Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1852-10-20


The Frenchman broke out into his singular
laugh, which seemed to vex the miser he
spoke sharp and said =
:" Fool, fool, tell me, can you get the mon
ey Layton carries ?"
"How much, Monsieur? ?"
Thousands! Thousands!p'
cha! Ha! Hap
Come Levere, this is no laughing mat
ter. want you to get your hands in the
fellows purse he has no use for SO much
the drunken dog will squander it anyhow,
and | night as well have it as any one"
It's all in the family, any way, Monsieur"
eyes, and [ am determined to have it
Walter no doubt, is fishing for it, and will
one daT get it if [ don't, and | intend hay
ing it i any means on earth can effect it."
Thousands Thousands ~ muttered the
Frenchnan, with his eyes fixed on the dusty
j floor.
sCanyou get it, Levere ?"
''Doeshe carry it with him %
lie loes"
:. . Th5osands thousands IN purse
ssCan ysu get it +? can go" get 1t?
"With 3ur aid, [ can."
s'That you shall have"
J. ''First thin your plan"
, ''Make hin partly drunk at the Tavern,
and after nj ltfall carry him out of the bounds
/. Of the City, / some secret place and pour
. this liquid-ais vial draught in his misera-
4 ble throat a1t soon its poisonous. fires VIII
\ search his deeoest nerves and hidden VEINS
# and Law him did and rigid at your feet-then
,. for the pursel
!, = Second YOUR terms, Monsieurp
! Touy ter1d, Levere, the lowest?"
al "Half-halfhe has,"
e Its too m'h, wretch" ;"
!; " Half or not done at all. -
II "Then let itIDe-go your way and on the
n morrow night See you do the deed III som
- hidden place" and he gave Levere the VIA
ar and its poisonous draught. Levere l4oke' e47
a. a. at it-shook it -smelled it and said Wha
wv is this, Monsifur?'
~ "Ah Monsieur, it will Kill quickly
s.YaS,: in a few moments; go your way, Lf
ne vare ~, On the morrow night see that 20
al 2 em1,lov it as have told you, IN some secrt
It's O In TIE CAvs OF SKULLS, Monsieur
he /" Ragone. tornentor" exclaimed the Mlser.-
8. Choose your own hiding place-but be careful
on be careful" ,.4.,. Pronobr,o
and he went away shaking the liquid IN the Wal al
- laughing; i" trust me with that, ana the misc
S use man laughed long and loud.
ith Tba morrow cane and the Frenchman was ava
home all and when he returned 70 lIle II
L - -, IN tbeeyening he told him that he W
',la5a - lnra tbs victim away from the city.
5du a1t 5o tbe serhnt was away with similar resul
you the navf the ned, and in this way month "
m assod The litLa French4nan was away from hol
me P1as IN davtiae and frequently portion OF
< LI,~S of night ndustriously engaged, as he rep
ted to his mastd IN trying 70 lure thG
Ilv ton from the sreets OF A.. me hl9ei 1e 9
ny o-aI - ard crred his man. and went himself on
ms lod o;ss;o4 he ordered LeYere to be stationed
nan a specified rom IN the Tavern a. ehe evening
iser and he would 30 into the streets Oh
cca- lnre his kinsean to the net. LeYere went 70
ost- Tavern and he miser went to the streets. Al
- lon, he was seen vending his way, his old VI
hair futterfng in the wind, leaning on his STAN
uch features pale and pinched and dressed IN old tat
ful al loar-worn clothes, so that he looked more
con- mistrabe beggar than of the city's wealth
sed n,a He was seen all day the streets, which
~, unusual circumstance, for the like had never
frs occurred and late in the evening he was
- inter his Tavern with Layton hanging on
nch- arm! As they entered that den OF sin, rePut
H. men of the CITY stopped moment and gazea al
Inc. and then went away wondering what 1t c
- mean. Layton was taken TO the par an" Cen''
nous he best Of its LIQUORS, and he was soon IN
the Of inebriation Night came and threw lts oaiA
edit, tle around the city and its hills Layton was
sipa- with his brothers WATER OF DEATH anu was