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TItIE GOLD-BUG.
BY EDGAR A. POE.
What ho! what ho! this fellow iB dancing
niad !
He hath, beea bitten by the Tarantula.
All in the Wrong.
Many years ago, I contracted an inti
macy with a Mr. Wm. Legrand. Ho was
of nn nncieut Huguenot family, and had
unco been wealthy ; but a series of mis
fortunes had reduced him to want. To
avoid the mortification consequent upon
his disasters, ho loft New Orleans, the
city of Iiis forefathers, and took up his
residence nt Sullivan's Isluud noar
Charleston, South Carolina.
The Island is a very singular ono. It
'consists of little else than the soa sanl,
and is ubout three miles loug. Its
breadth at no poiut exceed a quarter of
a mile. It is separated from the main
land by a scurcely perceptible creek,
ooziug its way through a wilderness of
rcuds and sliinc, a favorite resort of the
marsh-hen. The vegetation, as might be
supposed, is scant, or at least; dwarfish.
No trcc8of any maguitude are to be seeu.
Near the western extremity, where Fort
Muultric stands, and where are some mis
erable frame buildings, tenanted, during
summer, by the fugitives from Charles
ton dust and fever, may be iound, in
deed, the bristly palmetto; but the
whole islaud, with the exception of this
western poiut, und a line of hard, white
beach on the seu-cnast, is covered w'th a
dense undergrowth of the sweet myrtle,
so much prized by the horticulturists of
Etigland. The shrub here often attains
the height of filteen or twenty feet, and
forms an ulmost impenetrable coppice,
burtheuing the air with its fragrance.
In the inmost recesses id' this coppice,
not far from the eastern or more remote
end of the isluud, Legrand had built
himself a small hut, which he occupied
when 1 first, by mere accident, made his
acquaintance. Ilm soon ripened into
friendship?for there was much in the
recluse to excite interest and esteem. I
found him well educated, with unusual
powers of mind, but infected with mis
uutbropy, and subject to perverse moods
of alternate eutbUstaSUl and melancholy.
He bad with him many books, but rarely
employed them. His chief umusctueuts
were gunning and fishing, or sauntering
along the beuch und through the myr
tles, in quest of shells or etninologicu)
specimens: his collection of the lutter
might have been envied by a Swatmner
damtn. In these excursions he wus usu
ally accompanied by an old negro, called
Jupiter, who had been munumitted be
fore the reverses of tho family, but who
could be iuduecd, 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 and guardianship
of the wanderer.
The winte s in the latitude of Sulli
van's islaud ure seldom very severe, and
in the fall of the year it is a rare event
indeed when u fire is considered uccessa
ry. About the middle of October,
18?, ihero occurred, however, a day
of remarkable chilliness. Just before
sunset I scran.bled my way through the
cver-grcens to the hut of my friend,
whom 1 hud not visited for several weeks
?my residence being, at that time, iu
Charleston, a distuueu ol nine miles from
the island, while the facilities of passage
and re-passage were fur behind those of
the present day. Upon reaching the hut
1 rapped, as my custom, and getting no
reply, sought for the key where I knew
it was secreted, unlocked the door and
went in. A fiue fire WOJ blazing upon
the hearth. It wus a novelty, and by no
means uu uugruteiul one. I threw off
an ovcrcoa , took an arm-chair by
crackling logs, and awaited patiently the
arrival of my host.
Soon alter dark they arrived, and gave
me a most cordial welcome. Jupiter
grinning trout ear to ear, hustled about
to prepare some m-Msli-hcns for supper
Legrand wus in one of Iiis fits?how else
shall 1 term I hem .'?of enthusiasm. He
had Iound un unknown bivulve, formiug
a uew genius, and mure thuu this, bu
hud hunted duwn and secured, with Ju
piter's assistance, a tcarut?tiiu which he
believed to bo totally new, but in respect
to which he wished to have my opiuion
oil the morrow.
"And why not to-night?" I asked,
rubbing my hands over the blaze, and
wishing the whole tribe of scaruboei at I
the devil.
"Ah, if I had only kaopro you wore
here 1" said Legrand, "but it's no long
since 1 saw you ; and how could I foresee
that you w:;'.:!;! pay rsc - visit this very
night of all others? As I was coming
houic I met Lieutenant G--, from the
fort, and, very foolishly, I lent him the
bug ; so it will be impossible for you to
see it until the morning.' Stay here to
uight, and I will Bend Jup down for it
at sunrise. It is the loveliest thing in
creation.!"
"What ??sunrise 7"
"Nonsense! no!?the bug. It is of
a brilliant gold color?about the sizo of
a large hickory nut?with - two jet bluck
spots near one extremity of the back,
and another somewhat longer, at the oth
er. The antenna' are?"
