I rofcttslon w Itliout n sou to liU name The notary simply forbade his daughter to hnvo anything to do with the man One day three men came Into JuIm I'arlkMix's ottlce. and after asking If and being ntsured that be was the "dlstln gulshol notary" with whom so mnny k ootii Intru-trd their nffalra and their moneys they nUrd him to take care of tooixio francs In gold which was theirs Jointly Jules accepted the trust. It being be-ing o erred that ho should deduct C nr cent of the amount when the money was returned lie was then asked to dnw up a contract to that effect, in wnlch he stipulated to pay orcr the money to the Hi roe men together and not to nny one nr two of them separately sepa-rately The contract having been slim ed, the men dciKtrtrd Ipnvhig the gold on n table As the notary was gather lug It up to put In hU strong box one of the men n turned, saying ho had been deputed by the others to count the money before It was put nw ay title ho vns doing m n strange r rame hurriedly Into the eiltlcei ami. after taking the notary Into n rear r m. asked him some qucMluiis enneernlng a matter which he seemed lu i)!ikl r of Immediate Imme-diate ImiKvrtsnce The notary irleel to m t away fnun him but found It Iihinm slide When he vva iieTtnltled to re turn to the other room both the money lid the iiiaii who had been rouutlng It vvere pone I'arllcux foil ml lilmvir In n vcrv un pUsixnnt iMUIon lie had receipted for 10(1 iKXi frnnes vvhleh he vvn to pn lo the three owners together Ono of them had taken the amount, and the notary would bo obllgeil to Indemnify the others, which would require nearly double nil ho powescd lie heard nothing from nnj of the men for a mouth; thru one morning tbo tveo who had lost llulr share came to him and demanded It. Tho notary believed that tho tuin had conspired to swindle hlu, but uu less he could provo this he liad no boH of saving the little fortune lie had been a lite tlmo In accumulating nnd which was toko to bis elaugbtcr for a dowrj. lie made tur effort to prove that the men were dishonest and In colluMou, but was not able to do so After a formal demand for their money tho two me n put tho cave In the courts nnd a elay was sit for trial Alphonso Du lloU learned r tho case rrom his sweilheeirt. Uiulne, nnd thu prubublp lens of her dowry. Ho (old her to say to her father that he would save htm from tho swindle If he would consent lo his marriage with her. Louise gave the old mnn the message and It mado him verv angry "What" he exclalmeiL "Doe this poplnjnv vv ho has no expcrle nee In the law propose to do what I, who havo be-en n notary ror forty years, enunot do) ' LoiiIho argued vvlih hcr father, suy Ing thnt nothing evould be lewt by permitting per-mitting Alphonso to take the cuie and something uilUit be gained Blnco the old mill's prlncliMl grief was thai sh0 would lie deprived of her dowry, she finally won him over, but not until the case had been oillenl lu court, and ir any dereno was to bo put In It mint bo done at unci- Then tho notary, who could see no poiudhio oxciue un der tho contract to nvold ludpinnirilng Hie plfllnllfr. agreed that hi wio Du Itols savi-el hU foriuno It should go to LonUo ns his bride 'Ihe jeiunif hvvyir nroo In cuiirt nnd calleM ror 4 rending of the contract When Iho reader enmo to the words "And the. wild 1'arlU.iix shall pav to the Mild d(MM,ltors togetlier and to 0 eue eir two Hratel) the sum of itio OOjUranrs." In. tu Hoppi ,, ,, "011r liooor mj ellm U ready to w the Itsjjxs) franc .peeta! Iho e-emTael I., the ti1N(, diiKwlion, gelher hut I- problbltes) by to wn trael freiiu rwvhig the money ( two of tlM'W wiMratdy " 1 he Uwlse dlMiiihsed ,tM CHW f . moim.,t iih, thlrel ttui,, wlw had ,? off with tho funds H,ouM p,Mr would be arrowed ,,, x&jl need not pay till He w -Weiit The nwn who had g.,no awsy with the 1loiHs.l1 neeor uluri.ed ani , , notarj s ,Tt.r njmln , " r.,U ,V" lto m-rrle.1 louse, nj decilne.1 to penm, ,ler , ' m"T ,?"' r(,l'""""'n he mile bv his handling uf tbe ca,e In court |