The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-06-12

10 fashionable section OF the csty
where the house In which ! was 10 be
I concealed was located.
ms house turned OUT 10 be q four
story structure OF brick. Huyiiger told
me that y had been occupied BY 8
wealthy Belgian before the war. but
since 1914 II had been uninhahlted save
i"F the occasional habi'atlcn OF some
refugee whom huyiiges was befriehd'
ing
huNiiger had Key and let me In
but ne old Not enter the house with
me s'"'ns ihat ne would VISIT me ID
'hs morning
'Ai''"frNl Inc piAce from Top 10 Dot
loA as wen as could without hshts'
ing mousse Was eaHoofA'eiy furhished'
NAt' - 'vulse' 'he dnSt iAy quarter
ol an men sllsA eNersWhere. IL was q
N'se mouse containing some twenty
f"0lhs' mere We're TWO rooms ID the
paseuAeht Tour on the hrst moor, Tour
On 'lie second hNe "h the thlrd ahd I'VE
on 'he TOP IN me DAYS that We're 70
come 1 was 10 nave plenty or oppoF'
'uAsN % iaihlAarize myseir with The
."nss"'s OK 'ha' mousse ont al ihat une
u'u not Ano" II ana 1 was curious
'n""-" 20 ""hs 10 Ano" just "hat the
A"usS '''''aAneu'
A''"n a. ''le basement 'heFe WAS
n"-e lAi,'fs ou' i was Aoso'u'eiy oare'
except oi aus' ana olr'. a door "hieh
s'1usAss isu 70 suo-o4sement az
Uae'eu my a''eHtioh aNo 'houEht
"s-"1 p~ seou ldea 10 KNOW Jus'
"nese u leu 70 IN case II became heees-
s"'s '"' ''e I" ellNe scarcheFs-
Ia tnat cellar found case after case
OF choice wine-Huyiser subsequently
told me that there were l-saO bottles Of
q was So happy ~ the turn ms
affairs had taken and in the rosy pros
poets which | now entertained that !
vas hA'i llei'heu io ipdpise Ia niue
'riehFauon 'heh ana there. On second
tuoasht' however, remembered the
".a warning oi the f"iy or shouting
heiore You are Nei our OF the woods
ana decided that Y would be Just as
Wen 10 postpone Tie tesuFlties Tor
Nhl1e ana 20 70 oed instead.
IN sueh an 'iao'Tale'y furnished
mouse had naturally eonlurei VI
is'as OF wonderfully large bed
with thick hair mattress. downy
qAll's ani nlg SOFT pillows. Indeed.
debated Tor a while which parucula,
bedroom l should honor with my pres
enee mat nisht Judge OF my disap
p"'h'n'ent' therefore, when after viS
ting bedroom after bedroom. | diseov'
cred that there wasn't bed IN any
one of them that was In condition a.
sleep IN. All the mattresses had been
removed and the rooms We're abso-
lltely bare II everything In the way
of WOOL SIX or cotton fabrics. The
Eermans had apparently swept the
house clean.
There was nothing to do. therefore,
but % make myself as comfortable az
could on the floor. but as had grown
accustomed by this time TO sleepln.
under far less comfortable conditions
swallowed my disappointment a'
cheerfully as | could and lay dowr
foe the night.
In the morning Huyliger appeared
and brought me some breakfast, aud
after had eaten Ii he asked me what
connections | had in France or Eng
land from whom | could obtair
money.
told him that I hanked nj Cox &
ca. London. and that II he needed
any money would do anything could
to get IL for him. although I did not
know Just how such things could be ar
ranged.
Don't worry about that. o'Brlen.
he replied. "wen find a way OF get
ting II all right. What want 20 know
Il how fur you are prepared 20 70 tc
compensate me for the risks an
rendering your'
The change in the mans attitude
stunned the. could hardly believe my :
ears.