The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1870-01-28

ments. and you can ful6l your prom.
Use. should not think Of asking you
to act Otherwise" Ia. -- a..,,
+ The secretary left me, and soon
after returned WITH the minister.
had often seen Lord Cowley before,
and at once handed him = dispatch.
bag, which he etgerly opened. At the
same time desiring me to be seated.
A large package first made its ap-
pearance, and then after it numerous
small cases, which, one BY one, Lord
Cowley put aside. s1' r "
Then, breaking open = sealed dis
patch, and seeming to have forgotten
that there was stranger present, he
cmpbatically uttered one word /:
"War!' .@"3 -. . ."f
The secretary, by a look, dircc ted
his attention to where l sat, which
seemed slightly to discompose him.
| 'You will not mention what you
have heard" said the minister. ad-
dressing himself to me, land you will
await my orders. .a.. -..1.'s@ F.
l was about promising to keep his
counsel. and explain my position. to
his lordsbip. when the Secretary said:
"Your Lordship. this gentleman is
not one Of our regular messengers"
"Uh. indeed! Never mind. Please
wait here for few moments, sir; /
wish to have a few moments private
conversation with you. Come this
way, Mr.. Secretary" "' ......
So saying the two left the room to.
gether. .a ..-.a. --...-... Fl. -.
While they were gone, I grew rath
er curious about what l had brought
besides dispatches; and as Lord Cow
ley had very negligently left the
package and case upon the table, l
thought it would be excusa Bile my
taking a peep at them. I had al
ready observed that the cases were
snch as London jewelers. use; and, as
il turned, my observation was pretty
accurate. They, in fact, contained
articles Of English jewelry, and the
names Of several fashionab BILE London
dealers-such as Hunt & Roskell, e.
& L. Emanuel. Howell & james
with their respective trade marks,
were upon them. They were address
cd to several English gentleman res
ident in Paris: who. as / afterwards
discovered, were either attaches to
her British Majesty's cmbassay, or
theis friends. @
so thought I, "thls is the way
the Queens messengers-gentleman n
all, and most Of them officers in the
army-are employed, carrying 6iijou-
terie fer a pack of foreign office
snohs!' ~.@'@. aa-9"a
However. it's good thing for
me- was my additional. reflection.
thus getting peep behind the
scenes. |'~
: A few minutes afterwards his Ex-
cellency returned, and handed me q
oten that had evidently just been
written, saying as he did so: nz q
''Of course you return to London.
This letter is an acknowledgment Of
the service you have done, for which
you will receive proper remuneration.
| have also to thank you myself for
the prompt and intelligent manner in
which you have carried out the de-
ceased officers wishes ~
| thanked the ambassador for his
courtesy, and the next train found
me flying back to London.
On arriving there I reported N.Y.
self frst At the General Post Office,
as | believed it to be my duty. /
certainly felt rather anxious about
what l had done. until told by Inv
superiors that l had acted in a most
jutiiable manner, and that it should
not be forgotten by those in authori-
ty.
I next went to Whitehall to deliv-
er my supposed note to the Secreta-
ry Of Foreign Affairs, and was imme-
diately ushercd into that august pres.
cnoe.
Aftcr reading Lord Cowley's let
ter. he turned to me aud said, good
hum oredly
Il hope anything you may have
noticed while at the legation in Par
is will not be mentioned by your"
"Certainly not. sir" l replied.
emphatically.
"aow would you like to be en-
ployed as Queens messenger!" he
asked.
MY heart lept clear up into my
mouth. Queens messenger. indeed!
!. only letter sorter, in charge of
railroad van. I was too embarrassed
TO make . reply.
Observing my hesitation the sscrs-
tary continued a
Take time to consider. Should
you desire the appointment, and We
find that you stand we'll at the post
office. you can have the vacancy left
by your unfortunate friend. and
which. for time, you seem to have
50 ably filed"
l thanked him. saying how delight
cd should be to accept the offered
appointments, but went on to explain
that the deceased gentleman was no
friend Of mine-not even nm acquaint-
ance. The secretary had evidently
not beard the whole Of the story. and
on telling it to him he courteously
bowed me out. saying: 50 a.4
"Call tomorrow, sir, and I have
no doubt you wilt find your sppoint-
msnt made out. / shah be glad to