The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1884-05-10

All lie window ii 4 high stoop honse
I'd Blescker street near Mulberry Festcr.
flaF. was carefully dressed crock, or
nokson connected with the fraternity oil
tiiieFes and 6Wind erst seated IN chair
bWiglioG his snDustnche deiicately with
one hand, while the other hung Iistiess
hy Ills side. His feetwere on a common
10 I'D centre table, and his hat was
cooked wen bnck Oh Ills head.
kou seem 10 be undef The Weather.
said = ffend who entered
The crook kicked a 0hair ArouAsd to-
Ward the visitor, and then said
Yes Well, I'm not exactly under
The weather. hitt
Here he stopped and drew ron d
long newspaper clippings from bis coat
pocket. md em00thed them out. Hand
ing them TO his visitor. he continued;
ain simply dele ted. One hates ID
be heaten BY amaten1s, yoa know \
> The clippings eonta ned accounts ol
the sea NheS tor the tgeasuses alleged to
have been lost iii He'll 6 ate on. the Brit
ish fri0ate Hnssar, with statements 81
amounts az money adgan ed to the men
who have conducted the alleged scar h.
In all my experience said the
crock. n never evolved d scheme that
could bring int my hands any thing like
4 quarter 81 such sums but once
The melnofy d that scheme bright,
pned him up and, having lighted fresh
cigar, he aaiAs
'IR 1879. when everything was APP
phren1ly booming IN bsislness, and peos
pIe were fast IS anxious to become sud-
denly rich NJ smaH expense as they are
NOW, Was one daE ranlma9ing around
ting shelves ~ 4 secondhand bookstore
in RHssau street, IN searehof q Greek
Lexicon Ec0aOmieAlp Yes economy
is lle road ii wealth. i always buy
secondhand books. because It ire nlrt-
IN heanmes necessary loE me 10 change
my headquarters suddenly, and II would
npt do to leave a yaluahie library be
hind nae, AZ ! was saying, II that store
ifound In two large leathersbonnd vol
nnes the history of-=uell, call il the
HopkInson family. baeause that wasn't
The name. With II came IN inspiration
Here was d lIss or Names and addresses
running Int3 fine tens Of thousand
You could get addresses that were
kfeslleF from tisa dealers IL names.
cs y9sa You don't see. / imIne-
s|Iakaly bought the oks for 90 md bad
qudttitFo 81 letter pager printed with
n lawyer card AZ lhe head For sew
erss days was very busy writing and
mailing letters which read something
dke tbs:
R9H. sAITu 4 RnoWN
AttnFnHE and Counsoli0rat
Mo- Broedwags n ~ isi2
~. john HopasmsoA. Heisimefs hersgtmeg
nsxHSrn. The estate 81 n. rdwarl ilopkln
a. Formerly OF Qta ,keuweli DoRsetAhirs,
England. WHO died insU3tn1c ~ Valparaiso. s.
al. December b 1895, Is nov g be lsfIbpted
We have been qir e'e " MpaerH 20 hon
pedson Of Londqn 70 look after the American
NRlta. There N sA4ali 4ssln. shout A3 Vt0. 10
DO paid y = hE !ehu HopFinson Of Herki
ION of u Mayo Henklna0n a DdfFnfahf 3
England. cousin Of Tie laie r. Edward II ~
hlnspn 4 y9n oAn furnish legel proof that
{oN when the ntHHfa are prepared We must
nAYq go et wy Aor pfepnlipx tho pATers
~ 70 q,q 20 ueW YOU We are osilsed 20 do
hpA, HtiErn y BRoWEs q G.
Isis needless 10 saF that the books
had told me that the doceesad had run
AMay ID sen la 1854, and had never
been heard 81, although Il WAS fumored
tAt WV AtRtt AAot t cktV4 tt'H ftA ttAttltr
nia 81 some other plaee on the Pacific
eaasi. ind fhst my correspondent was
ahe descendant d the grandfather re.
Serscd to
4ong letter was very short.
Sand business like. We weren't re.
ialaaa 70 write an obituary OF tbs de-
ceased. but 70 distribute bis estate
siow many Hopklnsons applied fol
their sharesP''
think / won tell YOU I did not
eonIine myself 10 fee q $50 though.
When could find v Hopkinson who
WAS IL aither Of thecomm6rclnl agencies
rs worth 4 coed deal Of money ran
the ieo in as irum 800 10 5000. Men
pf that class would have been suspicious
Of &50 foe, la fact, wolildn tell
you this at al only found It so very
risky GA count Of tho wrath Of those
who We're oaaght for large sums that /
do not dare to work ID again. found
i necessary % seek q change Of air Re
49ne had parneEea half the harvest. ~
AZ r San.
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