'OM rri I £Y HENRY S/&WBOLT INTERNATIONAL PRESS ASSOCIATION. BY PERMISSION OF RAND. MSNALLY & CO.. CHAPTER V.—(Coktixced). Dick, over whose half-conscious head this sword-play was flickering, saw only that an argument was going on; which side was which, and why, he could not understand, and so resolved to speak with caution if he had to speak at all. Camilla felt that the colonel was pressing her closely, and tried to dis able him by a straighter thrust. "I don’t suppose you are a blind fol lower even of Lord Glamorgan.” she said to Dick; "you probably do not wish the emperor released?” “It would not benefit him if I did,” he replied; "but I am sorry for him If he suffers as they say.” This was worse than ever for Dick, and the colonel was prompt to seize the opportunity. "He does indeed suffer," he said. “It Is our greatest grief, for Madame de Montaut is entirely devoted to him.” "My devotion,” retorted Camilla, al most indignantly, “is natural enough; but the loyalty that binds me can have no hold upon an Englishman.” "There are more kinds of loyalty than one,” returned her Imperturbable an tagonist. “I, for Instance, am loyal to the emperor, not only as a Frenchman, but even rcore strongly from my loyalty to you, who have made his cause your own; and this, or something like it, may conceivably be the case with oth ers.” Camilla looked unutterable scorn. “Capt. Estcourt,” she said, turning to him with a bow full of graceful mock ery at her own question, "will you, as a kindness to me, carry the emperor oft from St. Helena?” Dick was relieved at her apparent re turn to a lighter mood. “I can hardly undertake to go so far myself,” he re plied laughing; “you had better com mission my friend Johnstone, the smug gler, to do It for you.” "Good!” exclaimed the colonel, Join ing In the laugh with the loud tone of one who wishes to emphasize a jest. "Capital advice, Camilla, and you can’t do better than follow it.” She did not for the moment grasp his intention in saying this, and made no reply beyond a distrustful glance. Dick, meantime, had been looking at his watch, and now held out his hand. "I am afraid,” he said, “that I must be going home; I have trespassed too long ' upon your kindness, and the doctor said I must be in by sunset.” "One moment,” said Camilla, hoping to gain an instant’s privacy in which to give him some kind of warning. "Stay a moment; Col. de Montaut will order the carriage for you.” “It is at the door,” replied the colonel, and he bowed' Dick out before him, and followed him downstairs. Camilla heard the front door close and the carriage drive away. A long silence followed. The colonel had evi dently gone to the length of accom panying Dick to his own lodging. The mischief might be done by this time, and here she sat powerless to prevent it. She fretted under the thought at first, and her indignation chafed her in the absence of an object upon which to spend Itself; but at last it seemed to have worn Itself out for a time, and she fell Into a quieter mood. All the same she started guiltily when the door opened almost without a sound. There stood the colonel, like some wily emissary of evil, following up his calculated opportunity at the most deadly moment of weakness. He appeared to have entirely forgot ten his late struggle with her. In his hand was an open letter, which he held up to her view. “I have Just heard,” he said, "from Carnac, who has received a letter from St. Helena.” She' held out her hand for It. "You are tired,” he said; “I wTH read It to you. Be prepared, for It is far from pleasant hearing;” and be began at once: x no iolioi ui, m any raxe, IUS i Cl ing of it—ran as follows: ' “ ‘My Dear M. de Montaut: A packet dispatched from St. Helena at the end of January contains the following mel ancholy intelligence in the cipher of Gen. Bertrand: The emperor, having suffered severely in health from want of active occupation, on Jan. 22 re sumed his riding exercise, after an in termislon of two years. The effect of this violent change of habit was un happily the reverse of beneficial, and he has been more or less prostrate for a week past.’ ’’ The colonel looked at Camilla, and went on more slowly: " ‘His majesty has become subject to Jits of profound depression, which are the despair of his physicians. He bit terly declares himself deserted and be trayed, and his reproaches are terrible to^hear. He talks openly of commit ting his last wishes to paper.