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ments, end t locked for i ''".r ~ if
the very peace u! l~rvop~ .l..h been
Jeoparc!lZad hy the marvylous t irDn,ery
Of two LAg.i renrgadts
While ali This was going on uoaghton
and Barlow lived IA we'll as AoySsiuia
could permit Wnen they travelled. it
was in state chairs, carried by AmaZo-
nian warriors. Each had a harem. and
for this the youngest and prettiest Abys-
sinian girls were selected. Presently
these two grew too reserved to even
dine with the king and had their meals
served apart from him, prepared by an
old Abyssinian whom they had indicted
into the mystery Of the preparation of
an English dinner.
Uninterrupted success made them
still bolder, and they induced the king
to present them with large quantity
of gold dust, which they proceeded to
transform into a nest egg by placing it
to their credit in a bank at Berlin, to
which point they forwarded the treas
ure from Abyssinia. About all the king
possessed i'll the way of valuables Of
which they failed to get at least por-
ton was an enormous ruby. worn as a
royal armlet. They told the king that
he should give them that ruby so they
could present it to Queen Victoria, and
that Oh receipt thereof she would be so
pleased that nothing would serve her
but complete annihilation of King
Johns Egyptian enemies. For some un-
known reason, however, the king re-
mained 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 Abyssinia until the
two Englishmen were out of the coun-
try. So an expedition was sent out aft
er them under Osman Pasha, the best
officer in the khedives 8 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 sentence Of banishment was
imposed. Najos n~saes<H z.xf NO rnncy
for leaving a country that had flowed
with milk and honey, so, by forging .
number of letters, by continuing his
policy of intrigue, he gained permission
to take q quantity of gunpowder with
him, travel east and exchange 1t 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 q 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 q vessel bound for
France. He was not content, however,
to refrain from evil even on All ocean
voyage, and SO he very shrewdly made
overtures to the captain of the vessel to
become a pirate. assuring him that
within two months he would make him
immensely wealthy. 1t 20 happened,
however, that the captain was rather
clever and thoroughly honest man. In.
stead of joining in with Houghton' {
schemes he landed him on the coast OF
France at the very Hrst opportunity.
So trifling a misadventure as thit
did not daunt Houghton in the least
He made his way to Paris and posee
without delay as the accredited repre-
sentative Of the King of Abyssinia. HI
had considerable money, which, will
the Berlin nest egg, gave him ample
capital for the time being. His life wa
one Of almost oriental luxury. Socia
honors Of all sorts were his All classe
honored him and did all possible 4
make life pleasant. Then he became en-
tangled in an alliance with notoriou
woman. and q series Of orgies began
beside which the greatest excesses o
the Moulin Rouge are as child's play.
At last. however, the French polio
arrested Houghton, and he was sent t
prison for two months In the fall Q
1888 he made his way to England an
there began the career of swindlin
that has ended in prison. From tim
to time he was connected with yer
shady transactions, but always man
aged to avoid arrest until short tim
since, when he tried to blackmail
London broker, was arrested, tried an
sentenced to l8 months at Wormwoo
Scrubbs prison, London place OF pur
isbment for criminals Of the more d.
. graded type.
I. There at the present moment is tn
= man who once held the fate of q natio
in the hollow of his hand, breakin
: stone for the good of England $ roads. =
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