FRIENDS TO THE RESCUE--MONEY OFFERS REFUSED--BENEFITS DECLINED--MAGNIFICENT OFFER OF PROMINENT NEW YORK CITIZENS--WILLIAM E. BURTON--LAURA KEENE--WILLIAM NIBLO--GENERAL TOM THUMB--EDITORIAL SYMPATHY--“A WORD FOR BARNUM” IN BOSTON--LETTER FROM “MRS. PARTINGTON”--CITIZENS’ MEETING IN BRIDGEPORT--RESOLUTIONS OF RESPECT AND CONDOLENCE--MY LETTER ON THE SITUATION--TENDER OF FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS--MAGNITUDE OF THE DECEPTION PRACTICED UPON ME--PROPOSITION OF COMPROMISE WITH MY CREDITORS--A TRAP LAID FOR ME IN PHILADELPHIA--THE SILVER LINING TO THE CLOUD--THE BLOW A BENEFIT TO MY FAMILY--THE REV. DR. E. H. CHAPIN--MY DAUGHTER HELEN--A LETTER WORTH TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS--OUR NEW HOME IN NEW YORK,......395 CHAP. XXVII.--REST, BUT NOT RUST. SALE OF THE MUSEUM COLLECTION--SUPPLEMENTARY PROCEEDINGS OF MY CREDITORS--EXAMINATIONS IN COURT--BARNUM AS A BAR TENDER--PERSECUTION--THE SUMMER SEASON ON LONG ISLAND--THE MUSEUM MAN ON SHOW--CHARLES HOWELL--A GREAT NATURAL CURIOSITY--VALUE OF A HONK--PROPOSING TO BUY IT--A BLACK WHALE PAYS MY SUMMER’S BOARD--A TURN IN THE TIDE--THE WHEELER AND WILSON SEWING MACHINE COMPANY--THEIR REMOVAL TO EAST BRIDGEPORT--THE TERRY AND BARNUM CLOCK FACTORY OCCUPIED--NEW CITY PROPERTY LOOKING UP--A LOAN OF $5,000--THE CAUSE OF MY RUIN PROMISES TO BE MY REDEMPTION--SETTING SAIL FOR ENGLAND--GENERAL TOM THUMB--LITTLE CORDELIA HOWARD,......406 CHAP. XXVIII.--ABROAD AGAIN. OLD FRIENDS IN OLD ENGLAND--ALBERT SMITH AS A SHOWMAN--HIS ASCENT OF MONT BLANC--POPULARITY OF THE ENTERTAINMENT--THE GARRICK CLUB--“PHINEAS CUTECRAFT”--THE ELEVEN THOUSAND VIRGINS OF COLOGNE--UTILIZING INCIDENTS--SUBTERRANEAN TERRORS--A PANIC--EGYPTIAN DARKNESS IN EGYPTIAN HALL--WILLIAM M. THACKERAY--HIS TWO VISITS TO AMERICA--FRIENDLY RELATIONS WITH THE NOVELIST--I LOSE HIS SYMPATHY--HIS WARM REGARD FOR HIS AMERICAN FRIENDS--OTTO GOLDSCHMIDT AND JENNY LIND GOLDSCHMIDT--TENDER OF THEIR AID--THE FORGED LIND LETTER--BENEDICT AND BELLETTI--GEORGE AUGUSTUS SALA--CHARLES KEAN--EDMUND YATES--HORACE MAYHEW--GEORGE PEABODY--MR. BUCKSTONE--MY EXHIBITIONS IN ENGLAND--S. M. PETTINGILL--MR. LUMLEY,......419 CHAP. XXIX.--IN GERMANY. FROM LONDON TO BADEN-BADEN--TROUBLE IN PARIS--STRASBOURG--SCENE IN A GERMAN CUSTOM-HOUSE--A TERRIBLE BILL--SIX CENTS WORTH OF AGONY--GAMBLING AT BADEN-BADEN--SUICIDES--GOLDEN PRICES FOR THE GENERAL--A CALL FROM THE KING OF HOLLAND--THE GERMAN SPAS--HAMBURG, EMS AND WIESBADEN--THE BLACK FOREST ORCHESTRION MAKER--AN OFFERED SACRIFICE--THE SEAT OF THE ROTHSCHILDS--DIFFICULTIES IN FRANKFORT--A POMPOUS COMMISSIONER OF POLICE--RED-TAPE--AN ALARM--HENRY J. RAYMOND--CALL ON THE COMMISSIONER--CONFIDENTIAL DISCLOSURES--HALF OF AN ENTIRE FORTUNE IN AN AMERICAN RAILWAY--ASTOUNDING REVELATIONS--DOWN THE RHINE--DEPARTURE FOR HOLLAND,......430 CHAP. XXX.--IN HOLLAND.