The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-10-10

1'been Imprisoned between two = ~
tf9 rFs sefs Re a,|e gu S. gsP g,s1 S
kcraffs wepe sentsput to break through
the lines OF resistance. He Xas ready
fbl reHrst SEur0pdsdi q faio1
u rae word retreat dsdohot seem %
shameful as It tadupss no
They had not seen the eagle during
| this time, but the arrival Of the uheu-
4 lete men-of-war told, the count that
some preparation had been made BY
his enemy to end 'thisi t9rEibse fs6sta
4 Of affairs.
/ The, eagles appearapbes wis Esnort-
ed early one morning, # game males
dcaiIy sliding downward from = g 81 =
height, flying the beautiful tricOlof
/ flag Of liberty. This time Santos vas
at the wheel Napoleon and ! woman
stood behind him. vfya52 d tfs.ssess.y
The bird flew directly to the nasl
ship. Not even the flag Of truce Wa
shown. When 1t reached the Brigttta
the eagle dropped down toward the
count, who stood On the bridge. HiS
face was pale and carewornh and his
eyes spoke of many sleepless nights.
.Brigitta, ahoy!'' shouted Napoleon
4 through the speaking tube, "A mes
/ sage for the commander He dropped
| a large sealed letter atlthescount' q feet
The eagle then turned and disappeared
In the clouds, toward the lwest. aaiM
| Thought. and care had been Fppt into
the message It. was a great docu-
ment III itself, but its greatest beauty
| was in it's expression of brotherly love-
1 in its magnanimity In extending mercy
| to the enemy 10 81 OH s9iff8II
oRositta was present when that doc
| ument was read finally. She was one
OF the last to touch IT before ittwas
| carefully wrapped In the silk covers;
1t was she who placed the great seal
on the. imposing envelope. & e5IfOsf
/ The count took the message and re-
tired into HIS cabin, where nobody
dared disturb him. He cut the enve-
| lope, unfolded the silk wrapping and
began to read. It was long. concise
| resume OF the present state OF affairs;
A
| kindness of his enemies. Notwith-
standing the degrading .defeat, u he
| knew now that the loss would not be
4 as great as he feared. ..
| The document decided upon the fol-
/ lowing: .sfamo}
/. The whole navy of the confeder-
| ate European, nights shall 1ba (deaiv.
cred into the hands OF, Admiral John
Earle, the American commander. who
will see that all men and ofdcersl are
safely returned to European ports.si /,
! g. The war vessels shall be the prop
erty Of the United Republics Of Amer
lica, In consideration of which the said
United Republics OF America will pay
sum Of money to be. decided upon;
however, not Jess than one-third Of the
actual value involved Ia
| 8. The European armies shall be I'm.
mediately disarmed and the men in
service shall be returned to their
homes los l3ll w9f1 .I9jGisinaxA
| 4. No other force, save for policing
| and number, OF ,bodyguards for the
/ reigntng rulers, shall be allowed to
exist In any Of the countries. The
United Republics Of America will see
that this item. In particular Is en-
forced. }f,,f .e,.sseiY ,,af4, {y
s. The United, Republics Of America
will open It's ports to all foreign COM
| MERGE, viii give free entrance to al
European products, and also insures
free expectation into Europe for Amer.
lean products. ~ 1873 t''7ts q 31i' 1fieffA
6. The oriental foes on the eastern
hemisphere will be treated with when
g. final settlement L. agreed upon, but
until that time the isolation; In Pacific
waters VIII be maintained. s'.
n7t' Peace shall reign over the earth!
national differences shall be settled b.
fore an international committee that
will make its Headquarters in Wash
fngton, the capital Of the United re
publics Of America. ia aIsren 9d lg9nI
| g. Any further points that may arise
IN the course Of events wfli be decided
Upon after the flnal settlement with
the rulers offall the countries lstaf
When the count turned over the last
page 4 tiny slip OF paper fell to TIE
foot. . He picked 1t up and glanced xt
the, words that were written and mot
typed, as was the rest Of the MESSAGE.
It was d writing that he knew well. 70
hesitate!i Accept the treatyi
/ The future rests in the aerodromone.
the secret Of which win be delivered q
you, sooner Or later have kept ny
CONTRACT, will talk Of my reward whom
circumstances permit ,Io IN
This was not signed. but It was not
4 necessary. eau On VIII JI3919 I3g9n
i "And l." murmured the count, after
a moment, II never thought of Rositta.
4 What wonderful, clever woman she
is. But what win be her price? WHAT
is the difference, sighed the man Who
had suffered 80 much the last fer
days. .The next time we meet it Vim
be In the air" /ys
He regained his calmness. finished
the paper and re1olded it. He placed
Rosittas message In his pocketbook
Twenty-four hours were given for
consideration He called his admtrah
together at four o'clock that afternnuS1dss