ched British waters, and slowly entering St. George's
harbour, saw around him the British flag floating as proudly as it
floated above his own great ship, he confessed himself utterly
bewildered; but he ordered the men at every gun to stand by their piece
until he was boarded by a boat from the fort, and informed of the true
state of affairs.

But even then, when weary Crab C raised herself from her fighting
depth, and steamed to a dock, the commander of the Adamant could
scarcely refrain from sending a couple of tons of iron into the beastly
sea-devil which had had the impertinence to tow him about against his
will.

No time was lost by the respective Governments of Great Britain and the
United States in ratifying the peace made through the Syndicate, and in
concluding a military and naval alliance, the basis of which should be
the use by these two nations, and by no other nations, of the
instantaneous motor. The treaty was made and adopted with much more
despatch than generally accompanies such agreements between nations,
for both Governments felt the importance of placing themselves, without
delay, in that position from which, by means of their united control of
paramount methods of warfare, they might become the arbiters of peace.

The desire to evolve that power which should render opposition useless
had long led men from one warlike invention to another. Every one who
had constructed a new kind of gun, a new kind of armour, or a new
explosive, thought that he had solved the problem, or was on his way to
do so. The inventor of the instantaneous motor had done it.

The treaty provided that all subjects concerning hostilities between
either or both of the contracting powers and other nations should be
referred to a Joint High Commission, appointed by the two powers; and
if war should be considered necessary, it should be prosecuted and
conducted by the Anglo-American War Syndicate, within limitations
prescribed by the High Commission.

The contract made with the new Syndicate was of the most stringent
order, and contained every provision that ingenuity or foresight of man
could invent or suggest to make it impossible for the Syndicate to
transfer to any other nation the use of the instantaneous motor.

Throughout all classes in sympathy with the Administrative parties of
Great Britain and the United States there was a feeling of jubilant
elation on account of the alliance and the adoption by the two nations