The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1917-12-20
CHAPTER XVI (continued).

had been placed on a bed, and lay
ON his back, his eyes rolled up,
Areathing heavily. His hands
we're tightly clenched, but already
the spasm was passing and the
muscles relaxing. Almost at once,
'Fachmann appeared at the door,
handed her a basin Of water and
then withdrew.
Under her ministrations, the
breathing of the unconscious man
grew softer and softer, the hands
Enclosed, the eyelids dropped and
finally his head fell over on one
aide and he slept. Kasia, watch
ing him for few moments, as
Gured herself that all was well,
then turned out the light, returned
TO the outer room and closed the
door.
Pachmann was sitting at the
window, staring idly out at the
deepening shadows. He arose at
once at the sound of her entrance.
Miss Yard" he said, there
- something l wish to say to you.
Viii you not sit down." and he
placed chair for her. "What I
have to say is most serious, and
whatever your feelings of i'll usage
may be, / hope you will try to look
at the matter also little from my
aide. The situation is this: Your
father, as you doubtless know, is
the inventor of a mechanism which
will make the nation possessing it
Mistress of the world. That ma
ton must be Germany Apart from
my ambition for my country and
my love Of her, I believe that she
u the nation best fitted to possess
It. At any cost, it must be hers
NO cost can be too great 100 lives,
4 900 lives, millions Of treasure
Ill these would be sacrificed glad
~, without hesitation. You under
stand
8 Yes, said Kasia. II think I
understand. !"
It is yonr fathers dream, as I
suppose you also know" Pach-
mann continued, to bring about.
= world wide peace by causing all
nations to strike hands together
III sort Of universal brotherhood.
He demands that, to enter this
brotherhood, Germany relinquish
her share Of Poland and restore Ell
Gass, and Lorrain to France. He
requires, too, the virtual abdica-
tson Of our ruling house To such
conditions Germany cannot con-
sent Rather than that, we should
prefer a hundred times the present
status. For Germany has nothing
10 fear from the future.
81 Now, Miss Yard, let me say at
Dncc that | regard your fathers
dream as dream and nothing
snore. Il cannot be realized. There
- only one way in which world
peace cen be secured let your
father consent to place this power
~ our hands, and there will be no
snore war or, at most, only one
very short and decisive war. JIG
your father is ia earnest, if he is
not mad, he will consent to this
proposal, 4 need hardly add that,
~ he does consent, he has only
~ name his own reward Ger
.lnan will pay it gladly. Wealth,
position, the suzerainty of a ma.
hon all this Germany is pre-
pared to grant. f
on have placed this before
linn [ Kasia asked.
IA es; it was placed before him
y much greater length at our sec
end conference. Is
And he refused z
He refnsed hut We cannot
4 leke that refusal. z
nv dbl 81 on tell me all this ~
r 4 tell YOU this, Miss Y ara 4 an
& gered Pac hmann earnestly, be-
" NH ynu to understand
"a what may seem to Won
d cherry and persecution. j . IA
& IL fighting for my country ~,
~ hesitate at nothing Then
wish ron to- knew what ~,
81 ton III 4 you Will think &c Il
lieve Won will find II ang honor,
positi I'm, md one which Mi
y Snk pe1ce Ia tnc world and
hope tlhat, after mi
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