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in;: men aro requested to stay away
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and living wuge. All rumors to the
effect that the strike is off are false.
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when a settlement isreacned.
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.niment. There is a string of eight
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A Diplomatic Encounter.
[OrlKlnal.]
I will not dwell on bow 1, a woman,
got Into the foreign secret service. Fa
ther died Insolvent. Mother and 1
were reduced from affluence to positive
want I applied to a friend In the for
eign office for a clerkship. It happened
that nt the time the Americans weu
aiming at a treaty with Japan that
would he prejudicial to our Interests.
An emissary of the state department
ut Washington was on his way via the
Mediterranean with the treaty. ? The
vessel ho traveled In was to stop at
Marseilles. ?
I confess I was shocked at the prop
osition that was made me? I, who had
never done a mean thing In my life?
to wheedle a knowledge of the drift
of the treaty out of the American.
But the reward was great, enough to
keep mother and mo In comparative
comfort.
In social life 1 h:ul beeu considercu
what the Americans call "a lllrt," bat
I was never dishonorable. I would
never attack a man unless he was In
clined that way himself. Now I was
expected to win one simply for pay.
The temptation was too great for
me. I yielded. I boardeil the ship at
Marseilles. Roger Sutherland, whom
I was to snare, was a modest look
ing, quiet man. I soon made his ac
qualntauce, and he seemed to take to
me at once. Ho said that If It were
uot for my accent he would not be
lieve me to be English; that 1 had all
the sprlghtllness of an American girl
The game I was playing was natural
to me. 1 didn't have to try to win
him. If I had possibly I might have
failed.
But, as to stealing the information, I
didn't know where to begin. We had
passed through the canal before I ven
tured to make a move In that direc
tion. I began by asking Ills occupa
tion. Fie prevaricated. I teased him
lie told me that he had a government
I>ositlon. and that was all that I could
get out of hiui for a long while. Then
suddenly he told me everything. I
wondered why he who had so long
l>een reticent should have changed s<
quickly. He answered my every ques
Hon, and truthfully. The treaty was
In his trunk In his stateroom. Did he
not fear It would bd stolen? No
There was a lock on the trunk that
had been made for It. The key was
of a peculiar kind. The next time wt
were on deck together, feigning to be
moved by a natural feminine curiosity.
I teased him to let me see the key
He took it out of his pocket and
handed It to me. Feigning an inteii
tiou to frighten him I ran to the side
of the ship and held It In my (1st ovei
the water. He didn't even follow me
So I took It back and gave It to him
I had provided myself with a bit oi
wax and had squeezed an impression
of the key.
Pretending that I had lost the key
of my own trunk, I called for one of
the ship's mechanics to make me an
other from the wax impression. My
victim Invariably spent an hour or
more after dinner in (the smoking
room. I took a great risk. I entered
his stateroom and with the key made
from the Impression opened the trunk,
found the treaty, took It to uvy state
room. copied it? It was in cipher -and
got It back to the trunk in plenty of
time to avoid getting caught.
With success came the pricking of
conscience. I told my victim of my
circumstances, the loss of my father,
my effort to obtain employment and
ended by falsely telling him that 1
was going out to India to be a gov
erness. From that moment his manner
changed toward me. I had consid
ered before that my success was due
to having won his heart. Now I was
sure of It. Then he asked mo to be
his wife.
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.MIW, 1U1 LUI- UL SI 1U1IV, ?.
that If I bad wou lilm I had been won
lu winning him. Whatever was good In
my nature rebelled at my trickery. 1
longed to confess It and throw myself
upon his mercy. Rut 1 dared not.
From loving me he woul ! despise me.
I told him that I could never be his
wife; that there was a barrier between
us; that I was unworthy of him. He
soothingly reassured me, said my con
science was abnormally sensitive: that
he was sure one so lovely could not do
anything very wrong.
The night before we reached Bombay
we were on deck together under the
starry heavens.
'?Sweetheart." he said, "we part to
morrow. It rests with you w lie t her
our parting shall Ik* forever or 1 shall
call on you on my return. You are not j
cut out for a diplomat, but you will
make a good wife for one."
"A diplomat! I a diplomat!"
lie took my hand. "I suspected you
th" moment 'you began to play your
game, aud I played mine to trap you.
I gave you my key on purpose and
krew" how you used It by traces of
wax adhering to It. Certain pages of
the manuscript yon stole were loosely
tacked together, and I found them de
tached. 1 was disappointed to learn
all this, but when afterward you told
me how you had been tempted I pitied
.you. You are a lady aud out of your
element. I would be sorry for you
losing your pay If I wished you to
earn pay In that way."
"Aud my copy of the cipher dis
patch:" I faltered. "I will give it to
you at once."
"Don't hurry. It Is no cipher, but a
Jumble Intended to deceive you."
"And do you meaij that you can love
one who has made this abject at
tempt?"
"If we only loved thoso who were
!>erfect there would bo no marriage.
You have simply been parted for a
brief time by circumstances from your
nMural self." ,
GWENDOLTN ADAMS.
j Origin of a Fortune.
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(Original.]
