The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1899-11-02

Lights or seven days of unlnterruptc
idlpnpss He bin ed upon the Danish
shores with placid scnsc of propri-
etorship in their beauties as by rig..t of
discovery He was soaked and sur'eit
ed in war!l ;ith of sea breeze and
sunshine LIS blood ran within him as
wine.
To him entered Desmond from the
companionway A husinesslike air and
the importance of command lay thick
upon him He bawled his orders with
no uncertain sound. and the whir of
the wheel spokrs followed swift upon
his words Before a sudden gust the
PROV crept round to .siarboard The
Yacht began to nose inland to where
Copenhagen showed dim in the man
tie of the heat haze. girt with the for
est of her shipping
Barr raised his eyebrows Going in.
old MANI" he queried.
Desmond nodded Yes: going to call
for an hour"
"You said you shouldn't stop short of
Uleaborg. Why this waywardnessT
Desmond shrugged his shoulders.
There were all these rumors OF war
before we came out. Best to hear
what's happened. If ! can. couldn't
make out what those men meant that
we hailed just now Something abort
Russia If we're going to shove our
heads into the bears jaws, we may as
well know how we stand
Barr groaned loudly. IF that isn't
my luck exactly! Here am on my iiTsi
real holiday for two years. and then
the blighted emperor of Russia must
step in to spoil the whole show |
should have thought my little egg has
ket might have been spilled without
punging the nations into war But. no;
my luck Is the kind that impresses IT.
self upon you with stupendous and
carefully thought out cataclysms With
any ordinary folk ii would have been
measles or broken arm. OF. al most.
shipwreck With me it's either drop
the whole business or n probable five
years of Russian fortress or. may
hap. bullet Wen. well. mans born
to trouble as the sparks fly upward
Pm sorry my eternal destiny has drag
ged you into its baneful orbit. Billy"
Desmond laughed and filed his pipe
@Alrs experience. my boy. even the in
side of a Russian prison Not that
think it'll come to that. We needn'
make our moan till we hear more Ger
tainly. Curl yourself up again an
snore peacefully. I'll waken you whe
we clear for action"
They drfted slowly along. the tw
knot zephyr tanning rregularly upo
their canvas. and passed into the char
mel that runs between the island an
the blunt spit of land upon which IL
Danish capital stands. AS the cha
ratified In the hawse pipe the dinge
took the water and Desmond was s.
ashore. Barr returned happily to h
slumbers.
Two hours later he was awakened
the sound of his friends voice and
the din of the anchor coming bom
He was aware as he blinkingly 81
veyed his surroundings that the vac
was under weigh again and was cree
ing out of harbor. She was headil
for the Swedish coast. Desmond hi
returned to his chair and to his etern
pipe, which he was methodically stu
ing with birdseye. The grin tn
usually lurked on his ingenious cou
tenance was lacking. He seemed to
considering something with absolr
seriousness and concern. This pheno
enon was so entirely foreign to
temperament and customs that 81
sat up to regard him with anxiety.
"How now. BillyT he questions
"For goodness sake. what's upT
Desmond blew cloud at him. mo
ing at present. Everything, probal
in the near future. Victoria, queen
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