American Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1855-1860, 1859-11-03
LANCASTER OHIO THURSDAY MORNING NOVEMBER 8 1883

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were dead. and !, he N" mos pos,essor or. Of his
ip,ack. he Tmirht VET have a brigbt and han.
.by future. II was 4 drearv dismal snot
il the, thick wood where hey both. stood.
and no, human eve save theirs was Il okinp
On he scene. @ Why should dis old man man
be cumhered with wealth. which could
not bring him one ti,he Of The ioy that II
might him who coveted The possession?--
He conld not live many years. that old
man, at most. and be might die, ,aHy mo-
msDt and bic valuable. effects. become, The
Inheritance Of strangers! What Insttered
few years more or less, to bim--a wan
dering and despised old Jew? Andwby
should he the poor miserable artist, bssi-
tate between the jews liz, and his own?
Were not all human creatures bound by
the inner law Of their being to act in self
defence, even 10 The taking Of life when
necessary to sustain their own? And
would he MT die should the Jew liye2-
And would be not live should the Jew
die? And even should, the secret be- dis
covered, would i Be anything worse than
death at last? He bad bought poison for
himself. and why should not another take
it for his salyation?-in which event be
conld have the means to procure more, and
could alWsys. as now carry his life in his
hands. 90, H.. ,.i,.s.,s.' l...,.4
The Jew had biddeh him good day, and
was trudging onward at slow steady
pace, while these wild wicked thoughts
we're coursing through the brain of the
latter, with ali the plausibility Of truth.
Suddenly the Jew stopped, produc. d q
little flask, and raised 1t TO- his lips. Alb
that flask! The devil was tempting young
du Barre to crime, and here was the op
portuui,y.' ssh'v.h 39ia@ sad o8l "a
i,tsMy good FRIEND" called the artist TO
the Jew. II am very faint, will you give
me few drops Of that wiue?"
Fl viii give you half, said the Israelite
hating. Y Y u Y
The artist dYaneed tremulously, prcdu
ced the poison, and concealed il in his
hand1as be spprosched ed bid vic tim no der
pretenee of wipihg the mouth Of the flask, /,
dropped it in, Then he pretended to
dri6E, and- handed II hack with thanks
begging the Jew to drink his health a,
their final parting Isaac compiled and
they separated each gong different ways.
As soon as Henri was out oflsight oi
the israelite' he1entered the wood. andre
turned IN an. 'ooiique direction, an,i D. ne
came ip sight Of his victim writbipg " the
agonies 81 death, and grooming t9r msr-
cy; "A few s,,a ,Tlhsltss'l es q more. ana be was
snll-'ns oreao work was % oone' H.
Dragging tne oooy rom tne read; !. ano
coneeailng IT.. the murderer. next carried
the pack fer back into be'forest ,'Ftore ii
open and found itdid contain old clothes
lie was nearly irantis' sHeshad murder
ed harmless old ,paps' s'ape got. nothing
iorIhs 1Helthrewine' garments from Inn
with the wild ae'ienV oi'rsm0rss andahde'
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Farin The Depths tbs Of ~ lpat M k DARK WOOD the
murderer MY sHs most precious sttH s'onss u
be, brought forth 70 after lime. sThsrs we're
two thopssnd ,1siN tys hundred francs y mon
ey AND F,Ih ihls s1e amount Pc slsfteo lol
home; no, longer poor mar, but alas ever
furtbet Than ever ro!nll from being 2 happy one
Hefrayeled n bis ragged clothes I9tsss as ial
as ,Nismes, fearful Of spending one Of his
i'll acquired, coins, sooner; but at, Nismes
he veulured to purchase a new. and gentee
suit and in this shortly alter appeared be-
fore Lucille, showed herfalher The sum re-
quired: which he represented as having
bsenhonesily 'obtaiuedR iphisrPrOfssSior
ana cia'"eq ner 1y ns9o: = 9%o.:SAAl
In due lime Henri du Barre married Lu
ollie N ontaigne. and happy weie 81 At th'
Wedding but the guilty groom who, hs wa wa
.c'e' ~ srv's tt',PR' Vs.sSSC sSSsstt4 CO
his awlul scorer however, ana iprontea goj
It, making an occasional visit 70 the dis
NAL spot Of hiss .ciins under ,prstence o
travelling on businsss;I He took away ant
dispossd Of tbe jewels one Aby'one.J an'
gradually grew opulent!aad was regarded
BY all who knew him g % honest man'O
mark. = ( y, u sllg @ los5 ,.. . =, ~. ,., 2
- But Tbs remembfances q his great Grim