The Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1850-1852, 1851-11-20

once Tia, it would bc isnposslL,c to
recpser i. ~lihou. sss,slaace. la ,l.c
'ndsi Of ihl d,Icmsn the heavy gailop
Of horses and tie c!aAkins o. ihs
s"ords Of the horse ,aitoi, sio ia
these .-nublous ti,nss were ordered 60
pace the s,lors the whole nisa! long
we're heard approaching
ln hurried whisper the gentleman
bade Jean i.andreaa push off. The
chest conta,us my fortune. SAID he.
the hopes and security Of our NOS,
righteous cause, but The safety If nv
vale and lit:le ones is Of more impor
tanee let II, row dom across, aud
wc ",,l return aud fetch the chcs.
when we have seen them safely land.
cd on the opposite starc. jean Land.
rcan did as he Nas bid he roaed the
party across the river and landed thc,n
all in safety. By this time the patrol
had approached CLOSE to tho spc, they
had just quilted. and the sound Of
their VOICES couli b. distinctly heard.
They passed on, however. without Oh.
serving any trace # the strangers {;
but the incident has caused the lady
- !cci such neivom terror ior her
husbands sake. that she would no,
sn'ier him to leave the place Of safety
hc had reached, in order to rush ulon
danger, as it were, ny crossing again
to the opposite ba,k. Jean Land.
rean, therefore Trarted alone in
search Of the chest taking with him
ropes aud tools 10 discngage it from
the mud. lie succeeded in short
space Of time, and returned in high
s'ee bearing it i'll triumph before him.
lis terror may be conceived, when,
upon reaching the ,pot lac had Quilted
40 short time before, he found it
/ desorted--not a trace of the travellers
he had ferrleh acros, to be seem
not a sound indicative of their pre-
sencc to lie head. lie wandered,
distracted up and down ur,ll the dawn
and the first light of day showed him
traces Of strife and murder, Which
must have taken llace during the
short time he had been occupied Oh
the other side ofthc river. The grass
and reeds were oil ,ramplcd and brok.
en-, aud evident tokens Of scunle and
resistance to be observed as far as
the entrance to the small wood which
clothes the rising ground which eli.
closes the Loire at tlis SPOT. Jean
Landrcan followed, through bramble
and through briar. the pad, which had
evidently been forced by the resisting =
fugitivcs, ubtil beneath . tree hc
found the lacless corpse Of one Of the
children, lying bathcl in blood, its
brains having been dashed ont against
a tree. BY its side lay the hl. and
cloak Of ;he lady, all drcncled in
gore, but no otner token Of the pas
sage OF the fuSitlyes--no other ind!-
cation Of the path by which the sur.
vivors had been hurried was any.
where to be observed, and Jean
Landrean ie;urLc! t. his boat, dis
consulate and brokcr.hcartcd, to he,
gin his daily task with bitter remcm.
brauce Of the last night. The chcs,
lay concealed beneath the floor Of his
hut until the end OF the war. Every
crQully concerning It's owner was set
on foot by Jean Laudrcau it con,
tanned gold to IN enormous amount.
As much pnbhc!ty as could be given
TO the event was promoted by the
honest boatmen, lut in vain. The
thing Remains a my s,cry - this hour
Jean LaIdrcan died wealthy man,
but even Oh his dca,i. bed he bade
his son, whom he left rich, happy and
respected, to use every cnlcayor 70
discaycr the owner Of the gold and
for many Years, his soa also mad.
every research, sparlng neither time
nor expense TO fulfill his fathers d.ing
comu ami.
\ rnde cross in the wood on the
/ spot sherc It is supposed the nlov;al
struggle to0l place between the fly
ing royaiisss and some republican,
, so.dlcrs--a small tombstone ot White
ma!b'e III the yeyard Of Anccnis,
! raised by jean Laudrcau over tic
: corpse Of tie murdered babe, arc
all that is left to tell the story Of the
/ iIlstaTcd royalist AMI bis unhappy
Nie. The chronicles Of La. Ncndee
couki tdrlisi, many such an cpisile q,
tAis, but .Aeie are iew u ahu, Ike jean
l.anllean, would se-k 10 make til.
story known. lie reyerts 10 ii, even
IL lis Nil. aLl leaves au annuity q
be bestowed forever on he olics,
/ boatmen Oh The Loire, ia order Il
commemorate the unhappy event,
Which. aaaius. lis o"n desire, had
. been the iJuada,ion og AIs fortuu. -
/ iatis Cor. Of tue Bostoa Atlas.
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