Le Diable
Written by
Huan Mee
Copyright 1899
Published in Cassell's Magazine, July 1899. Collected in the next year.
The Prime Minister, as well as the Minister of the Navy, appeals to Aide Lerestelle to assist in getting the inventor to sell it to France, or failing that, get as much intel on it as possible, especially how it can make the incredible speeds it is reported to make.