The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1850-10-19
The Force of Fear.

At the close of the winter of ls25-oe, atSu,
dusk IN the afternoon just as the wealthy dealers
IN the Palas- Royal at Paris were about lighting
their lamps and putting up their shutters (,he
practice Of the major part Of them at high,fall)
well-known money changer sat behind his cou,.
ter alone, surrounded by massive heaps of silver
and gold. the glit,erng and sterling currency o.
all the Kingdoms Of Europe. He had well nigh
closed his operations for the day, and was erioy.
ing IN anticipation the prospec, of good dinner
Between the sssy.chair upon which he reclned
in perfect satisfaction, and the door which opened
into the north side of the immense quadrangle OF
which the splendid edhce above mentioned i.
composed, arose stout wire partition, reaching
nearly to the ceiling and resting upon the coun,
ter, which traversed the whole length Of the
room. Thus he was effectually Gu, of from all
possibility OF uniriendly contsc, from any Of his
occasional visitors; while small sliding. board
tha, ran in and out Under the wire partition serv.
ed us the medium Of his peculiar commctce -.
Upon this he received every coin, note, or draf,
presented for change; and having first carefully
examined it, returned its value, by the same con
veyance, in the coin Of France, or indeed Of anv
country required. Behind him was door com.
muniCa,ing with his domestic chambers, and in
the middle 0 the counter was another, the upper
,;or - Ia,,.hns p' ~ '''s ""e P""'
The ,,sr;,.n - ~. ,;,,o .,,-
t;s''. y, va, ~ 'nuiI oe' IN" areaoy
Of locking M bs Joor. .nJ ,s,r;J y, h we po'.'
- IS , ~ ~. u' a.a ,e"'tH n W hs repast'
J.n,iv n.,su. rD mel ,ho;r e oos,, ane % Me,e e'''
Had |, bosn oo,,;or in ,ho a. ~ ,i. :,
havs bs.n suffc;on, i;,ht " .va d;.n. "Gu.u ,I.
s.o,u,os and syn,ess;en !, IL r,ataIi, ~. '"em
,no,,bsr. wn,ld hera J.e.a,sa ,,,aa IL, a"". Iu'
m ua, well st;llsd in de,sc,inn ,hp p .nror ~. ne ~,
fraud or dcs;gr in Tho human cp,,,.au,no" D., W
,hcv had cbossn thai, t;n,o foo on,,on,;s,.,,r ~
Ons n ,hsu sJvsno;nr ,a,,.,J ",tp ..
manded change in Frerch ro;r sar an ,', En,,;'h UJ
,oycre;yp which ba l0d rnon ,ho I'D, e"sa ts".a
and nass,d ,b,nrob Tho r,;ra na,,;,;on I,. , .U.
,v.cbarper rose immod;a,.Iv AND h,,;,,. ~ .o Nv.
tanned ,ba, tho coin was .cnm;u. ,s,,,s,"J T..
nroner .ouiyalent bv tho c,s,nmorr r,nS. as
transfer 1hc Italian. turned No II ~ ,oaro ,ta W
apar,men, when no who had recs;vsI ,ha ,,,on"n r
suddenly dronned tbe silver ,non ,ho e.
it.w,s now nearly dart i, va. scarca,v 20 h., a,'
nected that thew copld find tho wboIa 81 ,na r;~
CO, w;,bon, ,be nss;s,,nco of E',h, tn. W. e. ~.
uncopsciou, merchant FASTENED 70 snnn,v. on =
unlocking without susnic;on Tho door ~ ,In nar. nav
,i,ion between them stoonod with CAMILLA a~., p.
tLs floor in search of ,bo 10, coz ~ ~ wy;
ton tho nnfor,rna,c ,,an was = is p;i,
ed with repeated stabs from a no;nsrd ma hs u,
length fell ofer fw Ss"b,s ard ;"a -. ~
ves s,nseless and apnaren,iv l;fsiss. N, ,ho
of bis assa,sins - "'' ''''
A considerable ,;re e,o,.sa nm \, ,ho s,,,,;,
Gus entrance of a strangsr bs wa. asrnv.,0d "
,bis dreadful Situation when !, w.s s,vni ,h., ~
,be ss,a,sns baynS f,., Ss,nsd ,honirs u. s''a' ..
nm rlnns, ;nc,eJ;bls ann,r, as ,onsu ees haL Az "
wLou, ANYTHING being Ieft NV ~ which, c"s "su ,sh, Me
bays bssn oh,o;scJ ,n ,h.;r rs,r.as |'0e '''S"'
The untor,nra,s victim of ,ha;r ,.n.,;,r ,a
cruelty WINS, howsysr No. dead s,rana" s' ~ a'' !,
mav snn,ar al,Lonvb hs had r.,.;vsS So ssus ., !.
Of twenty wound, Several of which nIo;nIY pIu sn"w
ed that tho davvs, LaI bean Jr;ran 90 '1o~ NV.
bil,, h, survived, and in a sw ,nnn,bs ,f,e, @ a..
ryen, was o,,n :" hs so", ~ ii" ,an. a., W..
cd n,ocs Ss "barUsr S.i bna,d '' I" J h
nos, ';li~sn, soarcL bSn 'v"u l h' ~ w., ia"nu % .ue
no;re os pa,;. far ,ho 'r r.r,0,ra, e uy ,"I "af
ahl d,.d Tho ,;l,,ips oa ni'',N VI ,i' III, us.es.
0nJ ;nrss,;,,,;or .nd raii @ i,u' 'W Az n,qu,'y
Sov, ssransd nnd;srnrorsJ @ no r;,h H. % p'ooao',,y
fr the mn,ualv cherished isr"s, v os oao Uyny & ou'