Brown County Democrat, Volume 17, Number 4, Nashville, Brown County, 20 January 1899 — Page 3

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heads. Our attention was attracted by a small group of men standing around the storm-signal post. As we drove up, they hastily scattered and we saw pinned to the post a sheet of notepaper. Thereon was written in a wellknown hand: “I, Marcus W. WUlttingham, President of the Republic of Aureataland, hereby offer a Reward of Five Thousand Dollars and a Free Pardon to any person or persons assisting in the Capture, Alive or Dead, of Geo. McGregor (late Colonel in the Aureataland Army) and John Martin, Bank Manager, and I do xurther proclaim the said George McGregor and John Martin to be traitors and rebels against the Republic, and do pronounce their lives forfeited. Which sentence let every loyal citizen observe at his peril. “MARCUS W. WHITTING!-aM., “President.” Truly this was pleasant!

gain is a bargain, and where would you have been without my money?” The Colonel made no reply, but handed me the money, whic.h I liked much better. I took the 820,000 dollars, and said: “Now, I can face the world, -an hon est man.” The Signorina laughed. “I am glad,” she said, “chiefly foi poor old Jones’s sake. It’ll take a load off his mind.” The Colonel proceeded to divide tht remainder into two little heaps, on< of which he pushed over to the Signorina. She took it gaily, saying: “Now I shall make curl papers oi half my bonds, and I shall rely on th« —what do you call it?—the provisional government to pay the rest. You remember about the house?” “I’ll see about that soon,” said , the Colonel Impatiently. “You two seem to think there’s nothing to do but take the money. You forget we’ve got tc make our positions safe.” “Exactly. The Colonel’s govermnenl must be carried on,” said I. The Signorina did not catch the allusion, She yawned, and said: “Oh, then I shall go. Rely on my loyalty, Your Excellency.” She made him a courtesy and went to the door. As I opened it for her she whispered, “Horrid old bear! Come and see me, Jack,” and so vanished, carrying off her dollars. I returned and sat down opposite the Colonel. “I wonder how she knew about the washing-stand,” I remarked. “Because Whittingham was fool enough to tell her, I suppose,” said the Colonel testily, as if he disliked the subject. Then we settled to business. This unambitious tale does not profess to be a complete history of Aureataland, and I will spare my readers the recital of our discussion. We decided at last that matters were still so critical, owing to the President’s escape, that the ordinary forms of law and constitutional government must be temporarily suspended. The chamber was not in session, which made this course easier. The Colonel was to be proclaimed President and to assume supreme power under martial law for some weeks, while we looked about us. It was thought better that my name should not appear officially, but I agreed to take in hand, under his supervision, all matters relating to finance.

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A FRIEND TO PRIZE. But They Are Very Scarce These Hard, Soul-Trying Days. Gormley was sitting at his office desk, when the door opened and in walked an old college classmate, whom he had not seen for years, relates the Cincinnati Commercial-Tribune. He was the warmest hearted fellow in the world, and, tipping his big office chair clean over in his haste, he sprung up and embraced him. After a long conversation and in spite of Gormley's repeated remonstance, he rose to go. As he did so he coughed, looked down, wrestled with himself, and stammered: “Gormley, will you lend me $10 until Monday and not ask any questions?" “Ten? Why, old man, here’s $20! Money is nothing to me nowadays. It keeps coming my way, and I can’t stop it.” “No, no; $10 is enough.” And putting one of the two bills in his pocket he pushed the other back, shook his friend’s hand gratefully, and started off. On Monday he reappeared and laid the same bill down on the desk, “Why,” said Gormley, "this is the identical $10 note which I gave you! Why on earth didn’t you spend it? This is very singular. What did you want it for?” "I’ll be frank with you,” said Grimshaw. “I am preaching in a little backwoods town, and some of my friends think that I am man enough to fill a larger field. They secured me the chance to preach in the pulpit of a church in Dayton yesterday, and I went. Do you know, Gormley, I am as poor as a church mouse, and I am telling you the simple truth when I say that I walked both ways and that I hadn't a cent to my name. y

