The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-04-03

the recovery of some part of his money,
that he could make his excuses 10 the
pretty girl awaiting HMM short, he
went with the seaman; and in guar
ter of an hour he stepped on board an
exceeding we'll kept yacht, which lay
beyond the buoy over against the east
pier; and all his trouble began.
The craft, as | have SAID. was ketch
rigged, and must have been seventy
tons or more. There was good square
saloon aft. and couple of tiny cabins,
the one amidships, the other at the
poop When Lord MacIaren went
aboard three seanien and a boy were
the occupants Of the deck; but a King
Charles spaniel barked at the top of
the companion, and a steward came
presently and asked the visitor TO 90
below. He descended to the saloon at
this, but the sick man, they told him,
lay in the fore cabin; and thither he
followed his very obsequious guide,
! had the account Of this episode
and of much that follows from two
sources. one man | met in New York
last summer; the other, the victim of
the singuarly American conspiracy.
Lord Maclarcn IS account was simple.
" AS there's n heaven above me, Sut-
tom" said he, "I'd no sooner put my
foot in the hole when the door was
slammed behind me and boted like Il
prison gate The American said
81 guess the old boy had hardly walked
right in before they'd hitched up the
latch. and he was shouting glory. Then
the skipper let the foresail go-for the
ketch was only lynn to, and in ten
minutes he was standing out down the
channel. But you never heard such a
noise as there was below ia all your
days Talk about a sheet and pillow.
case party in an insane asylum, that g
no word for it,"
The fact that the 'illustrious noble.
man. as the penny society papers
no question. He realized it himself
in a few moments, and sat down TO
wonder "who and why the devil, etc, -
in five languages j need scarcely say
that sthe thing was an utter and mex.
plicable mystery to him. Hc thought
at first that robbery was the motive.
for he had the model Of the bracelet
cabin he really feared personal vio-
lcncc; Ile told me that he waited TO
see the door open and villain enter,
armed with Colt or knucklednster, after
the traditional Adelphlan mode; but
n couple of hours passed and no
one came, and after that the only in
terruption TO his meditation was the
obNNolu hUO'h UPON Inc CdDln uODT
and his polite desire to know, "Will
my lord take tea?' "My lord' told
him to carry his tea TO latitude
where high temperatures prevail; and
after that continued to kick Justify at
the door and TO make original obser-
vatlons upon the owner of the yacht
and upon her crew, until the light
failed. Yet no one needed him, and
when it was dark the roll Of the yacht
to the seas made him sure that they
stood we'll out, and were beating with
a stiff breeze.
Up to this point temper had domi
mated him, but now a quiet vet very
deep alarm took it's place. He began
TO ask himself more seriously if his
position were not one of great danger,
If he had not TO face some mysterious
but very daring enemy-even if he
were likely TO come out Of the adven-
ture with his life. Yet his mind could
not bring to his recollection any deed
that had merited vindictive anger on
the part of another; nor was he a
blamable man as the world goes. He
paid his debts-every three years; he
was amongst the governors Of five
fashionable charities, and the only
scandalous case which concerned him
was arranged between the LAWYERS
on the eve Of its coming into court.
The matrons told you that he was "a
dear, delightful rogue''; the mon said
that he was "a cunning old dog and
between them agreed that he had