The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-07-22

one in the village or region. His inten-
ton was to return to England. make
known his discovery to capitalists, obtain
their aid and then come back to the mine
in the Mexican noun tains and gather in
millions as his share of the find On the
eve of his intended departure from the
isolated spot he was informed by the
authorities that they did not wantshim TO
go. Not in that way. They asked him
If he had finished his business in that
locality. When he told them that he
had they said TO him, in effect;
Every well. Then we will take you
out and shoot YOU"
1T happened, though, that daughter
of the governor of that district had fallen
in love with Worthington. She pleaded
for him, and her father finally said that
If the Engnshman preferred marrying
the girl to being shot they would com
promise it in that way. Worthington
married the girl But he was not per-
mitted TO leave the village. For eight
years he remained there, virtually pris-
oner. Three children were born to him.
Then revolution broke out in the state.
The existing government was overt Irown,
and the go ernor, Worthington's father
in-law, shot In the excitement of the
hour Worthington, with his wife and
children, escaped from the distracted
region. They made their way north
privations, until at last they arrived at
our post on the frontier just in time to be
saved.
Fortunately, Worthington had been
able to preserve the maps he had made of
the ancient mine and its surroundings.
He showed them to me. / was greatly
impressed by them and his story. So
were my fellows officers. The result was
that lot of us formed pool by chipping
I'D mia ha 10 ha in
sending a party Of miners and other
workmen, under the guidance of the
Englishman, to the Aztec mine. One Of
the officers Of the post obtained a three
months furlough and joined the party.
They were twenty strong and well
equipped. They expected TO be back in
three months, laden with treasure. Three
months passed. They did not come. Six
months, a year went by and they did not
come. In fact, they never came back,
and not one Of the party has ever been
heard of since. | believe that they
reached the mine, but were taken by the
Mexicans and met the fate that Worth
ington had escaped eight years before.
! had copies of Worthington's maps made
before they left the post, and have them
yet.
PROOF OF THE ENGLIsHMAN's STORY.
"Some time ago I met on a railroad
train a very pleasant gentleman, who
proved to be member of the Engineers
Club of Boston. Naturally, we fell 10
talking Of engineering and Of mining and
of mining countries. The Aztec mines
came up for discussion. Then the Bos-
ton man told me he had become it'll
crazy with the Aztec fever himself since
an experience of the Boston club Three
or four years ago, he said. some members
Of the club made up purse of $1,000 and
sent a young German named Steinburg TO
Mexico to look up mine property for in-
vestmeut. Steinburg was an enthusiast
on Mexican mines, and especially on the
traditional Montezuma mines. He made
some good investments for the Boston
people, and then wrote them that he in
tended TO 90 on q long trip into the In
terror prospecting and that they might
not hear from him in six months. Then
they knew that Steinburg had started in
10 chase the Aztecs.
1.-TWO years went by and nothing was
heard from the young prospcctor. The
club gave him up for dead Not long af-
ter that, though, they received package
that bore the seal OF the German consul
in the City Of Mexico. II contained
number OF peculiar maps, lot Of memo
rnnda In Steinburgs handwriting, and
letter from the consul saying that Stein
burg had called az his once few days
before. He was very III. He left the
package with instructions for u 70 be for