CHAPTER XI. Dividing the Spoils. The habit of reading having penetrated, as we are told, to all classes of the community, I am not without hope that some one who peruses this chronicle will be able, from personal experience, to understand the feelings of a man when he first finds a reward offered for his aprehension. It is true that our police are not In the habit of imitating the President’s naked brutality by expressly adding “Alive or Dead,” but I am Informed that the law, in ease of need, leaves the alternative open to the servants of Justice. I am not ashamed to confess that my spirits were rather dashed by his Excellency’s Parthian shot, and I could see that the Colonel himself was no less perturbed. The escape of Fleance seemed to Macbeth to render his whole position unsafe, and no one who knew General Whittingham will doubt that he was a more dangerous opponent than Fleance. We both felt, in fact, as soon as we saw the white sail of the “Songstress” bearing our enemy out of our reach, that the revolution could not yet be regarded as safely accomplished. But the u ncertainty of our tenure of power did not paralyze our energies; on the contrary, we determined to make hay while the sun shone, and, if Aureataland was doomed to succumb once more to the tyranny, I, for one, was very clear that her temporary emancipation might be turned to good account. Accordingly, on arriving again at the Golden House, we lost no time in instituting a thorough inquiry into the state of public finances. We ransacked + h from top to Vttom and _ tngF Was it 017 °ble that tn. A® ent had carried ,vlth him all tiuCtreasure that hf ji£ ipired our patriotic efforts? The thought was too horible. The dra wers of his escritoire and the safe -that stood in his library revealed nothing to our eager eyes. A foraging party, despatched to the Ministry of Finance (where, by the way, the' did not find Don Antonio or his fab ’<rliter), eturned with the dlscoui uew's ing was visible i. „ ledgers s, (not negotiable securities—the other sort). In deep dejection I fhrew myself into his Excellency’s chair and lit one of his praiseworthy eigbrs with the doleful reflection that thi s pleasure seemed all I was likely to got out of the business. The Colonel stood moodib” with his back . the firephice, lookr *t me as if I > responsible for the ? of things. At this point in came the Signorina. Wo greeted her gloomily, and she was as startled as ourselves at the news of the President’s escape; at the same time I thought I detected an undercurrent of relief, not unnatural if we recollect her persomal relations with the deposed ruler. When, however, we went on to break to her the nakedness of the laud, she stopped us at once.

“And so I just stopped in to ask you to lend me that $10 bill, with the notion ‘that I would feel a little more courage if I had some money in my pocket. I am not as good a man as I ought to be. It probably would not have made any difference to my Master. He never suffered from such weaknesses as mine. I have tried to get over it, but can not. I always feel a little more self-respect when I am conscious of having a little money about me.” “By gad, that’s pathetic, Grimshaw. I am worth $500,000. Let me give you a check for $500.” “No, no, old man. You’re as kind and good as ever you were. Money hasn’t spoiled you. It is fine in you. I appreciate it. But I am going to fight my fight. I got my call.” “Grimshaw, you’re a trump. Honest as the day. No 'cant!’ Simple as a little child. You may not be as strong as the »stroi\gest; but your weakness is an ornament to your spirit. But, say, does a great big, noble fellow feel that way?” “Sure thing.” “What, then, must be the suffering of the poor wretches who never have a dollar over night?” “I don’t know. It’s pathetic, as you say. I suppose that most of them are like me —that unless they have a dean suit of clothes and a little money in their pockets they do not enjoy a full measure of self-respect. It is no wonder they become discouraged. Life goes over the great masses, grinding like a glacier, Gormley.” “Say, Grimshaw, you have touched my heart. I have lived a selfish life. I am goin v to be a better man.’ “I 'don’t believe there is much crT for improvement!” “Don’t you. You don’t know.” i “Well, good-by, and God bless you. “Good-by; I wish you would take that $500.” “No, thanks; but I have taken it Into my heart.”

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CHAPTER X—Continued. Two Surprises. When we had got through most of it, I broke the silence by asking: “What are you going to do with him?” “I should like to shoot him,” said the Colonel. “On what charge?” “Treachery,” he replied. I smiled. “That would hartay do, would it?” “Well, then emoezzelment of public funds.” We had a little talk about the President’s destiny, and I tried to persuade the Colonel to milder measures. In fact, I was determined to prevent such a murder if I could without ruin to myself. “Well, we’ll consider It when we’ve seen him,” said the Colonel, rising and lighting his cigarette. “By Jove! we’ve wasted an hour breakfasting—it’s seven o’cloen.” I followed him along the patch, and we entered the little room where we had left the President. The sentries were still there, each seated In an armchair. They were not asleep, but “All right?” said the Colonel. “Yes, Excellency,” said one of them. “He’s in there in bed.” He went Into the inner room and began to undo the shutters, letting in the early sun. We passed through t-.e half-opened door and saw a peaceful ugure lying in the bed, whence proceeded a gentle snore. T4 “Good nerve, hasn’t he?” said the Colonel. “Yes; but what a queer nightcap,' I said, for the President’s head was swathed in white linen. The President strode quickly up to the bed. “Done, by hell!” he cried. “It’s Johnny Carr!” It was true; there lay Johnny. His Excellency was nowhere to be seen. The Colonel shook Johnny roughly by the arm. The latter opened his eyes and said, sleepuy; “Steady there! Kindly remember I’m a trifle fragile.” “What’s this infernal plot? Where’s Whittlngham? ’ “Ah, it’s McGregor,” said Johnny with a bland smile, “and Martin. How are you, old fellow/ Some beat’s hit me on the head.” “Where’s Whittingham?” reiterated the Colonel savagely shaking Johnny’s arm.

