The Ravalli Republican. [volume] (Stevensville, Mont.) 1894-1899, 1894-09-19
pEDDLER IN 4 PALACE.
The Interesting Story Of a Find i, ilic
Brought Vast Wealth..

PEDDLEk IN PALACE.
The Interesting Story Of u FIND i, 1,ilici
Brought Vast Wealth.
The magnificent Lardcrcl palace 1t
LcgIlorn has q singular work Of art
in one Of its numerous galleries. I|Ii&
is a huge cOrOnct made of boruX and
mounted on a high gilt pedestal, and
the story attached to it is . very III
tcrcSting one as related in Harper :
Young People. tt begins 4 long way
back and the principal figure in It i
a very ordinary docking rcdd}cr. NE>a-
ricd with his tramp one day he tool.
off his pack under the trees in the
Marcmcna woods and spread out his
humble dinner Of bread ana meat.
lie was hungry enough. but cEDn
more tired than hungry, and white
ne was eating he went fast aSlenn.
Down rolled the bread and meat on
the ground which certainly did net
improve it, but the weary peddItr
would not have exchanged that dt-
licious rrstIul sleep for the choicest
yiands on tie grand dukes table.
Finally. however, he awolc ana IT,
mcmbcrcd that he was hungry. II"
could not afford to be SGucalnish, and
picking up his neglected food he be-
gan to cat it. Perhaps he had been
dreaming Of delicate lurbot and ,nHc-
aroni or turkey stuffed with chest
nuts, for his bread and meat no
longer tasted good and he was ltah!c
to swallow the mouthrul he had
taken. SDI.ia queer change had passed.
over it while he was asleep. for it N;t-
actually bitter. and the poor man
wondered who had played hins 50
shabby a trick.
Presently light began to dawn
upon him. He was quito Intelligent
for a pcddjcr and his favorjtc study
was chemistry. So he reused himself
up and tasted a little Of the earth
where his dinner had fallen. Ii Was
just as he anticipated, bitter. 23d
scraping up a small quantity ri il .c
slowed it away in lis pack ri!4n
back he tramped to Lc4llru q; ia7;
as his feet would carry hinI, Without
even thinking Of Ia" Journey !!a had
already taken, and once in tie ciiv
he went strai @hl TO {, cronv Of his
who was quite !; learned chemist.
and who had taught him All L. I.1es.s
Of that interesting science. I.i,.r
other chemists, this one was quite
accustomed to putting unH!aas,.i;t
tasting thing, in his mouth, ;.Id IL
seemed to enjoy a pill Of the pe>Clcr,s
earth as though il had been = chG;cn
bonbon. He knew at once That il
would buy AL the holbuM:; In : o..-
norm and Il few other things beside
Yes his humble friend was RIGHT in
his suspicion.
Soda and boraX were there in .reat
force. and he pcddlcr could u.t do
better han to bay up "il TIA. hi,
savings would cover Of the cheap
land where hc bread and meat had
fallen. Perhaps he had the nnl.ov
tied up in an old stocking that was
kept IN Il corner cGpboar| or perhaps
II" had buried it in SOnlc secret ~lot
from prvilg eyes: but wherever il
was he speedily di>Iod~cd it, and
bought the waste land at Il very low
price. lie lost no time. either. in
starting his manufactures. and.
thanks to his KNOWLEDGE Of chrn)i>
try, he made Il princclv fortune. iii,
descendants intcrmarricl Will the
noblcst families Of !tnIy: ;ll!A as ii
was chiefly to bora. hat they owed
their coronct>, they honorc;i This
product Of the earth in one Of tiloir
finest palaces.