* ” In her agitation at this news Camilla forgot everything else. "Oh, no!" she cried, clasping her hands as though to entreat the cruel fates. “We shall lie In time; we must, we must!” “We must!” he echoed gloomily; “they ■ expect us on the 5th of May.” “And when do we start?” “Before the beginning of April; tve have hardly more than a week left in which to gather our forces for this final attempt.” She was silent, and seemed unwilling to venture further into the region of detail. “The vessel is all but ready," con tinued the colonel; “a mixed crew can bo collected in a day or two at Deal or Ramsgate.” He paused, as If expecting a question from her; but she was still silent, aad he went on again. "For the' money I am relying on you.” She nodded. “As to the rest,” he said, eyeing her cautiously, "our friends have failed us, as you know.” She looked straight at him, and her face took a passive expression, as If in expectation of a blow. “This is our last chance,” he said; “the emperor’s supreme and only hope. No consideration must weigh with us against his life and liberty." She drew her breath quickly; he saw t^at he must give Iter more time yet.” "This man Johnstone,” he said, "will, I hope, consent to work the submarine boat for us. I will search him out to morrow, and make terms with him my self if possible.” She was relieved to find that so far this was all, and assented reluctantly, hoping against hope to find her further suspicions unfounded. But the colonel went on relentlessly. “There remains only between us and success, between the emperor and safe ty, this one difficulty of discovering a suitable captain for our ship.” Y°u have time to go to France for that yourself, she said in desperation. “Everything must be dared, a3 you said only Just now.” He shook his head. Daring of that kind Is useless here,” he said. "No Frenchman can serve our purpose.” She feigned astonishment at this. My dear Camilla,” he said, "you mis judge our friend in thinking him so ran corous. He has fought, as he told us, chiefly against Danes and Americans, and has no cause to bear malice to the French.” 1 was not thinking of the French," she returned, "but of the emperor, who Incited both Denmark and America to war, and thereby made himself the en emy of all true Englishmen.” “Surely not quite all,” said the col onel; "the opposition have often, both in parliament and out of it, pleaded with the government for his release. Lord Glamorgan,” he continued, look ing at Estcourt, “Lord Glamorgan, for instance, is a member of that party, and yet in every way a true English man.” “No,” he continued, “I have consid ered this part of the question long anil thoroughly, for it is that upon which all the rest depends. These are the two necessary qualifications for our cap tain. First, he must not only be a good ally, in the sense of being a bold and competent seaman, but he must be bound to us by a tie stronger than that of mere pecuniary interest.” "Yes,” she interrupted, quickly, “he must act from patriotism, too; and therefore, he can be no other than a Frenchman.” He shook his head again, with the same gentle regretfulness. “Where will you find such a self-im molating patriotism at a moment’s no tice, and among those to whom our Ideas are strange?” he asked. “Do you forget that even the inner circle of our confederates has failed us?” She trembled in silence. ■"No,” resumed the colonel, “he must be an Englishman, and one upon whom we can exert an irresistible moral force. But that Is not enough,”' he added, quickly, and she almost breathed again. "The second qualification is this—he must be a man known favorably to the authorities here In England, or at the least to those at St. Helena. Other wise he would be unable to obtain leave to anchor, and he could not face those naval police without fear of suspicion. We should be searched,” and here his voice fell to a low, clear tone, ‘"searched and seized, or driven from the coast, and the emperor must die a broken hearted exile.” Camilla burled her face In her bands. The colonel looked down upon her with a faint smile of self-congratulation. “Very well, then,” he said, “for the present we will discuss the question no further. I will do my best to secure Johnstone, and I leave you to think the other matter over by yourself; it is quite possible that you may be able to discover among your English friends some one—an officer, perhaps—who will at your persuasion, if for no other rea son, help us to save the emperor and France." uiu uvi IHV»C ui ppraxv, W 4ifc.il sit last she looked up he was gone. But every word that he had spoken, and every tone of his subtly modulated voice, passed through her brain over and over again with a paralyzing clear ness; and she sat on, as if under some horrible.spell. At the end of half an hour she was still there, her mind wearied out with vainly beating against the constraint of this hateful necessity, like a bird buf feting Itself to death against the bars of a trap. She was roused by the crackling of paper beneath her hand, and looking down found that she had been clench ing a letter in her unconscious grasp. A start of surprise followed as she rec ognized the appearance of the paper. It was Dick’s application to the ad miralty. The official to whom the col onel had presented it had glanced at its contents and handed it back with an off-hand statement that it was too late, another man having been