Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1914-01-08
LORD SOMEBODY
OR OTHER
By NJ. QUAD
By W. QUAD
Copyright. 1918. by Associated Lit
erary Press.

To prevent. When | started out with
my friend Killam, who WAS nn artist
instead of II Journalist and had $50
less capital as We'll. we took storage
IN a steamer and planned lu DO Europe
on foot and avoid AN extravaganza.
AS to how we got iioi- until we struck
Greece and II certain event happened is
of no great consequence. We ti"lmped
here and there. ate. slept and had Il
fairly good time.
From thens we went GA Il tramp
up the country, viewing tonbs and
ruins by the way. II after putting in
two days at Marathon we started out
one morning for Il hamlet called His
trophus. After a long tramp | found
Il place to take Il nap.
At the end of two hours ! was
awakened by some one giving me a
smart kick on the hip, and | reused up
to see that we had been taken prison
erS by four brigands. The fellows had
EcOne down Off the mOuIulinS about
four miles away, having probably been
notified by 4 messenger from the vii
lage. | have many times read of the
picturesque Greek %brigands. but the
four who gobbled US up that day must
have gone out of the picturesque husi-
ness some weeks previous. They were
Il ragged, ugly lot. The leader spoke
English fairly well. 1t was the leader
who had kicked me. which ! have al
ways taken as Il compliment, and as I
sat up he saluted me and said:
My lord. YOU will please consider
yourself Il prisoner and come along
without resistance"
Now. don't make any mistake on
me-" ] replied. "If YOU are counting
on capturing Il rich Englishman you
will get badly left, for | am an Amer
lean. and Il poor one at that. AS near
as ] can make out from this short
range, you are b~rigands."
II am Bobetto," he said as he laid
his hand on his heart and bowed low.
Excuse me that [ never heard Of
you before. You are a brigand and in
it for money. and this is your band"
"My lord is correct"
"Now. about this lord business. Let
us have an understanding. Who do
you take me for" d
An English lord. my lord. ! have
been expecting YOU for several days.
The name l cannot pronounce. but I
know you to be the gentleman. Have
no fears for your safety, as it will be d
case of ransom"
This is kind of you. If you take me
for an English lord who do you take
this other chap to be-
Your companion. sir. His name 1
heard, but cannot give it. He will also
be held for ransom"
Then we started for the west. The
particular retreat of this band was
halfway VI a mountain and consisted
of two brush huts and Il fire in front Of
them. As o as we had arrived at
the nuts Bobetto brought out station
cry II commanded me to write to the
English minister at Athens and obtain
the sum of $4,000. Both Killam and
l burst out laughing at this demand.
and after Il little while / said to the
leader:
of what use to play the fool i'll this
matter? AS | told you before, we are
Americans and poor men at that. We
can raise about 5000 apiece. but not
another cent"
You MAJ be Americans, but yau "~e
my lord just the same" re- led -
bette.
But there are no titles in America.
Y r J-.11 H. -
lister he would take it as q joke"
But you must WRITE persisted the
wooden headed rascal. You must
write to the American minister that If
he does not send US $4,000 by our
messenger your ears will be sent him
in Il package"
| read the letter to Bobetto after it
was written. and he was perfectly sat
isfied that it would fetch the cash in
reply. 1t was sent off by a messenger,
who would be gone at least ten days,
and then we went into retirement"
For the first five days Of u cap
tivity we were closely guarded. and
there could be no thought Of our es-
cape. Then. as we appeared to make
Co ~ oAIS LIZ Va tAS
brigands relaxed.
On the eighth day came our opportu-
nifty. The artist whispered to me:
Lets end this right here and now.
You tackle the leader. and I'll go for
the other fellow
The "other fellow was at the fire
heaping the brands together. We rose
up in unison and made the attack. I
gave old Bobetto a kick on the jaw
which knocked him over and caused
doleful bowls. and Killam hit his man
such a blow On the neck as to render
him unconscious for half an hour.
There were two guns in camp. and we
siezed them and made for the highway,
only a mile distant. Before departing
I gave the leader a tap on the head to
quiet his yells, and SO far as I know
we were not followed a rod. We reach
ed the highway just in time to get a
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