The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1896-12-12

which they failed 10 ct Pt leags . por.
tion was an enormous ruby. worn - .
royal armlek They told the King thot
he should give them that ruby 20 they
could present It to Queen Victoria. and
that on receipt thereof she would be %
pleased that nothing would serve her
but complete annihilation Of King
Johns Egyptian enemies. For some un-
known reason, however, the king re-
mnined obdurate. and that Is why he
still possesses the ruby.
In 1885 the star of the Englishmen
began to wane. The Egyptian govern
ment made up its mind that there could
be no peace with Abys4jnia until the
two Englishmen were out Of the coun-
try. So an expedition was sent out aft
or them under Osman Pasha, the best
officer in the khedive's army. Strangely
enough, he managed to capture them,
and they were carried to Cairo. Here
they were treated with extreme consid-
GRAFTON, and after the bare formality Of
q trial q sentence of banishment was
imposed. Major Barlow had no fancy
for leaving a country that had flowed
with milk and honey, 30, by forging
number of letters, by continuing his
policy Of intrigue, he gained permission
to take a quantity of gunpowder with
him, travel east and exchange it for
ivory. He then bribed an Egyptian off,
cial, shipped tons Of gunpowder into
Abyssinia, was detected, fed, and final
ly succeeded in making his way back to
the nation that had made him power.
Retribution finally overlook him, how.
ever, for the rod of iron with which he
ruled King Johns army produced mu-
tiny, and Barlow was killed by the
very men he had trained in arms.
Houghton accepted his sentence and
took passage on a vessel bound for
France He was not content. however,
to refrain from evil even on an ocean
voyage, and SO he very shrewdly made
overtures to the captain of the vessel to
become pirate, assuring him that
within two months he would make him
immensely wealthy. 1t SO happened,
however, that the captain was rather
clever and thoroughly honest man. In
stead of joining in with Houghton's
schemes he landed him on the coast Of
France at the very first opportunity.
So trifing misadventure as this
did not daunt Houghton in the least.
He made his way to Paris and posed
without delay as the accredited repre-
sentative of the King of Abyssinia. He
had considerable money, which, with
the Berlin nest egg, gave him ample
capital for the time being. His life was
one Of almost oriental luxury. Social
honors of all sorts were his. All classes
honored him and did all possible TO-
make life pleasant Then he became en-
tangled in an alliance with notorious
woman. md q series Of orgies began.
beside which the greatest excesses Of
the Moulin Rouge are as child's play.
At last, however, the French police
arrested Houghton, and he was sent TO
prison for two montha In tho fall Of
1883 be made his way 10 England and
there began the career Of swindling
that has ended in . prison. From time
10 time he was connected with very
shady transactiona but always man.
aged TO avoid arrest until short time
since, when he tried to blaokmail .
London broker, was arrested, tried and
sentenced TO 18 months at Wormwood
Scrubbs prison, London place Of pun
ishment for criminals of the more de-
graded type.
There at the present moment is the
man who once held the fate Of nation
in the hollow Of his hand, breaking
stone for the good Of England roads
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