Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1888-08-09

delicate Moro, fit for a royal gallery, doing
here. And that possible Murillos That
portrait which might have been by Velas-
quezl That San Sebastian that was at least
by pupil of Caravaggiol My head rceled
passed my hand over my eyes and looked
again. 1t was not a delusion. There, tho
canvases lay one on the other, their edges
strangely rough, their corners frayed--can-
vases worth kings ransom.
The other roll was full of odds and ends,
valucless, but equally strange; picture backs
and rough pieces Of cloth and opened letters
Among these last / saw, with scarcely any
added wonder, envelopes and letters directed
to myself
81 do not understand, said feebly, look
ing from one guard to another They had all
turned to me TO see how / took their dis
coveries "IIe told me that he was a Carlist
Ia spy sent here 70 bride the troops But
what are these doing herel l do not under
stand.n
"Who told you-and whatT cried the
leader.
"Clentl Client told mo" and then stop
ped dazed and bewildered. Two or three
laughed; the officer gazing fixedly as me,
did not, | met his gaze vacantly; then my
eyes wandered to the corner and fell upon
poor jock. A mist passed from my mind,
my brain cleared; spoke aloud and sharply,
.'ilo has fooled us allln l said, ''you as well
as mel am not Client l am Rouse Lynton,
the artist, He told me-
"Whol whoi whoF cried the officer, with
fierce impotence.
"Clent, the man whom you want-the man
in No. !. He told me that he was a Carlist
in danger Of arrest, gave him my passport;
took his room and he mine. What is il he
has donem
"Done" cried the man, stamping about the
room in furious rage Can you not sect
He is robber Of museums-the captain of a
gangl Done, blockhead of an Englishmanl
Madre de Diosl did he not kill a civil guard
at Valladolid ten months agol He is now
German, now an Englishman. He is the
devil himself, whom, for all that we had net.
ted finely but for you Yet, fool that / was
l feared something when the dog obeyed
YOU
remembered that had read in the Eng
lish newspapers Of picture robberies in vari-
Gus parts Of Spain, in which it was supposed
that a German was engaged. BY this light
understood it all. The mans terror when
discovered him gloating over the Spagno-
letto which had been stolen from a monastery
his studied appeal TO my sympathies; his
greedy reluctance, which had thought pure
unselfishnoss, to part with his spois; even tho
casual lob which had made him master of
my e50l ! understood them now. Yes. had
this been all-had Jock not been lying bleed
ing in corner--I would have let theman 90.
As it was, l cried out to them, "Quiclll viii
tell you where you viii find him! He will
make for Almonacid You know the placer
"Did he tell you that alsor asked theofiiccr
scornfully.
"No,n exclaimed, 81 had it from one of
his gang in the street-one who took me for
him as you did. Almonacid is their rcndcz-
vous. You are watching the railway station
here! Yes. Then besure he will make across
country for Almonacid, which is only a mile
from Torriios station on the other railway
There was sense in my words, and the
police saw IT, The ring of scowling faces
round me frightened A few hasty sentences
were exchanged, and an order was CURLY
given and in two minutes the officer and his
following trooped down stairs no doubt TO
get to horse and start after the fugitives
leaving me in charge of a couple Of town
police, who good naturally helped mo to do
what l could for Jock Jock wns not dead,
nor going TO die, am glad 10 say, of that
wound although he walks lame to this day,
the bullet having cut the tendons at the root
of the fore leg.
When found that this was so, / began to
be sorry that ] had betrayed Clients trust
though in fact he had never trusted me. ~
wish that had not spoken SO soOn,n / said 60
one Of my guards rs we sat over the brasero,
wondering what was doing at Alnonacid.
1T is i'll work standing behind a kicking
mule, he answered dryly.
"But second thoughts are best
He considered this; then said briefly; ''The
last orange the frost nips.n
The full meaning of which only came home
to me next morning. About 10 o'clock the
officer of police came gathering up the stairs
TO discharge me from custody. He told mo
politely that owing TO the amends ] had
made no notice would be taken OF my vain
attempt to mislead justice
"Vain attemptl Vainl Then you have
captured himl'
"No, senorn
"No! lie has escapedm cried in aston
ishment,
Hardly; he tried" replied the Spaniard,
meeting my eyes with a smile 'He was shot
in the scuiilc.n
"Doadi' l said family.
eyes, senior, quite dead.n
Then knew for certain what the words,
No aquil Despuesl C'Not herel After
wardr ~ had meant And shivered