Smyrna times., 1883-09-26
The Travellers Story.

employers names were Boggs {
Grlliths. Boggs was the principal O
Tue nrm, and it was he l found in tn
" sent for you this afternoon. - h.
said, ostensibly for the purpose q
giving you instructions regarding th,
urn $ business, but really to repose ,
confidence III and ask favor of vol
aeUuC II private matter of my oWn.n
he paused moment as if consider
ing the best form of words he sboulC
continue with.
Could you keep a secret pr he aslrad
My dealings with Won and Won,
partner could answer that question"
PARDON mel know you have kept
the hrm's secrets very well, but this i,
another affair. 1t may be a crime
nave TO contide. 1t is a secret that il
known here, would stain my honor and
lnJure my business"
Ii your secret is not a capital offense
II 1t will involve the bearer in no diff
ilculty, l am willing to hear if. and
Keep 1t after it is heard"
ihen can tell it with safety. If
VIII involve you in no trouble. and will
greatly benefit me. If | remember
rlght you have been in our employ
over ten years."
began with you in the Snring Of
1854" l replied.
thought so. You will rememhor
at that time we were only struggling
hrm. L was the moneyed man but
green and inexperienced in the bust
ness. How came by that money nv
disclosure will explain.
In early life | received good edu-
cation and was Immediately afterward
put to trade. But the trade did NOT
SUIT me. lOnged for a sailors life. So
l shipped before the mast ON board a
Facltic whaler, and on her visited some
Oh the remotest nations of the globe y
Ohe OF the sailors, who happened to
De my messmate, and whose name was
ElarKe, took great fancy to me.
Cnough l never did to him. He was n
PLAIN, rough, honest fellow, while was
MS very opposite, both in regard to
manners, and, | fear, honesty. That
man loved me, if ever one man loved
announcer. why, sir, he would follow
me about the docks almost as anv
spaniel would have done, and ALWAYS
wished to be in my society. How I
repaid his fidelity 1 will presently
we had captured all the whales we
desired for that voyage, and were ON
our return to America.
We had calm weather for a number
OF days, and our ship was nearly mo-
GI0nless, being moved only by the tides
When the breeze did come, as usual on
these seas, it came with a vengeance
ana the more timid of the crew were
as anxious that the breeze should cease
as tney were for it to begin.
do not intend to describe our shin
wreck. Enough to say the shin went
down and only six out of her crew of
WE'VE got safely into the boats. The
captain and the mate and two of the
sailors got INTO the long boat, abondon-
ing Internationally, suppose, Clarke
ana myself, who were compelled to
take the cutter.
Inc snip was rapidly sinking. so
we could lose no time in leaving #. +
uiu not want to put anything on board
put instruments to navigate with. and
sails and provisions. Clarke surprised
me Dy opposing my wishes for the first
Time. lie insisted ON placing our sen
chests In the cutter, thereby Occupyinp
nuen valuable time. OF course 7 oh.
Jected, but he insisted, as only Quiet
men can do when they are in earnest
ana consented to help lift his chest
INTO the cutter, but refused to do so
with my own. We Just ESCAPED the
suction which the ship made. as She
sunk into the deep waters. and which
nearly engulfed us in that angry ocean
we were seven days on the Pacific
IN that open boat. The cutter noblv
OutrOde the storm, and when the calm
weather came We were but little ex-
hausted. But the worst was to come.
In our dispute about Clarke's sea-
chest we had neglected to put the
y necessary quantity of provisions on
BOARD and the terrible dangers of star
Tatloh began to appal us. We had
eaten all but quantity of bread and
SAT- meat, while our supply of fresh
water was entirely exhausted. When
Ihe bread gave out we had NOTHING left |
Dutthe salt meat, and the inevitable CON
sequence was scurvy, Clarke was the |
hrst one attacked by the loothsome |
disease, and the poor fellow did NOT |
long survive. " "'U io'
Inc night before he died he told |
ine some OF his past history. and I |
learned why he was so earnest to have |
MS Sea-chest placed in the cutter.
lie had wife and family in Ar,o,;
ca, and he seldom lost an onportunitv
TO better their fortunes. On startin1
ON his last voyage he had snnnIiaS
n nliilselI Wei with opium, and this he
had exchanged with the CeIestiaIs for
gold on arriving in China. This gold.
in value to $4,000, he had
In MS chest, and that was the reason
he was so careful of it.
HIS dying request was that if 7 SIR
vlved and got safely to America 7
would place the gold in his wife's
hands' L solemnly promised to do so.
and ere long l was compelled to give
the poor fellow the last sad obseonies
was picked up by an American
vessel and was landed in New Orleans.
turned rascal and robbed the widow
and the fatherless. l went into busi-
ness and succeeded. Then came here
to New York and was still more snc.
cessful. l have grown rich throucb
The stolen gold, but the curse of il still
want that stolen money
with ten fold interest placed in its
rightful owners hands.
THE Widow Clark, whom 7 was 70
lind and deliver the money to. lived in
The State of Indiana, near the town of
r, on the line of the Terre Haute
and st. Louis railroad"
Before / left the office he placed in
my hands the sum of $25, 600. that I
was instructed to present to the widow.
The money was composed of twenty
i've 81 900 bills,
left New York about s O'Clock that
evening, and in due time arrived at the
little town of t, in Indiana.
was directed to q small hotel that /
stood o short distance up ON the only
street the village could boast of.
On arriving there 1 took an anxious
survey OF the occupants of the bar-room
through the window before entering
There were four men in the room
One of these i took to be the landlord
The men were seated around a table in
corner of the room engaged at cards.
They We're all young, savage-looking
fellows E
As | turned the handle of the door
md boldly entered the room the men
'urned slightly, but Immediately. re-
'umed their occupation. Pretending
not to notice them called the1andlord
aside and incurred If / eould obtain n /