Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1876-04-08

explained al 10, him. He then look
My good fellow his lordship
said, II am So bewildsred l hardly
know what steps ought to be taken.
Act for me, beseech you. Jewels to
the value Of one million francs G. sill
stolen from that box, aud susplcton
points strongly to two servants Of
my late sister 90 the thieves. Pray
IF your ,lordship will leave the
OF the hotel, Il willimmediately COM
imanioste with, the police on the sub
'f!'Pray do so.' said his lordship /;
'and tell them I will reward them
handsomely If they can point out in
what manner lean either obtain pos.
session Of the jewels or punish the
thieves. Tell them to spare no ex-
pense in the matter
s1now accompanied the master OF
the hotelto the cadi or chief of police,
as they are called in that. country.
hO Au0oLtOu00 Au0 toEy kn1uuto1y Ou
all that bad taken place. and gave
him A exact account of the iconver
satiQpe ! had had with the two sus-
pected individuals. as we'll as that
which had occurred between them
and Isaac, all Of which he noted down
in book. The chief then Dismissed
us, promising to call on his lordship,
the next morning, and inform him if
~ |, -. - ~ f,,E S..H
nation on the subject 'fd s''
"The chief Kept his word, and the
next day called on his l0rdshire . aud
told him ne was sorry to say athere
was but little hope Of his recovering
the jewels, for he had no doubt the
two mon MENTIONED were the thieves, !,
| and he found they had succeeded In
leaving Paris the morning after the
death OF the countess, and that they
were suspected OF having taken other
valuable property which had been
placed in their custody.
But what steps do you advise m g
to take ? said his lordship. 4 cannot
leave the city, forit is surrounded on
all sides by the enemy; and yet it is
extremely painful for me to remain
here q q prisoner while the villains
who have perpetrated SO foul a
! robbery are not only allowed to cOn-
tinue at liberty, but have ample time
to dispose Of their illlgotten gain to
the best advantage! Can you not ad-
| wise ME in the mat ter 2 Uaaa
| H." Il am personally unable to assist
your lordship in any way, said the
chief. sHowever, have a friend In
the city who is q powerful Enchan-
| ter, and he mi ght assist you.'
"lu what way?' asked his lord
ship, -. -. Ag@ ~.
0.tsHe is abfe,' said the chief, sto rise
iii the air to any height he wishes.
lie has ailaagic chariot III which are
placed divaus,T aud on which he in
vites his friends to be seated. At ii
givcn signal lie rises with them iu the
| air, and have known him I'd take as
many as fournor five persous merely
OH u voyage Of pleasure, l. know he
has becu requested by the general
commanding lii the city to take some
dispatches with him to . friendly
army about q hundred lesgues' dis
tauce, aud he has agreed to do so. u l
have no doubt il, you apply to him,
showing him the great loss you have
sustained, he will willingly take you
and your two servants along with
him. II he consents, 1t can be done
| without the slightest danger or diff
Guilty, as all the armies in the world
could not stop him in his course. If
you mean to leave the city, shall
have nfuch3 pleasure in taking your
lordship to him. -is sn
"His lordship, gratefully agreed to
follow the chief suggestion, aud they
then left the hotel together to visit
the Enchsater. In about an hour his
lordship returned and in formed me
he had seen the sEuchanter, and that
the next day had been appointed 70,
our leaving Paris >" -
"The next day We were true to our
appointment and were conducted ia
a large square, where we found the
iEnchanter preparing his chariot for
the flight. Wien saw it was struck
with surprise, and could not help
thinking.as told you in opening my
tale, how different and lrxuriou'
were the means adopted for eur jour.
ney from that employed by the roc
when flying throug b the air with tht
illustrl0ns Sinbad.9 No vile talons OF
a monstrous bird were fixed in OIL
clothes. nor was ear akin injured by
its harsh claws. On the s contrary,
soft divans were placed for ne to sit
upon. aud the whole journey, IL VIC
could sscspe the enemy, would be ene
of pleasurable excitement.
"The Enchahtef received us with
great courtesy ana friendship, aud
Invited us to take our seats. We did
so, and tho next moment We rose tri-
umphantiy in the air,aud sailed calm
ly and easily, away. The eneMy sur.
rounding the city saw ns, and, an
alarm was given. Cannon " ere point
ed 1t us, aud hundreds of bonn b-shelIs
fred from mortars of enormous size
as we passed over the head, of The
enemy but not one reached us, all
falling several hundred feet short OF
our chariot. Then we saw horsemeu
called out, who Followed the chario,
to seize US on our. descent. The Eli
chanter who accompanied us look cd
on all these preparations with cou
tempt, and even burst into fits ol
laughter at the volley of bomb-shellt
which were fired at US.
Poor fellows; they little know
my power, aud how absurd they are
making themselves in their attempts
|
Coward we sailed through The
air, watching everything that wa:
taking place beueath US. River;
which we're large and deep when neal
them, began to appear like threads
and huge trees like dwarf plants
Towns and villages we passed with
out number, till at length we arrived
in part of the country where the in
habitauts were friendly to the Frenct
cause, and the Enchanter proposed
we should descend. OF course VIZ
could offer no objection, and we grad
ually descended to the earth. where
friends of the Enchanter were i,
readiness to receive US, aud helped vi
to set our foot again Oh land.
ellis lordship thanked him warmly
for his great kindness, and begged hl
might be allowed to offer him som.
recompense or present for the bene
fits he had rendered him. This, how
ever, the Enchanter declined, aud W.
parted from him with many gratefu
thanks for the protection he had af
forded Us. His lordship determined
to continue the same evening, with
out delay or rest of any kind. hi,
journey to the capital of England ,snt
there TO take measures for the dis
covsry of the thieves, and, if posi-
ble, to recover the jewell. No sub
; ject worthy of notice occurred to III