The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-05-31

began 20 vbrate as his feet stood upon tLeIplace
| where was concealed the bill which had been
used by the assessins, but was mOtioniess else
] where. Still unsatis6ed, the four bills were ex.
| humed and concealed anew. The Comptroller Of
the province himself bandaged the sorcerer's
eyes, and led him by the hand from place to
place. The divinlng rod showed no signs of
movement till it approached the blood stained
weapon, when 1t began to oscillate.
'dThe magistrates now resolved TO authorize q
further PURSUIT aud Aymar was accompanied
by company of archers. nn foot ut first then
by boat, with frequent landings wherever his
rod denoted tarrying place OF the fugitives, he
followed the trail TO the military camp of
SGblon, where he dared not use his rod without
special authority, though the violent beating of
his pulse gave indications of '6nd.' Back
went he to Lyons, and ere he could again reach
Sablon time had sped, and the murderers, he
asserted, had got off He how descended the
Rhone in pursuit, as far as Beaucaire, His rod
told him that one of the three fugitives was
there and checked him at the town prison,
within which 1t singled one prisoner, o hunch'
back, out OF fifteen, as the individual after whom
the search was instituted. This hunchback had
just been committed for theft in the fair then
going on.
"He was led back to Lyons, in which he per-
sisted he had never set foot, by the exact route
along which Aymra's rod had tracked his flight.
At every resting place he was recognized. At
Bagnols, where he and his comrades had slept,
the tavern keeper and his wife swore to
his identity, and gave the same description OF
his companions as had been given by the
admitted his participation in the MURDER which
he said had been committed by two Provencals,
whose servant he was. His answers at his
first Interrogation strongly confirmed the saga
city OF the divining rod. The bill-hook and
the hour tailed. There might be nothing in
this. But bis confession detailed the move
ments of the murderers, from the cellar, where
the deed was done to the shop which was
presently rihed, and thence through the street
to the large courtyard in which the night was
passed. Next day they left Lyons, tarry-
s0 hnua g..
moment at gardeners cottage The use OF
the boat, the sojouTn at the military camp,
almost everything corresponded up to the cap
ture of BeaucaTe.
ITO cut long story short. Aymar was not
so successful in his search for the two princl-
pals. AT the prison, where he fancied he had
run one to the ground, he met with balk. He
mistook his man. But eventually he traced
both to the frontier, where the chase had to be
discontinued.
But the most interesting part of the account
is that which shows how Aymars DO wers
deserted him when he came up to Paris. There
''the Prince de Conde submitted him to various
tests, and he broke down under every one.
Five holes were dug in the garden. In one was
secreted gold, in another silver in third silver
and gold, in the fourth copper, and in the fifth
stones. The rod made no signs in presence of
the metals, and at last actually began to move
over the buried pebbles. He was sent to Chan
tilly, to discover the perpetrators of theft of
trout made in the ponds of the park. He went
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spots where he said the fish had been drawn
out. Then, following the track OF the thief
1t led him to the cottage of one of the keepers,
but did not move over any OF the individuals
then in the house. The Keeper himself was
absent, but arrived late at night; and on
hearing what was said, he reused Aymar from
his bed, insisting on having his innocence
vindicsted.. The divining rod, however, pro-
took to his heels, much upon the principle
recommended by Montesquieu, a while
stolen the towers OF Notre Dame bolt at n once.'
peasant, taken haphazard from the streets,
was brought to the sorcerer as one suspected.
The rod turned slightly, but Aymar declared
them. A boy was then introduced, said to be
the keepers son. The rod rotated violently at
once. This was the finishing stroke, and Aymar
was sent away by the Prince in disgrace. 1t
now transpired that the theft of fish had taken
place seven years before, and that the lad was
no relation Of the keeper, but country boy
who had only been in Chanhlly eight or ten
months. NJ Goyonnot, Recorder of the Kings
Council, broke q window in his house, and
sent for the dlviner, to whom he related story
of his having been robbed of valuables during
the night. Aymar indicated the broken win
dow as the means whereby the thief had
entered, and pointed out the window by which
he had lett with his booty AS no such rob
berry had been committed, Aymar was turned
out of the house as an impostorn
A curious story of the uncertainty of human
| eYens is told by Mr.. Gould. Seeing is said to be
aman's eyes are not always Trustworthy wit
nesses.
| sIR WALTER RALEIGH IN PRISON.
"sir Walter, in prison, was composing the
| second volume of his History of The World. ;
| Leaning on the sill of his window he meditated
| on the duties of the historian to mankind, when
| suddenly his attention was attracted by dis
| turbauce in the courtyard before his cell. He
| saw one man strike another whom he supposed
by his dress to be an officer; the latter at once
| drew his sword and ran the former through
| the body The wounded man felled his adver-
sary with a stick, and then sank upon the
| pavement. At this juncture the guard came
| up and carried off the officer insensble, and
then the corpse of the man who had been run
| through.
Next day, Raleigh was visited by an nti-
| mate friend, 10 whom he related the the cir
| cumstances. To his astonishment his friend
| unhesitatingly declared that the prisoner had
mistaken the whole series Of incidents which
| had passed before his eyes. The supposed Off
Ger was not officer at all, but the servant of q
| foreign ambassador; 1t was he who had dealt
| the first blow; he had not drawn his sword, but
| the other had snatched ii from his side, and had
run him through the body before any one
| iT,ta uha or