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w smdmsw 2 ?. - ' .-/ -IzW ^ ZSSUX1Z> TWICE A WBUK-WEDNESljAY AND FRIDAY. _ l. m. grist & sons, publishers. J g. <J[anulg gteirspaper: |for the promotion of the political, ?oriat, gUjricutturat, and Commercial Interests of the ?outh. _ {ter^ng^'c^ VOL. 41. ~~ YORKVILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1895. ~~ FROM WALL STRE VIA THE PRI BY AUSTIN Copyright, 18B5, by the Author. CHAPTER V. Finally, as the result of many debates, we resolved to abandon the Bank of England matter temporarily, possibly forever, because it was too dangerous, and the delay would be too great Our new plan was to go to South America on a buccaneering expedition, there being no cable in 1872, and it took, as we ?A A /InTTfl fA can/) a uscerutiLieu. *v uujo w M .v?w. from Rio di Janeiro to Europe and get a reply, so that if we executed an operation boldly and well we might hope for anything. Our plan was, in the main, similar to the one we had lately need with so much 8U0C06S in Germany and France. Only in this case we proposed to use the credit of the London and Westminster bank, and therefore obtained the documents required to carry through such an operation successfully. The steamer Lusitania of the Pacific Steam Navigation company was advertised to sail on the 12th, and we determined to go by her. Modern buccaneers indeed were we, engaged in a nineteenth century piratical descent upon the shores of South America. Instead of the burly, much beweaponed pirate of other years we were mild mannered, soft spoken, cour teous youngbters, yet our steel pen and bottle of ink were more deadly instruments, or at least of snrer fire and of better aim, than the long toms and horse pistols of the piratical braves of the seventeenth century. The Monday before we sailed for Brazil I called at the bank and told the submanager that I was going to St Petersburg and on to southern Russia for a time to inspect some work I was doing there, and I purposed to withdraw my acoount . He begged me not to do so, said many flattering fhipg#-kune and tugfd that it would be convenient to have an open account in London. "Well," I said, looking at my passbook, "I see I have ?2,885 to my credit I will' leave the odd ?35 with you. " He instantly acquiesced. Had be said, "No, you most leave at least ?300, as our rules require," 1 should have said all right and have made it ?500. I drew out the ?2,300 at once, intending to deposit ' ?300 before leaving London, but in the haste of onr preparations I neglected it, and my balance at the bank stood ?35 for all the weeks I was on our piratical cruise to the Spanish main. Storing most of onr baggage in London, we took the train to Liverpool, and, purchasing tickets for Rio, we went on board the good shin Lusitania. The firm of Mana in Rio was the most considerable in all South America, and Mac's introductions were to this firm. The plan was for Mao to present himself to Maua & Co., and to draw within 24 hours at least ?10,000, so as to make sure of onr expenses, and a day or two before steamer day to arrange for a very large sum, ?20,000 qr ?30,000. Fate, providence, call it what you will, seldom fails to upset wrongdoing, making it rocky for the wrongdoer. By an irony of fortune we carried with ns that which was going to balk all, or nearly all, our fine schema In our letters of credit in some mysterious way the name of the subruonager of the London and Westminster bank had been omitted, although this was absolutely essential to the validity of the letters. There was also another error, an error of such an extraordinary nature?thatof spelling "indorse" with a "o"?that it is enough to make any man contemplating an unlawful act despair of success, since, we oould be defeated by so mySterions and unforeseen accidents. A few hours after our arrival Mao called at the bankers' and was well received by the manager. He told him of his credits for ?5,000 to ?20,000 each, and that he should ' want ?10,000 the next day. Would they have it ready? The next day he went to the bank, George and myself being posted outside. In ten minutes he reappeared with a square bundle under his arm. He smiled as he passed us, and, turning a corner, entered a cafe, where we joined him His bundle contained ?10,000 in Brazilian bank notes. He assured us that everything was serene at the bank; that he could have ?100,000 if he wanted to ask for it. The next day Mao went to the bankers again and was requested by the manager to show the letter of credit on which was indorsed the ?10,000 he had drawn ngainst it Looking at the letter, the manager said: "This is singular. There is only tho name of Mr. Bradshaw, the manager, on this letter. J. P. Shipp, the submanager's name, should bo on the credit as welL " And then ho went on to say that some time 6iuco they had been notified by the London bank that all letters issued by them would