Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1895-09-27
Copyright, 1895, by the Author.
CHAPTER IV-CoNTINUED.


CHAPTER IV-CoNTINUED.
On resum1ng our journey we took Il
nap, and when we awoke we found our
selves nearing the Rhine. About noon
we arrived at Cologne, and going to
Uhrich platz drank bottle Of tokay i'll
famous wine cellar there; then, hurry
ing back to the station, we travelled
across the sandy plain that stretches
from near the Prussian border to the
capital We arrived soon after dark, and
Mac went at once to the Hotel Lion de
Paris and registered I waited across
the street in the shadow of the Empress
palace. Mao soon came out, and we
went to dine in large cafe. We enjoy
ed the novelty Of the scene and were
never tired Of marvelng over the all
predominant miitarism IS soldiers ev.
erywhere, all with good lungs and
loud voices. We spent the evening see
ing the town. At midnight we parted
to meet and breakfast together at the
cafe at 8. then went to an obscure
hotel and soon was in the land of
dreams In the morning I awoke with
an anxious feeling and found myself
wishing it were night. At 8, the up.
pointed time, met Mac. He may pos
sibly have felt some anxiety If so, it
was invisible.
When an honest man makes mis-.
take, he has not only sympathy, but can
always pick himself up again. With
rogue mistake may easily be and al
most always is fatal So, too, with US
We feared the unseen and the unexpect.
ed. Above all, our imagination magni-
fed the danger, while tormenting us
with needless fears. In Germany the
banks open at 8 o'clock, and we knew
they would receive soon after 8 the let
ter we had deposited in the mail in
London. We decided that it would be
best for Mao to enter the bankers at
five minutes after 8. We had discovered
the night before the location of the firm.
During breakfast Mac went carefully
through his pockets, taking out every
scrap of paper and turning everything
over to me; then, taking out from
among the others in our bag the letters
of credit and introduction, we made our
last scrutiny of them.
So, with the documents in his pocket
and giving me smile, out he went;
and I followed after, keeping him in
sight, and very anxious I was. We were
on Unter den Linden. Walking one
square and turning to the left half a
block away were the bankers-Hebrew,
by the way. + saw Mao saunter up the
steps and disappear from view. Outside
Of America money transactions are car
ried on with the utmost deliberatlon-
to an American with exasperating slow
ness. I thought it possible be might re-
main there for a whole half hour, and
long half hour it would be to me. In
order to have my anxiety shortened by
even a half minute we had arranged
that when he came out if he had the
money he was to stroke his beard as a
signal If it was all right, but delayed,
he was to put his handkerchief to his
face, but if everything was wrong he
was to clasp his hands across his breast
for moment.
In that event was to keep lookout
to see if he was followed. If SO, I was
to give him signal, when he would 60
straight to his hotel, in passing through
would dispose of his tall hat and put on
the soft hat he had in his pocket, then
pass out the back entrance and hasten
to a certain hatshop, where I would
meet him, and take cab to little
town six miles away, called Juterbogk,
where all trains going south, west and
east stopped. While driving out we
would settle on some plan. But this
emergency did not arise. had station
cd myself in little shop across the
street, and from that vantage ground
was watching for Macs temperance,
and just as had settled myself for a
weary watch out he came, smiling and
stroking his beard A moments glance
satisfied me he was not followed. I has
tened after, and coming up with him as
he turned the corner he merely said
e2,600 ($19,000). 1t seemed too good
to be true, and I said, 81 don't believe
you"
He replied, lit is all right, my boy
here it is" at the same time thrusting
big package Of gulden notes into my
hand. We instantly separated, hasten
ing to different but nearby brokers' Of
fees, buying for nearly the full amount
French bank notes and gold. We went
straight to the hatter's and bought one
Of those broad brimmed German student
hats, which, when he had placed it on
his head, put on pair of spectacles and
parted his flowing beard in the middle,
made such a Transformation in his ap-
s. 4 kf