The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-06-19
TO IDENTITY OF
MYSTERIOUS HERMIT

Emmanuel, who used to keep a big
jewelers. shop In Bond street. in Lon
don. a store visited by almost every
British metropolis In fact. he was ono
OF the three great 'Harrys' of the
West End during the sixties and sew
Harry Poole, the famous tailor. who
dressed society. Harry Melton. the
fashionable halter, who hated society.
aud Harry Emmanuel who furnished
society with its trinkets and who had
Edwin Streeter, afterwards the great
est authority on precious stones, as his
chief assistant.
Harry Emmanuel being POSSESSED of
social aspirations. decided. after anlass-
ing fortune. 70 dispose of his Top
TO streelef, and then transfer his abode
TO Paris. There, by q judicious outlay
OF money, he managed to secure from
the Portuguese government the title
OF Baron Alrelda. and set TO work BY
all tho means in his power 10 eftacee
everything that could receIl hts identI-
~ with Harry Emmanuel the shoD-
keeper even going SO far as 10 deny
that ne had ever been In business in
one Of his Partisan friends. aware
Of his little fotbles. suEsested to him
that nc might obtain an entree into
diplomatic appointment Accordingly,
by means cf another outlay OF money.
ne got himself accredited as minister
pIenipotentiary of the San Domingo
republic TO tho French government.
This post he held for some dfteen
years. that is to say until the time OF
. mis- death There was no salary at
tached TO the Office. and he was re-
CURED TO defray all the expenses in
connection Herewith. including the
stinends and allowances OF the sec-e-s
tary and attaches of his mission.
| whom, OF course. he was free TO APP
+, point without regard to their na-
4 of San Domingo ne found no diiiic,Il
ty in obtaining the Portuguese order
OF Christ and the Spanish Order OF
Isabel the Catholic. while lust before
/ his death he even succeeded in pro-
curing the French cross OF the Legion
of Honor After his demise there was
much litigation in connection with. the
/ liSh courts were called upon to De-
| eide whether. in spite of his having
! been u Portuguese baron. n san Do
/ of the French Legion of Honor and a
resident OF Paris, he had ever done
| anything 10 rid himself of his British
| citizenship.
While there was never any question
or rather L should say. OF His EXCEL
| plenIpotentiary. of San Domingo on the
banks of the Seine. yet these Central
/ and South American republics. and also
1 powers such as Havti. San Domingo
and Liberia. are exceedingly careless
/ about the people upon whom they be-
/ stow Diplomatic appointments, pro-
I vfded that they are not called upon
10 accord them any remuneration. This
has naturally resulted In their being.
fregarded with a good deal of prejudice
and suspicion, which is not altoeether
surprising when ii is recalled that a
few years ago full-fedged Central
American envoy was caught In the
very act OF cheating at cards at the
! Hunt Club at Rome. and that soma
time afterwards the Swiss government
felt itself constrained to demand the
recall of another Central American
minister in consequence of the discov-
cry that he was an eX-convict.
Il (Copyright. 1910. by the Brentwood