The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1916-12-16


the bar. The walls were hidden by book
cases, which held mob of volumes In
the center was big fat desk Of the sort
that the average New York business man
would have given to the porter years ago.
Behind this was anchored the cause OF
my return
Good morning, Your ExceIlency," /
greeted him
Good morning" he answered as he
eyed me coldly
Then / discovered he had company
There were two of them. and they were
seated on his left, one a small wiry i'm
dividual, who looked as though he might
still be a student in high school and the
other kindly faced gentleman of middle
age conclud ID one was his stenogapher
and the other his bathing instructor For
had already learned, from the ."dauncer''
outside that His Excellency was very
fond Of ''bawthing"
Nov then,'' said His Excellency, 1--WE
would like to know what brings you to
Nassau
"Thesteamer Monterey brought methe
first time, Your Excellency.'' replied
but the second time came by my own
craft, the Nautilus.
Enough of thatw he announced, some
81 came here for the purpose of taking
away the Nautilus" answered
where did you intend taking herr
To New York, Your Excellency,"
had been tipped off to show him this re-
Spect In every second instance
IF you intended taking her to New
York, why did you clear her for Mianii2"
interjected the first on his left.
Not realizing! the importance Of the
said individual ]. addressed my reply
to His Excellency.
'It would be necessary for me to put
into Miami to get pilot to take me up the
coast" ] informed him:
"And you mean to say that you went to
all the trouble of fixing up this submarine
Just to take her TO- New York; went ON
the mystery
81 beg your pardon, but this is not Q
submarine" reminded him
"What is it, then2'''' he asked in amaze
ment
at is nothing" I'rephed ut has
never been registered, and cannot be
classed as anything. ] don't think it
could even be called craft II consists
Of two or three pontoons, covered by a
wooden shell =
~ understand II IL submersible,"
knowledge of the thing
''Yow Excellency, if that thing ever
submerges can absolutely guarantee you
it will never see the surface Of the water
again" j promised hum at Is nothing
but lot of wood, modelled In the shape Of
submarine for use in the UnIversars pic.
ture based on Jules Yerne's book, Twenty
Thousand Leagues Under The Sea-"
"You have not vet answered the
Attorney Generals question as to why
you fitted the craft up in the manner YOU
did HIS Excellency reminded me
] was sorry to learn the identity of my
other interrogatoy for he would have
made an ideal stenogapher But. some
one Il always disappointed. and this
time II was myself
81 found the repairs made were abso-
lutely necessary. Il hoped to get her to
New York" ! remarked
DO you mean to tell HIS Excellency
that Is why you painted her all up with
fresh steel grey paint2' inquired the
Attorney-General dlstrusHully
My meage knowledge of the sea has
taught me that paint Will protect wood and
canvass from salt water decided !
might as well show hIm up now as later,
so gave 1t TO HIM when he begged for 1t,
tAhN hS bOoh " dilu Weut w WV tHhts WncTe
ne renamed silent tor some time
Il think you assumed great responS-
bility when you came down here, if you
expected to get away with that sort Of
craft at thus trme,f His Excellency re-
minded me "You amaze me Condi-
tions are abnormal down here. cannot
believe that you. If you represent, as you
say you do, friendly alien, would seek to
perpetrate such an unfriendly act You
might have known we would object"
IL assure Your Excellency that it never
occurred to me that there would be an
objection" insisted THAT submarine,
as you call it. was built down here-since
the war began too--and IL seems strange