Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-04-28

thooghs - could sst hnrsnsA vikAsn&
any trouble. As we hsa pot ys3 psnchsd
the pirr. I kaEdsA him shns. has viii
The resolve 20 have b haek hs(oss guing
lahore.
Whss soms 10 MINUTES lnAar b -
turned With . checsfol auile. al fold
ing up nay pepess pus thsm IN ny hAnd,
With the remark that ell w~s rixhr, I was
TO ssAAnaed VI my late sssricioas thai
fslt myself bluah
The clerk, b. said. s'has chansed my
acse II fair discouns, giving me half
gold and the rest IN bills on The Baak a
France. By the bye. my losd. ssppns
you take fsw. You nay want q -
thrm before yos get Jour ssaau drafs
eashel"
declined ~ frst. hut ~ insi.esd %
stroosiy ON my taking end carrying
them. even though thought might noe
want % use them. that as 6rst. fsAsing
longer refusal would hurt his fselfngs. ]
CONSENTED 10 put them In my pochstbook.
Unds9 tho management q my friSnd.
who spoke Preach rs fiueutly - EnGliah.
everything got On smoothly. and ] soon
found myself transferred from tho
steamer ~ . fine hotel-without. - be
had said. having any trouble whatever.
Our passports meantime had toeu givea
up and sent on to Paris. and Temporary
ones. as il tho custom. had boea fur
nished us in place Of them.
will pass over the remainder Of tho
journey with the simple remark that
every moment more and more endeared
mo 70 my agreeable and aristocratc
friend. and tho only regret had Wa In
tho fact u being in . false position.
which sooner or later he might discover,
to my grief and shame.
On finally arriving st Paris our paas-
ports were again demanded. and no
sooner was nine examined than the ON
Ger informed mo that We under arrest
and must come with him. Ny French
was none Of the BEST, but In my surprise
and CONSERVATION made the best use
Of il / could and demanded what was
meant by such procecdinga.
''You will find that out ct your EXAM
nation" was his sharp reply.
Then We were whirled to tho o6ace Of
. magistrate. and was unceremoniously
hurried into . small. close room, half
filed with police officers. secret agents
and lawyers. On tho bench sat small,
withered specimen Of humanity, with .
wig on his head and spectacles ON his
forehead.
WELL" he said. jerking down his spec
tacles and taking q good stare ct me, as
did all the others, what nowY'
A / could understand Frepch much
better than ! could speak 1t, q was able
to make ont what was said, and 70 my
utter establishment now heard myself
accused of being . notorious swindler
and countegfeiter.
"What 10 your namer' demanded The
commissaxy.
Ralph Hodge," ssid !.
AN alias," said ono Of tho police OH
GERS. "On his passport II Robert Beau
fort"
"A mistake, Them cried L "That h
tho name Of tho gentlemen that came
over from London with me. He took
my passport and must have changed it
by mistake"
The officers smiled incredulously and
exchanged glances With each other and
tho magistrate. and the latter shaking his
head said IL wouldn't do.
my draft on Delessert q Co. viii
prove ii" exclaimed !, bethinking my
self Of that and producing it with trem-
bling eagerness.
The commi@ary glanced over Il and
ffowned.
Another mistake perhaps" he said
With ironical bitterness, pointing to the
name Of Robert Beaufort.
The truth now flashed upon me. Ny
companion then was no other than . pro-
fessional villain. who had played upon
my foolish vanity and made me his dupe
and scspegoat. tried to make the mag
istrate comprehend the true state Of the
case. but he either did not or would not
understand me.
After good deal Of trouble and delay.
however, I managed TO get the British
embassy interested in my case, and in
course Of time the truth came ont, and
was set at liberty. Ny money had all