The Democratic pioneer. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1845-1853, 1850-10-18

iVoto, NhiiC a sthuh sfiu'"S oo'Ao 'AA"s "'a
in and out under the wire partition ser,ie 3
a, h medium Of his peculiar commerce,
Upon this he received every coin. note, OIL
draft presented forr rhauge; and having
first carefully exansined it, returned its va
ue, by the same conveyance. in the coin
of France, or indeed Of any country re-
quired. Behind him was door commu.
nicating with his domestic chambers, a nc
in the middle of the counter was anoth err
the upper part of which formed a port ior
Of the wire partition above described.
The denizen of this little chamber had
already closed his outer shutters, and wa.
just on the point OF locking up his doors
and retiring to his repast, when two young
msn entered. They wese evidently ltal
fans, from their costume anil peculiar dia
lcct. Had it been earlier in the day Nhc,
there would have been suficiVn. IL -.ht tt
have disco rned ther features and e,.prvs
sion, it is probable that our merchan
would have defeated their plans, for he
was well skilled in detectius the tohc y
| fraud or desiYnin the humun countenqnce
Ba. hey bad chosen heir lime too ap,r
pria ,.r. One of lhem, ailvancin tow Ird
the coun er, demanded change in FIR ncl
coin .or an English soyt reign which h,
laid upon the slilines s-b)arI, anl passct
throush the wire partition. The money
chnnser rose Immediately, anl having as
tccftaincd ll,at the coin was .sonuia,, rv
turned It's proper cquiv~lcnt by the custo
mary mode of transfer. The Italians turn,
ed as if to leave the apartment, when h,
who had received the money suddenly
dropped the silver, as though accidentally
upon the floor. AS it twas now nearly darl
it was scarcely to be expected that they
could find the whole Of the pieces withou
the assistance Of a Ii sht, This the un
conscious merchant hastened to supply
and unlocking, without suspicion, the door
of thepartition between them, stopped will
a candle over the aeorin search of the los
coin. In this position the unfortunate mar
was Immediately assaled with repcate,
s.abs from a poni;trd, and he at length fell
afier IL few feeble and Intellectual struggle.
senseless and apparently lifelcss, at the
fet of his assilSi ins.
A corsi silcrable time elapsed ere, by til,
fortui Gus entrance of a stranger, he was
! discovered in this dreadful situation; whel
| il was found that the assassins having frs
having helped themselves to an amos
Incredible amount of money, had fled
without anything being left by which a clu'
might hare been obtained to their re
treat.
| The unfortunate victim of their rapacit,
and cruelty, was, however, not dead
Strange as it may appear, although he hac
received upwards twenty wounds, sew
eral of which plainly showed that the dag
ger had been driven to the very hlt, h'
survived; and in few months after tn,
event. was again to be seen in his long
accustomed place at the changers board
In vain had the most diligent search beer
made by the military police Of Paris fo
the perpetrators of this detestable deed
The Williams had eluleI all inquiry an in
vcs.igation, AMI woall in all probabiii,
haNetscaped undiscovered with heir boo ,
bu for mutually cherished dis Il
each her Upon he first IN con- 81
success OF thcir plan, the question arose
/ how to dispose of their enormous plumber
# amounting to more than a hundred hous
!, anls Fear III oil he researches of In
: po'ice they dared no, retain il 1t 4 e
lo .i0-;s II rust thirl pry ". !
1 ,G,ir secret was not to be thou ,ht oi, a
Il lnsth, after long ana anxious deleb,ra
5 tou, they agreed to conceal the mone.
y outside the barriers of Paris until .he,
: should have concocsed some safe plan 10
b transporting it to their own country. Thi
e Trey accordingly did, burying the treas
# ure under tree about mile hom th,
e Barri,re d'Enfer. But they were still a
: far as ever from mutual understanding
+ When they separated, on any prrtence
n each returned to the spot which eontaine'
e the stolen treasure, where of Course b.
!. was sure to find the other. Suspicion thu
|. formed and fed soon grew into dislike AM