| Show I = A HETEllOPJlEMtST i I I HQW HC INJURED THE FINANCIAL INTERESTS i 11 IN-TERESTS OF THE CONFEDERACY t Mo tllank was Fiet 10 England to Slkll t AId and FaUdTbo Notation 11 Foot I I 10 31r Mearainiateir Wast the Opposite Wl at Ho bnppoBCd Tho Southern Confedcncy only l ii I lev month old when n flnunclnl nRcnt I was sent to Ln lond on n t yl Inapor i II tout mission Mr Blank I was aroliti I I 4 I I clan nn I n nuktr Ho wn also an clc I I I rant gentleman with many Influential I I aqunntance on both states of tho vi torBefore leaving Klchmond ho I fall along a-long talk with ilwnmluecr tho secretary secre-tary ot tho trtasiirj I I flnd that Liulnnl Mill aid U4 be said Illl Iud yon word by some reliable blockade rnuucr It will bo avery I very brief messtijo but yon w 111 understand under-stand It while It will iitian nothing to I tho enemy I It should Ito lutercopteiL Tho confidential agent slipped 1 through f 4 the Hues will in less than I month wa comfortably established in London In the metropolis ho found many sonthern en and many prominent nfcllslmiou who symplithizedwith I tile secessionists Ilo saw Mr Yanocy tho Confederate minister every day null tho two worked work-ed together In harmony Mr Tmuwy t was a practical luau mid was not long t In coming to tho conclusion that no aid I j ernment was to bocipectcd from tile British gov ercnt Tho abolition Sentiment controls hero ho said to Mr Blank Somecf t the statesmen would like tn help the Tenth in order to break I up tho Union but tho people will niver consent Tho south will have to fight alone Plank felt rotty blue when lie heart this and that night ho wroto tho single word successful ou n thin slip of paper pa-per anti skillfully Secreted I In n ordinary I or-dinary coat button Tho next lay ho WM visited by a southern friend who I I remained I with him f 1 ir tin hour or more During his stay ho removed tho top button I but-ton from his coat and sawed on Ono then by Mr Blank T understand it till ho Said when ho I Icft If I get safely to ilmlURtou I will A at onro to Richmon anal glyo this button to Mr 1emmin r I prefer not to know tho nature of tho inpwugc n you say that It explains ItBolf 11 I yes replied Blank It will bet be-t understood by tho secretary and n it refers to n pinto secret I cannot nay anything any-thing about It II i I 170n two xhookhands and tho nto r = air with tho precious button took tho II i next train for Liverpool where ho il I loo to 11 do u steamer bound o ilmmg I Tho steamer was chased by Federal cruUcrrt but oho monagcil 1 to reach her destination without serlonsmtslup I In the course ot two or three days the mystenons traveler called on Jlr Mem ininger In Richmond and jirtsented him With a button Tho Kcuctury cut off its covering in a hurry and Studied when I ho read tho word ncccisfnl J Didltr Blank show this meSa to S I you bo URI ced i No Wo both thonght it best that I I I should remain in Ignorance BO that no f 11 I felltalo eiprcislou o my fnco would bo tray if tho I anything I cutmy captured rot At n meeting of tho cabinet that afternoon melnA nt I ernoon Mr Munmiflgor was in high spirits He predicted that tho war would I < bo over In 00 days and slid that England I was preparing to recognize tho Confederacy i Confed-eracy and nenl over her warthlpj to break the bluckado 11 havothU ho said f from my con I fidentlal agent Mr Blank Tho name commanded respect niod 1 I when the s retary said that under the clrcumttauceit it loan i f 15 l 000 000 nn I I 111 j gotiated in I uropo Would tie snlllcieut everybody agreed with him Tho weeks rolled on and rrlatucr in Paris uder tisedforllds for15000000 I InConfod irateboudH M Blank read this at his London hotel and dropped his pAper in his agitation Zell Ill IM d dl ho remarked I Must be it i mistake Ill run our and I I MS about I The next day ho was at rlingor s office in P iris Tho 1rench anker Informed I I In-formed Ills visitor t there was no mistake und then Blank bworn vigorously vigor-ously Tho Indt nisi e1 in from till quarter I I quar-ter I the demands or these penln I tort had Ixeu later 500000000 in Confederate Con-federate bonds venial have been toll When this fact bet tmo known Mr P Blank again relapsed into profanity I Ho could not brand i and dobpito the danger of the trip he made Ins ar i rangemeuts to return home Ills Inter I dew wih Memmiugtr was 1 ktormy one when ho arrived itHichinond I Intend towrltu uusucccssfull1 11 Ito said after n long talk Tell then 1 your message replied re-plied the becntury You wrote successful suc-cessful I I I I I I dont understand I saIl Mr Dok badly Surely your llels from Mr inucty Should have warned Yancy wlmed you I that thore was something wrong His dispatches were intLruptid answered tho other 11 dont understand I repeated Mr Blank Pcrhapi I do quietly remarked tho kucrctary I have carefully noted your talk this morning and I have dU covered that you are a hcti roj hniist I lor instance you sayLonlon when jou I men Richmond and Hiclimond whea ron mean London You similarly mis ube tho names of other places and per bon and am WICIlou ot It 11n t you sent me that memago tile wonl fill successful was in your miti 1 but being I u heterophemist yon wrote an opposite i I Word and rnimd the txjnfi leraey 41 may Imo mao 1 mistake sir said Mr Blank rising front his chair I tM 1 but I am neither a luintio nor an idiot I have tho honor to bid you good morning Heterophemy I n fatal thing In d Times Herald DloccIJhila TImleraid |
