The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1907-01-03
CHAPTER xxiI-contlnued.

about 1t, and so was Sir Albert. You've
seen the paper"
"Yes. 1 have seen 1t. It Is very
agreeable"
Very agreeable" the sergeant as
scented. when the praise and the
pudding come together it's very sooth-
ing to the feelings. But about your
own business. Can | help you? rm
at a loose end for a week"
Yes" said Ribot. There Is n
way In which you can help me. want
4 quiet place, where | can trust the
people not to pry or bother. want IL
to be rather a low place, because IT
is a part Of my game to seem poor and
to do little"
It's lucky you came to-day" Holt
answered. I've got the very thing you
want. There's one OF our men and
his wife have set up a lodging house
In the way OF business, you understand
next door to some people whom It's
desirable to keep an eye on. When
the time comes there may be a little
bit OF a rumpus, and they's got two
tot6tlo, ohi S"u hiShp WV tAs 49,
being lockers out of work"
THAT will suit to a hair" said Ri
bot. MAY | bring a ~portmanteau
here and make a changer"
by all n Of means" his Eng
lish colleague answered.
Then | will return in an hour
said Ribot. "The sooner ! get to work
the better"
"All right! You'll find me here"
Holt answered. On this understand
ing the visitor took his leave, and, re-
turning about the time appointed, was
shown to the sergeant's bed room.
Thence he issued in q, while, In a
check shirt and no waistcoat, a shah
by and i'll lifting jacket and trousers,
and a pair of thick boots with splashes
of lime upon them. He carried a rag
Of a cap In his hand.
"Will this do?" he asked.
MN" said the sergeant, doubtfully.
you're too fresh from the barber,
and you arc a lot too clean. I'll tell
you what II is, Ribot; we've got a
spare room her-, and If you're not in 4
hurry you'd better stay here for a day
or two and get properly frowsy. No
razor. no bath. no brush or comb for
q couple of days. and then youll look
the part"
That Is nos q pleasant; prospect
Ribot answered. with 4 gvtZaee ex-
pressive OF distaste-
aA~usa - So $1,000 g. Uraa~s
81, amt q pleasant prUxs'se-- eE1 L. =
thing like that I a4aIsvs II se1-g
thorough This SORT Of Ting Ezs l.
your line. nucas s. Is"
NO" returned RFa5s~ T.sr have
always kept me srsck az ssa. E1-l
now. Mt game Is gs1e-zZT ts1s q
sAe geatlenxA VITO Is travelling uSoz
holiday
Yea" said the se-Es4z. SO I've
always known You're ate- q coznc-y-
man Of your own. Of coarse
THAT Is So"
We'll. you know" said the sergeant
"your accent amt a bit like your get
up. You've worked up that swell
Partisan style OF yours TIL you'd pass
for a Baron Somebody or Count
Something Else anywhere, I should
fancy. That is TO say. 80 IA. AZ I am
. Judge"
M. Ribot felt genuinely hattered by
this tribute. which was really better
deserved than the ~sergeant's knowl-
edge of the French language allowed
him to know.
THAT matters nothing" he an
swered. "a man can always have
come down In the world. There are
plenty OF broken gentlemen-in Paris,
in London. In Berlin. Broken gentle
men are everywhere"
"Yes." the sergeant ~assented.
that's right enough. But I don't
think you'd come down to a rig-out
like that and keep yourself tidy. It's
outside my experience, anyhow, and
think It would attract my notice. II
amt your game to attract notice, sup
pose?"
"No," said Ribot, 1T Is not. I shall
take your advice. my friend, but I
shall not like IT,"
"Oh, a little dirt's all In the days
work. sometimes. ! worked az Q
NAVY once for a whole month. and
lived In the same hut with the man l
vas after. vile fellow he was. to be
sure. They hanged him at Manchester.
Lord! I shall forget how he
stared when he saw me turn up In the
witness box, and found out that I'd
been foxing round with him on bust
ness all the time"
M. Ribot stayed with Sergeant Holt
until that authority pronounced him to
be sufHciently disreputable In aspect.
and then. under Of the night.
was driven to his destination. His
new quarters were comfortable
enough. but his ~fastideous taste re-
beiled against them, and he took him
self abroad at an early hour In the
morning, and mounted guard over q
certain house In Great Russell street.
He waited there for many dreary
hours and nothing cam OF It. He was