, 1873-07-16

OF THO Artnon!hfl. anu uhhAy fodnu linn enjoying
auoh aa Charles Diohons and Jorrold 'havo mnlo
90 familiar to all olnaaes Of raadorH. Wien
Narsoa WAS arouaed from his Btupor, and had
had bath and put on son1o cloan clothes, tho
sohon,o WAS broachod to him, and Hawkins soon
found TINT bis now ally wha 4 treasure. Ho could
speak and writo Persian with clogauce llo know
some Of tho shaA'a auito, and he know also how
to doal with tho sllahs foiblos, foare, and Hupot-
stitonB. Aftor several oonversatlons with NarAos,
Hnwkina and GorAilno agreed upon provisional
plan Of operations, md tho three loft London to
make their beginning. Toby Spring, meantime,
wau to go to sheffield and anporfntond tho con-
struoton OF an elaborate and extensive sot Of
Mns furnished him. nnwkins, Indeed, tbrougll-
out tho entire aorios Of operations manifested
his faith In the 1nHl result Of tho conspiracy by
spending hiH money In tho mott liberal fashion.
and Naraea Migraditcl, croaaed tho uiennol, and
proceeded by rail towards Moscow: They mr.
rivcd thoro tito day before Nnsr-ud-Deo DO
parturo, md Immediately followed tho Imperial
party TO St. Petersburg. Hore Nnrsca speedily
Fcr)umonili, whom he had known aa cafe-
keepor In kormanBhah, but who was now
simple tohiboukjoo to Mlrza Dachamy, ono Of
tho shah's humorous euite. Ferjumendl waa do
es peasad s = to % dssGyss tint As uos
bankor, who, Us ho know, could speak 81 tho
barbarouB tongues of the Wost, was 30 reduced
III circumstances "a to DO willing to tako
fat position tS so fpt0rpstor angSaat II hs T2 Te
was in search Of, aud It WAS liikowiao just
tho sort OF companion Ferjumondi wn,ltod. Ac-
cordingly d bargain was Ut onco struck, and, be-
fore twenty-four hours had elapsed, tho in
gition among tho followers Of tho King Of Kings.
It was mado his charge by Hawkins md sosahno
to ferret out all tho secrets Of the Hhah's oatab
iiahmont, 30 tint, upon tho arrival ut London.
the conspirators would know at once what action
nawkins and seraano waited in Petersburg uil-
til tho first grand reyiew, which having witnosa-
cd. and having procured oil tho photographs
thoy could Of tho Shah, they departed, md mado
eto Ssss Sessne Of had 'nss she pSoogphs 10Y
incd undo1 tho microscope pattorns drawn
from thonl fhat were as noarly az possible exaot
models OF the Bo.tings OF tho shahs various
Jewels, models mado, and baso metal limitations
finished up with the utmost despatch. Leaving
Sorntiiio in Paris to procure paHte limitations Of
THO jewels themselves, and to Ruporintonl their
eotting, oil Of which waa done under pretoxt OF
Persian ballet to bo brought out in London nt IN
EnHt End thoatro), HAWKING hastcned to Lon-
don, rented q handsome furniBhod house In the
neighborhood Of Portman Square, hired q
retinuo Of luhkies, and gave himself out for IN
American nabob who had come to spontl a few
weeks i'll the great city, and especially to give
somo recreation to his daughter, just ,aniahinng
hor education ut q fashionable ponsion on the
Loire. 1n due time the brougham won't to EuBton
Square Station and brought home madomolselo
and hor piles Of luggage. Madomoiscllo was o
very lovely blonde, with tho maunors Of an in-
genue, md dotingly fond Of her darling pnpa,
An amtablc gouVoruanto was secured for her,
aud tho domestic nffairs of Mlo household went
OH swimmingly.
Hawkins Office In tho city aaw him hs usual
aftor Ills return from tho Continent, and IN d
convenient receptacle therein was concealed o
carpot-bng full Of tempered stool burglars TOOLS
which Toby Spring had brought on from Shof-
fold. Tho limitations Of tho Shah's jewels were
locked up In caBeB in tho library OF the house in
P0rtman BQuoro.
