The Hayti herald. (Hayti, Mo.) 1908-1922, 1920-11-25
By MEREDITH NICHOLSON

HE broke for the garden" sug.
gested, because his line Of retreat was
cut off and he had to 60 somewhere"
TITS queer, though, sir, when Dutch
has been sleeping on the long bench
down there by the fountain. You know
how we feel about him, sir, he being of
that race"
dutch told me he was camping in
the Toulouse" answered.
'The boys drove him out, sir, and he
took to the garden"
NASTY Of the boys. should say. If
that interloper should murder him"
A yell rose from the midst Of tho
garden, followed by crash and an in
slant later by splash that interrupt
ed another yell. I snatched Antoine's
lantern and ran down the steps toward
the scene Of commotion. When I
reached the cicular pool the jet was
still playing gayly, but the waters on
one side were in furious agitation. Two
men were rolling and tumbllng about
as though bent upon drowning each
other. l swung the lantern over them
just as Dutch got upon his feet, grip
ping his antagonist by the collar. He
flung him backward over the stone
curbing Of the pool and fell upon him
In the walk with swish Of wet gar
ments. The guards from the outer
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 open
the PROSTATE captives collar to give
aim air and with his knees clamping
the mans body was disposed to delay
the story Of his adventures to increase
It's dramatic effect.
ut happens this evenin'," he began,
spOuting water, that l seen Elsie,
who's been sneakin' me meals to the
old stables, an she says to me:
Dutch she says, 'they's all agin us
here, calm us Huns, an we gotta
show 'em wes good Americans she
says. An she tole me a feller been to
see 'er at wanter 'er to rob the house
fer i'm, he thinkin' 'er likely to do ut
fer love o the kaiser. She said as 'Ow
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 I
got the chance to do the same.
thought nothin' wuz gon' to happen
an wuz sleepin' on me bench here in
the garden when the hollerin' at the
garage woke me up. l sits quiet, lis
TENN 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 l soused i'm agin
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
This was obviously the thing to do,
but l feigned not to hear the question
while debated the matter. 1t was
plain that many things relating to the
capture were veiled in mystery; that
II Mrs. Bashford and her companion
were involved in an international tan.
gle and had in their possession some
thing that vitality concerned the ma
tions at war, common chivalry demand
ed that l handle the arrest of MOnta-
mis- agent in such a manner as to
shield them. was thinking hard and
in my perpleXity even considered
sending a messenger to Terrence; but
be very likely to summon Raynor i'm
mediately and precipitate u crisis I
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 l suggested that If he could give
satisfactory account Of himself he
would be released. He only doggediy
shook his head. When l asked If he
had been hurt In his bout with Dutch
he smiled and extended his arms In
denial. He was a very decent-lOoking
fellow, blue-eyed and smooth-shaven,
who seemed to accept his plight with
a degree of good humor.
/ decided that as nothing would be
gained by sending him to the Barton
calaboose that night, would assume
the responsibility Of OBTAINING him un.
til had groped my way through the
haze Of suspicious and circumstances
that envelOped him.
"Aunt Alice" Count Mon