Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1911-12-22

Ere, what lady?"
You started with q laty. That is
evident You shtarted for an after
noon excursion-a picnic. A man of
your temperament, he would take Il
laty. She was not wiz you in your
balloon when you came down at Dorm
hof. No! Only her chacket! 1t Is
your affair Still l am curious"
Bert reflected. COW d'you know
thatY
II chuge by re nature of your fart
GUS provisions. Well let us get to bust
ness. A higher power'-his voice
changed its emotional quality; his
magnified eyes seemed to dilate-"haS
prought you and your secret straight
to us. So''-he bowed his head-"so
pc 1t! 1t is ze destiny of Chermany
and my prince. l can underestimate
you always carry zat secret. You are
afraidt Of roppers and spies. SO it
comes wiz you to US. Mr. Pooterage,
Chermany will puy It,"
"Will she?'
'She will,' said the secretary, look
ing hard at Bcrt's abandoned sandals
in the corner of the locker. He reused
himself, consulted a paper of notes for
moment, and Bert eyed his brown
and wrinkled face with expectation
and terror. "Chermany, am instruct
ed TO say said the secretary, with his
eyes on the table and his notes spread
out, has always been willing to puy
your secret. We haf indeed peen eager
TO acquire it-fery eager, and 1t was
only ze fear that you might be on
patriotic groundts, acting in collusion
with your Prttish war office, Eat has
made us discreet in offering for your
marvellous invention through inter
mediaries. We haf no hesitation what
efer now, I am instructed, in agree
ing to your proposal of hundert tou-
sand poundts."
"Crickey.' said Bert, overwhelmed.
II peg your pardon?"
Jest twinge," said Bert, raising
his hand to his bandaged head.
Il haf performt my Instructions
And re title Of paron, zat also can
pc done. 1t can all pc done, Herr
Pooterage." He drummed on the ta-
BILE for second or so and resumed: !:
II haf to tell you, sir, zat you come
to us at crisis in-Welt- Politik. There
can be no harm now for me to put
our plans before you. Pefore you leafe
this ship again they will be manifest
to all Ee worldt. War is perhaps al
ready declared. We go-to America
Our fleet will descend out of re air
upon re United States--it is country
quite unprepared for war eferywhere-
Everywhere. Zey have always relied
on re Atlantic and their navy. We
have selected a certain point-it is at
present ze secret Of our commanders
which we shall seize and zen we shall
establish a depot-a sort OF inland
Gibraltar. 1t will be-what will It be?
an eagles nest. Zere our airships
will gaZzer and repair, and thence they
will fly to and fro ofer re United
States terrorizing cities, dominating
Washington, levying what is necessary
until terms we dictate are accepted"
$50 on" said Bert
1--WE could hat done all zis wiz such
Luftschiffe and Drachenfieger as we
possess, but re accession of your ma
chine renders our project complete. 1t
not only gifts us a better Drachen-
fieger, but 1t remofes our last uneasi-
ness as to Great Pritain. Wizout you,
sir, Great Pritaiu, re land you lofed
so well and zat has requited you so
| III, zat land of Pharisees and reptiles.
can do noZzing-noZzing! You see, l
am perfectly frank wiz you. Well, l
am instructed that Chermany recog-
nizes all this. We want you to place
yourself at our disposal. We want
you to become our chief head fight
engineer We want you to manufac-
ture. We want to equip a swarm of
hornets under your direction. We
want you to direct this force. And it
is at our depot in America we want
you. So we offer you simply and
without haggling re full terms you de-
manded weeks ago-one hundert tou-