OCR Text |
Show FRIDAY, AUGUST DAILY UTAH STATE JOURNAL. PAGE TWO. with fabulous values of Jewels on apdellv-eie- d proval. which Romaln always back to and brought to Therese In the honesty. with perfect Roulina end they had given him notes for francs. The choicest tea grown on the uplands of Ceylon, amid ideal conditions of soil and climate is I Golden Gate Ceylon Tea It fills the mouth with a flavor that leaves a memory of palate pleasure Packed in flavor-tigh- t, dainty cartons. Use half usual quantity. "Did you know that Romaln Daurlg-na- c used to pawn the Jewels bought of you?" Roulina was diked. Tea" be answered, "sometimes Somethey made handsome sums. times they even asked me to sell over for them Jewels bought from me, but chiefly Romaln took them to the govFor Instance, I ernment pawnshop. had a quantity of beautiful email pearls for which I bad paid 17,000 franca. I gave them to Romaln at cost price. He got 21,800 franca on them. Fifteen months later the government Iwnshop put them up for sale for unpaid interest Pearls had gone up, and a Jeweler bought them for 44,000 francs. The Humberts, therefore, were handed over the difference In cash. Doth Therese and her brother acted as If the fairy story were simply true. A retired grocer of Auteull had loaned them some 200,000 francs. "I became disquieted at the fate of my Investments," he telle. "I bad not been paid my interest. Therefore I called on them for an explanation. "I was received by Romaln Daurtg-na- c, the brother," he continues, "and then Mme. Humbert entered the room in a sealskin cap and coat and showed herself lmiatlent to be off on an apI demanded information pointment. ln Crawford legacy. the concerning took a high tone, saying: I have of no explanation to give you. s "Furious. of grammar and full of stories of adventure In the Argentine, Koinuln ran riot In hla sisters new luxury. He had two rooms fitted to hla taste und hts past as an explorer. They ere filled with hunting trophies, rowing $80,000,000 on a mythical American legacy and an empty fire- skins of beasts, stands of savage arms, proof safe; and all Parts is beginning clubs, poisoned arrows, shlleds and innocent class French swindlers ever known haa Just been rvViimvl from the Fresnes prison, near Komitli! Dauriirnac, the brilI'u rlii. liant brother of Therese Humbert, haa laid his part of the penalty for borHim of tlie highest Wliat will they do next?' to auk: There are those who say the Humberts have millions salted down, and that when Thereae and her husband, Frederic, are purged of their alns against the usurers of the gay capital they will emerge triumphant because those who hold Judgments against them for $1(0,000,000 feel that they have been sufficiently laughed at. Already Remain Is holding Ills head high. He has written a novel In prison. There never was a more typical south of Prance bluffer and shiner. Brilliant exaggeration, not to say picturesque lying, was hts birthright. The sun dancing light of the l Gascony was in his heart. When he lived with Thereae In their palace on the Avenue de la Orande Arinee he felt natural passing up and down lta monumental marble stairway carpeted with heavy inoquette. Paintings by the great modern masters lined the walls. On the second floor there was an Immense pal mart um that led to a Millard room unique in France. vlne-rienl- ... When the police came down on them for swindling after twenty years harp they found a great on which Remain played and sang like King David: but when be was giving harp lessons to the wife of a saloonkeeper at Ruenos Ayres he confesses he wss Just as hopeful and happy. At the age of 24 he had gone to Argentine straight from Toulouse as a gentleman adventurer; and there, during three years, lie hail suffered such luck hard hla when that sister started the great swindle sent for his and funds his passage home It took him only three days to spend It all In satisfying his appetites. The French liner would have started without him had not a French acquaintance, M. gold-plat- long-stay- ed ed Forval. loaned lit in the price of a second -- class passage. Tills loan Romaln never repaid. Rut he wrote a boasting book of hla adventures in the Argentine. and actually got the French Academy to crown" It. Romaln Joined forces with hts sister In Parts Just after she had moved Into her fine house In the Rue Fortuny, on money borrowed from her earliest Victims men like Chaperon, the Paris linen merchant, and Dr. Pourea of Courson, who had confidence In the austere respectability of her father-in-lathe law professor and statesman, Gustave Humbert, who had Just been made minister