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Herbert D. Ward. A Republic Without a President, and Other Stories
A Republic Without a President, and Other Stories
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A REPUBLIC WITHOUT A PRESIDENT
PART I
UNPRECEDENTED CALAMITY! AWFUL MYSTERY! THE PRESIDENT AND HIS WIFE SPIRITED AWAY FROM. THE WHITE HOUSE! TWO SERVANTS FOUND GAGGED! NOT A TRACE OF THE DISTINGUISHED COUPLE! THE COUNTRY AGHAST AT THE DREADFUL POSSIBILITIES. OF THIS DISAPPEARANCE!
THE PRESIDENT AND HIS WIFE HAVE ACTUALLY DISAPPEARED. THE GAGGED SERVANTS OF THE WHITE HOUSE TELL THEIR STORY. THEY ARE IN PRISON ON GRAVE SUSPICION OF CONSPIRACY. THE CARD OF AN EMINENT POLITICIAN FOUND IN THE. VESTIBULE OF THE EXECUTIVE MANSION. IS A DARK POLITICAL PLOT ABOUT TO BE UNEARTHED?
PART II
THE LOST CITY
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VII
A TERRIBLE EVENING
SCUD
THE ROMANCE OF A MORTGAGE
COLONEL ODMINTON
A SEQUEL TO "A REPUBLIC WITHOUT A PRESIDENT."
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Herbert D. Ward
Published by Good Press, 2019
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TO CONGRESS AND ALL AMERICANS.
We note your late and liberal response to our proposal. We shall not be outdone in the honorable discharge of obligations. At precisely eight (8) o'clock on the morning of July sixth (6th) the payment of ransom and delivery of captives will take place within one mile of Washington's homestead, Mt. Vernon. The government vessel with ransom and proper officials on board will remain in near sight of Mt. Vernon. At our signal (which shall consist of four Japanese day rockets, each representing a flaming sword) whether hurled from land or water, the officers of the government will steam toward the place of delivery. Guards will fall back immediately upon the discharge of whistling bombs until the ransom and the ransomed meet. The Presidential party will bear a flag, vertically striped black and crimson. On its centre will be a gold half-eagle. Payment must be made as follows: There must be eighty (80) leathern bags, each containing one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) in gold; the amount of ransom being eight million dollars ($8,000,000) for four weeks' board at one million dollars ($1,000,000) a week apiece. This money must be paid and its genuineness certificated upon the honor of the United States by the Secretaries of State and of the Treasury. If there is any suspicion of infidelity on the part of the nation, the President and his wife will be held for another month on the same terms. Should we be betrayed in the trust which we have reposed in the American people, on the 6th of July, at, or previous to the time of delivery, the distinguished hostages will immediately be put permanently beyond reach of hope.
