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Some Gases Liks Thsss-How James Fsrguson Lost His Daughter in Crowded Iondon-A Cali-
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~ Cincinnati Enquirer.
 Distinguished people. or those higniy and well known. sometimes sud-
 eny were arGR ike 0af th. 0l coucs ons ' day half century ago. Chancciior Lansine' prominent lawyer in New York state. left a New York hotel to take the ferry boat for home. He carried 2 small hand bag in his hand, and the porter who gave 1t to him at the door was long remembered as the last person who knew hm that saw him alive. He was vel! known at the boat by all the omcers ana men put he never reached the erss snS strenuous efforts made to ascertain his whereabouts or fate, they were unsuc- cessful. Had he been lured into 2 bunko game and fouily murdered? Had he been captivated by the flair form of some. de- signing woman and iured to robbery in . panel house and c d<Ath Of vtoieuceY No one knows. He was . man full ct years and honors, he possessed . large or of shs an
 would lead him to commit suicide pr Induce him to fall a victim to the sneres and traps of great city. He just step
 ped out. He mystericusly disappeared.
 tons that have never. viii never be an swered. Ills, place was declared vacant in . flash, and despite search and pains and trouble. he was seen on earth no Hudson may have fattsned on his flesh. or he may have been buried in the valleys of the Yosemite. or been eaten up by the cannibals of Terra del Fueso. for all that l Evsrhard Feth vas an eminent scholar
 of Flanders Greek students know Mm as the author of '.Antiquitalis Homeri-
 cae." When hin country was disturbeG by the rancors of ,civll war he repaired ' hence s = a profsssor % @ of Greek. One day
 while he was walking in the streets of
 the town in which he resided, In . street
 full of people, he was bcckoned by .
 gentlemen standing in the door of a house, but 70 one saw him come out. Nor was he ever seen alive; nor was his corpse found ever afterward. His friends. the college. the magistrates, took the never got any further than the front door.
 aJames Ferguson, the machinist and author of works on steam engines. Is
 SMn ws knSwa Ss snS ons i'd SaY ns was rts ss daughter Agnes on has arm. Suddenly she slipped her arm out of his, and seemed wrapped in thought and quickly disappeared. He never saw her again, or even dreamed of what became of his daughter Agnes. Perhaps it was well that he did not. Her father was a nah of scientific eminence and delivered lec- lures. She attended them. and there met | . young nobleman. When walking that day she saw him: he beckoned to her, and possessed by some uncomfortable tn- huence she went to him as the foolish bird goes to the slimy snake. He took her to Italy, the land of sunshine and flowers, love and poetry. She became his mistress but never his wife. Of course, he followed the general rule, and not the marked exception that shadows the fate
 of the lovely woman that stoops 70 folly.
 and deserted her. She then took the only
 recourse that refined women have In time
 of poverty and distress. She flew to the
 stage, She saw Garrtck. He gave her
 trial but sine failed. Then she tried
 ure haunted her every effort. In despair
 she threw herself upon the streets. and
 died Uiserably in Round Court, on the
 Strand. On her death bed she told the
 surgeon who attended her the wretched
 story of her life. and. from the localities
 in which she moved and lived. she must
 often have seen her, friends and relar
 tives. thouhg they may have thought
 her dead or in some far-on land. Shame
 prevented her from ever disclosing to her
 parents where she was or the foolish step
 she had taken.
 On warm evening in the summer Of
 1850. in the back room of lawyers
 playing cards. The hours of the night
 came and went; still they played till the
 dull gray of the morning came slowly
 peering dn at the windows. Neither seein-
 ed to gain and the game was about even.
 The stakes were high ones. They were
 deed to the St. Salicis property. by far
 the finest body of land in the neighbor-
 hood. The present owner of the prop
 erty was Jose Alyedo, a epaniard, who
 with an inordinate passion for gaming.
 His partner or bitter opponent. was Ed
 ward Gould, lawyer, who had learned
 his profession in Louisiana, graduated
 ot the devil at gambling. Jose had at
 last. having lost half of his property to
 Gould, with the bravado of desperation.
 challenged him to a game for the whole
 or nothing. Gould endeavored to dis
 suade him. but the Spaniard was plucky.
 and flung back at him that he was
 coward. and the lawyer had nothing to
 do but accept the challenge. At last the
 Spaniard threw down full hand, three
 queens and a pair of sevens It was the
 oij ashioned game of "freeze-out.
 smile of triumph fitted over the Span
 Iard's face as he reached for the deed,
 but low curse was all that escaped rom
 his thin Hps as Gould threw down four
 tens. Then cooIiy stepping to his safe he
 locked up the deed and lighted cigar
 cite The Spaniard wrapped himseit up fin his cloak and disappeared. Gould that
 day recorded his deed. and 1t soon became nOlSeO dDOut tudt io Po.
 rich tract of St. Saiicis. Gould then and
 there made a resolve never to touch card again, and the Spaniard disappeared from San Diego. In less than a month Gould had cold his tract of land to dch company from the east. and an- nounced that he was going to San Fran cisco to live. He had received a hano-
 some competency and was resolved 10 return to his profession. In the city or the Golden Gate he opened his omce, ap- plying himself diligently to his profes- zion Ills success was commensurate Tn that new country with his application and abilities. He was handsome, cool and eloduent. What was more. ne was successful, and succeeded in acquittng his clients His fame spread far and wide. and large fees flowed in upon him. In short. he was on the highway to sue
 1' in May, 1854. cold-blooded murder was committed in Placer County. and Spaniard who was called Spanish Joe was arested on suspicion. The murdered man had only been a short time in the neigh
 borhood. was quiet and peaceable and minded his own business. He lived by himself and went by the name of Balti- more Jack, as someone had heard him say that he came from Baltimore. Be- yond that nothing was known of his an tecedents. He came to town once week, | and with his dust laid in his supplies, | his claim yielding but fairly well. One day feilow-miner went to borrow a | nan. and not finding Jack, he opened the | rude cabin door, and there horrible sight met his eyes. Jack lay upon the