The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1899-11-16

have the honor to be pOle-tOOk
upon ourselves to reason with our Rus
sian administrators on matter OF
sentiment. We objected to their meth.
DDS and perhaps We're tritie forcible
in our manner of expressing our ideas.
In fact, as you probably are aware"
continued he, 1--WE killed a few thou
sand of them year or two back"
Desmond held out his hand. III you
are one of the Polish patriots, sir.
should like to shake hands with you
again. BY Jove, | wish we'd sunk
those brutes! But how In the world
did you come to be pursuedY Where
did you sail FROM"
"From Bremen" said the colonel.
las think | heard our friend here in
form you"
"Of course. | forgot. But how In
the world did Russian gunboat come
to be on your trail from Bremen?"
81 see | must give you the whole
story. Besides my Polish property,
have q good deal of land on the Baltic
coast This has been confiscated by
the paternal government aforesaid. to-
gether with wha, own elsewhere.
The creature whom they have in
to say. my cousin. This vile wretch
found out. by some means unknown to
me. my presence in Bremen and noti.
fed the executive. He was. in fact.
the gentleman who bid us that dra
mntic fareNvrllfr from the gunboat = deck
just now How he got his gunboat
timed to meet us in the Baltic | cannot
say Probably we we're watched eav-
ing Bremen hnrhor. Anyway there we
were and the result we have seen
but the contrahand OF war-he must
have known of that or wouldn't hnve
dared to stop ship under the stars
and stripes.
THAT he doubtless heard OF from
the same source whence he got the
news of my movements. You must un-
derstand" continued the colonel. smil-
ing. "thai the executive put an exag-
gerated value on the control or my
person and talents. fear have been
a sore thorn in their flesh. II was ow-
ing to the fact that your British gov
eminent had begun seriously to agree
with me in my estimate Of Russian ar
fairs that thought the time was ripe
again to bring forward my old argu
ments. The rifles and powder were tC
have been landed farther north--on my
own old estates. in fact-and risluc
fomented. This was due TO the fact thu
we had Information that the country
side was drained OF troops for thu
south fear now that further actor
IN the matter has been prevented b,
this untimely ARRAY
"Well. | am still more proud an'
thankful. now | hear the rights or tn
case. that we got TO you in time. sat
Desmond but how can serve yo1
nowg'
MY dear sir. you pile up the obiiga
ton You have already riskeh life an
property for entire strangers. What
. there left for your kindness to sul
: gest? heard your offer to take US Of
: before the fight began II was onl
: because | knew that we should be see
! and pursued that | didn't accept |
. Believe me. the Russians would hav
: followed you under the guns OF Fol
: Waxholm rather than let you escar
into Stockholm with us on board 70
. have indeed done all there is 10 do.
yes. indeed you have" chimed
the daughter How can we than
you enoughY'
AS Desmond looked up ne felt thi
she Of all prople In the world cou
I find a means Yet the audacity OF Il
: mere thought made him blush and mu
. ter inanities ms he strove to hnd .
: ply. The soft earnestness OF tho
: blue eyes, the sweet gratitude til