The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-10-15

ii CnanzSneil came 70 occupy n
hlsh political circles. was owing
II In the first place. in no slight
degree. 10 MS handling 0. the case Of the
Stolen Treaty.
When ne reached the British foreign Of
Gee-wfthin i've minutes % his receiving
the note requesting His atieradance-be was
a. once usnaTed into the presence of ihs
then foreign secretary. Yiscount UorshaFl-
The viscount thanked the Hon. Augustus
for his prompt attendance. reminded him
that his father the Earl Of GIienkaD. was
an old schooifeiiow Of MS owu. then. at
once. proceeded TO the business IA hand.
THE fact is. Mr.. Chaxnpnel the copy OF
treaty-infsGd. the treaty itself-G,s .c n,
for the present At least, IL OF a con'iden-
tiai character. and which We have ne2n-
fiated with the government q Mexico. has
been stolen from this office. from under
meath my very nose"
Mr. Champnsu looked what. possibly. he
might not have felt-surprIssd.
Have you no suspicion. my lord. OF who
the thief isy'
THAT Mr Champnel Is the dalicata
part OF the position We have not only
a suspicion. we have something which APP
proaches certainty
The Hon Augustus bowed Az yet he
did not clearly understand.
Leaning towards Mr.. champneIl across
tho table tho viscoun. lowered mis- voice.
I'VE have only too much reason TO be-
leve thai The thief In the plsnipotentary
from Panama"
TIL. Hon. Augustus began TO see the Wis
counts drif.
''In that CASE. presume that you de-
sire NOT much the detection a. the THIEF
a. tho recovery OF the treaty"
"HsxactlY-you have hit II on the head.
As you are. OF course. aware. W. could
not arrest the man even If we wished. ne
f. protected by his Office But. anaTt from
our disability. desire 70 avoid scan
dsi He is accredited 70 us as Don yoa-
quinn de Coronado (which. by the way. we
have again reasop 10 believe has not al
ways been his name"
Pansing. the viseount exchanged with
Mr.. Champnell glance which full Of
meaning.
"We have cause 70 suspect that he mas
not stolen the treaty for his own use. but
with view OF selling or otherwise dis
posing OF II IN the rienfpoton,iary from
Caracas. You have no notion. Mr. Champ
nell. what curious representatives are
sometimes sent to us by South American
states"
80 should imagine"
The viscount raised his hands
Indeed The name OF the pienipoten-
flary from Caracas Ia Den Martinez Gut-
ierrex, I will merely observe that while
he speaks Spanish. and. indeed. for the
matter of that English also with n mark
ed German-American accent his colleague
De Coronads speaks practically no Ian
cuage but Enslish-anA thar with n strong
frish American accent. The stolen treaty
contains a clause HAVING particular per
eonal reference IN Sufferer and 10 ar
iairs IN which he is personally Interested
He, no doubt. sIspect'ng the existence Of
this CLAUSE. ana being conscious Of tho ST
tai necessity OF his obtaining early and sx-
act knowledge Of Is purport has lnsfi-
gated De Coronado who Ia a personal
friend ~ his own. to get It into his pos
session"
The visooun. stopped. The Hon Au-
gustus considered.
~ suppose that there 10 no doubt that
De Coronads aid steal the treaty.
Unfortunately. none whatever. The I'M
Cudenrr or the act was not the least amag-
Ing part Of II assure you between our
selves. Mr. Champneli. that neifher gen
tleman - m individual who IS - All like
" 70 stick nj trif'es The treaty had been
returned 20 the queen The Panama and
Caracas rler'roteni'ayles suddenly arriv-
ing together. requested In somewhat
clustering fashion an Immediate Inter
view They were shown y - M. The in
tervicw WAS % not Altogether plea "a NJ
drew me aside into the tow window Their.
under the prefext ~ saving something 70
me I'm confidence White was standing
with him actually saw Re CorNnsds
lingering thc papers m my table Hut I,
wsv not tn after he hal gone that dis
covered that = was she tfea'v with Nix
leo that The scoundrei had stolen T. was
as impuient and harefacca a robbery
rs 7 over heard " -
when ~ this aka place."
met ar hour axn"
$50 recently Then IN That case there
IL possibility ~ NE contents d, tho
treaty not rav'nr vet been rorurnur,c te.,
20 Sui!erres -
i, 70 e,,sht one He y oniv tno vn"
aware ~ the necessity IF receiving early
Information"
what sort Of man r. ne Coranaas
psrSonsliys'
"a man - about Is With Nlsck haIr and
whiskers ar imrudent looking fellows
Very hss and very hvoaa possessed Z
rhnuit think 80 the strength - u Her
euiss AS Irish looking - Spaniarl SO I
ever .sw-or heard I"
"Ant Su'terresT"
"ire Is about the same arr ear and
thin with FAR hair auA r0sta-te "a
shiny Hiss sreeable naraer ar '-y.
sarcastic fashion % S,e"<h- sS C. rls.5t q
SnantAtE as hts friend - ff}sA To he
frank with yeB Nr 90 nva71 AXE
:, that both mon are natives % Furerr
who have resided for t}snv Years ln the
Tn'tei States. Mo have sbts1ur,3 -. p>-
rtions which Trey now hela s'Nting fhe
recent political cer,Fu }~i IS ~ Panama AMI
CAreca. auA Nh fsr men l~ ~itch qs,z.-
items have a@out rs Ns& rccsz' - MA
very wsN rsvtf rsvr-'
Where aa.s ne C.-.rase ltya~.'
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