Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1907-06-21


All right; take him and get out. Now
for Nottingham p
Hadn't we better get the money frst?"
said l.
II must have bit of food. I've tasted
nothing for twelve hours
One of the servants, hearing him, said
breakfast can be served in a moment,
sir" And he ushered us into the large
dining room, where we soon had an ex-
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 charger"
"Treachery," he replied
THAT would hardly do, would it?''
well, then, embezzlement Of public
funds"
We had little talk about the Pres-
dents destiny, and I tried to persuade
the Colonel to milder measures. In fact,
| was determined to prevent such a 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
door and saw a peaceful figure lying in
the bed, whence proceeded gentle snore.
Good nerve, hasn't her" said the Colo
mel.
Eyes; but what a queer nightcap" 1
said for the Presidents head was swath-
ed in white linen.
The Colonel STROBE quickly up to the
bed.
Done ~ he cried. "It's Johnny Carr p
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
a trihe fragile"
whats this plot? Where's Whiting
ham?"
"Ah, it's McGregor," said Johnny with
a bland smile, land Martin. How are you,
old fellow? Some beasts hit me on the
head"
where's Whittingham? reiterated the
Colonel savagely shaking Johnny's arm
Gently" said L; after 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 thisr
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
ColonePs 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.
I didn't come in that way. If you'll take
a look behind the bed you'll see another
door. They brought me in there. / was
rather queer and only half knew what
was up"
We looked and saw a 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
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
che doctor came"
1.-THE doctor !" we cried.
Eyes, sir; DIR. 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 a time. Half an hour after he came
in for some more"
We began to see how 1t 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, 1 fancied, they must
have worked something in this way. The
doctor comes in TO distract the sentries,
while his excellency moves the bed Find
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