Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1854-11-02

~
s.What is your pleasure ?' said she speak
ing through the wicket II am alone, and
although very poor, do not care to open to
strangers" The visiter muttered a word In
reply, and the door was opened as instantly
as its ponderous bolts permitted. He follow
ed her through ruinous court, and signify
| ing by silent gesture that he would dispense
with her further services, he knocked at an
other door. Here he was again challenged +;
but his voice gained him admittance as be-
fore, and presently he found himself in a
room much more comfortable than might have
been expected from the exterior.
What ! you herew said the man who
opened the door to him, and who was the on
| ly inmate of the apartment. why, Peter,
this is an unusual and unexpected honor"
Il have reasons, Alexander" replied the
visifcr, gravely; and as he opened his cloak
and threw his hat upon the table, the striking
resemblance between the two men would have
enabled "a stranger to pronounce them at once
to be brothers
Reasons you of course have, for you never
act without them: but before you open your
budget, let me put you in good humor by pre-
senting you with this handsome sum of money,
your share of as rich spoil as we have yet
taken"
II
at present. ] have seen ghost"
"a ghost l know man who would
scare even you; but was not aware that you
stood in special awe of the imnaterial world.
In what form appeared the ghost p
I'm the form of human eye, which was
fixed upon mine to-day for an instant in the
Place du Carrouzel. Whether it was any
thing more than fragment of a dream l
had fallen into at the moment, [ cannot tell
but II it was really in human head, it be-
longs to the man you allude to.
.sAnd what then 20
ssMerely that am lost .
What nonsense You are too clever,
too self-posscssed; too far-seeing for that
You are unknown even to your own band-I,
your lieutenant and your brother, being the
sole medium of communication between you.
Besides me, you have no confident in the
world but your own wife, your splendid
countess, who is the life and soul of the asso-
citation, without whose guiding voice we could
not stir a stey, and who could not crilninate
you without destroying herself"
..All that is true; but you do not know
the man as | do"
1--WE must buy him -
'.It is for that / am here But take care
you bid high. Strip me of all | possess
take the diamond crosses from my breast
the jewels from my wife's hair-but let him
have his pricel You must do still more than
that
Not blood p
'.Not without necessity. We must employ
him. We must steep his hand in crime-and
that viii be your easiest task. TIL he is
again at the mercy of the police-till the
fourteen years fetters of Toulon dance again
before his vision-it is impossible for me to
sleep
.'And if all fails? If he will neither steal
gold nor accept of it as a present"
'sThen we shall talk farther
Among the crowd that day in the Place du
Cnrrouzel there had been a man who attract
ed the attention of some of the older members
of the police. His was a well-known face
but it had not been seen for many years and
the tlief-takers employed themselves in get
ting the hneaments again by heart. But the
man, secure in his innocence, (for the bagne
wipes off all scores), strolled carelessly on
He did not meet single acquaintance four
teen years being, in his calling, the outside
limits of a generation; till all on sudden,
as he glanced on a general officer passing
slowly on horseback, an expression of surprise
escaped him. his dull eye iightened with joy,
and then the brief illumination faded away
into uXed and iurld glare.
At that moment the officer appeared to see
him; and shutting his eyes suddenly, and
ducking under the shoulders of the crowd,
the old forcat turned away.
1t was easy for him to ascertain the rank
and position of the object of his interest; to
learn that, without estates, he possessed pro-
digious wealth that he had brought wife
with him from Spain. who was supposed to
be the source of his riches; and tn It the rec
ords of scissors having been burned, he had
established his birth by an act of notoriety.'
"Ah !" said he, a. that is SO like him! He
is clever fellow, and he is now at his old
tricks; but he has climbed thus far upon the
shoulder of his comrade-he must down p
He went straight to the office of the project,
and denounced Lieutenant Colonel Points,
Count de Sainte- Helene, as an escaped forcat.
The clerks laughed at him, the project order
ed him to be turned out, and the informer,
saying politely that he would call again to-
morrow, took his leave
The next morning he was met near the pre-
lecture by a man, who entered into converse
:. You are from Toulons" said the strang-
er, abruptly.
ss You are going to denouce somebody"
" WellY'
q He is too strong for you"
We shall see. y
q Are you rich p
81 have still enough for dinner: | must
shift as can for the rest of the day.
VIII a thousand francs do 7"
mo
q Ten thousand p
T No = -