I am of the third generation since
enormous wealth caine into our family
How that wealth was acquired has
not been definitely known. My grand
father when twenty-live years old was
a captain In the American nrmy that
conquered n peace with Mexico. Aa
soon aa the war was ended he resigned
his commission and engaged In min
ing. becoming Immensely rich. Ills
fortune wus left to my father and at
my father's death to me when I should
come of age. My father left a letter
for me, stating that I would tlud iu a
certain secret place information that I
"was to transmit to my successors. I
am today twenty-one and havo se
cured a document containing the Infor
mation. This Is a copy. The original
was written by my grandfather:
"After the .battle of Cerro Gordo 1
wont over the field t? give aid and
couifort to the wounded. Among
them I found n young Mexican, or.
rather, Aztec, who was In n frightful
condition. Ife looked up at me pltl
fully with tils mild Aztec eyes, remind
Ing me of pictures I li:ul seen of the
emperor of Montezuma. I called some
meu with a stretcher and had him re
moved to a field hospital, where he re
ceived attention. Thou I secured his
removal to a permanent hospital, where
lie lingered for awhile and died. He
fore his death he told me that he was
the last lineal male descendant of
Guatemotzlu. nephew of the Eiuperor
Montezuma, whom he succeeded. 'Yoo
have been very kind to me.' lie said,
'and I am going to reward you.' Then,
taking a gold locket from his neck, he
gave It to me. saying. 'Your reward Is
in that." Soon after he died.
"I did not examine the locket till
peace had been declared. Then 1
opened It and took out a small piece
of prepared skin, on which was writ
ten something In the nnclcnt Aztec.
With It was some writing In Spanish
on paper, which proved to be a trans
lation of the Aztec. 1 knew enough
Spanish to decipher It. It was dated
13th of August, 15'Jl. and read:
"Our clt j- Ih about to fall Into the hands
of tho Spaniards. 1, Uuatcmotztn, emper
or, have burled what Is left of our treas
ure under tlio northwest corncr of the
Toocalli.
"On the margin were a number of
notes successively laid down Intended
to fix the spot after the Teocalll had
been torn down by the conquerors, the
last naming a house beside the cathe
dral which partly occupies the area on
which the Teocalll, or pyramid sup
porting tho sacrificial stone, formerly
rested.
"When the City of Mexico fell into
the hands of the Spaniards they tor
tured Guntcmoteln to force him to tell
what he had done with this treasure,
but did not succeed. Here was what
purported to be his record, handed
down through more than three cen
turies. But why had not any of the
family dug It up and used it? The
secret had died with the last of the line,
who gave me the record. My own ex
planation was that the treasure was In
tended to aid In driving out the hated
Spaniards if ever the opportunity
should arrive. I coufess at first I had
no confidence In finding a treasure, but
I was a natural adventurer and re
solved to investigate.
"I fouiul the house mentioned in me
note of record, which was nothing but
a dingy hovel. It happened that the
irmv had not beer, paid for month:
md the paymaster had Just given u>
.ill that was due us. My pay was more
:'.ian the h lit was worth, nn.l I bought
t. It ('.1.1 not require much time for
I: ? family occupying it (o move, foi
I:ey li.nl nothing. As ioon as l!ie.\
ih ! gone | bought a pick an. I slnvel
: d t'le same uight went to work. The
'ly Ii:i< I originally been built on a lake.
?u;l almost anywhere one can dig down
iirot'.gli a soft black soil. Itut the
!o.'U:r.e:it said the treasure was under
i corner of the sacrificial pyramid. At
my rate. I found n hard Job, being
?bilged to temove a mass of loose
t.ine. I worked for weeks without
Indlng anything and was about to give
t up when my pick struck metal. 1 re
noved the stones partly covering It
(u 1 pulled up n gold god.
"From this time forwnrd I worked
vlth encouragement and soon camc
;ipnn other articles. My work was
necessarily slow, ns I was obliged to
remove the stones nnd earth I had ex
cavated piecemeal. Finally I came
jipon one immeuse mass of gold and
Jewelry that during three centuries
had almost become welded together.
"IIow I got this treasure out and
disposed of It without being discovered
would require n great many pages to
tell. I melted the gold ns fast as 1
took it out. and In this form It was
not hard to dispose of. The Jewels
were more dlfllcult, owing to their cut
ting. which would easily be recognized
In Mexico. I sent them to other coun
tries, and many of them sold for fabu
lous sums. It was several years be
tween the discovery of the tlrst and
last article. When I was sure there
was nothing more I relald the floor
of .^be house, which I had taken up,
and locked the premises.
"In order to account for my wealth
I purchased a worhout Mexican mine
and gave out that I was taking out
gold iu fabulous quantities. I had
many offers for this mine, but declined
them all. Finally, when I no louger
needed It ns a blind, I announced that
the vein had given out and ccased to
work it
"Through my life I have kept this
secret and have arranged that It shall
not be revealed till a grandson comes
Into the property. But, as my only
son Is not yet married, this paper is
not likely to be read by human eyes
for some time to come."
LAWRENCE FOSTER OEIURCH.
Headquarters for Mining and Commercial Men
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