The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-09-12

inOIc want you W Ictuih w hc ~ |
once all the photographs and other
papers and belongings Of mine which |
l turned over to you day or two
ago"
"Pm sorry about that, O'Brien," he
retorted, with show Of apparent SIN
cerity. "but that is something / cannot
do"
"If you don't give me back those
papers at once" ! replied hotly, 81 will
take steps to get them, and id
quick too"
II don't know just what you could
do, 0'Brlen," he declared coolly, "but
as n matter of fact the papers and
pictures you refer to are out OF the
country. l could not get them back
to you II I wanted to-"
Something told me the man was
lying.
"See here, Huyllger!" I threatened,
advancing towards him, putting my
hand on his shoulder and looking him
straight in the eye, 81 want those
papers and want them here before
midnight tonight. II / don't get them
l shall sleep in this place just once
more and then, at 8 o'clock tomorrow
morning, ! shall go to the German nu-
thorlties, give myself up, show them
the passport that you fixed for me,
tell them how l got 1t, and explain
everything"
Huyliger paled. We had no lights
In the house, but we were standing
near landing at the time and the
moonlight was streaming through a
stained-glass window.
| The Belgian turned on his heel and
started to go down the stairs.
"Mlnd you" called after him, ~
shall wait for you till the city clock
strikes twelve, and II you don't show
up with those papers by that time, the
next time you will see me Is when you
confront me before the German au.
thoritles. I am desperate man, Huy-
Tiger, and mean every word l say"
He let himself out Of the door and /
sat on the top stair and wondered just
what he would do. Would he try TO
steal march on me and get In first
word to the authorities so that my
story would be dlscredlted when
put II to them2
or course. my threat to give myself
up to the Huns was pure blum. While
l had no desire to lose the papers
which Huyllger had and which In
cluded the map and the last resting
place of my poor chum Raney, | GER
talnly had no intention Of cutting OIL
my nose to spite my face by surren'
derlng TO the Germans. / would have
been shot, as sure as fate, for after all
had been able to observe behind the
German lines | would be regarded as
spy and treated as such.
At the same time l thought de
tected yellow streak In Huyliger, and
| figured that he would not want tc
take the risk of my carrying out my
threat even though he believed there
was but small chance of my doing so
II / did, he would undoubtedly share
my fate, and the pictures and papers
he had OF mine were really of no use
to him, and | have never been able tt
ascertain why II 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 th'
first place, and he wanted the paper
as evidence to account to his supe
rlors for his conduct towards me.
When he first told me that the plal
Of placing me in convent disguised
as a priest had been abandoned he ex
plalned II by saying that the cardnn
: had issued orders to the priests I
help no more fugltlves, and / hav
since wondered whether there wa
anything in my papers which hat
, turned him against me and led him I
forsake me after all he had promise,
to do for me.
For perhaps two hours sat on tha
staircase musing about the peculla
' turn in my affairs, when the front doc
opened and Huyllger asccnded tn
stairs.
81 have brought you such Of your be
u longings as / still had, O'Brien," h
said softly. "The rest, as told you.
cannot give you. They are no longe
In my possession"
looked through the little bunch h
handed me. 1t included my identii
" ', cation disk, most of the papers ! VA
ued, and perhaps half OF the phot'
. S graphs.
y. 81 don't know what your object Is |
y retaining the rest of my pictures, Hu!
% llger," replied, "but as n matter
tact, the ones that are missing wer
y y only of sentimental value to me an
;. - YOU are welcome to them. Wen call
a a beat"
y y / don't know whether he understoo
~ the idlom, but he sat down on III
stairs lust below me and cogltated fC
% few moments.
' "O'Brlen," he started finally, III
.. sorry things have gone the way the
:, have. feel sorry for you and l woul
"a really like to help you. / don't SUI
a. pose you will believe me, but Il
,o matter of the order which which
ID asked you to sign was not Of my doln
However, we won't 80 into that III
N proposition was made to you and yc
m turned It down, and that's the end I
no II. At the same time, l hate to lea'
js YOU to your own resources and ! n
/, going to make one more suggestit
ht to you for your own good. have n
other plan to get you into Hollar
, md II YOU will 20 with me to anoth,