The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-07-01
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against his life and liberty"
She drew her breath quickly: he saw
that he must give her more time yet"
This man tombstone" he said will,
/ hope, consent to work the submarine
boat for us. / will search him out to-
morrow. and make terms with him my
self If possible"
She was relieved to find that so far
this was all. and assented reluctantly.
hoping against hope to ind her further
suspicious unfounded
But the colonel went on relentlessly
There remains only between us and
success. between the emperor and safe
~, this one difficulty of discovering a
suitable captain for our ship"
You have time to go to France for
that yourself, she said in desperation.
Everything must be dared, as you said
only just now"
He shook his head
Daring of that kind is useless here"
he said. mo Frenchman can serve our
purpose"
She felgned establishment at this.
MY dear Camilla" he said. you mis-
Judge our friend I'm thinking him so ran
coro,1 He has fought. as he told us,
chiefly against Danes and Americans.
and has no cause to bear malice to the
French"
II was not thinking of the French"
she returned, but of the emperor. who
melted both Denmark and America to
war, and thereby made himself the en-
envy of all true Englishmen."
Surely not quite ALL" said the col
onel; "the opposition have often. both
nd %
with the government for his release.
Lord Glamorgan," he continued. look
ing at Estcourt. Lord Glamorgan. for
instance, is a member of that party.
and yet in every way a true English
man."
NO" he continued, IT have consld
cred this part Of the question long and
thoroughly, for it is that upon which
all the rest depends. These are the two
necessary qualifications for our cap
tain. First, he must not only be a good
ally. In the sense of being a bold and
competent seaman, but he must be
bound to US by tie stronger than that
of mere pecuniary interest"
Yes" she interrupted. quickly. che
must act from patriotism. too; and
therefore, he can be no other than a
Frenchman."
He shook his head again, with the
same gentle regretfulness
Where Will you find such a self-in-
violating patriotism at a moments no.
tice, and among those to whom our
IDEAS are stranger" he asked do you
forget that even the inner circle of our
confederates has failed us?"
She trembled in silence.
mo" resumed the colonel, "he must
be an Englishman, and one upon WHOM,
we can exert an Irresistible moral force.
But that is not enough" he added,
quickly. and she almost breathed again.
THE second qualification is this-he
must be man known favorably TO
the authorities here I'm England, or at
the least to those at st. Helena. Other
wise he would be unable to obtain leave
to anchor. and he could not face those
naval police without fear of suspicion.
We should be searched" and here his
voice fell to low. clear tone. searched
and seized. or driven from the coast,
and the emperor must die a broken
hearted exile"
Camilla buried her face In her hands.
The colonel looked down upon her with
a faint smile of self-congratulation
Every well, then" he said "for the
present we will discuss the question no
further. l will do my best to secure
tombstone. and / leave you to think
the other matter over by yourself; It
is quite possible that you may be able
to discover among your English friends
some one--an officer. perhaps-who will
at your persuasion. II for no other rea-
son, help us to save the emperor and
France"
She did not move or speak; when at
last she looked up he was gone But
every word that he had spoken, and
every tone of his subtly modulated
voice. passed through her brain over
and over again with a paralyzing clear
ness; and she sat on, as IL under some
horrible spell.
At the end OF half an hour she was
still there, her mind wearied out with
vainly beating against the constraint
of this hateful necessity, like bird buff
fetlng itself TO death against the bars
OF trap.
She was reused by the cracking OF
paper beneath her hand, and looking
down found that she had been clench-
ing n letter in her unconscious grasp.
A start OF surprise followed as she rec
ognized the appearance of the paper,
1t was Dicks application to the ad-
miralty, The official to whom the col
onel had presented II had glanced at
its contents and handed it back with an
off-hand statement that IL was too late,
another man having been already APP
pointed to the Favorite. The colonel
had accordingly brought II back 70
Dick, and I'm the confusion which fol-
lowed the latter's sudden attack of Ill
ness 1t had fallen unperceived behind
cushion of the sofa upon which Ca
milla was now sitting.
Anxious to free herself from the tolls
without a moments delay, she rose and
went down to look for her brother-in-
law.
She found him in the study, busy
among his papers; he looked up to greet
her with an indulgent smile, as II Ia
assure her that he felt for her past
struggle, and was ready 10 receive her
submission graciously,
sho saw Il, and anger choked the
words iT ihPr throat