Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1860-09-08


event he would have tho means to procure
more, and could always as now carry his life
in his hands
The jew had hidden him good day, and
was trudging onward at slow, steady pace,
while these wild, wicked thoughts were cours-
ing through the brain of the latter, with all
the plausibilty of truth.
Suddenly the Jew stopped, produced lit
tie tiask, and raised it to his lips. All that
flask The devil was tempting young Du Barre
to crime, and here was the opportunity
My good friend" called the artist to the
jew, ann very faint; will you give me a
few drops of that wne?''
Il will give you half" said the Israelte,
halting.
The artist advanced tremulously, produced
the poison, and concealed it 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 it
back with thanks, begging the Jew to drink
his health at their final parting. Isaac com.
piled and they separated, each going different
ways.
As soon as Henri was out of sight of the
lsracltc, he entered the wood, and returned
IN an obliquo direction, until he came in
sight of his victim, who was now writhinc in
the agonics of death, and grooming for mercy
"A few minutes more and he was still-thc
dread work WAS done.
Dragging the body from the road, and con-
ccaling it, the murderer next carried the pack
far back into the forest tore it open, and found
it did indeed contain old clothes. He was
nearly frantic. lie had murdered harmless
old man, and got nothing for it, He threw
the garments from him with the wild action of
rcmorsc and despair.
Suddenly he heard n clink az of money.
Then he began to examine the old garments,
and found, to his almost mad Joy, that they
contained immense treasure in gold and Jew
els-diamouds, sapphires, pearls and rubies
to the value. as he thought, of ten thousand
fiancs but in reality more than hundred
thousand.
Far in the depths Of that dark wood, the
murderer hid the mi st precious stones, to be
brought forth in after time. There were two
thousand five hundred francs in money; and
with this amount lie started for home, no lon
ger poor man, but alas even further than
ever from being happy one
He Travelled in his ragged clothes as far as
Nismes, fearful of spending one of his ILL
acquired coins sooner; but at Nsmes ventur-
ed to purchase new and gcnteel suit and in
this shortly appeared before Lucille, showed
her father the sum required, which he repro
sented as having been honestly in his profes-
sion, and claimed her hand
In due time Henri Du Barre married I'm.
clIle Mont"igno, and happy were all at the
wedding but the guilty groom, who was never
to know happiness again lie kept his aw-
fnl secret, however and pro6ted by it, ma
king an occasional journey to the dismal spot
al tnflar g 4.
business. He took away and disposed of the
jewels one by one, and gradually grew opu.
lent, aad was regarded by all who knew him
as an honest man of mark
But the remembrance of his great crime
had a strange facination for him, and much of
his time Was spent in brooding over it in
secret.
Being an artist, he at length naturally CON
cciycd the idea of painting the scene of the
murder; and he finally drew it in miniature,
on ivory, picturing himself in the act of drag,
Ging the dead body of the jew into the forest
whose features, from memory only, he define.
atcd with wonderful fidelity And as if this
were not enough to satisfy his morbid infatu-
alton he wrote underneath:
" Isaac, a Jew murdered by Henri Du
Barre, Artist, September the 10th, in dark
ons."
1t was strange, insane idea, that of pre-.
servings memory of the horrible decd i'm this |
manner; but this miniature of the scene he
had set in a neat little frame, and carried it in
belt around his waist
But the strangcst part of this horrible af.
fair is yet to be told. On his last visit to the
forest for the last jewel that yet remained of
the Plocccts of hi5 az 81! crime lie wes she.
dead by highwayman who, on searching his
person, found the miniature and recognized
III the features of the murdered Jew-his own
father.
This produced so strange an impression up. !
on the second murderer, that he carried il to
the authorities and made full confession of
his own crime. full and thorough invcsti.
CATION took place; and among the papers Of
Du Barre was found one containing the state
ment of the whole transaction, az 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 wonder
full and mysterious.
TELLING SECRETS. Il must relate my first
and last experiments in training my Oldest
boy to keep family secrets. He was chatter.
box, and as he often visited among strangers
without lac, was fearful he would tell more
than he should. So taking him on my knee
said
My dear, you must never tell anything
we say, or let out any plans to any onc-espe.
oia1lu 10 Il,