Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1876-04-29

night had nearly arrived in England,
aud when but q short distance from
the shore, large powerful ship sail
ing the contrary way, ran against US
with such force, that it split our own
almost asunder, and she filled with
water and sank SO rapidly that the
greater part of the crew and passen-
gers had hardly time to leap upon the
other vessel to save their lives, the
rest being drowned in the sinking
ship. Pierre was among them, and
as he had charge of the jewels, they |
sank too. l can now give you no
further Information OH The subj
for l know nothing more. On my
arrival in England, fearing his lord
ship would have found out the rob-
berry, / bought some sailors clothes |
as disguise, having formerly been
sailor myself, and then joining some |
bad characters, we rOamed about the |
country, cheating and rObbing where |
we could. 1t was during one of these |
expeditions that l met you in the |
chariot, and you detected me. And
nue. Has S%this isavs san m ts iJf Xop
feel [ shall soon die
14ls lOTusHlp again SoHI W AhAoA IA
tho chief of the police of what had
taken place, who, after making III,
quiries, told him all Smith had stated
was perfectly true az regarded the
ship which had been lost, and that
MAJ agician had promised to go down
to the bottom of the sea, and inspect
the snnken ship. Afterwards, he
would send down his slaves, and take
f,n,v, II w hat Ualnah h1n He
would not, however, be able to do
this for some few weeks, as he WAS
then very unwell.
"ais lordshlp immediately wrote
10 the Enchanter asking him whether
might accompany him on his de-
scent, or whether he, the Enchanter,
and his slaves were alone able to per-
form the feat. The Euchanter sent
him letter in reply telling him that
he would allow his lOrdship or any
friend of his to descend through his,
the Enchanter's means, but at the
same time the visit, though unattend-
ed with danger, might prove far from
an agreeable one.
! GAS soon as his lordship had re-
ceiyed this reply he called me to him,
and said, ..r
'Hassan, my friend, know you
wished to see everything that is Won
derful i'll our country, aud it you
please, you may accompany me. The
Emchanter is good and powerful
man, and can work many wonders,
this among others. Now, say, would
j you like to try the experimentT
81 should be most grateful for the
opportunity. oh, my master. You
could not do your slave greater fa-
vur.'
/" sThen,' said his lordship, shat is
decided on. Tomorrow l shall go
down to the sea-coast, and wait till
the Enchanter srrives. Make all nee.
essary preparations for our journey
for we may have to wait there some
time before the Enchanter is ready to
descend to the depths of the sea-
"The following day we started for
the seaport, where the Enchanter
was to join US. There we remained
for some days, and during our stay
his lerdship was informed that the
steward, or principal servant, of the
sunken ship, whose duty it was to
wait Oh the passengers, had arrived
for the purpose of identifying, if pos.
sible, any dead bodies that might be
taken from the ship, and to give df.
rections as to where the different val
uables were placed. His lordship re.
: quested to see him, and inquired il
he remembered anything of two pas.
sengers, Frenchman named Pierre
and all Epglisman named Smith, who
had been on board the ship. He re-
piled that he remembered her well
his attention having been first called
to them in consequence of dispute
they had before joining the ship, on,
accusing the other of wishing to leave
him, and the other denying it. Al
last the Englishmau, taking his com
panion by the arm, said, Il suspec,
you intend to play me false, and
won't allow it. 30 come OH board with
d. INC you shall The Frenchman, see
ing it was useless to resist, ,accompan
led the other on board, aud two beds
3 were selected tor them, where the,
could lie down if they pleased. HI
remarked also that they had very lit
tie baggage, and that the Frenchina'
E, carried under his arm package Ell
! veloped in Oilskin, of which he seem
ell to take great care, and which /, W he,
he went to sleep, ,he noticed he PLACED
under his pillow. The Englishmai
he knew had escaped, but he believed
the Freuchmsn was drowned, at leas
: he had secn nothing more of him.
, ''His lordship now asked the stew
1 ard Ill what part of the ship the bed
were placed, and several other ques
tions tending to facilitate the discov
cry of the jewels, to all of which h
Z gave most satisfactory answer.
"The Enchanter now arrived. Be
J 60 I s,,f. fo IA I
C felt some trepidation, but the mo
ment l had seen him il entirely van
4 isned, so kind and affabie.was Iii
s manncr. There was no pretense O
u gravity about him, but on the contra
: ry, 1t would be impossible for a per
son to be more imartificial and courte
Gus than he was. He told US he pro
u posed the next day to descend int
the sea, to examine the condition Q
:, the sunken ship. His Iordship ais
u wished to descend and inspect tn
:. wreck but he happened at the tim
e to be slightly indisposed, and there
!, fore determined not to do so. ii
!, told me. however, that l could z
:, down if l pleased, and l grateful
accepted the offer.
y "We now lett the shore in larg
barge and proceede ed to the spot wher
: the ship had sank. On our way
IS looked around for the glass bell i
Il which | understood we were to d.
C scend. but not seeing it | asked tn
X Euchanter how he could descen,
l. without it. Il have no occasion to US
it, he replied Il am quite able to de
scend without it, and SO will you b
l. after have visited the wreck. Al
i | have to do is to wear a magic cal
over my head, and [ can move abeu
at the bottom of the sea as securel
as you can on the land.'
o eve had now arrived at our desti
u nation, and the sunken vessel was di
e rectly beneath us. The Enchante
$ at once put on his magic head-dres
Il and descended without difficulty. L
u quarter of All hour he ascende
II again, and told us that the vesse
II could easily be inspected, and ther
&c would be no danger.
T. 81 now put on the magic cap ant
d" descended. Alter some little time
e could perceive beneath me form
which, the lower [ descended, bega
al more and more to assume the appear
II auce of II ship. AT last reached il
4, and fearful sight met my eyes. No