Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1866-01-11


4 out any particular business"
"Ah, see he rejoined with sheer.
"Haveyou parents p
II have"
--aYhere does your father live ?'-
! ga few miles from London" - II
4 "What is his business ?"
ale lives on his income
"Umph! Well sir, how long have you
/ been in Prussia"
ssAbout eight months"
"Where have you been since entering the
Kingdom?"
named the places had visited in regu-
| lar order.
oYou mention Dessau," he said, making
reference to his books. 'When were you
there p
.sLast month"
r"How long we're you there? p
81 do not remember the number Of days
i 81 viii tell you-fYe. Yon stopped at
the White Horse, not over respectable inn.
You rose late and went to bed late, and
spent your time in rambling about in an
idle way-smoking cigars and sometimes
swearing at things which did not suit you.
You see we have it all here" he added, tap
ping his book. CHOW then, you left Dessau
i
81 did"
Chow long were you there %
ga week or two
sA vague, unsatisfactory answer, You
were there just two weeks and one day
/ What did you do there %
/ ssAbout the same as at Dessau"
"What did you there different from any
other place where you stopped in the King
| dom ~
II do not remember"
ssNo? Then your memory ig not worth
much will tell you. You purchased q
its real value" 6EL III
| | started with surprise. Was every move
ment, every act, | might almost say every
thought Of mine since entering the confines
of Prussia, known to the police. 1t seemed
so. $50
ssWhy did you purchase that diamond for
| less than its real value 2"
because the owner offered to sell it at
tempting price," l answered, wondering
what was to grow out of this.
1.-THE oacner you say! How did you know
who the owner was ~
81 supposed of course that it belonged to
the man that sold it."
"Rightfully ~ Cs
eyes Sir"
ssThen why did you suppose that he would
sell it under its real value p
ssBecause he said be was anxious to raise
ready money"
''Did you not think that The diamoad was
stolen?''
I had no reason to think so from the price.
It is natural for persons to otftr jewels, or
anything else, in fact, for less than their
real value, when anxious to raise the ready
money"
eyes, and athief will sell for less then
the real owner"
Undoubtedly"
ssYou only paid about three-fourths the
worth of that diamond this should have
made you suspicious. In fact you were
You believed that diamond to have been stol-
en- if you did not indeed knoso it. And you
were right 1t was stolen. 1t belongs to
set owned by Count Esterhazy. Where is
it now %
produced it with good deal Of trem-
ulous'misgiving. 1t had cost me thousand
pounds---a good deal to much to lose. The
old man took it and examined it with ava
ricious eyes.
s.Of course, this having been stolen, is
forfeited" he said. The only question is
whether you as the receiver ought not to be
held equally guilty with the thief, who has
already been arrested, tried, convicted and
condemned. All things considered, however
I have decided to let you go. You are fined
five dollars for smoking in the street. Pay
that sir, and beware how you again fall in
to the hands Of the police"
s'And am to lose my diamond, and the
noundc maid for II ?1' said I
scarcely able to keep down my anger.
. You may thank me, sir, that you get
eff thus easily under the circumstances /"
said the old man, throwing up his spec
tacles.
"This matter shall not rest here, thought
said I, as laid down my line and turned
to go.
ssNo threats to the officers of this gov
eminent, if you plcGse!" said the grim old
man, with q look that made my flesh creep;
g or yoW pass from here to a dungeon at once
You have already said enough since your
arrest to put you where your friends could
not find you; and if / hear another word of
insolence, you shall go there! Take my
advice, young man, keep your tongue close
in Prussia, and leave the kingdom as soon
as you can !"
l did; and if ever they catch me in that
region again the thieves shall have the
liberty to rob me of another thousand
pounds! exclaimed the narrator, as he
flung his cigar from his lips with an energy
which proved that the memory Of Berlin
was not pleasant. ETn
What contrast to al this does our own
Republic offer Here each man moves as
he wills he talks as his Judgment dictates;
he acts as he sees fit. No spy dogs his
steps; no passport is required to give him
the privilege of travel; no boundaries are
established to restrict his right to residence
or passage anywhere in all the broad do
main. Here, where the Government as the
people, q spy would be an anomaly-toler-
able only in a time of war, and then only
so far as the public safety required when
the danger ceased even the most vengeful
enemy would be free from surveillance,
save by officers of the civil law whose pro-
vince it was to take cognizance of actual
otfenses against the Statutes. The Republic
! is one, and a citizen of Maine has rights in
Texas which guarantee him % fe, liberty,
and the pursuit Of happiness" Blessed
Fate that cast Our destiny here rather than
in Europe; and o, most Providential Fate,
which, through the perils Of civil war, has
brought forth Nation, one and indivisible.
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