Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-08-10

no other alternative than to take sum-
 mary action in respect 10 the indiscre-
 tions of fellow countryman. Chase's
 conscience was even and serene. and
 he was resIEaing his post with the
 confidence thx. he had performed his
 obligations as sn American gentleman
 should, even though the performance
 had created. an extraordinary commo-
 tion. Chase was new to the old world
 and its customs, especially those rig
 orous ones which surrounded royalty
 and denied it the right to venture into
 the commonplace.
 Chase had been the representative of
 the American government at Thorberg
 for six months. The American flag
 foated above his doorway in the Fried
 richstrasse. but in all his six months
 of occupation not ten Americans had
 crossed the threshold He was q wig
 orous, healthy young man. and it may
 well be presumed that the situation
 bored him. He was not a politician;
 no more was he an office seeker. He
 was a real soldier of fortune in search
 of affairs-in peace or in war, on land or at sea. Possessed of a small in come sufficiently adequate to sustain
 life If he managed to advance it to the
 purple age. but wholly incapable of supporting him as a thriftless diplo-
 mat. he was compelled to make the
 best of his talents. no matter to what test they were put. He left college at twenty-two. possessed of the praise
 worthy design to earn bis own way
 without recourse to the $4 500 income from certain trust fund. His plan also incorporated the hope to save every penny of that income for the possible rainy day" He was now thirty. In each of several New York banks he had something like S4.000 drawing 3 per cent interest while he picked his blithe way through the world on s2.500 year. more or less. as chance ordained.
 When I'm forty" Chase was wont to remark to envious spendthrifts who couldn't understand his philosophy, "I'li have over a hundred thousand there. and If l live to he ninety just think what I'll have Moreover, may get married and have to maintain poor wife with rich relatives, which Is terrible strain. you know. You have to live up 10 your wife's rela- tives. if you don't do anything else"
 He did not refer to the chance that he was quite sure to come In for large legacy at the death of his ma ternal grandfather. n millionaire ranch owner in the far west.
 After leaving college he drifted pretty much over the world. taking pot luck with fortune and clasping the hand of circumstance. There had been hard roads 10 travel as well as easy ones. but he never complained He swung on through life with the heart Of a soldier and the confidence of pagan. He loathcd business. and | he abhorred trade
 He was an orphan and bounden to | no man. No one had the right to | question his actions after his twenty | first anniversary. He went in for law | at Yale and then practiced restlessly. | under the patronage of his fathers | oldest friend. lawyer of distinction
 Firing of the law books and reports | in the old judges office. he suddenly | abandoned bis calling and set forth to | see the world. Almost before his | I.n h.t ,l c. l., heard of in Turkestan. In course of | time he served as q war correspondent | for one of the great newspapers. acted | as agent for great hemp dealers in the Philippines. carried rife with the Boers in South Africa hunted wild | beasts in Asia and in Iottentot land. took snapshots in St. Petersburg and | almost got to the north pole with one of the expeditions. Not In n months journey would you meet q truer thor oughbred. more agreeable chap. a more polished vagabOnd. than Hblings- worth Chase. first lieutenant in Dame Fortunes army Tall. good looking. rawboned. cheerful. gallant. he was the true comrade of those merry. reck- less volunteers from all lands who find in Fortunes army and serve her faithfully.
 He was nearly thirty when the diplo- matic service began to appeal to him as a pleasing variation from the rigor- ous occupatio he lad folowcd bere- tofore. One of his uncles was con- gressman. and another was in some way connected with railroads. He first sought the influence of the latter and then the recommendation of the for mer. In less than six weeks after his arrival In Washington he was off for the city of Thorberg, in the grand 1uchy of Rapp-Thorbcrg. carrying with him an appointment as consul and supplied with the proper stamps and seal of office
 At the end of five months he loathed rhorberg: he hated the inhabitants: he smarled under the sting of royal iisdain; he had no real friends. no Doon companions. and he was obliged .o be good. What wonder then. that he bored. suffering. vivacious Mir. Chase seized the first opportunity to p1p heaufurquosf into fll. yprv fhtck |