Smyrna times., 1872-06-05

carr;ed ;eJdne-Gr' as they said. that the pod had
oarrleG It OH 1t was yet early dawn ,''a nv .I
great fact had been discovered ba5 flr. amu .nt
aoout the affair Now I glanced nv a. s"'tIL tGL
truck OF the hin. No bundle WAS tbora %' 'It T,
a. was gone How? Nothing in the wov 81
"o,,' o'mospneflc force could have removed it NJ
ose ~nIn we could not admit the sunernaturs1
no.S;L ;E.r, E;nucTu, 6alt-tormed suspicion of the
! 6nIu nm VI 'he devil having done the thing
hnman ;' Ha"er explanation remlined, that OF
7 FIn Fdn intervention. But how2 and wLo .
& ieH cold and giddy, a clammy nersn;ra tio t;on
OUzeI ue our on me, and | felt shaky' 7 nervpJ
ytamn w. 1 must act at once, and Secratly
me doctor whispered; Oh, TonSal VOL
oe murdered in cold blood, if thrv d;Scon,. WI
'r'ck; slT who could it have BEEN? '"e
could only echo his question with = oroon
caileu me second much to his surnrise c,,'i a"d
u,sS9>I' tn Out having left the deck in his char"n
49, III toc'or ana L went on voyage of discovery
SmJS W. "I repaired to my room and Thought
at eatb 0th. "e ontn raised our eyes, and staring
To Oh' confound them J. cried 7 onlv ,ro;.
II we make this voyage and rct o";t MY " "d' az;
ioau t.s4 OF gunpowder safely, o won't y '''''
Let US hunt them up, said the doctor
30 we set out for the forecastle W. On
Cefe1 nolseleSSly, and crept in the dirac,;on nf
;ne noyS bnnkS AT first there seemed nn,6.
.hs UNUSUAL The lamps swung and rreateJ
Ine I'ln oerS strained, the water went thnd tbnj
on me ships bows. We crawIed noaro, W. W.
h'id our breath. Hush! What snnni wao
[Hnt W was 1T not like the clinking of money ,
Oh, horror Vi n'o"ey
Inc he doctor and [ piached each other black
ana blue, and Shuddrred We crawlea s,;l1
n,areT. We we got behind a coil of rope and SOM.
v"nna ",'u1S' we peepeq into the corner where the
Sou"S Scapeg0ats dwelt Yes, the metallic
Souhd proceeded from that dircction W.
stretched our neckS There before onr evoS
H't Tue Two little creatures, with the hnn1Ia
oe'ween tn III, costly but secretly div;d;n~ rho
HP"hS. Such Il combination Of daring ioilv
"lhoSe lhaue Us commit ourselves. But W.
"atcUed our chance, and pOunced upon them
and cIapped our hands on their months In
second we had them tied up and gagged Tba
contents OF the bundle we quickly concealed
about our persons and dropped overheard when
we went att. We set watch over the hovs
anu l [eau 'h"m lesson in whispers, which
puI tn9 terror OF death on them. Ii
was dark night, you know; they had
~ up the stay unnotlcrd and taken the
: All doctor! I'll never forget that vovaos
Was forever thinking that the blacks woro
ril>lng' or that they had fired the ship, or thai
they we're conspirng On deck, | walked on
heeuieS ana pln>-cvery sound startled me II
hao taken all p0Sslbl; precautions. had INV
arms ready, ct cetera; but il would haze haan
madne-S to have thought of resistance had
i' me burden on my own shoulders. for |
never told the skipper, and :he second did nor
seem 10 understand the affair nor to apnreciate
Dur Danger But the native doctor did. and
assisted me ably. Even my turn below was M
rest couldn { sleep-I dozed and started |
lhth was called ON deck again. Oh man, it |
%aS awful Suspense, doctor, is terrible
hing ielt just as if were living over y
iOlcano---never sure but thar an eruption miobt !
'ccur. 1t would almost have been relief to |
rave had the worst. NV hair turned grav
ioctor-no mistake. The second even noticed |
hat | turned shaky aud fanciful No, dnctor.
didn't drink; that had nothing to do with il
low reloiced at the close of each day. w. |
made pretty good voyage, and | almost l.it
Is IL tue land, when we frs: sighted it. was a
PARADISE When we actually got that cargo .
Hleiy on shore. and felt my throat still uncut,
almost thought it too good to be truc-no
ni>take." - "0 "o
L don't know how many of nv cigarettes Mr.
'onsa smoked, but know that the stock was
adly IT ducsd. W."
But, say, TOpsal," put in, "what about
he boys, you know? Did you give them an
wfuI thra>hing?" ."
Mr.. ,fop>al looked sulkier than usual as he
eplied: ~
well, they got loose as soon as we got into
ort' robbed me, and deserted The ship. That
'aS the last that ever saw of them"
WHY HELMBOLD Failed is ev;dcnt
nat Helmbolds $ failure was due to great vanitv
Is about four Years since he was making his
reateSt dash, and then his career certainly was
renarkable one. He had only been three
ears IN trade IN New York, and during that
'Ine hdd made his remedies famous and had
ecome rich. His income was $5OOOO ner
ear, and all that was required was continued
Ieni!on to the business which he had already
Established. Instead of this, however he he.
anne ambitious Of political distinction. When
Trant was nominated for the Presidpncy. A. r.
tewart advanced $4,000 toward an election.
erinR fund. Helmbold. who had the ioIIv to
ellcVe IN Seymour's chances, determined 10 I
1mtdo m Stewart, and consequently advanced J
to his party. Forty thousand dollars
large sum of money. 1t has generally
cen considered capital sufficient for many
llnds OF business. That man should de- a
berately throw such sum away can onlv be
zplaned by the proud desire To outrivaI s
tewart. Helmbold, it is true, expected to a
axe money rapidly but pride was continually e
the way of enduring success. Havnu ont. q
Id Stewart in the political field he determined 2
distance the Btlmonts and Commodore !
"ndrrbilt in equestrian STYLE and hence his u
IuIpage at Long Branch was the rrandest '
'er seen there, with the single exception of I.
at displayed by Jim Fisk There was an in. a
ssant rivalry between this brace of fools: bnt G
the long run Fisk came out ahead which :,
Ignt have been expected from his unbridled
hDltlon and vaStresources. Hrlmbold changed :"
; team every dav in the week, but still F;st
celled him. They have both reaped the re-.
'rd OF their folly--the one lying in a dis =" "
grave, while the other is wandercr {
foreign land !,
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