The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-03-30

himself Gabriel and in his vision he saw the
Evangeline of his warped fancy. Every line
of the romance burned deep within his heart;
he heard the cries of the Acadian peasants
in their anguish; the thunder tones of the En-
glishmen smote him as if he had indeed
heard them addressed to himself. At last
Chevault was through the book. He pom
dered over it deeply; he believed its every
word, even to the dialogue.
sand why he asked himself, tam left
here? They were my people. 1 wonder if
they were not my relatives?'
For days and months he studied the prob
lem. By dozen impossible paths he traced
his origin to the peasants of Acadia. Mean
while his money had run low and his day
dreams of new life grown all the stronger.
This was Chevaults situation wien he had a
wonderful dream.
81 dreamed one night" he said, "that a
vast fortune was hid somewhere in the Missis-
| sippi valley 1t was left there, the vision
| told me, by my banished relatives from Aca-
| dia. In the morning I arose all fevered
| and excited. My dream was vague-I be-
lieved it, but it had left me no ground to
work on All day studied map of the old
Louisiana from the upper Mississippi to its
mouth, saw nothing-no town or stream
| that had seen in my dream. That night,
worn out by the strain on my mind, l went
to bed and fell asleep. Twas dreaming again.
1 saw my banished people; some of them
went across the seas and others turned their
| faces to the SOUTH The number who went to
sea soon vanished and | saw the movements
| of the land party clearly. They were dressed
as if in cold country. Then they turned
their faces to the west and marched, l don't
know how long; then to the south; Indians
joined them and left; there was trading.
"Pretty soon the heavy dress was exchanged
and saw pretty birds in my dreams; they
sang so sweetly that l thought heaven was
( about me; then / saw peaceful home, with
cattle and horses about. Then the whole
scene was swept away. In a minute saw
something that looked like storm. saw
two men dig deep hole by a strange looking
tree and drop treasure into it. Then the holt
was filed and q great stone rolled over it
Then Indians came and l saw my two people
killed The Indians went away and every
thing was dark. l then thought a grea
many years elapsed, when faded old woman
came to me and told me to look at the stuml
of tree in the far south, near a great river
She gave me other directions which hav
} written on paper somewhere.
II then woke up. 1 was so weak coul'
not move for some time. At length got on
of bed and dressed myself. 1t took me tn
rest of the day to arrange my scattere'
senses. Then resolved to follow my dream
master. 1 got my money and effects togethe
as quickly as possible and took a train for ST
Louis, where started for the south on foot
7 l marched all through the wilds of sout
. Missouri, Arkansas and Louisiana. Hundred
} of times l thought l saw the place of my bur
. led treasure. Nearly fifteen years have passe
since 1 started, and here 1 am, homewar
bound.
? 1t seems that the old man, who is nov
: about 65 years old, has given up the search
g Perhaps he thinks that he is now too old t
; enjoy the fortune if he should find it. He
going to the new northwest, which is the T,
gion Of his old home He says that he e1
; poets to find q few Indians left up there, an
! he wishes to get back to his old life.