Sauk Rapids frontierman., 1859-10-20

matieEedIa fswycsss; snnpfR or less i TO
i him mandefing and desrised old Jew2
i Andiwhy should lie, the poor missrable
artist hesitate between Ahs Jews life
and ahisown1p I'D We're not allliving crea-
\ tnres hound by the erinner iaw pf their
being TO art lin sel lf-deienee, even 10 the
i taking of alife when, nec6eaRkys to sustain
their own2 q And would henot dir should
4 the Jew Liver And would he moi live
i should the Jew then and there die 1. And
Ievan should the secret BE- discovered,
would It be anything worss than death
All last! He had bought poison for
\ himself. and why should not another
i take il for his Gsal lyation---in which event
fhe, wonid have the means to. procure
/ mere, aud could always sas now carry
his life in his hands ysy NJ
| The Jew had biddent him good day, J.
and was trudging onward at q slow and
steady pace, while these wild, wicked
thoughts were coursiag, through the
mind Of the latter, with althe plausibii-
ity Of truth. IL a#.9
| Suddenly tie Jew stopped, produced
a little flask, and raised tito his lips.
/ All that flask /! The devil was tempt
ing young Du Barre TO crime, and here
was the opportunity.
/ my good friend, 4 called the artist to
the. lew, 81 am very faint; will you give
me a few drops Of that wine a.
- will give you hall. " said the lsra-
elite, halting. si,s i
i The artist advanced TREMENDOUSLY, pro-
duced the poison, and concealelit il in
his hand as he approached his victim,
and, under pretence of wiping the mouth
of the flask, dropped it in. Then he
pretended TO drink, and handed II back
| with thanks, begging the jew to drink
his health at their final parting. Isaac
complied and they separated, each going
different ways. f3fa# *i5 Y 'a1 9
AS soon as Henri was out Of site Of
the Israelite, he entered the wood, and
returned in an oblque direction, until
he came in sight Of his victim, who was
now swrithing in'theaa comics Of death, and
4 grooming for mercy A few minutes
more he was stili-the deed was done
II Dragging the body from the road, and
concealing \. the murderer next carried
1.-THE pack far back into the forest, tore it
topei, and found it did indeed contain
/ old clothes He was nearly frantic.
He had murdered a harmless old man,
\ and got nothing for it. He threw the
garments from him with the wild action
fof rcmorse and despair. e M
i Suddenly he heard clink as Of mon
/ ey: Then he began to examine the old
Egarments, and found, to his almost mad
Iioy, that they contained immense treas
ures in gold and jewels diamonds,
/ saphires, pearls and rubies to the value,
as he thought, of ten Thousand francs,
but in reality more than hundred
thousand ts8 sN tss
1 Far in the depths of that dark wood,
the murderer hid the most precious
11stones, to be brought forth in after time.
There were two thousand Ave hundred
francs in money; and with this amount
he started Tor home, no longer a poor
man, but alas even further than ever
from being a happy one 81 sf@
/ He travelled in his ragged clothes as
far as Nismes, fearful of spending one
of his iH-acqu;red coins sooner; but at
| Nismes he pentured TO purchase d new
and genteel suit and in this shortly after
appeared before Lucille, showed her
father the sum required, which he re-
presented aslhaving been honestly OBJ
tanned ia his profession, and claimed her
land.8as4s ~ TffHfa f&i53 ai9f@ ssis
In due time Henri du Barre married
Lucille Montaigne, and happy were all
at4the wedding but the guilty groom
who was never to know happiness
again. He kept his awful secret, how
yer, and profited by il, making an occa-
,ional journey tosthe dismal spot Of his
crime, under pretence Of travelling on
,usiness He took away and disposed
f the Jewels one by one, and gradually
rev opulent, and was regarded by all
-.sho knew him as an honest man Of
lark s9s 81 3sasat
But the rehaembrance Of his great
rime had strange fascination for him,
nd much Of his time was spent ia brood
tg over ltin' secret.
Being an artist, he at length naturally
,nceived the ideaof painting the scene
80 the murder and he finally drew i ia
iniature, on ivory, picturing himself,
the act Of dragging the dead body Of
9 Jew into the forest, whose features,
IN memory only, he delineated with
snderful fidelity. And as IL this we're
nough 20 satisfy his mordid intaina- I
..,-....,.,she wrote underneath ]: S3
'sIsaac, ID jew. murdered by Henri
IL Barre, Artist. September the 10Th
.a dark wood about twenty sleagues
auth from Lyons. \ sat' !, \
Ii was strange, insane idsa, that q
seserving 80 memory Of the horrible