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| stood IL for a few moments while the Mayor
| suffered and stammered. Then he said:
"Sehor, you are but a beginner in the
business Of oratory. just as am a beginner
in the business OF being a king. Let us
have no more speeches, if you please, but
go together and sample the wine OF the
country"
The Mayor was relieved Of embarrass-
ment and the populace was charmed Inc
King thereupon held a most democratic
reception, even shaking hands with all VINO
wished to greet him, a proceeding that
shocked the courtiers.
The King was 20 years old May II last.
He was 10 when he took the oath OF king
ship, the juramento. As a child he was
delicate and sickly and it was not expected
that be would live to sit on the throne.
| Only a comparatively short time ago 1t
was believed that he was threatened with
consumption.
He has won health and strength through
an almost rigid and Spartan simplicity OF
living, and the development Of this %taciturn,
sickly little boy into an active and vivacious
young man was a pleasant surprise to the
Spanish people.
For his good health he is chiefly indebted
to his mother, Maria Christina, who oon-
trolled his education. Except for a few
! boyish outbreaks he has been always in
sympathy with his mothers ideas. For
years his daily routine was something like
this: He rose every morning at 7 O'Clock,
took a cold bath and went through hygienic
exercises for half an hour. Then came
breakfast with the Queen Mother, and at
o O'Clock the days studies began. For an
hour he studied French or English. Spanish
and German he knew from b~abyhood. At 10
! O'Clock he vent for an hours ride on horse
back and at II took military exercises.
Luncheon followed and after that a draw
ing lesson. Military practice came at 2
o'clock in the afternoon, history lessons at
ss) o'clock, and after that instruction in
fencing. At half past S O'Clock there was
study in political economy and administra-
ton. At 73) o'clock, after dinner, was a
music lesson. The young King was sent to
bed at
1t was a year ago that one of the greatest
wishes of his life was fulfilled, a visit to Eng
land. At the time it was supposed that he
would be betrothed to the Princess Vic
toria Patricia Of C~onnaught, but the young
King met the Princess Victoria Eugene,
! daughter of the late Prince Henry of Bat
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preliminary proceedings were taken in
course and the time for trial was near when
the deus er mdchina turned up again.
Jayne again took the warpath in East
Rudlow. He represented this time that
he had been sent by the executor Of the
estate to bring Alexander Stewart to New
York. where all matters would be salts
factorily arranged and all promises pre-
viously made kept to the letter.
His oily tongue overcame all suspicion
and the old man took the train with him
and, doing 90, disappeared completely.
He was not to be found when the case was
reached for trial and Wallace was COM
PEELED to consent to an adjournment.
A few days after the adjournment the old
man was helped off the train by the conduc-
tor at his home station. He was much
enfeebled and unable to give an intelli gible
account Of himself. 1t did not appear that
he had been actually i'll treated, but he had
evidently been deprived of his liberty dur
ing his absence.
Being asked if he had signed any papers
relating to the case, he appeared to say
that he had but could give no account Of
what they we're. No doubt they were
releases and a consent to a discontinuance
Of the pending suit, and it was becoming
evident that "a long as control Of the litiga-
ton was left in the hands OF the old man
Jayne could at any time capture him and
buy his signature to any kind of paper for
a song.
Wallace determined that a power OF at
torney should be executed. drawn in
irrevocable form, authorizing Matthew
Stewart to prosecute the suit in his W
name, thus making it impossible for Jayne
to head things off out Of court unless he
could control Matthew Stewart, whose
opinion of him was now such as to render
that unlikely, if not impossible. Such a
power Of attorney was prepared. The old
suit was discontinued and a new one brought
in the nance Of Matthew Stewart as attorney
in fact,
When the case was called for trial before
United States Judge Hoyt H. Wheeler at
Rutland it was apparent that a battle
royal was on. The defence had retained
E. j. Phelps, then the leading lawyer in
the State and afterward United States
Minister to England. Wallace had pro-
cured the services of L. f. Chittenden, ex-
Register of the Treasury, who was then
practising law in New York city.
