Daily Arizona silver belt., 1910-03-06

THAT YOU LOVE ME AND ME ONLY, Lo-
 ran to the steps, a delicious tremor
 in her voice, q will consider the other
 thing you ask"
 King was uShered into large, se-
 dately furnished room. A score of
 men were there before him-sitting or
 standing in attitudes of attention, lis-
 tening to the words of General Braze.
 Kings entrance was the signal for an
 Immediate transfer of interest. The
 general bowed most politely and at
 once turned to Count Halfont with the
 remark that he had quite finished his
 suggestions. The prime minister came
 forward to greet the momentarily shy
 American.
 '.'The council has been extolling you,
 MT. King" said the prime minister,
 leading him to a seat near his own. TruNton blushed. Involuntarily he glanced at yos Engo. That gentle
 man started, curious light leaping
 into his eye7.
 Here's the situation in a nutshell"
 went on the prime minister "We are doomed unless succor reaches us from
 the outside. We seem unable to warn
 John Tullis, who, if given time, might
 succeed in collecting a sufficient force of loyal countrymen to harass and eventually overthrow the dictator. l
 am loath to speak of another alterna- tive that has been discussed at length by the ministers and their friends. The
 Duke of Perse, from bed of pain and anguish, has counseled us to take steps in the direction 1 am about to | speak of.
 "We can appeal to Russia in this hour of stress, but we will have to | make an unpleasant sacrifice. Russia | is eager to take over our new issue of | railway bonds. Hitherto we have voted
 against disposing of the bonds in that country, the reason being obvious. St. | Petersburg wants new connecting | line with her possessions in Afghanis- | tan. Our line will provide most di- rect route-a cutoff, 1 believe they call | it. Last year the Grand Duke Paulus volunteered to provide the money for the construction of the line from Edel- weiss north to Balak on condition that Russia be given the right to use the line in connection with her own roads | to the orient. You may see the ad- vantage in this to Russia. MT. King | if 1 serd word to the Grand Duke | Paulus. agreeing to his terms, which | still remain open to us, signing away a most valuable right in what we had hoped would be our own individual property, we have every reason to be- | lieve that he will send armed forces 1 to our relief on the preteXt that Russia is defending properties of her own. That is one way in which we
 may oust Count Marlanx. The other 1 lies in the ability of John Tullis to give battle to him with our own people
 carrying the guns. Lieutenant Had | dan has told us quite lately of re- mark you made which he happened | to overhear. If 1 quote him correctly,
 you said to the Englishman Hobbs that you could get away with it, meaning 1 as l take it, that you could succeed Ill
 reaching John Tullis. May l not i'm
 plore you to tell us how you would | go about it!'
 Truxton had turned brick red.
 Shame and modification surged within | him He was cruelty conscious of an undercurrent of irony in the premiers | courteous request. For an instant he
 was sorely crushed A low laugh from the opposite side of the room sent a shaft to his soul. He looked up. Nos ', Engo was still smiling. In an instant I the American's blood boiled.
 "I did say could get to John Tullls. i I'll start tonight"
 His words created profound i'm pression, they came so abruptly. (To Ie continued)