Baxter Springs news., 1918-10-18

ueriuH TO the GermhnS. 4 WOulu nuNe
been shot, es sure as fate, fOr after all
! had been able to observe behind the
German lines I would be regarded as
q spy and treated as such.
At the same time ! thought / de-
tected yellow streak In Huyllger. and
! figured that he would not want TO
take the risk Of my carrying out my
threat even though he believed there
was but smnll 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 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
rs a priest had been abandoned he ex-
planned It by saying that the cardinal
had issued orders to the priests to
help no more fugltives, and I 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 muslng about the peculiar
turn In my affairs, when the front door
opened and Huyllger ascended the
stnirs.
II have brought you such Of your be-
longlngs as I still had, oBrien." he
said softly. 1.-THE rest, as told you, i
cannot give you. They are no longer
in my possession"
looked through the little bunch he
handed me. 1t included my identif-
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," l replied. "but as a matter Of
tact, the ones that are missing were
only Of sentimental value to me and
you are welcome to them. Wen call 1t
q beat"
don't know whether he understood
the idiom, but he sat down on the
stairs Just below me and cOgitated for
few moments.
"0'Brien," he started finally, "Tm
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 l
asked you to sign was not of my doing.
However. we won't 60 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 I am
going to make one more suggestion
to you for your own good. have an
other plum to get you into Holland
and II you will 90 with me TO another
house, ! will introduce you to 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
flshy about the proposition, but felt
that / could take care Of myself and
decided to see the thing through. I
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 I would be quite
willing to 60 with him whenever he
was ready. and he suggested that we
60 the next evening.
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.
"Tm sorry, O'Brien," he replied, 'but
I'm afraid you will have TO get along
as best you can. When brought you
your breakfast this morning I took
a desperate chance. II rhad 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
GUS a proposition. Why don't you 60
out by yourself and buy your food at
the stores? Tint would give you con-
fidence and you'll need plenty Of 1t
when you continue your journey to the
border"
There was q good deal Of truth In
what he said and / really could not
blame him for not wanting to take any
chances to help me In view,0f the rela.
tons between Us. fW> :. -
every WELL" l said; "rve gone with
out food for many hours at time be-
fore and 1 suppose / shall be. able to
do so again. / shall look for you to-
morrow evening""
The next evening he came and ] ac-
cOmpanied him to another house not
very far from the one In which / had
been staying and not unlike it In ap-
pearance. II, too, was q substantial
dwelling house which had been unten-