The Columbia Democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, 1844-12-07
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THE BRILLIANT L0CKET.
BY J. Z, CARPENTER.
CHAPTER I.

Ii was in the autumn OF the yeal $500
when the republican army under Ney
Moreau, Lamb, Cyr, and other of it,
braveSt generals, was pursuing rs vic'o
rious career, and laying waste some oil
he most important towns in Germany,
he circumstance which we are about TO
relate took place.
The frequent want Of stores; ammun
ion and money, in the republican ar
MES aud the hope Of plunder thea so
f, equenlly held out ito the French SOL
Iiprs, as the reward of victory, caused
40 inconsiderabIe alarm in the breasts
# The more peaceable inhabitants OF
hose places which were considered lik
| y 10 become the theatre Of hosrlDIes.
Among these, the inhabitants Of =
,nce--and which Tor distinction we will
call Ebrisieu-had ample reasons foD
heir m!sgvings; the dalIy, almost hour.
Iy; approach OF the French being ex-
pected.
The family of Paul Kinmayer,a mer-
chant citizen Of great wealth. was a.
mongsr those most sg ta'ed by the atllc
iog intelligence. HIS household con-
listed Of his wife, an only daugh,er,and
few domes,cs in whom he could place
confidence. His daughter was The spring
which regulated every action Of the
merchants life; she was the apple OF his
"ye, the sunshine Of his shady places, j.
was for her he had accumulated his
wealth, that her rare beauty might win
with it station of rank and influence: :
md now the hope of a whole ifetim
might he lvrenkad !" f~.- L~;"f home
HIS wife was the first TO suggest r
Dlan for the concealment of their treas
res. The mansion was silCated near
The extremity of the town, and from r'|
secret passage communicated with
nower in the garden adjoining; from
hence in the evening, a man Nigh, ca
silly steal unperceived 10 the adjAcen'
woods; and there she proposed that Dh
merchant should, at night time, bury
lis treasure; or, at any rate, tha' IA
,honld proceed through the forest an
Ieposte it wuh relation who was e.
Ne trusted, who would not be suspec'e'
f possessing so much wealth, and VIII
esided about two days journey tron
he pace.
For time Paul X Knmayer resisted
very importantly Of his wife. Wh'
would protect them should the snlicipa
ed attack take place in his absence p
The dompsrics were old and iuirm, auc
hey would Le too much alarmed fOl
heir own safety to care much for other
so akin to them. Bu when his wife
spoke upon the future; when she i'm
pressed on him that it was wealth only
hat would be required of them, and
hat, deprived of rhat,al for which they
had SO long struggled would be scatter.
ed in moment, his resolution gave
way.
l. CO. he said, 'and leave you in the
,rus, of One whose all powerful hand
will protect you; unless indeed, in his
Infinite wisdom, he deems 1t fitting thai
the innocent should fall as an example
and terror to The guilty.
Collecting all that was most valuable
into small packet, as the evening ap-
preached, the merchant was prepared Io
depart. One jewel only remained be
Ihind--it was his own miniature, set in q
blocke,, with diamonds Of great value.
1t was his wedding gift 10 Amelia, and
with il he hesilaled TO part, and he pIa'
ced it again around her neck with the
same fervor and affection that he felt
when he first presented it, To her ano
TO his daughter, tho namesake OF her
mother, he gave some necessary direc
ions for their welfare during his absence
and taking an adec'ionate farewell, h'
departed, unknown to any but them
selves.
Ii was on the evening Of The fourth
day after The merchant had departed
that The roll of The drums, The ShriI
voice of the trumpet calling TO arms, anr
The umull among The inhabitants with
out, proclaimed to The inmates of th'
mansion that the enemy was fast op
preaching. The town was, indeed
filled with Austrian troops, but lhes
i had been so often and lately harrasSe'
e and defeated by The victorious arms o
The French, that il was not without rea