Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1914-11-20
II have NO complaints to make"

II have no complaints to make"
rs the confinement irksome To-
you?"
Naturally"
Then suddenly he changed front.
Point blank he asked me:
"Why Not Work for Us7"
Now. old chap. We know that you
worked for Germany against us. We
also know that you are not q German.
ls there any reason why you should
not work for US? Any private rea,
SOM"
Captain" I said. you of all men
ought to know that the betrayal Of
your employers for a monetary or q
liberty reason alone Ia never enter
tanned by q man who has been in my
work. We go into It with our eyes
open. well knowing the consequences
II we are caught. We do not squeal II
we are hurt"
For time he looked at me very
earnestly.
Him." he said. THAT just bears
out what we have been able to ascer-
tain about you. It puzzled us how q
man OF your ability acted the way you
did From the moment you landed in
England, all the time you were doing
your work, even after your arrest, In
prison and in court you showed a
sort OF listless. almost an Indifferent
attitude. II l may put it this way.
you seemed in no ways keen to go to
! extremes in any possible missions you
might have had" He paused. I'VE
think you could have done more than
you did -. The mildness of your
sentence. has it surprised you!"
grinned
Nothing surprises me, Captain"
His manner became very earnest.
Surprising" he said, I'VE show you
that 1t was a quasi-deliberate inten-
ton on the part of your employers
to have you caught-what them"
This did not startle me either.
had had an idea Of that all along.
Under these circumstances" I said,
Il am open to negotiations. But / am
rather deaf and my vision is very
much obscured as long as l see bars
In front Of my window"
The captain smiled.
well, Doctor, may see you again
SOON"
The Proof . Asked for.
was taken back to my cell. I am
frank to admit that l didn't sleep much
for the next two OF three nights.
But as ! expected, another week
brought Captain Robinson again. This
time 1t vas late in the evening after
all the prisoners we're shut up tight
The acknowledgements himself TOOK
me into the governors office. Nc
other warder or prison official OBJ
served US.
We'll, Doctor" was the way Rob
inson greeted me, II have something
definite to propose to you. You car
be of use to us. You have still sixteer
months of your sentence to serve
Are you willing to give these sixtee1
months Of your time to us-terms tt
be agreed upon later? I am prepared
to supply you with proofs that yot
were deliberately put away, betrayed
by your employers, the German gov
eminent"
He did SO to my complete salts
faction. As guessed, I had come t.
learn so much Of Germany's AFFAIR."
that I was dangerous. To betray me
In such way that would not suspect
and squeal was clever way to close
my mouth for seven years in Jail OF
until vital plans had matured.
How would you suggest that we
go about 1T" he asked.
ITO be Of the slightest degree of use
to you, nobody must know Of my re-
lease" added Here is my sugges.
ton. must leave the execution Of II
to you. The impression l conveyed
around Edinburgh was that my health
fs rather Indifferent. So 1t is also be.
lieved herein prison. On these grounds
| It should be an easy matter for you to
have me ostensibly transferred to an.
other prison; instead Of which. have
me taken wherever you wish to. / see
no necessity that, outside the lieuten.
the governor and y sur
self, any one need know of It."
Yes, yes" said Robinson. THAT CO
incides with my own ideas and plans. I"
Presently he departed and went bach
again 10 my cell.
Alone and Free.
~ halfpast five the next morning,
wss aroused by the lieutenant,gov
ernoEs He was alone. There were no
Ewarde1t IN sight. In the governors
ONCE found all my clothes and effects
ready and out for me. These
addressed Eft with the lieutenant.
governor. 3 took a taxicab for the
Caledonian stftton in Glasgow.
The trip tes1bndon was uneventful.
A. Nuston station We were met by
Captain Robinson. We went into q
priSsfe waiting-room where Captain
Robinson signeAsa paper or the lieu.
] teuant-goveInor..It was what amounted
70 . receipt for the prisons delivery
/ OF. me into his hands. Then thealieu.
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