The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1908-06-16
(Continued from last Issue.)

: ship. while boat hurried away from
the miniature fotilla. carrying a de
tailed report 10 the admiralty, where
the news was received with amaze
ment 40 less than that which had
, brought the crowd on the embank
ment. Subordinstes OF departments
called for their tardy superiors. tele.
phone bells tangled, and British
phlesm gave way to excitement; but
even In this remarkable state prece.
dent was maintained and routine OBJ
served. so that from man to man, go.
Ing constantly upward the report
reached the first lord OF the admiralty.
| Then for the first time II was
learned that this high and mighty of.
hcial was missing from his home and
had been summoned 10 the palace in
the night. No delay could be brooked
in an event so startling. and with due
ceremony inquiries were instituted for
him. This caused an investigation
| In gray old Buckingham. which spread
| until n came to the head OF govern
ment when IT, became known that not
only was the nayal officer missing, but
| no less a parsonage than the king OF
England as well. ...-.. .--.....
III great disasters by sea or land
where swift Death ravages. men cry
aloud In their excitement and dis
tress: but when a calamity threatens
a nation and king is involved. they
seek TO hide their emotions. Hence
IL was that in the palace men came
hurriedly together without words 10
those around. and In whispers ex-
pressed their anxiety. II was recalled
with alarm that the kaiser had left
his palace In an equally unceremonious
manner, decoyed by q stranger. and
enticed into the night. Nor was his fate
as uncertain or with more ground for
question, because there he had been
traced TO a carriage which had driven
away. The king OF England had gone
into his garden. and the guards at the
gates swore he had not passed the
portals. which they watched. And for
their pains they were doubted and
placed under temporary detention I'M
I'll the king should return TO prove
that they were not in a conspiracy
against the state.
Perhaps the alarm would have been
less keen were II not for the tale Of
the kaiser; but the cases were SO
parallel that the conclusion was in.
stantly formed that England's mon.
arch was probably in as great jeop-
ardy as his fellow ruler who had now
been gone for many days The mobiles
looked al one another askance. and
asked what times were these when
no person might be so august az TO be
immune from seizure. Where was the
limit 10 be reached What could be
expected next? Was there no pos.
slble protection even for the heads OF
government and society?
In the Offices OF the admiralty those |
OF more or less prominence in the de. |
partment held a conference and de. |
tailed men TO take charge OF the
There could be no at. |
tempt to rehsbilitate her az that time.
inasmuch as II would be impossible |
ever again TO brins her into service |
without destroying a span OF the |
bridge below therefore no coroner's
inquest could have convened with |
more solemnty than did those men
who took charge OF and boarded this
srest dead thing Of the sea.
derefct cast upon an open sandy L
beach offered more chance OF salvage
than the greatest vessel OF the great.
est navy of the world. nosed in the
mud and practically walled in. And
while she lay in this state OF helrless
ness there was forming round English
shores a formidable fotila Of other
war vessels iying the British asg
which had been summoned from all il
waters OF the globe 10 protect the II
mother country from German inva sion Ia
Dr. II need arose CALAMITY TO seek q
ieath beds in the sea In the attempt In
q lend. on the American terror Ia
should 1t be directed against the is
and ruler OF The waves. |.
AS they advanced, captains Of this
.reat n.ry arrived In L,teon In re-
,ponse To urgent summons and hast
med to the admiralty. One and all ! :,
hey were asked TO pass expert opinion Il
n the condition Of the Dreadnought. =
Ind offer a solution OF the methods !,
ised TO bring her to that singular n
anchorage In the river. but. like chf1.
lren cropping in the mist. they could :
olmulate no tenable theory nor give :
ny lucid explanation. They looked u
It each other In amazement. wagged "a
heir heads and admitted their inabili. 5
y. Plague would have left dead men
II their posts, or battle would have {
eft more serious scars than the cut. IL
Ing away OF the fighting pssts and 2
srecklng OF the stacks; but even then u
who would navigate her to home wa 3
ers, and what could account for her Z
presence in place where even a v
mall ses-goins craft could not go? Il
( that nation in the. west had sub,
marine OF terrific speed and unknown
'ower it might perhaps destroy
hip; but by what means could IL
orce 1t under or over bridge OF a
old masonry and steel? a
And so the men OF the sea passed |;
Iown and back while the people OF f
london spent the time in trying to
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