American citizen. [volume] (Butler, Butler County, Pa.) 1863-1872, 1866-11-14
NUMBER 4S

as possible" II
We will, and so much the worse for
you" ~
And with the nail, the officer pressed
against what was apparently little orna-
meat, which flew back disclosing drawer
in which wal paper parcel.
The officer took it out, looked at it,
and put it hask.
That is not contraband," )" said he with
bow, "and with so much money was
worth to accuse you" VI
But the Viscount was stupe6ed with
astonishment
Bank notes But did not put them
there"
You are very fortunate, sir, if you
can forget million so readily"
In fact there was million of pounds
sterling.
The Viscount took the notes, counted
them, replaced them, aud determined, to
lind the owner. Arrived at London, he
sought out Lord N, whose name
was engraved inside. The Nobleman af-
firmed that the money was not his. He
had given this desk to former valet of,
his, whose address he gave the Viscount.
This valet was now wealthy shopkeepcr
in Pail Mall He told the Viscounk
that he knew nought of the money, but
while in Italy had sold the desk to Count
Luigi Settimanni, who was immensely
rich. and in whose service he then was.
The Viscount set out for Italy, aud
went to Ravenna, whe,e Count Settiman,
nj lived He recognised the desk but
avowed that he had never placed any
money in it. HeSentthe Viseoant, hoY,
ever, to the Signors Laurs R--,s
former prima donna Of the Saa Carlo, ct
whose house, in his gay days. he Aad for.
gotten his desk. bai
The Signoro Laura recognized the desk
and related that she had given it to tho
Russian Prince; Alexis B--in in ex=
change for. pearl collar
The Viscount set out for st. Peters
burg. He was very happy. He now
had something to do-to iud the true
owLer of the hidden money. He placed
it at interest, in order that it might not
run the risk of being lost.
Prince P knew the desk, but
declared that he had never concealed
bank note in it.
He told the Viscount that in leaving
Italy he had gone to Paris, and had gir,
en- the desk to danseuse of the opera,
Louise P, who was no. in the hab-
it of concealing money. ~. Z.
| Robert returned to Paris. g.
There he learned that. after life Of
gallsntry and luxury, Louise P
had died in misery, and that her furni-
ture was sold by creditors It was at
that sale he had bought the desk.
What to do 7 He could only think
that the maker of the desk had placed
the money there, or that it was there
deposited by the Spanish robber who
stole it.
The maker at London wrote that he
knew nothing of it, and the Viscount
learned that the Spanish robbers who had
stole it had all been hung. ~
All! perhaps it was deposited there by
the Mcxicans. He went to Mexico
j from whence he returned two months
ago.
He there discovered that one Of those
into whose hands it had fallen, was o
trapper, who carried on considerable
trade in skins with the Americans. This
was sufficient. He must have been. the
man who had concealed the bank notes
The viscount continued his search, and
at last one day found at Vera Crul very
4 r.
pretty young girl of seventeen, the daugb-
ter of the Mexican by French woman
who, had come to Vera Cruz as milli-
ner. 1taq .s,a. i,1
Inanswer to this question, she told him
| that sheSnew nothing of her father. but
that he was killed by Texan ranger,
e She was excessively pretty, as6blike Q
sensible fellow he married her, and bsv-
| ing at last tomsthing to do, retSned to
France with, her to chi the fortune Of
which singlsr chance had ,brOughs him
into possession.aa j ei 70 sioiol
5f
"SHE ALWAYS MADE HoME HAPrY.'
Such was the brief but impressiue sem
timent which friend wished Us ts add
to an obituary notice Of "one Who had
gone before" What better tributeseapld
be offered to the memory of the loved
and lostl Eloquence, with her loftiest