The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-01-22

Meanwhile l was observing. None
of the men were looking at me;
| they took il as natural that / should
wear the costume Of my walk in life,
assured that l would do the work of
the committee to which I was sup.
posed to belong. They were not re-
pulsive types; only one or two were
of gros appearance; nearly all were
| young and refined of feature; the
educated class made up the majority.
| Now 1 saw better the woman I knew
as No. s. She was young. and not
Cnly exquisitely dressed in her robe
of flame. but exquisite in herself
I The dark pools of her eyes We're fixed
upon the speaker; the, nostrils Of the
delicate nose moved with excitement,
and the lovely red lips were parted
upon perfect teeth, while small hands
CT the table delicately played with
gold bag. 1t was inconceivable. in
credible. that q creature of such fawn-
like grace should be concerned in such
an affair.
Suddenly the chairman's tone
| changed: Comrades. pardon the en-.
thusiasm which makes me talk of
these things. You know them as
Well as 1, and just now we are vast
ing time. II has been arranged. as
you know. that the removal is to be
Cone this time by the F. Committee,
two of whose delegates are with US
now. We should not be concerned
+ it were not that the tyrant is at
present living in our administrative
district. Therefore our own commit
tee must concur in the action of the
+ Committee.
giggled to myself. for I under
stood. Evidently anarchism was con-
Quoted on the best lines of the Civil
Service; evidently resident in a par
ticular district could not be re
moved" without proper notification
being given to the committee of that
district But then, Civil Service
habits get into every activity.
Therefore" the chairman went on,
the position is that No. and No. 9.
having drawn the lots, it is for us to
cooperate with them in the removal
| of the Emperor of Berengaria. I
question is a most estimable gentle
man, with a large family, whose chief
occupation in life is to collect but
terflies." There was a chorus Of
laughter and Kisses. These details
are by the way. What we have to
consider is how the removal shall be
/ arranged. The Emperor of Beren-
+ garia is at present residing at Mi
vart'c Hotel, No. u, please make
your report
One of the young men stood up
and reported: Having been engaged
at Mivart's as a waiter, 1 obtained
access to the room Of the tyrant at
breakfast time. I regret to say that
the suite is on the second floor. A
waterspout runs along his bedroom
window. and 1 should not recommend
it, except for a very athletic person q
The fire escape, however, leads to the
window of the secretarys room, an
elderly lady; beyond this is the bed
room of the ede-Gamp. 1t would
be quite simple to remove the secre-
tary. then the aide-de-camp, and to
gain access to the bedroom in ques-
ton"
Thank you" said the chairman
"All the same. I am not greatly in
favor of these bedroom removals; you
will recall that when he removed the
Prince of Alsatia it was thought that
here was a private revenge. That is
very poor propaganda. 1 will take
the report of No. ST.
No. reported that he was in
charge OF the watch by night on the
movements of the Emperor of Ber-
engaria. These were very unpromis-
ing since HIS majesty lived an ex-
empIary life. Since his arrival he had
attended classical concerts, or Shakes
pearean plays; after taking a glass
of hot milk, he went to bed early.
Questioned as to whether it would
be any use introducing female com
rade into the imperial circle. No s
shook his head sadly That kind of
atteippt had fore many years been
made without any success by ladies
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