The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1859-08-03
ould always as now carry his life in bis

could always as now carry his LIE IN his
hands.
The Jew had hidden him good day, and
was trudging onward at a slow, steady pace,
while these wild, wicked thoughts were
coursing through the brain of the latter, with
all the plausibility Of truth.
Suddenly the Jew stopped. produced lit.
tie flask, and raised it to his lips. All! that
flask The devil was tempting young Du
Barre to crime, and here was the Opportu-
nifty.
"My good friend" called the artist to the
Jew, 81 am very faint; will you give me o
few drops Of that wine !"
81 will give you half" said the Isruelite'
hulting.
The artist advanced tremulously, produ.
ced the poison, and concealed it in his hand
as he approached his victim, and under pre-
tence of wiping the mouth of the flask
dropped it in. Then he pretended to drink
and handed it back with thanks, begging the
Jew to drink his health at their final parting.
Isaac complied, and they separated, each
going in different directions.
As soon as Henri was out of sight of the
Israelite. he entered the wood, and returned
in an oblique direction, until he came in
sight of his victim, who was now writhing
in the agonies Of death, and groaning for
mercy. A few minutes more and he was
still-the dread work was done.
Dragging the body from the road, and con.
cealing it, the murderer next carried the
pack far back into the forest, tore il open
and found it did indeed contain old clothes
He was almost frantic. He had murdered q
harmless old man, and got nothing for it,
He threw the garments from him with the
wild action Of remorse and despair.
Suddenly heard clnk as of money!
Then he began TO examine the old garments
and found to his almost mad Joy, that they
contained immense treasures In gold ant
jewels-diamonds, eappbres, pearls and ru
bies. to the value, as he thought, of ten thou
sand francs, but in reality to more than Q
hundred thousand.
Far in the depths of that dark wood, the
murderer hid the most precious stones, to be
brought forth in after time. There was two
Thousand five hundred francs in money; ant
with this amount he started for home, nc
longer poor man, but alas even further
than ever from being happy one.
H. travelled in his ragged clothes as far at
Nismes, fearful of spending one Of his ill
acquired coins sooner, but at Nsmes he ven.
tured to purchase new and genteel suit
and in this shortly after appeared before Lu'
ellie, showed her father the sum required
which he represented as having been hon
estly obtained in his pro ession, and claimec
her haEd.
In due time Henry Du Barre married Lu.
cille Montague, and h.ppy were all at the
wedding but the guilty groom who was ne.
yer to know happiness again. He kept biz
secret, however, and profted by it, making
an occasional journey to the dismal spot o
his crime, under pretence of travelling on
business. He took away and disposed OF
the jewels one by one, and gradually grew
opulent and was regarded by all who knew
him as an honest man Of mark.
But the remembrance of his crime had 9
strange fascination for him, and much of his
time was spent in brooding over it in secret
Being an artist, he at, length naturally
conceived the idea of pointing the eceDe O.
the murder End he finally drew it in minia
ture, on ivory, picturing himself in the ac
of dragging the dead body of the Jew into
the forest, whose features from memory only
he deineated with wonderful fidelity. .And
as if this were not enough to satisfy his NOR
bid in nfatuation, he wrote underneath: "Isaac
Jew, murdered by Henri Du Barre, Artist
September the tenth, in dark wood, about
twenty leagues south from Lyons"
1t was a strange, insane idea, that Of pre-
serving memory of the horrible deed in
this manner; but this miniature of the scene
he had set in neat little frame. and carried
it in belt around his waist.
But the strangest port of this horrible Of.
fair is yet to be told. On his last visit to
the forest, for the last jewel that yet remain.
ed OF the proceeds of his awful crime, he
wae shot dead by a highwayman, who, on
searching his person, found the miniature
and recognized in the features of the mur.
dered Jew-his o,Onyathsr.
This produced 80 strange an impression
upon the second murderer, that he carried il
TO the authorities and made full confession
of his own crime. A full and thorough in
vestigation took place; and among the pa
pers Of Du Barre, was found one contang
the statement of the whole transaction, as
we have here recorded it.
The second murderer, the son of the Jew
was subsequently executed. and so ended the
chain of dark and bloody events.
Truly, the ways of Providence are won
derful and mysterious.
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