" Duy aint no tin in him, Massa Will,
I keep a tcllin on you," here interrupted
Jupi'er; "do bug is s> goule bug, solid,
ebery bit of him, inside and nil, sep him
wing?ncber feel half so hebby a bug in
my me.
"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," here he re
turned to me?"is really almost enough
to warrant Jupiter's idea. You uever
suw u mure brilliant metulic lustre than
the sealrs emit?but t*f this you cannot
judge till to-morrow. In the meantime
I can give you some idea of the shape."
Saying this, he seated himself at a small
table, on which were u pen und ink, hut
no papor. lie looked fur some iti u
drawer, but found none.
"Never mind," said he at length,
' this will answer ; and he drew from hi.>
waistcoat pocket a scrap of what 1 took
to be very dirty fools cap, and made upon
it u rough drawing with the pen. While
he did this, 1 retained my seat by the
tire, f r 1 was still chilly. When tlie*
desigt) was. complete. he^Vanded it to mo
without rising. As I received it, a i -od
gmwl was heard, succeeded by a scratch
ing ut the door. Jupiter opened it, and
a large Newfoundland belonging to Le
grand, rushed in, leaped upon me; shoul
ders, and loaded tue with caresses j for 1
had shown him much attention during
previous visits. When his gambol.-, were
over, 1 looked at the paper, and, to speak
the truth, found myself not n little put
tied at what my h ie ml had depicted.
'?Well !" I said, after contemplating it
for some minutes, "this is a strange
mcarabaius, I must confess : new to me :
never saw anything like it before?un
less it wits u skull, or death's-head?
which it more nearly resembles than
anything else that has come under my
observation.
"A death's-head !" echoed Logrand?
1 Oh?yes?well, it has something of that
adpearunco upon paper, no doubt. The
two upper black .-pots look like eyes, eh?
and the longer one at tin bottom like a
mouth?and then the shape ol the whole
irt oval.
"1'erhaps so," said I ; "but, Lcgrand,
I feur you are no art i.-t. 1 must wait
until I sec the h.-cti.- itself, if I am to
formauy idea of its personal appearance."
"Well, 1 don't know," said he. a little
nettled, "1 draw tolerably?should do it
ut least?have had good masters and
flatter myself that I am not quite a
blockhead."
"Hut, my dear fellow, you are joking
then," said I, "this is u very passable
skidl?indeed, 1 may say that it is u
very excellent skull, according to the
vulgar notions about such specimens ut
physiology?and your scarabutut must be
the (pteerest tcaruboetU in the world if is
resembles it. Why. we may get up a
very thrilling bit of superstition upon
this hint. I presume yoo will call the
bug scaraltoens oaput hominis) ur some
thing of that kind?there are many
similar titles in the Natural Histories.
Hut where are the antenae you spoke
of?"
"Tho untenur!" said Legrand, who
seemed to be getting unaccountably
warm upou the.subject; "I am sure you
must sec thu antennae. 1 made them as
distinct us they ure in thu original insect,
and I presume that is sufficient."
"Well, well," I said, "perhaps you
huve?still I tlun't see them;" an 1 1
handed him the paper without an addi
tional remark, nut wishing to rumple his
temper ; but I was much surprised at the
turu aOuirs hud taken ; his ill humor
puzzled me?uud, as for the drawing of
tho beetle, there were positively no an
tenna? visible, . ibu whoic did bear a
very closo resemblance to tho ordiuary
cuts of a deathVhcnd.
lie received the puper 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 some 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 furthest curuer uf the room.
Here again he made an anxious examina
tion of the paper; turning it in all direc
tions. He said nothing, however, and
his conduct greatly atitonixhed me; yet I
thought it prudcut not to exacerbate the
growing mnodiness 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 locked. He now
grew more composed in his demeanor;
but his original air of enthusiasm had
quite disappeared. Vet he seemed not
so much sulky as abstracted. As the
evening wore away he became more and
more absorbed in reverie, from which no
sullies of .. ine could arouse him. It
had been my intention to pass the night
at the hut, as I had frequently done be
fore, seeing my host in this mood, I
deemed it proper to take leave. He did
not press me to remain, but, as I depar
ted, be shook my band with oven more
than his usual cordiality.
It was about amouth after this (and
during the interval I had seen nothing
of Legraud) when I received a visit, at
Charleston, from his man. Jupiter. I
bad never seen the good old negro look
sn dispirited, und I feared that some
serious disaster had befallen my friend.
-Well, Jup," said I. " What is the
mutter now??how is your master?"
