CHAPTER XIII.

1876.

Storm in the Alps--Mr. Benjamin--Kate Sherwood Bonner-- Icebergs--A Scotch Poet--Horatio King’s Literary Evenings-- Colonel Forney--Mr. Robert--A New York Millionaire’s Home-- A Christmas Night Hurricane at Sea--The Tilden-Hayes Fight-- Civil War Feared in Washington--Dennison, the Inventor--A Strange Murder--The Wreck of the Schiller and Loss of Miss Dimmick. 119