The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1907-07-04

What are you going to do with him r
| II should like TO shoot him." said the
Cosenel.
''On what charger
'*Treachery." be replied
That would hardly do. would ifT'
well. then. euabezxlemenr of public
funds
We had little taik abeat the Presa-
dents destiny, and l tried to perssade
the Colonel TO mildsr measures. In fact,
was determined 20 prevent such mar
der IL l could without ruin co myself.
Well. we'll consider 1t when we've seen
him" said the Colonel. rising. We've
wasted an hour breakfasting-i seven
O'Clock"
I followed him along the path, and we
catered the little room where we had left
the President. The sentrses were stin
there, each seated In an armchair. Thay
were not asleep but looked hsxls
drowsy.
-An right2" said the Colonel.
Yes. excellence" said one Of them-
He Is there In bed"
He went into the inner room and esgsz
TO undo the shutters, letting In the early
sun We passed through the hah-opsned
doo- and saw a peaceful figure lying In
the bed. whence proceeded gentle snore-
@Good nerve, hasn't he - said the Colo
mel
YES; but what queer nishtcap.~
said. FOR the Presidents head was swa<h-
ed In white linen
The Colonel STROBE quickly up 20 the
bed
Done r. he cried ITS Johnny Carr 70
1t was true there lay Johnny. His
excellency was nowhere to be sesa. The
Colonel shook Johnny roughly by the
arm The latter opened his eyes and said.
sleepiIy:
STEADY therei Kindly remember Tn
tride fragile"
whats this pIoss Where's Whiting
ham,"
"Ah, it's MeGrsgor." said Johnny with
q bland smile. -and Martin How are you.
old fellow7 Some beasts hit me On the
head"
where's Whittingham? reiterated the
Colonel savageIy shaking Johnny's arm
gently % said l.: after all. hes a SICK
man.
The Colonel dropped tina arm. and
Johnny said sweetly:
-Quits. isn't Ii. CoionelT
The Colonel turned from him, ara s&ia
to his men sternly:
Have you had any hand In thfs~
They protested vehemently that they
were as astonished as we were: and 80
they were, unless they acted consunmate-
IT, They denied that anyone had entered
the outer room sor that any sound had
proceeded from the inner. They bad kept
vigihnt watch and must have seen any
intruder. Both the men inside were the
ColoneTs personal servants, and be believ
ed in their honesty. but what OF their
vigiIauces Carr heard him srernIy ques-
tioniug them. and said /:
Those chaps aren't to blame. Colonel
I didn't come In that way. II youn take
LOOK behind the bed you'll see another
door. They brought me In there I was
rather queer and only half knew what
was up"
We looked and saw door where he
said. Pushing the bed aside, we opened
Il. and found ourselves on the back stair
case of the premises Clearly the Pre~i-
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. be
was undressed. II 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 addressed man Carr
When was thatT'
about half-past two, sir; just after
the doctor came"
The doctor :" we cried
yes, sir; DR.. Anderson"
~You never told me he had been hsre-"
sHe never vent into the Presidents
into General whittingham's room. sir
bit be came In here for Eve minutes, TO
get some water, and stood talking with US
for time Half an hour after be 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, I fancied. they must
have worked something In this way. The
doctor comes in to distract the sentries,
while his exceiIency moves the bed Find
ing that they took look every Eve min
utss, be told the President Thea be
went and got Johnny Carr ready. Re-
turning. he takes the Presidents place
on the bed, and In that character undey-
goes an inspection The moment this h
over be Leaps up and goes out- Bstveen
them they bring In Carr, put him ints
bed. and slip out through the narrow
spacs Of open door behind the bedssssd-
When all was done, the doctor had corae
back to see IL any suspicion had been
aroused
Il have IT nowr cried the Colonsl-
That DOCTORS done as both He o .aIdz't
get whittinghsm ont Of the house with
out leave, 50 he's takes aim as Carr
Swfndled me into giving my leave An,
look out II we meet. Mr.. Doctor r
We rushed ouf of the house and fouDd
this mcclure was true. The man who
purporred to be Carr had been carried
out, enveicpsd 10 blankets. just az ws sat
down to breakfast the doctor had pat
hIEs into the carriage, followed himself,
and driven rapidly away.
(which war did they gor
Toward the barber, SIR" the sentry re-
piled.
The harbor could be reached ia tweaty
minutes fast driving. Wifhoat word
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