The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1909-02-25


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thnchorage In the liver; but, like chill
Edren gE6rlng in ctha mist, they could
kf9rp'e Ste no fbhaRls aHqpi% n%&gBA
anyA flstsS expfapaticdl shfheyliookea
Fat each other In amazement, wagged
E1heir heads and atlhnt ted their hiiabili'
~. :..Pg,lague. would. haze Jeff. dead men
lat their posts or. battle.Dwould have
E1eft more serious Gears than the out;
Efing away of the fighting masts and
Ewrecking of the stacks; but even then
Ewho would naNigat eahet. ta%hdine wa.
Eters, and what dpum aUsdtint btor Cher;
Eprssence III; zbiacel!$heSs' Segefe, a
EBmall sea-going craft Could not go?
E1f that nation, m the west had al sui
Hnarine of terrific speed, and unknown
Ilpower it might perhaps destroy "a
tBhip; but by what means Gould Il
hforce it under or over bridge Of
Esolid masonry and steel?
81 Apd, so the. men. of the. sea. PASSED
E1own land back, while the people Of
4ondon- spent the timei in, trying: to
tsee ther htest evidence Eof fdisaster,
lI9ook turns in crowding to the EN-.
Ebankment, and then went-to their
Ehomes. Business came to halt, shops
ll,,Sgeret unopened, and, desks were closed.
III the go erlmeIlt offices men moved
-heiplesslyy, and I'm homes throughout
the epnpt lgy,. familie stsat, lwithinadeoss
[grevely discussing the latest NANTES.
cation of power. 7 o ~ p! vi %
liz Nor was therbtibric aware that ih
i Hfgher circles another cause for anX.
! Aety had been uncovered, which was
I.nothing less than the disappearance
I4of the prime minister. A king a
lSprime minister and the first lord OF
1.-the admiralty taken at one time! 1t
Twas sufficient e. to g"makeg, others ,rpt
lo6k.Sat offetafother ques'
tftioning when their turn might come
|tand what the, end would, be Moon
swas saie.iiH this, great crisis, when
lFthrones tottered on their settings and
Emen were whisked away in the night,
Igwhen the most powerful vessels of war
icreated by all the wisdom of science
I and ingenuity of invention might be
I Fs3dominated and handled like toys.
T. There was no ground for belief that
I Sany power other than the United
Estates might have been the controlling
Esprit in this, long series of, untoWard
Sevents, but frcm that nation; came nc
[Iword, only silence more menacing
Ethan the Thunder, OF distant guns. and
; more. terrible and omlnous than an
open display of invincible arms. II
took no great stretch of imagination to
|; people the~air with .plalanx on pha
LINK of stem and imHacabie foemer
I Bent on Invasion; when the time
seemed ripe. A country which could
faunt the world was capable of any
thing, and it was not bellevableiid thai
she was acting without purpose. Bui
what means did she take? What
would be her next move? How hat
she accomplished those victories. al
ready scored upon her tally sheet
Only one hope for partial explanation
remained, and that was based upor
the return to sanity of a maddenet
sailor who had come to them on life
raft from the unknown, as, the only
witness of a disaster, and the only
living link, .. ......-. ....-.--..--........
And even while the anxious official!
thought ,of%ahim a group, of surgeons
and specialists We're standing round ;
cot in hospital watching this maj
breathe his last. Now that his i'm
portance had increased hundredfolC
Death was intervening and sealing hi
: lips He passed away as silently a
he had been found, his jpmhled wit
giving no new and tangible clew
/ Speeches. he had been picked up. OF
! life raft in mid ocean, and speech
V less he voyaged out into anothe
s world ~.
Night fell over London, Unfolding a
n stricken city where none came upol
e the streets and men within door
whispered, to- each othar, " dreadiA
g what The morrow might bring forth
$ The heart of Britain beatipg wit
II Observation-Disclosures don ito, the last wa
broken" America was the master G
81 fate, and could deal out its awards O
3 Blows with the inexorableness of
e Hi (TO BE CONTINUED.)