The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1907-01-12
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~. By ANTHONY HOPE
"a wise man will make opportunities
than he finds" Francis

-1J ouuuch disappearance eXciCeQ some
remark, and people were even found to
insinuate that the dollars went the same
way as did. 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 a position to as
| sure them, as he had already assured those
| to whom Mr.. Martin was primarily re-
| sponsible, that that gentleman's hasty
flight 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 hesitated 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 a 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. l 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 its way back to the d.
rectors' pockets. In this matter l 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 a view
opposed to his excellency's, and relations
became so strained that they were con-
templating the withdrawal of their bust
ness from Nottingham altogether, when
| events occurred which modified their ac-
| ton. Before l lay down my pen / must
| give some account of these matters, and
l cannot do so better than by inserting a
letter which l had the honor to receive
from his excellency, some two years after
| l last saw him. l had obeyed his wish
in communicating my address to him, but
up to this time had received only a short
| tn in IN axxyit tha
fact of his marriage to the Signorina, and
expressing good wishes for my welfare in
my new 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 a
very foolish prejudice against Christina
was able to assist the young people s
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' ]
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
US a young Puritan, to whom it would be
quite in vain to apply for timely little
loan.
IL wish l could give you as satisfactory
an account of publ 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
} years, and though it's the custom to cal
me a mere adventurer, upon my word
think I've given them a pretty decent gov
eminent. But I've had enough of it by
now. The fact Is, my dear Martin, Tn
not so young as l was. In years I'm mo-
! much past middle age. but shouldn't b.
! surprised If old Marcus Nottingham,
! lease was pretty nearly up. At any rate
my only chance, so Anderson tells me, Il
to get a rest, and I'm going to give my
self that chance. had thought at frs
: of trying to find a successor, and
} thought of you. But. while 1 was con
: sidering this, received a confidential pro
posal from the old government. The,
we're very anxious to get back their prov
ince; at the same time, they were not a
all anxious to try conclusions with m,
again. In short, they offered. IL Aureata
land would come back, guarantee of 10
t cal autonomy and full freedom; the.
D would take on themselves the burden o
5 the debt, and last, but not least, the.