The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-04-22

hands As ! reread ii, on the first Of
this letter, It does seem astonishinglys
simple, but you must remember that
i have condensed the full account Of
It.
.gThe idea is there, and it backs up
a heap OF evidence which has crept
out OF Russia and Germany by. Eari-
Gus ways. More than one modern
philosopher has warned the world that
coming league Of nations will in.
clude all the peoples between the
Rhine and Vladivostoki Maybe we'd
better get used to Sthe idea, for, be.
lieve me, kaiserdcrl has not perished
from the earth even though the ola
kaiser st:addles chair and smokes
IN Holland when he isn't working at
his woodpile!"
There Gene Archer ended, TO get his
letter onto the mail steamer he ex.
planned. So 1t happened that our next
news came from Katherine Miller. Her
letter was addressed to Bob.
your sister Is not Frustrated by
the events Of yesterday" she wrote,
"but she is awfully busy nursing the
injured man. She has asked me to
write TO you and Arch tells me that he
has already mailed you the first chap.
tiers Of the tragedy. hope can make
the denouement clear TO you.
You and Jane will understand that
Rasputin was fake, invented by me,
partly as a joke, partly to discover
what effect the name would have on
the two Russians. found out, didn't
l? The result nearly scared me stiff
for the younger man went quite out
M hfc hnod Nd Iaid h a,
mind bare for all Of us to gaze upon!
And the other conspirators, although
they heard him give away the big plot,
didn't dare to stop him for fear of
giving themselves awayi It was some
seance, l do assure you, and / wish
Jane 1.orimer hac been looking on:
But can't gloat over the catast.
rophe which followed.
"Chrys kept the party to dinner. OF
course. and she took great pains to
apologize for Sandy's presence and his
| conduct; and she told the strange
story about his transient fits OF mad.
ness at sound of the word war She
said that she would ask the captain
to assign him to particular job thai
ne liked; II Sandy were permitted to
run the power boat, his mind would
snap back to normal In an. instant,
she explained.
AFTER that 1t didn't surprise me to
see Sandy Mccall in command of the
motor boat when the threatened storm
had shifted south Of US and our guests.
were ready to go over to their own
sG!I.
Dear Mr.. I,orIner and Gene
Archer were 10 stay on board the
Blue Bird and tne next day their
baggage was to be sent over from
The Argentine Then we would sail.
After that seance, the harbour was no
place for me, at least. have an idea
that the Russians were to take the
staterooms on The Argentine which
had been vacated by the two Amer.
leans.
"As said, was extremely surpris-.
ed to see Sandy Mccall ready to run
the motor boat, and think Certeis
was astonished, too: But he never
flinched. He simply motioned the
Russians not to object. And they took
their places, and We leaned over the
rail and waved them goodnight, and
hoped that they wouldn't get wet, and
they replied that they couldn't because
the run across to The Argentine
wouldn't take ten minutes.
"The rain came down very suddenly,
as rain often does in the tropics, and
we had to flee to the cabin, where
some one said that 1t was good thing
to have Sandy in charge of the power.
boat. Once his course was set, Sandy
would run alongside the other yacht
in the dark, If any man could do so.
so we-sat down to bridge, but we
hadn't dealt the first hand around
when the faint and far away boom of a
single explosion made the dealer
pause.
Nobody could locate the sound. IL
/ was diffused by the rain. One said
that, 1t might come from the town.
Another suggested that volcano
might be getting into action. One is
always looking for volcano to go
off in this latitude"