A. D. 2000

g down its rays with a trifle more heat than was agreeable, but all things considered

he country, but were hard pressed by the business required of them by Congress; for that body

all was bustle and activity, and clerks and

tt, the Treasurer of the United States; while near him, quietly s

rtaining to their department, and evide

Treasury would ask for the final papers for signature for the day. A huge stack lay upon

, and immediately after, Mr. Lane, the second assistant, entered the room a

ave you any more business?" as

h the old store-room containing the records at the close of the administration of 1908, he found this bundle, marked as you will see by looking at it. Deeming it my duty, sir,

ry Depa

n, Januar

iron safe, presumably containing the papers referred to in the body of the communication. Entry of the papers is made in book 'C,' folio 476. This document is

d N. J

of the Unit

oncerned manner and glanced over the b

my attention. Undoubtedly they have been long ago acted upon by

which has been deposited in the vaults since 1888. Now, if such a safe had been opened in this department in 1988, or since, I would have known it; for, as you know, sir, I have been here over fiftee

matter, as he again turned the document over in

him, and noticed an increasing excit

tten and sent with the safe, and of wh

e Secretaries, as their indorsements were upon it; but after the year 1904 no more indorsements were made, and

cument, I must say. Can yo

arefully, and also look

hen it should have been opened. Perhaps you did not notice that the last indorsement says that the safe was deposited in the certificate vaults on Januar

t. I wish you would take the matter in hand and thoroughly search the old vaults, especially the one mentioned as containing the safe on January 7, 1904. Notify me if your

value than that, by law, they could not be destroyed. One series of these latter were the certificate vaults containing the stacks of fraudulent certificates used

lted in complete success; for, hidden behind huge piles of papers and boxes of

ors, to unearth, or rather unpaper, the iron box; but it was there, neverthel

ported the result of their search, and informed him that they had gotte

or himself the safe. He read the legend upon it, and could not conce

were the secrets it contained? Why was it sent to the Treasurer of the United States, with instruc

ickly passed through

e informed Mr. Peck that he would at once communicate with th

usiness with him, and desired an immediate audience; it was granted him. The President was sitting in his pri

urport of his mission, and handed the Pr

sed at the communication, and taking the letter

, of the army," he read,

es in the army for many years; I wonder if t

ickly turned the pages under the date of 1888. "Yes; yes, it is here,"

Major, October 14, 1916; killed at the battle of Ottawa, August 5, 1917. Married Augustine Phelps, May 28, 1890. Children: Edwar

mory D., born June 19, 1941.' And that man is myself. It is most strange that I should at this late day receive a communication signed by my great-gra

President's guards, sent a summons to his Cabinet to immediately meet him at the Treasury building; he then called

t and all the members of his Cabinet, and Mr. Brett, the Treasurer. The gentlemen, upon req

h much curiosity. The combination of the lock, of course, was unknown to any of them, and the key-hole was of no use, as none had a key to fit it. The services of a couple of machinists

around its edges, the contents of the safe

ers of 1887, and finally three photographs in w

7, as well as what would follow on that night, and complete directions as to what was necessary to be done to again bring him to life should he not gain his natural state by the means he had prepared. Full mention, with t

the office of the Secretary of War, where the papers were carefu

years 1887 to 1950 were then sent for, and

pe Hacienda, Mexico, March 17, 1915;" while after Cobb's name were the words, "Dropped from the rolls of the army as a deserter, to date from D

tions of the newspapers which were found in the safe. The signatures of both Craft and Cobb were carefully compared

ctly genuine, and that the articles had been

t he says he has, in my opinion, the man is long since dead. The mislaying of the first document was a culpable act on the part of the administration of 1908; but it is our duty to remedy it, if possible. I know of nothing to do but to send at once to California and open the statue spoken of in this letter. If the man is dead, we may at least learn something more of his strange unde

s possible, and that men would that afternoon leave on the Central Pn

h grips and coats, left Washington on

0 miles, and the party arrived at i

angements were soon made for going to the Statue of Liberty, which still occupied Mt. Olympus, and was apparently in as

lated position on the outskirts, but was entirely surrounded by large and

decided that no entry should be attempted before the following midnight. The two gentlemen, having taken dinner, pr

