Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-06-03
EYES, 1 said, and I stepped into the


barouche and sat down with him.
"'The stars look pretty close to the
ground down here, don't they?' said I
pointing up, after the carriage had
logged along bit. They seem to be
whole lot further away up In the
states. By the way and turned and
looked straight at him in the light OF
street lamp that we happened to, be
passing. how would you like to go
back to the United States?'
HE was a wise boy and that was
enough for him. He shifted around
in his seat and stared at me for a
long time.
"'Oh, 1 see,' he said, and then he
stared at me some more-we were ap-
preaching the better-lighted district of
the place.
"'Say,' he said, as we neared the ho-
tel; If I go along with, you you won't
peach on me down here-won't say a
word?'
"What for?' said I. What would
De tNe SOOu VI lIldI
".Supposing l should buck and re-
fuse to go? he asked me then.
"'Oh, nothing I replied, except that
I'd make a sort of an inland beach,
comber Of you here in Tegucigalpa In
side of twenty-four hours
"'We'll start in the morning, was
his prompt reply, on condition that
you give me your word that you won't
show me up down here. I've got some
things going in this place that l don't
want to lose out on. Well make 1t
that I'm suddenly called back to the
states on business, eh?"
you're on said I, and I went to
bed feeling pretty good with myself
that night.
my young man spent part Of the
next forenoon making a round of calls,
explaining that he'd been called back
to New York for a month or so on
urgent business. Then he had an
hours goodbye session with this
young woman, and at noon we set out
for home just as cute as could be.
"That fellow was good. He made
quick terms with his employer from
whom he had copped the wad by sur
rendering the bulk Of the money he
had stolen. The employer then declin-
ed to prosecute him and went west to
get out Of the way for awhile, and the
young fellow was turned loose.
"He hustled around, as soon as he
gained his freedom, and got lot of
moneyed Chicago men interested In
the gold mines of Honduras, for which
he had the government concessions,
and just two months after had snag-
ged him from Tegucigalpa he was
back there with flying colors, accom-
panied by an outfit Of Chicago CAPT.
talists and mining engineers.
1.-THE people he knew in Tegucigalpa
didn't know anything about his trou-
BILE up in New York, and he married
his rich girl within month after his
return. His mines made good and
everything was coming his way when
he drank himself into tropical fever
and died seven or eight years ago.
1.-THE strongest game 1 ever had to
play in order to hook my man was in
the case of mean dog who, as the
cashier Of an East Side Savings bank,
rifed the outfit to such an extent that
the bank went to the wall, carrying
along the savings Of hundreds Of hard
working people. He pulled up in CAL
lao, Peru, with a good part Of the bum
die that he had lifted from the bank.
II had to work confidence game on
this measly thief, but that didn't both
er me any when I remembered the
dirt he had done to many poor peo-
pie. Through the consul I framed up
casual club meeting with him a few
days after got in. I more than laid
myself out to make a hit with the
man and gain his confidence.
II was meeting him at various
places, including his own house, two
or three times day for perhaps a
month, trying to rig up some dead-fall
for him-but all the time in a pretty
hopeless frame Of mind over the situa-
ton at that, when one day United
States man-o'-war, small gunboat
OF the old navy, swung into the har-
Dor Of Callao. Her arrival gave me a
sort of straw to clutch-I didn't have
much Of an idea that the straw would
bear my weight, but I determined to
try 1t.
Lets go out and take a look at
that old government scow,' I said to
the embezzler in an off-hand sort Of a
way few days after the man-o'-war
got into the Callao water.
"'Why, yes,' he replied, readily
enough, to my surprise. I've never
been on board warship-come ahead"
I'VE climbed into q bumboat that
was just about to start for the gum
boat and were soon being received by
the officer Of the deck, who detailed
a petty officer to show us about. At
ter we'd sized up the kinks Of the ship,
some Of the watch officers invited US
into their mess room for luncheon.
while the luncheon was going on I
put up some kind Of excuse to break
away for minute, and went square
to the cabin Of the skipper-a bluff
naval officer Of the old school, who
died a rear admiral-and in a few
words l told him all about the ornery
thief who was feeding in the mess
room with his watch officers. knew
the man-o'war had only dropped into
Callao to coal on her way to San Fran
cisco.
THAT thief said to the skip
per. is now on the deck of q United