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“VOL. XIE.
R. BONNER, |23'7P4 ASB ARO TOR,
NEW YORK, DECEMBER 26, 1857.
j2 PER ANNUM,
TERMS, {i ava
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Entered according to Act of Congress, inthe year 1857, by’
‘ongne ones, an the Certs Otier of the District
rt for the Southern District of New Yor
THE CROWN JEWELS.
A TALE OF LONDON AND PARIS.
DR. HORATIO W. NELSON,
AEmOE oF “SLIDE CLATDOR; om, was BomLE MANTCICE;
» ke.
CHAPTER XVI.
THE YOUNG ISRAGLITE BANKER,
Haring now w brought the eenes and int dents of
oat story upto the moming following the robbery
me the onward thread of
Je the abode of
fe Jew, Josaphat, at the door of which we left
"tThe residence of this Tsraclito was out itwardly
far superior | ‘ that of others of his pation, ‘which
i
y a
‘Salathic, 3 esta
rior magnificen
of a Jewish money dealer, as the more signt-
fant three ally whic, by the way, appertained,
in their opinion, only to the lower order of deal
in loans, Thus Statue ha in front of bis wor
geous domicilinm an old clothes shop, and so now,
at the abode of Josaphat, his rival Dives, the fre
apartment was adept of old jewelry and half-w
articles o
“Where is Jocaphat?? ssked Lond Neagle of
Two ailing and take it!”
ans” and be
‘itt a ui of afte Saat
sidelong gases sekhlully and
bu
dal
ergies are entered, though it be Tt ying a an old
air of boots,
“Take Hy then, and lve me the shilling,” said
sort of desperation.
“ivan i Josplat?™ demanded Lord Neagle,
in a more authoritative
was ear aad the Jew, looking at
him, and superior adress, bowed
and said, eng a ing to ine ma, and eating
the coat upon a pile of similar merchandise be-
hind him
“Who v
« Eagle !— to him?”
” .
t! him?
‘The Jew rung a little bell. A tite iarveled
ent
, trotted in, oe one hand
din the other
an enormous quill wet with ink. |
“A gentleman wants to see Rabbi Jos:
phat,” sid the satewoan, in Hebrew.
Who?”
THE EFFECT OF EARL covrmeane’s APPEARANCE IN Hi9 OWN MANSION.
by my refusal of your onlin for_a loan.
Pardon me for epcaking French, but I do not
speak Englih well If it i not too cold ou oat
ait down, my lord.”
Lord Neagle took the seat he pointed out to bim
by the fountain in the
there was mutual embarrasment. "There W
something in the Aignity of the Jews air aud
le him hesitate to make known
the Duaess he came upon.
“How can I serve you
my lord 2?
bi?”
ees Dat is preparing to be presont at the
ceremony of the Barmizwvab to-day.
“What is that 2
“The reception of youths into the ranks of
men, when, in person, they take upon themselves
the vows and responses of the law and fait
of eur fa
ino i tthe
eu
“Israel, # on tai and with him twelve
ea
ers of me jewish Inds, at the
age of ute, ublily take these vows in the
sy ere pomembal to the rite of
confirmation ih your English ay:
«] thought you and itatipl ere rivals, and
Sherefore he Fefused. hie daughler Kelura fo your
son for wi
«No. Wee are rivals in Inisiness,” answered Jo-
“ But when I was Just here did I not find Absa-
Jom in great anger decause Salathiel had
refused bim his a Sanger aad if I mistake not,
ca, and seldom snes for the depth of his
isin nt?
“And does sbe love him?”
“As Rebecca k
“Ask Aim? ” loved Inne?
2 he asked, i father's ?
and ‘ooking at Lond Neagle through tho roand ee ‘more; for they hava had mine for tivo
glasses of his spectacles, which he held up before indeed, the two have loved one another
his eyes, or rather, one gimlet-loot for the | From childhood!”
g eve
right was extinguished, presenting only a film;
Ww monish on vateh—
on Ting on any ting?”
