The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1889-12-21
THE JEWELED HAIRPIN..
Oh
The Strange Tragedy Of the
Grand Hotel.
BY ARTHUR GRIFFITHS.
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CHAPTER y.
CHAPTER Y.
BY ARTHUR GRIFFITHS.

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'SES&IA What was | IN search of:
oesG9aProof of former intimacy,
GE2@9 acquaintance, conn c t 0 n,
NOfE-p more or less close, between
sac Mr.. Peter Sarsfeld and
S[P)e Xavier de Nriarte, alias
O = 0Joseph CoCch; the one,
& formerly a Cadiz merchant;
the other till only recently, sea captain
sailing from the same port.
| decided ut length TO make inquiries
for Mr.. Sarsfeld. My first visit was 10
the British Consulate. The Vice Consul,
Mr. Matthew Grips, dried-up little
man of middle age, received me, his
chief being for the moment absent on
leave
Although / have but little hope of OBJ
tanning an answer, did YOU ever hear of a
man named Nayier de lriarte, sailor,
belonging to CadizI" [ asked him. q
A Spanish seaman and subject, I sup
pose No, sir, have never heard of the
man You had better apply to the Cap
tain of the Port
As was quite hopeless Of extracting
ANYTHING from Don Mateo Grips, / LETT
the Consulate and returned somewhat
disheartened to my hotel.
Mr.. Sarsfeld for the moment had
eluded my researches, SO [ determined to
devote myself to Yriarte.
Before facing the certain veXatlon of
further inquiry, and feeling that, bad as
was my semi British official, the native
Spaniard would be infinitely worse, es-
pecially to one who spoke little of the
yernacular / now secured the services of
a guide and Interpreter. Reman Iapato
was one of half a dozen such that hung
about the Fonda del Mar
Taking the telegraph office on my way,
whence | dispatched a message to Smart.
asking whether Mr.. Sarsfeld was Protest
ant or Catholic. l went on to see the
Captain Of the Port
After waiting quite half an hour I was
introduced into the presence of a very fat
old man, who appeared to have been Just
reused from heavy slumber and to be st i'll
half asleep. lie wore a thin, short jacket
of alpaca, showing an open shirt front,
white duck trousers and white canvas
shoes.
He was told the object of my visit by
Ramon but he youchsafed no reply; he
only stared silently, Indignantly, !
thought, for many more minutes, then
his huge body was conyulsed with inter
nal commotion, and he yelled suddenly
at the top of his voice
Manoel!"
The shout summoned lesser official,
smaller scale.
"ManoeI.n repeated the Captain of the
Port, only little less loudly, take this
caballero and tell him what he wants to
know. Do not let me he disturbed again,
or, by the ten lives Of my patron saint,
I'll postpone your pay another year"
We were dismissed, and going out Ra-
mon whispered to me:
I'll give him, Mauoel half doubloon.
IL IL, \ 81. -.
And the brlbe had the desired effect for
the man was ali eagerness to oblige.
Xavier dc Yri0rte? 4 sailor What
ship? Can't tell3 Was he a mate, a mas
ter captain, or what?'
He danced about took down many
brass-bound volumes, wildly turned over
leaf after leaf; but it was near Lalf an
hour before he said:
The only person of the name was
Captain Of the Dos Hermauos Two
Brothers., which cleared from this port
on March 10, ls6-."
Where bound"
Bound for the Havana"
And wIen did the ship return"
There was another long pause.
l cannot find that she ever returned,
said Manoel, at length. There is nc
other entry concerning her.
y trace of Captain lriarte:'
No; none whatever, 50 far as l can
see"
He re- examined the registers. with nc
more satisfactory result, and / left the
port office, as | had the consulate, almost
in despair.
But had no thought Of giving in: ]
was determined to prosecute my search
TO the end. | now found Ramon very
useful 1t was his suggestion that IN
quiries should be made among the sailors
Of the port; the harbor was crowded with
shipping there must surely he some one
on board or ut the quay-side to whom
lriarte was known. This task I mtrusted
TO the guide, resolving myself to take the
first steamer to Gibraltar, encouraged Ia
TO do so by telegram received that even.
ing from Smart.
1t contained the single word Protest.
ant; but l knew now that the marriage
must have been performed at Gibraltar
and l had some vague, fresh hope that
Mr.. Sarstield would probably be bette
remembered there IL an English fortress
town than in Cadiz, the sleepy Spanish
seaport.
called on the police magistrate. Major
Crichton. I found myself IN the presence
Of man who impressed me favorably at
once.
a marriage? You want proof Of a
marriage? Nothing easier. What are
the names2 When aid il take placer"
| confessed nv inability TO supply al
these details.
Never mind. If you knew all that.
probably you would not apply to US But
how much do you know"
Only one name-that of SarstieId.
It's not much. Hoveyer-here, Ale
iandro. He called in a police inspector
to whom he gave few brief instruction,
in Spanish, and the man immediatelyleft
the room. Come back, Nr-Mr Leslie.
this afternoon. We viii have the certiti
cate for YOU. Meanwhile. YOU may like
10 see something of the Rock. the gale
RES, and so forth. l will give You a per-
nit. You viii get guide at your hotel.
Good-day.'
Ana | was bowed ont, having done
more IN five minutes than in whole day
at Cadiz.
l returned to the police station at 3
O'Clock, and was admitted.at once
All, good afternoon. This Is what
You want, think. And the magistrate
promptly handed me slip of paper.
which proved 10 be q certified extract
from the marriage register of the En-
gllsh cathedral at Gibraltar, and which
recorded the marriage of one Peter SarS-
field, OF the firm of Cooch 4 Izuuierlo
OF Cadlz and Havana, with Anna. daueh-
ter Of the late Lucas Garcia. OF Cadiz
Cooch,' Ny eve caught the name di-
recsly. Here was positive evidence Of
some connection between the two men at
last. The name lriaIte had assumed
was that of member Of the firm 10
which Mr.. Sarsfeld belonged. the sailor
had probably been employed by the
merchant, had commanded a ship Of his
the Dos Hermanos, possibly; perhaps
during that time had acquired some hold
no, was getting on too fast Hasty