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or name on the boat to denote that it
belonged to the Russian government, l
had little difficulty in selling It:
~ true: that 1 was a Finland sailor
escaping from the tyrant Of my c0un-
try, and anxious to get to America. AS
such events are happening practically
every week along the Swedish coast
was not interfered with, and got
enough money from the sale of the
boat to enable me to dress myself well,
and take passage to England, and from
regular liner. ..>.
COT course I could have shipped as
a sailor from Stockholm easy enough,
but I was tired of being a common
sailor, and expected, if [ was respect
ably clothed, to get a better position
than would otherwise be the case. This
proved true, for crossing the ocean
and he engaged me as mate Of his
yacht. That s how I escaped from the
Trogzmondoff, Madam, and I think no
one but Finlander could have done
it,
1T quite agree with you" said
Dorothy: "Yop think these two men
been sent to the Trogzmondofff" d.
"The Russian may not be there,
Madam, but the Englishman is sure
to be there.' =. F.
els the cannon on the western side
of the rocks'
III don't know, Madam. I never
saw the western side by daylight. I
noticed nothing on the eastern side@as e.
any cannon was on the Trogzmondoh
at all"
of finding out how many men garrison
the e. 70 zock ;I.,a DIN - thin. tho
rison is large. The place is SO secure
that it doesn It need many men to guard
exercise, and, as I told you, they are
fed but once in four days. -
elbow large crew can The Wa1rus'
carry?'
ooh, as many as you like, Madam.
The yacht is practically an ocean
'tIs there any landing stage on the
"Practically none, Madam. The
steamer stood out, and was landed in
the Coy. cove ! ! spoke of at the foot of the
at wouldn't be possible to bring a
the rock, then7'
~7+"It would be possible in calm
weather, but very dangerous even
then.O - =,
",Gould YOU find that rock ifr~you
:. were in command of a ship sailing The
: Balticg" -. ~.
ooh, yes, Madam. ., H. So, t2g.-
eff twenty or thirty determined men
were landed on the stairway; do you
think they could capture the garri-
sons" $500 ;
eyes, if they were landed secretly,
but one or two soldiers at the top with
repeating rifles might hold the stair
way against st an army while their am an :.
T.. "But if shell were fred from the
steamer, might not the attacking com
pany get inside during the confusion
among the defenders9''
s3That is possible, Madam, but pri-
vate steamer firing shells, or, indeed,
landing hostile company, runs danger
of meeting the fate Of pirate. /"
"You would not care to try it,
then?"
| - "Ig oh, should be delighted to
try it, if you allow me to select the
crew. I can easily get aboard the
! small arms and ammunition necessary,
but am not so sure about the cam
non"
| every good. I need not warn you to
ago 2osr eese
while, I wish you to communicate with
the official who is authorized to sell the
yacht. I am expecting a gentleman to-
morrow in whose name the vessel will
probably be bought, and am hoping
he will accept the @captaincy Of it. -
els he capable s,of filing that posi-
ton, MADAME Is he a sailoreo ~.
tHe was for many years captain m
the United States navy. I offer you
the position Of mate, but I will give
you captain s pay, and q large bonus
in addition # you faithfully carry out
my plans, whether, they prove success
| full or not. I wish you to come here at
this hour tomorrow, with whoever is
authorized to sell or charter the
steamer You may say I am undecided
whether to buy or charter. l must con-
suit Captain Kempt on that point - J
Thank you, Madam shall be here
this time tomorrow. -
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