Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1917-12-20
CHAPTER NNvI (Continued).

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breathing heavily. His hands
We're tightly clenchcd, but already
the spasm was passing and the
muscles relaxing. Almost at once,
Pachmann appeared at the door,
handed her d basin of water and
then Withdrew.
Under her ministrations, the
breathing of the unconscious man
grew softer and softer, the hands
Enclosed, the cyclids dropped and
finally his head fell over on one
side and he slept. Kasia, watch
ing him for a few moments, as
surcd herself that all was we'll,
then turned out the light, returned
to the outer room and closed the
door.
l'achmamn was sitting at the
window, staring idly out at the
deepening shadows. He arose at
once at the sound of her entrance.
Miss Ward" he said, "there
is something | wish to say to you.
Will You not sit down?'' and he
placed a chair for her. "What |
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 a little from my
side. 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, | believe that she
is the nation best fitted to possess
it. AT any cost, it must be hers
TO cost can be too great 100 lives,
LOCO lives, millions of treasure
all these would be sacrificed glad
ly, without hesitation. You under
Stand?'
YES" said kasia. 81 think l
understands"
1T is your fathers dream, as l
suppose you also know Pach-
mann continued, "to bring about
world wide peace by causing all
nations to strike hands together
III Il sort of universal brotherhood.
He demands that, to enter this
brotherhood, Germany relinquish
her share of Poland and restore FL
sass. and Lorraim to France. He
requires, too, the virtual abdica-
ton Of our ruling house. To such
conditions Germany cannot con-
sent. Rather than that. we should
prefer Il hundred times the present
status. For Germany has nothing
to fear from the future.
Nov. Miss Ward, let me say at
once that | regard your Fathers
dream as Il dream and nothing
more. 1t cannot be realized. There
is only one way in which world
peace can be secured = let your
father consent to place this power
in our. hands, and there will be no
more war-or, at most, only one
very short and decisive war. If
your father is in earnest, il he is
not mad, he will consent to this
proposal. l need hardly add that,
if he does consent, he has only
to name his own reward-Ger-
anany will pay it gladly. Wealth,
position, the ~suzerainty of a ma
tion-all this Germany is pre-
pared to grant
you have placed this before
.himi' kasia asked.
Yes; it was placed before him
.at much greater length at our Sec
.Ond conference"
And he refusedi''
ssHe refused; but we cannot
take that refusal"
Why do you tell me all this7'
h tell you this, Miss Vard,' an
swered Pachmann earnestly, "be-
cause / wish you to understand
that in what may seem to you
Nreachery and persecution, | am
hut fighting for my country. For
her. I hesitatea1at nothing. Then,
Too. / wish you to know what our
nosition is. IL You viii think Of it,
believe You .Kill find it an honor
shln naaition, and one which will
l-;nSsDeece to- the world; and
s.;efiys hope that, after fun
~cs.Iuin 1pcssln. ~