Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1918-08-08

story would be discredited when
put 1t to them?
i Of course, my threat ta give myself
up to the Huns was pure bluff. 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, 1 Ger
tainly had no intention of cutting of
my nose to spite my face by surren
dering to the Germans l would have
been shot, as sure as fate, for after all
L had been able to observe behind the
German lines would be regarded as
a spy and treated as such.
At the same time 1 thought I de-
tected yellow streak In Huyliger, and
l figured that he would not want to
take the risk of my carrying out my
threat even though he believed there
was but small chance of my doing so.
If l did, he would undoubtedly share
my fate, and the pictures and papers
he had of mine were really of no use
to him, and 1 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 a 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 fugitives, and 1 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 assembled 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, I
~"ihOL give SOu- IutJ are uO hunger
IN my possession"
L looked through the little bunch he
handed me. 1t included my identifi-
cation disk, most of the papers 1 val
led, and perhaps half of the photo
graphs.
Il don't know what your object is in
the rest of my pictures. Huy-
iger," I replied, "but as a matter of
act, the ones that are missing were
'nly of sentimental value to me and
'ou are welcome to them. Well call it
| beat"
1 don't know whether he understood
he idiom, but he sat down on the
tairs just below me and cogitated for
few moments.
"O'Brien," he started finally, I'm
orry things have gone the way they
ave. feel sorry for you and would
eally like to help you. I don't sup
ose you will believe me, but the
natter of the order which which I
sked you to sign was not of my doing.
lowever, we won't go into that The
roposition was made to you and you
lrned it down, and that's the end of
:. AT the same time, 1 hate to leave
on to your own resources and l am
Ding to make one more suggestion
, you for your own good. / have an
Their plan to get you into Holland
nd if you will go with me to another
Duse, l will introduce you to a man
no 1 think will be in a position to
Zip you"
'How many millions of pounds will
: want for his trouble " 1 answered, J
realistically. J
"You can arrange that when you see I
m. viii you COP"
l suspected there was something
Thy about the proposition, but l felt
at l could take care of myself and l
'cided to see the thing through.
lew Huyliger would not dare TO de- c
Ter me to the authorities because of i
e fact that had the tell-tale pass [
rt, which would be his deathknell as t
ell as my own. 1
l said l would be quite ! 6
Hing to go with him whenever he Il
is ready, and he suggested that we v
the next evening. &
pointed out to him that l was en- o
ely without food and asked him o
lether he could not arrange to bring Y
send me something to eat while l q
NAMED in the house. y
I'm sorry, O'Brien," he replied, "but
4 afraid you will have to get along L
best you can. When I brought you o.
ur breakfast this morning 1 took
desperate chance. If had been dis
vered by one of the German soldiers a
tering this house with food in my ii
would not only have paid Sc
; penalty myself, but you would have
IN discovered, too. 1t is too danger q
) q proposition. Why don't you go ia
by yourself and buy your food at W
) stores? That would give you con- OF
ence and you'll need plenty of it re
en- you continue your journey to the tr
der" al
There was a good deal of truth in m
at he said and I ranlIv cnuld Dot If