The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-02-26
THEsSTORY OF AN EVENTFUL LIFE,

Larkyns was man of infinite adventure
He was one Of Charles Levers heroes in real
life. AS the youngest son of a rich Scotch
man, he got deal of learning and a little
lucre. few years OF life ON the Continent
added to the former and swept away the lat
ter. While he was living royalty on his prln-
clpal, he seems to have amused himself with
plotting dire destruction for the crowned
heads of Europe. He carried musket under
Gar1b aldI, and is said to have belonged to
Mazzinl's secret league. The spies of Europe
knew him. He grew accustomed to being
escorted across the frontiers by two police
men. He was only an amateur conspirator.
Plots fascinated him.
He declared that he never meant to do any
king harm, and indeed his schemes always
failed. Perhaps he felt that he was to reign
himself. But we anticipate. When Larkyns
came home, accomplished and penniless,
from his wanderings, his relatives bought
hlm an army commission He sailed fN
India to join his regiment. Arrived there
he soon wearied of the routine, sold out OF
service, and started for Central Asia. There
his fortune culminated He fell into the
good graces of heather potentate admins
tered his government for him, and finally
freed him from further care in the matter, BY
making himself 4 ljah. He succeeded to the
palace, the harem and the treasury of the
man be had excelled, and life of barbaric
magnifcence.
After six years Of solitary splendor he
wearied of the cares of State. He decamped
at night, and betook himself and trunkful
of diamonds to London. His family naturally
killed the f,tted calf ia his honor, but he
quarreled with them soon and babe them
good-by forever. This made dependence on
them impossible when, soon after, an unlucky
speculation robbed him of his raiahship His
beggary and the outbreak of the Franco-Ger-
man war were coincident He was soon
fighting as Major Larkyns on Gen. Bourbakis
staff Bravery gave him the cross of the
Legion of Honor, and then, at Metz, a wound.
He llmpsd through the campaign, which
ended at Sedan, and was captured with his
pro tenn monarch. He fades out of view as a
prisoner of war at Sedan, aud eaopears as 3
soldier OF fortune at Salt Lake City, in the
winter of 1872. Thence he wandered to
Honolulu, back to San Francisco, and into
frisco bank. The failure of the man who
Dad cashed his fictitious drafts to prosecute
him set him free
The ex-king became coal HEAVIER As O.
Gay laborer as stevedore, as clerk, asa
translator, as correspondent, he worked to-
an money and regain reputation. He was
well employed at Calistoga when the end
came A jealous San Francisco husband hug
red thlther with Larkyns's letters to his wife
III ms pocket and his pistol in his hand He
Called Larkyns to the door and the doomed
nan came. There was acry of Throw up
your hands! !" an oath, a Il Ssh and the duh
[hud OF bullet, and the man of the world
went out OF the world. The wages of his sin
were death. He might have done much, but
ne preferred to enjoy much; and this was the
CHASTITY end of an odd lite. Among the
Iueerfst of the queer crowd that will rse,
rom California soil, when the las. trump
sounds, will be the late Lark ns.- Calitornia
)dper.