Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1913-12-30

palms. with their Dropping fronds; the
little village Of native huts; the tiny
wharf and the fort, where two ancient
guns pointed toward the elst Man
Without-aNanne was Just ~ interest
cd In Watching this as though II had
been real
AZ he looked he saw q little gunboat
creep In toward the harbor A pun
of white smoke leaped from her star
board side, and cloud Of earth rose
from the side of the mud fort. whose
two old guns also broke into smoke.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. watched this vi
sion Of HIS brain with eager excite
ment This was as good az play,
this being able to see a real battle
happening before his eyes.
The gunboat belched forth smoke
again and again, and presently the lit
tie fort was a crumbling ruin. Then
boats seemed to spring from the gun
boats side and pull toward the shore
And simultaneously, from the ruins Of
the fort appeared a flag.
II was the German flag. and II was
AAnK1uuAnA0 W 10 uAlobhhCus NJ ObndA
flag looks like the German flag.
Suddenly an-Without-a-Name was
upon his feet. The breath came quick
ly between his lips. He knew now:
he had been witnessing no fancy of
his brain, but a mirage. Somewhere
these things we're happening; they
were real things: a real fort, a real
gunboat real bombardment The
pictures had always been real, and
they were reflected across the ex-
panse of dazzling water just as they
| might have been across a hundred
and fifty miles Of desert sands!
Man-Without-aName had forgotten
everything except that his country
needed this knowledge. She must act,
and act at once: seize Quassia Island
and oppose her forces there to the
armed strength Of Germany, or the
South Pacific would become a German
annex and Americas prestige and
power be lost.
Man Withouta-Name ran for the
first time In months. He ran with
heaving sides. gasping for breath. but
never stopping, till he reached
Schwarz's store.
'T want to see the Under-Secre-
tary," he gasped.
You can'd." said Schwarz stolidly.
| de Oonder-Segretary's lying doom"
rive got to see him, tel you"
shouted Neutrality-suspicious., and
| tried to break past the fat Germans
defense Of the passageway. Schwarz
caught him In his arms and tried to
batter his head against the wall. and
Man Withouta,Name was getting the
worst Of the struggle because. when
you give up your name. you give up
most Of your manhood, too.
"Hellol What's the matter?" ex-
claimed n cool. crisp voice behind
them.
Dis Manmidout a Name has gone
crazy from de head" pulled Schwarz
He wanded to see you, und I wouldn't
led him."
I'll see him." said the Under-Sec
rotary let him go, Mr.. Schwarz
Well. sir" he continued, what has
occurred to make you so interested
in seeing me again."
1.-THE Germans are bombarding Tas-
sia," painted Neutrality-suspicious.,
leaning heavily against the bar.
Eth? What?" exclaimed the star
tied Under-Secretary.
"They bombarded the fort an hour
ago." said Neutrality-suspicious., "and
sent boats to take possession of the
town. You'd better make Quassia by
tomorrow night or you'll find them
there. too"
How do you know this?" demanded
the Under Secretary, looking at Man.
Without-a-Name curiously.
But n-Without-a-Name said moth
ing. He had come to a realization of
the improbability OF his story. If he
said he had seen the bombardment,
would he be believed?
Trust me, sir, / know" said Man.
Withouta-Name. and broke from the
room and went back to his beach. But
though they sought for him all through
that afternoon they could not find him.
Northumberland hated white men
more savagely than ever before.
'Well, Captain" said the Under
Secretary that night, Il suppose we
can go over to Quassia and leave our
survey of Quava-Quava until we re-
turn? or course. l don't believe this
madman's story, but still"
"As you wish, sir" answered the
Captain.
That is how we came to occupy
Quassia Island an hour before the Ger
man gunboat arrived of the harbor.
The Under Secretary did not forget.
When he came back to Quava-Quaya
he took a stroll along the beach alone
and found n-Without-a-Name fling
ing pebbles into the sea.
Il want you to tell me how you
knew" he said. And Man-Withouta-
Name told him, and more besides.
Hey, NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS." yelled
Schwarz one morning, four months