The Connecticut labor press., 1920-06-05

in the walk with a swish of wet gar ments. The guards from the outey edges of the garden had clambered down and they gathered about us as
 began questioning Dutch.
 Dutch, undoubtedly enjoying his vic. torious encounter, was tearing opei the prostrate captive's collar to give him air and with his knees clamping the mans body was disposed to delay the story of his adventures to increase its dramatic effect.
 Tt happens this evenin'," he began, spouting water. ''that I seen Elsie, who's been sneakin' me meals to the old stables, an she says to me: 1: Dutch she says, 'they's all ag'in us here, callin' us Huns, an we gotta show 'em we's good Americans she says. An she tole me feiler been to see Fer at wanter Ter to rob the house fer i'm, he thinkin' Ter likely to do ut fer love O the kaiser. She said as. low she'd nail i'm when he comes tonight to git fan she's promised to lift fer i'm. She said that'd prove she wasn't no Dutchwoman and recommended if got the chance to do the same. I thought nothin' wuz gofn' to happen an wuz sleepin' on me bench here in the garden when the hollerin' at the garage woke me up. I sits quiet, lis- tenin' an this guy drops into the gar den an wuz crawlin' past me bench an pinches i'm. He wuz fer havin' fight an we knocks over one of the big urns an lit in the tank. He says it's thousand bones an ye turn me loose, he says. an soused i'm ag'in fer that"
 The man was still choking from the sousing and Dutch turned him over and pounded him vigorously on the back, assisted by Zimmerman. the obliging valet, who had seized the oc- casion to show his hand on the side of the allies. Shall telephone for the Barton police, sir?" asked Antoine, with an extreme exaggeration of his professional manner.
 This was obviously the thing to do. but I feigned not to hear the question while I debated the matter. It was plain that many things relating to the capture were yelled in mystery; that If Mrs. Bashford and her companion were involved in an international tan- gle and had in their possession some thing that vitally concerned the na- tiOns at war, common chivalry demand ed that I handle the arrest of Monta- ni's agent in such a manner as to shield them. 1 was thinking hard and in my perplexity even considered sending q messenger to Terrence; but he was already suspicious and would be very likely to summon Raynor inn mediately and precipitate a crisis was not prepared to face. To invite the attention of the American state de- partment to the increasingly complex situation would not be giving my aunt the chance meant she should have to clear herself.
 The captive had got upon his feet and stood dazedly staring at us. He re- fused to answer my questions, even when I suggested that if he could give a satisfactory account of himself he would be released. He only doggedly shook his head. When asked if he had been hurt in his bout with Dutch he smiled and extended his arms in denial. He was very decent-looking fellow blue-eyed and smooth-shaven, who seemed to accept his plight with a degree of good humor5
 decided that as nothing would be gained by sending him to the Barton calaboose that night, I would assume the responsibility of detaining him un- til had groped my way through the hazo of SuSnici0rS and airc1rnaSo ucoa that enveloped him.