The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1881-06-24

n good deal improved. was asked if L
had seen or heard of any one on the
road. 1 told of my purchasing the AMI
NAL at the Camp los Perdidos, and SO
managed to escape and proceed on the
trip. l do not suppose that the house
keepers of Rio had ever made a better
bargain for their braSierOS than in the
sacrifice of my stock. The mule was
converted into money the day after.
The purchaser no doubt thought I had
stolen him. 1 returned to my lodgings
at night, resumed my clothing. but
awakened next morning with burning
fever, which increased until it reached
insanity itself.
''On my restoration to reason found
the French Consul at my bedside. My
hotel experience was very much that OF
Gil Blas-my money, clothing and bag
gage had been absorbed by the ex-
pepses. of illness. The Consul dis
regarded my remonstrances. He had no
funds to pay my board. A vessel bound
for France was in port, and l was sent
on board. From the passengers l heard
my own story in detail, except that no
suspicion of foreigner had been awak-
ened. That was something for the flu
ture.
''I had indeed nothing at this mo-
ment TO remain for; but reserved a pur-
pose to return at some future time when
all should have been forgotten, and carry
off Ie sac en- cttir l)iein dc diam ants
| made the passage to Havre. Soon
after my return to France | decided that
there would be little danger of blighting
the future of little Desire LIE Blanc, by
marrying a millionaire, and so she has
been for several years Nine Desire LIE
Roux, with several little boys and girls
ready to inherit my wealth when 1
should get it.
:" Perhaps the same reason that in
duced the tall Indian to perform a des-
perate service has induced the Govern
ment to employ mo as a law officer.
where there are sometimes desperate
men to be arrested. So here l am.
And your Indian? Did you never
hear of him?
% Never, from that day or night
" Monsieur said our patron, do
you think You could find again your
treasurer
81 am certain
Have you never proposed to re-
turn?'
." Repeatedly, but no one would
listen. One said, in your fierce cerebral
you have dreamed of that. No enc
would encourage the search.
What think you was the value Of
that sack?'
&" Monsieur, it was the accumulated
plunder of twenty years, by good Judge
of diamonds. The sack must have
weighed seven pounds, of which there
was of course n very small part of the
precious stone"
g And you think you could find the
place of deposit again?'
al am certain
90 How much would such an expedi-
ton cost?'
"'I could make it for 30, 600 francs
This would include the support of my
WITH tie th asst Siranea ufnc oa a9t l5tInq m to tsa
If died on the expedition
Nothing more was said The next
day the Patron said to me:
You heard the COnfc of lie ROux,
what do you think of it?'
- 1T was 6iag,fet'
You do not doubt its truth?'
''No, but the government has long
since traced that peasant and that mule.
1t has shot the peasant and dug the
ground for miles around the charcoal
camp.
"'What, to find all those diamonds Mt
once? There they dig down mountains
for few .Je crOis ca. mai p
- 'But do you think the search would
be worth 80. 900 francs?
NO. Brazil is a country of dense
vegetation. A man working in the
night, in fear of his life. would not re-
gard the surrounding objects with suf-
ficient care to identify them again Re
member that thirty years have elapsed
since the diamonds were hidden.
g Il think differently, said the head of
the house. L know lie Roux to be a
man of truth. He would not have
otherwise retained his employment so
long. If they were in the United States
the men who have invested their money
in search for the treasure of Capt. Kidd
would form a society for this search
For me, | have resolved to invest 25. .OOO
francs in the enterprise. l shall entrust
the execution of the enterprise to LIE
Roux. You will have charge of the
money. Prepare to accompany him.
''This decision took me completely bv
surprise. 1t involved quitting Paris.
which was to me then as quitting the
world. It was a bOu'eUerSemcnt tOtale
of all my plans and pleasures. / was an
industrious, accurate and honest clerk.
but then one is not always bending over
the ledger. There was the theater, the
Boulevards, La Bal, the restaurant, the
gay companions, la petite file Ouuriere
a quiez'eme Rue La Harpe.
Aha, said la Pere Remand, '.Je Uous
c0nndis bien, Mons. Paul; Uous etes
BON garcoa, nldis dussi IN gdrcoU bien
gai s,tr occasion, NEST &C pas
Upon reflection determined to dis
suade the patron, if possible, from the
adventure. aud if l failed in this, to tell
him that for me to go it was impossible.
'sHe yielded to my arguments, but
have since thought it was because he
saw could not be persuaded to go, and
he had no one else so trustworthy.
Years afterward L lived some years IN
Spanish America, and thought more fa-
vorably of the chances of success, if un-
dertaken in company with the old sol
dier of Napoleon.
'''And lie Roux 2
Gas the patron had never mentioned
his purposes to him, the subject was
never referred to again. / have, how
ever, often wondered whether, with a
little more enterprise, [ might not have
succeeded i'll finding the deposit of Le sac
q cuir deS di1n1GlItS and fat. Auss'
mes re,lteS q Paris. "-NoU Orleans
Picay,0le.
Tragedy and Comedy.