“CASTLEGAR NEWS, Mai 27, 1981 Crime Flashback There are three things the French do exceedingly well —drink wine, make love and commit murder. tire of Euphrasie. Finally she approached the older woman, advising her thet her : services were ho longer egge Biadle to let her pay one Now well over 60 years ala, uphrasie really had nowhere to go. Elodie weakened, the subject of Euphrasle’s dismissal was not men- tloned again. The thought that she could be thrown away like dirty dishwater preyed ¢ on n Buphraste’ 's mind, She decided It id the: latter of these three activities which It t eertainly wasn't Euphrasie Mercier’s fault when her father, a Parisian Tan facturer, up and died, leaving her to care for her two younger sisters, Honorine and Sidonie, and a brother, Camille, Papa left the equivalent of 16,000 ritable fortune fa 1845, to Euphrasie to le, ad at something was to kill Elodie, burn her body and bury what was left in the arden, Euphrasie made. sure no one touched the dahlia under which Elodie rested. Euphrasie-told neighbors Elodie had entered a convent and had left her in charge. To ike the agreement more binding, Euphrasie took a trip to Luxembourg where she contacted a lawyer. Posing as e Elodie she had documents drawn up gi giving power of attorney to her dear friend Euphrasle. Strangers verified her identity in exchange ious fantatics, who Spent he devil while ea ‘ary to rid their home o! knocks a little ra: entered Euphrasie’s life in the form of Madame Elodie Men- etret, who became a close friend. After the two Sromen had known each other for some time, Elodie, apparent! iy was well-fixed financially, asked Eupheasie My she woul anion at her e chance. accept a positi lon as housekeeper and com- a in Villemomble, Euphrasie jumped at For a while everything went smooth! aly enough. le Euphrasie earned a Salary, which ena send enough money to d her to her mad sisters and tain brother in Paris. But iitte " little Elodie began to pie were quite mad. - for a few fran Once back | ia the villa, Euphrasie sent for her " sisters and brother. Soon Camill le was doing his staring full time, while Honore and Sidonie were constantly chatting with the For two years Elodie Ta Then a stran -_ shows Honorine’ 's_ cl scating her worldly goods, Guatesuneut was no “Chateauneuf tried t blackmail Euphrasie. She would have none of it. Ina odie was pay able, Hon orine, Sidonie and Camille were confined to the Asylum of St. Ann. uphrasie Mercier was foun, guilty of forgery, theft and murder. She received sentences total- ling 20 years in prison. Alberta kids are going hungry too EDMONTON (CP) — Al- bert’s image as the promised land with its $8-billion Heri- tage Savings Trust Fund is being tarnished by commun- ity workers’ claims that many Edmonton and Calgary schoolchildren are going hun- gry. The Edmonton organizer of a church-sponsored snack program says it is the main source of daily food for hun- dreds of youngsters whose parents are on social assis- tance. “In many schools, the only. thing they've had to eat in the latter part of the month is our snack,” says Rev. Art Holmes, organizer of the In- ner City Schoo) Nutritional Snack Program, which feeds 1,600 children in 21 Edmon- ton schools. There isn’t a comparable program in Calgary, but social worker Tom Powell. says: “We get calls every day from somebody who's found kids with no food in the house.” The community workers’ claims follow reports in Win- nipeg that hundreds of chil- dren there are lining up at ‘Answer for Sunday Crossword Puzzle No. 949, rior RIEIAID} en fa INIGIE| Bet INT TION} IGM OB TTS ID} Answer for Sunda’ Ma 2A, Cryp! LENGTHY CRUE AROUND slp WEALTHY CLIENTELE. APPLES IDIOLIOR| lOISIAIGIE} [Im a} DI Or4 ane HIEs(9) IM< DI 4 OnWsy my