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received intimation (again the result of his moth- 

 er's influence with Baron Gerolt, the Prussian 

 Minister at Washington) that his return under 

 the Extradition Treaty was being urged at the 

 solicitation of the family of his fallen antagonist. 

 He had then taken refuge in a remote town in 

 South Missouri, where he amused himself with 

 shooting. His mother had written to him but 

 once, and had not been able to send him money. 

 He had at last returned to St. Louis, where he 

 had contracted some small debts which Voisin 

 and another kind friend had assumed. To reim- 

 burse them and to gain more perfect seclusion, 

 he had resolved to enlist in the Regular Army. 

 It was a sad conclusion of his career, but as an 

 honorable man (and a pursued one) he had no 

 choice but to accept it. 



It was the old story, — noblesse oblige. There 

 was but one way out of a sad affair, and — like a 

 very Graf zu — this stripling, who had been born 

 and bred to a better fate, faced the penalty of 

 his misfortune without flinching. I tried infinite 

 suggestions, but nothing else offered the imme- 