bear two signatures. Mac was a man of nerve, but it required all he had not to betray his uneasiness. Ho said he really could not say how the omission had occurred; he supposed it must have been accidental, but ho would examine his other letters as sogu as be went back to the hotel. Tho look of chagrin and vexation on Mac's face when he came out was a sight to see and one that is as vivid in my memory now as in that faroff day in 1872. What a sea of misery rolls between then and now 1 He went direct to the hotel, ana there George and I soon joined him. We sat down and looked at each other. The game apparently was up, and we wort a sorely disgusted party. We did not fall out with or reproach each other, but felt we deserved a kicking. We did not ask each other any questions, but 1 know our faces all wore a sodly puzzled look as we repeated mentally, "How could we have made snob an oversight?" But soon another blunder?the misspell* 4 ward?was to _crgp ^ip that went to the little door, and, opening it, looked in. To my intense relief I saw Mac sitting there apparently talking unconcernedly with Braga, the manager, and the Hebrew. As I had not attracted attention I closed the door, went ont in the street and gave George the prearranged signal that all was welL Just then our partner emerged, but with a telltale face It was flushed with chagrin and vexation, and there was gone from the contour of his body that indescribable part that tells, better than words, of confidence and victory. We went by different routes to our rendezvous, and I will leave it to *he imagination of my readers to p.'oturs | our state of mind as we listened tc h*s recital of woe?the tale of Priam's Troy over again. Mao had been cordially received by the manager, and had told him he would require ?20,000 the next day; would he please have it ready? The manager replied that he did not require any more exchange on London, but that he would send out for his broker, who would sell his bills on the exchange. He (the manager) would indorse the bills of exchange and indorse the amounts on his letters of credit Of course Mao could only acquiesce, and Mr. Braga sent a clerk to his broker, Mr. Meyers, to come around. This was the sharp eyed Hebrew whom I saw enter. The manager introduced Meyers to "Mr. Gregory Morrison" and explained that he was to sell exchange for ?20,000 on Morrison's credit, which the bank would indorse. Meyers said, "Please show me your letters." Putting his ET TO NEWGATE. MROSE WAY. BIDWELL. f made this one of the omitted name seem as a fly to an eagle Mao and I thonght the game np and were mentally planning for flight But George, being a man of extraordinary courage and resource as well, declared we oould and would retrieve the blunder. He declared a bold step must be taken; that as the bankers bad only seen the one credit the name of Shipp, the submanager, must be instantly put on the others. We had the genuine signature of J. P. Shipp on a draft, and Mac at once sat down to write it on all the letters. It was a trying ordeal for him, Mac's nerves having had a wrench. He was a temperate man, but under the circumstances we advised him to take a glass of brandy to steady his nerves. Theu placing the genuine signature before him and the forged letters he began to pnt in the name. The signatures were not well written, but under the trying circumstances it was wonderfully well done.' All this had taken place within half an hour after he had left the bank. It was a trying ordeal, but Mao was quite willing to do as George advised, which was that he should take several of the letters nnd march boldly into the bank and say: "Here are my letters; they are all right Both signatures are on all my letters but the one, and from that the second signature has been unintentionally omitted.n George's last word to Mac was: "Rely on us to extricate you from anything. Keep cooL Act up to the character you have assumed. They can never fathom that the names could have been written in so short a time. Boldly offer them more exchange on Loudon, and if there is any hesitation say you will transfer your business to the English bank of Rio at once." He started on his decisive errand, folftTwed by/as in a miserable state of anxiety. He ^nHrnt long in thn bank, but returned empty handed! tTp&a meeting qt the designated place he informed us the manager was evidently agreeably surprised when shown the letters with both signatures and transferred the indorsement from the letter that had but one signature to one with two. Once more we bad matters all right and the broken place patched np again, but it behooved as not to do so any more. But we did. The steamer we purposed to load our money on and ourselves, too, was the Chimborazo, advertised to arrive on Tuesday and to leave for the river Plate and the west coast the next day. So it was agreed that on Monday Mac should go to the bank and arrange to cash his