Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1888-03-03

sharply at mi. Then how comes n IN tnis
rooms But 10 work. 8earchw
In tive minutes their Ilillful ancer,y had
%overhauled the luggage which was lying
about They found nothing to the purpose.
THE led, n was the next command
10 not know what seized 0 me then:
whether it was sheer longing to give vent to
my excitement that carried ms away, or the
memory Of Csntb wordat "And ma,b live
they will cost,"n that inspired ma with soma
srtr t that certainly was not my own. lean.
not say. 'Only'I know that when the order
SNOW the bsdT ma givsn Iaprans beewvsnit
and the searchsrA
bw I shoutsd, waving them back.
'"waitw ~
rf1had adm nsttm Of Delaying them and
gaining time the attempt was a vain q Il
was foolish.
"Madman." cried the leader, droppiup the
mask. and suddenly beside himself With
rage; ''stand buck. Juan, Felipe, do your
duty!"
flung one.from me! 'anothers 1 had. a mo.
ments awful consciousness Of a carbine
levclcd at my chest, cf Q finger pressing on
the trigger, Of q sheathed sword that struc,
up the weapon a second before it exploded, Of
the officer shouting in a voice Of thunder
above the tumult, "No aqui! Despuesr' and
then a strong arm flung me forcibly against
the wall. saw Jock leap forward, his teeth
bared-saw some one fre hastly-saw the dog
fall bleeding by tho bed. The room grew
thick with smoke.
"oh, my Gcd"I cried, and covered. my
face. was trembling In every limb. Some
n not urgently drow the dog aside. In.
stinctivcly l krclt down aud tried to stanch
the Mlood. Por Jockl
.,!Presently-in the maantirne I was 4 alsipu
no heed Of their doing-1heard a CRY Of sat
tsfactioa and looked up. They had discov-
ered tho two rolls and bending over thelE as
they lay on the bed were unfastcniug tho
wrappers. went and looked Oh alphabetically.
i waited no lougey with any feeling TINT Il
concerned me to eae the muster rolls. aud
loyal autographs, and promises that wsro to
cost so dearly, Of which Client had spoken.
But what was thisi The ~Spagnolettoi Oh,
yes! l understood how that CANA to be hero.
Eut thcse-theso. pictures which followed!
Could 1t be that all the subscriptions took
tho form Of paintings; Or what was this
delicate Moro, ct for q royal gallery, doing
hcrca Aud that possible Murillol Tint
portrait which might have been by Velas-
Que2l That San Sebastian that was At lcast
By q pupil of C~aravaggiol My hoad reeled.
! passcd my hand over my eyes and looked
again. 1t was not O delusion. There, tho
canvascs lay one on the other, their edges
strangely rough, their corners frayed-can-
vases worth q kings ransom.
Tho Other roll was full Of odds and ends,
VAI1n!oca hnt oo1o11v CtrnOCn. r>jnf,,Mo hnn1po
aud rough pieces Of clo:h and opened letters.
Among these last I saw, with scarcely any
added wonder, envelopes aud letters directed
to raysolf.
81 do not understandable said fecbly, look
Ing FROM ono guard to another. They had oil
turned TO mo to 500 how I took their dis
coycrics. "i1e told mo that no was a Carlist
IL spy sent horo to bribe the troops But
what arc these doing hero9 I do not under
stand"
""ho told you-and whatr' cried the
leader.
"Clont! Client told me-"a and then I stop
ped dazed aud bewildelod. Two or throe
laughed; tho officer, gazing Axedly al mo,
did not. I mot his gaxe vacantly; then my
eyes wandered to the corner aud fell upon
poor Jock. A mist passed from my mind,
my brain cleared; l spoke aloud md sharply,
"4Io has fooled US ALL" l said, lyon as vel
o. me! lam not Client. lam Rouse Lynton
tho artist. IIo told mel
4, "Whol whoi whof" cried tho officer, viii
tlcrco impatience.
"Clont, tho man whom you want-the maj
In No. l. Ito told me that he was a Carlis
In danger Of arrest. l gavo him my passport
I took his room and he mine. What is it b
has doneW
""DonoT' cried tho man, stamping about tn
room in furious rage. "Can you not roe
Ho is q robber Of museun,s-the captain of
Gang! Done, blockhead of on Euglishman
Mldre do Dies! did be not kill a civil guar,
ut Valladolid ten months ago! Ile is now
German, now IN Englishman. He Is tn
devil himself, whom, for all that, we had not
ted finely but for yoH Yet, fool that 1 was
l foayel something when the do: oboyot
you."
l remembered that l had read in the Eng
lish newspapers Of picture rohberics in vari
Gus parts Of Spain, in which it wal supposed
that a German was engaged. By this light
understood it oil. Tho mans terror when
discovered him gloating over the Spagno
Lotto which had been stolen from a monastery
at Seville; his letters from distant dealers;
his studied appeal to my sympathics; his
greedy reluctance. which I had thought pura
unsellshncss, to part with his sroils, even thu
casual Sob" which had mado him master ol
my ESQ! understood them now. Yes, bad
this boon all-had jock not lHen lying bleed
Ing in q corner-l would have let tho man 20
As it was, l cried out t. them. ''Quickl 1 will
tel you where yoM vii: tln't him! lie wal
make for Almonncid. You know tho placer
"Didh o toll you hat alsos % asked tho office,
scornfully.
"No," Iexclaimed, IL had it from ono o.
his gang in the street-one who took ma fol
him as you did. AlmMlacid is their rendez
vous. You ore watching the railway station
here? Yes. Then bc sure he will make ucroz
country for Almonocid, which is only o mill
from Torrijos station on the other railway
There was sc'Ho in my words, and tn
police saw it. The ring Of scowling face
round me frightened. A few hasty sentence
were exchanged, and Al order was curtiy
given, and in two minutes the officer and hi
following trooped down stairs, no doubt Il
get to bore and start after tho fugitlves
leaving mo in charge Of a couple of tow,
police. who good naturally helped n,s 10 d
what could for jock. Jock was not dead
nor going TO die. ! am glad ~ say, Of tina
wound, although be walks lame to this day
the bullet having cut the tenduns at the ru,
Of the fore ks.
When l found that this wa 20, l began h
hc sorry thnt ] had betrayed Clients trust
though in fart he had never trusted me. o.
w,sl, that l had not Srnknn So kn,n y I r,id u