The Washington herald., 1906-11-07

4ous my Lord Francis Cressingham, are
Of another faith, but what l am about
to say should not offend you. You VIII
presently set forth on a difficult and dam
gerous mission, a mission to which the
Holy Mother Church accerds its bless
ing. because its object is entirely pure
and good and noble in that it seeks not
only TO save the lives OF kings. who,
after all, are men IN the sight Of God.
lowly as the lowliest but il aims for
the saving Of mems souls from sin.
Our Divine Redeemer when on earth
gave To the disc pies whom He loved
form and discipline of prayer which Hle
taught them 10 use as the means whereby
they might best approach the Throne OF
the Most High when most in need or
blessings In that prayer lie said these
words: Leave us not in our temptation.
My children. behold then the part OF
your mission which is chiefly blessed.
The hearts Of all men are weak and
subject 10 temptation, therefore Jesus
Christ in His divine wisdom taught us
TO bescech God to save US from tempta~
tion II God pTOspers you, my children
you will be His humble instruments IN
saving countless hundreds Of souls from
the ways and opportunities Of sin. ]
point out these things IN order that you
may approach your task. not in spirit
Of adventure, not with feelings OF hatred
and vengeance in your hearts. but rever-
entity, thankfully, devoutly. and yet reso-
lutely, as Gods servants should always
set about the accomplishment Of the du-
ties which they are given 20 perform.
Above all, I exhort you 10 prepare your
selves, 10 cleanse by prayer and by SIN
cere repentance your own hearts from
sin before you set forth. for thus you
will deserve success, and Oftentimes 10
deserve success is 10 command IL. Thera.
my children: my little sermon Is finished
With the exception OF my blessing. which
l shall now give you"
Oeltjen at once fell on HIS knees before
the prelate. and Cressingham, after
seconds hesitation. followed suit, feeling
in spite Of himself that he was in the
presence Of a man whose blessing could
DO him no harm. and one whose mind was
so lofty and spiritual that he could kneel
to him without experiencing any loss OF
dignity
The cardinal made the sign OF the cross
above their heads, and murmursd;
"BeEedicite. Bened.cite! Dominus vobis-
cum"
"Et cum spiritu tue" answered Oelt-
jen.
His eminence gravely motloned them
TO arise, and turned 10 Perigord. Let
as depart" he said.
Perigord drew from his pocket a letter
which he gave 10 Cressingham. Those
are your Instructions. my lord; you VIII
start at noon tomorrow"
But the men. the officers
Are all on board and asleep long ere
this"
In that. case we could start at once. "
You Will start at noon tomorrow.
Read now your Instructions. Goodbye,
nay lord"
Perigord and the Cardinal then shook
him gravely by the hand, and taking
Oeltjen with them. left the cabin Cress-
ingham Immediately tore open the letter
and read as follows,
You win start az noon oi July 80 from Naples.
and proceed a. half speed oH the ordinary route q
vessels proceeding 20 Gibraltar until you pass Sar
DINA. You VIII then steam fun speed d1e north.
keeping Sardinia and Corsica least fifty miles 20
staTb1ard until the latter island is rounded, after
which y0g wiz be az liberty 20 proceed as best sou
deem tt % Attala- The manner q attack on the
objective point IS lciJ entirely al your own dis
cTeti0u- But having captured the place, you wiz
take prisoners an its inhabitants and secure them
10 The hold of tie Sea HaUE- You VIII then care
fgly search the island and castle, and remove
thereto 60 che yacht al books papers and docI-
ments whatsoever that may be found. also any
treasure, specie. oF other yaluaoles. You wii de-
mOlish any printing presses machinery which may
be discovered bt carefully preserve and transport
81 blocks and letteTpTess in use. You viii entirely
destroy-bT tre. necesssry-the cable station and
al. telsuaphic instruments but preserve al records
q messages any such exist Should you be in
teIuIpted az your work b. the arrival Of enemies
you are given discretionary rovers 90 act iB such
erersency ~ any say you fuay Judge best. The
counts silver boat engines and appliances you
VIII remove 20 the yacht intact. After the castle
has been ransacked you viii GCsuoy Il By dyna-
mite. sou VII also as far as possible wreck the
tunnel opening Cn the stone uoat shed. and the
heat shed itself ty the same means After eyeU-
thing here detailed has been carefully effected you
Val return win your prisoners a. full speed 90
Naples. where your arrival VIII be auxi0usiy ex-
pected. God bless aud prosper you. PERIGORD.
Cressingham cCnued this document over
until he had got its contents by heart
Then II struck him that as he was In
command Of an important and possibly
very dangerous expedition. ne raight as
well avail himself Of the perquisites Of
his position. He rang a bell and
steward entered the room on instant
a bottle Of champagne, please; your
best"
Large or small, my lord?"
II n, large, please. Where is my
cabin?"
Through that door. my lord"
Good; bring two glasses. please, and
go find the Count Won Oeltjen."
He has gone ashore, my lord"
'Ohl indeed" This was news 20 Cress- I
ingham. but he did not cancel his order
for all that; and when an hour after
ward he retired 10 sleep, the champagne /
bottle was-well, dead marine.
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