Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1906-11-02

a eOmpatriot II hs4is still in the house
perhaps he will join us at our meal"
Herr Wakefield No, mein Herr, hO
has not yet returned"
$50, he has gone outY'
The innkeeper hesitated, glancing un-
easily at his QuestiOner. He was eVi-
IDENTIFY in some uncertainty Of mind.
"He is a strange man, the Herr Wake
field; though, perhaps, for an English
man"
HE Is not more mad than usual, Ell,
Mr.. Landlord?' laughed Graden.
"Mein Herr, it was not my intention
to speak thus of your great people" apOl-
Ogized the man. eff he has surprised US,
It is doubtless because we, being ignorant
ceuntryfOlk, do not understand his Gus
TOMS"
why, what has he been aboutT
"Well, mein Herr, it is this way. After
you had started for your drive to the
house Of the Prof. Mechersky, Herr
Wakefield came running down from his
room with many questions concerning
you. He seemed sorry that you had gone
without seeing him. He then paid his
bill with the Iiberality of the English,
who are indeed a great and generous ma
ton, and commanded that his luggage
should be carried to the station for the
midday train. At IL he himself set out
for the station upon foot. We were
sorry to lose SO good a guest. What,
then, mein Herr, was our surprise when
a little after IL he reappeared, having
ridden back upon the sleigh that had
taken his baggage to the station! The
man who drove it told me that Herr
Wakefield had left his baggage upon the
platform unregistered, and that he had
seen a stranger standing by it as If in
charge"
Gradsn glanced at Mossel, who grin
ned LUMINOSITY.
Proceed, Mr.. Landlord" he said.
'He had only peeped into the station
and left at once, the man said. rae
demanded Of me a Gleigh an4 Svod
horses, but the best l had we're with
you, and 1t was necessary to send for
others from neighbor. He was very
impatient of delay, using angry words,
At last he drove away, and he has not
returned"
"WhO went with him?"
Ivan, my eldest son."
"Did he say where he was goinRT
"NO, mein Herr; only heard him CRY
to Ivan to follow the eastern road which
is towards the Russian frontier"
"And while he waited for the horses
what did he dor
"As have said, at first he abused me
rOundly for the delay. Indeed, mein
Herr, l was surprised at his knowledge
Of German, for before he had spoken
it very badly. For the rest, he sat by
himself, reading, in the best room"
'Please to show US there"
We tramped in single file after the
landlord through the ill-lit passages tC
the best ROOM" a parlOr set aside fol
important guests. 1t seemed a peculiarly
inartistic apartment, with green wal
paper and angular chairs covered with
purple antimacassars. On the centra
table stood a lamp, and beside It lay I
number of those dingy books that seen
common to inns of all nations. Grader
made for them at once, and as he sorted
through the pile Of time tables, cata
lOgues, and trade papers, we stood watch
ing him in surprise. Suddenly he stopped
In his search with a little grunt of salts
faction, and drawing a chair to the table
sat down. l looked over his shoulder
he was actually reading a German
Baedeker!
Doubtless you are planning a picnic
| paPty% suggested, with as mucL sar
casm as could put into the question.
Il know you are tired and hungry, MI
good Robert" he answered; "but please
keep quiet"
He had reached "LemsdoFf''-I coulC
see the name at the top of the page
and now was turning the leaves very
slowly. Suddenly he held up the Bae
deker to me.
"Do you see thatP he asked sharply.
A jagged line of paper ran along thu
inner crease of the guide book. Tn,
map of the district had been torn away
Mossel thrust me gently aside and
bending over, examined the under pag,
thus left exposed. He took the booI
from Graden's hands and, carrying i
to the lamp, continued his scrutiny.
'You are quite right, Mossel," saiC
my cousin. 'His pencil had a sharI
point"
You have a keen eye, Herr Graden,
grinned the policeman. "Tn our bust
ness you would have made some reputa
ton"
This is a new edition. How lone
have you had it?"
But few days, mein Herr"
"And have you been visited by any
tourists in that timer
mo, mein Herr"
"Then this should make it certainty
for have a Baedeker of my own up
stairs. One moment, while fetch it."
(To De conrinued)