Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-08-19

Menoul he never would have succeeded
in embarking
Having left his mothers jewels with
Valentine, his sole fortune consisted OF
not quite a thousand francs, and with
this paltry sum in his pocket, fugitive
from Justice, and with no prospect or
earning a livelihood, he took passage for
Valparaiso.
Before CASTOR had been on board the
Tom Jones forty EIGHT hours he saw that
chance had cast him among collection
of the most depraved bandits and cut
threats The vessel, which seemed to
have recruited at all points Of the com
pass, possessed a crew composed OF ev-
cry variety of thievish knaves; each
! country had contributed a specimen.
But Gaston's mind was undisturbed as
to the character of the people with
whom his lot was cast for several
months. The Tom Jones set sail for
Valparaiso, but certainly went III
roundabout way to reach her destination.
The real fact was that Captain Warth
proposed visiting the Gulf of Guinea.
CASTOR saw that he was serving his
apprenticeship on a SLAYER, one Of the
many ships which made immense for
tunes by carrying on the slave trade. Al
though this discovery filled Castor with
indignation and shame, he was prudent
enough to conceal his impressions.
When Castor had been with Captain
Warth about year the Tom Jones stop
ped at Rio Janeiro for a month, to lay
in supplies. He now decided to leave
the ship. He possessed twelve thousand
francs, as his share of the profits, when
he landed at Brazil.
AS a proof that the slave trade was
repugnant to his nature, he left the
SLAYER the moment he possessed little
capital with which to enter some honest
business Finally, after toll and strug-
gle, he was worth a million in gold, be-
sides immense tracts Of land.
Arranging to return to his native land,
he was taken i'll and died, but left his
| fortune and instructions to his faithful
cousin Menoul The latter came to
| France An iron mill was for sale near
| Oloron, on the borders Of the Cara; he
| bought it with the intention of utilizing
| the immense quantity Of wood, which,
| for want of means of transportation, was
| being wasted in the mountains.
| He was soon settled comfortably in
his new home, and enjoying busy, &C
| tive life. One evening, as he was rumi-
mating over the past, a servant brought
him card, and said the gentleman was
| waiting to see him. He read the name
| on the card: Louis de Clameran, who
| hailed him as a friend of his brother.
eve will have to do the best we can
| he said. "and keep house for ourselves.
We will live together like two old bach
| onJ no &c boOIV
| kings: we will lead a gay life and enjoy
everything that can be enjoyed"
\ few days after Menoul was taken
i'll. He had sort Of vertigo and was SO
dizzy that he was forced to lie down.
II know what is the natter he said.
81 have often been i'll in this way at
Rio. A couple Of hours sleep will cure
| me. I will go to bed, and you can send
some one to awaken me when dinner is
ready, Louis; l shall be all right by that
time"
At the same time he ordered Manuel,
his old Spanish servant, who had lived
with him for ten years, to prepare him
some lemonade.
The next day Menoul appeared to be
much better. He ate his breakfast, and
was about to take walk, when the
pains Of the previous day suddenly re-
| turned in more violent form.
Without consulting his cousin, Louis
sent to Oloron for a physician whose
| wonderful cures had won him a wide
reputation. The doctor declared that
there was no danger and merely pre-
scribed a dose Of vaerian. and a blister
with some grains of morphine sprinkled
| on it.
| Ito be continued.l