| Show The Strange Story of La Sepulchre de Vallois Copyrltht 1S91J A short time OBO an nnelent and peculiarly pe-culiarly constructed boat was found beneath be-neath the watcis of lionaparte lake In Jefferson county In the Adirondack wilderness Tie boat was illiccmred on the rocky bottom of the lake ten feet under wntr and noar the mouth of Green Pond cave It wa In a decayed condition shotting that It had been under un-der water I for many yearn and waa modeled upon lines that Indicated It as the work of a foreign illder The dlscoiery ot this boat him revived re-vived recollection of n romance of the locality some three quarters of a century cen-tury ago and It Is I belleted that this nay now complete the story of the nyitctlous disappearance of Jean Val lola and Ms sncetheart n hen Joseph Bonaparte the ex king ot Spain nas In eillo In this country he spent his summers In the Adlron dacks which were not as well known then no Ihey oro now It wo a drean of the French refugees to form o great sftttement nt the foot of these moun tnln but tIl dream wn nvr tul lIUd and now 11 IOclaneholy Intrct altaches to the few half ulllterated traces of their carl but futile efforts Directly back ot this plateau nnd situated sit-uated Inland about tno miles Is I a se rludd Iht of water entlrl r ounded ly unusually heal timber and the fact that tho trails are In llstlnculshajle t 0 those not familiar with woodcratt Indicates that It Is I net don Mslted It Is I knonn to the guide a Orcn lake The banks of the little lake present n scene of desolation Tree 3 have fallen from year to year IIntll the shore Is I a mass of debrl blch ni Invpenetrille It require a considerable struggle with the drift wd to reach the Cao of the Sepul chr I1A the cavrn which look dowlI upon the lake Is I known to the guiles In front of this peculiar cae Is I it larei Hat rode which affords a resting place The entrance to the Cave ot tilt epulcher leads In through the solid rock nn < 1 consists of n pugagewy 0bout I 2 feet high and 0 feft broad x tending perhaps 10 feet wheie It i nd In an Irregular shaped chamber avr aging 1 15 feet square and 10 or 12 feet high A torch seems to make no 1m prslon on the pitchy darkness and the chamber Is I unplea antlr damp A photographic flashlight mn > reveal lora lor-a traction of a second another passa wa > leading beyond which has ne < been thorough explore The cavern I on uncann place and the hom of the hedgehog and ponilbly larger wild animal lIt oom noon As Its name suggests the cave hno a hlrtoo and the story Is closely and i painfully connected with the last lalt of Joseph Bonapirte duo de Bun el tiers to hIs Adirondack possessions On tbat visit came with him for the fourtlt tlm n oung man named Jean YaUol tbe youngr on of one of lion par tormr counel rs acting In the noml nol capodty 01 secretary Whn the prince left Lake Bonal nrte us a provo d tor the la1 lime young Yallols did not go wltb him Three week before he had dlappard moie 1I0nU and eaclually than If the waters ot the dp lak bad clood ovr him 11 a only alter a long search which was I hqwoIr entirety frultles that the pllneo departed for his home In Dordn town N J t I On the day of the dlapparanc of Vallols a young girl the daughter ot one of the Flench settlers who resided resid-ed a fen mile s from the lake called at with b him bO Gallantry was not 1 seriously I I frowned upon In the house of the prince I and It was ah open sicret that nllols I had tormed on Jndleree oUachmt i to the wetty mountln maid At the clos of the Intenle the girl dlsap I peared over a blind tmll which led to the Intel lor of the torel leaving Yal M lots dejected < td and very much abstract ed At the dinner hour he too was found to be absent With Btl UntIfactory reference to the disappearance of Vallols and tho search which was mad for him a search In which the friends of the girl setm ti havo Joined and tho grief of the prince nt the loss of his favorite tho story ot Vallols In tho memoirs of Bonaparte ends The lore years went slowly by anI another generation came upon the svcne One da a ourveHns party op erating to tho eastward of Lake Bona pane canned on the high ban s of Oren lake Larly tile next morning ODe ot the party discovered the entrance to the cave The services of the guides wr e enlisted and a portion was ex plord with tbe aid ot pin torch In one cornr WaS toulld a qunntlty of hones w hiph the surveyor Insisted Ito I wero those of ahumnn t being On reluming to the camp 11 dleulon aroe and I Woo cltermlncd to male a more thoro ough estimation A second expedition Into the cave led to finding a sufficient number ot the scattered bones to Indicate that they wero tho ot a man and n wonull Jut before leaving the cave the guide picked up a tarnished coin One Ide of the coin was burnished and It proved to ben be-n Spanish gold coin with tho efflTy of Joseth jlonnparte It has frequently been Identified as one of the coIn given by Bonaparte to his friends no souve C nirs nnd It la I generally believed by the mountain folk that It was carried to the cave b the unfortunate necietary lion allols and liH sweetheart reached reach-ed the cave If an Is generally believed they Indeed perished there has been heretofore a realed chapter In the his tory The bones weie carefully collect cd and burled on the bank above the cive and a marked tree Indicates the spot Ln Sepulchre hna given up Its dead and nt last the waters of the like inve revealed how tho lovers reached Ihlr lace of rtrt nnd M halnc lost their boat hey were left wlthoul the means ot escape |
