The herald., 1896-11-06

his prison-the event which I am about
to relate took place. Among the trad
ing vessels to the colonies was one be-
longing to Jew, an eX-convict, whose
1sraelitisn shrewdness had raised him
to high position among the trading
merchants, SO that his past, safely in
TERED beneath a heap of shekels, few
could afford to recall.
In those days advertising had become
neither a department of art and liter
ature, nor necessity to extensive trad
ing; but it occurred to the willy Hebrew
that ii he could number the prisoner of
LonSWood among his customers, he
MINT possible obtain some little relic
which he was well assured would be of
considerable value in France; at any
rate, it would bring him into the pres
ence of the emperor, and who could fore
see what might happen? 1t might GER
tainly be assumed that the ex-convict
was most fertile in schemes, and that
his morals suggested Judas rather than
Nathaniel.
This coup de maitre of advertising
speculation was, after seemingly in
superable obstacles with the British
government the governor. and the en-
peror himself, at last brought to a more
successful termination than he had
dared to dream Of For, in addition to
the honor of being admitted to the pres
ence of the illustrious prisoner and of
conversing with him. he received an
extensive order for furniture, which OF
itself amply repaid the subtle craft OF
this true son of Jacob.
Some little time elapsed before he re-
turned to the island, so long, indeed
that his visit had been forgotten by the
governor and his officials.
But the chosen people are generally
remarkable for a certain amount of
aplomb. and this commercial represen-
tative of the tribes was certainly not
lacking in that decidedly Jewish vir-
tue He, the eX-convict. the despised
wanderer. determined to outwit the
shrewd genius of the emperor himself.
Certain articles of furniture had been
ordered; could he not include therein a
number OF unordered trifes which
might pass undetected? Assuredly he
could; II discovered. an abject apology
Tor the mistake would amply atone.
When. in course of time. he returned
to st. Helena, it was remarked that
business must have been brisk. mas
much as the old, tine-worn vessel had
been exchanged for a smart, swift
ing schooner.
With childlike simplicity the Jew
caused the whole of the furniture to be
conveyed up the toilson1e 200 feet and
delivered to Napoleon. Rut'the beatific
smile. which had become blander and
greasier with every weary pace. passed
at Longwood. Not only was the cheat
discovered. but the whole of the ordered
furniture refusedi A violent scene en-
sued. followed. as far as the Jew was
concerned, by jeremiad. sackcloth and
ashes. and complete submission.
me emperor. terribly enraged, sent
private note. unusually polite. to Sir
hudson Lowe, warning him against the
impostor. ard suggesting that the
word would be all the purer If some
thing sudden and effective befell not
only this but every child of Israel
1t was late in the afternoon when the
Jew, assisted by two men, commenced
the removal of the furniture, which
piece by piece. was taken past the SEN
try and conveyed down the hill to the
ship. Inlaid tables. ormolu ornaments
Louis XVI. cabinets, were each in turn.
and to the apparent great distress of the
would-be vendor, brought down to the
quay. Last of all came a large and
bulky grandfather clock. evidently of
great weight, as the men staggered as
they bore It along. Each time as they