Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-06-06

LORD GEORGE FREDERICK CAvENDIsH.
house of lords and who arc but little
known outside their own SGT, SO that
man in distant land, even though it were
an English colony, might successfully pass
for what no was not.
But 1t was the sublime audacity of the
character In question that made him a sue
cess in Australia as Lord Henry Penn
broke Cavendish," q scion of the great
house Of Devonshire.
Australasia was just recovering from
the excitement caused by tho trial and ax-
ecution of the monster Deeming when o
handsome young man, accompanied by n
colorcd valet, came down to the charming
city Of Auckland, New Zealand, from tho
Fiji islands.
This young man was, or said he was,
Lord Henry Pembroke Cavendish. He
had been doing" Polynesia and visited
Apia, in Samoa, where he was entertained
by tho famous writer, Robert Louis Ste
venson.
Mr.. Stevenson gave the young nobleman
letters TO his friends in the colonies, never
for an instant doubling he was all he
claimed to be.
Lord Cavendish was slender, of medium
height and had n light yellow mustache
cent, due, SO he explained, to the fact that
he had lived on tho continents since his
childhood.
His mother, who died when he was a
yenr old, was cousin Of Count Henri
Rochefort, the famous socialist, and his
father was the man assassinated q decade
or more before In Dublin.
Fortunately for his purpose, there had
been such marriage, and 1t created no
end Of talk ut the time, though the lady
In the case was of q nobler family than the
house Of Devonshire.
Had this man claimed to be an heir
Burke's PecraRe, called the Englishman' s
Bible, would have shown tho fraud at once,
but rs it was his story-always told mod
estly-reccived full crcdence and made
him a social lion during his brief but bril-
liant career south Of the equator.
The servant, u native Of Singapore, knew
but little English, while his lordship, who
had an Ollendorf knowledge of Malay,
always addressed him in that language, a
fact that added to his reputation for schol-
arsbip.
At Auckland, Lord Cavendish was "put
up" at oil the clubs, and that able and
venerable statesman, Sir George Grey, to
whom New Zealand owes so much. paid
MIN uttcntlOu. I1erS MS money ran snort,
but he had unlimited forged letters of
credit, and tho bankers tumbled over each
other In their eagcrness to cash his drafts.
Auckland Is noted for its pretty women.
and many of these, IL is said, fell madly In
love with the handsome young nobleman.
He was invited to visit Wellington, the
capital, where the colonial parliament was
In session and no could meet the governor.
Lord Glasgow. He declined for the pres.
cnt, saying no must be In Brisbane, Queens.
land, by a certain date, but would accept
the invitation on his return in q few
months
He declared, and with truth, that New
Zealand was the lovelicss land under the
sun, and he hinted that after he got his
affairs settled up In Europe he would 70.
turn and 60 into the sheep business or be.
como "a squatter." as It is called out
| there.
When he reached Brisbane, he had letters
TO all tho prominent colonists and officials
Reporters boarded the steamer before the
| eangplunk was down in order to inter
| view him, for the Auckland papers had
sounded his praises. and the cable had an.
nounccd his coming rs an important item
| Of intercoionial news.
To work his scheme successfully it wa
necessary that his iordship must move
rapidly and yet without the appearance oil
nervous hnsse. Within two months hi.
drafts would be heard from. He reasoned