Wichita eagle., 1886-12-28

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Gp the whole company.
The captain interrogated the men Oh watt
and Dir. Milford as closely as possible The
was no doubt about the facts. The Paragc
had been run down by mysterious vesst
the na1lic Of which no one had observed, 81
which had taken advantage of the darkne
to desert the ship she had run into.
A minute inquiry naturally was held 1
Seringapata-n, at the conclusion OF which
was decided-though in official language
that there was some mystery somewhere, an
g good deal more in the circumstances Of tt
collision than met the eye or ear; but thc
there was 10 direct evidence rejecting upo
the conduct Ct the fifth officer, who cam
home froIa the inquiry a man about whoT
nothing definite is said, but good deal is III.
Piled, and in this urcnviable state Of mind b
found waiting for him Nellie, his Alliance
bride, and q blue envelope.
The latter was from firm o. solicitors
announcing that his old uncle had died, leay
ing hin his sole heir
T; Thank Cod" he exclaimed. "Poor oil
| gentleman, he hiss done ne q good turn e
! the moment I required it raoet Nellie
| sweetheart-I an rich nan. Tomorrow
throw up this profession, which, if care.
little about before, l leatae now. This ia,
three weeks, darling, we viii be married
and then well &c abroad for nix IsoatlS-
does this suit your yjews!"
The cns1er Of tAc yoElg pessoa addTese<
has Eot been recorded; It h sxficaest for u
! to know that two n4oEths later Ecllie-Lrs
Ralph EutSord-wt.s installed in Tn exquisite
Little as,pSI-aep.cn1 lseSisg cat eFon th.
Champs Eysses, s,rd hsz- hrs6snl, who haf
been dove to TIE Riviera TO iesk cut for &
permanent haI,ifation fer hinseE and Iii
bride, wsS haSsenns baos, 10 beg IL G E,r6
c!ass carriage e,i TIC PGy- jaarseiiles railway
Ia tie oexEar e9speste TO kim SIT an Amer
lean, WAC, with the aEaaszay ct tat frss
born race, had entered into conversation with
him, ard the conversation lad tzEed upsx
the shipping at Nersciles.
you seem to lnow thing or two about
boats, stranger" Observed the American
"Wen, ought to, seeing that ] was con-
nected with sn American lire for souae
years"
~ Oh were! then you must have cone
across some funny yarns in connection with
those same steamers. Lord bless you! There's
deal of romance connected with those lines.
could tell you stoTy-but, there, it wouldn't
interest you, PERHAPS"
"On the contrary" replied Mr.. Milford, Il
should very much like to hear some of your
experiences-we have the end of long jour.
ney before u.s."
"Oh, they're not my experiences; but q
friend of mine from Chicago told me a rum
story about the Cable lire few days ago.
Remember the Paragon? Went down mys-
teriously, beginning OF the year? Yes, you
know. I'll tell you story about that, if you
like. Shall II Very well-we've got half an
hour. 1t happened like this: but mind, you
must promise on your British honor never to
let this so any further. All right
"Col Jedediah e. Spinks got planted last
fall with a huge consignment Of hides; got
'ern as his share of a steal, Or something of
that kind, and all his pals laughed at him
because they said even he couldn't get
profit out OF 'em. So what dye think
he does? Ships 'em all aboard the Paragon
as cargo declares them as Indian bullion en-
broideries, and insures them against all risks
at 100000 He spotted the Paragon because
there was young fool of a fifth officer on
board, named Mudford, CT Retford, or some
thing like that, who was just the kind of soft
he wanted, and he had him sounded, to make
sure, one day at Delmonico's, by friend,
who went and sat with him and entered into
as you and l have done;
and then the colonel got girl, lovely and
without relations, with the cheek and the
pluck and the beauty Of the devil, but down
on her luck and hard up for cash and excite
ment, sAd sent her on board as his niece,
making tho voyage TO Seringapstam under the
care OF tho captainr She made tremendous
love to the young Eperk, playing The pompous
old ass of a captain OF against him, and got
him TO herself on deck ere dark night. when
there vas 10 one cleo On deck but two men
sent On IS part Of the extra crew by the
colonel himself, and instructed by him.
Y bile she hirted with him well out of sight
under the bridge, these two men let down
over the SIDE Remington dynamite machine
and blew tee blessed cid beat to bsazee. and
thea cockered Up yarn ebs1t q mysterious
'weacel that had esns xp>n them suddenly,
'ua them down End es4 clear away Lord!
knew ysxf hsSh. Tks ysxHg feol, in 70
era Of q fEak sSeet ha eWtiksate, SUPPORTS
their yam, ara, q esrrse, never seyy a word
about tao girl 9fG ssze ev~; TIE loss Is
proven boua 1ds aesi2s.e.l, a.d Col Jede-
siah B. spinh neas a1ss, ~ sserAax o,ar
preet bang sre q Chs t.sxa1ss efRss! But
vaa ki,st& TIE s.ls ~ traSis part Il
h, That beautiful sTl, WA her RmveIiou
's!t1k, tact wSxii Eshs beg an esxyress
shs wsztsl 10 b Enc, gees a.d falk IN
levs-ths rial tkaes-with ~ man,
eHs won't touch . Psxny sf h~ shue Of tho
pladu. WasAs Of ee.iD al L But al
wsnea ere alike. And ssei, sE, sAek sAar-
ned hia! What aye 6aAk sf taGt far
yanr
.ksst ssArtszAg sa3 zndAs But here il
Paris. Thank yea % mach for yeur delight
tu esapsay. YsW ss~y ks.s indeed inter
esscS - greatly. s-Ln4n Yruth