Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1901-190?, 1902-08-12

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Of old Antwerp. while he himself took
q fly and drove to the landing stage in
time to catch the steamer.
Perhaps this might have been car.
ried out had circumstances not united
to arrange events in the captain s
favor.
Charlie had his fun.
He dragged his persistent pursuer
over good part of Antwerp-now
they were on foot and anon chasing in
vehicles at pace to set the staid old
burghers agog with surprise and con
sternation.
Outside a desire to have a little
sport with his friend, the captain, his
sole purpose in leading Brand this
wild-goose chase was to keep his at
ter tion upon himself, while Lady Ar
line and Artemus left the hotel; for
somehow Charlie had a vague fear lest
the resourceful ex-sailor might use
force to prevent his supposed daugh-
ter from departing, advancing some
daring plea that her mind was affected
and having hired experts, who would
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carcerated in an asylum.
These things might appear ridicu-
lous, but such happenings have come
to pass ere now, and he chanced to
have personal knowledge of at least
one similar case.
Whether or not Charlie were foolish
in thus conjuring up phantoms that
could yfgf
should not be decided hastily.
He believed Brand to be a desperate
man, against whom he could as yet
hardly appeal to the law, since Airline
would not give her consent.
He was convinced that Brand did
not desire the heiress to get beyond
his reach, and would hardly hesitate
at any end in order to hold her until
his sinister plans could be worked out.
Hence it was, after all, in a spirit of
self-sacrifice that Charlie undertook
to have little fun with Capt. Brand,
and led him this fine chase up and
down the crooked streets of Antwerp
All would have been we'll but for
two cronies of Brand. They chanced
to be standing at dark corner where
the other had agreed to meet them,
and, hearing his signals, sprang upon
Charlie ere he comprehended his dan
ger.
AS result he was struck senseless
by blow from some blunt weapon.
When Capt. Brand arrived on the
scene his first act was to sprinkle
powdery white pigment in the young
mans hair, to give him the appear
ance of age, and to smear his face with
a little street dirt in order to disguise
his features.
Then, for the benefit of the man
whom he knew lowered near by, lit
tie one-act drama was carried out, the
two men chasing Brand hither and
as the baron's spy came in
sight, two men running away, while
a form lay on the street.
1t worked like charm. The ennis.
sary of Baron Peterhoff hastened up as
people began to open the windows of
houses to learn what the disturbance
might mean. There he found one who
appeared to be the old fellow he had |
Deen set 10 Watcn.
The man called n vehicle, placed the |
imp figure in it's interior, entered him |
self, and then started to report the |
astonishing result of his espionage to
Baron Peterhoff himself.
While Capt. Brand, rejoining his
,onfreres down the shady street, set
IF in hot haste to get aboard the
steamer, which, in another hour or so.
would be moving down the River
Sheldt, bound for the far-off distant
shores of America.
Artemus stood on the hurricane deck
If the great Red ID ocean liner and
ooked back in the morning sunlight
If Belgium.
Homeward bound!
There is always a pleasure in this
hought and Artemus experienced it
With enthusiasm.
So far as he knew, Charles plans
lad progressed all right, the ogre vas
eft behind, lamenting in the land of
he Belgians, and clear sailing seemed
head.
Then his thoughts ran back to the
vents of the previous night. He
huckled to remember the adroitness
With which he had seen Lady Airline,
Ter companion and their luggage on
oard the waiting steamer, while Char
lie was leading the ogre a wild-goose
hase around Antwerp, partly to
muse himself and at the same time
eep Brand occupied up to near the
ailing time.
BY the way, where was Charlie? 1t
vas strange that he failed to show
p in time to see the last of Belgium's
hores.
Lady Airline and her companion
iere walking the deck with jersey and
off cape to keep off the singing chill.
III go and arouse the sluggard,"
aid Artemus to himself. His little
aunt about town muSt have worn him