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there, and he was told TO get room ready for
my While stnT nn TSoSs os. osSi snd
gave It to the man in citizens clothe' and asked
him to deliver Il at once. 1t then occurred to
said, Are you the United states MarshalF'
The Deputy MARSHALL"
"who arc you, them"
well, don't. propose to be cross-e1amined
"Are you detectivef"
NO, sir; am an operative.
All! you are Colonel finneRassF
well, viii you tell me, Colonel by what au-
81 suppose you know what you arrested
for, don't your You were paymasters clerk
"1hat is a matter that don't propose TO
handy words about with you. what want to
know is, where Is your authority for arrestng
=" We'll have not arrested you. These marines
did II, and they are now holding YOU. suppose
sloner. aud then you'll find out all about It."
with this Finnegass went on to look for pair
Iines. In a few minutes was taken to room
IN the northwestern part of the building, which
had been used for n storeroom. IL was filled
with odds and ends, and the floor and few pieces
OF furniture were covered with dirt half an inch.
finnesass tossed the blsnkets down on an old
comfortable. lie then sald, " might a. well tell
you now. Mr.. Bogart YOU are to be taken to the
Navy Yard Tomorrow morning, and these ma
rines have sole charge Of you. Their orders arc
not TO- allow you to coinmunlcste with any
and then saw that was absolutely helpless.
TIE NEXT MORNING.
walked the floor the remainder Of the night,
the marines keeping close guard ON the door.
At half past o'clock Sergeant Fitzgerald came
into the room. The Sergeant Is a rem arkaby
handsome man. with a mousteche and goatee
something like that worn by the late Emperor
Napoleon. He was dressed in splendid new
uniform. with his brass ornaments polished, his
white belt newly pipeclayed, and his sword and
revolver pprfpgt
struck me as very superior man at nrst sight.
He dreT h1nsef ~ Sc, up IN IRON, ont ot me a iike % ram
for the occasion said. 4" Now, sir, am going to
take you to the Vallejo boat You can walk
two PAGES ahead OF me but if you try to escape
or attempt to speak TO a soul on the way my or
ders are To shoot you down"
Well Sergeant, ! replied, " would like to
Vallejo"
when got to the yard Admiral selfridge would
allow me to communicate freely with my friends
oN BOARD THE BOAT.
W. walked down TO the boat, I two PAGES
ahead of the marines, as ordered. On the way
finnegass came up and walked along by my
side. | said, Are you going upY' He said he
was, and then asked II he would let me tele-
graph Liy friends when we got to Vallejo: He
replied tnat | was under sole custody OF the
marines. and not under his charge at all. Then
he told re again that he had nothing At all to do
wi my arrest, that he was merely employed to
point me out. and the arrest was made by tho
naval authorities believed him and went
board the boat without again speaking. The
passage up was quiet enough ! was put in the
sttr arde-s' state room, the marines guarding
Tho door which ,tood wide opon. saw two or
three people on the boat whom I knew, that
woi Id have given woilds to have spoken 10 for a
m tuent. hut the Sergeants threat made me
ratetr tlmorous. One of these was tncS Laid
ley. Mr Laidcy came by the door and looked
in. He rccognizcd me. but could not speak to
Inc any more than could to hun.
At THE NAVY YARD.
70 pot a tho Vard AZ half mas ton aud I was
At once taken to the Admral's ufice. Fiunegass
went Inside To the private onice, white sat
e,apsed a ycrN long one. by the way and then
the Admiral and the chief operative came
man to the receiving ship and report to Capt
Admiral" I said, "of course YOU will permit
me to seLd some word to my friends about this
mg YER. ,,,
not allow Nou To communicate with anybody"
Iiui. Admiral, haven't even clean shirt
wei YOU can send for some clothes by tho
hM'hai here, bat THAI is al You can't wrtc 10
"rnanA YOU viii you be Hind enough to tell
me what YOU are co'ng TO do Win ne -
81 W gu.n- L. r"uane Won an board the receiv-
inc hip until hear iron the secretary of the
~ TUE rmsoS HULK.
We thon trud ed ~ to the ,hip. - o Sic
way inncgas, a-heu n.v shat nc. sa1c w.ntcI
and lac promised faithfully be vuild de.vet
them that n,sAt the moment he arrived tie
never KEPT u.s word ana dlou't mean to waeu
he promised. Mten we got 20 the rece., .nS
snp G pt Ghcrardi met the party on the after
part ~ the ,tun deck.
"Wcl, Mr. Marshal, Is this your mani"
"Nes. sir
AN. Mr.. Mullan, have the Master-at-Arms
take this man. 'c'r,h him thorou hlv ana keep
hun In close custody Of sentry night and day.'
was then marched down to the berth deck
and aft to the port steerace, which place was
cleared out and made hapitahle in a very short
time. \ sentry was put 3t the door, with writ
ten orders to- prevent my escape, "eNcn at the
hazard Of taking my lifr.' | want TO say here
though, that the officer Of the receiving ship
treated We with every Courte aud CuHsldera-
tiuu Mullln Iut me in his mess. gave me
CHINA hoy for n servant, rgged me IN a bed az
for a king and In fact did everything that a man
could do To make NV captivity az easy as pos
sble II II Ia possible for any naval officer ever
to get to heaven that oihcer will be MulIan.