already ap pointed to the Favorite. The colonel had accordingly brought it back to Dick, and in the confusion which fol lowed the latter’s sudden attack of ill ness It had fallen unperceived behind a cushion of the sofa upon which Ca milla was now sitting. Anxious to free herself from the toils without a moment’s delay, she rose and went down to look for her brother-in law. She found him in the study, busy among his papers; he looked up to greet her with an indulgent smile, as if to assure her that he felt for her past ] struggle, and was ready to receive her submission graciously. She saw it, and anger choked the words in her throat. “Well,” he asked, “and upon whom . haB your choice fallen?” "'here Is no choice,” she answered: "I have no friend capable of an act ct treason.” He saw that he had been over-confi dent, and was ready on the Instant to meet her with fresh patience. “Treason?” he said, quietly; “It is no l treason to undo the work of treachery." “What do you mean?”’ j “The English nation, or rather their I government, betrayed the emperor’s I voluntary trust in them, and, as I have heard you maintain with truth a hun dred times, faithlessly made a prisoner of him after he had accepted their pro tection as a guest.” She laughed scornfully to see him using still the methods of an hour ago. He little suspected how trenchant a weapon chance had put into her hand since' then. “It is true,” she cried, "and their treachery must be undone; but tt can not be by Capt. Estcourt's hand.” He raised his eyebrows. “I did not mention Capt. Estcourt.” “No, but you thought of him, and of him only. It is a proof of how little you know cur understand his character.” He saw the change of her position. and#. was yet once more ready for her upon her own ground. “Oh. as for that,” he said, “men are all alike in one respect. When iney are in love they are deaf *" .very oti'er call; a woman m»y lead them where she will.” “Not friends like mine,” she an swered proudly; “not a man like this!” “Capt. Estcourt is as honorable a man as most," he replied, “but I undertake to say that his devotion to you, coupled with a clear explanation of the case from me, would ensure his adherence to our cause.” “Never!” she cried. "Tour cunning fallacies may blind weak women, or men whose intellect is keener than their sense of honor, but you could not even tempt him for a moment!” V “Will you wager on it?” asked the colonel with a mocking smile of security. “My life Is not my own,” she cried, “but I-would stake my fortune on his answer.-” “Done,” said the colonel; “I accept.” She saw the trap now, but scorned re treat. “Try it!” she cried, with passionate defiance in her voice. “Try it, and learn with shame what duty means to a Strong heart!” CHAPTER VI. OL. DE MONTAUT saw no more of his sister-in-law that evening. On the following day he was up ear ly and breakfasted alone In his room, occupying himself at the same time with the details of a toilet which was intended to make him unrecognizable to those who or dinarily knew him, and acceptable to those with whom he had to deal. His identity was thus concealed with- ! out any loss of personal dignity, such as is usually involved, in a disguise, and yet could be resumed without difficulty and almost at a moment’s notice. He gave a final glance at the general ef fect, completed It by the addition of a low-peaked cap of weather-beaten ap pearance, and turned from the glass well satisfied. He took with him a small sum of money and no arms; what ; difficulties he might meet he hardly j knew yet, but at any rate they would j not be of a kind to yield to force. j The closed carriage in which he left ! the house set him down at the entrance of the narrow Streets beyond the houses •of parliament, and immediately disap peared in the direction in which it had come. He quickly made his way to the river side and hailed a waterman to take him over to the other bank. When the boat was rather more than half ; way across, however, he appeared to change his mind, and asked whether he could be taken as far as the Tower. The waterman assented, readily, gave a single stroke with the left hand, and in a moment the current was sweeping them rapidly down toward the bridge. It was a bright, keen morning, and the boatman was in a cheerful mood and inclined to be talkative, as is the custom in his trade; but he got little response or attention from his fare, who wasrpondering his next move, and had notfyet come to the stage when conver sation would be of use to him. (TO BE CONTINUED. I AS GOOD AS WHEAT. The Farmer, the Fanning Mill and the ! Bag* of Atmosphere. "I see,” remarked the wide-awake farmer to the Buffalo Express man, “that wheat has gone up to 70 cents in Chicago, and there's a report that it will keep goln’ till it gets to $1. Now, I’d like to contract to sell you my crop for 70 cents. Seventy cents will do me. 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