Phelps and Chittenden had beer friends
from boyhood, law partners for many
years and had fought and aided each other
in more trials than either of them could
have counted, but their old friendship
and association did not count for much on
that occasion. They made the fur fly
around that courtroom in a way that hut-
tered the hearts Of all their old friends at
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rather democratic, a lover of outdoor
sports, kindly and good hearted
The King Of Spain, through that Duke
of Anjou who became Philip V. Of Spain.
is a direct descendant of Louis XIV. He
is tall, of 1.-THE build, with long legs and a
long neck. He is rather sallow of COM
plexion. His hair is blond and his eyes
are light brown. When he talks he looks
straight into the eyes Of the person with
whom he is conversing. He has a good
voice, low and musical, and his expression
is described as winning. He has the long
and prominent Bourbon nose and the pro-
truding under lip and large chin of his
Hapsburg forefathers. The King is a good
horseman and an excellent all round sports
man. His command of language is ex-
cellent. He speaks French, Italian, Eng
fish, Portuguese, Spanish and German.
Alfonso loves the bull fight, although
his Queen does not, Queen Ena, however.
is not likely to risk her newly gained popu-
larity by open criticism or objection to
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the city because of the danger to the King
from anarchists and criminals. The King
suddenly declared that he wanted to visit
that very quarter, and he rode out attended
by a splendid company.
When he got to the quarter he learned
that the authorities had sent a strong force
of soldiers by another route. so that they
could take measures to insure the safety
of the King. Alfonso grew rale from
anger when he heard about it. He ordered
the command to break ranks and disperse,
and sharply rebuked those hat had the
temerity to induce him to change his will.
Then he leaped from his horse and walked
through thousands Of the PEOPLE. rrac-
tically unattended. In no part Of Spain
during his travels was he more warmly
and aTcctionately received than in this
danger spot.
Once. visiting rather unexpectedly a
small town. the King was obliged to endure
the desperate efforts of the Mayor to make
a 1owery speech of greeting. Thu King
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Anybody who gets that money away
| from me will have to take it of my dead
body. l want it in gold, all Of it, said
Mathew.
The best Wallace could do was to induce
him to take IS 5000 in gold and the balance
In certified checks on a trust company.
This he consented to with great reluctance.
after a lecture upon the Use and safety Of
certified checks.
Wallace vent around to his bank and
procured a bag containing $1,000 in twenty
dollar gold pieces. He proved the sincerity
Of his reluctance to carry 80 much money
in specie through the open streets by
getting the bank to send one Of its own
armed messengers with him to carry it
back to his office.
Bringing the bag Of gold into his private
office, where Matthew Stewart and his
lawyer awaited him, he opened it and
emptied the glittering contents Upon his
Office table. The effect Of the sight Upon
Matthew was astounding.
He burst into tears. He ran the pieces
through his fingers. He buried his face in
them. He stacked them up In piles. He
trembled and shook and sobbed like a
| child.
1t was a full hour before he gave over
that unforgettable exhibition Of hysterical
greed. Perhaps it was not so strange
when one comes to think OF it. Five thous-
and dollars in gold is an attractive sight
to anybody. What must it nave been to
an ignorant farmers boy who had prob
ably never seen ever 81 900 gathered to-
gether in one sum in any shape?
At last the gold was put back into the bag,
the certified checks were handed over,
and Matthew and his lawyer left Wall Street
for Vermont.
Wallace never saw Matthew Stewart
again, but he learned hat within a week
he came again to New York, had his certi-
fed checks cashed in gold and carried 1t
off with him.
What became Of that money! From
that day to this not a glimmer OF it has
appeared in public.
No member Of the Vermont Stewart
family has ever given the slightest evidence
of possessing a cent of It. They made no
I change in their manner of living either
before the death of old Alexander Stewart
or afterward.
More than likely II lies buried on the
remote hillside with the smaller sum in
gold previously deposited there, revisited
perhap in the pale glimpses Of the moon,
counted over and over again, w~orshipped
perhaps, by the successors Of those who
first hid 1t, or maybe the secret Of its loca-
ton has dice with it's original posseesors
only to be revealed in a far hereafter to
some wandering sohoolboy following q
..HinboN to ita end.
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Jayne took the train for East Rudlow.