'?Why, to speak de troof, massa, him
not so berry well as mought be."
"Not well? I am truly sorry to hear
it. What docs he complain of?"
"Dar? dat's it ??him neber plain
of not in?but him berry sick for all
dat."
'* Very sick. Jupiter ??why didn't
you say ut once? Is he coufiued to
bed ?"
"No, dat he aint ??be uint find no
whar?dat's just wliar de shoe pinch?
my mind is got to be berry hebby bout
poor Massa 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 biui ?"
"Why, massa, taint worf while for to
git mad about du mutter?Massa Will
suy nofliu at all aint de mutter wid him?
but den what make him go about looking
dis bear way, wid he bead dowti and he
soldiers up, and as white as a goso ?"
And den he keep n syphon all de time?"
" Keeps ii what, Jupiter?"
" Keeps a syphon wid the figgurs on
de slate?do qucerfst figgurs I ebber did
see. Ise giiiiu to be skeered, I tell you.
I lap for to keep mighty tight eye pon
him UOOVers. I bad a big stick ready
cut for to ejb him deuced good beating
when be did come?but Ise sich a fool
dat I hadn't de heart arter all?he look
so berry poorly."
"Kb??what??ah yes??upon the
whole I think you bad better not be too
severe with thu poor fellow?don't flog
him, Jupiter?lie can't very well stund
it ? but can you form no idea of* what
has occasioned this illness, or rather this
change of conduct ? Has anything un
pleasant happened since I smy you ?"
?' No. massa, (ley uint bin uoffin on
pleasent since den?'twas jure den I'm
feared?'twas dc berry day you wat>
dare."
How ? What do you mean?"
,,Why, massa, 1 menu de bug?dare
uow."
" The what?"
?? Do bug?I'm berry sartain dat
Massa Will bin bit souicwhere bout tho
head by dat goole-bug."
" And what cause have you, Jupiter,
for such a supposition ?"
" Claws enutr, massa, and uiouff too.
I nebber did seo sich a deuced bug?he
kick and he bite cbery ting what cum
near him. Massa Will cotch him fuss,
but bad lor to kt him go gin mighty
quick, I tell you?den wus de time he
must have got the bite. I didn't like de
look ob do bug inouff, myself, no how,
so 1 wouldn't take hold ob him wid my
finger, but I coutch him wid a peace ob
paper und stuft" pieco ob it in ho uioutf?
dat was de way."
" And you think, then, that your mas
ter was really bitteu by the beetle, and
that tho bite made him sit*; ?"
"I don't tiuk Doffiu about it?I domo
it. What make him dream bout de
goole so much ; if taint cause he bit by
de goole-bug f Ise heerd bout dem goole
bugs fore dis."
"But bow do you know he dreams
about gold ?"
"How I know ! why cause he talk
about it in he sleep?-dat's how I nose."
"Well, Jup, perhaps you are right;
but to what fortunate circumstance am I
to attribute the honor ot a visit from
you to-day ?"
"What de matter, masse?"
"Did you bring any message from Mr.
Legrand ?'*
"No, inassa, I bring dis here piasel;"
and here Jupiter handed me a note
which ran thus :
My Dkar
Why have I not seen you for so long
a time y I hope you have not been so
foolish as to take offence at any little
brusquerie of mine ; but no, that is im?
probable.
Since I saw you I have had great
cau-'c for anxiety. I have something to
tell you, yet scarcely know how to tell it,
or whether I should tell it all.
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 yon believe
it ??he had prepared a huge stick, the
other day, with which to chastise me for
giving him the slip, and spending the
day, solus, among the hills on the main
luud. 1 verily believe that my ill looks
alone saved me a flogging.
I have made no addition to my cabi
i . *
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 LEORAND.
. here was something in the tone of
this note which gave me great uneasi
ness. Its whole style differed materially
from that of Legrund. What could he
be drenmiug oi ? What new crochet
possessed his excitable brain ? What
"business of the high t importance"
could Ac possibly have to transact? Ju
piter's account of him bode! no good. I
dreaded lest the continued pressure of
misfcrtuue had, at length, fairly unsettled
the reason of my friend. Without a
moment's hesitation, therefore, I pre
pared to accompany tho neuro.
Upon reaching the wharf, I noticed a
scythe and three spades, all apparently
new, lying iu the bottom of the boat in
which we were to embark.
"What is the meaning of all this
Jup?" I inquired.
''Him syfe, massa, and spade."
"Very true; but what are they doing
here ?"
"Him de syfe and de spade what
Massa Will sis pon my buying for him
in de '.own, 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 "Masse Will' going
to do with scythes and spades ?"
