WITH MAXIMILIAN IN MEXICO 201 



States that he was going to England to assist in the 

 laying of a telegraph cable from England to the West 

 Indies and Mexico, and his son Richard thought his 

 father would not return if the cable succeeded. Though 

 Maury did not become connected with this enterprise, 

 yet there developed in Mexico very soon after his de- 

 parture conditions which made his return inadvisable. 

 In fact, events in that unhappy country were fast moving 

 toward Maximilian's tragic end ; and Maury was destined 

 never to see that country nor its unfortunate rulers 

 again. 



