Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-05-20
HE DREAMT OF DEATH.


up. for we hadn't expected anything
80 roor. a look Of disgust passed over
his face.
This II all Greek TO me- he said.
as he turned towards me. 4 can't
make anything out Of a.
Take II doyn, anyway. whether you
understand II or not cried. FOR I was
beginning To get excited. ! saw that
my former suspicious were proving cor
rect and nll that was needed WAS 20
have the dispatch written out % that
I could translate H. Take II down and
spell u out Just as Il sounds to you.
whether you understand u or not. III
do The translatins.'
For about nye minutes he worked
about AZ hard ~ man ever worked.
His hrows were knitted like whipcords.
and could see that he was having a
,irugEle with the photography. At last
his face cleared.
4" It's coming In English now. and
It's ensier,' he crowcd ~ he pushed his
rcrci across the paper. That's ALL and
he handed the sheets to me.
u wish YOU could have seen the mcrs
he gave me. Talk about your cipher
codes, They would have been Sign
board print In comparison to the stun
that met my eyes.
MIXTURES OF MANY LANGUAGES.
Il took the paper and sat down 10
study u over. AZ first thought would
never be- able 10 make head or tall
out o. the AFFAIR. The English nt the
end ana not help me. Tor knew that IL
was merely "a blind. ! thought over
all the indian languages that | knew
but none met the requirements. Then
! tried u IN spanish. In the hope that
some of the Texans might have given
u In Mexican dialect. Hut that was no
go. At last happy thought ntruct me
! had learned the barbarous Cnnuck
that a Ns.
Canada. I dug out little Of the mes.
sage. and after that The rest ~ II was
easy. u was u mixture Of French. In.
dian and English. ana made about the
worst congiomcration In It's present
phonetic form that could be- imagined.
"hoon ! saw that the Federal gov
eminent had 10 contend with one OF the
most deeply laid plots that had ever
threatened II. II was conspiracy that
struck To the very lie ~ the executive.
! wrote the translation ~ tho dispatch
out and gave n. together with the part
mat was In English. to the operator.
with instructions to deliver Il 60 no one
but the President himself.
Then ] went on 60 the South. II was
dangerous thing to do. foolish one
In fact. OF course ! ran no risk 81 any
one knowing me personally but the
| story had 10 tell was u most imprnha
Die one. SUI ] passed the lines and
went around for day or two befor.
was picked up. In that time learned
| enough te verify the dispatch one day
was arrested. They asked me where
! was from. aud ! told them l was from
Mexico, and had como un here with
the Intention ~ buying some land
/ They did not believe mo FOR minute
| They searched me thoroughly. but thuy
| did not ma a thing. They examined ms
clothes 20 ree " they had been made In
the north. There they were fooled too
They had been made In England Then
they turned me over TO the tender mor.
oics u some Texan troops. The Tex.
ans talked 20 mo In spanish. and they
soon found out that I know more than
| they dii. Then they questioned me-
about the geography 81 Mexico. and
about the public men In the r-ovincr
I said I hailed from. could have writ.
ten book upon the subject. Ana The,
| ala not got me there. Finally thcy
turned me over 20 the officer who had
put me In their charge.
| SUBJECTED uE WAS A SPY.
1--WE think that the man II n spy,
| they said. m they glared az me. still
he tells such straight story that he
seems 20 b. n sort of n fool. lie either
ought 10 b. taken out and shot TiRhi
away. OF else he ought 10 b. turned
loose. Now. we don't think that a mar
ought 20 be shot simply because he 4
a suspicious character. and 90 We
wash our hands Of him. You can 4,
what you please with him.
The officer who was holding me wa,
purfled. lie KEPT me for a week. ami
had me watched like a hawk. Thcf
they decided 10 turn me over 10 N,
Union forces. They sent squad of
about twenty men with me under iial
u truce. The men had orders 10 SHOOT
me II the least nlgn Of recognition
passed before they released me. Tn,
ffat regiment We struck was one from