Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1895-10-09
CHAPTER VI-CoNTINUED.
Copyright, 1895, by the Author.

We tried to talk George out OF this
notion, which Mao and I regarded as a
freak unnecessary in the first place and
impossible anyhow. But he was persist
ent, and had to start out and try. At
Calais I took my place in what the
French call a coupe-that is, the end
compartment on car, which, by pay
ing 10 francs extra, you can occupy
alone. had fallen into sound sleep
before the train started and was aroused
from it to find myself hurled about the
compartment much as stout boy would
shake mouse in cage and quite as
helpless.
Our train was off the track My car
riage was near the engine, and the mo-
mentum Of the long train forced the car
in the rear Of mine up on end, and it
appeared as if it would fall over and
crush me. Thought my hour had come.
and cried out. cat lastP' There was
no fear or terror in it, but merely the
thought that after many months of al
most incessant travel, and necessarily of
peril, "at last" my fate had come. It
had not. How good heaven could have
been if it had sent me to my doom then
and there.
The accident had occurred at Mar
quise, small town 18 miles from Calais
and four from Boulogne, the first stop
ping place of the express. Two were
killed and half Of the remaining passen-
gers injured. My own injuries were
slight and consisted Of trifing cuts on
the face and hands from flying glass.
But, far worse than that, had received
a nervous shock which took some weeks
to wear off, and during the rest Of my
Journey to Paris and return to London /
was as nervous as timid woman.
staid at Marquise until noon, when the
express passing at that hour made spe-
cial stop to pick me up.
The road from Paris to Calais is
known as the Chemin de Fer du Nord,
and Baron Alphonse de Rothschild, head
Of the Paris Rothschilds, is the president
of the road. This fact occurred to me
within few minutes Of the accident,
and l thought I might make use Of the
affair as a means to help me in my bust
ness at Paris. I arrived about dark,
went to the Grand hotel, registered as
G. ]. Horton, London, and went to bed
at once My nerves were so shaken that
was timid even when in the elevator.
but slept we'll and awoke at daylight
feeling better.
At 10 O'Clock, limping badly and
leaning on a cane, entered carriage
and drove to the Maison Rothschild, Rue
Laftte. The banking house might we'll
be called .,alace. The various offices
open upon a courtyard, while the whole
architecture of the building would sug-
gest the residence of an officer Of state
or nobleman rather than building de-
voted to finance. But the currents which
center there are potent and farreaching
and come richly laden with tribute from
the four quarters of the world. To win
that tribute slaves toll, and, toiling, die
III Brazilian diamond mines, and thou
sands Of coolies entrapped by agents in
China and India enter into perfdious
contracts which commit them to hope
less slavery and send them to wear out
their lives in despairing toll amid the
pungent and murderous ammoniacal
fumes Of the guano islands Of Chile and
Peru. The Rothschilds, too, own the
Almaden quicksilver mine and others.
Controlling the quicksilver industries
of the world, and to swell their abnor-
NAL hoard, portentous in its vastness.
other poor wretches, condemned under
form Of law, are doomed to days Of
wearing toll, and, their bones rotting
from quicksilver absorption, to nights
Of racking pains So, too, far Siberia
contributes its quota Of human misery
that the golden stream Of interest on
century old loans may have no inter-
ruption, but pour on increasingly into
the vaults Of the Rothschilds.
AGghting from the carriage and
mounting the steps with difficulty, I en-
tered the English department., and seat
ing myself awaited the managers pres
ence. He came, and expressing great
concern when he learned was a victim
Of the Marquise disaster asked what he
could do for me- Ireplied I wanted to
see the baron. He disappeared into a
range of offices, and no doubt told Baron
Alphonse was some important person
age, doubly important because injured
ON his road.
Soon a slight, sallow man of about
43 appeared, wearing an old fashioned
stovepipe hat and shabby suit of snuff
colored garments. The look Of the at
tendants testified that the deity was be-
fore me. Taking off his antiquated
chapeau, he began profuse apology for
the accident, explaining that accidents
were most unusual events in France;
that he would order his own physician
to attend me; that should have every
attention without the slightest charge
or expense to myself, etc., and ended by
saying ! was to command him If he
could serve me. In return I told him
since he was so distressed over the &C.
cident and my plight should say no
moro about either, but as was too
badly shaken to complete the business
OH which I had come to Paris 1 should
request him to instruct his subordinates
to aid me in transmitting the funds
had brought from London back again.
He called the manager and told him to
accommodate me in anything; then,
shaking hands and with many express
sions of regret, he withdrew.
told the manager I wanted three
months bill on London for e6, 900. He
informed me that the house Of Roths-
child was not issuing time bills, but
since the baron's order suspended the
rule in my case he would procure me