Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-27

materialized bank thief from Tahlequah
This will be heavy blow to Sellers.
Then he explained the whole matter t
Berkeley, who said:
'Weli, the claimant must manage to stant
the blow, severe as it is. But he'll get ove
the disappointment"
"Who-the Colonel? He'll get over il
the minute he invents q new miracle to take
its place. And mes already at it by thi.
time. But look here-what do you suppose
became Of the man you've been represent
ing all this time?"
sT don't know. I saved his clothes-it
was all could do. am afraid he lost his
life"
"Well you must have found $50, 900 OF
$50. 900 in those clothes in money or certif.
Gates of deposit"
"No, found only $500 and a trihe and
banked the $780,
"What'll we do about it?'
"Return it to the owner"
cts easy said, but not easv to manage
Let's leave it alone till we get Sellers ad-
vice. And that reminds ME, I've got to
run and meet Sellers and explain who ycu
are not and who you are, or he'll come
laundering in here to stop his daughter
from marrying a phantom. But-suppose
your father came over here to break off the
| match?"
"well, isn't he down stairs getting ac-
| quainted with Sally? That's all safe"
So Hawkins departed to meet and prepare
the Sellerses.
| Rossmore Towers saw great times and late
hours during the succeeding week. The
| two earls were such ofposi.es in nature
| that they fraternized at once. Sellers said
| privately that Rossmore was the most ex-
traordinary character he had ever met-a
| man just made OUT of the condensed milk
of human kindness, yet with the ability to
totally hide the fact from any but the most
practiced character reader; a man whose
whole being was sweetness. patience and
charity, yet with a cunning so profound, an
ability SO marvellous in the acting of a
double part, that many person of consider
able intelligence, might live with him tor
centuries and never suspect the presence in
him of these characteristics.
Finally there was quiet wedding at the
Towers, instead of big one at the British
Embassy, with the militia and the fire brig
AIDES and the temperance organizations on
hand in torchlisht procession, as at first
proposed by one of the earls The art firm
and Barrow were present at the wedding
and the timer and Puss had been invited,
but the timer was ill and Puss was nurs-
ing him-for they were engaged.
The Sellerses were to go to England with
their new allies for brief visit, but when
it was time to take the train from Wash
ington the Colonel was missing Hawkins
was going as far as New York with the
party, and said he would explain the matter
on the road. The explanation was in a
letter left by the Colonel in Hawkins
hands In it he promised to Join Mrs
Sellers later, in England, and then went on
to say:
'The truth is, my dear Hawkins, a
mighty idea has been born to me within the
hour, and must not even stop to say
goodby to my dear ones A mans highest
duty takes precedence of all minor ones,
and must be attended to with his best
promptness and energy, at whatsoever cost
to his affections or his convenience. And
first of all mans duty is his duty to his
own honor; he must keep that spotless.
Mine is threatened. When was feeling
sure of my imminent future solidty, for
warded to the Gar of Russia, perhaps pre-
maturely, an offer for the purchase of
Siberia, naming vast sum. Since then an
episode has warned me that the method by
which was expected to acquire this money !
upon scale of limitless
magnitude-is marred by taint of Tempo
rary uncertainty. His Imperial Majesty
may accept my offer at any moment. If
this should occur now, should find myself |
painfully embarrassed, in fact, financially |
inadequate. I could not take Siberia. This |
would become known, and my credit would
suffer.
Recently my private hours have been
dark indeed, but the sun shines again now.
I see my way. shall be able to meet nv |
obligations, and without having to ask an |
extension of the stipulated time, I think. |
This grand new idea of mine-the SUBJ |
limest 1 have ever conceived-will save me |
whole, am sure. 1 am leaving for San |
Francisco this moment to test it by the help |
of the great Lick telescope. Like all of my !!
more notable discoveries and inventions it |
is based upon hard, practical scientific laws. |
All other bases ar unsound, and hence un- |
SIN brief, then, have conceived the |
idea of recognizing the climates
of the earth according to the desire Of the |
populations interested. That is to say, |
will furnish climates to order, for cash or |
negotiable paper, taking the old climates in |
part payment, of course, at fair discount,
where they are in condition to be repaired |
at small cost and let out for hire to poor and |
remote communities not able to afford q
good climate, and not caring for an expen-
me that the regulation of eli
mates and the breeding of new varieties at
will from the old stock is feasible thing.
Indeed, 1 am convinced that it. has been
done before; done in prehistoric times by
now forgotten and unrecorded civilizations.
find hoary evidences of arti-
icial manipulation of climates in bygone
times Take the glacial period Was that
produced by accident? Not at all; it was
lone for money. 1 have thousand proofs
ot it, and will some day reveal them.
81 will contide to you an outline of my
dea. 1t is to utilize the spots on the sun
,et control of them, you understand, and
apply the stupendous energies which they
Weld to benefcent purposes in the reorgan-
zing of our climates At present they
merely make trouble and do harm in the
:voking of cyclones and other kinds of cleo
ric storms; but once under humane and in
elligent control, this will cease and they
will become a boon to man.
II have my plan all mapped out whereby
hope and expect to acquire complete and
perfect control of the sun spots, also details
# the methods whereby shall employ the
anne commercially; but will not venture
o 60 into particulars before the patents
hall have been issued. I shall hope and
xpect to sell shop rights to the minor
ountries at reasonable figure, and supply
good business article of climate to the
reat empires at special Rates, together with
ancy brands for coronations, battles and
ther great and particular occasions There
re billions of money in this enterprise, no
xpensive plant is required, and shall be-
in to realize in q few days-in few weeks
t farthest. I shall stand ready to pay cash
or Siberia the moment it is delivered, and
hus save my honor and my credit. I am
onfident of this.
Il would like you to provide proper I
utht and start North as soon as 1 telegraph