The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1901-10-17
copyright. by ROBERT DoSSERs So|S.l
CHAPTER VII.
CONTINUED.

"I shall order Commander Wlitse
10 send me company Of marines at
once" said our representative. The
rights and bodies Of Americans must
be protected"
The order was sent. Mr.. Dole and
mounted our horses and rode away.
"Go on to the house, and tell my
folks I shall remain down here
while" said Mr.. Dole. There IS
much to be seen to. 1 shall return to-
night"
Iieft him and continued my way.
Suddenly a soldier ran out and
seized my horse.
"I arrest you by order of the
aueen," he said.
"For what?"
"By order of the queen"
"But on what CHARGE"
"shut up your mouth. BY order o'
The queen"
Icould do nothing but submit.
NV horse was confscated, and L was
hustled to the guard-room of the prls-
on. My uncle and Mr.. Seacamp were
there. Soldiers stood about. Captain
Jobbs was there. And, seated on q
bench, stolidly smoking, was Arthur
Gordon. I had not expected relief
from Gordon when he learned OF the
arrests. Whar could he do against
the orders of the queen? But he did
not recognize me in auy way. What
could that mean? There was grim
look in his face, his lips were pressed
tightly together and his brow was
beetling. But he did not look at me.
"Another prisoner" asked Captain
JobDs. with a malicious grin, when l
was taken in.
"Disloyalty and using language
threatening to the queen" said the
soldier who arrested me.
':It's lie," answered. II have
hardly spoken a word since came to
town"
cts no use, Tom," said my uncle.
'eThey haye things their own way.
Better keeS Quiet"
"They can do nothing worse than
kill u.s." said Seacamp; "and they will
have to hurry about that, or L don't
know Stevens"
s'The queen won't see the American
minister. He has ordered the marines
from the Boston ashore to protect
Americana
.sGood2ALet the old eagle scream"
"Shut up!" said Jobbs, slappin9
Seacamp in the face.
"No violence there, Captain Jobbs!
said Gordon, quietly. "If you are
satisfied with your examination of the
prisoners, let them be taken below at
once"
This was strange from Gordon. II
hardly seemed like Gordon's voice, 1t
was so strained.
We were separated and taken to cells
in the prison.
As 1 passed out Gordon leaned over
and whispered:
"Keep stiff upper lip, old man.
This won't last many hours"
1t is needless to say that to three
people at least that night was sleep
less one. And moro than that, it was
a sleepless night to hall tie people OF
Honolulu.
Ny cell was decidedly uncomfort-
able. Ny feelings were more 50. L
was hot aud impatient For revenge.
The hours of the night dragged
wearily along. Daring the early
hours the guard who paced before my
cell was ugly and inclined to taunt
me, but paid him 10 heed.
At midnight there was a change OF
guards. A new face appeared. The
new soldier was a man l did not
know. But when all was quiet he
looked furtively in at me and whls'
pered:i
az would ike to, but suppose 1
would be ST. 1t for it," Ireplied.
Nix. Here's a good one. Gordon
sent it." And he handed NE q hand
full of cigars and some matches.
"Smoke away. The Order of the Ivy
is around you"
"What is the Order Of the Ivy'"
"Never mind. You're safe with it,
Go ahead and smoke, l must be get
ting along"
The Order of the Ivy? had heard
OF it at the meetings OF the American
League. Gordon's name had been
coupled with it. But he had kept his
secret we'll. did not know what it
meant.
I smoked and pondered. There
was no doubt that the crisis had come.
But who would win? Would the
ar..l an,,rcn 1f tho n,1nan he I'M