Year: 1871

mind, and finally told me so in plain Ian
guage, telling me the most he could do for
me was to provide me passage home.


GAS could persuade no one to creditmy
story, finally shipped as a green hand on
a whaler, and landed eventually in Paita,
where, hearing of the California gold mines,
l worked my way up the coast, and after
six years vicissitude, here you find me
what / am, and how have fared."


AS my friend told me his wonderful sto-
ry, he walked the floor forward and back,
and became so excited that almost feared
at times that his ill-luck and want of nour-
ishment had unsettled his reason, but trust
ed that few weeks of regular life would
restore the balance of his mind, and as it
was late, prepared a bed on an old lounge
that was in my room for him.


In the morning, with his consent, went
off to the bankers on the corner, and telling
them that Seymour was there and had all
broken down, they readily offered me one
hundred dollars as loan to set him on his
feet, which thankfully accepted for him,
and in an hour afterwards you would never
have recognized the fine looking man in the
new suit of clothes, as the distressed look
ing wretch of the day before.


As soon as he was decently attired he
started forth to look for employment, COM
ing home that night to say he had secured
bookeeper's place at liberal wages in a
grocery store, to commence next week.
Congratulating him on his success, we
strolled around the streets for short time,
and then went back to bed.


The next afternoon Seymour went out
for stroll.


He had not been gone an hour, when he
rushed back in terrible excitement, and
dropping into chair, exclaimed, 81 have
seen him ~


"Seen him Seen who? ?" asked.


"Seen Darnsford, the villain that left me
with the cannibals," was the excited an
swer


Sure that his wits were astray, l asked
him to keep cool and tell his story.


"I left here" he said, "without any
definite intention as to how or where 1
would go, and strayed into place on the
Plaza called the Bella Union,' TO see if
there were any miners there l was acquain-
ted with and as l stood in the entrance,
who should come in but Captain Darnsford,
dressed finely and as he did not notice me,
l thought would listen to their conversa-
ton. After chatting few moments on
minor topics, he said, "Well, gentlemen,
/ shall expect you to lunch on the Belle
Blonde at five this afternoon, and till then
adieu, as Imust go to the ship was about
to follow, when one of his friends said,
"What pleasant man, and how rich he
must be, to own the vessel and cargo"


"Splendid fellow"


"Yes, and splendid vessel clipper A T.,
and new."


"I waited to hear no more, but rushed
here for your advice"


"Seymour" / said, as conviction of his
sanity came over me, and his excitement
transmitted itself to me and made me for
get fevers and everything else, "come along
with me-" And grasping my hat, we
pushed across the square to the court house,
where we met Sheriff Jack Hays leisurely
coming down the steps, picking his teeth.


"Come along, colonel, here's work for
you"


And with the salutation | made for
Judge Broderick's chamber, where being
acquainted, introduced Seymour, and bade
him make his complaint, which he readily
did, and the judge, sending for the United
States marshal, he soon came, and receiving
a warrant to arrest Captain Darnsford Of
the clipper ship Belle Blonde, swore in the
redoubtabe sheriff and myself as his
special deputies to serve the warrant.


AS it was now nearly five o'clock, til G
time he received his friends on his ship, we
took a boat at the wharf, and were soon
going up the accommodation ladder at the
side and landing on the deck were met by
a grinning darkey, who, supposing we were
some of the guests, invited us below. But
on Hays telling him he must see the cap
tain at once, as he had some important
business with him, he dived below, saying,
"Massa Cap'en don't like to be sturbed
fore dinner"


In a few moments a tall gentlemanly
looking man appeared, and said, "what
can do for you, gentlemen ?'


j am Sheriff Hays" my comrade said,
"United States deputy marshal, and have
a warrant for your arrest for some little
infraction Of the laws, revenue or something.
But as understood from your Niger that
you had company to dine with you, there is
no Oraat hnI1an nftnr dinner will do nc ,rnll .