, 1869-05-16
VlC1sSIIUDES OF 4 MILLION,

At the time Of our stor5 there was an Aucs1on
The vkcount Robert y. de p was twenty
nve yea13 of axe, And. with IN income Of 23,UO
W.T. W goGa !ees ~ ,;h'ss MSs.,ns nae' nna A.,
onght to have been The hApriest nan IN the world.
lie had only one regret He had nothing to Do.
e " ee q ns s y hn
Heaven refused 10 grant II 70 him. lie resolved to
ny to other huds, therc 70 seek The fatigue, the
snlerings, and the novelties he lacked
50. nse years ago, he entered, hy chance, m
suction rootn, Just ~ stneS were pastnx up capt
tai portable writing desk. 10 Tss 1ass About 70
1or three hundred sznnes. 1t probably cost more
thau ten times that sum.
IN the interior were sonpassnsn3 foS every
chanted With his purchase, aad carried It home IN
IL BE- vent nom Madrid 10 caalz he va. stopped
b3 thleres, who completely Eobosst him Tae oaly
thing he missed was his desk He prayed them TO
Maria promised 10 send II after hin 10 cahM
On receipt OF = raneom. Robert promised 800
rea,a, md sarc him tne address q the hose!
tht money and got the desk
la As.ensa i, tes wlas Of %s K'ee nis g. cesr W
lost Four months aIrervafd he found It III
sh"p in Vera cIuz, and pasA I'VE hundred ltaoca
Tor Il
Eo1nK to Baden. Nc passed the scuamet there,
and went TO Paris, waiting Cologne aud Al1.la-
A11sSins 1t Ihe frontier o!ca separates France
from Nels.un be fe! !uso the handa uf the caston
uo7se efacer Some DAYS beio!e. some akiiul
Ehle nruouut; consequently the o1.eeEs were On
IN The search xas long. and the vsscoant beenne
HWhn do soa here :" he asked ang-us,
"oh, ~, objects Of great raiue can he concealed
aHave he sir af smugsaer.' .hs asked
No: est @ thets !; are Atnoassadoss "no smngR'e
| The senrch was continued, and the ytscount was
! astonsbed TO Fec the officers and apartments In
his desk. Of the existence Of Which he vai igaor-
ant. 4, last, tnil OF imrauenee ne wisnesi 10 re-
@Now that jon hare sesn all, - saia he, "let Us
not Prolon2 this unpleasant Investigation"
ii SAID mat yoa ssvc seen ALL and know that I
taye noth,n9 conts.nand-'
y sta s u1h sass ,ea py s Es =. n.s
asytSi:E theie Ss1 I'll K eosh eonnseas,oa and
p Bst nave ~, Jon seen AL"
hat % Jou mesn BY pe,haF..''.
have been deceived y
"fut sxesf % sou that you hAse seen aN-''
! Why deceive me: an going % prore the
IN yoa ana anything else, will swear to Know
: Ak poor excuse j vasn you TIA, 10 not be-
"Es us anssh this bad Joke as quick as pos
"We viii, and 50 much the worse sor you.''
| And with nail the officer pressed a1slust Whist
wa apparently little Ornament, which few back
ioos u oa xh1se ooted 4
! "7Eae ts not eontyahInd, " said he. with bo ",
land With 90 taoch noneJ. I was wrong to ac-
Bqs TIC viseount WIS stupeaed With sston,sh-
! uent.
!
| million 20 readily" 80.
The viseoQnt took the notes, counted them, re-
placed them and determined to dnd the owner.
Arrived nj London. he souEht ont LcTd ".
asN1med taa. the money wrs not his: He Bs's
1dtress he gave the yiscount
xaa ssss T. tes III sae W SaaHs Ia u feev naasas
Of the money but whiie in 1taiy hid sold the desk
veaas, NM eseTe : Count setslnaaani ,,1ed He reeas-
aaJ money IN il He sens the vlscount, however,
to the signor2 La11o L.. former psina
sea ssg d.ys he M ia T fa1otten f hts II se dssf '
| Tie Slguora Laura recognized tho deBk, md re-
ialed thst she had gtven Il 70 tne Russiaa Prince
~ Tseont ses steas oas for IS s. essesSaFR sS uc
WIS vesy happy, now he had something to do-to
| the ttfk Of Icing lost ".
Prince p knew the desr, but declared he
had never concealed hank uote Ia It He told
| the fAcount that on.hzyln1 Italy, be hal gtEen
The desk "a . ddnse.ese of the opera Louise p,
who WIS not tn the habit OF cohcealing money
I Robert returned to Paris Thrre he leaned
| shxt zfter ltIe of sall1ut1J and nIug Louise
| P-had died IN misery, knd that her furn1taFe
was sold b5 her credtora II vas nt thst s,ie thst
Wnst to DO now: Tie could ouly think that the
! maker Of THE desk bad Isced the money there, or
that Il there deposited BY the Spanish rohbers
The mater In london wrote rhst be knew nstb-
Ing Of H. and the ytseouct learned that the Spau-
| fsh ,pti>efs had Ill teen hu1H.
Al: pertapA u had been deposited there BY the
MeIieana lie went TO Mexico, from whence he
| returned fno months ago.
| Dc discovered ttat one OF snese, into whose
hauds II had fallen, ras dspper, who carried On
cuu1:terah!c tr3dt IN skins wl.a the Aueltcans.
! Inls w4s sufficient lie must have been the n1an
Who epurcaIed !he bank notes
| The r1scornt continued hk search, nad nj Ii 1t
+ one lay found 1t Vera Cruz q rcry pretty Jnunv
ct11 Of Seventeen, the daughter Of The MeItean 81
French wot1an- who heA come to yefa Cruz as j
utluEer. In answer 10 his questions ahe told him
| that che knew notaln9 Of her fAthtr, but that he
| Eas killed BY Tenn EaLSeE
She was excessively pretty. ncd IKE a sensible
fellow, he married her. ard having At Iaa- sone-
thing to do, returned 70 France win her to eaoy
The fortune Of which q singular chance .had
| hruuehs htn into Possession J.