Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-09-20

You again" and. holding out his
hand, he gave that Of the aston.
ished mariner,2 hearty clasp.
A passengeh .pff tie second
class stainm4rea the captain
But A doSnot Underestimate
~ is not Necessary that you
should, said the admiral, CURLY
and at the words, the captain red.
dened a little.
All, now / know YOU" he said,
quietly. admiral Pachmann,''
and again he saluted.
Yes, said the admiral, ac-
knowledging the salute. I've had
not intended to betry, even to you,
our presence on board, but an UNI
foreseen circumstance has made
it necessary. No one else, of course,
must suspect it. All that you need
to know-lndeed, all that we are
permitted to tell you-is that his
hlghness and myself are at this
moment engaged upon an affair of
state OF the first Importance. Here
are my credentials
He took from an inner pocket a
long leather pocketbook, extracted
from it a heavy envelope sealed
with a great black seal, and
passed it to the captain.
The latter took it, glanced at
the seal and hesitated, for it bore
the imperial crown.
DO you intend that / should
open this?a he asked.
II wish you to do So" an
sWered Pachmann.
With. fingers that trembled a
little, the captain 1oosened the
seal, lifted the flap, and drew out
the sheet Of paper which lay with
IN. 1t was an ivory finished white,
almost as stiff as a card, the entire
upper left quarter occupied by the
imperial crown and monogram, the
other three-quarters covered by
writing IN a large and rather stiff
hand, with a scrawling signature
at the bottom. The captain glanced
at this signature, then, his face
very grave, read the missive slow
ly and carefully. Finally he re-
turned the sheet to its envelope,
and handed it back to Pachmann,
his eyes meeting the admiral's
with a kind of awed wonder.
am at your service" he said.
Twill you
There was a tap at the door. The
captain went to it and opened it,
standing SO that his body filled the
doorway. He exchanged a word
with some one, and then closed the
door and turned back into the
room, a sheaf of papers in his
hand.
Will you not sit down." he
askel
We will be but a moment
said Pachmann. ssThat was the
wireless man, was it not2"
eS.,
Among the messages you have
IN your hand is one from Lepine.
protect Of the Paris Service du
S,Fete. He asks whether you have
aboard in stateroom 514 a man
named Iggnace Ward, accompanied
by his daughter.
Captain Hausmann, with an ad.
mlrable eomposure, glanced
through the messages.
Yes, here it is he said.
will dictate the answer, ;
said the admiral.
Without y word, the captain sat.
down again at his desk and wrote
to Pacshmann's dictation:
|Lepine, Paris.
No record Of Ignace Ward and daugh-
ter on ottilie: Stateroom 514 unoccu-
pied. /
Hagsemann. Captain.
1T would be well to have the
message sent at once, added
Pachman. .Youswill also see that
the name Ward: and his daughter
do not appear on your passenger
list, and that they are moved from
the stateroom they now occupy tc
some other one. The records for.
the voyage must show that that
room was indeed unoccupied. You
will also instruct the purser that
the tickets surrendered by Yard
and his daughter are not to be
burned IN, but, in case Of inquiry,
to be reported unused.
The captain had listened care
fully.
H0n what pretext will 4 move
these p~eonlegs he sked.
The psfeXt must be found.
The captain stroked his beard
with d troubled air.
fear thereiis no second cabin
room empty-We are very crowd
ed. Would 1t matter if I brought
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