The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1863-01-16

common place remark about the wealth
err"
"Yes," continued 60 answer. cc.,in,
more and more astOnished Every minute
What could il all meant Had ever
action Of my life been noted and I,
what purpose My strange intcrrcsuio
/ proceeded.
This stranger was dressed In q blu,
ccat with bright metal buttons. naukeei
trowscrs, bntfvest, a parti-colorcd nee
kerchicr, white hat sad black boots"
YES"
"lIe had reddish hair, reddish whiskeri
ilorid complexion, and wore greer
I patch over the LETT eye"
"Ycs."
CATER some common place rcmahs, h,
vcntured TO ask you which way you wcr,
ltrovclng."
ayes"
"You replied you were going to Per.
! is"
"Yss.',
"llc was delighted 70 hssr Il, because
he was going there also, and It wus very
pleasant, in foreign country, to have q
travelling companion from ones native
Hand"
"Yes."
"On The whole, he made 50 favor, bic
an impression upon your unsuspcious
mind, thatyou were quito pleased to have
his company
"Ycs."
"On your way to Dover. he gave You
some account Of his past llu-of his tri-
ais, struggles, disoppoin.ments aud sue
cesscs.
yes"
ale was an inventor---a man of gen.
us, who had lived to benefit mankind
and himselll England led much TO
him, aud so did France, and SO, in fact
did the whole worldi"
"llls statements were to that cffl Ct"
every well Monsieur, as | have shown
you that know the nature OF your con-
versation, II is not necessary that wct-
ry YOU with detail. This man, tlis iuyen-
tor was going to Paris to take out pat
ent Tor a new motive powcr-unc that
was destined 20 revolutionize the world.
He was sorry he could not show it TO
you then, but until his papers should be
filed in the proper department he would
not trust his own father with the se-
crct.'
"All correct, Monsieur"
"Now, most fortunately, as il appear
ed. on reaching Dover, where you had TO
take tho regul steam packet for ca.
iai5, your new acquaintance, in some way
unknown to you, rcciCgcd the startling
intelligence that his father was living nt
the point o! death, which would reguirc
him TO post Immediately; and would YOU.
in whom he had every confidence, do
| him the favor to take charge OF email
box, containing some implrtuut papers
and, on your arrival in Paris, opou it'
and deliver them to their proper address!
"Yes, Monsieur" said !, becoming
most intensly interested.
"Curiosity, Monsieur" continued the
Frenchman, is not one Of your Gilinus,
| nm happy to say, or you might not be
living to hear what have TO reveal"
"Good heavens!" ejasulated |, what Is
coming now.
"TEatsam box, Monsieur, is an infer
nal machine, intended 10 dostr.y your
life the moment you opened ~"
"Gracious Godw exclaimed. with +,
thrill Of horror, "can this be possible!n
81 will prove ii. Get it, ard come with
me before Cummissary of Polce!"
"Pray, Monsieur, who are youlr
an Secret Agent of Police"
| lhastcncd to get tho box, handled il
with groat cure, and togetherwe proceed
ed to the nearest Commissary. when and
10! to my nStonished and Mortified opze
was revealed row Of small loaded mis-.
tolls, so arranged, that had | unlockcd
and opened the box in an ordinary way.
they would have been discharged into
my body.
On my subsequently asking for an ey-
pana,ion concerning this mysterious af-
flir--how so much, connected with nv
self and others, had become known 10
the police of foreign city--l was grave
ly, bur politely answered
at is not allowed us, Monsieur TO re-
veal our sour of information. We are
happy to have thwarted the plans of a
william and save your life."
| never knew who that william was
though l alwnps, suspected Byerly of
having a hand in il. do not know that
my life was ever agan attempted but
certain it Is that never again permitted
intimacy from an unknown stranger.
On NY accession to the titles and es-
tates, which occurred the folowing'year /
did not forget to reward Eugene ST. Me
dprd, alias Henri Pou.ct' Secret A gent OF
Police, as ] thought he deserved to be re-
varied for the preservation of my life
and to this day have not ceased to Won
der over the perfection of the French
system Of police.
With the exception or substituting
fictitious names for real ones, the fore
going may be regarded as the authentic
narrative Of an English nobleman 20 an
A mprican friand