The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1908-11-12

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adding Just the touch OF openness
lacking to his advice and. leaning for
ward. touched Lepage on the arm.
"Do you remember the princes guns.
the guns for which he bartered Cap
tain HerculesT'
aye. WELT" said Lepage.
They're on the river. up at Kol-
skol now | should keep my eye on
them They're to he BROUGHT to Slavna
Who do you think'l bring them2 Keep
your eve on that"
They're both scoundrels." said Le-
page. rising to go
Markart shrugged his shoulders THE
fruit lies on the ground for the man
who can pick 1t up Why not? There's
nobody who's got any right to II now"
He expressed exactly the view Of the
two great neighbors, though by no
means in the language which their Of
fetal communications adopted.
Stenovics knew their views very
we'll He had also received a pretty
plain intimatlon from Stafnitz that the
colonel considered the escorting Of the
guns to Slavna as a purely military
task, appertainng not to the ministry
OF state. but to the officer commanding
the garrison I'm the capital. Stafnltz
was that officer and he proposed him
self to go TO Kolskoi Suleiinans tow
or, he added, would be left In the trust
worthy hands OF Captain Sterliof.
Again Stenovics fully understood. In
H. 81, N.1l
candid. His letter was nothing less
than plain word that power lay with
the sword and that the sword was I'm
his own hand. Stenovlcs had got rid of
King Sergius only to fall under the
rule Of Dictator StafnitZ. Was that to
be the end Of It?
Stenovics preferred any other Issue
The ideal thing was his own rule In
the name of young Alexis. with such
diplomatic honoring and humoring OF
Countess Ellenburg as might prove
necessary That was plainly impossi.
bic so long as Stafnitz was master Of
the army II would become finally
hopeless If Sterkoff held Sulelman's
tower till Stafnitz brought the guns to
Slavna. What then. was Stenovics
alternative? For he was not yet
brought TO giving mp the game as to-
tally lost. His name stood high. though
his real power tottered on most iuse-
cure foundation. He could get good
terms for his assistance. There was
time to make friends with the NAM
mon of unrighteousness.
Privately. as became invalds. with
out the knowledge of any one outside
their confidential encourage. the repre-
sentatives of the, two great neighbors
received General Stenovics. They are
believed to have convinced him that
I'm the event of any further disorders
I'm Kravonia Intervention could not be
avoided. Troops were on either from
tier, ready for such an emergency. "A
joint occupation would be forced on
the allies. With n great deal Of sorrow
no doubt the general felt himself
driven 10 accept this conclusion.
He ut once requested Stafnitz tc
fetch the guns to Slavna. He left the
colonel full discretion In the matter
His only desire was TO insure the
tranquility of the capital and to show
vosenl how hopeless it was to main
tain the fanciful and absurd claims OF
Baroness Dobrava. The representa-
tives. II must he supposed. approved
this attitude and wished the genera
all success. At later date his efforts
TO secure order and to avoid the lnevi
table but regrettable result of any new
disturbance were handsomely acknowl
edged by both powers General Steno
vics had not Stafnltz's nerve and dash
but he was a man Of considerable re
source.
A man OF good feeling too to judge
from another step he took-whethel
with the cognlZance OF the representa-
tives or entirely OF his own motion hal
never become known. He waited til
Colonel StafnitZ who returned civi
and almost effusive reply to his com
munication, had set off to fetch tn,
guns, which. as has been seen. hat
been unloaded from the railway an'
lay at Kolskol. three days journey NJ
the Krath; then he entered into com
munication with Volseni He sent Vol
seni a private and friendly warning
What was the use Of Volseni holding
out when the big guns were coming
II could mean only hopeless resistance
more disorder, more bloodshed. lie
Volseni and the lady whose claims
supported consider that, be warned 4
time and acknowledge King Alexis.
This letter he addressed to ZerkC
witch. There were insuperable diplC
matte difficulties in the way Of aC
dressing it to Sophy directly. "Madar
1 may not call you, and mistress ] al
loath to cali you," said Queen Eliza
beth to the archbishop's wife. II wa
Just a case OF that sort Of difficulty
He could not call her queen of Kravt
mia, and she would be offended II b
called her Baroness Dobrava. So th
letter went to Zerkovitch, and It wer
by the hand Of one Of Zerkovltch
friends, so anxious was the general
be as friendly and conclliatory as eli
cumstances permitted.