letters for ?20,000 or ?80,000 and go the next day for the money. Monday came We expected a nervous day, not suoh a paralyzingly nervous one as it proved to be In fact, a nervous Tuesday followed a nervous Monday. My reader must remember that we were in the tropics, with a blazing sun looking down on us with an intensity that made one long for Green laud's icy mountains to cool us. We went into the public park for our last consultation before our fortune, which never came, was to coma Mac had in the little morocco oase in his pocket two letters, each for ?20,000. Certainly no man in the world but himself could have carried off such a game played for such high stakes. Handsome in person, faultless in address, cool in nerve, a master of all the languages spoken in Rio?Portuguese, Spanish, Italian and French. Above all, he had a boundless confidence in himself. What an honorable future might have been his but for his youthful follies 1 Truly he could have achieved a wonderful success in any honorable career. Unhappily for him, he, like thousands of our brain iest youth, had entered the Primrose Way. In our youthful fire and thoughtlessness we saw only the flowers and hoard the siren's songs, but at last the Primrose Way led, us down into a gloom whero all the flowers withered and the gay songs turned into dirges. Looking at his watch, Mac jumped up, saying, "It Is 10:45 and time to be off." So he started for the bank, we following at sum? distance, our nerves all on the stretch We felt that our lives and fortunes were trembliug in the balance. While watching we saw several persons enter or leave the bank, and still our friend delayed his appearance To our suspicious minds there ap peared to be strange movements about the bank that boded ill for us. A thou sail a suspicious uum ui um iu<ua aiid went through onr minds until at last, uuable to eiidare the suspense, 1 entered the bank myself and stood there, pretending I was waiting for some one. I sharply scrutinized every one and everything. Mac was somewhere out of sight in the private offices The clerks were gossiping together, and that to me was suspicious. Then, to my alarm, a bank clerk entered from the street with an eagle eyed man, a He brew evidently, of about 45 years of age Both passed hurriedly into the private office, leaving me in an agony of suspensa My only relief at that moment was the thought that George and my self had not as yet compromised ourselves, and could, in the event of Mac's arrest, manage to 6ave him, either by bribery or a rescua Without appearing to do so I watched that dingy, mottled door leading into the private office.until every crack and seam in it was photographed indelibly on my brain. In the trying periods of one's life, when the heart and soul are on the rack, how strangely trifling details of the objects about one will be noticed and remembered. It seems some cell of the brain, quite separate from the cell of feeling and sensation, works calmly and steadily on, photographing the material of one *8 surroundings. . At last, unable to endure the suspense. above all the uncertainty, I . i v /> V ;v: W*- 4"V; V- .? * ' UiUiU llitu XilO UX caou uuu oat the little morocco case containing the two letters, he handed the case and contents to Meyers, who, probably without suspicion of anything being wrong, unrolled both letters, and holding them in his hands ran his sharp eyes down one of them and read right through the body of the letter. Coming to the "note" which' read, "All sums drawn against this credit please indorse on the back and notify the London and Westminster bank at once," he suddenly halted, turned his hawk's eye on Mac and said: "Why, sir, here's the word indorse misspelled Surely the clerks in the London banks know how to rpell.'" Here was a thunderbolt, indeSUr?^. pierced poor Mr. Gregory Morrison through and through, but he showed no i ?- " " 1?J *1 * /li/l BlgXL O.B OUUilJT rcuioiikou limn uc iuu not care to have his bills sold on the ex- 1 change, but would go and see the peo- 1 pie of the London and Rio and River Plate banks, as they probably would 1 want exchange and would doubtless let him have what money he required. 1 Meyers said very sharply; "Have you j letters to those banks?" "I have," said Mac, at the same time producing two, one to each bonk, and each bearing the stamp of their respective banks. ' That he had letters was a happy thing, and no one under 40 days' time could say for a fact that they were not genuina The dramatic production of these : letters lulled the fast gathering suspi- J cions and would have called a halt had they purposed any serious aotion, for the reason that during the 40 days it 1 would take to communicate with Lon- j don the credits could not be proved to be forgeries. That such letters existed at all was due entirely to the foresight which had provided to meet just such a 1 contingency. 