Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1884-04-05

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you seem+6pe uidef the weather"
said friend who entered.
The crook kicked chair around to-
ward the visitor, and then said:
Eyes. Well Pm not exactly under the
weather, buty--fs bsas;,J.,T
Here he stopped and drew roll of long
newspaper clippings from his coat pock-
ct, and smoothed them out. Handing
them to his visitor. he continued:
81 am simply detected. One hates to
be beaten by srqatsws, ypu knoy."sS
The clippings contained accounts of
the searches for the treasure alleged to
have been lost in Hell Gate on the Brit
ish frigate Hussar, with statements ofthe
amounts Of money advanced to men who
have conducted thealleged search.
an all my experience" said the crock
IL never evolved scheme that could
bring into my hands anything like a
quarter of such sums but once"
The memory of that scheme brighten.
ed Hip uH and having .lighted . fresh
Ggsf 4aeSaid,-l ~ Al II r. 4
"In 1872, when everything was appar-
emily booming in business. and people
were just as anxious to become suddenly
rich at small expense as they are now,
was one day rummaging around the
shelves of a second hand book store in
Nassau steet, in lseafchauf Greek lexi-
con. Economical? Yes, economy is the
road to wealth. l always buy second
hand books, because it frequently be-
comes necessary for me to change my
headquarters suddenly, and it would not
10 to leave valuable library behind me
AsIwsssayi9esi9 that store found in
tybbae Nttlet Iound vdlHs III, HI
tory ofIxeif, ca1ut the HSthlhsep, fsni,
ly, because that wasn't the name. With
it came an inspiration. Here was list
of names and addresses running into the
lens of thousands"
"You could get addresses that were
fresher from the dealers in Names
"Yes, yes. You don't see. / immedi-
ately bought the books for 50, and had a
quantity of letter paper printed with a
lawyers card at the head. For several
days ! was very busy writing and mail
ing letters which read something like
aRol, sa ,n1nE { BAdRfs;S xfiJaskH AND
CouNsELLoRs, No. = BROADWAY, N. Y,
- --,1S72. Mr.. JOHN HoPKINsoN, HER
KrMER, HERKnER COUNTY, N. Y.-DEAR
SF ATAeVstate ofR.y Edward Hppkin-
shire, England, who died interstate at
Valparaiso, 6. A., Dec. 8, 1866, is now to
be distributed. We have been directed
by Messrs Dodson & Dodson, of London,
TO look after the American heirs. There
is small sum. about 81 900, to be paid
to a Mr.. Jckn H6pkilsbna Herkfmer
county, U. s. A. He is the great grand.
son Of L. Mayo Hopkinson, of Dorset
rhire, England cousin of the late r.
fssss p3xoS tit y6si irs The i m ai the
money will be ready for you when the
proper papers are prepared. We must
have lee of $50 for preparing the pap
ems. As We do not know You, we are
obliged to demand this IN advance.
aRon. sE c 8EoWH' per G."
at is needless to say that the books
had told me that the deceased had run
away w 5cd III iof7, anu udu lever Oeeu
heard of, although 1t was rumored that
he owned large estates in California, OF
some other place on the Pacific coast, and
Iaa oljht gtjnsl BIZ tsRrr@ 66'7
your letter was very short.
And business-like. We weren re-
tanned 10 write an obituary of the deceas-
ed, but to distribute his estate"
How many Hopkinsons applied for
their shares?'l HT III
II think l won't tell you. l did not
confine myself to fee of $50 though.
When l could find Hopkinson who was
IN either of the commercial agencies as
worth good deal ofmoney ran the fee
dRft tr2R n91 K seq 4Ms4 Sf that b I
Zee. In fact / wouldn't tell You this at
all only found it so very risky on &C
count Of the wrath of those who were
caught for large sums that do not dare
to work it again. found it necessary
TO seek change of air before had gar
.qayed bali the harvest" r.,