Show A FRENCH confidence GAME M P pasquier who mho was prefect of pol ce durn durd during the empire under the he firlit nj p leon icon after afteu hib his retirement was full of respecting confidence men whose ar iricea duped persons persona aharen ly less artful than themselves hem them the following says the philadelphia del dei p h ia pr press ess I 1 13 3 one 0 n e of his bis anecdotes anecdotes A magnificent carriage drove d r ove up one day to the door duer of t rich sewiller je jew willer lier iler in ili paris haris ana a well weil looff important and not gentleman alighted all ali bated from it ile he said that be w anted a complete w edding pirt firt fatute ute ure consisting of a ladys set fet of diamond ornaments the theorice price limited to francs equal to from several designs which lie he examined 11 1 i 1 11 the evidently practiced practised eye of a connoisseur be selected one which be desired mia liht ht be b executed within five days and anti insisted ou on leaving lea iea four thousand francs franca with the jeweller jewellen je weller weiler as a deposit deposit ile he also selected a ring worth 12 of francs ra cs which be tie begged might be sent to h ra the next da day giving his address adar ss prince gara rin hotel hollande rue alue de la PC pa x which was a more fashionable house in irl irm ipa than it is in 1862 the jemi jewl jewelers ers messenger called at the appointed tirre time and was shown into an apartment in it c e second story there were five or six liveried livened jackies in the antechamber one of whom escor ed cd him to the who received and ex mined the ring paid for it and pre presented dented ten tin francs to me tle me messenger sAenger who ho returned home joyful joyfully jy congratulating the jeweller jewellen je weller weiler on having so bot wealthy and leral a custo customer mr on the filth fifth aay aty as agreed the jewell jewellen je weiler weller cr carried home the he diamonds and found the prince in his study jp sitting before hig his cylindrical his highness nain rain minutely inspected ewels with a glass and ly one ons on of the valets valeta announced pince dal dat goroski goro uki ah ab my brother in law ix cx claimed his highness 1 I do not wish with him to see the present with which u bich I 1 inte d surprising his sister t him to stay in tha the drawing room and ad I 1 will immediately jin jiin him touching the abie table able the cylinder moved and th the e secreta secre taire I 1 re closed the diamonds mere were w lebin it but on the the table was an open box filled with ith plump leath r bags and nu cu ceroua berous of 1 ius lus us wele ivere huddled together confusedly on his hib arrival the je jeweller jewellen weller had bad noticed all ali this t basure and more especially a large russia leather ieather portfolio well lined with bank notes the rough edges ot of which bich were visible the ghe prince equated qu eted the room saying sayin 9 be would immediately return tl ti e polite jeweller jewellen je weller begged him not to hurry blin hill himself self seit twenty minutes elapsed which seemed like three hours to the jeweler jev jew je wIler her over oter whom a vage vagie e apprehension crept the door opened ohl oh here is 13 his bis 1191 ligi H ganess iness he lle tb thought ought no it was tle the master of the hotel who asked if he be was waiting or my iny one for the return of prince Gar agrin the jeweller jewellen je weller answered 1 11 I have just sold sod him a set of diamonds for francs are you his secretary the maitre naltie d hotel shook hla hia head and sadly said bald 11 1 1 am his dupe and anid so are you I 1 suppose impossible the diamonds are shut up in that secre taire besides look at all this thiv thi money 3 alas the leathern bag which he be seized wa filled with naib the 1 x were of wood the russian Itus sian leather portfolio contained scraps of waste paper however there was one consolation the diamonds were safe A locksmith was sent for the secre taire opened and empty it stood flush up a wall in which a hole holo had been made and there being a corresponding hole hoie in the he back of the secretary the jewels had bad readily been removed remo ved into the next room the jeweller jewellen je weller ashe asbe as be well might be was in despair tho thy knaster aster ff abter of the R hotel had leca laca swindled iau i fau gli nii ajl the servants were his except the calet calef dt de chambre who was was the con federate of the prince they bad de camped without suspicion at the door of he the hotel all efforts to discover them were ineffectual the poor jeweller jewellen je weller near y ruined ru ined by this robbery had bad to remove his hia much diminished business to another part of bf paris where his name was sunk bunk in ili that partners many diany years yearb after he received