Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1868-05-13

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inquired james.
8 hear, sir, that you wish to send ar
agent, IN whom you can trust, to london
but that the government refuses all pass
ports" answered the young man, whom We
will call William.
And what is that to you, even if il
were so?" asked James, somewhat i'll.
tempered at the supposed impndenco of his
young clerk
'' 1t is tins much, sir" replied William
. that | am placed in circumstances which
might make it possible for me to go, if you
could bring yourself to trust me-
" How Is that" doubtingly continued
James
. am on intimate terms with a young
atache Of the British legation. He is a
passionate chess-player, and would do al
most anything rather than lose an oppor-
tunity of playing game. l saw him to-
day, at noon, at the Cafe, and he told me
now sorry he was to miss his engagement
with me for = game of chess tonight, as
he is TO be sent to London in the evening
with dispatches from the Minister TO his
government. If | had your permission
sir, | might perhaps, arrange it"
Try what you can do, Williamson
have my permission-and let me know at
once" interrupted James, and with wave
Of his hand dismissed the young man.
William started, and as if by accident.
soon found himself in front of the lodgings
of the English attache The official soon
made his appearance. servant carrying a
valise behind him. In conversation, while
walking on the street, William told him that
Rothschild ha,i given leave of absence to
most all of the clerks, as there was moth
ing in the world for them to do he en-
larged upon his grief, that even his chance
Of playing a game of chess with his friend
would now be gone, and at last, as if hit
by the thought for the first time, he re-
marked how interesting it would be if he
could accompany the attache for a few
miles out of town and play him game in
the carriage on the road, just for the oddity
Of the thing. The attache would not have
been an Englishman if anything odd, out
of the common course Of things, should
not have pleased him. The arrangement
was at once made that William should
meet the attache at a certain corner by a
designated hour that evening, take a seat
in the carriage and play game. William
/ Immediately returned to the banking house
and told James Rothschild of his success.
/ He received u short note written in cypher
precise verbal instructions where and how
/ to proceed upon arriving in London; was
/ provided with an abundance of money,
and told to leave no means untried to ac-
complish his purpose. The. young man
/ then purchased a board and chessmen such
az mariners use at sea, and proceeded TO
\ the designated corner, where he had not
/ long to wait The attaches carriage,
drawn by four swift-posted horses, drove
up, halted but a minute, William got in,
and off they started At the gate, when
the sentinel noticed the British Minister s
carriage and the special passport for bear
ers of dispatches, he made no further In
/ inquiry, and a moment later the two friends
had left Paris behind them, and by the aid
Of lantern were arranging the che, smen
for this extraordinary game. During the
game it was agreed that William should
accompany the attache all the way to Cal
ais. where they would part and from whence
the British diplomat could sail to Dover
in a boat, always in readiness for a mcssen-
ger of his Minister. Thus they sped on
talking and playing and occasionally sleep
ing And the Englishman failed 10 notice
that during one Of his sleepy moments the
willy William had quietly taken the pass
port and slipped ii into his own pocket
They were vet some miles from Calais
and taking a hasty meal at an inn while
changing horses, William succeeded by 8
heavy hribe. and some plausible story, il
winning the postillion TO his plan. Al
hour or two later, being in the midst of 3
dense forest and on a very bad part of the
road. the coach. by the merest accident a
it seemed, rolled into a hole and broke al
axle. William was ready TO help; he
would take one Of the horses and ride al
the top Of ms speed into Calais, and senC
another carriage, while the attache anC
driver might remain and wait The pro
posal was innocently accepted and William
rode off Arrived AT Calais, he hurried tC
the quay, found the boat waiting produced
his passport, was taken on board and The
boat Immediately sailed with the pretend
ed bearer Of dispatches. From Dove, h
posted as fast as horses could carry him Il
London, where he arrived about midnigh
and proceeded at once to the house of Ma
than Rothschild, who had already retired
for the night William desired to be taker
Immediately before the banker, but the
servant at first declined, saying that M
one was allowed to disturb the rest of then
master When, however, William insisted
that he was Just from Paris, on a most i'm
portant mission from james Rothschild
they believed it as an extraordinary occa-
sion, and one Of them went up stairs tc
wake him. Nathan, on being told of the
cause of the disturbance, ordered the
young man to be brought to his bedside
William entered and handed him the cy-
pher Nathan looked it over and theI
asked, as if nothing had happened to rip
pie his equanimity - And how did you
contrive thus quickly to come to London?
William told his story, and when he had
finished, Nathan called for pen, paper and
ink. He evidently made William tell his
tale only to gain time for deiberation a.
to what was best to do to save the money
in the vault at Paris, for the cypher from
his brother James was a request for advice
to that effect, giving also news of the un-
expected progress Of Napoleon in the
south of France Nathan wrote a few
lines, folded, sealed and addressed the let
ter 9 Lord Castlereagh, His Majesty's
Secretary Of State for Foreign Affairs,
and handing it to William he said
Take this, young man, and leave it al
: the Foreign Office in Downing street. You
will then betake yourself as fast as posi-
bic back to Dover, take the first boat you
find for Calais, and hurry on TO Paris