Vt, and captured it horse, foot and dra-
goons. He dazzled the simple country folk
by display of money and talk of great things.
They CAV him unhesitating credence and
looked up to him for a time with respect
and awe.
How greatly his subsequent conduct
changed his position in the estimation Of
fact that he lives in local history there under
the nickname Of "limp-hop." He was
lame.
He found the old man. Alexander Stewart,
and his family on their little farm miles back
in the mountains. He told them that he
was the authorized representative of their
dead millionaire relative and had come to
give them full recognition and make them
comfortable for life. He began by giving
them presents.
He found that the old man had always
longed for a blue coat with brass buttons
and a pair of gold bowed spectacles such as
he had ono seen Judge Poland wear. He
provided them at once.
There was a %strapping six DOT son, Mat
thew, who had worked for a blacksmith
and whose ambition it was to have a shop Of
ilS OWL. w opIlcl Sdid lihhi' uciic' Uuy Nv
bought out the local a~rtificer for a trifing
SUN and Matthew Stewart was set to shooting
horses and shaping iron and reaping cash
therefrom in amounts greater h he had
ever possessed.
The women of the family were not for
gotten. Their modest desires in the way
Of personal adornment were easily ascer-
tanned inc as easily satisfied. 4 cheap dress
apiece and a few odds md end of jewelry
brought them perfect happiness.
After a week or so the whole family came
to look upon Jayne as a good fairy control
ling the purse of ~Fortunatus; and they
what he wanted.
Within three weeks from the time Of his
arrival in East Rudlow Jayne had got from
old Alexander Stewart a full release Of all
claims against the estate of Alexander T.
Stewart Of New York and Instructions IN
writing to the New York attorney for the
contestant directing him to discontinue
the proceedings he had begun to set aside
the will.
He could probably have got these papers
without giving or promising anything
further than the presents he had already
given and the $500 he paid at the time Of
signature, but he went further. He rave
a lively imagination full play and made
promises which were unnecessary and
which were to lead to a great undoing.
He promised a fine farm, to carry forty
COWS, completely stocked and 500 900 in
cash to run 1t with. sThe wife and daughter
were to wear silk dresses all their lives.
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Matthew was to nave capital to enlarge
his blacksmith shop. All concerned were
to realize their dreams and to pass the
rest of their lives at ease.
All these things did B. G. Jayne promise
Alexander Stewart of Vermont at the time
Of the signing and delivery of the release
and discontinunace, and in the presence
of witnesses, too, not dreaming Of binding
anybody but himself and having no idea
when he finished that he had done 80.
His object perfectly accomplished, as
he supposed, the good fairy fitted and the
Green Mountain foothills knew him no more.
The release was in due time presented TO the
court In New York and a discontinuance
Of the proceedings was compelled.
Peace and rosy dreams prevailed for a
time on the little farm in Vermont-reaoe
from the possession Of the $500 which
Matthew Stewart had procured in gold
and which had been put into IN iron pot
and buried or a remote hillside in a secret
spot selected by the father n son and
a married daughter Of masculine mind
and powerful physique, who would by no
means allow herself to he excluded from
knowledge Of the whereabouts of the family
treasure. and dreams OF still further affiu-
ence when Jayne's promises should be
fulfilled.
But when weeks and months passed
and nothing further was heard Of or from
that gentleman a chilly doubt began which
developed into certainty when letters re-
manned unanswered and inquiries and
demands proved Of no avail. The weekly
exhumation Of and gloating over the treas
ure on the hillside began to lose interest
as the fear developed that Jayne had been
a deceiver, and as the vision OF the forty
COW farm, completely stocked, the 500, 900
to run it with, the lifelong wearing of silk
dresses for the women, the additional
capital for Matthew's blacksmith business
faded away.
