Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-08-20

or our contemplated schemes, and with
light hearts looked forward TO speedy
return to London, fairly we'll laden with
plumber.
We talked the whole night through.
or rather Mao talked and listened, aud
it was treat to DO listener, he being
the speaker
A period was put to his Grafton by the
train stopping at Luxembourg, we being
summoned to breakfast
On resuming our journey we took
nap, and when we awoke we found our
selves nearing the Rhine. About noon
wo arrived at Cologne, and going to
Uhlrich platz drank bottle Of tokuy in
a famous wine cellar there; then, hurry
ing back to the station, wo 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 waited across
the street in the shadow Of the Empress
palace. Mac soon came out, and we
went to dine in a large cafe. We enjoy
ed tho novelty of the scene and were
never tired Of maryeling over the all
predominant militarism 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 s. l then went to an obscure
hotel and soon was in the land Of
dreams. In the morning awoke with
an anxious feeling and found myself
wishing it were night. At 8, the APP
pointed time | met Mac. He may pos
sib1y have felt some anxiety. If so, it
was invisible.
When ar honest man makes n mis-
take, he has not only sympathy, but can
always pick himself up again. With II
rogue a mistake may easily be and al
most always is fatal So. too, with u.s.
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 o o'clock, and we knew
they would receive soon after the let
ter we had deposited in the mail in
London. We decided that it would be
best for Mao to enter tho bankers at
five minutes after o. We had discovered
the night before tho location Of the firm.
During breakfast Mao went carefully
through his pockets, taking ont every
scrap Of paper and turning everything
over TO mo; 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 mo Il smile, out he went,
and / followed after, keeping him in
sight, and very anxious was. We were
on Inter den Linden. Walking one
square and turning to the left half a
block away We're the bankers-Hebrew,
by the way. saw Mac saunter up the
steps and disappear from view. Outside
of America money transactions are car
ried on with the utmost deliberation-
to an American with e1asperating slow
ness. l thought it possible he might re-
main there for whole half hour, and a
long half hour it would be to me. In
order to have my anxiety shortened by
even half minute we had arranged
that when he came out if he had the
money he was to stroke his beard as
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. II so, was
to give him signal, when he would 90
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 1 would
meet him, and take cab to little
town six miles away, called Juterbogh,
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
ed myself in % little shop across the
street, and from that vantage ground
was watching for Macs temperance,
and just as had settled myself for
weary watch out he came, smiling and
"'Aphiib mn utuItl a moment y glance
satisfied me he WAS not followed. ] has
tened after, and coming up with him as
he turned the corner he merely said
$4,000 (Sl3,0O0), 1t seemed too good
to be true, and said, ~ don't believe
YOU
He replied, "It is all right my boy;
here it is, " at the same time thrusting
a big package of gulden notes into my
hand. Wo instantly separated, l hasten
ing to different but nearby brokers' Of.
fees, buying for nearly tho full amount
French bank notes and gold. We went
straight to tho hatter's and bought one
OF those broad brimmed German student
hats, which, when he had placed it on
MS head, put on pair of spectaoles and
parted his flowing beard in the middle,
made such a transformation in his ap-
dIa g.,