Tic nightsncceeding taos oshahs errivalat Buek-
inyham PAlaco NarseB Dadian mot lis associntcB
for tho first time nnco they had parted at Petors-
burg. This meeting took place at Hawking
Office, which, by tho way, waH On Old Bond
street. all t{1roo Of tho coaapirators woro prea-
ont to rcooivo tho Ammonium and hear hls report
Ho aooned greatly olatod, nnd, though Hawkinn
lid not know 1t, was considerably under the H.
tlueuco Of bis favorite drug. 1o had shown
himself go very efficient as IN interpreter mud n
courier That ho was no longor IN tho aorYieo Of
intorprotor to tho high and mighty Con, Hadji
Dschellalloddin, whllom Governor Of Murghab.
and now ono OF tho Shnh-in-Shnh'n favorito
| ades-do-camp. In this position he had had
and around isho monarcf, and of bearing pretty
much alI TINT transpi1ed about the court. Ho Ind
already inspected buckingham Palace, aud hav-
Ing tho general ontro know grcot dohl about 1t.
It would bo difficult to commit burglary at tho
Palace, but not impossible, IT no othor mcana
| for getting at tho 5owels could ho found out.
Tho shal, in general was worry inaccessible lis
| attendants woro very numerous aud very jeal-
ouB; besides them Wns large force Of London
dotoctivea., md in addition to those corps OF
HawklnB now aaid tint ho only contemplated
| burglary Of tho palace as d dornler rossort.
! Ho had calculated rathor to practice upon
tho slnhs supersttions o. his fears, 90 as
sm Il nv'Fs Fe hi ge* on 5 and sasy is 'ss ~4 aG Gs
jowels ono would need at lcast twelve hours'
start. Nurses said TINT, had ho known what ho
| now knew, this schema would have been per-
foctly practicable ut st. Petersburg. 1hero tue
Government should hayo knowledge Of luis sccrot
| trcaty with nouter, Any ono who had gone to
! him thero and persuaded him that tho cznr ro-
| scented this treaty, and was inclined to retain
his guest aa ietcnu for an indefinite tinao, could
| hare got him to attempt to escape from Russia
! III dieguiso, and 80 might havo had him In hia
| powor LONG enough to accomplish tho rob-
| bory. Tho Blah waa dccply. prcjudiccd, mar
| row-mfndod, BuperRtitioua. Many Of his fol-
over him by appealing to Ills suporstitions, and
by cuuningly manipulating tho amulet, charma,
aud secret and reooudito Influences in which be
implicitly beloved. But In England le could
| not be approached on tho side Of fcar. Ho lnow
tho English character, had confidence IN 1t, aud
besides was conscious Of loaninga aB regarded
| his political sympatties. strongly towards the
] Engllsh view Of things.
Thoro WAS, however, Narees continued, q
| sido Of the Ghah's characsar upon which he
could bo approached with impunitY, and by
ndroit management almost certainly captured
IIc "as man OF luxurious life and procIiyi-
| tics, he had sent his haram home, he
was peculiarly susceptible to tho influences
Of beauty, Of Western beauty. IN partcu;
lar, and It was notorious among his oftcors tha'
ho expected to achiove good many donnes for.
tunes among the lovely ladies' OF London. Horo
thon, II tho right aort Of plan could be concoctod
tho 9hah would DO at their. mercy. In q eohemc
Of this sort Nurses snid Le himself would easily
be mastor of tho situation, ainco there was tht
greatest amount Of jealousy among tho higl
officers who surrounded tho shah, and he know
that bis own Immediate elnployor, Gen. Hudi
Dachollallelln, would give Ills right arm almost
for tho chance Of providing his master with {
how conoubino whom ho could Influence, mt
with whom tho Blah-in-Slah might become in
! fatunted.
| Hawkine objected to this that Il would one