The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-04-24
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and 1864 hby Captain 6penceTs5
l had taken my place in the express night
train from Paris TO MarseiIlss, on my route
70 Afgeria and Morocco. There was nothing sg
remarkable in my fellow travellers, nor s, Y
their conversation, until We arrived % tns
third or fourth station, where We receiseo
ON addition TO our party In the person % z
Yassencer. M remarkable for the neafness
os his eauipDaent as the perfectly gentle-
man1v styls Of his general appearance.
Erary4h inc about him exhibited the taste OF
! ,,an - the upper-ten thousand, who mad
.1ants s "a ~ 1saaney' at his command, and was
accustomed tothe best society.
% to the present time, as the converse
zion Of my fellow~traEeiiers had consisted OF
nothing more interesting 70 stranger than
the prospects Of the harvest and the vintage,
i half dozed in the corner Of the carriage,
quietly enjoying my cigar:
g Ali Monsieur, =, exclaimed our new
yoyaeeur, sswhat splendid cigar that ls
you are smokingi KNEW it to be Haya ava.
ma By the aroma, the moment entered the
carriage. You cannot get such o thing now
in France at any price, unless you import
them yourself, and then yon must get speT
cial order. to do 80 from the Government.
Nevertheless, fine as yours undoubtedly are,
j think mine are equally good, said he,
handing me ct The same time his cigar-case
to help myself. ggs., s5r9slg9 20 !
Thissled TO q most animated conversation /;
and if / was struck by the distingqe appear
ance Of the stranger at first, half an, hours
conversation showed me that he was man
Of rare ability. Like myself, he was also'a
great traveller; had been all over Europe
and q great part of Asia and Northern Afri-
ca, spoke several Of the languages Of sEu-
rope with great fuency, as well as little
Russian and Turkish and, while COM
pairing notes, I found he was as well &C
uuainted with the manners and customs OF
the various countries he had visited as my
self-a very unusual thing in Frenehmen,
who have nothing of the passion Of the Eng
ilish for travelling, and rarely speak any
foreign language sufficiently well to make
themselves understood. -,
During the whole night we amused our
selves with details of our adventures, and
anecdotes of the strange characters we had
met with during our travels; took refresh
ments together at different bufets along the
line treated each other in the same friendly,
confding manner as if we had known each
other for years. Nothing occurred to inter
rupt our harmony until I arrived at Mar
settles, where, having secured a place IN
the steamer. bound for Algiers, We sat down
to q comfortable breakfast at our hotel. l
had. however, scarcely taken the first
mouthful, when thesWaiter entered telling
me there was, gentleman, waiting to see
me in the adjoining room. A glance was
sufficient to tell me that the person who had
sent for me was ON agent of the Pope,
q Monsieur est AnglaiS y" said he, rather
abruptly. l.sesss ,aassnit- -
soul Monsieur" 4E9za no. -.
ct thought so. You have come direct
from Paris, and you are on your way to Al
giers you took some refreshment at Lyons,
and drank bottle of old Chamberlin with
your coanpagnon de uoyage of the railway
carriage" srza .sal, .fl 1..i. s-s.s.-,..
'"Most accurately described, !" replied.
."nid you ever meet with the gentleman
before ~, In e-a ~ r.g nv ca
"Never." ag:ss..L .za
"Of course, then, you know nothing Of
his history or antecedents Pr 49,
Absolutely nothing. y ~ - ~,
emo doubt you find him very pleasant
companion7'' .s Us 90
81 never met with one more agreeable
and gentlemanly. a g.4zit
"Som the worse for those he selects
as his victims. Just look and see If you
have lost anything p" 49, a;.ssz2s
"nNo; here is my money all right in my
pocket-book, and there are my dispatches
in the breast-pocket Of my coat"
esMaryellous, most marvellous ~ cried
my interrogation. You will no doubt be
astounded when tell you that you have
made the acquaintance of one Of the most
accomplished cheualiers d. ind,lstrie at this
moment in all Europe, who, notwithstand-
ing his disreputable calling, is nobleman,
and related to some Of the first families in
France. We have nothing against him at
present for the very best reason, that he
has only just completed his term Of Inn
prisonment but ne is such wonderful
actor, and his DISCUSSES are 80 numerous,
and 30 true to nature, that even the argus
eyes Of the most vigilant agent de police is
deceived. Indeed, it was only by the slight
est chance ! recognized him, and then ! owe
it entirely to that strong bottle of Burgundy
he helped you to drink at Lyons; but 80 1T
is, and has ever been, in nine cases out of
ten the cleverest men. in crime that have
had to do with lose. their wits when they
have taken glass too much On saying
this he turned on his heel, and most uncere-
moniously Quilted the room. l was Devil
dered., i knew not what to. think. Might
it 6not be case Of mistaken identity
some men SO much resemble each other.
The more I thought, the more I con-
sidered the matter, the more believed I
had arrived at the right conclusion. What,
so perfect q. gentleman as that to be a COM
mon pilferer, q common pickpocket Pre-,
posterous ! I had lost nothing. On the
contrary, be had plenty of money OF com
mand, and throughout the journey paid his
share of whatever We had in: common, as
every other high-spirited gentleman would
have done. was lost in amazement, and
full of confidence in the honorable character
of my friend. / entered the breakfast-room,
and laughingly said, in the off hand manner
of q, man who disbeieyes IN toto what he is
about to soy, Do you know, Monsieur, that
/ have just had q visit from an agent de po-,
ice,y who has told me that you are one of the
greatest eScrocS of the day--one Of the
most accomplished chevaliers d. i,adustrie at
this moment in Europe ~ r. 80 -, 81.
Monsieur, have you seen. anything in.
my conduct during our short acquaintance
to warrant such o supposition I? !" he an
swered, drawing himself up with al that.
indignation. of manner and bearing that
might be expected from a gentleman who
felt himself injured by an unjust suspi-
cion. ss,ss Deg $50 cdr 54ia5g 5tsa,ss4
Nothing ~ I exclaimed = "on the con-!
trary, "a all my travels never met with q
camnanion I liked so much. no one that was