Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1915-09-08

I VIII 20 against hlm." AND she looked
It Santos encouragingly.
I'VE will 30 against him" he re
peated.
IAN We need. now. is the 'casus
5elli,'" remarked the chancellor.
THAT is simple enough Request
the peace committee 10 allow stand
ing army for European nations" said
ROSETTA
I'VE will See" said the chancellor.
and started to leave. He felt doubt
ful of his course. He had vague. un.
formed fears that haunted him But
nothing happened. His American spies
reported that Napoleon could not be
located
Two weeks later he received news
that there was some uneasiness felt in
Washington in regard TO the inexpli-
cable absence OF Napoleon Edison.
These reports were repeated day after
day.
What did this mean? The Count
Won Werdenstein was unable to think
OF reason for the absence, but he
was not the only one who was puzzled.
There were many who would have Civ
en- much to know what had become OF
Napoleon Edison.
His absence at first had been unno
ticed. 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 IL
any longer The gray haired mother.
who suffered even more than Astra.
soothcd her and said she would come
to the Crystal Palace at once, to be
with her
That evening Mrs. Edison arrived,
and embracing the wife of her son
she whispered: BE strong and brave.
my dear girl. You know Just as we'll
as | do that he will come as soon as
he can. | fear he has had an acct
dent 10 his aerodromone, but my heart
tells me he is in no danger Above
ALL we must have trust in Cod"
At Astra's request the various pa
pers treated the matter lightly
Rositta was one who was really
bafed b. the heightened absence OF
Napoleon She and Santos talked
about it seriously, but the little count
was as puzzled as she. This dsap-
! pearance had not fitted into her plans.
She wanted to gain a victory over M
| poleon, not over America.
Her ambitions were great. but one
OF the greatest was to humble Napo-
icon She had figured out devilish
plan 10 destroy his base of supplies.
Ciryne. Even her husband shuddered
when she told abont it. He thought
Of the many days he had spent among
the men there. and the pleasan; @yom-
panions that he had left behind
A tremendous bomb was 10 be con
structed; a bomb OF such size that it,
, explosion would cause genuine earth.
quake. Great quantities of the high.
est grade explosives were to be placed.
in a large metal shell, which would b.
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 tc be destroyed
did not influence Rosittas plans in the
least
Seven weeks went by. The situation
was the same, except that the hotilla
of twenty aerodromoEes was ready al
Suemeg and it's crew was practicinE
maneuvers day after day. They were
working on one more machine. as Ro
sitta was superetitious, believing that
the number twenty-one was her lucky
one.
The European monarchs had All
| signed a decree demanding the right
| Of restoring a standing army, and this
/ demand Dad been sent TO the peace
committee in Washington
This request was couchcd I'm TO
spectiul terms. but conveyed the infor.
| nation that n case the same was re.
fused the European countries would
/ act according to their own convictions.
+ No mention was made OF the aerodro
none feet, but American secret
agents had discovered the existence Of
/ this feet and a shrewd reporter on
/ the Hourly Stylograph managed to
| gain the information Whole pages
/ advertised the fact that IL was ready
to swoop down upon the American
+ continent and conquer It. Then the
/ rival papers took it UP and vivid fan.
/ cies were printed, some declared THAI
| Napoleon Edison was held a prisoner,
/ and would be compelled to 1oin tho
| 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
/ 10 isolate the American continent
/ again
,TD HE CONTINtED)