The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1909-05-22

war against Japanese. The start for the
sier ai RI Is made with Norma in COM
mand. The Japanese fleet, believing Nip
pom supreme suddenly discerns the radi-
oplane feet. After maneuvering the air.
nets INT the airships, one by one, from
the sea- The trip to the west coast of
America Is thcn commenced. Because OF
a partially disabled radioplane. one of
the warships 10 dropped into the sea aft
er the men are transferred to another.
The vessels are deposited in q mountain
lake In the United States to await peace.
CHAPTER xIx.-continued
men," he said, Il take no credit for
the result, and I'm big enough so to
report to Washington. This battle
brought out three heroes. Brockton,
Jenkins and above all this little girl,
Norma Roberts" His God bless her!"
was lost in the tumult. They were men
Intoxicated with the wine of victory.
They yelled themselves hoarse. They
'patted one another on the back, hurled
their caps into the air, and finally
formed escorts of honor to conduct the
men and officers of the fleet to their
cabins, asking over and over for de-
tails Of the fight.
And even as those tired fighters
went to rest. in a city across the con-
tinent newsboys were crying their
extras through the streets. and the
citizens of great city were asking
one another how the night had worked
its miracle. A lounging patrolman
IN Ravenna park, which bordered on
Lake Washington, had sleepily rubbed
his eyes as the sun was tinting the
SHOWS of the Olympics,
and had come to sudden stop, lean
ing against a tree and wondering II
he was still asleep; but with his
knuckles he could not obliterate the
floating vision before him. He con-
WINGED himself by lusty hail: Hello,
ont there! What are you doing? Get
on that lake!" and back to him there
volleyed storm of objurgations in an
unknown tongue. Not until he had
called fellow officer and rowed a
boat round those fallen monarchs Of
the deep did he learn that they were
captive to his country, and then,
'elated with the news, he fastened to
impart it.
But this was not the only surprise
for Seattle. For some days preceding
troops had been pouring into the port.
and 1t had been the general belief that
they were being modified preparatory
to embarkation for the Philippines or
Japan. On this morning, however,
there was an exodus. Nearly all the
troops had disappeared in the night.
Likewise there were strange happen
fngs tn the. telegraph Offices. When
men went to consign messages they
were met with the intelligence that
the wires were in charge of military
operators. that nothing could be re-
ceived for any point beyond the bor-
ders of the United States, and that
all messages without exception would
be censored before transmission. The.
newspapers fumed and roared, until
they learned that all incoming news
would pass uninterruptedly; but that
for purposes known only to the gov
eminent the story of the presence of
the Japanese fleet would be closely
guarded for the time being. For once
the Post-Intelligence. the Times and
Star united in attacking the admins
tration.
Polite officers forwarded appeals
from the chamber of commerce to
Washington: but the government an
swered that there was no alternative,
because IL the secret was known
throughout the United States the
chances for its leakage across the
lines would be augmented. All Sound
traffic stopped, and from the great
union depot no departing trains rum
,hlad Within ON hour IL mos ir.o.,.x.