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

OF yours, IS just llttle more IMAM
can BEAR
ssThen what are we to do9'' demand
ed his daughter. Sit here with fold
ed hands?''
t9That would be great deal better
than what you propose. You should
do something sane. You mustn't in
volve a pair of friendly countries in
war; Of course, the United States
would utterly disclaim your act, and
discredit me if I were lunatic enough
to undertake such wild goose chase,
which [ IN not; but, on the other hand,
It two OF our girls undertook such an i
expedition, no man can predict the
public clamor that might arise Why,
when the newspapers get hold of a
question, you never know where they
will end it. Undoubtedly you two
girls should be sent to prison, and, with
equal undoubtedness, the American
people wouldn t permit it. -
You bet they wouldn IT, said Kath-
crime, dropping into slang.
"Wel, then, if they wouldn't,
there s war;
said Dorothy, again in her mildest
tones, for voices had again begun to
run high, 'you spoke of doing some
i thing sane. You understand the situa-
ton. What should you counsel us
The captain drew long breath, and
leaned back in his chair.
There, dad, It's up to you,'' said
katherine. SLet us hear your proposal,
and then you'll learn how easy it is to
criticise. -
d Well, said the captain hesitating-
~, "There's our diplomatic ser
Utterly useless; one man is Rus
sian, and the other an Englishman. Di-
>Jo,, 7 I
won't even try,' cried Kate trium-
phantly.
"Yet," said the captain, with little
. confidence, 'altho the two men are for
eigners, the two girls are Americans -
We don't count; we no votes
said Kate. Besides, Dorothy tried the
diplomatic service. and could not even
| get accurate information from it. Now,
father, third time and out. -
-Four balls are out, Kate, and I've
only famed the air twice. Now, girls,
I'll tell you what I ID do. You two come
with me to Washington. We will seek
a private interview with the president.
the czar, also privately, and outside of
all regular channels. The car will put
machinery in motion that is sure to
produce those two young men much
more efectually and speedily than any
cntthroat expedition on a yacht
axoa al think ian said Dorothy, "that is an
sof course it is,n cried the captain
enthusiastically Don It you see the
pull the president win haye4 Why,
they've put an Englishman into the
jug, and when the president commune
afraid to refuse, knowing that the next
appeal may be from America to Eng
land, and when you add a couple of
i American girls to that political mix
up, why, what chance has the czar?u
| "The point you raise, captain, s said
words about. The president cannot get
Mr.. Drummond released, because the
car and al his government will be
compelled to deny that they know any
thing Of him. Even the president
couldn t guarantee that the Englishmar
liberty. The car would know that, but
your plan would undoubtedly produce
Prince Ivan Lermontoff All the presi
dent has to do is to tell the car thai
the prince is engaged to an American
girl, and Lermontof will be allowed
to go. .,
sBut,u objected the captain, "a.
prison, how could they be sure of Joh1
keeping quiet when Drummond is hi
best friendg
He cannot know that, because tn,
prince was arrested several days befor
Drummond was.
tsThey have probably chucked then
both into the same cell, said the cap
tain, but Dorothy shook her head.
elf they had intended to do tina
they would doubtless have arreste,
them together. am sure that on
does not know the fate of the other
therefore the car can quite readily lie
Lermontof go, and he is certain to d
that at word from the president. Be
sides this, am as confident that Jacl
i is not in Tregzmondoff, as [ am sur