1 We all were for a brief few seconds utterly dumfounded, but quickly aroused ourselves to the necessity of instant ac tion to protect our comrade. We saw [ that we must at once give over all thought of trying to do any more busi n: - ? 3 ??4. ?n a ' H0SS in XfclUy UUIU ?3tJl> mi uui lUTouvivua aad energy at work to save the ?10,000 1 and to smuggle our companion safely out of Rio. But how? The Ebro, going to Europe, was in the harbor taking in cargo and coaL The Chimborazo, going south, was not yet signaled, and we determined at all hazards to get him off by the Ebro. We all ' had American passports, and by the use [ of chemicals could alter the names and , descriptions on them at wilL Of course the names in our passports were the same as we had in our letters. George went to police headquarters, and , giving a douceur to an attendant had . the vise put on his passport at once. Then, going to the passenger agent, he . bought a ticket to Liverpool by the J Ebro, and by paying 10 guineas extra ( had a stateroom assigned to him alone. 1 After this he took a boat and went out i to the steamer, carrying with him two ( bags of oranges and stowed them away ( under the bottom berth. To make the escape a success it was . decided prudent for George as Wilson , to get the agent well acquainted with , his face and appearance, so if the question was asked, "Who is this Wilson?" the police would see by the description . it was not tho man they were looking 1 for. For tho next 40 hours George made , the agent very tired. At one time he would want to know if he could not get j some reduction in the passage rate, or if the Ehro was seaworthy, or if there . was any danger of her engines breaking . down, etc., until the agent got not only ( to know "Mr. Wilson," but wished him , at the bottom of the sea. i When George started for the police loft-. Mnn And me alone in the i VSLUVsu UU V park. It was absolutely essential that Mac i should put in one more appearance at i the bank. It was an ordeal, but one he had to undergo. He even dreaded to re turn to his hotel, but go he must; so, just before the bank closed,.he called in i and casually informed the manager that j he should start the next morning for S. Romao, a town -in the interior of Bra- : zil, to be absent a week. He was then ' to go to the Hotel d'Europe, pay his t bill at the same time, stating that he i was to leave Rio by the 4 o'clock train the next morning. As Mao had two trunks and other impedimenta befitting I a man of his importance it was neces- I sary to take a carriage to the station, ( which waB nearly a mile distant It i would be unsafe to go in a carriage be- i longing to the hotel; therefore he was j to say that a friend would call for him. : As it was etill two hours to sunset I suggested that after he had arranged matters he should saunter out, "walk about tho streets until dark, then return to the hotel and be ready when George should call for him at 8 o'clock the next morning. After these arrangements we separated, George and I following to ascertain if he was being watched or shadowed by detectives. When he entered the hotel wo remained in view of the entrance. It was not long before he reappeared and walked leisurely along the street A few seconds after we saw another man come out, cross the street and go in the same direction. I followed him, and was soon satisfied that he was keeping Mac in view. This sort of double hunt was kept up until dusk, when Mao returned to bis hotel, unconsoious that a moment later his "shadow" entered the place also. Here was a "stunner," no mistake, though it was no more than we had anticipated among the possibilities. Still I had indulged in the hope that the bank would rely entirely upon the passport system, and take no farther steps for a day or two, which was all the time required to carry out cur plan. Thongh Mao had good nerve, it was already somewhat shaken, and surely the situation would have unnerved most men. Therefore, fearing that the certain knowledge of imminent danger might still further confuse him and cause some false move, we determined to keep our discovery to ourselves. George next proceeded to an obscure part of the town, and stopping at a small but respectable looking tavern he engaged a room for the next day; also a carriage, with an English speaking driver, to be in- readiness at 8 o'clock the next morning. Promptly at the hour he was at the livery stable, where he found the carriage ready, and was driven to the Hotel d'Europe. Sending the driver up to the office on the second floor, Mao soon appeared and informed him that he had promised to take to the station a man who was stopping at the hotel. "He is going to S. Romao by the same train,", continued Mao, "and oo?mu a cnod fellow, for I had a long talk with him last night" Upon Beeing signs of disapproval in my face he explained, "Well, you know, he said he could not get a carriage at so early an hour in the morning, and