The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-05-15

the Baltic and that he himself served |
on the offending cruiser.
LAS to my own affairs, 1 must say
they are progressing slowly, but salts
factorily Nevertheless if Jack would
leave st. Petersburg and come with
me to London or New York. where he
could carry on his experiments quite
as well, or even better than here, I
should depart at once, even if 1 jeop-
ardized my own prospects"
The next letter, some time later. be-
gan:
Your two charming notes to me ar
rived here together. 1t is very kind Of
you to write to a poor exile and cheer
him in his Punishment / should like
to see that dell where you have swung
your hammock. Beware of Hendrix
Hudson's men, so delightfully."- written
of by Washington Irving. If they offer
you anything to drink, don't you take
it. Think how disastrous it would be
to all your friends if you went to sleep
in that hammock for twenty years.
It's the Catskills l want to see now
rather than Niagara falls. Your sec
ond letter containing the note from
Captain Kempt to Jack was at once
delivered TO him. What on earth has
the genial captain written to effect
such a transformation in my friend?
He came to me that evening clothed
in his right mind in evening rig out,
with his decorations upon it, command
ed me to get into my dinner toys, took
me in a carriage across the river to the
best restaurant ST Petersburg affords,
and there we had a champagne dinner
In which he drank to America and all
things American. Whether it was
the enthusiasm produced by Captain
Kempt's communication or the effect
Of the champagne, do not know, but
he has reconsidered his determination
not to return to the United States, and
very soon we set out together for the
west.
81 shall be glad to get out Of this
place. We were followed to the res
taurant, l an certain, and I am equal
~ certain that at the next table two
police spies were seated, and these two
Swallowed us in a cab until we reached
our blacksmith's shop. 1t is a humiliat-
ing confession to make, but somehow
the atmosphere of this place has got on
my nerves, and 1 shall be glad to turn
my back on it. Jack pooh poohs the idea
that he is in any danger. Even the
| governor Of St Petersburg, he says,
| dare not lay a finger on him, and as for
| the chief of police, he pours scorn on
that powerful official. He scouts the
| idea that he is being watched, and, all
in all, is quite humorous at my ex-
pense, saying that my state Of mind Is
more fitting for schoolgirl than for a
stalwart man over six feet in height.
One consolation is that Jack now has
become as keen for America as I am.
| expect that the interview arranged
for me tomorrow with a great govern
ment official will settle my own bust
ness finally one way or another. Awhile
ago I was confident Of success, but the
repeated delays have made me less OPP
timistic now, although the gentle cour-
tesy of those in high places remains
undiminished
Dear Miss Amhurst, 1 cannot afford
to fall lower in your estimation thar
perhaps / deserve, so l must say tina
this fear which has overcome me is al
on account of my friend and not on my
own behalf at all. l am perfectly SAT,
in Russia, being q British subject. NJ
cold and formal Cousin ThaXted is
member of the British embassy here
and my cold and formal uncle is a cab
met minister in England, facts which
must be we'll known to these spy In
formed people Of st. Petersburg. So
am immune. The worst they could d.
would be to order me out Of the coun
try, but even that is unthinkable.
any one attempted to interfere wit
me, 1 have only to act the hero Of tn
penny novelette,, draw myself up t
my full height, which, as you know,
not that of a pygmy, fold my arm
across my manly chest cry, 'Ha, ha
and sing Rule Britannia whereupol
the villains would wilt and withdraw
But Jack has no such security. He is
Russian subject, and, prince or con
moner, the authorities here could d
what they liked with him. l Away
think of things when it is too late t
act I wish 1 had urged Jack ashor
at Bar Harbor and induced him to TAX
the oath of allegiance to the Unite
States. 1 spoke to him about tina