Daily Los Angeles herald., 1883-06-20
The Goldsmith Of st. Lo.
By Y1SKH FLOW.

In the village of St. Lo ther'
dwelt a certain Pedro Riz, o
whom it was said that he cam'
from the confnes Of Granville
took up his residence in this littl'
town, and and by dint Of energy, econ
omy and hard savings anasset
. large fortune. As age advanced
upon him the desire OF increasing
his wealth did not abate.
One evening. rather late. as h'
WAS returning from tho house O
lone Of his friends, he was sud.
denly attacked by two men, and
In. the affray received severe
fHound in the breast. His cries
Tor help SO frightened the Villains
who feared the city guards, thal
lhey fed, leaving the wounded
Man staggering toward his abode
Al he slowly proceeded, be arriv-
bd at the residence of a gold
Ninth, through whose windows
bnd door ilared q bright, flicker
6ug light This goldsmith was
endeavoring to recompense his
lloss Of wealth by smelling the
Ibaser ores into the more valuable
gold An immense fire glared
lon an elevated hearth, and above
WAS suspended a large crucible,
into which he was vainly pouring
chemical mixtures and compounds
lhpon the melting ores, mnrmur-
ing: "This to success"
Just at this moment the bleed.
. lug Pedro staggered into .the
apartment.
What! you here, good friend,
ind at this time Of night! What
6ils you, Pedro?" said Maxcelly.
advancing toward him.
"Maxce.ly, ! am dyingP ex-
\ Manned the unfortunate man.
IA murderer has killed me-:
(, fifth these words, he fell dead at
e jewelers. feet.
Thoroughly taken by surprise,
affrighted Maxcelly stood
3ing in stupefied terror at the
I'd body of his visitor. So long
be remained thus, that the
|dering embers and darkened
obliged him to light bis
and with respectful care
laced the body on his pallet
lfsw, murmuring, almost in
zbly:: "Suoh is the uncertain.
of life. /"
While still cleaning the blood
Rm off the garments of Pedro,
terrible conviction flashed up.
him that to himself would be
ribnted the murder. Trem-
ag in every nerve, he ap.
ached the corpse, and. fun
b in the pockets, drew forth
efrom bunch Of six keys,
|Only article contained on the
fson Of the miser.
The bewildered Maxcelly re-
eted upon the course to be pur.
bed. Thus he sat, until sud.
bnly aroused by the solemn
(nes Of the Cathedral bell, toll.
|g the hour of midnight; as the
md died away he arose, a mali
rs smile distorting his features,
as though to find solacein
b thoughts. he began to COM
ane with himself: II shall be
= bused of this murder; my sense
Of conviction tells me this, even
now, as l cast my eye upon that
pallet Of blood red straw, l can
not overlook the conviction that
the pallet of straw may prove my
accuser. Pedro has wealth; l am
poor. Pedro does not need this
tealth. have wife and chill
dren; why not be the thief as
we'll as the innocent murderer
These keys are the disclosers, nc
doubt, of riches; these keys are
mine, so shall the gold be mine
also saying which, the still fear
Jul Maxcelly lifted the corpse in
This arms and bore it down mar
row fight of stairs; here laying il
gently down, he ascended for bis
torch; grasping q large spade. he
again went below. placing hi'
torch in crevice, he tore up {
portion Of the planking, and be-
ian digging zsalously a large
pie. fully six feet below tn,
rth, into which he deposited
b body Of the miser; carefully
bvering it with earth, he restor
the flooring. and viewing BIZ
ork with somewhat distrustfu
ye. he proceeded to his labora.
ory. Here attiring himself il
5s apparel of Pedro, he seizet
be keys and started for his goal
Arriving at the tenement of tn,
niser be unlocked the massiy,
though :noldering door, and as.
cending a dilapidated stair cas-
be encountered another door
This also yielded to the keys
Entoring. Maxcelly now drew
forth his dark lantern and by it
light discerned an old bed and
large chest in the corner of tn
apartment! After carefully lock
ing the door he proceeded to ex
anime the chest. Within th
larger was found smaller chest
within this another, and still an
other was found within the third
This Maxcelly proceeded to open
md raising the lid hj almost yell
cd with surprise and joy. Agail
viewing the treasure, he exclaim.
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