Juniata sentinel. [volume] (Mifflintown, Pa.) 1846-1873, 1873-08-06
MIFFLlNTOWN JUNlArA COUNTY. PEyN'A, AUGUST 6, 1878


revolution, and in the Franco -Prussian
war, in which he was Lieutenant Colonel
on Minotto's staff His latest ostensible
occupation has been that Of a stock job
Der in this ty. where some of his opera.
tons in South American securities have
been notably successful !; but it is gener.
ally thought his chief business latterly
has been in connection with the shipment
of arms and supplies to the Carlists,
whose cause he is known to "bull." He
is not member of any of the commit
tees hero, but is generally thought tv be
deep in their councils, and privy to most
Of their clandestine traffic with the Bis
cayan provinces. Hawkins is man of
great daring. remarkable address, and
consummate effrontery. He is never
without money for any Of his occasions,
speaks nine or ten languages. and poss
esses large fund of practical informa-
tion. OF his
POWERS OF FASCINATION.
and command of impudeuce l can give
You the best idea when l tell you that
not very long ego fond and wealthy
toy merchant OF Birmingham paid him
5el0,O0O to discontinue his attentions to
the merchants wife, blooming but fool
ish young woman, who was ready to
e!opc with him whenever he said the
word. lie sent receipt to the merchant
ana a duplicate to the poor woman. with
a note saying that he was man whose
word was his bond, and he would never
see her again. having sold bis promise to
that effect.
Haw kins lad schedule Of the Shah $
Ijewels-gaihered from observation during
travels in Persia. A memorandum known
| to be in his hand estimates that, without
running any risks by offering for sale the
more conspicuous pearls, diamonds, em
eralds, and rubi>, jewels to the value of
e., ,OO0, 600 could be made at once avail
able for the Amsterdam market.
THE OTTER THREE.
The second man was a jew SeraGno
chosen chiefly because Of his knowl
edge Of jewels and His quick way of dis.
posing of them. The third man was
Toby Spring. first class burglar aud
safe blower The last of the conspra.
tors-Narses Migiad;;ch Daaian-was
taken into the plot because it was essen
tal 10 have man perfectly acquainted
with the Persian language and with
Persian customs. Narses, in his way,
was quite as remarkable a character as
Hawkins. and man of experience as
varied A member of The great Dadian
family. he bad been wealthy seraff Of
Aleppo, had represented the family in
Ispahan and Teheran for a number of
years, and had traded all over the world
from Boston to Hong Kong He knew
Persia perfectly, knew the Persian char
acter, and more than all knew the
WEAK POINTS IN NAsR-UD-DEEN's
character. He was most accomplished
most subtle. and most unprincipled Ori-
entail, and, but for a single circumstance,
might have been one Of the wcaithest
and most inhuntiai men in the East. He
was a slave and a victim to the habit of
smoking opium, and this had ruined
him, broken up his business, banished
him from home, and plunged him into the
misery and forlornness of a London gar
rett, where he eked out wretched sub
si.tence by translating for scholars aud
merchants, and by other odd jobs among
those who were willing to overlook his
propensites for the sake of employing
his rare and unusual talents. He was
picked out Of an opium cellar aud prov
ed eager to engage IN the adventure
The matter was talked over aud the plan
arranged to have the robbery committed
in London, but to join the Shah's retinue
Immediately, to gain all possible fore
knowledge to aid them.
The three conspirators, Hawkins,
Serafno and Narses, are next seen at St.
Petersburg, where Narses renews an ac
ouaintauce with one Ferjumendi, a SER
want of one of the Shah's suite, and from
this secures a position as interpreter.
Narses thus established, busted himself
in finding out all the secrets of the Shah's
establishment. Hawkins and Serafino
only staid long enough to get photographs
of the Shah, and then Seraino went to
Paris to get limitations of the gems made
from patterns enlarged by the microscope
while Hawkins hastened to London. rem
ted handsomely furnished house in the
neighborhood of Portman Square, hired
retinue of Aunkeys, and gave himself
out for
AN AMERICAN NABOB
who had come to spend few weeks in
the great city, and especially to give
some recreation to his daughter, just
finishing her education at fashionable
place on the Loire. In due time the
brougLam went to Easton Square Station
and brought home mademoiselle and her
piles of luggage. Mademoiselle was a