Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-09-27

help no more fugitives, and L have
since wondered whether there was
anything in my papers which had
turned him against me and led him to
fOrsake me after all he had promised
to do for me.
For perhaps two hours 1 sat on that
staircase musing about the peculiar
turn in my affairs, when the front door
opened and Huyliger ascended the
stairs.
Il have brought you such of your be-
longings as 1 still had, O'Brien," he
said softly. "The rest, as 1 told you,
| cannot give you. They are no longer
in my possession"
| l looked through the little bunch he
handed me. 1t included my identifi-
| cation disk, most of the papers l val
ued, and perhaps half of the photo
graphs.
81 don't know what your object is in
| retaining the rest of my pictures, Huy-
liger," / replied, "but as a matter of
fact, the ones that are missing were
only of sentimental value to me and
you are welcome to them. Well call it
a beat"
/ don't know whether he understood
the idiom, but he sat down on the
stairs just below me and cogitated for
a few moments.
"O'Brien," he started finally, I'm
sorry things have gone the way they
have. 1 feel sorry for you and I would
really like to. help you. I don't sup
pose you will believe me, but the
matter of the order which which l
asked you to sign was not of my doing.
However, we won't go into that. The
proposition was made to you and you
turned it down, and that's the end of
it. At the same time, 1 hate to leave
you to your own resources and l am
going to make one more suggestion
to you for your own good. 1 have an
other plan to get you into Holland
and if you will go with me to another
house, I will introduce you to a man
who l think will be in position to
help you"
"How many millions of pounds will
he want for his trouble " answered
sarcastically.
"YOu can arrange that when you see
: him. VIII you go?"
J 1 suspected there was something
fishy about the proposition, but l fell
: that I could take care of myself and
decided to see the thing through.
, knew Huyliger would not dare to de
liver me to the authorities because OF
! the fact that I had the tell-tale pass
port. which would be his deathknen as
t well as my own.
Accordingly | said I would be quite
: willing to go with him whenever ht
| was ready. and he suggested that We
! go the next evening.
1 pointed out to him that was en-
l tirely without food and asked hin
t whether he could not arrange to brins
| or send me something to eat while
2 remained in the house.
I'm sorry, O'Brien,' he replied, "bu
I'm afraid you will have to get alon;
c as best you can. When l brought yoI
your breakfast this morning l tool
a desperate chance. If I had been dis
v covered by one of the German soldier
n entering this house with food in m,
o | DOSS6SSlDIl, L MOulu HOL OIly nave PAN
@ the penalty myself, but you would hav
n been discovered, too. 1t is too danger
o Gus a proposition. Why don't you G
" out by yourself and buy your food q
/ the stores? That would give you cor
n fidence and you'll need plenty of
. when you continue your journey to tn
n border"
There was a good deal of truth i
s what he said and I really could nc
Q blame him for not wanting to take an
e chances to help me in view of the rels
a tions between us.
every WE'LL" said; 'Tve gone will
ID out food for many hours at time bC
fore and 1 suppose l shall be able t
II do so again. 1 shall look for you tt
X morrow evening"
W The next evening he came and 1 az
le companied him to another house NJ
u very far from the one in which l ha