Show llalon of the future one day ill october 1883 lady living iu rno bel keshiro paris found that she had been robbed of a anni of france she notified the commissary ot police ou rue berryjr cr who instituted a bearch and questioned the servants but discovered nothing lady A when enumerating her servants begged the commissary to exclude from bis suspicions her second valet de chambra rc a yinth of 19 very good looking very respectful tind very well qualified for his duties who had been named 10 lo petit not on account of his stature for he was rather tall but from a feeling of delicate protecting familiarity which his good qualities had won for him meanwhile among the friends of lady A there had been a deal of talk about a certain demoiselle E who they eaid could see the most surprising things in a bowl of coffee grounds M L dervieux had the curiosity to accompany his governed go vernes to the house of this person and was quite surprised to hear her describe exactly each dieco of furniture in lady A s apartment pass in review her seven servants and say that though she could not name the thief be would bo guillotined within two years some weeks later ie petit left the service of his mistress without giving any reason nd two years later be mounted the scaffold this servant so esteemed was none other than Mar chandon the assassin arena |