The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-11-28

IT Santos oACOAA 1890 :. &es -
I'VE will go against him. ne =
peated. !. -. .c..rs
NJ. remarked the chancellor. Il
DEM aThat ia simple enough. Request
neace committee to allow stand
. ~ army for European nations. saad
Rositta- .Aa,,.,.
md started to leave. He felt doupt-
O. IT his course He had vague, I'M
.e.rood fears that haunted him. But
notbing happened. His American spies
-enorted that Napoleon could not Pc
located.
that there was some uneasiness ielt II
washington in regard to the inexpai-
cab1e absence OF Napoleon Edison.
These reports were repeated day after
day. c.
Won Werdenstein was unable to think
~ reason for the absence, but ne
was not the only one who was puzzled.
There were many who would have CIV
on much to know what had become OF
Napoleon Edison.
His absence at first had been unno-
t,ced. as Astra felt that he would re-
turn at any hour, and turned aside
the questions. But when the third
week began, and still they had no
word from him, she could not bear It
any longer. The gray-haired mother,
who suffered even more than Astra,
soothed her and said she would come
to the Crystal Palace at once, to %
with her.
That evening Mrs. Edison arrived.
and embracing the wife Of her son
she whispered: BE strong and brave,
nv dear girl. You know just as well
as I do that he will come as soon AZ
he can. fear he has had an acct
dent to his aerodromone. but my heart
tells me he Is in no danger. Above
all, we must have trust in oGod!"
At Astra's request the various pa
pers treated the matter lightly.
ROSETTA was one who was really
bafled by the heightened absence OF
Napoleon. She and Santos talked
about it seriously, but the little count
was as puzzled as she. This disap-
pearance had not fitted into her plans.
She wanted to gain victory over Ma
poleon, not over America.
Her ambitions were great, but one
of the greatest was to humble Napo-
leon. She had figured out devilish
plan to destroy his base OF supplies,
Ciryne. Even her husband shuddered
when she told about it. He thought
of the many days he had spent among
the men there, and the pleasant COM
panions that he had left behind.
A tremendous bomb was to be con-
structed; bomb Of such size that Its
explosion would cause genuine earth
quake. Great quantities Of the high
est grade explosives were to be placed
in large metal shell. which would be
dropped on the Island Of Ciryne and
blow it into space.
Ciryne was Napoleon's laboratory;
there were his aerodromones kept,
and If these were destroyed, he never
would be able to gain the victory. The
fact that Napoleon's mother and all
his mechanics were to be destroyed
did not influence Rositta's plans In the
least.
Seven weeks went by. The situation
was the same, except that the dotilla
Of twenty aerodromones was ready at
Suemeg and its crew was practicing
maneuvers day after day. They we're
working on one more machine, as Ro-
sitta was superstitious, believing that
the number twenty-one was her lucky
one.
The European monarchs had all
signed a decree demanding the right
of restoring standing army, and this
demand had been sent to the peace
committee in Washington.
This request was couched in re-
spectful terms, but conveyed the infor-
nation that In case the same was re-
fused the European countries would
act according to their own convictions.
No mention was made Of the aerodro-
none fleet, but American secret
agents had discovered the existence Of
this feet and shrewd reporter on
the Hourly Stylograph managed to
gain the information. Whole pages
advertised the fact that it was ready
to swoop down upon the American
continent and conquer it. Then the
rival papers took 1t up and vivid fam
cies were printed: some declared that
Napoleon Edison was held prisoner,
and would be compelled to Join the
European forces to save his life.
In the meantime the congress and
the peace committee considered the
European demand.
Amrosio Hale, Vice-president, deliv-
cred great address, urging the union
to isolate the American continent
again.
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