The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1912-1921, 1918-07-02

steal q march on me and get In q first
word to the authorities so that my
story would be discredited when l
put it to them?
OF course, my threat to give myself
up to the Huns was pure blur. While
l had no desire to lose the papers
which Huyliger had and which In
cluded the map and the last resting
place of my poor chum Raney, / GER
tainly had no intention of cutting off
my nose to spite my face by surren-
dering to the Germans. / would have
been shot, as sure as fate, for after all
/ had been able to observe behind the
German lines l would be regarded, as
spy and treated as such.
AT the same time | thought / de-
teeted yellow streak in Huyliaer, and
[ figured that he would not want to
take the risk of my carrying out my
threat even though he believed there
was but a small chance of my doing SO.
If | did, he would undoubtedly share
my fate, and the pictures and papers
he had of mine We're really of no use
to him, and | have never been able to
ascertain why it was he wished to re-
tain then unless they contained some
thing-some information about me
which accounted for his complete
change Of attitude towards me in the
first place, and he wanted the papers
as evidence to account to his supe-
riors for his conduct towards me.
When he first told me that the plan
of placing me in convent disguised
| as priest had been abandoned he ex-
planned 1t by saying that the cardinal
had issued orders to the priests to
help no more fugitiyes, and ! 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 | sat on that
staircase musing about the peculiar
turn in my affairs, when the front door
opened and Huyliger assembled the
stairs
81 have brought you such of your be-
longings as / still had, O'Brien," he
said softly. "The rest, as | 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 VAL
ued, and perhaps half of the photo
graphs.
II 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. ] feel sorry for you and / would
! really like to help you. | don't sup
pose you will believe me, but the
| matter of the order which which ]
| 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, | hate to leave
you to your own resources and l am
/ going to make one more suggestion
| to you for your own good. / have an
other plan to get you into Holland
/ and IL you will go with me to another
! house, / will introduce you to a man
who / think will be in a 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?"
| | suspected there was something
| fishy about the proposition, but l felt
! that l could take care of myself and
| decided to see the thing through. l
| knew Huyliger would not dare to de-
| liver me to the authorities because of
! the fact that had the tell-tale pass
/ port, which would be his deathknell as
well as my own.
| Accordingly / said / would be quite
| willing to go with him whenever he
! was ready, and he suggested that we
! go the next evening
! 1 pointed out to him that / was en-
| tirely without food and asked him
| whether he could not arrange to bring
| or send me something to eat while l
remained in the house.
"I'm sorry, O'Brien," he replied. "but
I'm afraid you will have to get along
as best you can. When I brought you
| your breakfast this morning | took
! a desperate chance. If / had been dis
covered by one of the German soldiers
entering this house with food in my
possession, would not only have paid
the penalty myself, but you would have
been discovered, too. 1t is too danger
] orS n Dronosition Why don't YOU go