The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-05-31

waters. am told it cost anywhere
from 100000 to $1,0O0,000. She was :
built by Thornycroft,zzlilze cruiser,
with Parson $ turbine engines in her, )
After the failure, captain and crew
were discharged, and am on board
but there is not large market for a
boat like 'The Walrus, and am told e
they will take theS fittings out of her,
and sell her as a cruiser to one Of the
: South American republics. @
: "Well, Mr.. Johnson, you ought to,
be reliable man, if the court has put
you in charge Of so valuable prop I
~ believe am considered honest, .
Madam - 's;,f' .~,~
"Then. why do you come. to me ask :
ing $4,000 for a letter which. you say
was written to me, and which naturally
belongs to metz ~,
The mans face deepened into a ma.
hogany brown, and he shifted his cap
uneasily in his hands.
self I am secretary of the Russian
Liberation society. They, thru their
branch at st. Petersburg, have con-
Quoted some Investigations on your be-
half'' - 80:
Eyes, for which I paid them very
well.'' !. 4, 49, .-7 80.
Johnson bowed. :,
"Our object, Madam. is the repres-
sion Of tyranny. For: that we are in
continual need Of money. It is the
poor, and not the millionaires, who sub
scribe to our fund. tt has been dis
covered that you are a rich woman,
and so the demand was made. Believe
me, Madam, am acting by the com
mand of my comrades. / tried to per-
suade them to leave compensation to
your own generosity, but they refused.
If you consider their demand unreason-
able, you have but to say so, and / will
return and tell them your decision. -
"Have you brought the letter with
eyes, Madam.'' - -. ~
Unjust I agree to your terms before
seeing it?'' -
eyes, Madam .s@-
! "Have you read it," -
eyes, Madam. - -.
r< EDO you think it worth $1o,ooos''
The sailor looked up at the decorated
ceiling for several moments before he
replied
t1That is a question cannot an
/ sWer,' he said at last. cit all de-
ponds on . what you think of the
:, s.sfAnswer one more question. By
< whom is the letter signed?, M
'TEhere is; no signature, Madam. It
/ was found in the house where the two
2 young men livedW Our people searched
the house from top to bottom surrep-
titiously, and they think the writer
was arrested before he had finished the
Z letter. There is no address. and moth
ing to show for whom it is intended,
except the phrase beginning, My dear
est Dorothy = 2
The girl leaned back il her chair,
: and drew a long breath. 1T is not for
me,' she said, hastily; then bending
forward, she cried suddenly:
II agree to your terms: give it to
me-
The man hesitated, fumbing in his
inside pocket. ss2 .sl.. a !. e So
81 was to get your promise in writ
ig,O he sdemurred. SO s, -.
Give it to me, give it to me, she
demanded. 81 do not break my word. =
He handed her the letter
11My dearest Dorothy, :, she read, in
writingzweH known to her; s You may
You sea i9 dare Venture on such a
beginning. I have been worrying my
Y self and other people all to no purpose.
1 have received letter from Jack this
morning, and so suspicious had grown
that for few IN, t sqgpect af b the
t. He is avery impulsive fellow, and can
think of only one thing at a. time,
which accounts for hisassuceess in the
Z line of. invention. He was telegraphed
to that his sister was i'll, and left at
| once to. see her. ! had allowed my mind
to become 50 twisted by my fears for
/ his safety that, as tell you, sus-
pected the letter to be counterfeit at
| first. i telegraphed to his estate, and
received a prompt reply saying that his
sister was much better, and that he was
| already on his way back, and would
| reach me at. II tonight. Sothat g what
| happens when grown man gets a fit
! illusions from the fact that I had been
refused admission to the foreign Of
\ fee and the admiralty. Yesterday that
! was all explained away. The business
is at hast concluded, and was shown
f. copies#of the letters which have been
forwarded to my ewn9ehiefs at home.
! Nothing could be more satisfactory.
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