I EEtJufcuTTl1 no harm to take him in, and hf is waKjng up stairs." Here I joirred them,v*^d it would be difficult for the reader to"i?uagine the Bffect of this surprising communication upon our minds, for it was clear enough that this was the very person who had been "shadowing" Mao the day before and had skillfully ingratiated himself into his new friend's confidence. I could but admire his nerve in asking a contemplated vieWm- for a "rideto the station. I said to Mao: "What in the world can you be thinking of? Don't you see you are blocking our whole plan ? Go up and tell him your carriage is loaded down with luggage and express your regrets that you cannot accommodate him." During this time the baggage was being placed in the carriage, and as Boon as Mac had dismissed his "passenger." who for some reason did not show himself, we started rapidly for the station. On the way I requested him to avoid making any new friends nntil he should find himself well out at sea. I said: "It might be fatal to attract the attention of any one or to let any one see you leave the train. Of course this new acquaintance of yours is only a oountryman, but it is not possible to foresee what disaster the least mistake or want of caution might originate. These cars are on the English system?divided into compartments. You must go into the station, stand near the ticket office until your new acquaintance comes, then observe if he buys a first class. If so, you take a second, and vice versa. Pay o attention to him and let him see you get into your compartment, but keep an eye on his movements. In case he comes to get in where you are, despite the different class of the tickets, tell him the compartment is engaged. Everything depends on how you carry yourself through the next 20 minutes. A single false step, a word too little or too much; will surely prove fatal to alL " In accordance with our. prearranged plan, I stopped the carriage opposite the station, it being still dark. Mao alightsd, went straight inside, and in a few minutes saw his "passenger" come ? * >i v x 1_ TT prnmng in, nearly out 01 Dream. unquestionably supposing Mac's baggage to be already on the train, he purchased a ticket, and after seeing his intended victim enter a compartment got into another himself just as the train began to move. This was the vital moment for which Mac had been waiting, and having previously unlocked with his master car key the door opposite he stepped off on that side, hastily crossed to the other platform of the dimly lighted station and made his way unnoticed into the street. While this v*as passing I sat in the carriage, and it was not many minutes before I had the satisfaction of seeing Mac coming back to me. But for the benefit Df the driver we then had a dialogue somewhat as follows: "It is too bad. Our friends have not . A touf cv.r. 11 tpo ,Sn?" LU.11VCV1. IU1UV OUUii HV "Well, I suppose we must go back to the hotel and wait for the afternoon train," I answered. "But I have paid my bill there," said Mac, "and do not care to go back." "Then," I replied, "meet me at the station, and I will look after the luggaga" In case they recovered the trail the information obtained from the driver would cause confusion and delay sufficient, I hoped, to enable us to get Mac' out of Rio. I then told the coachman to drive me into the city. It was not yet daylight, but after awhile I saw a sort of eating bouse and tavern combined and had the carriage halted thera Alighting, I entered and said to the person in charge that I did not wish to disturb my friends at so early ai^hour and would pay him for taking dare of my baggage, as I wished to discharge the carriage. The f'*" * offer was of course accepted, the burgage housed and the carriage dismissed. In the meantime Mao was waiting for us in an appointed place not far away, where I joined him, and we went to the obscure tavern,' where the room had been engaged. George was awaiting us. So far our plan was successful. Mao was safely hidden away, while his olever friend was speeding miles awav on a wild goose chase. There was only one train a day each way, and we knew the detective oould not get back to Rio until late. We felt certain when ho found Mao was not on the train he would think his intended victim had slipped off at some way station?pos sibly with a view of making his escape into the interior. Even if he sent a dispatch to the bank?an unlikely thing for a Brazilian to do?it would donbtless be to the effect that his quarry had left Rio on the early train that morning with him. We passed some trying hours together, i Then George left to take Mac's baggage off to the steamer. He engaged two stalwart porters. They stand on every corner busily engaged in plaiting straw for hats while waiting for a job. Dividing the baggage between the two, he had it carried to the wharf, and taking a small boat quickly had it stowed in the hold and the small