rece ived ired a message to one monsieur described as a gentleman holding al situation who mho desired to patcha I 1 i s ib angs ins ead of sending a c cerer cerin erk he went avent himself and was shown into a lighted bed bedchamber chamber wh where ere in the inra Inva lidin beil he rec his old customer the ceder cider cla ciA rail uail ant art prince Gar agrin the tion was not mutual arid and uhe the jeweller jewellen je weller held his tongue and bided his time from from irom the rings exhibited a few were selected Belec ted to the value of francs franc and al i teron decla decia declaring ring that he be riot not the means of ofphy pay paying paylag in cobl asked if the ex 1 change against a curious old snuffbox snuff box which LfF he declared to be of great value this was an I 1 octagon sh shaped shared aped ared china chin a snuff b x ornamented baten miniatures mi natures by Clinch stel set in gold and ani ru nisim blesi ro io cne knew iti value so well weli as th for it was one which had been livin treni shortly before prince Gira Garag t grins nua nna vi vilt it moreover he knew what few tew others did that it had a secret spring by means of which all tt e mi natures could be taken out of their sittings and their reve bes bea exhibited on which bich ver painted subjects afriat treated 1 ed with admiral e skill in the indelicate style peculiar to the reign of louis louls XV without adv hesitation the jewellen jeweller je weller valued the box at brancs which was A as much greater th ahn n al teron expected the jewel ler on the other hand 9 lidit id it was ivas probably worth even more and made this proposal take tale the ans y you ou have chosen and put lh it box in in an envelope stating it to be my property properio bif if it does not bri g more inore than francs you shall shail have the rings fur fun i oth g gratified at the idea of being able to obtain the rings without opening his purse aileron AI SL teron a assented ro two of his neighbors one of them a notary were nere sent f r a d the invalid asked ecil etil wha who bilal fix the price of the be box you su reaid said sald 1 I will lay a wag r that on will value it at francs franca let metell tell teli yon you in private A circumstance conme ted led with this box which will enable you to p perceive erceil e I 1 its re reil rell A va value vaine lue lae fm fx i W tiron thron te ron curious an I 1 anxious enough no now vr ve his consent and tho the two refert refer es retired then tha the jeweller jewellen je weller said esi egi sixteen aars ago that box bov was a eishen an from me when I 1 traded on the boule r ra apra r rIdes aes des It aliens a abw few days before I 1 was robbed bed of francs worth of diat dian onda b under the assumed nameon prince Gar Ar agrin alrin my aty evidence relative to the loss inthe of the box boy is on the tte records of abe the police yul yur declare ec tare the abs box to be yours I 1 have aj IV ady ii sworn that I 1 it at a public sat sar thaman tha Theman man who sold it to me is still alive ls buinow kno ano a secret about the box which fiffe piove giove my ownership a a cret yu iove hove luve ave no noh discovered unie unless ss you pa 1 all the wrongs you have done me I 1 ahall sf hali hail a at once have hate you arrested as a I 1 will weil I 1 give you five minutes to deterline M a n tavi thin tha thai time thus driven into a corner Jf My iVron Teron who was really an invalid handed to the jeweller jewellen je weller and bade bim him open mi awer in which aich he would find 1 francs franca 1 yi an billets ile darine barine ba nine rine and antl signed a cheque for ja franos francs more payable athis at his bari ball bankers kerys kezys afo teo aloo atoo stoat bame same a day this done the aitu ases nai n tal twi ai c a I 1 I 1 e ar ag 11 said the jewellen jeweller je weller exhibiting k notes and check yeu yan you yau see that al teron IbbY luby ie 1 colne coine come comb aware of the value valtie of the box lithas purchased it bac from me for five Yn ildred thoas aril arid francs Is it not so yes sighed AL ter tern n 1 I have given him lat bilm siim athen PT ben hen en 7 said the jeweller jewellen je weller here is the box i 1 will let you have the rings into the bar lelyou yo I 1 may ex exna alan n the mystery as you i F or my part I 1 promise eternal se ia jeweller jewellen je weller weiler retired retire 1 leaving the he witnesses 1 maze and M isi teron in dismay the 1 li ry was unable to kep keppi silent anu the poi ilice ventrally ventu ally aily unravelled the mystery ms tery though i tj faith falth faithfully rury runy observed ved ills liis promise 0 t al teron who was so immensely s to leave three millions of francs to ear irs lra 41 never recovered from the morti fica conof f having been detected and compelled to a F ath cornei compound aund interest ral i |