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“They are bound to vote you an honorarium, sir,” he said. “I don’t know, Jones,” I replied, “I am afraid there is a certain prejudice against me at headquarters. But in any case I have resolved to forego the personal advantage that might accrue to me from my conduct. President McGregor has made a strong representation to me that the schemes of General Whittingham, if publicly known, would, however unjustly, prejudice the credit of Aureataland, and he appealed to me not to give the particulars to the world. In matters such as these, Jones, we cannot be guided solely by selfish considerations.” “God forbid, sir!” said Jones, much moved. “I have, therefore, consented to restrict myself to a confidential communication to the directors; they must judge how far they will pass it on to the shareholders. To the world at large I shall say nothing of the second loan; and I know you will oblige me by treating this money as the product of realizations in the ordinary course of business. The recent disturbances will quite account for so large a sum being called in.” “I don’t quite see how I can arrange that.” “Ah, you are overdone,” said I. “Leave it all to me, Jones.” And this I persuaded him to do. In fact, he was so relieved at seeing the money back that he was easy to deal with; and if he suspected anything, he was overawed by my present exalted position. He appeared to forget what I could not, that the President, no doubt, still possessed that fatal cable! After lunch I remembered my engagement with the Signorina, and, putting on my hat, was bidding farewell to business, when Jones said: “There’s a note just come for you, sir. A little boy brought it while you were out at lunch.” (To ba continued.)

“Oh, you stupid men, you haven’t looked in the right place. I suppose you expected to find it laid out for you on the dining-room table. Come with me.” We followed her into the room where Oarr lay. He was awake, and the Siguorina went and asked him how he w r as. Then she continued: “We shall have to disturb you for a few minutes, Mr. €arr. You don’t mind, do you?” “Must I get out of bed?” asked Johnny. “Certainly not, while I’m here,” said the Signorina. “You’ve only got to shut your eyes and He still; but we’re going to make a little noise.” There was in the 'room, as perhaps might be expected, a washing-stand. This article was of the description one often sees; above the level of the stand itself rose a wooden screen to the height of two feet and a half, covered with pretty tiles, the presumable object being to protect the: wall paper. I never saw a more innocent-looking bit of furniture; it might have stood in a lady’s dressing-room. The Signorina went up to it and slid it gently on one side; it moved in a groove! Then she pressed a spot in the wall behind, and a small piece of it roiled aside, disclosing a keyhole. “He’s taken the key, of course,” she said. “We must break it open. Who’s got a hammer?” Tools were procured, and, working under the Signorina’s directions, after a good deal of trouble, we laid bare a neat little safe embedded in the wall. This safe was legibly inscribed on the outside, “Burglar’s Puzzle.” W’e, however, were not afriad of making a noise, and it only puzzled us for ten minutes. When opened it revealed a Golconda! There lay in securities and cash no less than $500,000f We smiled at one another. “A sad revelation,” I remarked. “Hoary old fox!” said the Colonel. No wonder the harbor works were unremunerative in their early stages. The President must have kept them at a very early stage. “What are you people up to?” cried Oarr. “Rank burglary, my dear boy,” I replied, and we retreated with the spoil. “Now,” said I to the Colonel, “what are you going to do?”| “Why, what do you think, Mr. Martin?” interposed the Signorina. “He’s going to give you your money, and divide the rest with his sincere friend, Christina Nugent.” “Well, I suppose so,” said the Colonel. “But it strikes me you are making a good thing of this, Martin.” “My dear Colonel,” said I, “a bar-

“Yes, sir; Doctor Anderson.’^ “You never told me he had been here.” “He never went into the President’s —into General Whittingham’s room, sir; but he came in here for five minutes, to get some brandy, and stood talking with us for a time, Ha*i.-an-hour after, he came in for some more.” We began to see how it was done. That wretched little doctor was in the plot. Somehow or other he had communicated with the Px*esident; probably he knew of the door, Then, I fancied, they must have worked something in this way. The doctor comes in to distract the sentries, while his Excellency moves the bed. Finding that they took a look every five minutes, he told the President. Then he went and got Johnny Carr ready. Returning, he takes the President’s place on the bed, and in that character undergoes an inspection. The moment this is over he leaps up and goes out. Between them they bring in Carr, put him into bed, and slip out through the narrow space of open door behind the bedstead. WheiS all was done, the doctor had come back to see if any suspicion haa been aroused, “I have it now!” cried the Colonel. “That infernal doctor’s done us botn. He couldn’t get Whlttingham out of the house without leave, so he’s taken him as Carr! (swindled me into giving my leave. Ah, look out if we meet, Mr. Doctor!” We rushed out of the house and found this conjecture true. The man who purported to be Carr had been carried out, enveloped in blankets, just as we sat down to breakfast: toe doctor had put him into the carriage, followed hlmseir, and driven away. “Which way did they go?” “Toward tne harbor, sir,” the sentry replied. The harbor could be reached in twenty minutes’ fast driving. Without a word the Colonel sprang on his horse; I imitated him, and w'e galloped as hai’d as we could, everyone making way before our furious charge. Alas! we were too late. As we drew rein on the quay we saw, half-a-mile out to sea, and 'ailing before a stiu breeze, Johnny Ca r’s little yacht, with the Aureataland flag floating defiantly at her mast-head. We gazed at it blankly, with never a word to say, and turned our horses’

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