The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1918-08-02

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ness.
He sat silent while the concierge
cleared the table, and put the dishes
In a pan for his niece to wash. And
throughout the evening he said little.
AT something before midnight he and
his host were to set out on q grave
matter, nothing less than to visit the
committee Of ten, and impart the old
soldiers discovery. In the interval he
sat waiting, and nursing his grievances
to keep them warm.
Black Humbert, waiting for the hour
to start and filling his tankard repeat
edly, grew lOquaciOus. He limited Of
past matters In which he had proved
his value to the cause. Old Adelbert
gathered that, II he had not actually
murdered the late crown prince and
his wife, he had been closely con-
cerned In 1t. His thin, old flesh crept
with anxiety. It was a bad business.
and he could not withdraw.
1--WE should have had the child, too"
boosted the concierge, "and saved
much bother. But he had been, un.
known to us. sent to the country. A
matter Of milk. I believe"
but you say you do not war on
children"
Bah! A babe Of a few months.
Furthermore" said the concierge. Il
have a nose for the police. I scent
q spy, as q dog scents q bone. Who,
think you, discovered Haeckel?"
"Haeckel !" Old Adelbert sat upright
in his chair.
AYE, Haeckel, Haeckel the jovial,
the archcOnspirator. Who but I? !
suspected him. He was too fierce. He
had no caution. He was what a peace
full citizen may fancy a reyolutiOnist
to be. I watched him. He was not
brave. He was reckless because he
had nothing to fear. And at last l
caught him."
Old Adelbert was sitting forward on
the edge of his chair, his jaw dropped.
"And what them" he gasped. "He
was but a boy. Perhaps you mis-
judged him. Boys are reckless"
Il caught him." said the concierge.
II have said it. He knew much. He
had names, places, Eel dates. For
that matter, he confessed"
"Then he is dead?" Quavered old
Adelbert.
The concierge shrugged his Shout
ders. "Of course" he said briefly.
"FOr a time he was kept here, in an
upper room. He could have saved
himself, if he would. We could have
used him. But he turned sulky, re-
fused speech, did not eat. When he
was taken away" he added with unc-
ton, she was SO weak that he could
not walk" He rose and consulted a
great silver watch. "We al go now"
he said. 1.-THE committee likes prompt
ness"
They left together, the one striding
out with long steps that were sur
prislngly light for his size, the other,
hanging back a trifle, rs n who walks
because he must. Old Adelbert, who
had lOv-l his king better than his
country, was a tagging patriot" that
night. His breath came short and
labOred. His throat was dry. AS they
passed the opera, however, he threw
his head up. The performance was
over, but the great house was still
lighted, and in the foyer, strutting
about, was his successor. Old Adel-
bert Quickened his steps.
At the edge of the place, near the
statue Of the queen, they too a car,
and so reached the borders of the city.
After that they walked far. The scent
Of the earth, fresh turned by the
plough, was in their nostrils. Cattle,
turned out after the long winter,
grazed or lay in the fields. Through
the oOze of the road the two plOdGed {;
old Adelbert struggling through with
difficulty, the concierge exhorting him
impatiently to haste.
At last the leader paused. and sur
veyed his surroundings: "Here ]
must cover your eyes, cOmrade." he
said. ut is a Formally all must COM
ply with"
Old Adelbert drew back. Il do not
like your rule. l Inn not as other men.
I must see where / CO."
II shall lead you carefully. And. II
you fear, I can carry you" he
chuckled at the thought. But old Abel.
bert knew we'll that he could do 1t,
knew that he was as q child to those
mighty arms. He submitted to the
lbandage, however, with an i'll grace
that caused the concierge to smile.
1T hurts your dignity, eh. old
rooster!" he said jovially. "Others. OF
greater dignity, have felt the same.
But all submit in the end"
He piloted the veteran among the
graves with the ease Of familiarity.
Only once he spoke. "Know you where
you areT
I'm a field" said Adelbert, recently
plOughed."
aye, in a field, right enough. But
one which sOws corruption, and raises
until great ST. Ga