The Saint Paul globe., 1900-05-13

me to smoke and to read the papers.
l would curse with excessive profanity
If it were of. any use''
You might have shouted or tried to
escape
"And I might have been chucked into
the river
Have you any idea as to our reasons
for bringing you here?"
mot notion" answered Mr.. Weeks,
with emphasis. "I cannot imagine a
more foolish proceeding. When I think
of the time, trouble and good money
wasted over your Insignificant capture,
I come near losing my appetite with
yexation."
ooh, come. Hardly. Insignificant"
Absolutely Insignificant OF no ac-
count at all, except to my WIFE,
you English love to be thought mod
est. can see distinction in every fea-
ture."
Then my features are most mislead-
ing," said Mr.. Weeks ''They should at
once be altered"
Can do anything for your comfort?"
Lots Of things. let me go, for one
The visitor shooSskisshead
"Well, let me send message to VIM
bledon." 49,
"Ah, to mademoiselie? Or is it ma
dame? You have galiantry as wen as
courage
"I want to send a telegram to Mrs.
Weeks-to my wife"
ITO Mrs. Weeks-to your wife! SO:
Shall compose message to your Wifef
He seized sheet Of paper.
Ito Mrs. Weeks, Rose cottage:
Thank you. TO Mrs. Weeks, Rose Cot
tag, Wimbledon Park. am unexpected
ly detained. Hope to return safely IN
few days.-Reginald.
MY name chances to be Richard said
Mr. Weeks, dryly.
rs it? How strange that should have
written Reginald! Doubtless you are al
ways called Richard-at Rose Cottage,
Wimbledon Park. .
The telegram was sent or, and MI
Weeks turned savagely on his visitor.
perhaps, sir, you will kindly explain
the meaning of this outrage. L can only
suppose your agents and yourself nave
made some absurd mistake
There has been no mistake, Mr.. b,
said the other slowly.
Mr.. Weeks started, and IN an instant he
graspcd a full half Of the truth. 80 MS
likeness to the famous home secretary
Mr.. B, that precious likeness over
which he had exulted many time oeIore
his looking glass, had actually mlsleo
these admirable ruffians into kldnaplng
him instead of B. What triumph.
What "distincticn" there must really be
'in every feature" which he possessedl
He glowed with JOY. And whether MS
captors believed him or not, b was
safe, for the time Only the previous
evening Weeks had subedited para
graph announcing the home secretary's
departure for Scotland.
"Have you seen the Morning Observ-
er?'' asked Weeks suddenly.
The man looked surprised NO. ne
said
In a moment Weeks practiced eye had
hunted out the paragraph, and he thrust
it under his visitors nose.
Look at that" he cried, you unparal-
leIed ASST
The man read, and his eyes glittered
with passion.
LIAR he shouted Liar! It is for
gerry" fe
1T fs not a forgery calmly retorted
Weeks. 'I subedited the par myself.
"And who the devil are you?'
'I am Richard Weeks, subeditor on the
staff of the Morning Observer
There was silence In the room for some
minutes, and then the tall foreigner stood
UP. .I know nothing, and believe moth
ing I will leave you, in order that IN
quiries may be made. Everything which
you may require
Thanks" said Mr.. Weeks amiabIy. 'I
will spare no expense.
Mr.. Weeks had finished dinner on the
following evening before his imposing
visitor returned. The dinner was admir-
able-he had ordered 1t hirnself-and the
cigars and claret which he had also
ordered, were without reproach. y There
is a quite peculiar pleasure" he muir
INJURED. 'fn feeding handsomely at the
expense of the enemy" When his visitor
lie IN h1lnOr
"Sit down, my good fellow" he cried,
"and have cigar. You may as well,
for you've paid for them"
The man lit a cigar and smoked sadly.
"Mr. b has gone away 1t is said
to Scotland but servants are paid to lie
in the interests of their masters in
trigues L do not know that you are not
he"
You'll know pretty soon when ne
comes back" aer
'.It is possible. In the fneantime"--
in the meantime 1 shall live in surpass-
ing comfort. The sweet thought bears me
up. When you are tired of running me
as a non-paying guest visit to the office
of the Morning Observer
Mr.. Weeks visitor and host glared. DO
you say that you are on the staff of the
Morning Observer?"
81 do"
The other drew newspaper from his
pocket.
''I was reading that paper this morning,
and 1 came upon this passage in lead
ing article Listen: The governments g
bill for the expulsion of suspected an
archists is worthy of the support of the
party, but it is at best a small measure.
There is but one way Of dealing effective
ly with anarchism, which is, after all,
only diseased egotism in one of its allo-
tropic forms. A suspected anarchist
should be arrested In secret, imprisoned in