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Rh, gendarmes, and commissaires de police; they, therefore, commenced operations as soon as the telegraphic despatch arrived; and the "Bell and Bottle" being the first hotel in the town, they had naturally directed their first inquiries there. Now, according to the reports of the sentinels

guarding the Hôtel de Ville, which is next door to the "Bell and Bottle," it had been stated that a number of travelers had arrived there during the night. The sentinel who was relieved at six o'clock in the morning remembered perfectly that, just as he was taking his post a few minutes past four, a young man arrived on horseback, with a little boy