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Col. Hellar bore himself with a gracious dignity; his face was sad, yet there gleamed from his eye a kindly humor. Marguerite, after exchanging a few pleasantries with Col. Hellar and myself, tenderly kissed the old doctor on the forehead, and slipped out. "You shall see much of her," said Zimmern, "she is the heart and fire of our little group, the force that holds us together.
I had delayed in speaking to Grauble of our revolutionary plans, because I wished first to arrange a meeting with Zimmern and Hellar and secure the weight of their calmer minds in initiating Grauble into our plans of sending a message to the World State authorities. I was prevented from doing this immediately by difficulties in the Protium Works.
"It is more than we have wished and prayed for, but," he added, turning a compassionate glance toward Marguerite, "it will be hard for her." "But she is going with us," I affirmed. "I will not leave her behind. As for you and Col Hellar, I shall see you again when Berlin is free.
"His Majesty," continued Hellar, "was only twenty-six years of age when he came to the throne, but he decided at once that a new religious book should be written in which he would be proclaimed as 'God's Anointed ruler of the World. "I had never before spoken with the high members of the Royal House, and I was trembling with eagerness and fear as I was ushered into His Majesty's presence.
Berlin will then be at their mercy, but whatever happens can be no worse than the continuance of things as they are." "But how," I said, "can a message be sent from Berlin to the outer world?" "There is only one way," replied Hellar, "and that is by the submarines that go out for this ore. The Submarine Staff are members of the Royal House. So, indeed, are the captains.
Hellar paused; a smile crept over his face. Then he laughed softly and to himself but Dr. Zimmern only shook his head sadly. "Yes, I wrote the book," continued Hellar. "It required four years, for His Majesty was very critical, and did much revising. I had a long argument with him over the question of retaining Hell.
I returned to my own apartment, and when another day had passed, food and sleep had fully restored me to a normal state. I then recalled my promise to inform Hellar and Zimmern of the outcome of my demonstration. I called at Zimmern's quarters but he was not at home. Hence I went to call on Hellar, to ask of Zimmern's whereabouts.
Have not the workers simple trusting minds?" "Certainly," said Hellar, "it is the natural mind of man! Scepticism, which is the basis of scientific reasoning, is an artificial thing, first created in the world under the competitive economic order when it became essential to self-preservation in a world of trade based on deceit.
Surely such a book makes no pretence of being scientific." "So Col. Hellar has told you that he wrote 'God's Anointed'?" exclaimed Marguerite with eager interest. "Yes, he told me of that and I re-read the book with an entirely different viewpoint since I came to understand the spirit in which it was written." "Ah I see." Marguerite rose and stepped toward the library.
Have you seen the bulletins and picture screens in the quarters for the workers?" "Yes," I replied, "but the lines were all in old German type." "And that," said Hellar, "is all that the workers and soldiers can read. The modern type could be taught them in a few days, but we see to it that they have no opportunity to learn it.
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