Omaha daily bee., 1898-08-07

! tremity appeal to the one man in whom the
p~opulace placed unbounded faith. And she
herself would be the first to admit that duty
and honor alike offered her husband but one
course of action.
After all, money does not bring happiness.
The millionaire and the man in the street
are separated only by some bricks and
mortar. Their lives are very similar, when
viewed through the telescopes Of the gods.
Five minutes OF quiet thought revealed
the situation more clearly to Arizona Jim.
When Evelyn had Gained somewhat, in
response to Jerome's half %jocular, half
sympathetic ~raillery, Jim ventured to say:
ITS like this, mum. TN do no good
for the guv'nor to fight, anyhow. This Is a
business for armies, an big ones at that.
But the French want some one to do the
thinkin' for EN-. That's more'n half the
game, an allus hez bin, ever since the days
of Nebbycodnezzer.'
Jerome laughed outright at the ex-
traordinary allusion. Even his wife smiled
as she dried her eyes.
"Why on earth do you drag in Nebu-
chadnezzar. Jim?' cried Vansittart, when
he was able to speak.
oUS ne luOuBHJ ue Couiu VII 6idSS,
an it KEEP him goin' for seven bloomin'
years"
The conceit put them in better humor.
They were about to resume their interrupted
fishing when Jerome caught sight OF Harland
walking toward them down the hill on which
stood their summer residence.
They watched him In silence until he
reached the verge of the lake. Then he put
his hands to his mouth and shouted:
"Cablegram for Evelyn"
"a cablegram for met repeated Evelyn
in establishment. From whom, I wonder?
Paddle in at once, Jerry. Surely there is
nothing amiss with mother or aunt. I had
a letter only yesterday. Why doesn't Dick
call out its contents?" Had she been on
shore she certainly would have examined
the printed envelope to see If 1T gave any
indications of the nature of the interior
message.
She did not wait to land before she cried:
"Who is it from, Dick?"
From the queen Of France"
What is it about?"
1T will best convey it's W message.
Thinking 1t was from home l opened 1t. 1t
is written in the private code used by the
king, Liancourt and Jerome, so / have
translated 1t and here is a copy
Evelyn took the manuscript and read It
aloud:
Dear and True Friend-The expected has
happened this time. Germany has forced
a pretext for war upon us. Acting under
the specific instructions of the kaiser a Ger
man gunboat accompanied a trading vessel
to Gabes and attempted to land a cargo Of
goods in defiance Of our customs regulations.
The officials invoked the aid Of the captain
OF one of our war ships, on duty at the
mort and ha nrdaraI Tho Hor,.,o. A. l..i.A
This they refused to do unless compelled by
force, whereupon our officer fred a blank
cartridge by way Of warning. 1t was suf-
fcient, but there cannot be the slightest
doubt that this paltry incident will be made
a cause of war. We are. God knows, i'll
prepared for a campaign, though we have
strained every nerve to strengthen our re-
sources since our enemy's cruel design be-.
came apparent. We are alone In this
quarrel. We cannot expect England to
interfere and Russian friendship has sud-
denly become frozen. o, my dear EVELYN. do
not you desert us! 1 ask you to spare your
husband to aid us in this terrible crisis.
Know not what to urge in behalf of my re.
quest, but the need of my beloved France
impels me to prefer it, IL necessary on my
knees. The king or Liancourt would have
cabled to Mr.. Vansittart, but told them to
S NN epPNui - LlC flOT i Hill dSSuTeQ
that the decision will rest with you. I can
not think that you will deny me. With Mr..
Vansittart directing affairs, my people will
be hopeful. In his absence they will march
to death, brave but despairing. Your
anllcted' HONORINE."
When the familiar name left her Inns
Evelyn turned and hid her face against her
husbands shoulder.
Jerome put his arm round her.
1t has come sooner than we thought, my
GIRL was the best he could find to saw.
DICK Harland dug his hands into his
pockets and looked at them fxedly
Arizona Jim felt that he required
sustenance. and took a surreptitious bite al
a plug of tobacco.
The news aroused IN Vanslttart a. serious
train OF thought; his mind wandered hack n
decade. when fancy free he had met the
Deautliul Honorine de Montpensier, whose
3 ambition to occupy the position to which
she deemed herself entitled by birth was
revealed to him by her refusal TO be his
Wlte' unused to defeat, and with his great
"eaiih, he had repaired to France, and en-.
gagged himselfin the vast scheme of irrigat.
4 ing the Great African desert. The energy
skill and tact with which he had overcome
= all dificulties had endeared him to tn,
Q French people and raised him to such In.
huence and power as to enable him to place
Honorine on the throne, but not as his wife
/ He learned the difference between ambition
Il ana pure anection, welded the sister of hi,
n old schoolfellow, Harland, and now. afte,
Il Drief period OF relief from business cares
felt that his presence on the field of actor
was necessary to preserve to the French
: nation the great colony that had grown
from his labors.