The Portland daily press., 1865-08-19
Saturday Morning, August 10. 1865.
AN ADRorT RASCAL,

year of the war in the Crimea, a stout wei
dressed, portiy man, with an airof considera.
bic assurance, staggered into the chancellerie
OF her majesty's legation at Munich, nOtwith-
standing the representations ofthe porter, who
would, If he had dared, have denied him admit
tance, and asked, in voice ofauthority, ifthere
were no letters there for Captain 4. fhegen-
tleman to whom the question was addressed
@was an attache Of the legation, and at that
time in charge Of the mission, the minister be-
ing absent Though young in years, r. could
scarcely, in the length and breadth of Europe,
have taIlen upon one with more thorough IN
sight into every phase and form Of those mvs-
teries by which the +. category Of men exist.
MIR. IL. was an actual amateur in this WaV and
was no more the man to be angry with &. for
being swindler than with Ristori for being
Medea or Macready for being Macbeth. Not
that he mad the slightest suspicion at the time
of FPS quality, as he assured him that there
were no letters for that name.
"How provoking" said the captain, as he
bit his lip. They will be so impatient in Eng
land" muttered he to himself. Gand know
Sidney Herbert is sure to blame, me.n Then
he added aloud, II am at a dead lock here /
am come from the Crimea with dispatches,
and expected to find money here to carry me
on to England; and these stupid people at the
war Office have forgotten all aboutit Is it not
enough to provoke saint?" Z,
II don't know; | never was saint" said
the impassive attaehe.
fsWel, it's trying to sinner" said F., with
silent laugh; for he was one of those happy.
natured dogs who are not Indifferent to the alb
surd side OF even their own mishaps. SLOW
long does the post take to England ?''
'.IhIee days."
"And three back-that makes six; week
an entire week." @9rlN4 e iosaaa h3
"omitting Sunday" said the grave attache,
who really felt an interest in the others dilen-
ma. Ss
aAn can say is, it was no fault Of nine.
said +. after moment. "If / am detained
here through their negligence, they must make
the best excuse they can. Have you got ci-
gar~ This was said with his eyes fixed on q
roll of Cubans on the table. .n.'it ~ E
Take one," said the other. 81
"rhanks," said r., as he selected three. IN
drop in tomorrow, and hope to have better
luckn
"How much money do you want2" asked
Mr.. L. a
Enough to carry me to London"
"How much is that~
"Let me see. Strasbourg- Paris, a day at
Paris. Cowely might detain me two days fii-
teen or twenty pounds would do it amply"
"You shall have it."
"All right" said F., who walked to the fire
and lighting his cigar, smoked away; while the
and counted them
@Shall give you formal receipt for this !?
asked f.
''You can tell them at the Office" said L., as
he dipped his pen into the ink and continued
the York he had been previously engaged in
e. said few civil words-the off-hand graft
tude of man who was fully as much in the
habit Of bestowing as of receiving favors, and
withdrew. l.. scarcely noticed his departure :.
lie was deep in his dispatch and wrote on. At
length he came to the happy landing place, the
spot Of rest for the weary foot-"I have tic
honor to be, my Lord" and he arose and
stood at the ire. .-..s-s..
As L. smoked his cigar he reflected, and a.
he reflected he remembered; and to refresh
his memory, he took out some papers from .,
pigeon-hole, and at last finding what he sought
sat down to read it, The document was d
dispatch, dated a couple of years back, in
structing Ell. M. Is representative at the court oi
Munich to secure the person of a certain N .
F., and hold him in durance till application
should be made to the Eavarian government
for his extradition and conveyance to Eng
land.
Then followed very accurate description
of the individual-his height, age, general
looks, voice and manner-every detail of which
L. now saw closely tailed with the appear
anee of his late visitor He pondered for a
while over his paper, and then looked at his
watch. 1t was i've O'Clock. The first train to
Augsburg was to start at six O'Clock. There
was little time, consequently, to take the steps
necessary to arrest person on suspicion; tor
he should first of all have to communicate
with the minister for foreign affairs, who should
afterwards back his application to the project
of police. The case was one for detail, and
for what the Germans insist upon, much writ
ing-and there was very little time to do it in.
T.. however, was not to be easily defeated, If
baffied in one road, he usually found out
another. He therefore wrote brief note to
the minister, stating that he might require his
assistance at later hour in the evening, and
at a time not usually official. This done he
dispatched note to Capt. r. F., saying famil-
larry it was scarcely worth while trying to
catch the mail train that night, and that per
haps instead, he would come over and take .
tete-G-tete dinner with him at the legation.
L. was overjoyed as he read it. Noman ev-
er felt higher pleasure in good company, nor
knew better how to make it profitable. If he
had been asked to choose, he would infinitely
rather have had the invitation to dine than
the twenty pounds he had pocketed in the
morning. The cognate men of the world
and all members Of the diplomatic career are
to a certain extent in this category-Were in
F.'s estimation the trump cards. of the pack
with which he could make tricks innumerable
and 50 he accepted at once: and in a very few
minutes after made his appearance in cor
rect dinner dress and a most unexceptionahle
white tie. aasl -
Couldn't refuse that pleasant offer of yours.
L." (he was familiar at once and called him T. I
ssand here-I am p said he, as he threw himself
ofone who looked forward to a good dim er
and very enjoyable evening.
81 am happy to have secured you" said L..
with a little laugh to himself at the epigram OF