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IS 24.2
Story of an Emigrant.
of the men with whom I formerly had business connections
concerning railroad matters in Minnesota. The following
day he accompanied me to the Hague to see Baron de
Constant Rebeque, one of those European noblemen who would
have been a nobleman even if he had been born in a hut. He
was then chamberlain of the king, and one of the directors
of the Maxwell Land Grant Company, the management of
which had been offered to me as already stated.
The next day we all met at the office of the vice-president
of the company, the banker Mr. W. F. Ziegelar. The board
of directors held a meeting, at which I was elected business
manager for America, and it was decided that Messrs.
Ziegelar and Rebeque should meet me in America a month
later, and that all of us should then proceed to New Mexico
to inspect the property and investigate the economical
standing of the company, after which I could decide
whether I would acccpt the position or not.
A few days later Mr. Ziegelar accompanied me to London,
where one of the directors and many of the creditors of the
Maxwell Company resided. Here I also found some friends
from India, and in their company spent a couple of days at
the beautiful country residence of an English nobleman, Sir
Balfour. Among the prominent and excellent men with
whom I formed an acquaintance at that place was Maj.
Horace Durrant, formerly of the queen’s hussars, who was
also largely interested in the Maxwell Company, and one of
the men from different countries, nationalities and crceds
who will always live in my memory like beaming stars on
life’s varied journey.
Soon afterward I renewed my acquaintance with John
Ennis in Liverpool, an Irishman, and a friend of mine for
more than twenty years. He is a man who is never happier
than when he can do someone a favor, and he has had
occasion to do me many. In the evening he took me out to
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