The Ozark spectator., 1916-08-04

on the platform. but l can size up man. You're no murderer. and you're no fool. and I believe you are speaking the truth. I'm going to back you up. Now, what can 1 doY
 First, l want you to write letter to your uncle. I've got to get in touch with the government people some time before the 10th of June"
 He pulled his mustache.
 "That won't help you. This is for eign office business, and my uncle would have nothing to do with it. Be sides. you'd never convince him. No; I'll go one better. I'll write to the permanent secretary at the foreign If ice. He's my godfather and one "f the best going What do you want"
 He sat down at table and wrote to my dictadon. The gist of 1t was that if man called Twisden q thought l had better stick to that name) turned up before June l5 he was to treat him kindly. He said rwisden would prove his bona fides by passing the word Black Stone and whistling Annie Laurie"
 ''Goodv' said Sir Harry. That's the proper style. By the way. you'll find my godfather-his names Sir Walter Bullivant-down at his country cot tage for Whitsuntide. It's close to Ar tinswell on the Kennel. That's done Now, what's the next thtngT
 You're about my height Lend ne the oldest tweed suit you've got Any thing will do so long as the color is the opposite of the clothes destroye, this afternoon. Then show me mal sf the neighborhood and explain to me the lie of the land. Lastly, if the DO lice come asking about mo just show them the car in the glen. If the othe' lot turn up tell them caught the south express after your meeting"
 He did or promised to do al tAese things.
 shaved off the remnants ol my mustache and got inside an ancienf suit of what believe is called heathe' mixture The map gave me some no ton of my wherea bo0ts and told me the two things l wanted to know where the main railway to the south could be joined and what vere the widest districts near at hand
 At I o'clock he wakened nc from my seumber in tho smoking room arm chair and led no blinking into the dark. starry night. An old bicycle was found in a tool shed and handed over to me.
 First turn to the right up by the long flr wood." he en5o1ned- By day break you'll be we'll into the hills Then should pitch the machine into q bog and take to the moors on foot. You can put in . week among the shepherds and be as safs as if you were in New Guinea"
 pedaled diligently up stsep roads of hill gravel till the skies grev pale with morning. As the mAsts cleared before the sun found myUeh fn a wide green world, with glens falling on every side and a faraway blue horizon Here, at any rate. l could get early news of my enemies.
 sat down on the very crest of the pass and took stock of my position.
 Behind me was the road climb ing through a loog cleft in the hills which was the upper glen of some notable river. In front vas hat space of maybe . mile. all pitted with bog holes and rough with tussocks.
 To the left and right were round shouldered, green hills as smooth as pancakes. but to the south-that is, the left hand-there was . glimpse of high heathery mountains. which o- membered from ths map as the big knot of hill which hAA cAssen for my sanctuary.
 was on the central boss of . huge upland country and could sec every thing moving for milas. h the mead ows below the road, half . mile back. . cottage smoked, but 1t was the only sign of human life. Otherwise there was only the calling of pio~srs and the tinkling of little streams.
 It was now about ' o'clock. and as waited l heard once again the ominous beat In the air. Then 1 realized that my vantage ground might be in reality c trap. There was no cover for . tom tit in those bald green places.
 sat quite still and hopeless while the beat grew louder.
 Then I saw an asPopiane coming up from the east It was flying high, but as | looked 1t dropped several hundred feet and began to circle around the knot of hill in narrowing circles. just as a hawk wheels before 1t pounces. Now 1t was flying very low. and now the watchman on board caught sight of me.
 could see one of the two occupants examining me through glasses Sud denly 1t began to rise in swift whorls. and the next I knew h vas speeding eastward again til 1t became a speck in the blue morning.
 That made mo do some savage think. ing My enemies had located me. and the next thing would be . cordon round me. didn't know what force they could command. but l was certain 1t