"Dat's more dan I kuow, and debbil
take me if I don't blieve 'tis more dan
he know, too. But it's all cum ob de
I bug."
Finding that no satisfaction was to be
obtained of Jupiter, whose whole intel
lect seemed to be absorbed by "de bug,"
I now steppt.\ 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 three in the afternoon when
we arrived. Legrand had been awaiting
us in eager expectation. He grasped
my hand with a uerious empressemmt
which aiariucd me and strengtuciied ihe
suspicion already entertained.?His
countenance was pale ev.m to ghastliness,
and his deep-set eyes glared with un
natural lustre. After some inquiries
respecting his health. I asked him, not
knowing what better to say, if he had
yet obtained the tcaraboeua from Lieu
tenant G--.
"Oh, yes," he replied, coloring violen
tly, "I got it from him the next morning.
Nothing should tempt me to part with
thai scaraboem. Do you know that
Jupiter is quite right aheut it t"
"In what way ?" I asked, with a sad
foreboding at heart.
"In supposing it to be a bug of real
gold." lie said this with an air of prr>
fouud seriousness, and I felt inexprces*
iMy shocked.
"This bug is to make my fortune," he
continued, with a triumphant smil?? ?to
reinstate ma in my family possession*,
la it any wonder, theo, that I prize it t
Since Fortune has thought fit to bestow
U upon me, I hare only to use it proper
ly and I shall arme at the gold of which
it ia the indes. Jupiter, bring me that
tcarabotus !"
?'What! de bog, massa ? I'd rudder
not go fer trubble dat bag?you mua git
htm for your own self." Hereupon
Legrand arose, wits a grave and stately
air, and brought me tue beetle from a
gloss case in which it was enclosed. It
waa a beautiful scarabocux, and, at that
time, unknown to naturalists?of course
a great prime in a scientific point of view.
There were two round black rrrtta near
one extremity of the baek, and a long
one near the other The scales were
exceedingly hard and glossy, with all .
tho appearance of burnished gold. The
weight of the insect was very remark
able, and, taking all things into con*
sideration, I could hardly blame Jupiter
for his opinion respecting it; but what
to make of Legrand's concordance with
that opinion, I could not, for the life of
me, tell.
" I sent for you," said he, in a gran
diloquent tone, when I had completed
my examination of the beetle; "I eent
for you, that I might have yoar coun
sel and assistance in furthering the views
of Fate and of the bug"?
" 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 ft* days, until you
get over this. You are feverish and"?
" Feel my pulse," said he.
I felt it, and, to say the truth, found
not the slightest indication of fever.
II But you may be ill and yet have
no fever. Allow me this once to
prescribe for you. In the first place, go
to bed. In the next,"?
" You are mistaken," he interposed,
"I am as on 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 be 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 ore the only one we can trust.
Whether we succeed or fail, the excite
ment whioh you now perceive in me will
be equally allayed."
"I am anxious to oblige you in any
way," I replied; "but do you mean to
say that this inferno) beetle has any con
nection with your expedition into the
hills?"
? It haa?"
''Thea, 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 ourselves."
"Try it by yourselves! The man is
surely mad !?but stay !?how long do
you propose to be absent ?"
"Probably all night. We shall start
immediately, and be back, at all avents,
by sunrise."
"And will you promise me, upon your
honor, that when this freak of jours is
over, and the bug business (good God !)
settled to your satisfaction, you will then
return home and follow my adviee impli
citly as that of your physician ?"
"Yes ; I promise, oud 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
and spadea?the whole of which he in
sisted upon carrying?more through fear,
it seemed to me, of thrusting either of
the implements within reach of his mas
ter, than from any oxcetss of industry or
complaisance. H is demeanor was dogged
in the extreme, and ** dat deuced bug"
were the sole words which esciped hie
lips during the journey. For my own
Cirt, I hod charge of a couple of dark
oterns, while Legrand contented him*,
self with the Mcaraboru*, which he ear-,
ried attached to the end of a bit of whip*
cord; twirling it to and fro, with tho air
of a conjuror, as he won*. When \
observed this lost, plain evidence of my
friend's aberration ol mind, I eoaldi
scarcely refrain from tears. I thought
it best, however, to humor his fancy, afc
least for the preceut, or until I ooojdl
adopt some more, oo+rgetio measures,
with a ohanee of success In the mean,
time I endeavored, but all in vain, to.
sound him iu regard, to tho object of the
expedition. Hav^.g aj*ocooded in in
ducing me to accompany him, he seemcr)
uuw-illing to hold ooAvcrsatton upon aujr
topio of minor importance, sod to all my
I questions rr.ushrafed 3c oWW* rrr% tha*\ .
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