She smiled, patted his shoulder and promised to improve. But he appeared

to be in a gloomy mood.

"I believe we ought to go, anyhow," he went on. "In my opinion this war

is going to spread like a prairie fire. The Kaiser got back to Berlin

yesterday. He'll sign the mobilization orders to-day as sure as fate.

For the past week, on the Berlin Bourse, Canadian Pacific stock has been

dropping. That means they expect England to come in."

He gazed darkly into the future. It may seem that, for an American

statesman, he had an unusual grasp of European politics. This is easily

explained by the fact that he had been talking with the bootblack at the

Carlton Hotel.

"Yes," he said with sudden decision, "I'll go down to the steamship

offices early Monday morning."




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