articles carried to the stateroom. Soon after he joined us on shore. It was but 10 o'clock when George joined us, and it was with something like dismay we realized that the whole day was before us. Until the day before, when Mao was in the bank, I had never known how long an hour was, but this day we all came to know how long, a day could be. At last the long day drew to an end, and the shadow, to our intense relief, began to darken in our little room, where we were holding our watch. The tropic night closes quickly in. Soon the - * ? TOO drT-nn/io/i in HfirVnoCS And Wfi KilhJ YTCIO OiUUUUVU am v?M*UMWwWf . ? ? , sallied out to the beach at the head of the bay to find relief in movement The time passed quicker then, and at last we sat down on some wreckage there and watched the tropic night as it revealed its wealth of stars, and sitting there we i moralized upon the destiny of man and i his relations to things seen and unseen, We had taken off our coati, it being frightfully hot. npon spiritual force, most of all upon divine justice, which in the end evens up all things. But like so many other philosophers who write the style of the gods and make a pish at fortune we failed to make a personal applioation of our philosophy. We sat for an hour longer, and then securing a boat with two negro rowers we pulled for the ship. Three or four small boats were fastened to the companion ladder, and our arrival attracted no attention. Two officials in uniform, probably customs officers, stood at the companion way. It was an anxious moment, but we slipped through the dimly lighted cabins and passages and were soon safely in the stateroom. Bidding both good by and promising to be on board again at 8 in the morning, I went ashore and straight to bed and soon was dreaming of starlit seas, of tropio woods and summer bowers white and sweet with May blossoms. My health then as now was perfect, and I awoke fresh and hopeful. After breakfasting on a dish of prawns and an^ oKollo/1 /vroVia T KTftfl nfp UbliUl Ul OU1U ougu wv* v?www a across the bay. Soon after 8 I knocked softly at the stateroom door, was admitted and presented the lunch I had brought. Thefy gave me a warm greeting, but neither had slopt The room had been hot and stuffy, and tho noise of stowing cargo had helped to banish sleep. Both were unnerved somewhat, but I had just come off shore confident and cheerful, an<f my confidence and spirits proved infectious. I knew by sight the chief of polico and those just under him. I also know Braga, the bank manager, by sight. They of course did not know me, and I could unsuspected be a looker on in Vienna. Soon the shore passengers, their friends and many idle visitors camo off in boatloads, while I of course scrutinized every boatload as it came up the side of the ship. At 9:30 I saw a boat coming, which, when half a mile away, i recognized as j containing the chief of police and several of his subordinates. Ten minutes y after Braga and one of the bank officials x came, the only passengers in their boat, j and at once joined the police on the aft- ( er deck and stood with them waiting f and watching the boats as they arrived. < In the meantime babel reigned around the ship. About threescore boats surrounded her, the owners selling to the passengers everything from oranges to monkeys, snakes and parrots. ^ I determined to conceal from George . and Mao that Braga and the police wore 1 on the ship, and about every 20 minutes e I would slip down and report all's well, a but soon after 10 o'clock the enemy was " joined by the ticket agent from shore, and I could see they were contemplating c some movement. Slipping down to the v cabin, I said: "Boys, everything is all 0 right. Keep perfectly cooL Braga and 1 the police are pulling to the ship and ? may search it If so. it will take half an K - ' hour to get here. I will keep everything in my eye and give you ample notice." I then returned on deck and stood among the officials. They conversed in Portuguese, which was Greek to me. Soon the agent dived below and reappeared with the manifest of the passengers and an enormous heap of passports. After some conversation they sent the passports back; then, headed by the agent and purser, manifest in hand, they began to verify the list and scrutinize the passengers in the staterooms. Once more I hurried below and reported. Mao was naturally very dignified, but divesting himself ol coat, vest and dignity at the same time he planted himself under the berth. Very olose and very hot quarters he found it, and we put the bags of oranges in front, disposing of them so as to make it appear as if they filled the whole space, when in reality they were a mere screen. Then we opened the door to the fullest extent. We had taken off our coats, it being frightfully hot, and with a bottle of claret and a bowl of ice standing on the little washstand and two glasses all in full view we waited