The Yale expositor., 1920-07-15

gested, because his line Of retreat was
cut off and he had TO go somewhere"
IT'S queer, though, sir, when Dutch
has beer 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" l answered.
''The boys drove him out, sir, and he
took to the garden"
NASTY of the boys. should say. II
that hterloper should murder him"
A yell rose from the midst of the
garden. fOllONcf ~ crash and an in
Stant later bS splash that interrupt
ed another yell. suHtched Antome's
lantern and ran down ne steps toward
the scene of cOmmoti0r. when
reached the cicular pool lne jet was
still playing gayly, hut the Wsters on
one side were i'm furious agitation Two
men were rolling and tumbllng abU't
as though bent upon drowning eHct
other / swung the lantern over then.
Just as Dutch got upon his feet, grin
ping his antagonist by the collar. lie
flung him backward over the stone
curbing of the pool and fell upon him
in the walk with a swish of wet gar
mentS. The guards from the outer
edges Of the garden had clamberel
down and they gathered about us as
began questioning Dutch.
Dutch, undoubtedly enjoying his v,;~
torious encounter, was tearing open
the PROSTATE captives 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
"It happens this evenln'," he begaa,
spouting water, that seen Elsie,
who's been sneakin' me meals to the
old stables, an she says to me:
Dutch, she says. 'they's all ag'in us
here, calm us Huns, an we gotta
show 'em we's good Americans, she
says. An she tole me feller been 10
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 10 do the same. /
thought nOthin' wuz goin' to happen
an wuZ sleepin' on me bench here in
the garden when the hollerin' at the
garage woke me up. ! sits quiet, lis
TENN an this guy drops into the gar
den an wuz crawlln' 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 a thousand bones an We 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
obllging 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 / feigned MOTTO 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
kaN Al.
tions at war, common chivalry demand
ed that handle the arrest of Monta-
mis- agent In such a manner as 10
shield them. i was thinking hard and
in my perplexity even considered
sending a messenger to Terrence; but
he was already suspicious and would
be very likely to summon Raynor i'm
mediately and precipitate crisis l
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 l 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 IL 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 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 uh.
til had groped my way through the
haze of suspicious and circumstances
that enveloped him.