The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-07-22

leather sack of diamonds on my shoulder
and proceeded TO conceal it in some
place i'm which no one would be apt to
find it but myself. / had nothing but
n knife with which to make an excava-
ton. worked for several hours. and
having food for myself, led my mule to
water and tethered him to some shrubs
which he seemed 10 like, and toiled until
late in the night. When the day APP
peared l marked the way from the path
way in the most prudent manner posi-
bic. and taking my mule aud its cargo,
somewhat diminished in value by the
deposit, resumed my road to market.
About IL o'clock was halted by picket
guard. They looked at me with sus.
picion, but proceeded Immediately to
examine my charcoal 1t was elnptied
out of the sack on the ground. I was
searched and about to be stripped. which
would have shown marked difference
in the color of my legs and body, when
the Sergeant said:
"Pobre Diovolo, he couldn't have
the diamonds upon him. They were in
q leather sack Let him CO.
upon this reprieve began to gather
up the coal in such a manner that my
resemblance to one of the trade was
a 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 Mt the Camp los Perdidos, and so
managed to escape and proceed on the
trip. do not suppose that the house
keepers of Rio had ever made better
bargain for their 6rosieros than in the
sacrifice of my stock. The mule was
converted into money the day after.
The purchaser no doubt thought had
stolen him. I returned to my lodgings
at night, resumed my clothing, but
awakened next morning with burning
fever, which increased until it reached
insanity itself
Son 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-
penses of my illness. The Consul dis
regarded my circumstances. He had no
funds to pay my board. A vessel bound
for France was in port, and / was sent
on board. From she passengers heard
my own story in detail, except that no
suspicion of foreigner had been awaI-
ened. That was something for the flu
ture.
81 had indeed nothing mt thi, 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 te sac en- CUR 1)lein dc claimants.
| 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 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 /
should get it.
g Perhaps the same reason that in
duoed the tall Indian to perform des-
perate service has induced the Govern
ment to employ me as a law officer,
where there are sometimes desperate
men to be arrested SO here 1 am.
And your Indian? Did you never
hear of him?
I" Never, from that day or night.
Monsieur said our patron, do
You think you could find again your
treasurer
81 am certain
4" Have you never proposed to re-
turn?'
i" Repeatedly, but no one would
listen. One said, in your fierce cerebral
you have dreamed of that. No one
would encourage the search.
60 What think you was the value of
that sack?'
:" Monsieur, it was the accumulated
plumber of twenty years, by q good Judge
of diamonds. The sack must have
weighed seven pounds, of which there
was of course a very small part of the
precious stone"
" And you think you could find the
place of deposit again?'
80 am certain.
Sc How much would such an expedi-
ton cost?'
"'I could make il for 10000 francs.
This would include the support of my
wife and children during my absence,
with the assurance of something to them
if l died on the expedition
&c Nothing more was saio. The next
day the Patron said to me:
d" You heard the COnte Of lie Roux,
"hu1 wv NOu buluh vi III.
" 1t was 6tdgue!
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 DC crOis ca. moi ?
But do you think the search would
be worth 10000 francs?'
Ono Brazil is country Of dense
vegetation. A man working in the
night, in fear of his life, would not re-
gard the surrounding objects with suf-
icient care to identify them again. Re-
member that thirty years have elapsed
since the diamonds were hidden.
81 think differently, said the head of
the house. l know lie Roux to be q
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.
IL.