Smyrna times., 1875-01-20
Story Of an Eventful Life.

Major Larkyns was man OF infinite adven-
ture. He was one of Charles Lever HEROES
in real life. As the younger son of rich
Scotchman he got deal OF learning and little
lucre. A few years of life on the continent
added to the former and swept away the latter.
While he was living royalty GU his principal, he
seems to have amused himself with plotting
dire destruction for the crowned heads of
Europe. He carried muskst under Garibaldi,
and is said to have belonged to Mazzim' secret
league. The spies of Europe knew him He
grew accustomed to being escorted across iron.
tiers by two policemen. HO was withal only
an amateur conspirator. Plots fascinated him.
He declared that he never meant to do aBy
king any 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 him an
army commission. He sailed for India to join
his regiment. Arrived there he soon wearied
of the routine, sold out of the service and
started for Central Asia. There his fortune
eliminated. He fell into the good graces of a
heather pOtentate, administered his govern.
ment for him, and finally freed him from all
fnrther care in the matter by making himself
Raiah. He succeeded to tho palace, the Aarem
and the treasury Of the man he had exceled
and led life of barbario magni6csnce.
After six years Of solitary spleudor he
wearied of the cares of State. he decamped
at night and betook himself and trunkful o
diamonds to London. His family naturally
killed the fatted calf in his honor, but he
duarreled with them sooR, and babe them
coed by forever. This made dependence upor
them impossible, when soon after an unlucky
speculation robbed him of the spOils of hi,
rajahship. His beggary and the outbreak o.
| Tho EronO0.( Narman NJ aOIn0Idonf ~
was soon fighting as Mojor Larkyns on Genera
BOurbak' staff. Bravery soon gave him the
cross legion of honor, and then at Metz wound
lie limped through the aMpaign, which ended
at Ssden, aud was captured with his protein
pore monarch. He fades out of view as
prisoner of war at Ssdsn, and reappears as Q
soldier of fortune at Salt Lake City in the
winter of 1872. Thence he wandered tC
Honolulu, back to San Francisco, and into
| Frisco jail. The failure of the man who haC
cashed his fictitious drafts to prosecute him Sc
him free.
The sx-king became a coalheaver. As 9
daylaborsr, as a stevedors, as clerk, as q trans
lator, as a correspondent, he worked TO saiI
money and regain reputation. He was wei
employed at Calistoga when the end came.
jealous San Francisco husband hurried thithsl
with Larkyn's letters to his wife in his poke
and his pistol in his hand. He called Lsrkyni
to the door and the deemed man came. There
was cry of Throw up your handsi" an oath,
fash and the dull thud of bullet, and the
man of tho world went out of the world. ThG
wages of his sin were death. He might have
done much, but he preferred to enjoy much
and this was the ghastly end of an odd life
Among the queerest of the queer crowd thai
will rise from Califoi mia soil when the las
trump SCUM Ia will be the late Larkyns. Gals
lJornia paper.