“I wish to do my business with your Rabbi!”
* Docsh he know vot you are?”
*Go and tell him Engle is here! Be quick—I
am in no humor
ing 0 is shop, a past
time which he ni morning sn
night, save hea ould draw into his den
pasting ens
through a long, narrow passage, which ed bya
. the Tite ela Jew had been the magician to create
thre open the A tall,
: ‘te a yee is ey youth ia
nitied ai
which fly Tighted up bi in ‘ht hand-
some features, advanced from a seat where he baal
mreaing by tbe fountain, and ing
rich and pleasant stoued ele,
hand, st will
in Fre
“ elon, my lord. Ihave not seen you for a
very long time. I feared you had taken offence
The little | sary
of affa- | mom
le wasfor a moment thonghtfl! He
great e °
gare bim of the domestie history of the family, be
reuolved ‘with an artfulness character!
120 of fo pave the way
ms he wished to bring aboat. He kne
that if he eoald waite personal interests and ina
idual considerations "with ion, he
ike)
, a8 if deciding upon a
plea of action, be suid impressively and ming —
“ Ranbi, I must eay one word to your #0
«J will send for him, But here the air is cold
We wil go into this room. He wil meet ws bere”
apping his han er, hare appeared a
young girl, of ten ver = with da eyes,
for Moorish she was with her mother, ‘hom Jose
Phat Bad rooght ftom Algiers as
rt | stopped and crosed her yon her beso,
id bent her bead sabinisivey sit wailing bis
wi
He gave her an ander tn the Arabic tongue, a
with a 2 sow Jo
eagle sa
open, and ie Young Tarnlive appear, He way
‘an apology to the rant aod Dastnel to meet the
young mah, whe at o1
you, oy Abaton” sid the
managing English nate as he
lis paseed hi
miliarly ianoah that of tie handeome young vem,
sunshine, aud for a moment | ni
surity 36
aa | not il me ‘a ‘that en your mind !”
ed him, and have not £0 me ny
Tozer they walked aside beneath the orange-
trees, which ‘The young
ma
=
z
E
lern Adonis,)
hut well formed, and he carried himself with a dig
ence
he was named, might have envied. His face was
jark, with a complexion of a tone rich and warm,
re Componnded with the mingled buotef the hazel
His large, and splen-
pith the felingsand Passion of bis
soul and being slightly almond-dhape, (a singular
beauty of the human eye.) that oriental ex:
the
daly alight
a rice,
vas in every sense a noble nresinen of bis na-
tion, His smile not only displayed good humor
ut a enperb set of ee Two of
gently oped én fingers glit
ressing-gown,
te
#5 a dem olet when oa
id Lord Neale, as he stopped | —
with the young 3 Jew near a young cedar of Leba-
noa, piously transplanted from the land of the
Fast “I have recently seen the fair Qaughter of
Where and | hen, my Tord2” asked the Jem, with | ms
A speaking English with a thoroughly
“At her father's seater evening. She is as
Yesutifal ag ever and Y'know Jores you es
wale But itis all vain, my lord, for us
to
a ave Feaon fo ‘a orherive(”
“Do you come to wer request?” he do-
manded, bis biliiant eyes arkting with interest,
“That shall be secret,” answered Lord Neagle,
smiling. “J assure you that I have discovered, it
matters not how, that she loves you. Her heart is
sealed to all other approaches.” You know that J
feel an interest in you, Absalom
Once!”
“Yes,and now. Your fathor has done me many
favors before Twas of age; and I only left him to
sevk the ai of Salathiet,boeouse be Uid not wish
to take ite securities I offered to him. But Ire
tained no anger, a3 my presenoe ere today
thows. have coe to ask ¥%
“Ta wh
“Io facing your futher to advance me a loan |»
ge amow
ivi for bis interest you will not require my
interposition 7
But the amount is so large? I need ie. bon-
red thousand pounds within one or to hours!”
