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THE GOLD-BUG.
BY EDGAR A. POE.
What ho! what hoi this fellow is dancing
mad I
He hath beea bitten by the Tarantula.
All in the Wrong.
Many years ago, I contracted?an inti
macy with a Mr. Wni. Legrand. Ho was
of an ancient Huguenot family, and had
unco been wealthy ; but a series of mis
I fortunes had reduced him to want. To
avoid the mortification consequent upon
his disasters, he loft New Orleans, the
city of his forefathers, and took up his
residence at Sullivan's Islaud near
Charleston, South Carolina.
The Island is a very singular one. It
"consists of little else than the Boa sand,
and ie about three miles loug. Its
breadth at no puiut exceed a quarter of
n. mile, It is separated from the maiu
land by a scarcely perceptible creek,
ooziug its way through a wildorucss of
rcuds and slitnc, a favorite resort of the
marsh-hcu. The vegetation, as might be
supposed, is scant. or at least, dwarfish.
No trees of auy magnitude are to be seen.
Near tho western extremity, where Eort
Moultne stuuds, and where are some tuis
erublo frame buildings, tcnauted. during
summer, by tho fugitives from Charles
ton dust and fever, may be iound, in
deed, the bristly palmetto; but tho
whole islaud, with tho exception of this
west n il poiut, and a line of hard, white
beach ou tho seu-cnast, is covered with a
dense undergrowth of the sweet myrtle,
so much prized by the horticulturists of
England. The shrub here oft?ii ?ttii??
tho height of fifteen or twenty loot, and
forms an almost impenetrable coppice,
burthouing the air with its fragrance.
In the inmost recesses of this coppice,
not fur from the cat-tern or more remote
cud of the island, Leg rand had built
himself a small hut, which he occupied
when I first, I<v mere accident, made his
acquaintance, ?.hia soon ripened into
friendship?lor there was much in the
recluse, to oxeite interest and esteem. 1
found him well educated, with unusual
powers of mind, but infected with urn
uutliropy, and subject to perverse moods
of alternate euthustaSUl and melancholy.
He hud with him many books, but rarely
employed them. His chief amusements
were gunning and fishing, or sauntering
ulottg the beach and through the myr
tles, in quest of shells or otomologicul
specimens: his collection of the latter
might have been envied by u Swammer
damm. In these excursions he was usu
ally accompanied by au old negro, called
Jupiter, who hud been manumitted be
fore the reverses of tho family, but who
could be induced, neither by threats nor
by promises, to abandon what he consid
ered his right of attendance upon the
footsteps of his young "MaSsa Will."
It is not probable that the relatives of
Legraud, conceiving him tobe somewhat
unsettled in intellect, had contrived to
instil this obstinacy into Jupiter, with a
view to the supervision und guardianship
of the wanderer.
The whites in the latitude of Sulli
van's islaud ave seldom very severe, and
in the fall of the year it is u rurc cveut
indeed when u fire is considered necessa
ry. About the middle of October,
18?, ihero occurred, however, a day
of remarkable chilliness. Just before
sunset I sera.i.hied my way through the
cver-grcens to tho hut of my friend,
whom 1 hud not visited for several weeks
?my residence being, at that time, iu
Charleston, a distance ot nine miles from
the island, while tho facilities of passage
and re-passage were fur behiud those of
the present day. Upon reaching the hut
I rapped, as my custom, and getting no
reply, sought for the key where I knew
i* was secreted, unlocked the door and
went in. A fiue tiro woj blazing upon
the hearth. It was a novelty, and by no
me,in . un ungrutelul ouo. I threw off
au overcou , took un arm-ehair by the
crackling logs, und awaited patiently tho
arrival of my host.
Soou utter dark they arrived, und gave
me a most cordial welcome. Jupiter
grinning Iroin ear to our, hustled ubout
to pre pure some marsh-hens for supper.
Legrand was in one of his fits?how else
shall 1 term them .'?of enthusiasm. Ho
had found un unknown bivalve, forming
u uew genius, and mure than this, lie
had hunted down and secured, with Ju
piter's assistance, a SC'irabdtU which he
believed to bo totally now, but in respect
to which ho wished to have my opiuion
on tho morrow.
