The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-06-03
Sunday, June 3, 1906.

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ythusiasm 81 am sure you are yery welcome
to what teaching have been able to- give Won.
pupil Pill = = 8 'ps
ness ness, altho I fear I have been lax in my siu-
ties, and perhaps the knowledge of this place
sssis4ay you ~ nave got thru my negligence has
not thought possible" -, Z. -
Jack laughed good-naturedIy.
All ra1r In love and war;" he said. tsIm-
pr1sonment is section of war. I must admit
T that electricity has been a powerful aid to us.
But you cannot blame yourself, governor for
you always took every precaution and tha
Jalor was eternaly at my heels. You can
never pretend that you trusted me, you know
mournfully, ''and if electricity has been yo aa
helper. 1t has not been with my sanction How
you impressed upon me- which is that altho it
goes ), quickly, there is always return cur
What do you mean by that. eovernorpr s.
~ II NOT SO! It goes by, a wire 5and re-
thra !, thru the earth. thought you told me
Yes, but don't quite see why Won men,
1a ,pn tnaf feature of the this parttcu-
II wanted to be sure what T have stated
he nnhod You see when you are gone there will
All this time the aged governor was hold
Ing Jacks hand rather Imply Drummond
showed wed, signs 81 Ms OF impatience.
JACK ne cried at last that conversation
may De very interesting, but it's like smoking on
powder mine. One never knows what may hap
pen shan feel safe until we're we'll out at
sea, ana not even then. Get thru: with your
IareWells as soon as possible, and let us be
Right you are, Alan, my boy. Well govern
or, I'm reluctantly compelled to bid You final
g goo. but here's wishing you all sorts of
The old man seemed reluctant to mari with
MIN, and still chung to his hand.
u wanted to tell you," he said, s'of an
ing into this while since that happened
six or eight months ago AS perhaps you know,
cove below =
Yes. yes, said Jack impatiently, drawing
away his hand.
''Wen six or eight months ago that boat dis
appeared, and has never been heard of since.
None of our prisoners missing; none of
the garrison missing; my three assistants
We're still here, yet in the night the boat was
taken away"
Re Really; How interesting! Never learned the
'Never, but took precautions when we got
the next boat, that it should he better guarded,
and day. :
Are. Are your two men armed, governor?''
'"Then they must surrender, or we will lie
compelled to shoot them. Come down with us,
and advise them to surrender quietly, other
wise. from safe cover on the stairway, we can
pot them in an open boat
II will go down with you, >, said the governor,
"and do what l can."
.of course they will obey YOU
= Yes. they Will obey me-if they hear me.
arrange the electric bell down at the landing
with instructions to those men to take a. teIe-
gram which I had written in case Of emer-
gencies, to the mainland, at any moment, night
or day. when that bell rang. Your highness, the
bell rang more than half an hour ago. 1 have
not been allowed out TO see the result
The placid old man put his hand on the
PRINCES shoulder. as If bestowing a benediction
upon him.. Drummond. who did not understand
the lingo was amazed to see Jack fling off the
governors grasp, and with what he took to be
crushing oath In Russian spring to the door,
which he threw open. He mounted the stone
bench which gave him view of the sea. A
boat with two sails spread, speeding to the
southwest, across the strong westerly wind. was
two miles more away.
..Marooned, BY God!' cried the prince. swing
ing round and presenting his pistol at the head
Of the governor. who stood there like statue
of detection. and made sign