Finding their Own efforts Of no avail,
the Stewards, father and son, consulted
a local lawyer who was shrewd enough
to see that they had a GAUGE Of action on
contract, success in the prosecution of
which need not at all depend Upon any
question of relationship between Alex
ander Stewart OF Vermont and the deceased
Alexander T. Stewart OF New York. He
advised to that effect and further counselled
the employment of a firm of New York
lawyers having Vermont connections, in
which Cornelius Wallace was a Junior
partner,
This was lone and by Wallaoe's advice
a suit was brought on the contract in the
Circuit Court Of the United States for the
District Of Vermont, where the estate had
property which could be attached and
jurisdiction thus acquired. Ths usual
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BURIED A. T. STEWART GOLD
MORE THAN $4,000 HIDDEN IN
THE HILLS or IERMONT.

A Chance for Treasure Seekers Indeed
Blundcr Of a Famou Detective That
Gave a FoE1 une TO an Old Green Noun
tain EarIner-Hne stewart VIII Contest.
1t is highly probable that in or near a
little Vermont village there is buried or
otherwise conceded some $4,000 in gold
of the late A. T.. Stewards money. Here,
indeed, is a chance for treasure hunters,
The great merchants will developed the
fact that, so far as the testator knew, there
would be no next of kin surviving him and
the entire estate was left to the widow and
to Mr.. Stewards lifelong friend and legal
adviser, Judge Henry Hilton,
There were many people living who had
always believed that they were in some
degree relatives of A. T. Stewart. He was
born in Ireland and there were two families
there who alleged that they had been recog-
nized as kin, and in support Of their claims
could point to the fact that they had re-
ceived recognition during his lifetime in
the shape Of occasional, though scanty,
pecuniary benefits. And there were others
prepared to make similar claims in several
parts Of the United States and in Canada.
The estate became, therefore, ar object
of interest to lawyers everywhere. One
lawyer acquired knowledge Of a certain old
Velmont farmer whose name was Alex
ander Stewart and whose family was sup
piled with traditions of relationship with
the merchant. He lost no time in beginning
legal proceedings to set aside the will and
turn the whole estate into the possession
Of the Vermont Stewart.
The defence OF the will was intrusted to a
firm Of New York lawyers. II seemed well
TO them before taking active STEPS or their
side OF the case to investigate the identity
and character Of the ~plaintif and to that
end they employed B. G. Jayne, who had
attained notoriety in his dealings as a
special agent of the United States Treasury
with many New York merchants of promi-
hence. Among others he had held up
Phelps, Dodge a Co., under the moiety
system, for what amounted to a fine of
more tan 5000 ,ooC.
He was a detective Of great a~cuteness,
energy and ability, but not troubled with
~scruples. Such men often ov~erreach, and
In this Stewart business he exceeded and
distorted his instructions by doing acts and
making representations for which his en-
ployers were in no wise morally responsible,
although they were obliged in the end I'd
assume the legal consequences
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OLD HOUSES OF GUILFORD.
A Connecticut Town With 100 Homes
Built Before 1900.

nuh DCtoTt hSOO.
GUILFoRp, Conn. June odd Guilford
boasts the largest number of houses that
have done duty-and are still doing it-for
more than a hundred years Of any one
New England town. The Historical Mu-
scum, known as the Old Stone House and
the former home OF the Rev. Henry Whit
field, the English dissenter, claims the
distinction of being the oldest house in
Connecticut. 1t was built in 1899 and Ia
still well preserved.
Everything about the town savors OF
days bygone. Commenting in his books
Of travels on a visit he made to thisp place a
hundred or more years ago the first Presi-
dent Dwight Of Yale said that the Guilford-
ties stuck more closely to the customs OF
their forefathers than the people Of any
other locality that he had ever visited,
OF the $500 residents of the town a large
number of them live in houses erected
more than a century ago and in some parts
OF the town not a house has been built
within the memory of the oldest inhahitant.
Fully one hundred houses erected before
1900 are now occupied by Guilfordites ard
at least three houses in town were built
before 1900.
One resident here when questioned about
the age Of the house she occupied and its
furnishings remarked dryly: Yes, ! am the
oungest thinR IN the house ana l passeu
my eightieth birthday some time ago.
might almost add that / am the juvenile OF
the village"
Whitfield street, which tradition seems
to select as the oldest street of the town,
runs into the village proper from the rail-
road station n mile or more away. 1t is on
his street that the old Whitfield house
stands. The Rev. Henry Whitfield came
here in the fall of 1899 with a little band Of
followers bent on reaching a spot where
they could enjoy greater religious free
dom. The stone house was erected at
once. II is now filed with relics Of the
early days Of the town.