the arrival of our friends the enemy. Our door was flat against the parti tion, giving a full sweep to the room to the eye of the passerby, and George and I waited confidently for the inspection we knew was inevitable. I sat on the foot of the lower berth smoking and swinging my feet George sat on a folding camp stool, with his face toward the door, but not obstructing the view. Soon the procession arrived, with the ticket agent in front When he saw George, he simply said, "How do you do, Mr. Wilson?" and passed on without looking in the room. Broga and the police followed, casually glanced at us two and were gone. I put on my ooafc and followed the procession, and at 11:80 they went up on the after deck, evidently satisfied that their man was not on the ship, and contented themselves with watching new arrivals. I flew down and gave them the good news that the search was over, and poor Mao, half roasted, came from behind the bags of oranges. Declaring he was roasted alive and dying of thirst, he finished the bottle of iced claret. Ten minutes before 12 the bell was rung and all people for Bhore were warned to leave. Soon we heard the pleasant sound of the steam winch lifting the anchor, and at noon precisely, to our relief, the screw began to revolve at ijuarter speed and the Ebro to respond by forging slowly ahead. All boats fell oS but ours and the police boat. At last, after giving a good look up and down the bay, Braga and the police entered the boats, and casting ofif soon were left behind. Onoe more and for the last time I flew down to the cabin. They saw the good new8" in my face; then, shaking Mao's in JiawljtjarewelL. ,v?e ran to the upper deck, down the ladder into ->nf Knot- anrS a mnment later the biff ship, putting on fnll steam, left as astern, we ordering the boatman to pull bard after the ship. Mac soon appeared bn the after deck and waved his handkerchief to us in farewelL We gave him three cheers, and excited and happy, with our long anxiety over, we returned X) the shore. With Mao sailing northward, ho! with Wilson's passport and ticket in his pocket and all our money save ?2,000 in his trunk our buccaneering expedition bn the Spanish main was over and all ant a failure when comparing the ?10,)00 we had captured with our magnificent expectations. So, destroying all documents save our passports, we paid a visit to Buenos Ayres, and then embarked on a French steamer for Marseilles, arriving there without any particular adventure, and he next day had a happy meeting with Viae in Paris. We resolved to see something of Europe before returning to America, so the lext few weeks we spent in a pleasure jaunt. In the course of it we visited Vienna, emaining there some time and bringing iway many and pleasant memories of hat music loving old city on the Danlba We finally all returned to Wiesbaden together and visited the casino, matching the play and players with an nterest that never flattered. Here we iaw such vast sums of money ever changng hands that we almost insensibly bejan to think the thousands we had were is nothing, and when divided up the turn coming to each seemed almost beggarly. Gradually we began to speculate as to lie desirability of doubling our capital mce or twice at least before we threw ip our hands and gave up the game. I leed hardly tell the reader that what at irst was a philosophical speculation, an liry theory of a happy possibility, rapdly crystallized into steadfast purpose ind determinate resolve, and soon our jrains were working and readily brought 'orth a new scheme. For was not there ;he Bank of England, with uncounted nillious in her vaults, and was not I, is Frederick Albert Warren, a customer >f the bank and as such were not the faults of the bank at our disposition? Finally we resolved to go on with our postponed assault upon the money bags )f the Bank of England, at the same ime evolving a plan that seemed to jromise unbounded wealth and complete mmunity for us alL So we packed our baggage, bade fareveil to Wiesbaden, and one early June norning in 1872 saw us all once more n smoky London, resolved to rouse that >ld lady called the Bank of England rom her century long slumber spent in Ireaming of her impregnability. TO BE CONTINUED. 