Show restitution A builder in aviso a village in champagne was arrested by two gendarmes gen darmes and taken to chalons where the judge destruction commenced the conversa tion in the way usual to his calling by saying you are a thief and an assassin after this polite greeting he went on to remark that a murder accompanied by theft had been committed in the neighborhood and a small boy had given it as his opinion that the builder as the murderer tha poor prisoner naturally felt indignant and declared he was ready to prove an alibi bat of course he was not believed and every day for three days he was marched through chalons and aviso with handcuffs upon his wrists at tho end of that time the judge dinst ruction said to him we were wrong your innocence has been proved you are free yes disgraced and ruined added the poor builder who do you think will employ me after seeing me led through the streets handcuffed like a felon the heart of the man was touched true he said we have done yon an in jury my good man and he pressed into the hand of the builder A ta franc piece paris letter |