Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1904-01-28

ing as Il spy, in which case a terrible
vengeance was in store for me.
Number Two's reply seemed to me
a prisoner waiting for his death SEN
tence. a cold sweat trickling down my
forehead and into my eyes.
Yes" he said. and | could have
killed him for the drawl with which
he spoke, ''yes, you're a keen-eyed
man, my friend, for all your jealousy.
1t is Number Ones bag, isn't it?
You recognize it, don't you?
Would you be surprised to hear
that this is the fellow to his-the dupli-
cate, don't you call it? He and
bought bag apiece at the same shop
and at the same time, so there's moth
ing very wonderful in the two being
of the same pattern. You were clever
at mares nesting, weren't you, when
you were a boy?"
| had been wrought up to such
pitch of suspense that the relief af-
forded by Number Two's explanation
caused mel am ashamed to say-to
burst out into a silly bleat-like hyster-
ical laugh.
Then suddenly changing his tone to
one of business-like directness, Number
Two went on, in hard, cold voice, in
which l thought | detected an Ameri-
can twang:
See here, my friends-I happen to
know the address to which our late
chief was having his letters sent, and
| have taken the. liberty, as the senior
member of this council, of obtaining
them, and bringing them along to-
night. There they are, and you will
see that there is a tidy sum, which has
come to hand in the way of subscrip-
tions, to be shared among us. But |
must point out to you that since our
leaders death this council has, so to
speak, been living on it's capital. He
was a born organizer: and when he
died he had got the machinery of all
the various leagues, unions, secret So
cieties and agitation movements, which
he directed, into such excellent work
ing order, that everything has gone
on almost automatically ever since.
1t is a good thing for us that it is so,
for, as you are aware, no inconsiderable
portion of the money that is subscribed
finds its way into our pockets. But
since he died we have really done
nothing in return for the 'pickings'
which come our way, and if subscrip-
tions are TO keep on coming in-and
on that one point at least we are not
likely to disagree-it is high time TO
do something to let our subscribers feel
that they are getting their moneys
worth. Whatever that something is,
it ought to be g-something that
shall strike at the throne of En-
gland itself, and set every other
throne in Europe trembling; some
thing that will delight our friends and
terrify our enemies, and set all the
rest of the silly world agape like
pack of geese. And | think I've got
it. Listen! This jubilee, that is so
soon to come off, has done our cause
incalcuable damage; it has sent sweep
ing to the very ends of the world such
wave of loyalty to the throne as per-
haps has never passed over our planet
before. Even that unutterable monkey
on stick, and poser of poserS, who
so loves to play at soldiers, and have
his portrait taken in uniform-the en-
peror of Germany-sits securer on his
throne to-day because of the jubilee in
England 1t has strengthened the po-
sition of monarchism immensely, and
has put back the day of democracy by
a good so years. The picturesqueness
of the thing and the sentiment of it
the queens being a woman and a
widow, and all that-have turned the
heads of even thoughtful people, and
it wouldn't surprise me if jubilee day
saw even the staid members of this
council waving their hats and yelling
themselves hoarse with the rest of the
populace.
We'll, gentlemen, to come to busi-
ness. The Strand, as some of you
know, is to be decorated with festoons
of colored celluloid balls stretched
across the road. This will look pretty
in daylight, and prettier at night, as
each ball is really an electric lamp,
and when they are all lit up the effect
will be splendid. I've taken certain
house in the Strand for the occasion.
I've engaged it for the night before the
jubilee and for jubilee night as well,
so that people that are nervous about
the crowd (and | expect the crowd
won't be a bad second to the Day of
Judgment in the point of numbers)
can sleep there before and after the
event, and so see the show in comfort
And if any of you want to see some
thing more exciting than the show, |
think | can promise it, and | shall be
happy to reserve seats. I've rented
the roof of the house with the rest of |
it, and when it is quite dark | shall go
up there on the night before the jubi-
lee. | shall take with me a certain Gel
luloid ball, which looks exactly like |
those used for decorative purposes, but |
which III reality contains a deadly |
bomb, so constructed that the slightest |
will explode it. One end of |
the wire rope supporting the festoons