The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1889-11-21
FORTUNATE FINDERS.
Remarkable Discoveries of Lost
Valuables.
Money Packages That Had Been Trampled
In the Mud - Two Ring Stories
Strange Discoveries of Missing
Diamonds and Valuable Man.
uscripts.

The paymaster of a large railroad
company, having its headquarters in
Boston. went out on one occasion with
$4,000 to pay off its employees. The
money was carried under his arm
wrapped up in an old newspaper. He
stopped alta little wayside eating house
for dinner, and on going away, in a
fit OF Observation-Disclosures, left the money
lying on chair. He had not gone
many miles from the place before he
missed it, and his dismay on discoving
its loss can well be imagined. Almost
despairing of reeoving the package left
in 50 public place, he hurried back,
and with trembling voice asked the
woman in charge if she had seen the
parcel. ''There's bit Of paper in the
chair beyant," said she; perhaps
that's il" which it proved to be, and
the gentleman returned happier and
wiser man.
Another man in the same city lost a
roll of bills amounting to $40, 900, which
also was wrapped up in a newspaper.
He told a friend of his loss, and the
friend made him describe all the
ground he had been over since he had
the money. The last place mentioned
was the post-oftice. The night was wet
over head and slushy under foot. They
visited the post-office and, going to the
spot where the man had been standing.
they found two or three bits of news
paper. 1t was the same. They looked
further, and at last the lost treas
ure. 1t had been kicked in turn by
every one who came into the flee, and
when found was united and completely
soaked with water. 1t was all there,
however, and the friends returned to
their hotel and spent several hours in
cleaning and drying it. The gentle
man was so grateful for the sensible ad-
vice which had saved him from serious
loss that he took out his friend and
bought him the handsomest gold watch
chain that he could find in the city.
A still more remarkable incident is
related OF the finding of $130, 900 lost
oy M. Pages in the Northern railway
station in Paris some ten years ago.
As one Ezelot, French soldier, was
walking with two comrades through
Tue station they noticed on the floor a
small package wrapped in a newspa-
VI
per. They kicked it along before them
lor some distance, and when Ezelot
was getting into the train, going home
on short leave, one of his comrades.
picking up the package, thrust it into
lne canvas forage bag slung at his side,
hzelot going on his way without hav-
ing perceived the little pleasantly.
arriving at Neuilly, where his par
ehts lived, Ezelot's mother, emptying
me forage bag, discovered the bundle,
out thinking it roll of old newspapers
put 1t on table in the kitchen There
u remained four or five days, till
married sister, calling in and seeing
'ne package, was moved by an un-
Wohted curiosity. Opening it she dis
eosered a documents representing the
@zo'VO0, the loss of which nj. Pages
~ naa advertised throughout Europe.
Inc soldier and his parents, however,
hao not seen the advertisement, and
NOT knowing what else to do, had re-
course to the marei. That funetionary
syoilinunlcating with Paris speedily
brought down NJ. Pages, who. gladly
paying the promised reward of 81, 900,
vent of with his oddly recovered
treasure. 1t would be an interesting
supplement- to the narrativei if we could
nave a record of the feelings of the
eoioier who thrust this unexpected
soOo fortune upon Ezelot when he
ueaFo the sequel to his little joke.
among singular recoveries of lost
y, ces,luaoles, says writer in the ST. Louis
ulooe-Democrat, one of the oldest
occurred in Providence. R. l.. some
years ago. One day n gentleman in
sue ot the largest stores of the city
s.seu on pair of feece-lined gloves
"niea aid not suit him, so he bought
alo'her pair. A few days after he
:. 'sseu gold ring from the third finger
aae lelt hand, but had no idea how
n ,sas = mad been gone. He searched
~ aoase and went into the store
'ss's ae had purchased the gloves