"And why not to-aight?" 1 asked,
rubbing my hands over the blatc, aud
-1-T
wishing the whole tribe of u <u aba i at
th*e devil.
"Ab, if I had only krnmn you wore
here i" said Logrand, "but it's so long
since 1 saw you ; and how could I foresee
that you would pay mo a visit this very
night of all others? As I was coming
home I met Lieutenant G--, from tho
fort, and, very foolishly, I lent him the
bug ; bo it will be impossible- for you to
see it until the morning. Stay here to
night, and I will send Jup down for it
at sunrise. It is tho loveliest thing iu
creation. I"
"What ??sunrise ?"
"Nonsense ! no !?the bog. It is ol
a brilliant gold coler?about the sizo of
a large hickory nut?with - two jet black
spots near one extremity of the back,
and another somewhat longer, at the oth
er. The antennae ore?"
"Dcy aiut no tin in him, Massa Will,
I keep a tellin on you," here interrupted
Jupi'er; "do bug is a goolc bug, solid,
ebery bit of hiui, inside and all, sop him
wing?ueber feel half so hobby a bug iu
my life."
"Well, suppose it is, Jup," replied Lc
grand, somewhat more earnestly, it
seemed to me, than the case demanded,
?'is that any reason for your letting the
birds burn ? The color," hero he re
turned to me?"is really almost enough
to warrant Jupiter's idea. You never
saw a more brilliant metalic lustre than
the scales omit?but qf this you cannot
judge till to-morrow. Iu the meantime
I can give you some idea of the shape."
Saying this, he seated himself ut a small
tuble, on which were a pen und ink, but
no paper. Ho looked for sonic in u
drawer, but found none.
"Never mind," said he at length,
"this will answer; and he drew from his
waistcoat pocket a scrap of what I took
to he very dirty fools cap, and made upon
it a rough drawing with the pen. While
he did this, 1 retained my seat by the
lire, I r 1 was still chilly. When the
design was. complete, he.'.niid 'd it to me
without rising. As 1 received it, .? i .id
growl was heard, succeeded by a scratch
ing ut the door. Jupiter Opcued it, and
a large .Newfoundland belonging to Le
graud, rushed iu, leaped upon nay shoul
ders, and loaded me with caresses ; for 1
hud shown him much attention during
previous vi.-its. When his gambols were
over, 1 looked at the paper, und, to spcuu
the truth, found myself not a little pus
zled ut what my Irieud had depicted.
"Well !" I said, after contemplating it
for some minutes, "this is a strange
scaraba-.us, I must confess : new to nie :
never saw anything like it before?un
less it was a skull, or death's-head?
which it more nearly resembles than
anything else that has come under my
observation.
"A death's-head!" echoed Legrand?
? Oh?yes?well, it has something of that
adpearunco upon paper, nu doubt. Tho
two Upper black spots look like eyes, eh''
und the longer one ut the bottom like u
mouth?and then the shape ot the whole
is oval.
"Perhaps so," said I ; "but, Legrand,
I fear you are no artist. 1 must wuit
until I sec the beetle itself, if I am to
form any idea of its personal appearance."
"Well, I don't know," said he. a little
nettled, "I draw tolerably?should do it
ut least?have hud good masters und
flatter myself that 1 am tint quite a
bloekhcud."
"Hut, my dear fellow, you are joking
then," said I, "this is a very passable
skull?indeed, 1 may say that it is a
very excellent skull, according to the
vulgar notions about such specimens ot
physiology?and your scarabosui must be
the queerest scaraboens in tho world if is
resembles it. Why, we may got up a
very thrilling bit of superstition upon
this hint. I presume you will call the
bug searnitoftn* caj>ul hotilitiin oi some
thing of that kind?there are many
similar titles iu the Natural 11 istories.
Hut where are the antcnac you spoke
of r
"The antenaet"' ^aid Legrand, who
seemed to be getting unaccountably
warm upon the.subject; "I urn sure you
must sec tho antennae. I made them us
distinct us they arc in tho original insect,
and 1 presume that is sufficient."
