The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1915-11-25

not remember which Of you two
nephews of mine is to succeed me
My nephew John tells me that ne has
been away long time, and I cannot
remember having seen him for some
weeks ''- p
His majesty forgets at times,' re.
sumed the archduke. "He will readily
accept my cousin in my place. hope
that his advisers will fall in with the
scheme, for any man except myself
must be relief to them IN their de-
signs. Well, have talked with her
highness. and it IS our unshakable re.
solve to resign all our honors and
withdraw into obscurity. 1 have ar
! ranged with my few friends to do
their best for my successor. We do
not expect to be heard of again."
Nov here is our plan,'' the arch
duke continued hurriedly. Tomorrow
-or today, rather, we leave for Sara,
jevo, where 1 shall deliver an address
which will appease the Croatian peo-
pie and crown my policy of concilia-
ton. That will be my last official act
and will checkmate our enemies. You
will render me your aid as far as pos
sible?"
pledged myself.
"Then you will travel to Sarajevo
on the same train, but not in my COM
| thu o~nh1,11yo SSTf
leaves at an early hour. Only my per-
sonal aide knows that, for necessarily
these things have to be arranged with
secrecy. 1t is special consisting Of
two coaches. My staff and l will &C.
cupy the first, and you will follow in
the second with some of my friends
One of them will call at your hotel for
you an hour before the train departs.
At Sarajevo you will go to the house
of M. Pasich in Bosnai street, and will
remain there until we return from the
town nall. M. Pasich is my friend and
will be my host; by the time you ar
rive he will be in possession of ali
the facts. My cousin and his wife will
join you there. We shall then ex-
change roles. They will return to
| Vienna at night, and you will accom-
| pany me in an automobile as far as
the Servian frontier, where your duty
will be ended. I can rely implicitly
on you?"
"Fully, so far as lies in my power"
I answered. But though you two gen.
tlemen resemble each other closely
enough to enable the substitution to
be effected at the moment, nave you
considered that"
II have," he answered, clapping his
hand on my shoulder. Fortunately
that detail settles itself, for a heavy
veil is the ceremonial dress in Bosnia.
That dates from the time Of the Turk
ish regime. So her highness the
duchess of Hohenberg can very we'll
pass muster for Madame Won Behring.
Now" he added, rising, time Is pass
Ing and there is much toto. Our,
friends all understand their duties,
and so bid you good night, my friend.
Expect my aide early in the morning"
He shook hands with me and rose.
The officer came out of the emperor's
apartments and conducted me back to
the palace entrance, where he took
leave of me with a ceremonious salute.
Declining the offers of the hack
drivers, l made my way home afoot.
Truly we were playing into our enc
mics hands that night. was not
hundred yards from the palace en-
trance when felt that was being fol-
lowed. 1 swung round to see the face
ct the spy Macchio peering at me
through the fog of the night.
"Well, STRIP I demanded.
81 beg your pardon he mumbled. 81
thought you were friend of mine"
"And now that you are satisfied
am not, perhaps you will kindly take
yourself off, answered.
The fellow skunk away. He did not
follow me to my hotel, to the best of
my belief. But when I was at last in
nv room a cold reaction came over
me.
must have slept more soundly to.
ward morning, for I started up at
length to find that it was half-past
eight. I dressed with haste and went
down. Nobody had called for me. l
ate hasty breakfast and waited. The
aide did not appear. Ten O'Clock came,
then eleven. Twelve struck. was
now thoroughly alarmed. Had the aide
gone to the wrong hotel? hurried
round to Won Behring's lodgings, to
learn that he and his wife had driven
to the railroad station at half-past
eight.
My fears deepened. Surely the aide
must have blundered. When discov-
cred at the station that there were no
signs of the royal party and that there
was no train. for Sarajevo until six
o'clock that night fell into a panic.
From a friendly porter gathered the
information that special had left at
ten. Clearly had been left behind.
But was this Macchio's doing?