New-York tribune., 1906-12-30

on the committee Of the rifle club a Ger
man officer. Do you know who he was"
Il DO" | answered. &C. saw him at the club
when | went TO meet my cousin His name IS
Count Metterheim, and he IS on the military
staff ut the embassy here
Better and better" Staunton grunted.
In less than five minutes | was summoned
again. Staunton looked up from his writing
and SAID TO a tall dark Young man who stood
by his side, Tell Mr.. Courage what has hap
pened"
The Young man looked at me curiously. a
man arrived about quarter OF an hour ago
who insisted upon seeing Mr.. Staunton. He
limited that he had an important revelation TO
make with regard TO the Cafe Suisse outrage.
He would not see anyone else. and tried 70
force his way into the place. In the scuffle .
revolver fell out OF his pocket, loaded in all SIX
chambers. Look out of the window he SAID.
crossed the room, and, drawing the blind
aside carefully, looked out. The street was
packed with people. Even as | stood there,
heard the crash of breaking glass below.
What does it mean:' | asked. be xildered.
Your rifle corps, | should think. Staunton
said, without ceasing writing. We closed the
doors just in time. They will try to wreck the
place"
We have telephoned to Scotland Yard and
the horse guards said the man who stood by
my side. and we have forty policemen inside
the place now. Good Cod"
The sudden roar of an explosion split the
AR ne UOOT SetIlltu 10 ntstNc uililCI our lcCI
and the windows fell III with a crash, letting IN
the cold night air. We could hear distinctly
now the shrieks and groanS from below. 1t
seemed 10 me that the roadway was suddenly
strewn with the bodies OF proStrate men. l
Sprang back into the room. We all looked at
one another in horror.
A bomb" Staunton remarked calmly.
"Listenl"
He leaned a little forward in his chair his
pen still in his hand, his attitude one os strained
and nervous attention. BY degrees the tension
in his face relaxed. 1t goes" he muttered.
Good" he bent once more over his work.
| looked at the man by my side in bewIder-
ment What does he mean | asked.
The engine. The machinery Is not dam
aged was the prompt reply.
| wiped the sweat from my forehead. The
silence in the room seemed almost unnatural,
and behind il we could hear the dull monoto-
nous roar of the machinery still doing its work.
Once more | turned 10 the window, and as
did So heard the sullen murmur OF voices. y
little way down the street a solid body of
mounted police We're forcing back the people.
| made my way back to the other room.
Adele WAS standing by the wrecked window
frame (there We're no more windows anywhere
in the buildng), and she turned 10 me with q
little cry
"Jim," she exclaimed Look, Look"
| saw the line of fire and the policemen 5
saddles emptving fast. The people were closing
round the building. They We're beginning u
fire in volleys now, and leaders We're spring
ing up. 1t was easy TO understand what had
happened. We had been followed and our
purpose guessed. Tomorrow 5 edition of " The
Daily Oracle was meant never to appear.
The door opened and Staunton himself
appeared. He looked Years older than the
strong debonair man to whom | had told my
story a few hours ago; but in his face was none
of the despair which | had feared. He was
pale and his ewes We're shining with suppressed
excitement, but he had by no means the air of
a beaten man. He came over to where We were
standing.
1T is finished" he said calmly. Il read
Your story IN print.
Magnificent" | murmured But look
Do you think that a single copy will ever leave
this place."
He stood looking downward with darkening
face For several moments he was silent
Look at theml" he muttered. AT last
The tocsin has sounded and the rats have come
out of their holes! Half 4 million and more OF
scum, eating their way into the entrails of this
great city of Oursi For years We have tried Il
make the Government see the danger of II. 1t
is our cursed British arrogance which has shut
the ears and closed the eyes of the men who
govern deStnies. Surprising Your invasion
should take place who is going TO keep them IN
check The sack of London would be well on
its way before ever a German soldier set foot
upon our coast"
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