"Well, well," 1 said, "perhaps you
have?still I don't see them j" nui 1
handed him the paper without an addi
tional remark, not wishing to rumple his
temper ; but I was much surprised at the
tut u ufluirs hud taken ; his ill humor
puzzled mo?and, as for the drawing of
the beetle, there were positively no an
tennae visible, and tho whole did bear a
very close resemblance to t he ordiuary j
cuts of a death's-hend.
ilc received the paper very peevishly,
und was about to crumple it, apparently
to throw it in the fire, when a casual
glance at the design seemed suddenly to
rivet his attention. In an instant his
face grew violently red?in another as
excessively palo. For sonic minutes he
continued to scrutinize the drawing
minutely where he sat. At length he
arose, took a candle from' the table, and
proceeded to seat himself upon a sea
chest in the farthest corner of the room.
Uere aguin he mndc nn anxious examina
tion of the paper; turning it in all direc
tions. He said nothing, however, and
his conduct greatly astonished me ; yet I
thought it prudcut not to exacerbate the
growing moodincss of his temper by any
comment. Presently he took from his
coat pocket a wallet, placed the paper
carefully in it, and deposited both in a
writing-desk, which he h?ckcd. He now
grew more composed in his demeanor;
but his nriginul uir of enthusiasm had
quite disappeared. Yet he seemed not
so much sulky as abstracted. As the
evening wore away he became more and
more absorbed in reverie, from which no
sallies of .. ine could arouse him. It
had been my intention to pass the night
at the hut, as I hud frequently done be
fore, seeing my host in this mood, I
deemed it proper to take leave. He did
not press iuc to remain, but, as I depar
ted, he shook my hand with oven more
than his usual cordiality.
It was about amouth after this (and
during the interval 1 had seen nothing
of Legraud) when I received a visit, at
Charleston, from his man. Jupiter. I
had never seen the good old negro look
so dispirited, und I feared that come
serious disaster had befallen my friend.
'?Well, Jup," said I. " What is the
matter now ??how is your master ?"
''Why, to speak de troof, mu^sa, him
not so berry well as mought be."
"Not well? I urn truly sirry to hear
it. What docs he complain of?"
"Dar? dat'n it ??him lieber plain
of notin?but him berry sick for all
dat."
" Very sick, Jupiter ??why didn't
you say ut once? Is he coufiued to
bed?"
"No, dut he aint ??he aint find no
whar?dot's just whar de shoe pinch?
my mind is got to be berry hebby bout
poor Mussa Will."
"Jupiter, I should like to understand
what it is you are talking about. You
say your master is sick, Hasn't he told
you what ails him ?"
? Why, mussa, taint worf while for to
git mad about do mutter?MaSSaWill
say noiliu ut all aint de matter wid him?
but deu what make him go about lookitig
dis hear way, wid he head down and he
soldiers up. and us white as a goso ?"
And deu he keep a syphon all de time?"
" Keeps u what, Jupiter?"
" Keeps a syphon wid the figgurs on
do s'ate?do qucuit st figgurs I ebber did
see. Ise giuiu to be skeercd, I tel! you.
Hap for to keep mighty tight eye pon
him noovera. I had a big stick ready
cut for to e.ib him deuced good beating
when ho did come?but Ise sich a fool
dut 1 hadn't do heart arter all?he look
so berry poorly."
" Kh ??what ??ah yes ??upon the
whole I think you had better not be too
severe with the poor follow?don't flog
him, Jupiter?he can't very well stund
it ? hut can you form no idea of what
has occasioned this illness, or rather this
change of COtiduct ? Has anything un
pleasant huppeuud since I saw you ?"
?' No. massa, dey uint bin uoffiu on
pleusent since deu?'twas /ore den I'm
feared?'twas dc berry day you was
duro."
" How ? What do you mean ?"
,,Why, uia^sa, 1 mean de bug?dare
now."
" The what ?"
" De bug?I'm berry sartuin dat
Massa Will bin bit somewhere bout the
head by dat gooledjug."
" And what cause havu you, Jupiter,
for such a supposition ?"
" Claws euuff, massa, nnd uiouff too.
I nebber did see sieh a deuced bug?he
kick and he bite ebery ting what cum
?ear him. Massa Will cot eh. him fuss,
but had for to la him go giu mighty
quick, I tell you?deu was de time he
must have got the bite. I didn't liko do
look ob do bug iliouff, myself, uo how,
so 1 wouldn't take hohl ob him wid my
linger, but I couteh him wid a peace ob
paper und stuff piece ob it iu he moutl'?
dut was de way."
