Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-11-30

wers 10; asleep, hal looked a Ge.lf
droRrsT-
All rtEbte~ sid the Colonel
Yes e-rHaHarT," SID one OF them,
~6e IS there IN bad
He went into the inner room and bc-ra
70 undo the shutters Letting II the early
sIa- We passed through the half-upgue5
dSo- and saw q peaceful figure lying in
the bed, wa0are proceeded Z gentle snore.
Good nerve, hasn't be- said the COLO
nsL.
Yes bn. Whist n queer ni=htcap," !
sad, for the Presidents head was sva1h-
ed IN white linen
The Colonel srroaa qni=kly mp TO the
bea-
Done =" hs cried ~Irs Johnny Carr"
II wAs tr1e there lay johnny. His
ezrsilenry IVES Nowhere 10 ne seen. The
Colonel shook johnny roughly by the
arm. The latter opened his eyes and said,
sIaepily:
saeady the7e. Kindly remember In
I rife fragile"
What's this plote Where's Whining
ARme7
All, its McGre=or, said Johaar with
= bland smile. and Martin How are you.
old fel5gw? Some beasts hit ne On the
head
Where's E-hirtinghamg- reiterated thu
Calonel s~HvaEely sinking Johuar's arm.
-Geuay!~ said I; after ali, he's . sick
man
The Colonel dropped the arm. and
Johnny said sweetly-
-a9nits- isn't IL Coignel7-
The Colonel turned 77arn him. and said
10 has men sterzir=
Have yau had any hand n fhis2~
They protested y~ehsnHutly that they
were as a-s1oaishad as we WERE and 50
thsy were, unless they acted
~ They denied that anyone had entered
the ourer room o: that amp sound had
proceeded from The inner. They Ind kept
xi-lant watch md mast have seen y
intruder. Both the nan inside were the
Col2nsl's personal servants. and he beIiev-
ed in their honesty. but what Of their
r~rllsncss Carr beard him s~ternly CUES
tinnins the-o- and said
Those chaps aren't 70 blame. Colonel.
] didn't coma IN that way IF you'll take
a look behind the bed youu sac another
door They brought M IN there. I was
rather queer and only half knew what
was mp
We Looked and saF : dao- where he
said Pushing thu bad aside. we opened
it. and found ourselves on the back stair
case Of the premises. Clearly the Presi-
dent had Iojss4essly opened this door and
rot CUT But how had Carr got IN WITH
out noise? The sentry came up Saying /:
Every hFe minutes, SIR. ! lookaa and
saw him On The bed He Isr far the first
hour in his clothes. Tbe next look. he
was undressed- II struck me he'd been
pretty quick and quiet about If, but i
thought DO more"
Depend on il, the dressed man was The
President, The undressad man Carr!
When MSS that
about haif-Past two. sir just after
the doctor anne
4Ihe doctor ~ we cried.
yes, sir DR.. Anderson
You never told me he had been here"
He never went into the President
General Whittinshara's room. sir
but he came in here for FIVE minutes. TO
get some water. and stood talking with Us
for 3 time. Half an hour after he came
IN for some more"
We begin 10 see how il was done. That
wretched little doctor was in the plot.
Somehow or other he had communicated
with The President: probably he knew OF
the door. Then, / fancied- they must
nave worked something u this way. The
doctor comes In TO distract the seatries.
while his excellsncy moTes the bad Find |
ing thar they took a look erery FIRE 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 II 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 ont through the narrow
Space Of open door behind the bedstead.
When aIl xas done. the doctor had come
back to see if any suspicion had been
aroused.
Il hare it nowt- cried the Colonel.
That doctors done US both He eouldn't
get Whittinghan out of the house with
leave so he's taken him as Carl
swindled me into giring my leave. All.
look ont if NE meet. Mr.. Doctor
We rushed out of the house and found |
this conjecture was true. The man who
to be Carr had been carried
enTeioped in blankets. just as ne sat i
him into the carriage. followed himself, |
and driven rapidly axay. /
Which way did they so1
Toward the harbor, SIR the sentry re-
pIied.
The harbor could be reached in twenty |
minutes fast driving. Without ! wo-d /.
tie Colonel sprang On his horse: / imi-
tated him. and we galioped as hard as /
could, everyone making war before our
charge. Alas' ne we're too late.
As We drew rein on the quay we saw.
half a tnile ONT to sea, and sailing before
! stiff breeze. johann Cars little yacht.
the A-Greasaland fag floating def
antiy at her masthead
We gazed at il blanxiy- with nsrer .
word to SAP. and turned our horses heads
Our attention was attracted by a small
group of men standing round the storm
signal post As We rode up. they hastily
scattered. and we saw pinned to the post
j sheet Of note paper. Thereon was writ
ZEN in a ~weii-known hand
Marcus W. Whittiasham- Presi-
lent of the Republic of Aureataland.
iereby Offer a reward of fire thousand dol
and Il free pardon to any person or
persons assisting IN the capture. dead or
of George McGregor iIste Colonel
r the Aureataland army and John Mar
IN bank manager. and / do further pro-
lain the said George McGresor and Joan
Martin TO be traitors and rebels against
he Republic. and do p~roaou1ce their lires
Which sentence LET every loyal
.ifizen observe at his peril.
MARCUS " WHlTTINGiIAM.
President.
Trn'y his was peasant.
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