The young Jew stared with incredulity at the
eaker.
“ Are you in earnest?
“Tam. Tam rel ae, at his disposal
Jewe els: oe the value as evo ty?
‘his is a ve it en
of a very lai
“If
great su
I ‘oa and ask ne influence with your
father, not only because I know you are a partner
im in bis private bank, but because 1 fear he
may ofeti to advancing go much.”
# Not i good! Tint I see you do
j but I will do sol Rumor has it
Salat Totuscs bis daughter to you because you
wreath by ovethrd as she pos
“ “Som ‘hr ave eevcaly rich?”
nit Josapbat's wealth is not your own,
white We tan Kotor’ sin her own tight, inherit!
te
Ketucee ine som
y you! T am forbidden to evo her? seks to sit
ed from her uncle and ber ‘mother, Salat
therefore, does not consider you m:
you have no wealth in your own Bght,and holly
look to your fathers i
ery true,” answered the yonng head,
J SY bed eplcona of this befret
Tt was, ethene, that, my father er took me into co
partnership with him?”
jut this does net belp your case,” sald the
subtle nobleman ; “for if your father hereby di-
‘Vides his wealth with You equally, Me makes bin
fel inferior in, opulence to Salata) sod fhe
baughty descendant of David still d
Ganeten simply. on your representation a bait
ur father’s weall.”
og man’s face beeame od, anal hes gb
heavily OMe pressed is hand tobi foe
i jaa ato oly tone of vote
bat there [tno hope for me! T shal ose
iracle confer upon me wealth
equal to her
“rete must be etal to fo her own; and yet, to be
rank with you, she may then not be given to
“ bat further obstacle interposes bid
“ Are
to get i through Pastamentt Bie hopes
sah ends are numerons_—to
can ‘how peat to lw removing ‘hed ay
Of Jour people, to sit in, “ibe Hou ‘of Con
nd mark you, is not wholly fron
rsonat ambition this Prince of David's Tine
among the rulers of the Gentle t
make i ‘Nazarine Church of the
bat to piace ‘is staughiee a peer among the proud
nd,
by assoring me that she still
You encourage me
loves me.
nw he desires a
possible, as you di
“Yes, my father would make any scrifice for
“That isenoagh, Let us join hima’
The two entered the room where “ne wealiby
man sat looking over his accounts, upon the page
of mich were the names not only of lords, but of
ladies, and even secret borrowers higher in rank,
Me looked up inguieingly.
“Rabbi, I have come bither to eay to you that
there has come into my jon a Jarge amount
of jewels, which are valued at not less than half a
million!” I wish you to go with me and see them,
and sdvance me gpon them two handred thousand
Pith J Jon's se brightened Ike the Tight of git
stones as bi It fell on bis
ears like the sa or oe ewepet 0 the soldier.
He sepea worls twice over, and then
asked:
“ “rom the continent?”
jswered Lord Neagle, after a moment's
besten at the lie.
ery large amount! Peskaps some prince
"Yea, T promised a ronda foreign prince—
to negotiate the loan for portant.
Will you go with me?”
jewelst?
“Yes Ihave a carriage near the door.”
iWheret How fart?
“Jn three quarters of an hour we will be th
For certain rrasons the place T do not wish yon 10
know, | You will content to be blindfolded ?
“Then Teannot go. ‘This looks suspicious”
“Tia not so futher, Tam Interested that you
should go—or let me go!” said Al
ose intereat bave you?”
colored, and whispered a few moment,
in bis After’ 66: ebook his
@ it so.
cannot be iindgtded.”
“wit en, by your prophets, and all
sacred to you, to Me the eccret of the place 2”
“Yes; for [need not take the jewels lifter T see
"The cupidity of the Jew was stronger than the
suspicions of the man, And mystery in his trade
was not so rare that he Spout 'aceline an orper-
tunity of making large w use there
secrecy and mystery.