" And you think, then that, your mas
ter w as re illy bitten by the beetle, and
that tho bite made him sick ?"
"I don't tiuk noffiu about k?I note
it. What make him dream bout de j
goole so much; if taint cause he bit bj
de goole-bng ? Ise hecrd bout dem goolc
bugs fore dis."
"But how do you know he dreams
about gold V j
"How I know ! why cause he talk
about it in he sleep?dat's how I nose." I
"Well, Jap, perhaps you are right;
but to what fortunate circumstance am I
to attribute the honor ol a visit from
you to-day?"
"What de matter, massa?"
"Did you bring any message from Mr.
Legraud ?'*
"No, inassa, I bring dis here piasel
and here Jupiter handed me a note
which ran thus :
My Dear
Why have I not seen you for so long
a time ? I hope yon hare not been no
foolish as to take offence at nny little
brusquerie of mine ; but no, that is im
probable.
Since I saw you I have hsd great
cause for anxiety. I have something to
tell you, yet scarcely know how to tell it,
or whether I should tell it nil.
I have not been quite well for some
days past, and poor old Jup annoys me,
almost beyond endurance, by his well
meant attentions. Would you believe
it ??he had prepared a huge stick, the
other day, with which to chastise me for
giving him the slip, end spending the
day, sulut, among the hills on the main
laud. I verily believe that my ill looks
alone saved me a flogging.
I have made no addition to my cabi
net since we met.
If you can, in any way, make it con
venient, come over with Jupiter. Do
come. I wish to see you to-night, upon
business of importance. I assure you
that it is of the highest importance.
Kvcr yours,
WILLIAM LEGRAND.
. here was something iu the tone of
this note which gave me great uneasi
ness. Its whole style differed materially
from that of Legrand. What could he
be dreaming oi ? What new crochet
possessed his excitable brain? What
?business of the high rst importance"
could he possibly have to transact? Ju
piter's account of him bode.I no good. I
dreaded lest the cootiuued pressure of
misfortune bad, at length, fairly unsettled
the reason of my friend. Without a
moment's hesitation, therefore, I pre
pared to accompany the ne^ro.
Upon reaching the wharf, I noticed a
scythe and three spades, all apparently
new, lying in the bottom of the boat in
which we were to embark.
"What is the meaning of all this
Jup?" I inquired.
"Him syfe, massa, end spade."
"Very true; but what arc they doing
here ?"
"Him de syfe and de spade what
Massa Will sis pon my buying for him
in do town, and de debbils own lot of
money I had t) gib for em."
"But what, in the name of all tnat is
mysterious, is your "Massa Will' going
to do with scythes and spades ?"
"Hat's more dan I kuow, and d-bbil
take me if I don't blieve 'tis more dan
he know, too. But it's all cum ob de
bug"
Finding that no satisfaction was to be
obtained of Jupiter, whose whole intel
lect seemed to be absorbed by "de bug,"
I now stopped into the boat and made
sail. With a fair and strong breese we
soon ran into the little cove to the north
ward of Fort Moultrie, and a walk of
some two miles brought us to the hut.
It was about throe in the afternoon when
we arrived. Legrand had been awaiting
us in eager expectation. He grasped
my hand with a uerious empressement
which alarmed me nod strengthen* 1 the
suspicion already entertained.?His
countenance was pale even to ghsstliness,
and his deep-sot eyes glared with un
natural lustre. Alter some inquiries
respecting his health. I asked him, not
knowing what better to say, if he hsd
yet obtained the scaraboeua from Lieu
tenant 0-.
"Ob, yes," he replied, coloring violen
tly, "I got it from htm the n*xt morning.
Nothing should tempt mo to part with
thai scaraboens. Do you know that
Jupiter is quite right sbsut it?"
"In what way ?" I asked, with a sad
foreboding at heart.
"In supposing it to be s bag of real
gold." lie said this with an air of pro
found seriousness, and I felt inexpress*
ibly shocked.
"This bug is to make mj fortune," he
continued, with a triumphant smile, "to '
reinstate tue in my family poesceeions.
