The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1879-10-30

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:. Ye $, ''' repiied : awhst dol you %
want with me- Who are yeu?,s'. .,,s
'''I suppose you have quite forgotten
me p'' said he. - g rs =. as,. 10, b-. 4
stared at him keenly The mans
/ features were somewhat familiar to me,
yet l was confused in my remembrance
of how and where had seen. him. 8
do not know you," said /. - t9s. 81 'fg'
he Yes M Ea "a I'll 4u Ss1A # Sah 's and
have frequently driven you the first stage
out of Vienna. | did SO when you were
courier to His Excellency the Honora-
BILE Eslington, in the summer ofIthe year
| IS F@H4& - ya,5a.s rIqft. ~
(The courier is remembered. even
when the patron is forgotten, for it is'to
us that landlords and their servants look
for their gratuities. go ---s@ '---AA
| stared at him, and then recognized
the haggard looks g, True, y said 1;
81 remember you now well. How goes
it with you? What do you here in Ant
werp? The old trade, eh?' So ~ 4"
"Ah, not" he replied with a deeply
drawn sigh. Its long story, and [
can't tell it to you here in all this noise
and ! hustle: Let us go toE a gqqiet oaSa-
/ agreed; and in our short walk / re-
volved in my mind all those eircum-
| stances, so dark and #impenetrable in
| their profund mystery, which had hap
pened years before. And remembered
how our position, Ludwig Kuhl, had
assisted me in the, unavailing search for
| Ills Excellency: Soon we reached a lit
tie cabaret-their name is.r,legi0n in
Antwerp-in one of the back streets
near the cathedral; and with glass of
his favorite Boonjekamp in front of him,
he seated himself, and told me the fol-
lowing sequel to the mysterious disap-
pearance. i's'7-"' 49,
esE', You must remembering, friend, ~ he
began, "when | was in a better condi-
ton than you now see. me- and he
scanned his wretchea garAfents, shFdg-
ging his shoulders with an impatient air.
l nodded acquiescence.
"Well," said he, s'you must also
know in your long experience of travel
that all classes of society on the Cpnti-
nent, and particularly in Vienna, have
their secret club. The positions had
theirs; but it was subject to the rule of
the Chief, Secret Society. In my younger
days, friend, / was induced, in an un-
lucky moment, to, enroll myself as a
member, and take the oaths.of the Sc.
tcrs Society of P@tihepc dstteriyshave
[ repented since, for it is to that circum-
stance oweiny present deplersble state
OF mind and position > ,r,.o..,-..-<
g But what has that to do with the
mysterious case of his Excellency?" |
asked of him, somewhat impatiently.
| "Much more than you imagine or
can ever, know, friend,'' replied he,
sententiously .wagging his head. 3 He
paused for a moment &c Well, | will
tell you,'', continued he, g though you
must not break my story with your in
quiring comments, Firstly, then,i you
must know that 1 was on the establish
ment of Her Spultzen, the carriage.
master and ,stable-keeper from whom
his Excellency the Honorable Eslington
hired rs his travelling carriage and
and horses for his return Journey 1t
was known to the Chief Secret Society
that his Excellency was in possession of
important papers, and it was also knewn
that he was on the point of starting with
them for England. The Chief Com
mander had important reasons for OBJ
tanning these papers, or copies of them,
and of one in particular. above all 9TH
erS, by fair means or foul; and what the
Chief says is to be done, Is done invari-
| ably at any cost. The Committee had
ballOtedfor the person who must exc
cute their orders, and their choice had
fallen on me as position, and the more
likely to effect,ga successful result. BY
virtue of my oath was bound to obey,
or should have suffered secret death,
by assassination probably1iI need not
tell you my instructions but a dreadful
fate awaited you in the event of you or
his Excellency obstructing our wishes.
In every town through which we passed
there were emissaries of the Chief So
ciety to assist me, so great is its organ
| ization; and when / received your in
structions to pull up at the next town,
which if you remember was s., l
knew, the wishes of the Chief Com
mander would be, effectually carried
out. The Landlord of the hotel you staid
at and the head hostler were known to
me as members of the Chief Society,
and there Were others9esidents in the
town also members, whom | did, not
know. SO You see,. my friend, how his
Excellency and You were comprised in d
net from which there was no escape;n.'
and he chuckled to himself as he said it.
| "NoWyou remember how his Excellency
was always engaged in. writing his dis
patches and documents. . Well, there
was consequently great difficulty in get
ting view of the papers without adopt
ing foul means, and time was of great
importance to the Chief Commander y
What!' | exclaimed, in great as
tonishment,i my hair almost on end with
the .suddenpess of the confession
what! Do you mean to tell me, Carl
Johann Roeckel, that you murdered his
Excellency in cold bloodpnai sai&sl 81
."Not exactly that. friend, . he quietly,
replied. 8. When his Excellency went
for that short walk, the head hostler also
went for a stroll in the same direction.
4 short. distance from the town the host
ler met a friend, also member, and
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