Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-10-05

remark, and people were even found to
| 1nsinuate that the dollars went the same
| way as l did. l have never troubled my
| self to contradict these scandalous ru-
! mors, being content to rely on the hand
some vindication from this charge which
the President published. In addressing
the House of Assembly shortly after his
resumption of power he referred at length
to the circumstances attendant on the
late revolution, and remarked that al
though he was unable to acquit Mr.. Mar
tin of most unjustifable intrigues with
| the rebels, yet he was In position to as
sure them, as he had already assured those
| to whom Mr.. Martin was primarily re-
| sponsible, that that gentleman's hasty
| fight was dictated solely by a conscious
| ness of political guilt, and that, in money
| matters, Mr. Martins hand were as clean
| as his own. The reproach that had fallen
On the fair fame of Aureataland in this
matter was due not to that able but mis-
guided young man, but to those unprinci-
pied persons who, in the pursuit of their
designs, had not hestated to plumber and
despoil friendly traders, established In the
country under the sanction Of public
faith.
The reproach to which his excellency
eloquently referred consisted In the fact
that not q cent of those three hundred
| thousand dollars which lay in the bank
that night was ever seen again! The
| theory was that the Colonel had made
| away with them, and the President took
| great pains to prove that under the law
Of nations the restored government could
not be held responsible for this occur
renee. I know as little about the law of
nations as the President himself, but l
| felt quite sure that whatever that ex-
allied code might say, none of that money
would ever find it's way back to the d.
rectors' pockets. In this matter / must
say his excellency behaved to me with
scrupulous consideration not a word
passed his lips about the second loan,
about that unlucky cable, or any other
dealings with the money, For all he
said, my account of the matter, posted
to the directors Immediately after my de-
! parture, stood unimpeached.
The directors, however, took view
opposed to his excellency's, and relations
became so strained that they were con-
templating the withdrawal of their bust
ness from Whittingham altogether, when
events occurred which modified their &C
ton. Before l lay down my pen l must
give some account of these matters, and
| cannot do so better than by inserting a
letter which | had the honor to receive
from his excellency, some two years after
last saw him. l had obeyed his wish
in communicating my address to him, but
up to this time had received only short
but friendly note, acquainting me with the
fact of his marriage to the Signorina, and
expressing good wishes for my welfare in
my Few sphere of action. The matters
to which the President refers became to
some extent public property soon after
ward, but certain other terms of the ar
rangement are now given to the world for
the first time.
The letter ran as follows:
MY Dear Martin-As an old inhabit-
ant of Aureataland, you will be inter-
ested in the news l have to tell you.
also take pleasure in hoping that, in
spite of bygone differences, your friendly
feelings toward myself will make you
glad to hear news Of my fortunes.
You are no doubt acquainted generally
with the course of events here since you
left us. AS regards private friends,
have not indeed much to tell you. You
will not be surprised to learn that Johnny
Carr has done the most sensible thing he
ever did in his life in making Donna
Antonio his wife. She is a thoroughly
good girl, although she seems to have
very foolish prejudice against Christina.
was able to assist the young peoples
plans by the gift of the late Colonel Nc
Gregor's estates, which under our law
passed to the Head Of the State on that
gentleman's execution for high treason.
You will be amused to hear of another
marriage in our circle. The doctor and
Madame Devarges have made a match of
it. and society rejoices to think it has
now heard the last Of the late monsieur
and his patriotic sufferings. Jones, l
suppose you know, left us about a year
ago. The poor old fellow never recovered
from his fright on that night, to say
nothing Of the cold he caught In your
draughty coal-cellar, where he took ref
uge. The bank relieved him in response
TO his urgent petitions, and they've sent
ms a Young Puritan, to whom it would be
quite in vain TO apply for timely little
loan.
81 wish l could give you as satisfactory
an account of public affairs. You were
more or less behind the scenes over here,
so YOU know that to keep the machine go
ing is by no means an easy task. l have
kept it going, single-handed, for fifteen
wears. and though it's. the custom to call
me a mere adventurer, upon my word
think I've given them pretty decent gov
eminent. But I've had enough of it by
now. The fact is, my dear Martin, I'm
not so young as l was. In years I'm not
much past middle age, but | shouldn't be
SURPRISED if old Marcus Whittingham's
lease was pretty nearly up. At any rate,
my only chance, so Anderson tells me, is
to get a rest, and I'm going to give my
self that chance. l had thought at first
of trying to find a successor, and |
thought of you. But. while l was con-
sidering this, l received a confidential pro-
posal from the old government They
we're very anxious to get back their prov
ince: ct the same time, they were not at
all anxious to try conclusions with me
again. In short, they offered, if Aurnata-
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