The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-08-25

AAs ! sparn<shs dime for fsG weeks.
wk~.s hekosd Brown r<fs<ssss- bsvs =
Assve and we'll s-Peorpzy kicks s1f tt1e
k~fr. ard declines al Responsibility sos
81 debt What splendid sssuszsos
Worsd<r hew ray dear nep'h<E souA.l
Ike ifg Al eve xS.4n - se< hif2
AID III Toby burst inso harsh en-
r,len<2ug laughter. and pc~iS-ve4S
rsI.~c nocas has char la eho1lssn ns<s-
r;ueur. The idea pleased hirs 20
us1eh that he sas Up good sss tour
lss~r than usuaS. and wben ~ last ns
vent 70 hrd Il sas With drEn desFr'
ua:.on % carry cat kis e1frsor1f-
uarv -sxh<rre. ard 10 exec1fe vffi-
geAnce Epon Jack Bafsks1. tie m
reuutty of which should orsiy t< sx'
c~~sied tsy It's completeness
Upon sir Totgs preparations u =
unnecessary TO dwesl. He eon,rssed
20 po~.~ss hin. self without suspiciofa
Of several thousand pounds IN ready
money. for BE bad no infenfioa % u~'
ing left yennsless daring "a absence
that might Dc prolonged lie hsa y
make up his mind s. - snAt coahafs
he shoafd select tor the ssssss 81 MS
adventures. and. after much o<sit<ra-
tsor. he Fixed upon America. WITH 8
view Of enjoying some Mid sport 10
the Rocky mountains and elsewhere
he also sssd 20 inTenf a su1scisnay
Trustworthy disguise for himself, and
u, Exv In A stock OF more or less out
lanaish garments in order TO sccensn-
ate the change in his appearance
Nov. sir TOBY was smart, dApper
onan vho ayesd his hair black and
-bayed clean bis face, 20 he argued
that II he bought red wig and beard
they would effecfuaIiy disguise HIM
until his own beard and nilstaehe
had had time 10 grow. When THIS
haop<ned be would exhibit his andyeu
hair 10 tine public. and with white
head . grizzly, beard and mustae ne.
and = paIr al sfectacies instead OF has
eyegIass. he fell sure he could defy
recognition. The mere question OF
getting away was simple, the main
.iitt.euIty. OF course, being how 10
furnish Jack with proofs OF his death
strong enough 10 enable him
- take possession OF his inherit
ance. But Sir Toby knew that queer
things could De- done IN Amer ca and
once there he thought he could easily
arrange by bribery that the body OF
some unknown Traveller should be
identified a. that Of Sir Toby Buns
kin. Bart. Mindful OF this necessity
he armed himself with pocketbook
papers calculated TO place
the identity of the person carrying
them beyond reasonable doubt. He
also carefully destroyed every will
that ne had ever made, for he wished
his nephew 10 inherit "a much a.
possible The greater the rise, he
1.-The greater the fall. Up
like q rocket. Jack. my boy and down
like a stick
When ali these preparations were
made. sir Toby quietly left his home
in FaIiowland one day, and did not
return TO il. His ostensiDle destina-
ton was the house in GrOsvenor
square, bat he passed the night at
hotei. and started the next morning
for Liverpool. In his red wig ana
queeriy cut clothes hi own valet
would not have recognized him. At
Liverpool be took a Storage passage
Tor Nsx York, for he Wa a man who
rather liked "roughing it, than other
wise. and. once on the voyage, he be-
gan to feel that half his plan was ac-
But the question as to
how he was 10 prove his own death
him considerably. The ship
had not. however. been a day at sea
before most remarkable and
fortunate circumstance occurred.
>ir TOBY was light sleeper,
and was not very much at
home in his uncomfortable quarters.
80 the first night after leaving Queens
town he paced the deck for several
hours. In the cour>e of his nocturnal
he kept meeting a man whom
be could not help noticing FROM the
very fact that be seemed desperately
anxious 10 avoid bis. Sir Toby's obser-
walton. ''Some thief or forger bolt
ing" thought Sir Toby. and he kept
his eve on the man from idle curiosity,
and gradually fell Ia lodging about
the deck and watching him closely
Presently the man, when he thought
himself unobserve,i. did very strange
thing. he took off his coat and laid it
very carefully on the deck. Then he
glanced hurri.diy round, mounted the
and ieaped into the sea.
One OF the ships officers just caught
sight Of him as he disappeared, an
alarm was quickly raised, and the
engines were reversed. No one had
time 10 notice OF to think
of the coat. but Sir Toby always
prided himself on his presence of
mind. Instantly he seized it, tore off
4 =. ~ y. - "A n
pocketbook and the papers, laid it
down on the deck and put on the
coat left behind by the suicide. Ii
was q master stroke, veritabie in
spiration, aud Sir Toby retired 10 his
berth knowing that the odds we're at
least a hundred 10 one against a res
cue. At his leisure he examined the
pockets of the stranger garment;
the only thing of importance il con-
tanned was letter, apparently adj
dressed - the de 4 man ; wife "As
thought. said sir Toby 70 himself
when he read IL at leisure. ordinary
cases Of forgery cannot live any
ionger-the usual nosh don't thu Tx
that Mrs. BoNston will ever get this
letter And he burned IL carefully
and night or two later on took an
Of throwing the coat
itself overheard. Now | am really
all right, he reelected.
There was great hue and cry i'm
London when IL was reported that Sir
Toby Runskln had actually disap-
peared Half the detectives we're EN-.
pioyed IL look for him. advertise G.
ments were inserted by the score. even
plsCards were posted on the hoardings
no eNertion. in fact, and no expense
were spared 90 discover his wherea.
bouts. But not the slightest result
followed. until the news arrived from
America that Sir Toby had jumped
from an Atlantic steamer. aud had. oi
course. been drowned, leaving behind
him. no doubt for purposes Of identi
tieation. coat. in the pocket of which
was q pockethook containing card,
and private papers, obviously belong
ing 20 the unfortunate haronet. Il
was uine-siays wonder, bat 4.
nobody cared straw about Sii
Toby when awe, people soon grew
tired ri specializing as To- the caus.
which had prompted the rash act.
And a. soon a. certsin necessary lega
iormaiities had been complied with
Jack Bunskin found himself Sir J ohr
Tohiss Banskin, baron Of Bunskiu bal
ard oroSvenor square. and the pos
SCISSOR of a substantial rent-Fou and 4
goo,ilv sum OF ready money. Now. il
was not very likely that Jack shouie
feel any profound grief for his uncle
The ulsuner II the old mans death
certainly shes ked him considerably
bat the pleasures aud duties W hi.
nev position speedily hanlshed Ia,
unpleasant sahiect from his mind.