The Washington herald., 1910-06-05

met his financial requirement. giving him
proof Of the same, and was welded to
young lady who had grown up with me
from childhood and knew all OF my IN
frmlties When I had a fight. her mother
would wash my face and sew up my
clothes before went home 10 my parents.
Gets His Money Back.
But office work was rather a hum
drum business for a sailor. I went into
Southern timber. therefore. with a part
ner named Wheelwright I was the ac-
tive. outside member OF the firm. travel
ing in this country and the West Indies.
We had as many as twenty-eight sail on
the sea at one time. carrying lumber 10
different ports. foreign and domestic.
Being promised per cent month in
terest, my partner loaned a considerable
sum OF money to a man and took
forest of bean poles in Maine as Sc
curity We had TO take the bean poles
eventually, and I went TO Maine and
lived IN the woods for more than year
TO get cur money back. I cut the trees
and put the logs In river. but freshet
swept them into the Atlantic Ocean.
where they foated away in all directions
So at twenty-six I was a bankrupt to
the sum of s25G0OO. A part OF our liabili-
ties were debts of honor. Ny partner
and I worked every night until II o'clock
and on Sundays for good measure. and
,, pai4 such debts in full Ny next partner
was AIpheus ". stetson. and we oper-
ated a sawnill and lumber yard in South
| Boston
"Yol were mixed up with one OF the
revolutions in CubaY' I said.
"I Travelled all through the West Indies
selling lumber and collecting accounts.
After serving in the civil war as private
and captain. William A. G. Ryan. a
Canadian, who was reared in Buffalo.
offered his sword to the Cuban iunta.
In 1869 ne was made chief of star OF the
| revolutionary army While at sea in the
/ VirEinius. he was captured by the Span
ish man-of-war Tornado and taken to
Santiago.
After Ryan and ffty-one Of his COM
panions were shot as pirates. the captain
| of a British war vessel interfered and
stopped the massacre. I reached Santiago
Immediately after the death OF Ryan
being on my way from Jamaica to Ha-
vana, All Americans were hated because
Of the part some Of them were taking in
the revolution. left Santiago on ship
filed with Spanish officers and soldiers
although secretly warned that I would
be killed and my body thrown overheard
But I had revolver and giu1let dagger
and meant TO leave some mementos Of
my department, II I went However, ]
was not molested.
Carries Rebel Message.
Il obtained permission to go ashore or
business at Manzanillo. The consular
agent Of this country was a German. He
took me to his home and into a darH
room that was lighted by candle After
making a long speech about liberty. M
asked me 10 carry a message to a rev.
olutionary leader IN Havana. I wrote the
message on the last leaf OF q small &C.
count book and then pasted the leaf Il
the cover. At his urgent request, I stayet
for dinner. We had tainted Massaehu
setts Goldfish, cooked In rancid OIL ant
spoiled jerlSed beef from Buenos Ayres.
Suddenly a man appeared. saluted, ant
tried TO hand me two letters. 1 showed
no interest. whereupOn the consular agen
said: They are all right. Take them,
The letters were addressed to the sam,
revolutionary agent IN Havana. NJ,
position, I began to think. was gettin.
decidedly tickiish. On going back to tn,
vessel, 1 cut neas slit in one Of M,