Is it any wonder, then, that I prise it ?
Since Fortune bat thought fit to bestow
it up m me, I have only to use it proper
ly and I shall arrive at the gold of which
it is the index. Jupiter, bring me that
tcaraboeui!"
u Wbst I de bog, nassa f I'd rodder
not go fer trobble dat bug?yoo mos git
htm for your own self." Hereupon
Legrand arose, with a grave and stately
sir, and brought me the beetle from a
glass case its which it was enclosed. It
wss a beautiful scarabocux, and, at that
time, unknown to naturalists?of course
a great prize in a scientific point of view.
There were two round black epots near
one extremity of the baek, and a long
one near the other The scales were
exceedingly bard snd glossy, with all.
the appearance of burnished gold. The
weight of the insect was very remark*
able, and, taking all things into con
sideration, I could hardly blame Jupitcr
for his opinion respecting it; bat what
to mske of Legrand's concordance with
that opinion, I could not, for the life of
me, tell.
" I tent for you," said he, in a gran
diloquent tone, when I had completed
my examination of the beetle; "I sent
for yon, that I might hare your coun
sel and assistance in furthering the views
of Fate and of tlpbug"?
" My dear Legrand," I cried, inter
rupting him, "you are certainly unwell,
and had better use tome little precau
tions. Too shall go to bed, and I will
remain with you a low days, until you
get over this. Yoo ere feverish and"?
*' Feel my pulse," said he.
I felt it, and, to say the truth, found
not the slightest indication of fever.
" But you may be ill and yet hare
no Caver. Allow me this once to
prescribe for you. In the first place, go
to bed. In the next,"?
" Tou are mistaken," he interposed,
"I am as aa well as I can expect to be
under the excitement which I suffer.
If you really wish me well, you will re
lieve this excitement.'
" And how is this to he done?"
"Very easily. Jupiter and myself
are going upon an expedition into the
hills, upon the main land, and, in this,
expedition, we shall need the aid of
some person in whom we can confide.
You are the only one we can trust.
Whether we succeed or fail, the excite
ment whieh you now perceive in tue will
be equally allayed."
"I am anxious to oblige you in any
way," I replied; "but do you mean to
say that this infernal beetle has any con
nection with your expedition into the
hills?"
' It haar
''Theo, Legrand, I can become a par
ty to no such absurd proceeding."
'?I am sorry?very sorry?for we shall
have to try it by ourselvos."
' Try it by yourselves! The man is
surely mad 1?but stay !?how long do
you propose to be absent ?"
"Probably all night. We shall start
immediately, and be back, at all events,
by sunrise."
"And will you promise me, upon your
honor, that when this freak of yours it
over, and the bug business (good God !)
settled to your satisfaction, you will then
return home and follow my advice impli
citly as that of your physician ?"
'?Yea ; I promise, and now let us be
off, for we have no time to lose."
With a heavy heart I accompanied my
friend. We started about four o'clock
?Legrand, Jupiter, the dog, and my
self. Jupiter had with him the scythe
snd spades?the whole of whieh he in
sisted upon carrying?more through fear,
it seemed to me, of thrusting either of
the implements within reach of hie mas
ter, than from any excess of industry or
co?*piHift&nce. If ta ?demt'aaor xt>ss cjrged
in the extreme, and *? dat deueed bug"
were the sole words which escaped his
lips during the journey. For my ova
Cirt, I had charge of a couple of dark
nterns, while Legrand contented hiun
self with the $caraboru*, which he ?ar%
ried attached to the end of a bit of whip*
cord; twirling it to and fro, with the air*
of a conjuror, as ha wens. When |
observed this last, plain evidence of my
friend's aberration of mind, I could;
scarcely refrain from I oars. I though*
it best, however, to humor his fsncy, aft.
least for the present, or until I coujdj
adopt some more, ouergetio measures,
with a ohanoe of success In the mean,
time I endeavored, but all in vain, to.
sound him io regard to the object of the
expedition. Havi .g auooeoded in in
ducing too to accompany him, ho seemed]
unwilling to hold conversation, upon auy
topio of minor importance, and to all my
questions vooohaafed no o?he_ wh taa*
"we shall sec I"
(lb be CbafmW.)