Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-08-31

cellent meal. When we had got through
most of it, broke the silence by asking
What are you going to do with him."
Il should like to shoot him." said the
Colonel.
ION what charge?''
''Treachery," he replied
That would hardly do, would it?''
We'll, then, embezzlement of public
funds"
We had a little talk about the Presi-
dents destiny, and 1 tried to persuade
the Colonel to milder measures. In fact,
[ was determined to prevent such MUIR
der If L could without ruin to myself.
"Well, We'll consider it when we've seen
him." said the Colonel, rising. We've
wasted an hour breakfasting-it' seven
O'clock
l followed him along the path, and we
entered the little room where we had left
the President The sentries were still
there, each seated in an armchair. They
were not asleep, but looked a little
| droWsy.
"All right" said the Colonel.
Yes, excellency," said one of them.
He is there in bed.''
He went into the inner room and began
to undo the shutters, letting in the early
sun. We passed through the half-opened
doc" and saw a peaceful figure lying in
| the bed, whence proceeded a gentle snore.
Good nerve, hasn't he 2" said the Colo
mel.
Yes; but what queer nightcap," l
| said, for the Presidents head was swath-
| ed in white linen.
The Colonel strobe quickly up to the
| bed.
Done he cried. tits Johnny Carr ~
1t was true; there lay Johnny. His
excellency was nowhere to be seen. The
| Colonel shook Johnny roughly by the
| arm. The latter opened his eyes and said,
| sleepily:
STEADY there! Kindly remember I'm
trife fragile
whats this plot? Where's Whiting
ham?"
"Ah, it's McGregor," said Johnny with
bland smile, land Martin. How are you,
old fellow? Some beasts hit me on the
| head
where's Nottingham? reiterated the
Colonel savagely shaking Johnny's arm.
"Gently! !" said l ; latter all, he's sick
man"
The Colonel dropped the arm, and
Johnny said sWeetly:
Quits, isn't it, Colonel?"
The Colonel turned from him, and said
to his men sternly:
"Have you had any hand in this?''
They protested vehemently that they
were as astOnished as we were; and so
| they were, unless they acted consummate-
| ly. They denied that anyone had entered
| the outer room or that any sound had
proceeded from the inner. They had kept
| vigilant watch, and must have seen any
| intruder. Both the men inside were the
Coloners personal servants, and he believ-
ed in their honesty, but what of their
vigilance? Carr heard him sternly ques-
tioning them, and said:
Those chaps aren't to blame, Colonel,
1 didn't come in that way. If you'll take
look behind the bed you'll see another
door, They brought me in there. 1 was
rather queer and only half knew what
was up"
We looked and saw door where he
said Pushing the bed aside, we opened
it, and found ourselves on the back stair
case of the premises. Clearly the Presi-
dent had noiselessly opened this door and
| got out. But how had Carr got in with
out noise? The sentry came up, saying :
EVERY five minutes, sir, | looked and
saw him on the bed. He lay for the first
hour in his clothes. The next look, he
was undressed. 1t struck me he'd been
pretty quick and quiet about it, but l
| thought no more"
Depend on it, the dressed man was the
President, the undressed man Carr
When was that!
about half-past two, sir; just after
the doctor came"
1.-The doctor ~ we cried.
eyes, sir: DR.. Anderson"
"You never told me he had been here. ="
'He never went into the Presidents
into General Whittingham's room, sir
but he came in here for five minutes, to
get some water. and stood talking with us
for time. Half an hour after he came
in for some more
We began to see how it was done That
vretched little doctor was in the plot.
Somehow or other he had communicated
with the President; probably he knew of
the door. Then, I fancied, they must
have worked something in this way. The
doctor comes in to distract the sentries,
ing that they took a look every five min
utes. he told the President. Then he
went and got Johnny Carr ready. Re
turning, he takes the Presidents place
| on the bed, and in that character under
goes an inspection. The moment this is
over he leaps up and goes out. Between
them they bring in Carr, put him into
bed. and slip out through the narrow
| space of open door behind the bedstead'
When all was done. the doctor had come
back to see if any suspicion had been
aroused.
II have it now!'' cried the Colonel.
",That doctors done us both. He couldn
get Nottingham out of the house with
| out leave, so he's taken him as Carr
| SwindIed me into giving my leave. All,
| look out if we meet, Mr.. Doctor "
We rushed out of the house and found
| this conjecture was true. The man VINO
| purported to be Carr had been carried
out enveloped in blankets, just as we sat
down to breakfast; the doctor had put
fo1l himself