, and thence to the foot of Mt. Olympus, which, though surrounded by residences, was yet bare upo

none in the vicinity of the top of the hill. The moon was in its first quarter,

rintend such a piece of work. Stationing two of his men in position to guard against surprise, he commenced operations on the north-east corner of the base. He

king a large breach in the wall. At 1:25 one of the men drove his bar through the side, piercing the wall into the c

he chamber were brought to their vision: the cases, the batteries, the boxes,

however; everything was as

s, indeed, something more than ordinary in this place-something true in the letter of instructions left i

full foot in diameter. A moment later, as one of the men gave a rather more powerfu

d of light. Everyone jumped to the opening, and gazed within the chamber, while a superstiti

e others, and his voice seemed hoarse and hollow.

but a moment before was wrapped in total darkness, in cold, and apparent death, was now light and life, and a man was slowly rising from his bed, with his ha

n take a bottle, and striking its top against the side of the fire-place, break it open and take a deep draught of its contents, giving no heed to its broken and ragged ed

to speak, but the latter motioned hi

this man will do; for it is a scene that

e two copper discs which were held in place by a band; then tearing off the bandages from the lower part of his body, he threw them to

the fire, poured it into a cup and began drinking it. Five minutes longer they watched him, during which time

ced his head within the breach, and in a quiet

hat shall we do? See! we are at this hole which we

oment shook as if some terrible vision had passed before his eyes; but, as the faces of the men were distinctly visible by

une am I thus disturbed and my plans upset? By whose authority do you

have broken into this chamber," replied Rawolle,

b, "are there no tru

own upon a box near the fire,

e; "and your weak condition demands immediate succor.

?" quickly e

dent C

the opening through which Rawolle

t? I never heard of him. Tell me, what

nswered Rawolle.

t, that a realization of the moment might be made plain to him. "Have I slept a hundred and thirteen years? Am I now alive? or is this some terrible

your weak condition. Tell us at once what we are to do; it will take ove

fter I entered this place. Go to the other sid

of a difficult task for him to turn the screw, but the mechanism had been so perfectly adjusted that it revolved even by

ere in the chamber of

len, unconscious, after opening the door. Quickly seizing him, they bore his body to the fire and rubbed back the departing life. His legs and arms were stiff from long inaction; his face was wan and his form somewhat emaciated. Their work was soon rewarded b

anks to the liquor and beef juice, and he m

"are you not joking me? Is it indeed that

e. "It is as I tell you; and

g Cobb that he was not the subject of an

ing has gone wrong," and he moved closer to the compass case. "It must be here, if anywhere," and he leaned over t

r his face. "What is this? The needle of the compass not at 260, but

s-at 899, or to the reading of 14 degrees 59 minutes. There wa

ak, he bade them be silent unt

h his hand in opening the breach. It rested just under the aluminum rod attached t

king ther hule," said the man who

and set the wheel-work in motion; everything else had worked perfectly, and as Cobb had designed that it should work. But

to Rawolle, "and be still but a mome

, and he busied himself a momen

, it marked 1,007.8. I computed that it would move to where that catch now is, at 260, in one hundred years; but, like many another man, I made a most simple error. In my work, I read 14.355, instead of 1.4355-the mere misplacing of the decimal poin

ny degree of safety. One hundred and eight points, or an arc of 1 degree 48 minutes, was too small to work upon, as any great magnetic storm, earthquake, or other disturbance might have cau

aken from the iron box, and requested Rawolle to take the other box with

ing-place for so many years, and proceeded to the Occident

on he detailed the whole story of his long and death-like sleep, and received, in return, a

l had been done, the papers of th

WOND

Hoax? I

hirteen Years Asle

as Last Night Taken from a Chamber Cut in the Sol

by a Party Sent

a Still in the Ba

ho was Left to Prevent En

at the Occi

t by the Chief to the Presi

ich startled all San Francisco at nine the next morni

e had struck that day, and by midnight of that 22d of June, A. D.