of Justice. w, as Handsome In a gypsy way, with coal black hair and flashing eyes and teeth, with a strong Marseilles accent. TEA Our fortune and hope are in tea, in good tea. You probably want that tea. tow SKM, MiallM t yvs dwrt lili. all purchased iu haste from Paris dealers. It was at this time that Mine. C&me-r.ass- e. now Duchess de Tarente and almost the only grandedame now still willing to acknowledge former Intimacy with Therese Humbert, became friendly with the family. She was all but scandalised when her first visit was returned. Therese was In red velvet with great ostrich plumes of the same hue hanging from her hat. "I (bought she must have come from a wedding, says the duchesse, "all the more so because Remain was In even Ing Rothes Instead of a frock coat.1 lie soon learned better. The vulgarity that remained to them rather helped them. They bragged liupplly about the great legacy that had licen left to Therese and her slater Marie by the eccentric American, Crawford, whom they hinted laughingly lmd been a great admirer of their mother. They lamented openly the sacrifice demanded of Maria to one of the Crawford sons whom she could not love. And they freely gave out news of the real lawsuit waged between themselves and the ery real lawyers of the Imaginary Crawfords over the of a compromise by which Thereae anil her husband Frederic became custodians of the fabulous Crawford fortune, first, until Marie should come of uge. and then, until Maria should marry the younger Crawford or definitely refuse him. knives se I answered: Then Your Old Front Door Is a Man Repair FOR J CORNER GRANT AND24THSTEET 149 Utah TWENTY-FOURT- upon my mind that I was completely continued the victim. "I reassured, did not go to the Crawfords lawyers, and I continued to have confidence. One creditor actually did see the A rich retired mythical Crawfords! Parisian, M. Haas, being Introduced to the family by General Gravy, surviving brother of the Gravy who was president of the republic, loaned the Humberts 800,000 franca on the express stipulation that they would usurers in break with the low-clarelations with them. Then, little by little, he loaned them up to 3,000,006 f i anca. What every American In Paris has often wondered Is: Who was that alTou understand? leged American? The Crawfords never really existed. They were a figment of the Humbert-PaurlgnImagination. But somebody an American at very probably various limes did personate Henry Crawford for them. Who could he have been? The whole family have been marvelously dose mouthed in jail. Therese Is still doing her time In the really magnificent new central prison at Rennes. Sterling Helllg in Chicago Record-Heral- d, Lumber Co' Oregon T. Ml Frisco System I CHICAGO A EASTERN ILLINOIS R. R. Double Daily Trains BETWEEN lepair AnytHingj St. Louis and Chicago MORNING AND EVENING From LaSalle Street Station, Chicago 9:50 a. m. 4:io p ffl From Union Sts. (Merchants Bdg) St. Louis, 9:30 a. m. 4:46 D. m Morning or evening connection at both termini with lines divtr!,.. Equipment entirely new and modern throughout RAILWAY. A DOUBLE-TRAC- K Equipped with practical and approved safety appliances Substantially constructed. Two Alike It ie very seldom that two sysa are found exactly alike. I fit each eye separately and take great pains that the entire deI devote my fect is corrected. entire time to fitting glasses and grinding lenses. I EXAMINATION FREE. Quick Way East J. T. Rushmer Expert Manufacturing Optioian. 2412 Wash. Ave. hours time and more miles, take advantage of service via this new east-bou- To save many Ill seek It from the Crawfords lawyers. But are you base enough to do the very thing that will Injure us most? Inquired the flashy brother. Then the madame spoke: Why should not the gentleman go to the Crawfords lawyers? she exclaimed. How? We do not pay him and refuse him an explanation. Sliall he not seek one elsewhere? 1 say he Is right! Go, see the Crawfords lawyers! The effect of what I took for Mme, Humberts generous Impatience and scorn of entail methods was so great OX H -- r, phone Our Repair Shop Can J No Open to change, so you should call and see the Splendid Line V.r Doors Juit received, as well as a Urge Una of Porch Colun .Rep air Work. Ro-ma- Penalty For Borrowing $80,000,000 On Mythical American Legacy. IMS. Becraft NOTED FRENCH SWINDLER RELEASED Brother of the Brilliant Theresa Humbert Has Paid His Part 11, nd : The Japan -- Russian : Union Pacific and Chicago, Milwaukee St,. Paul Line Peace Conference May bring around the desired results. There Is no doubt of good results If you Use Peerys Three through trains to Chicago every day. No change of cars. Crescent HIGN-PATENTFLO- i UR West Second 5outh SL Commercial Agent C. M. & St. P. Ry., Salt Lake City. C. S. WILLIAMS, IN YOUR BAKING. 