Ina few minutes the two men, the nobleman and
the Jewish lender, were in the eareage which bad
brought the former up from the chatean at Cony-
NeareFord. As they drove paar through the
streets of Lond of the news
men selling “the Extra” ‘wus Proclaimed the
robbery in the Torver, fl oa Lord Neagle's ears
brows, and instantly clos
features betrayed no sign of its having reached his
‘The mind of the nobleman was relieved.
The h om urged forward, and in ball
an hour drew up at the entrance of ateau,
where, three hours before, ‘eet Nengle had et
the impatient earl in is sn
CHAPTER xvi.
daughters of England, and mary her to a THE JEWEL MERCHANT.
noble, about ten o'clock in the mornin;
g after
oom started as if a serpent glided | the ‘Sue ‘the Earl of Conybeare, who had
and ut tered an uma exelaa been impatiently expecting the ret im of Lord
toni in ‘he Tebow tongue while his face became | Neagle, sw the carriage drive up and his lordship
le with amazement and anger, light, accompanied by the Je whose pe rn
“Yan wo ords—can they be true?” well known to him. He bit his lip, ant
checked
Salathiel is too good a a Jew 9 to give bis daugh-
ter to an uncircumsized Christ
“ Ambition is greater than “at else! Asa Jew
gains nothing. Allied with a noUle house he
power, rank, social position! See D'Israeli!””
de!”
he
e
ge
“A renegade:
“No! but a glory and honor to our peopl cays
and thinks Salathiel, He would rather be D'ls
roel today than bimsel
nobleman baa bo fp slew sake
Hate
Sg:
4
ue
00 met
heiress! My fortunes I need not tell you bare
ing nobleman in similar
iMiculties “would be 10 umor
Salathiel’s ambition na taking her to wife.”
The young Jew groaned, and heat bis forehead
with rage and griet For a moment bis ¢yer
Dlazed as they rested upon Lard Neagle, whose
face remained calm and fam
“Bat I have come bither as yon rftiend! Thave
8 proposition 0 make to you. ou secure ®
e this morning om Dundred thousan
the jewels I have named, I will not a resign al
thought of the veal Ketun, but aid you in ob-
ind place in you hands
3
BE
g
=
a
‘3
oe
5
a
rE
8
#E
e
a
permitted to see her,
stera Is et fuer ia forbidding me iene
is to te a eeren eremony of our religion to
Ther
ands will be there Sith ber bes ther, Leet
the expression of satisfaction ‘hich the
the Taraelite caused.
impradent in
st mask, then !?
he place his kerchief as a vitor over hia features
lew the mtr moment entered ibrary,
shored in by the young nobleman, howe face
wrore an air of tri
“The man can betray the earl, in an
under ‘oe, «ite wil scone tishous again, if
trosted! “He ison oath
unite his interest
“He can be
sider I ave eo managed as to
with ours”
vil be advance the money 1
« Bem first to to we the er Pp
my closet to
the ve mia hich sey a Haden We need.
not go
55 much more fav atta, Will you go, my
Jord, and bring up the jewels, or shall 12”
“1 will go for them.”
» Tam afraid of Tinch-
sit va for ‘he man must be dead Be soon,
all Londoa is alive with the news!”
m wore the robbery?
wemen everywhere!
Kis by wonderful chance ae Jew bad not heard
it And, what ore, you
Here Lord Neagle inked Kime recollecting
that the earl baa sent news to his ange “of wie
‘being alive ow he hoped, at
should obtain ftom the Jew, to Py ed Gehis, ‘ed
retain his position in society to be i
see | rant sf hia attempted sl it
‘more 2” “
“Nothing my lord. Let us not delay. While
you 9 down, I will ep ny friend bere com
Plas he the money”
Twill go with you, ny Tord, bat I _
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