The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-10-10

Ihe last time mad met VIVA W was I
i'm the Ldanura de las SieTras. Its !
owner then was dressed as a peasant |
in brown cloth and potu.ras (gaiteC5,
nav he wore a long Spanish cloak artl
q tall hat. But it was the capafaZ, the
overseer or head man of the mule train [
Of that I had n0 Doubt. My memory
for faces was strong and generally IN
fdfhng.
He was not alone The man VINO
walked by his side was Snort, SQUAT,
eea=seGy built, red haired unG1i5tak
ably English. He wore a rough suit
of ''dittoes." stained and fraysd, aE1
he had the air OF being much OUT at
1he elbows, while MS slouching. uGeer
tsfA gait spoke plainly of drink.
I aad not forgotten RaEneff, tine alb
sC1aNng engineer, from whom the
11ldTGP,a uC0Derty mad been first OBJ
! tafpAd- Could this ba he? L was a
Wild shoIt of milne, but not ialressJsGe.
IN any case. the first man. the captaltaz
interested me sufficiently to make me
b-ttoW him Surely something tmpoUt-
ant fl2d brought rlrn all the way from
AEdalusta. TO Madrid,
A walk of half an hour from tine
Pusgta dtl SoG down the Cale AlCafa
AID On brought me TO the gates of an
ancient and rather di1apltated house.
! wzEuh l ah,erW9rd, learned was the
Casa AdmendE'al, ilae family mansion
I al 6iJIrlS. VI CttpNl(ti. VI
| of lint name.
! When the men parted at the door
uiy.Gred shat the Spanaard touched his
hat with a, very off hand gesture of
farewell. I heard him say "HaSta la
| vista tTisM next tiTne), and then the
/ EinglishTnan turned, retT9ctng his steps
! toward the Calle Alea1a-
| I had already resolved how to act,
| and, stepping out briSl1ly. I Soon over
| took him
Mr.. Raskelf, 1 belteve?" was my
! greeting, spoken with so rsuch aEsuT
eJnee THAT he stopped and siared. Sur
prise and suspicion Struggled in his
/ face. and ne hssdtated to respond.
! Surely we met in Mygore-tn the
gold delds?" I went on giIoly. Il can-
not be mistaken.
at must have been my brother" he
said with obvious relief, while blessed
! my stars my stTataGem had succeeded
That must be my apology them
Pray forgive my stupidity. But-we
are going the same way. | thinh-Grpay
l walk with your 1 am almost a
stranger in Madrid. MY name is Ia
mes" And I handed him my cagd.
Half am hour later we were seated
ait the same table in the cafe Europeo.
converstug as though we had been
friends for years. I soon found that
he was in very low water. The CLASSY
eye and slaYerinE tiD told of troubles
QuenChed i'm StfTrlu9antS which NOW ne
cpuld but id afford and for which he
was constantly athirst.
After the Third brandy and soda he
began to talk quite freely. following
my lead.
[ asked If there was business dodnfg
i'm his line. had heard that Spain
was rich IN minerals.
There's a fortune-a vast FORTUNE
be made. sir, if you're on the inside
track and can work the oracle An you
want are capital and enterprise" s1e
siaad angrd4y.
'WeN. there's capital erlpugfn lying
idle"
I know, sir, know, and could
pace it in Things tnat w5uId go IKE
smoke if-if-"
He checked himself abruptly. and
guessed that he was consumed with
regret srlan the London market was
closed TO him.
"Aa. yes London! It is very different
in this beggarly country. where you
can't get coins together to bod a S.zA-
pot, let atUua work a n1.A,a. Way
najor-'
He leaned over and whispered With
nk-ianpq egnaiteG breath right tnto
my ear:
I have a project worth mdlliosls in
the G1odlow of my hand millions to any
onie Who VIII plank down few pantry
thousands. But l cannot squeeze out
q TnaraVedi here from the MAN lit would
! benefit most
rs ne a, fooI?"
"AiI that. and a pauper to boot As
: proud as Lucifer of his title his ruined
: castle, his rocks and stones which are
worth nothing to him now, but which
can turn into silver and gold He has g
mine that will pay 100. 200. 800 pei
! rent II if tP6
the ground with q toothpick- Put uI
proper machinery, steam power line
Of rails. the man would be an arch
/ millionaire"
t He was. of course, speaking of the
! Marquis de Almendral But l gave nc
sign that l knew it, and We soon parted
> he a couple of gold Isabels the richer
and I thought it no high price for The
information received.
Next day made inquiries about the
marquis ard, much to my surprise
5 heard nothing to his discredit. AL
though greatly impoverished. he still
l held his head high, as an hidalgo, a!
grandee, whom no one would accuse o.
Greet completely in a nefarious fraud
| made up my mind therefore. to ap'
proach him, to put the whole case
plainly before him, seeking whatever
explanation he might offer of thu
breach of the McKillop contract ant
the dishonest working of the mine
He received me with the stately cour
tesy that sits SO we'll upon men of hi:
stamp I found an old man, spare o.
frame. stu erect. and with keen hlacl
| eyes under bushy black eyebrows. il
sharp contrast with his SNOW white
hair
His first remark was one of Indignant
protest.
believe me, senior MIC. know moth
ing Of thistle true state of the cast
was kept from me. l was assured tina
the contracts had lapsed with the dealt
of Sir McKillop, and that I was FIRE,
to make new. I was on the point of do
ing so. But NADIA. 1t is nothing. Fai
! dealing first Pundonor caballerosi
dad. They are the rule with Spanish
gentlemen"
All difficulties soon vanished when
| was met in such a spirit The marQui
! himself secured me the contracts an'
| declared that he wished to abide b.
them. He it was who gave me Ras
kelf's prospectus for the new company
a scheme that had originated in tina
fertile but INSCRIPTIONS brain. 1t wa
RasheIf al through who had checke
e and countered Black and Brightsmitl
at every point, who had made an i'm
u proper use of the influence the Warqui
still welded in high places and inter
II posed the delays that retarded Bright
+ smiths progress.
was glad to know when. som
s months later, the "Bien Escondida
8, was foated in London under the mos
t, respectable conditions. that certai
number of founders and preference
h shares we're allotted to the Marquis d
Alnendral, who thus benefited ia
Il | ,,,o,,a e,,I,s4 than he co11Id hAy