Petticoat lane, known To the latterday
residents OF this town by the more digrified
rame of State street, has the two other
houses dating back before 100. The Titus
Hall house was built by James Hall in 1924
and the Philo Bishop homestead went up
in 1871,
On Boston street, which was formerly
the post road between Boston and New
York, are at least a score or more houses
hat have stood as examples Of Colonial
architecture since early in 100. Over on
Moose Hill, on the outskirts Of the town.
are a number Of places made famous by
Revolutionary connections. The Wallace
@. Fowler place in this Deighborhood was
built IN 17e5.
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Love marriages between the kings and
princesses Of Europe are sufficiently rare
to excite the interest of the world in general.
It IL seldom that Cupid wins a victory over
statecraft, tradition and the rigid etiquette
that puts barriers around a throne.
For months the world has wanted to
know all about the love affair Of his Catholic
Majesty Alfonso XIII, King of Spain,
and the Princess Victoria Eugene of Bat
tenberg, granddaughter Of Queen Victoria,
and ell the details leading up to the mar
Rage between the King and the English
Princess, which was celebrated last week.
There was something keenly interesting in
the story Of one of the richest rulers OF
Europe falling in love with a comparatively
poor young woman, daughter of a ruler
Of q second class German principality.
Ordinarily kings have very little to say
q to whom they shall marry; prinoesses,
practically nothing at all. Marriages be-
twean royal persona ges are matters Of
convenience, made for reasons Of state.
They are excellent in oementing alliances
or reviving fallen fortunes. They are
arranged by cabinets and councils or very
unsentimental royal papas and mammas. .
The courtship and marriage Of the King
Of Spain was altogether different. Alfonso
courted and won pretty much "a any COM
moner would do. He fell in love with his
bride the first time he saw her and she
with him. He overrode and overruled
whatever objections there were on the
part of his Bourbon relatives. The Spanish
people did not consider the alliance a par
tioularly attractive one, but the young
King persisted and the young Princess won
over to her side eventually even those most
opposed to the match.
The young people vao We're welded the
other day in the Church of st. Geronimo,
Madrid, by the Archbishop of Toledo are
the most interesting royal couple since
Qdeen Victoria and Prince Albert, The
Princess. who is said to resemble the late
Queen Victoria in appearance as we'll As in
character. is pretty, good hurnored, in
clined to hearty laughter and possessed of
marked charm. Even her most devoted
admirers we're surprised at the Quicknoss
with which she won over the Spanish peo-
pie. The young King has shown a mind
and a will of his own. For the rest, he ia
young good looking. simple, almost blur,
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Nobody knows for certain, but so much
is true-that the final disposition Of those
thousands of the money Of Alexander T,
Stewart remains as much a mystery as,
in the opinion of many, is the final resting
place Of his body.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-01-10
IGNORANCE OE THE LAW.

One of the problems to which
the Legislature of Pennsylvania
might give its attention with pro
ii TO its constituency issthe work
of acquainting the bic at large
with the laws passed each year,
us well as those upon the statute
books. At the end Of leglsla-
tive session comparatively few
people know what laws have been
passed, and which of those pass
ed have been approved or disap-
proved, and people innocent of
any wrong intention suffer in
consequence.
The State holds that "ignor-
ance of the law excuses no one, "
and yet makes no effort to dis
place ignorance with knowledge.
Comparatively few copies of the
AcLs Of the Legislature are open
TO the public, and even If they
were ever so plentiful the ordl-
nary citizen would have a good
sized task on hand IN sitting out
from tne mass of verbiage which
the lawmakers indorse, the glst
Of the laws enacted.
Some States require the publ
cation of all laws as passed in a
sufficient mum Der Of newspapers
to put them within reach Cf prac-
tlcally all the reading population.
Others do better by having a di-
gest mad Of the avs by some
competent person Of recognized
authority, and tins digest pub
hshed. In both cases the result
has been Of great uenefit both to
the people and the peace and wei
fare of the State -Johustown
Tribune.