"While there I received a secret message from friends in Canada
directing me to go to Spanish Falls, where I would be met and
conducted to Green Fancy by Prince Sebastian himself. I was on my way
to Halifax when this message changed my plans. Moreover, the reason
given for this change was an excellent one. It had been discovered
that the two men who acted secretly as my escort were traitors. They
were to lead me into a trap prepared at Portland, where I was to be
robbed and detained long enough for the wretches to make off in safety
with their booty. I need not describe my feelings. I obeyed the
directions and stole away at night, eluding my protectors, and came by
devious ways to the place mentioned in the message.
"As you may have guessed by this time, the whole thing was a carefully
planned ruse. The company at Green Fancy,--you may some day know why
they were there,--learned through the man Naismith that the treasure
had been entrusted to me for delivery to Prince Sebastian and his
friends in Halifax. Let me interrupt myself to explain why the Prince
did not come to New York in person, instead of arranging to have the
jewels taken to him at Halifax. He is an officer of high rank in the
army.
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