Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1917-04-20
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=, tan hate. FOR a universal purpose
make the Fatherland pay
h "The science was mine; I Directs
II the mechanical work and laid out tn
|. League. that had been the chiefes
e assassin OF them all, with ten thousand
lives against nay name, 4 rowboat II
/, the way OF a great liner, containing Z
/. CRIPPLED. desperate man. be he Austrian
I Belgian. Frenchman, German; cry
for help. p boat put overheard. hid
/ den torpedo that the solitary rover
4hould explode when his boat touched
the side Of the great ship and the
liner was sent by the Mosaic code 10
atone for the slaughter Of the unarmed
under the name Of war. A man adrift
upon a raft calling for help--and an
other great ship gone with no warning,
no rescue. A coal passer with his
Innocent looking bundle. steerage
passenger with his chest Of bedding. a
stowaway with "A sack. box of goods
IN the hold with a clock and a volcano
charge waiting for the clock to strike
and the League OF Remembrance
sworn to collect the toll to the last
penny.
"rhcy have made good their word.
The count today shows that the Faith
erland has paid In full. My work is
done. II / have collected great ship
for a fishing smack. a palatial liner
for rusty tramp steamer, II is only
awful intcrest--even In the Fatherland,
that would be Justice.
"The last debt is paid; the member
OF the League of Remembrance helped
pay It with his life. was TO be the
historianto tell the story after the
rest had gone. When this Is written,
II viii be over forever. There is no
list of names-there never was! Each
one destroyed himself in. acting his
part: his name matters nothing-and
there are no successors.
81 am going mad once more. seem
to be less a man than the instrument
of judgment upon a great but cruel
nation for the murder of innocents
From the beginning of time 1t was
ordained that in some way every wrong
shall be expiated The nations must
pay, In captivity. In humiliation, IN
gold and tears and blood for every |
wrong The curse was upon the Faith
erland. without me; whether in holo- !
cause or in pestllence, In sudden dis |
aster or In lingering miasma, the judg
ment OF the gods could not fail. Per-
haps ] have done the Fatherland an
Unreasonable service In expiating
these wrongs in these few months.
that the curse may be lifted forever.
yet II was fearful mistake. Would
my Wife and little Max with his maith
full brown eyes, and Hilda's sweet
seemed to flee through the scaldlng
steam and the hell-fired air. to the
throne to lay curse upon me
and my cause--would they have harm
ed the Fatherland? Would the thous-
ands of other women. and little girls
with dolls In their arms ano little
boys at play on the decks--would they
have harmed the cause? But II was
orders--the orders for which the Faith
erland now pays in full
Women know so little OF war: they
would have us men stay at home and,
forget Ny wife loved mech. yes. /
nm sure. seem to see her at the end =,
II long. long road. reckoning me |
With her poor broken arm; her torn
ace. her mutiated body, mercifully
Teiied In the clouds. Yet what will
he say when she knows that did It &,
T, her husband. the father of her
hIldren that are torn from the life
hat she gave them? I'm sorry---but
/ win not bring them back. Should T
OF the Fatherland pay? All. yes. that
} III Pay. Pay, PAYl
"There is way out. have my
istol looking down the barrel. ! can :
pc the deadly blue bullets at the ,ai
nd OF the dark tube--but there are no
omen and children and tiny babes
iere to accuse me. That pistol barre.
rows larger---larger--a yawning tube
trough which ! can escape down insN
ELL. II my wife should ask about me
hut no. she win not--I saw her
aad by my own hand. and her chill
rem. and ten thousand others that did
II dream to offer fight. Yet II she
'uld ask at the Fathers throne-or
tile Max. or IIiida--T pray them to
member that il was orders--to for
ve-and the Fatherland has TO pay
full"
Aud in the flash and the explosion,
I'd the blood stained book. lay the