The Red Cloud chief., 1902-06-20

full worth Of his money, and then. by
a fiuke, dropping him in some section
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 captains
favor.
Charlie had his fun.
lie dragged his persistent pursuer
over a good part OF A~ntwerp-now
they were on foot and anon chasing IN
vehicles at a pace to set the staid old
b%urghers agog with surprise and ION.
s%ternation.
Outside a desire to have a little
sport with his friend. the captain. his
sole pnrpose in leading Brand this
wild goose chase was to keep his at.
tention 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
'ui Blfd ludJ Itl Hllnu wan uht'ttu
and having hired experts, who would
perhaps decree that she should be in
generated in an asylum.
These things might appear ridicu.
lous, but such happenings have come
to pass ere now. and he CHANGED to
have personal knowledge of at least
one similar case.
| Whpthnr mr. mt Charlie xynrD fnn1iSh
in thus %conjuring up phantoms that
could not exist, was a question that
should not be decided hastily.
He believed Brand to be a desperate
man, against whom he could rs 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.sacriice that Charlie undertook
to have n little fun with Capt. Brand,
and led him this fine chase up and
down the crooked streets of Antwerp
All would have been well but for
" cronies of Brand. They CHANGED
to be standing at a dark corner where
the other had agreed to meet them,
and. hearing his signals. sprang upon
Charlie ere he Cumprchended his dan.
ger.
AS a result he was struck senseless
by a blow from some blunt weapon.
When Capt. Brand arrived on the
scene his first act was to sprinkle a
powdory 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 neal by. a lit.
tie one.act drama was carried out, the
two lei chasing Brand hither and
%yon-then. as the baron's spy came in
sight, two men running away, while
a form lay on the street.
II worked like a charm. The ennis.
sary of Baron Peterhoff fastened 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
been set to watch.
The man called a vehicle, placed the
limp figure in its interior. entered him
self, and then started To- report the
astonishing result of his espionage to
Baron Peterhoff himself,
While Capt. Brand. rejoining his
confreres down the shady street, set
of 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
of the great Red ID ocean liner and
looked back in the morning sunlight
to the distant and ast.reCeding coast
OF Belgium.
Homeward bound,
There is always a pleasure in this
thought and Artemus experienced it
with enthusiasm.
So far as he knew, Charles plans
had progressed all right. the ogre vas
left behind. lamenting in the land of
the BelgianS. and clear sailing seemed
ahead.
Then his thoughts ran back to the
events of the previous night. He
chuckled 10 remember the adroitness
with which he had seen Lady Airline,
her companion and their luggage on
board the waiting steamer, while Char.
lie was leading the ogre a wild-goose
chase around Antwerp, partly to
amusc himself and at the same time
keep Brand occupied mp to near the
sailing time.
BY the way, whore was Charlie? 1t
was strange that he failed TO show
up in time to see the last OF Belgium's
shores.
Lady airline and her companion
were walking the deck with jersey and
golf cape to keep OF the singing chill.
III &C and arouse the sluggard,"