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Show swearing and then telegraphed the detective de-tective to find him, and by hook or crook brine him back. A month later in walked our detective and the school teacher. He had followed him to El Paso del Xorte, got him across the river oo a friendly quest and then nabbed liiin. The school teacher seemed to be all broken up and told me to pet the stockholders togrther, w hich I did inside of ten minutes, for 1 mv messenger found tliem all on the floor of the Stock Exchange. I felt sorry for the poor school teacher when lie stood there with bowed head, taking without a murmur the whirlwind of execrations which were hurled at him. " 'Now explain yourself,' shouted an angry stockholder. "The five of us wore seated around the table and the school teacher leaning against the mantel. " 'Uenllemen, said he, 'I confess that I have wronged vou, but I was tempted by a woman with the face of an angel and the heart of a devil a heart as black as the hinges of hell. Rather than bury myself in tho trackless waste without her 1 throw up everything tor her. fciho got my money and deserted me, but I will make amends. The mine is there. I will go again. See, I have the map yetl I have never parted with it, not for an instant.' " 'Oh, that's a likely story. You're nothing but a bunco and Sing Sing catches you,' was the irate interjection of a gentleman on my right. "'Olil don't say that pleaded tho schoolteacher; "don't say that. Just one more chance,' and he tottered over to tho table, laying the map where all could see it. 'Seel Here is the road to millions, hundreds and thousands of millions. Just one more chance, gentlemen.' "Not a word was spoken, and you could have heard a pin drop as we turned our eyes on the man. My GodI will I ever forget it! His face was as white as a sheet, and his fingers clutched nervously ner-vously at bis map; he threw one hand, convulsively to his heart and then fell forward upon the table. "Ho was dead dead, sir, of apoplexy. We quietly took the body to his home in Brooklyn," and the Friday following ho was buried I think in Greenwood. We . have his map and the padre's letters, but we find that we might as well hunt for a needle in a haystack as to hunt for Uio 'Sans Spiritu mine as there is no indi-; cation m which direction from Vera1 Cruz the mine lies. Tho landmarks are 1 on the map, but it's a lifetime work to hunt a trackless waste for landmarks, so we concluded to pocket our loss and keep the matter a secret.' THE SANS SPI1UTU MINE. "I have just been reading a strange story of tbo "Lost C;ibin Mine' in an old Evening Sun which I found in a pigeon hole of my desk," said a prominent Wall street banker yewterday afternoon. "Sit down a few moments and I will tell you another strange story of a lost mine," he I continued, "and one that was rather costly lo me. That truth is stranger than Gction ia a wise old saying. There- is very little romance which enters into tho Ufe of a professional Wall street man. As a rule, ho is ever ready to grasp after the almighty dollar, and I confess that I am no exception to this rule, and many times during my life have I invested money in wildcat enterprises looking more for a possibility than a probability. These enterprises to wliich I allude 1 entered en-tered into in my younger days. I thought that I had settled down into a conservative conserva-tive business man; but I found, about nine months ao, that my disposition to become the richest man in tho world had got the better of my good judgment, and the strange, weird story which I am about to relate will explain itself. "For a number of years I have had a speaking acquaintance with a Brooklyn school teacher. I lost sight of him for about two years, when I was surprised to see him walk into my office a year ago. He asked me if I knew where he could rent an office, and told me that on account of ill health he was compelled to give up school teaching. I havo five rooms here, and as I need but four, I told him that he could have the back room at a nominal rent. He seemed delighted de-lighted with the proposition, and moved in the next day. He put out a shingle, 'Money to Loan,' but I noticed that he bad no customers. "Two or three weeks after his occupancy occu-pancy of the office-1 noticed that he became be-came less erratic in his business hours. He began to arrive at 9 o'clock in the morning and would remain until 4 in the afternoon locked in the office. Shortly after he developed this regularity in lus business hours I met a man in the hall whose unusual appearance attracted my attention. He was tall, attenuated to a marked degree, of sallow complexion, smooth face, twinkling, ferret like eyes and hair of shining blackness which hung down upon his shoulders. He was attired at-tired in a Btiit of rusty black. The coat was an old fashioned frock cut and buttoned but-toned lightly Lo his throat. He wore a broad brimmed bIoucIi hat. In his hand be carried the father of all umbrellas, a great big gingham affair that would keep the rain oil four people, and looked as though it might have belonged to