The Arkansaw traveler., 1885-04-18
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 TAls fellow. whose name waa Louis Brahank, Aad iAllen desperately la love with young, Aandsems, aaa ticA heir. ess, but was rejected by the parents a a unsuitable match for their dauRAeer, on aecoant of che lowness of his ciYcum. stances. The young ladyss tatAex dying, he made visit to tke widow, who vas totally ignorant of his singular lmiens.
 Suddenly, on his 6rst appearance in open day in her own house, and in the presence of several persons who were with her, she heard kesself accosled in a voice perfectly resembling that ot her dead husband, and which seemed to pro. ceed from above, exclaimi1g:
 "Gtve my daughter in marriage to Louis Brabaat; he is nam of great for tune and excellent character. now en- dure inexpressibie toFments for having refused her to him. lt yoa obey this ad- monition shah spca be delivered from this place of torment. You will at the same time provide worthy husband for your daughter, and procure everlasting repose for the soul of your poor hus- band"
 The widow could not for moment re- slst this dread summons, which had not the most distant appearance of proceed ing from Louis Brabant, whose counte- nance exhibited no visible change, and whose lips were closed and motionless during the delivery of i. Accordingly, she consented to receive him for her son- in-law.
 Louis finances, however, were In Q very low situation, and the formalities at- tending the marriage contract rendered 1t necessary for him to exhibit some show of riches. He accordingly went to work upon fresh subject, one Cornu, an old and rich banker at Lyons, who had ac- cumulAted immense wealth by usury aud extoEtton. and was known to be haunted by remorse of conscience on account oi the manner in which he had acquired t.. Having contracted an intimate acQuain. tance with this man, he one day, while they were sitting together In the usurer's little back parlor, artfuliy turned the con. versation on religious subjects, and de- mons and spectTes. During an interval of silence between them a voice was heard, which to the ss,onished banker seemed to be that of his deceased father, complaining, as in the former case. of hts dreadful situatio.. tn purgasory, and call ing upon him him to deliver him instantly thence, by putting into the hands of Louis Brabant, thea with him, large sum for the redemption of christians then in slavery with the Turks; thre Itcning him at tue same time if he did not take this method Of cxpiating his own sins also.
 The reader win naturally suppose that Louis Brabapt affected a due degree of astonishment on the occasion, and fur ther promoted tue deception by acknowl- edging his having devoted himself to the prosecution of the charitable design i'm puted to him by the ghost. An old usurer is naturally suspicious. Accord ingly the wary banker made a second appointment with the ghosts delegate for the next day; and to render any de- sign of imposing upon him utterly aboY- tive, took him into the open fields, where not house, or tree, or even bush, or pit was in sight capable Of screening any supposed confederate. The extraoS- dinary caution excited the ventnloquist to exert ali the powers of his s.:. Wher- ever the banker conducted him, at every step his ears were saluted on all sides with the complaints and groans not only of his father, but of all his deceased re- lations, impioring him, in the name Of every saint in the calendar. to have mercy on his soul and theirs, by efectually sec onding with his purse the intentions Of his worthy companion. Cornu could no longer resist, and accordingly carried his guest home with him, aad paid him down ten thousand crowns, ~ith which the ven. triloquist returned to Paris and married.
 This catastrophe was fatal. The secret was afterward blown, and reached the usursr's ears, who was so much affected by the loss of his money and she rno,ti- lying railleries of his neighbors, that he soon took to hig he'd and died