Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1849-08-29

was found, and Jealous had the delight OF
hndng also his treasure untouched. Two days
were devoted to rest and to packing his gold in
the sacks provided, one of which he placed on
each horse, that he himself mounted bearinr
the llghtest.
When the gold-seeker started on his return,
the ard season OF the hot days had commenced;
the grass was scorched up, and scarce a drop of
water could be found. Jealous travelled ra-
pldly, but this acted fatally, for on the fifth day
one horse dropped with heat, fatigue, hunger,
ana thirst, and more than a fifth part of his
treasure was lost. To load the other horses
with 1t was vain; the poor animals, parched with
thirst staggered under their present load. Zea-
lous, with a deep sigh, abandoned his gold, and
struck across the desert towards the distant TO-
rest. No water was found that day, and at
night both man and beast was raging with
thirst. They halted in a sycamore grove, the
deWy leaves OF which at nightfall slightly re-
stored Jealous, who, however, found another
horse unable to move. Rage, despair in his
heart, the young mlser pursued his journey; but
on arriving a whole days journey distant from
the forest, his whole caravan had broken down.
The gold-seeker, mad, his brain feyered bv the
heat and by disappointment, turned back on
foot. His senses seemed gone; and when he
reached the first stage where he found a car
case, his mind was affected, for be wildly strove
to drag the gold towards home. From this
moment his senses were utterly lost. He flew
back on the trace Of his fatal treasure; he ate
roots, horse-aesh, and berries, and at last reach
ed the spot where the first horse had persisted.
His day was spent in frenzied efforts to drag
the sack OF gold EDWARDS, his night in sleeping
with it for a pillow; and in this state he was
found by his brother and a n mounted party, who
found him after a long and weary search.
1t was many months ere the gold-seeker was
restored to health and consciousness, and then
sad was the result. He seemed a premature
old man; his wife vainly strove to charm him;
and but tor the constant watch set upon him,
he would again have started on his perilous and
mad enterprise. The water-seeker clearly saw
the cause of his brothers grief; but he said no.
thing, continuing calmly his course, and reap
ing every day the reward of his solid industry.
When, however, a certain time had elapsed, and
the body of the gold-seeker was sufficiently re-
stored, Patient determined to try an experiment
on his mind. He shut himself in a room with
him, and spoke thus: "My dear brother, YOU are
unhappy, and your misery causes ours. NV
wife and yours equally suffer from your sorrow;
we can do nothing to remove it, because we
know not the cause" The go.d-seeker sighed
deeply, and shook his head. "Speak, Jealous"
cried his brother, aand there is nothing YOU can
wish but that we will all gladly do"
ut is in vain to struggle against my destiny"
said Jealous. "Did you find any sacks of gold
near me!!"
"They are allfve in your cupboard" said Pa
tent. "Ihey are untouched; they are yours
They contain vast wealth, but was vast we alth
like that necessary to us? See how happy l
am. Why? Because all around is the fruit of
my labor and my industry. You are unhappy,
your wife is wretched, and all because you have
an inordmate thirst for more gold. With mil
lions OF dollars in your cupboard, you long again
to tempt fortune"
"Never!" replied Jealous, firmly. "Take the
gold: it is not mine, but yours. Use it for our
mutual advantage. Give me my task to perform,
and from this day you shall have no reason to
complain" And the gold-seeker went out in
seach OF his wife, with whom he conversed for
an hour; and that day at dinner all were happy.
But Patient determined to spare no sacrifice to
insure his brothers happiness. A month after
that, he left his hacienda, sold it to a rich con-
vent, and retired to the United States, where
the brothers entered into a partnership as mer-
chants. But Zeulous was wholly cured. He
felt deeply the noble conduct of his brother and
his wife, and sought in every way to repay
them. They are now all contented. Patienthas
three children, Jealous as many; and their COM
merce succeeding, they have few cares for the
future. They are looked up to in the great city
they inhabit and when the Californian gold fe-
yer burst out, the most sensible advice came
from the lips of Jealous. "Do not quit the
certain for the uncertain" said he to young men
ready to abandon lucrative posts to go gold
digging; "honest industry gives you an exis-
tence, success can do no more, while the chan
ces Of failure are SO great. l was one of the
But then if the gold-seeker did not
perish, it was because the devoted water-seeker
was at hand" And he would hurry home to
press the hand of his brother, and thank him
once more for all he owed to him. The advice
of Jealous is little followed, because youth and
ardent imaginations are little influenced BY rea-
but it is probable that, in after-days, the
few who stick to their counters and their situa-
lions will never regret having taken the counsel
of the now cautious gold-seeker. There are
bold and enterprising characters enough
to risk such perils, there are always sufficient
men of desperate fortunes who cannot lose, with
out fathers of families and comfortable citi-
zens leaving their homes and household gods to
tempt Dame Fortune. So always thought Pa
tient, and SO now thinks Jealous Jones. .~t
UA shower of rain as red as blood fell
near the village of Bonvilston, South Wales.
1t was SO manifest that it impregnatad the clods
of earth, many Of which were like ruddle. A
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