106 The best flour money can buy. At your grocers. PEERY BROS.' MILLING CO., MAKER8. ss Dr. Norris ac PAID PENALTY FOR HASTE. Boys Speed Resulted In Spectacular Tumble. A district messenger boy emerged from a big office building on Nassau street tnd to the amazement of SPECIALIST OFFICE 2361 Washington Ave. OGDEN, UTAH Chronic Diseases of all Kinds Cured at Prices Within , the Reach of All, Messenger Office Open Day and Evening past-ersb- You will remember the story they had a hundred millions lu securities In their famous fireproof safe, but they did not dare touch them lest the Crawfords use the fact against them, and the lawsuits over the comMoney promise continued always. was needed to carry on the lawsuits, and It would have been foolish Indeed for the beneficiaries of so many millions In the end to haggle over a little usurious Interest. The first considerable loun from a bank was made hi 18(3 by Laleu of CambraL and the same bank continued loaning them money almost to the end. aT came Into relations with the Humberts through another banker, who was afterwards condemned for At malversation," tells M. Laleu. first I loaned them only $30,000. I asked for references, went myself to Rue Fortuny. When I hesitated Therese asked me to see her father-in-laGustave Humbert The latter's position Inspired me with such confidence that I marched.' I am in to the tune of three millions." When asked wnat part Romaln Duurignac played, the banker laughed "Romaln was perfect" he heartily. answered. "And I ask myself today If he had not come to believe the etory from force of repeating it Ills superb confidence and naive pride of hla sister's wealth seems inexplicable otherwise." gilt-edg- ed began to run. He had not gone when his foot caught In some obstruction and he fell. It was not the ordinary fall. It was a picturesque, acrobatic performance. He leaded on his stomach with hands and legs out- fr stretched. It had just stopped raining and the In addition, asphalt was slippery. there Is quite a down grade at Cedar street, where the sudden drop of mercury took place, bo when he struck the roadway he kept on going toboggan fashion, for a foot or two, his handa and feet being used as brakes When (he headway finally was checked, the messenger boy arose, slowly and sadly. Ilia once natty blue uniform was a finished study black from collar to the ends of his trousers. There was some bark off his handa and a gash In one knee of his trousers seemed to open Its dumb mouth to protest against such treat- ment. "Thati what get fer runnln." aid the boy sadly, as he entered a convenient hallway to cleanse himself with a "latest edition" handed to him by a sympathetic observer. Public I ! Aroused. Bismarck Rye Whiskey In FullStX0 for Quart $1.25 This whiskey has been purchased in bond and came direct from tbe U. 8. government It le guaranteed pure warehouse. and unadulterated, unexcelled table and medicinal use. TO THE BIG HORN ?r Fred Krugs Famous Omaha'Beer That's the place to go The Big Horn Basin of Wyocontains thousands of acres of land Just open for settlement Irrigation is successfully carried on, and Draught or bottle always on hand. Patronage of the public ming- plendld crops assured. respect-ful- y solicited. J. J. GREINER SPECIAL (treat, Ogden. The public Is aroused to a knowledge of the curative merits of that Treat medicinal tonic. Electric Bitters, Rooms for Worlds Fair Visitors for sick stomach, liver and kidneys. Mary 11. Walters of S48 SL Clair Ave., New private residence. Only firet--tasColumbus, O, writes: "For several patronage solicited. months I was given up to die. I had E. A. HUBBELL MRS. fever end ague, iny nerves wcie wrecked. I could not sleep and m ( Formerly of Ogden.) stomach was so weak, from useless doctors drugs, that I could not eat 55S14 Couch St., Portland, Ora s 'on after beginning to take Elcclru Rates 81 per day each. Rooms Brat part of city. From de-nRoulina. the Paris Jeweler, had blind Bitters I obtained relief, and in a take M Car to Cout h street. Three confidence In Romaln, trusting him short time I was entirely cured." Guaranteed at Ogden druggists, price 60c. street car lines direct to Fair. To the Big Horn September 6th. $30.00 for the round trip, return limit thirty days. A copy of our Big Horn Basin folder free on request. For further particulars ask ticket agent, or call on or write to s ot EXCURSION i R. F. NEL8EN, General Agents 79 West Second South Street, Salt Lake City. |