The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-07-30

Germany behind me, it will decide his
doubts-if he has any, which l don't
expect. 1 have read the man. He is
soured and ill-conditioned, the readiest
stuff to make a rebel and traitor off,
What more Elmur might have urged
was cut short by the entrance of Colen-
/, dorp. He had left his sword outside.
He saluted Sagan in his stiff pune
| tiliouS way, his dark and sallow face
! impenetrable.
Il am glad to see you, Captain Colen-
dorp,' said Sagan with some con-
straint. Even he felt the check of the
mans iron impassiveness.
You sent for me, my lord" returned
! Colendorp, as one who hints that time
is short and he would be through with
| business.
Take a cigar" said the count, push
ing a box across the table, and also
pouring out a generous glass of the
| liquor, for the manufacture of which
Nassau is famous-the golden, glitter
ing poison known as bizutte.
Colendorp accepted both in silence
but took seat with a certain slow I'M
Willingness that was suggestive. Co
lendorp was at the best unpliable. His
manner put an edge on Sagans temper.
He plunged into his subject.
Yes, 1 sent for you, Captain Colen-
dorp, because 1 believe you TO be a
faithful Maasaun. You are not one of
those blind optimists who say because
Nassau has been swinging so long be-
tween ruin and extravaganza that she
must swing on so forever. 1t is not pos
sible,"
Il am sorry to hear that, my lord"
mo, 1 say it is not possible. Changes
must be made. In these days of big ar
maments and growing kingdoms, Maa-
SAT- can no longer stand alone. She
must secure an ally, a friend powerful
enough to back her up against all COM
ers-a great nation who will make the
cause of Maasau's freedom her own,
and help us TO preserve the traditions
of our country"
Elmur half expected the soldier to
point this speech for himself by a
glance toward the representative of
Germany, but Colendorp sat unre-
sponsive and black browed, and gave
no sign.
There is a party among us who adj
wise us to wait until we are forced into
a corner, and then to make choice of
such an ally. But reasonable men know
that a bargain one is driven TO make
must inevitably be a bad bargain. The
only hope for Nassau is to move at
once and to move boldly before it is too
late. and while we are still in a position
to choose for ourselves under the con-
ditions which suit us best and will best
conduce to the preservation of our
freedom
Colendorp listened without any
change of expression.
What is your opinion. Captain Co
lendorp?" asked Sagan at last.
THE only difficulty would be to find
nation sufficiently disinterested for
our purpose, my lord replied Colen-
dorp deliberately.
Il have found one" Sagan indicated
Elmur, but the guardsman still kept
his gaze on the count only one small
obstacle stands in the way of carrying
out our plans-the plans, recollect, of
the wisest and most patriotic of our
countrymen. 1 need not name it"
Colendrop apparently thought for a
moment.
m. Selpdorf?" he asked
But not at all, Selpdorf is one of the
foremost of my advisers
Colendorp shook his head as if no
other name occurred to him; SaSan
bent across the table. the knotted hand
on which he leaned twitching slightly.
You do not speak, but you know the
truth. And you know the-the duke"
Colendorp's silence was telling on
Sagan's self-control.
Yes, the duke" he reiterated. HE
has never given thought to the well
fare of Nassau. Its revenues are his
necessity. That is all. If the ruler
will not take the interests of the coun-
try into consideration, his people must
supply his place. Do not misunderstood
my wordsl" for at length a blacker
frown passed over the iron face of the
listener. My meaning is not to hurt
the duke at all; our one wish is to urge |
upon him the only course left for the
safety of the country. To that end we
must all combine. So long as his high /
ness believes he can depend on his |
guard to back him he will hold out
against even the most reasonable de-
mands. Therefore. the guard must be
with u.s."
x am not the colonel of the guard"