86?" The frequency of eartnquatces nay be represented as having been 140 in each 100 years in Caucasia, 310 n China, 290 in East Siberia and Turkstan, 138 in Middle and South Russia ,nd 18 only in North Russia, Fiuland ,nd the Baltic provinces. As to their requeucy during the different seasons if the year, the figures show that, vhile in Siberia and Ceniral Asia arthquakes are more frequent in auumn and winter than in spring and ummer, the proportion in reversed for "hina aud Caucasia. | 4' ' ,vV" ' ' c W . ~ AMERICAN COLLEGES A CENTURY AGO, The Chicago News saya that 100 years ago Dartmouth college copaisted of a wooden building 160 feet long, "60 feet wide, and 36 feet high. EngHan. grammar and arithofetic were text books in the sophomore year. Princeton, the greatest Presbyterian college was a huge stone edifice, its faculty consisting of a president, vicepresident, one professor, two masters of languages, and 70 students. Harvard university had four brick buildings; the faculMkonsisted of a president and six prowwors, and in its halls thronged 130 to 160 students. Yale boasted of one bride building and a chapel <(with a steeple 135 feet high." The faculty was a president, a professor of divinity, and three tutors. . ? The greatest Episcopal college in V the United States was William and Ifuru'd Tt. uraa nnrlor rnv?l and patronage, and was, therefore, more substantially favored than most of our American schools. At this time, it Is ' said in a curious old State report, "the college was a building of three stories, "like a brick kiln," and had.SO gentlemen students. The students lodged ia ' dormitories, ate at the "commons" ' and were satisfied with what we would consider prison diet. Breakfost-^a small can of coffee, a biscuit, about an ounce of butter. Dinner?one pound of meat, two potatoes aod some vegetables. Supper?bread and milk. The only unlimited supply ftmdfehod was cider, which was passed in a can from mouth to mouth. lTieV days were spoken of as boil day, roast day,.stew day, etc. *? ? m v ' ? fft": In His Own Tka.p.~It is usually gratifying to justice to see an old offender fall into bis own sngn^especially if he baa destroyer oftheyoong. The Buffalo Express tells how a rum seller plaintiff in court was called to a true account by the judge. A 16 year old youth named Chris was brought before Justice King on the complaint of a saloon keeper, who charged Chris with having stolen three cigars, valued at &o ccuuj. The beer-seller bad brought his wife and family to prove the fact. Chris bad do witnesses and no Mends to de- _ fend him. . "What was the boy doing at your , saloon?" asked Justice King of the complaining witness. "He vas drinking beer." "Was he drunk ?" "Yes, sir; he comes to my plaee ;every leedle vile, und gets drunk." ' "That'll do." said his honor. "ifH fine him just $1, and you.dSk. Hende- ajfl ? ...? ^ Kmk snd Jfcfl LUCyOl ( UN?J cm [l pay a fine of f 10?the utmostthSTawW^ allows. I have arraigned yon on f charge of selling liquor to a minor, mf and you are convicted on your own y testimony." Sour Grapes.?Perhaps it is well for human comfort, that, according to the old phrasing, grapes are so often sour. What consolation is at ofloe so ready and potent', for the oriUutry mind, as that of feeling that;'* good denied, might not, after all, have been very desirable? ' '/. , ^ A field slave one day fomldln-hia trap a nice, plump rabbit, /file toot! v;. him out alive, held him nndrihta armj patted him, and began to an6ulate q< his qualities. y / "Oh, how fatl berry &tV the fh^bst I eber did see ! Let me fee ho/ I'll cook him; IM1 broiJkJbim^L so fat he lose all de grease. I jjHdm. Ah, yes! he so berr&^jmJ^^\?inself. How fat he 1 jef No, I f*J Jjh him, I stew him!" The thought of the* Savory ^steqQ^^ made the Negro forget himself; anflBB in spreading out the feast in his ination, his arms relaxed, when stBj^^B denly off bopped the rabbit, a^H^B| squatting at a goodly di^ance a?E H he eyed his late owner with cool cflB^^H The Negro knew, of oourse, there was an end of the stew therefore, summoning up all bis ophy, he thus addressed the rara^BB^H he shook his fist at him, "Yoq SjjH ^^^^9 eared, white-whiskered rascal, ybftis H so berry fat, after About Success. ?The world ures a man by his success. If he suc^^^^^R ceeds, he is all right ja public estima^^^H tion, no matter by what means he has attained it. The world has not time* ^B to look into the methods by which the success has been attained and whether * B they be honorable or otherwise. 1 There are some important iessons^> Jh be learned from this feet foremost of wJ which is that every man shonld strive TB for success. Applause follows it. Everybody bows to the winning inan^ But important as it is to succea, soccess ought to be gained by honorable means. Honesty is the best policy, and the wisest^n the end, and a per- H manent success can only be obtained by honorable means. Many a f^an ? IB gains temporary success by dishoneet H means and flourishes for a while, but ^R he is found out and his 8ucces&4R&> 1 ^R a : ? /"*i ? til. tv_ii away anu m guuo.?vrreeuviiie ivenec- kmm tor- ' XM A Liberal View.?At the concltision of the Civil war a fiery young abolitionist, who had identified him-/ self with the cause of the blacks, and/ ^^9 who was desirous of entering the istry, applied to the African Methodj Association, of Washington, D. C.,/ a license to pi^iich. It was a a idea, a colored association.licensing white man. BntTOfttlier R., locajr ;('M tor of the African Cbunoh had the man passed by Urn association hadifti*^g|flH|^H^H|^^H any man he was a w hitem