one of our revolutionary grandfathers. "I became interested and stopped to see what his destination was. Ho moved along with a quick though shambling step and tapped lightly upon my 6chool teacher neighbor's door. It was opened and he disappeared within. I heard the bolt click its the door was locked from tho inside, and I turned into my ofrice with a peculiar feeling that I would like to know who this strange person was. "1 saw 1 1 iiia come every day, usually about the same tuno in the day," continued con-tinued the banker, "and ho would remain re-main closeted with the school teacher for several hours. At last ho disappeared disap-peared and my curiosity got tho better of me. I mado up my mind to ask the school teacher who his friend was, particularly par-ticularly as I noticed that ho had changed his shinglo to read, 'Mining Engineer.' "1 learned from tho school teacher that his friend was a spiritualistic medium, me-dium, and then he startled mo with the assertion that ho had located the 'Sans Spiritu Mine.' You must know that thi3 1 mine is the richest mine in the world; was worked before Cortcz entered Mexico, Mex-ico, but for over a hundred years it has been lost. Tiio school teacher's assertion rather staggered me, but I laughed incredulously. in-credulously. " 'You needn't laugh,' said ho, 'I have found it and I havo a man locating it within a stone's throw. Two years: ago I went to Mexico on a vacation. I am somewhat of a physician and happened to save the lilt' of an old negro woman who was formerly a housekeeper for a padro. This padre was the only person alive who knew the location of the mine, and when he died he divulged lho secret to tho negress, who, in turn, divulged it to me.' "This, of course, was interesting after the faslnon of dime novels, and I did not take much stock in his story until I saw that he was really hi earnest. Ho unlocked un-locked his desk and took two rolls of tracing paper out. One of them ho showed mo and said: 'This s my original orig-inal map. The mine lies 100 miles from the Gulf of Mexico, and Vera Cruz is tho seaport to it. Thu other roll contains a map drawn by the clairvoyant whom you inquired about. He has never seen my map, yet he has drawn almost a facsimile fac-simile of it, with tho exception of a few minor detailu. I am not a Spiritualist, but I met this man and ho bragged of his wonderful powers, aud I gave blw 55 if ho successfully accomplished bis object. ob-ject. Ho does not know what ho has drawn, and I am the only person in lho world who can put lus baud on tho long lost Sans Spiritu Mine. , "I confess that tho fellow uvxle an impression im-pression on me," continued the banker, after lighting u cigar and ga.ing thoughtfully thought-fully at thu tiiiioko rings for a moment. "1 then asked him for further details, but bo would give me none, further than that tho old negrrss was dead. I nuked him what it would cost lo work lho mine, and how lie was fixed. He replied: " '1 havo iiuvur ficeu tlie mine, but from some manuscripts 1 havt of the- padre's I judgo that thero are untold million:; jn sight. Of course it will Inko uonic money to fit out an expedition, but I think tho output, of a month's work will pay for all the milk necessary, My idea is to secretly charter a schooner, proviso ion it for say ono to three months, put aboard tho necessary tools to work tho mine on tho quiet until 1 gi-t enough out to acquire the mine lawfully, but I am without funds, unfortunately.' . ''Well, I bif. iko n shark. Heavens, how the blood ruMied lhi'ou--;h my heartl I know tho school teacher to bo a reputable repu-table uian. lie hliowed mo tho padre's manuscripts, wiitu-n in Spanish, of j which the nchoot bviicr was a mrister. He read it t-t nu nnd It (sounded like an Aladdin's Wonderful L'imp slorv. Tho I upshot of tlie matter was thntfngreed then anil there to interest myself in form- 1 lug a stock company. Tho next day I i brought four of my Wull street friends I Into the tk'ho'il teacher':) otHcu and ho-laid ho-laid bis subjf'i in-fore them. They bif I ns quick tv as I did mid I suK-jcrilvd $00,r I 000 and 'tho others $10,000 v:ri, "V ' chartered a schooner, provisioned her for three months, put ten miners aboard of her, gave the school teacher .'o.OOO, j and he set s;iij for Vera Cruz. We waiUwl oiw, two, Uueo months and no news from (Ir whooner. Then ( tele- j graphed lo Vera Cruz, asking if thu schooner w:is there. The reply was that it had boon then1 nearly two months and empty. This was news, any wav; but wIumi another month rolled by niul nothing noth-ing further was heard we became suspl- ! cious and sent a detective down there. He telegraphed in cipher that tlie crew i had been discharged, tho miners paid a month's wages, and were thero waiting further orders from the school teacher, who was Pooh Bah of tho schooner and mine. "A week later came another telegram, In which the detective reported that ho had ascertained the fact that the school teacher bad sold the provisions at a good profit and bad left Vera Cruz with tv very handsome woman, with whom ho seemed to bo iiif aluated. We djd a little |